New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Boards. 8vo, black boards with silver lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a stylized white skull in a helmet with colored pills floating nearby designed by Christopher Brand, 336 pages + [2] Blank + [2]..... More
New York: Random House, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over light gray boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), with painting of "Black City" by Julie Mehretu; 277, [278: blank] pages + [2] Acknowledgements + [2] About..... More
New York: Stewart, Tabori, and Chang, 2004. W. Valentine Atkinson. First Edition, Later Printing. Boards. INSCRIBED boldly--possibly by the Author as "San" [unverified]--on the front free endpaper; square 8vo (7" x 8" x 1"); illustrated with 40 color photos; glossy dark gray boards with silver lettering on spine; archival polyester-protected..... More
New York: Random House, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over blue boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a wintry scene of two men standing beside a stream in Central Park taken by Samuel Gottscho, 208..... More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1961. First American Edition of this long-banned novel. Boards. 8vo, half dark green boards with gilt lettering on spine over striated lighter green boards with author's signature in gilt; archival polyester-protected golden dust jacket (unclipped) with circular white panel and title in black; publisher's green..... More
Grove Press, Inc. Grove Press, Inc., 1963. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, half black boards with gilt lettering on spine over striated gray boards with author's signature in gilt; archival polyester-protected magenta dust jacket (unclipped) with square white panel and title in black; publisher's black topstain;..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1962. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, bright blue quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over tan boards, archival polyester-protected typographic dust jacket (unclipped), 128 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION! The first American edition of John Le Carre's first novel and the appearance of quiet..... More
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1979. Photos, maps. First Edition. Cloth. Thick & small quarto, brown cloth with black spine label with gilt lettering, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with four Napoleonic images of mounted soldiers and medal, profusely illustrated with 120 B&W illustrations, 86 maps, plans, diagrams..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. B&W photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Thick 8vo, black one-eighth cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, archival mylar-protected glossy yellow dust jacket (unclipped) with small round photo of Arthur C. Clarke, illustrated with 16 pp. of glossy B&W..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, 1968. Steven Spurrier. First Thus [initial copyright 1940]. Pictorial cloth. Quarto (9 1/4" x 6"), red pictorial cloth with black lettering on spine and six characters framed on the front cover, illustrated by Seven Spurrier with color frontispiece and 7 plates plus sketches as chapter..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2002. Marcia Williams. First U.S. Edition. Pictorial boards. Folio (11 3/4" x 10 1/4"), glossy pictorial cloth depicting Dickens' house with a window for each of five books: Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and A Tale of Two Cities, cover art repeated..... More
France likely: M. Silvestre, 19th Century. M. Silvestre. Fine copy of an original: framed & glazed. Decorative brass frame. Very handsome, well executed 19th Century miniature portrait of Napoleon painted in watercolors on ivory (or possibly porcelain) and signed vertically by "M. Silvestre" on the lower right hand side. Frame..... More
San Francisco, California: Viking, 1973. B&W photos. First Printing [number line ends with 1]. Cloth and boards. Small quarto (9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 2"), black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over gray boards; archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with photo of handsome Jack Kerouac, xxvi..... More
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book / TOR, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. SIGNED by the Editor on the title page; small but thick quarto (9 5/8" x 6 3/8" x 2 3/8"); black cloth with gold lettering on spine; Introduction by David Hartwell; archival polyester-protected pictorial dust..... More
New York: Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Company, 1993. First American Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, white quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over white boards, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with pictures of three early..... More
St. Louis: C. V. Mosby Company, 1922. Photographs. Reprint. Pictorial cloth. Thick quarto (10" x 7" x 2"); black decorative cloth with gilt lettering and rectangular panel depicting Osiris & goddess on front cover, blind rules on both covers; illustrated with 372 B&W photos of sexual, artistic & associated images;..... More
San Francisco: McSweeney's - Powells, 2010. First Edition [no printing line]. Pictorial cloth. INSCRIBED by the Author as "Levin" beneath his name [stricken out] on the half title & adding to recipient: "We Damage We"; very thick small quarto (9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 3 1/2"); several typographic &..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2004. Photos; maps. Fourth Printing: [copyright 1994]. Pictorial cloth. Quarto (10 1/4 x 6 1/2" x 1 1/4"); golden tan cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt outline of Nero's head on front cover; green carboard slipcase; 9 maps and light olive drab map endpapers..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. William Blake. First Edition Thus reprinting in fine leather format Melville Anderson's revised Engllish translation, and Livingston's introduction with Blake illustrations for The Heritage Press [1944 & 1972]. Full Leather with 22kt gold-stamping. Quarto (10 1/2" x 6 7/8"), full maroon leather with 22kt..... More
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1979. William Blake. First Edition Thus [reprint of Limited Editions Club edition]. Full Leather with 22kt gold-stamping. Quarto (9 1/2" x 6 3/8"), full dark green leather with gilt lettering on spine, four raised hubs, and 22kt gold lettering and accents with rectilinear borders and..... More
New Brunswick, New Jersey and London: Rutgers University Press, 1998. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering over white boards; achival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with Daguerrotype of Poe; 199 pages. Poe's own sudden and bizarre death, still unsolved after 150 years, created a real-life mystery..... More
New York: Random House, 1963. glossy B&W photos. First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering decorations on spine and large "M" blindstamped on front cover; Foreword by Gilbert; Biographical Introduction by Linscott; 12 B&W illustrations; archival polyester-protected lettered yellow dust jacket (unclipped); xxvi: Foreword, xxvii-xlvii: Biographical Introduction, [1..... More
Anvers: Sous la direction de Walter Prevenier. Textes de Wim Blockmans, Marc Boobe, [et al.]. 1998. Period Illustrations. First Edition, Text in French. Cloth. Folio (17" x 11 5/8" x 2"), black cloth with gilt lettering and flourish on front cover; profusely illustrated with color & b/w beautiful reproductions of..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers in conjunction with an exhibition sponsored and held by The Agency for Cultural Affairs, Tokyo; The Asia Society Galleries, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989. Jakuchu. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (12 1/4" x 9 1/2"); black cloth with gold lettering and..... More
Boston: Viking, 1990. ELIOT PORTER PHOTOS. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near square quarto (11 1/4" x 10 3/8"); light gray-blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting seaweed by Eliot Porter, profusely illustrated with select color photos by Porter, light..... More