France: Hors Editions, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 111pp. Brief text in French and English by Zpira. A book of color photos of urban street life, tattoos, piercings and the like. SIGNED by the photographer and dated in year of publication. #375 of one thousand copies. A near fine... More
Brooklyn: Pratt Institute, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Brilliantly conceived student art project for the artists and designers at Pratt Institute for their 1968 annual. A Yearbook of sorts. Illustrated in color and black and white. Includes gate-folds, laid in objects, die-cuts and other style elements in the distinct pop... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Large, thick octavo in dustwrapper. 748 pp autobiography by the actor cum president. First edition, first printing. Illustrated with photographs. A solid very good plus copy in price-intact dustwrapper. Laid in to this copy is an official presidential bookplate with the... More
West Babylon: J & E Press, 1960. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of the poet's scarce first book. A nice Association copy in that this copy was once owned by Will Petersen who has placed his distinctive blindstamp on the rear cover. Samperi and Petersen would collaborate on other books... More
Nantucket: Longship Press, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First American edition. Translated into English from the Serbo-Croat by Lovett Fielding Edwards. 83 pp. Jacket illustration by Louis Soutter. A novel which was awarded the October Prize of Belgrade.White boards printed in red. A very good copy with some age... More
Tarzana: N. P., 1977. First edition. Paperback. original one page typed letter SIGNED by science fiction author Larry Niven to Marvin T. Wolf (Collection Development Librarian) University of Nevada dated December 30, 1977. Includes original typed envelope. Letter discusses a possible appearance by Niven at the University to give a.... More
No Place: Edition Fear Press. First Thus. Paperback. Scarce offprint of Smith and Tom Verlaine's poetry collaboration. Published by Edition Fear Press in a tall glossy stapled format (measures 4" by 10.5" tall) with no other publication information given. Possibly issued as a magazine insert. In about very good condition... More
New York: Citadel Press, 1990. Reprint. Paperback. Trade paperbound book. Reprint edition. First published in 1967. Introduction by George Plimpton. A square, clean near fine copy. SIGNED by Southern on the title page. An uncommon signature. More
London: Studio Vista Limited / November Books, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Small hardbound format in dustwrapper. 112 pp. A fine copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Series edited by Paul Oliver. Part of a "series of monographs by this publisher that examine important blues singers... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first book. Minor shelfwear to bottom board edges else a clean near fine copy in bright price intact dustwrapper with almost none of the rubbing that afflicts this title. A very nice copy. More
Los Angeles: Open City, 1967. First edition. Paperback. Tabloid newspaper format. Scarce third issue of John Bryan's underground newspaper, a new weekly review of the Los Angeles Renaissance. Includes a Notes of A Dirty Old Man column by Bukowski. 16 pp. Folded for mailing else a very good copy. Slightly... More
Long Island City: P. S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, 2002. First edition. Paperback. Tall thick paperbound quarto. 311 pp. Massive catalog featuring essays by Biesenbach, Barbara London and others. Interviews with Vito Acconci and Joan Jonas. A very good copy in thick bound photo-illustrated wrappers. Artists featured include Gilbert &... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of Walker's scarce children's book about Langston Hughes. This is the library edition (not ex-lib), but has the Crowell Library Binding sticker to lower spine and has a different, more sturdy binding than the trade edtion. Condition is... More
Hoboken: Sonic Death, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Stapled newsprint. Issue #3 of the Sonic Youth fan club's fanzine featuring articles, reviews, grainy photographs and more - all related to the American rock / punk band Sonic Youth. 24 pp including covers. Printed on inexpensive newspaper-type stock, these fanzines are quite... More
