Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of the Native American author's first book. Stories and Poems. A very good copy in decorated bound wrappers (there was also a tiny hardbound edition). Alexie was chosen as of the twenty best American writers by Granta Magazine. A decidely..... More
Dusseldorf: Kunstmuseum Winterthur Richter Verlag, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. 142 pp. Edited by Dieter Schwarz. Text in English. A very good clean example in bound stiff wrappers with wide French flaps. SIGNED by the artist in full on the front endpaper. Uncommon thus... More
Roslyn Harbor, NY: Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto. 47 pp. Essay by David Bourdon. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. Scarce exhibition catalog on the great mail art and collage artist. More
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Large thick quarto. Unpaginated. Text by Lawrence Rinder with essays by Howard N. Fox and Doug Harvey. Superb early monograph on this quirky and talented sculptor. Paper covered boards. Prior owner has handwritten a couple of notes..... More
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New York: Avalanche, 1970 - 1976. First edition. Paperback. Sold here together are the first twelve issues (of thirteen ever published) of Avalanche Magazine. Conceived of by Willoughby Sharp and Liza Bear, and edited by Sharp and Liza Bear, Avalanche was a highly regarded magazine devoted to conceptual artists. Per..... More
Detroit: Detrott Artists Monthly, 1978. First edition. Paperback. 4to. 19 pp. The February 1978 issue of this scarce Arts periodical. This issue contains an interview with mail artist Ray Johnson (Featured in a photograph on the front cover) plus an article by Tom Blooner and with an interview with Mary..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this 426 pp book of photographs and text by Suki Schorer on Balanchine's dance technique. A near fine oversize clothbound book in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. This copy SIGNED by Suki as well as SIGNED BY SEVEN MEMBERS of..... More
New York: New York Workshop in Nonviolence, 1966. First edition. Record LP. 33 1/3 LP recording in sleeve. Recorded and edited by Ann Charters. Portents Records. A recording done for the benefit of the New York Workshop for Nonviolence ion April 7, 1966. Record and sleeve all in very good..... More
Niigata, Japan: Blue Jacket Press, 1995. First edition. Paperback. Sold here together are six early issues of Blue Beat Jacket, a Japan-based magazine devoted to poetry and the beat generation. Edited by Yusuke Keida. Text in both English and Japanese. All issues in illustrated stapled wrappers and are all in..... More
London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1818. First edition. Leather Bound. 8vo. Full decorated calf binding. 615 pp plus one page of advertisement at rear of volume. With full-page black and white illustrations. Marbleized paper endpapers. Bookplate afixed to the front pastedown. Small prior owner name to first blank endpaper. Inlaid..... More
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. Printed wrappers. One of only 122 numbered copies and SIGNED by Bukowski. In addition, this copy bears Bukowski's FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION to his friend John Thomas in year of publication. A remarkable inscription. In near fine condition. More
Cincinnati: Armstrong Staionary Company, 1928. Harland J. Johnson. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 134 pp. Illustrated by Harland J. Johnson. Very good indeed in red cloth binding with oval embossed illustration to front panel. Prior owner name and 1928 date to blank second endpaper. In the rare illustrated dustwrapper. Rear endpaper..... More
Hartford: J. H. Eckhardt, 1892. First edition. Cloth. Oblong clothbound volume. A volume of artotypes by Bierstadt from original negatives by R. S. De Lamater. Black and white photographs of the city of Hartfordm, Connecticut and environs including the Charter Oak tree, the state capitol, churches, famous residences including the..... More
Oconomowoc Lake: Stooge, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Much sought after eleventh issue of Stooge edited by Geoffrey Young & Laura Chester. Featuring wraparound cover artwork by John Baldessari and featuring poems by Tom Clark, Coolidge, Howard McCord, Kenward Elmslie and others. A sharp very good copy in thick stapled..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound octavo in dustwrapper. Stated first edition. 190 pp. Exceptionally nice copy in dustwrapper of this crime and suspense novel by the author of The Screaming Mimi and Night of the Jabberwock. A fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper... More
New York: Saturday Review Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first espionage novel. A lovely near fine copy in bright, unclipped dustwrapper. Wrapper is only lightly faded at spine. Book comes with the scarce wrap-around band with quote from Eric Ambler. SIGNED by McCarry on the..... More
Highlands: Jonathan Williams / Jargon, 1964. First edition. Paperback. Small paperbound quarto with integral flaps. An unpaginated volume of poems which also includes some ink illustrations by Thomas George. Very good condition. in very good clear acetate wrapper. This copy benefits from a warm inscription by Johnson to fellow poet..... More
Chicago: Carbery & Reed, 1919. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. Bruccoli & Layman A-10. Very thick quarto with semi-stiff green suede covers tied togther with a silk cord. A collection of caricatures of friends and associates of Lardner separated by tissue guards. Quite scarce. A good copy with inevitable chips..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed review copy of Leonard's first non-western. Review slip laid in. A near fine copy in very good unclipped dustwrapper with 2" closed tear to front panel. Scarce. Signed by Author. More
New York: HarperCollins, 2003. First American edition. Hardcover. Stated first American edition. 311 pp. A collection of four short novels. Fine condition in fine unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by Lessing on the title page. More
Highlands: Jargon Society, 1982. First Thus. Cloth. Published as Jargon 53, this uncommon clothbound edition is in near fine condition in near fine price intact dustwrapper. Edited and introduced by Roger L. Conover with a note by Jonathan Williams. Poetry. 334 pp. More
New York: Stonehill Publishing, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this collection of Swampy Cree Indian poems translated by Howard Norman with an introduction by Jerome Rothenberg. A fine copy in near fine priceclipped dustwrapper. Early work by Norman and his first hardcover book. More
Providence: Ziggurat Press, 2007. First edition. Cloth. Handsome clothbound fine press edition. A fable told by Ortiz with woodcuts by Feldman. One of only fifty copies printed (this one is unnumbered). Fine condition. The pages open up accordian style. Although not called for this copy has been SIGNED by author..... More
Tokyo: Kenko-Sha, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very tall decorated hardbound book in dustwrapper. Considerable text in Japanese by several authors. In between these essays, the book contains beautifully printed gravure photographs by Domon. The first major Japanese book to document the horrific acts that took place at Hiroshima in 1945..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1981. First edition. Cloth. First edition. The photographer's first major monograph. Introduction by the photographer. A very good copy in lightly scuffed navy cloth covers in a very good price-intact dustwrapper. A somewhat large and heavy volume. More
