Savannah, GA: Savannah's Blues Coop, Publisher, 1970. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 16 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Third issue of this underground paper from Savannah that published six issues in 1970. Begun at Armstrong State University, although the university felt it was too extreme to be published on... More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1978. Hard Cover. Hard cover in price clipped jacket. 180 pages, with many black and white reproductions of Steichen's work. A look at Edward Steichen's turn of the century photography, offering a critical appreciation and appraising their meaning. GOOD+ jacket on a VERY... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Free Press, Publisher. 1970. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid format. 48 pp between the two parts. Black and white photos throughout. Two part issue of this pioneering underground newspaper, known as the Freep. Established in 1964, the paper was known for its coverage of the counterculture movement... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1921. Cloth. Navy blue cloth with a front cover pastedown illustration. 261 pp. Color illustrated plates by Virginia Frances Sterrett throughout. MISSING three at pages 37, 135 and 256. Illustrated edition of this classic rendering of ancient Greek mythology. FAIR/GOOD condition, missing the aforementioned illustrations... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1993. Leather. Full black leather with ornamentation in gilt. 392 pp. With a few illustrations. Easton Press edition of this biography originally published in French, interweaving Russian history with the rise of Peter the Great. VERY GOOD+ condition. Very light edgewear. Unused Easton Press bookplate on... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1995. Leather. Full dark green leather with ornamentation in gilt. 412 pp. Easton Press edition of this biography originally published in French, chronicling the birth and rise of Louis XIV and the evolution of the French state during his time. VERY GOOD condition. Light edgewear. Front... More
Hoboken, NJ: Nucleus, Publisher, 1954. Wraps. Black and white illustrated wraps. Pagination runs 82-123. Third issue of this self-billed little magazine containing literature, poetry and art, including art by Garabed DerHohannesian and lithographs by C. Alewyn Benson, S. Wentworth and P. Sloane. GOOD+ condition. Some toning and soiling to the... More
Malden, MA: The Perry Pictures Company, 1915. Wraps. Wraps. 64 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, including a few larger size samples and an envelope of small size pictures of horse with humorous captions, laid in. A trade catalog from the Perry Pictures Company, which sold reproductions of paintings and... More
Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1971. Hard Cover. One of 1950 copies. Cream paper covered boards in matching slipcase. 90 pp. Two page facsimile of a manuscript page at the front, with small color vignettes reproduced from the manuscript at the beginning of each chapter. An English language translation of a.... More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1892. Half-Leather. Half leather with black cloth. 974 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Bound volume of this magazine devoted to literature, history and other subjects. This volume with a poem "Death's Valley," by Walt Whitman; "Mental Telegraphy. A Manuscript with a History," by Mark... More
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 1992. Cloth. Fourth printing. Green cloth in unclipped jacket. Obong format. 176 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A history, analysis and guide to the architecture of houses in New Orleans, explaining through chronology and context how different building types reflect the people, events and... More
No Place: No Publisher, 1977. Wraps. Red wraps. Unpaginated. The first collection of poems, reflecting on killing and death, by Sukey Durham, a socialist-feminist and activist in women's and gay movements. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading, some soiling and rubbing. More
No Place: No Publisher, 1912. Unbound. Single lined sheet, 8 ¾ by 5 ½ inches. A short letter from "Lex" to his(?) mother, briefly discussing how hard it is to make a trip to the mill to send mail, requiring an all day trip of 36 miles, while following deer... More
Garfield, NJ: Integrity Publishing Company, 1972. Wraps. Printed wraps in clear plastic folder. 18 pp. A magazine in the mimeo or "little" style, publishing poetry in the objectivist and libertarian genre, seeking to upend the concept that "poetry has been, for centuries, the monopoly of the irrational: the mystic, the... More
Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1902. Wraps. Printed wraps. 21 pp. Reproduction of a manuscript at the front of the work. A short piece originally appearing in The Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, discussing the history and importance of a list of theses at Harvard for the year... More
No Place: Printed for the University at the De Vinne Press, 1900. Wraps. Printed wraps. 23 pp. A piece addressing the recent territorial "acquisitions" of the United States through its war with Spain, including the Philippines and Puerto Rico, arguing that since the US gained those countries as victor, it... More
Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1998. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Small folio. 374 pp. Many full page color reproductions of paintings by Rothko throughout. A catalog to a 1998 exhibition of the paintings of Mark Rothko, spanning his entire career, including early works. With several critical essays on his life... More
New York: The Progressive Education Association, Publisher, 1938. Wraps. Wraps, with a front cover photo of a sculpture, Flight, by Jose Ruiz de Rivera, the American sculptor known for his abstract work. Pagination runs 353-440. A single issue of this journal devoted to new thought and theories in education. This... More
Padova: Studio Editoriale Programma, 1997. Wraps. 1992 date given, but perhaps 1997 based on a date on the colophon. 213 pp. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. All text in Italian. A primarily visual history of the city and commune of Treviso in Italy, presenting a variety of maps... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. Cloth. Assumed first printing, with 1 in the number line, although no price present on the jacket, perhaps indicating this is a book club edition (no blindstamp on the rear cover). Reddish cloth in unclipped jacket. 95 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A work set... More
No Place: Nixon-Agnew Campaign Committee, Publisher. Wraps. No place or date, perhaps 1968. Photo illustrated wraps. 24 pp., including covers. Black and white photos throughout. A 1968 promotional campaign booklet for Richard Nixon, taking excerpts from his "Bridges to Human Dignity" to address the struggles and difficulties faced by African-Americans... More
Strassburg: Verlagt Georg Andreas Dolhopff, 1681. Leather. Full leather. 792 pages, plus a large unnumbered section in the rear and several pages in the front. 34 illustrations plus a frontispiece. All text in German. A theological/religious work looking at the last days of Jesus, as well as a lengthy collection... More
Los Angeles: New Way Enterprises, 1965. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid format. 8 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Early issue of this pioneering underground newspaper, known as the Freep. Established in 1964, the paper was known for its coverage of the counterculture movement and radical politics, as well as its... More
Los Angeles: New Way Enterprises, 1967. Tabloid. Side folding tabloid format. 8 pp. Black and white photos throughout. Early issue of this pioneering underground newspaper, known as the Freep. Established in 1964, the paper was known for its coverage of the counterculture movement and radical politics, as well as its... More
Cambridge: Harvard College Library, Presumed Publisher, 1955. Wraps. Wraps. 45 pp., plus 80 black and white plates. A catalog to a 1955 exhibition of illuminated and calligraphic manuscripts held by Harvard, including historical and bibliographical information on the pieces included in the exhibition. GOOD condition. Faint dampstaining along the bottom... More