London: Horizon, Publisher, 1943. Wraps. Printed wraps. Pagination runs 367-433. With several black and white illustrations, a few reproducing paintings by Paul Nash, and one depicting sculpture by Barbara Hepworth. Single issue of this long running magazine devoted to current trends in literature and art. This with poetry by George..... More
London: The T F Much Company, Publisher, 1970. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper format. 28 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A single issue of this somewhat short-lived British underground newspaper. Originally formed by ex-British staffers of Rolling Stone, the magazine focused heavily on the counterculture aspect of the underground..... More
Isla Vista, California: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date. Isla Vista, California, perhaps mid 1980s. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Punk/hardcore show flier for a concert at Anisqoyo Park in Isla Vista, featuring Habeus Corpus, N.O.S., Antikrieg, Aftertaste, V.O.S. and Death Toll. Nice clip art of..... More
No Place: Goldenvoice, Publisher. Unbound. No place or date. Single sheet, 8 ½ by 11 inches. Yellow paper stock. A flier for presumably a mid 1980s punk show at La Casa, likely in Santa Barbara, California. Show headliners were Abrasive Wheels, a UK punk band that formed in the 1970s..... More
New York: Freedomways Associates, 1968. Wraps. Wraps. 96 pp. A single issue of this influential magazine created to offer a forum for addressing issues facing Black America. This issue with a reprint of an essay by W.E.B. Du Bois, "The African Roots of War;" "The System of Police Brutality," by..... More
Essex Junction, VT: Wright/Wei Comics, Publisher, 1988. Wraps. White illustrated wrappers. 26, 5 pp. Black and white comic illustrations throughout. Number 2 in this series of self-published comic books blending the authors' fondness for manga and "sci-fi Japanimation," into a story of people, robots and interstellar fighting. With a short..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1970. Cloth. Perhaps a first US edition, with no statement of printing or edition. Seafoam cloth in unclipped jacket. 190 pp. Mystery/suspense novel of a double murder and a foot race in 1879. First novel by Lovesey. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1911. First American Edition. Cloth. First US edition. Red cloth. 339 pp. With a few black and white illustrated plates. A novel by the prolific E. Phillips Oppenheim, made into two silent films, British and American. GOOD+ condition. Minor fading, soiling, scuffing and edgewear. Endpapers..... More
London: Punch, Publisher, 1893. Half Leather. Half leather with marbled boards. 312 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bound volume of this long running British magazine devoted to humor and satire, especially known for its cartoons and caricatures. GOOD condition. Some scuffing, heavy along the hinges and corners. Minor soiling..... More
Concord: Ira C. Evans, Printer, 1897. Cloth. Blue cloth. 750, 87 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A history of the twelfth Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers during the Civil War, describing the formation of the regiment, training, their experiences in battles and campaigns such as Gettysburg, Point Lookout, Drury's..... More
No Place: No publisher. Unbound. No publisher, place or date, although the signed date of 17/4/55 appears on the lower center. 20 by 15 ¾ inches. Color offset lithograph printed poster for an unnamed exhibition. Perhaps printed in the 1960s. Bold red blue and yellow ink used to suggest an..... More
No place: MCA Inc., Publisher, 1971. Unbound. Single sheet. Just over 30 by 16 inches. Printed on laid, watermarked paper, beige background with slightly psychedelic illustrations. A poster for the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, featuring the art of noted poster artist David Edward Byrd. VERY GOOD condition. Minor bumping along..... More
Boston: Jenks and Palmer and Co, 1845. Pamphlet. Side sewn wrappers. 46 pp. Small woodcut illustrations at the head of each month. 1845 Farmer's Almanac, containing the usual monthly information, and with some articles on agriculture, court proceedings, a map of New England depicting railroads, etc. GOOD condition. Moderate to..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1895. Cloth. Brown cloth with a decorative black border. 482 pp., plus ads. A work in which Darwin explores cross and self-fertilization in plants, providing evidence for the detrimental effects of inbreeding. GOOD condition. Ex-library with a faint oval library stamp on the front..... More
Cincinnati: L. Swormstedt and A. Poe, 1856. Half Leather. Half leather with dark brown cloth. 764 pp. Several black and white illustrated plates throughout. A bound volume containing the monthly issues for the year 1856. With the usual poetry, literature, religious moralizing, history, etc. Perhaps of note are the following..... More
London: T.N. Foulis, Publisher, 1914. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 38 pp. Four color plates present, as called for. A collection of mottoes found on sundials, including from some more well-known sundials. Accompanied by several watercolor illustrations by Alfred Rawlings. GOOD condition. Wrappers toned, with some spotting and a small area..... More
New York, Paris: The Paris Review, 1956. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Single issue of this long-running literary journal or little magazine, with this number containing an interview with Isak Dinesen and Francoise Sagan, poetry by W.D. Snodgrass and others. GOOD condition. Minor to moderate toning, heavy to the spine. Minor soiling..... More
New York, Paris: The Paris Review, 1976. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Single issue of this long-running literary journal or little magazine, with this number containing work by Jane Kenyon, W.S. Merwin and others. GOOD condition. Minor toning. Minor soiling, with faint general foxing to the covers. More
Arlington, MA: Editions Medicina Rara. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. no date. #65 of 2300 copies, printed in paper. Blue rag paper with black leather spine, in cream colored slipcase. 500 leather bound copies also issued. Folio. Black and white illustrations throughout. A facsimile of this early medical treatise, assembling much..... More
London: Ryland, Peters and Small, 2012. Cloth. Reddish cloth in unclipped dust jacket. Small, squarish folio. 189 pp. Color photos throughout. A primarily visual study of English style, a style ranging from ancient manors to simple cottages. Documented room by room, the work offers visual suggests, with accompanying commentary about..... More
Portland: The Hound and Horn, Inc, 1928. Wraps. Wraps. Front cover illustration by Rockwell Kent. A little magazine, originally focusing on Harvard related authors, but evolving by 1930 to a more general, Modernist scope. Hoffman states that it is "in a sense a 'continuation of The Dial,'" (Hoffman p. 285)..... More
Kansas City: Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design, 1964. Wraps. Greenish-yellow wraps. Unpaginated, approximately 40 pp. Black and white reproductions of art throughout. A work published to accompany a 1964 exhibition of paintings and art by German artist Lovis Corinth. Corinth was an influential turn of the century..... More
Brightlingsea, UK: Tom Clark, Publisher. Wraps. no date, late 1960s. Illustrated wraps. Tall narrow folio. Unpaginated. Printed on single sides only. Single issue of this mimeo, or little magazine, created by Tom Clark, part of a series of one shot magazines of different names. This issue with work by Clark..... More
Medina, OH: Pro Arts Inc, 1971. Unbound. Single sheet, 48 by 23 inches. A blacklight poster using a variety of fluorescent colors. Depicts the members of the Beatles as Mount Rushmore, a weeping Statue of Liberty, a few dinosaurs that are dwarfed by mushrooms and other things one would expect..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1992. Hard Cover. Paper covered boards with cloth spine, in unclipped dust jacket. 134 pp. Color photos throughout. A photo essay documenting the life of Tasha Tudor in Vermont, combining her words with photos by Richard Brown. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading and scuffing to..... More