Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. FOURTH EDITION (First printed in 1956). Wrappers. 8vo, pictorial wrappers with red-&-green lettering plus cartoon of naked Adam enveloped by a serpent eating an apple, 65 ballads, 126 pink pages. SCARCE and amusing anthology of bawdy ballads published by The Olympia Press (who also published... More about COUNT PALMIRO VICARION'S BOOK OF BAWDY BALLADS
New York: Alfred A. Knopf [with "Blakiston" on dust jacket], 1944. Early American Wartime Reprint. Cloth. 8vo, maroon cloth with gilt lettering and decorations on spine with blind-stamped initials of the author "JMC" on front cover, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped), red topstain, xv, [xvi-xx] + 327 pages. SCARCE... More about THREE OF A KIND; three short novels
New York: Viking, 1992. First Edition, Later Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on half title, 8vo, black quarter cloth with copper-gilt lettering on spine over black boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) from painting by Synthia Saint James, black endpapers, xiv + 409 pages. Terry McMillan (born... More about WAITING TO EXHALE
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1958. Later Edition: First Ed. by Doubleday in 1948. Cloth. Thick 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, Introduction by Dr. Joseph S. Roucek, lettered pink dust jacket (unclipped) protected by an archival clear plastic cover, xxxviii + 624 pages. Winner of the George... More about CASTE, CLASS & RACE; A Study in Social Dynamics / Introduction by Dr. Joseph S. Roucek
New York: Pantheon Books, 2018. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Small 8vo (7 7/8" x 5 1/2"), yellow quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over black boards, photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of stary night sky has been protected with archival quality clear plastic film, 226 pages +... More about SEARCHING FOR STARS ON AN ISLAND IN MAINE
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. First Edition. Boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, green pebble-grain boards with gold lettering and wave motif on spine, Mylar-protected cartoon decorated dust jacket (price-clipped) drawn by Nicole Hollander, [xiv] + 241, [242] pages. Larry Heinemann (born 1944) is... More about COOLER BY THE LAKE; A Novel
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953. Early Low Cost Reprint. Cloth. 8vo, beige pebble-grain cloth with black lettering on spine, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) designed by AKA, 861 pages. SCARCE edition--especially in this SUPERIOR overall condition. Originally published in 1951 at $4.50. The dust jacket of this edition touts... More about FROM HERE TO ETERNITY; By James Jones
New York, N.Y. ECCO / HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013. Genealogical table. First U.S. Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on special front endpaper, 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering over speckled gray boards, illustrated with genealogical table as frontispiece and numerous black & white and color photographs, Mylar-protected photographic... More about AN APPETITE FOR WONDER; The Making of a Scientist / A Memoir
New York: Viking, 1996. Color photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Tall 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 3/8"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, illustrated with 16 pages of glossy color photographs, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a Beduin woman with nose ring, black endpapers, 297, [298] pages... More about THE LAST OF THE BEDU; In Search of the Myth / With colour photographs by Mariantonietta Peru
New York: The John Day Company, 1949. map. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, gold pebble-grained cloth with black lettering on spine, illustrated with one map of China in the Spring & Early Autumn Period, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (clipped) depicting a red-rubbing of Chinese gentlemen & a chariot, xi, [xii: map]... More about CONFUCIUS; The Man and the Myth
New York Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. maps and plans. First Edition: Second Printing before Publication. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, pale parchment yellow quarter cloth with gold lettering over comparable boards, illustrated with 25 maps & plans, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket... More about THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION; The Beginning of our Religious Traditions
New York: Random House, 2017. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED with a large flourish & dated "3-[2]-17" by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth over blue-gray boards, illustrated with a B&W half-tone of tombstones [of Lincoln's sons], pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting..... More about LINCOLN IN THE BARDO; A Novel
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. B&W Photos. First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, reddish-tan cloth with gilt lettering on brown spine labels & gilt Gaudier-Brzeska' profile of Pound in small rectangle on front cover, illustrated with B&W glossy photographs: frontispiece photograph of young Pound by Alvin Langdon Coburn & 10 pages..... More about EZRA POUND; by Charles Norman
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, red cloth with gold lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped) by Charles Shields is protected in an archival acid-free clear plastic cover, topstain gold, 210 pages + [2] blank + [2] A Note on the Type. Roald... More about SWITCH BITCH
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980. Fred Marcellino. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, quarter cream cloth with gold lettering on spine over green paper boards with author's initials in gold on front cover, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Fred Marcellino depicting a sophisticated couple in fine attire... More about MY UNCLE OSWALD
New York London Toronto Sydney Auckland: Doubleday, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on a free front endpaper, 8vo, off-white quarter cloth with black lettering on spine over black boards, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped) by Oliver Munday, [xii] +306 pages. Colson Whitehead (born... More about THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD; A Novel
New York: Collins, 1973. Hans Erni. First U.S. Edition. Cloth. Quarto (10 3/4" x 8 1/4"), black cloth with gold letttering on spine & delineation of man & woman on cover by Erni, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Hans ERNI, 16 pp. + [50] unnumbered pages, or 66 pages... More about THE SONG OF SONGS; Text and Commentary by Robert Graves / Illustrated by HANS ERNI
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1968. Richard Loehle. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, purple buckram with black lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) by Richard Loehle, protected by an archival plastic cover, 192 pages. Robert Cham Gilman is the pseudonym of Alfred Coppel. First book in his 4-volume... More about THE REBEL OF RHADA
New York London Toronto Sydney Singapore: Scribner, 2003. First U.S. Edition. Cloth and boards. SIGNED and dated by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over red boards, photographic dust jacket (unclipped) by Darryl Joe, protected by an archival clear plastic... More about BRICK LANE
London: Virago Press, 1985. First Edition. Cloth. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with painting by Milton Avery, protected by an archival plastic cover, 211 pages. Grace Paley (1922 – 2007) was an American short story... More about LATER THE SAME DAY
Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1984. Photos & diagrams. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 4to (10 1/4" x 7 3/4"), yellow cloth with green label and gold lettering on spine over off-white boards, profusely illustrated with B&W photographs, diagrams, & maps; pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with photograph of stone... More about AKHENATEN; The Heretic King
Toronto New York London Sydney Auckland: Bantam Books, 1987. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, blue quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over light blue boards, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Stonehenge with the sun rising by Roger Bergendorf, dj protected by an archival clear film cover, x +... More about GREAT SKY RIVER
New York: Hyperion, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over golden boards, illustrated with B&W in-text images from the period & 16 glossy pages of photographs, an archival quality clear plastic cover protects the pictorial dust jacket (not price-clipped)... More about THE PIRATE COAST; Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
New York: Doubleday / A FOUNDATION BOOK, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, red quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over black boards, archivally-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) illustrated by Boris Vallejo, black endpapers, 403 pages + [2] About the Author. PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION is... More about PRELUDE TO FOUNDATION
Los Angeles New York: Hyperion, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo, charcoal gray cloth with silver lettering on spine, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a dragon behind lettering with archival protective clear film sleeve, decorative chapter headings, dark pictorial endpapers, 374 pages. Mercedes Lackey (born 1950) is an American... More about HUNTER