New York: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, 1950. First Edition. Slim octavo (16.25cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 24pp; illus. Light wear and some trivial dustiness to wrappers, else Near Fine. "An assertion that the UE is attacked as red because of its record of devotion to the American..... More
New York: United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America, [1951]. First Edition. Slim octavo (18cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 24pp; illus. Subtle toning to front wrapper, else Near Fine. A denunciation of the Un-American Activities Committee for its frame-up of UE General Secretary Julius Emspak and UE Local 601 leader..... More
Palo Alto, CA; Rome; Holllins, VA: 1957-1970. A small but substantial archive of Cowley family correspondence, comprised of 44 items (38 letters and six post cards) on 56 pages, mostly 4to, various places (Palo Alto, CA; Rome; Hollins College) but primarily from the Cowleys' principal residence in Sherman, CT. All..... More
Berkeley: Black Politics, 1968-1969. Attractive run of this short-lived Black liberation journal, published in Berkeley in the years of 1968 and 1969. Their "Statement of Purpose" clearly delineates the journal's goals and contents: "Black Politics is an independent journal whose purpose is to provide a forum for vanguard theories and..... More
New York: International Labor Defense, 1930. First Edition. This fragile and uncommon publication, issued from 1926 to 1937, is perhaps one of the most underappreciated of American radical magazines of the period. In addition to its bold photo-montage covers and pictorial style, the Labor Defender featured some of the finest..... More
Havana: Casa de las Américas, [1981]. First Cuban Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); original decorative card wrappers; [8],9-156,[4]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper in the year of publication to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez: "Para Roberto / del primo / Gabriel / 1981."..... More
[Avon, CT]: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. Limited Edition. No. 310 of 1500 hand-numbered copies. Octavo (25.5cm); half red morocco over marbled boards, gilt titles to spine; top edge gilt; 327pp; illus. In publisher's board slipcase. A tight, Fine copy in the original publisher's slipcase, lightly dusted, Near Fine. More
Los Angeles: Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, 1970. Second Edition. Second edition of Ruscha's second artist's book, originally published in 1964 in a run of 400 copies. Contents consist of 15 yellow-tinted images of fire and flame – matches, blowtorches, stoves, and cigars – concluding with a solitary glass of milk..... More
Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Limited Edition. No. 310 of 1500 hand-numbered copies. Tall octavo (28cm); brown calf over cloth with gilt-printed leather spine label and embossed portrait device to front board; 313pp; illus. In publisher's board slipcase. A clean, Fine copy in the original publisher's slipcase, lightly dusted..... More
Verona: The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Limited Edition. No. 310 of 1500 hand-numbered copies, signed by illustrator Salvatore Fiume on colophon. Octavo (26.5cm); decoratively patterned coarse-weave cloth with applied leather spine label; 299pp; illus. In publisher's board slipcase. A fine copy in the original slipcase which is faintly spotted on..... More
Avon, CT: The Limited Editions Club, 1974. Limited Edition. Two volumes. No. 310 of 2000 copies, hand-numbered on colophon, signed by illustrator A. Tassos on colophon of v.2. Contrasting cloth spines over cloth-covered boards; gilt spine titles; pp1-248;249-461; illus. The two volumes housed in the publisher's board slipcase. An attractive..... More
Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club, 1973. Limited Edition. No. 310 of 1500 hand-numbered copies. Tall octavo (28cm); gilt-stamped, pebble-grained morocco over cloth, with embossed portrait device to front board; 259pp; illus. In publisher's card slipcase. A clean, Fine copy in the original publisher's slipcase, lightly dusted, sunned on one panel..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994-2008. Various printings. Six octavo volumes. Uniform red cloth hardcovers in printed dustjackets, paginations as noted below. Bookplate and signature in each volume of the noted American zoologist James M. Mead, Curator Emeritus of Mammals at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. Else a fine, unmarked..... More
New York: Rinehard & Co., 1946. First Edition. First printing, with Rinehart device present on verso of each title page. Two volumes in publisher's card slipcase; octavo (24cm), black cloth, titled in gilt on spines; 251pp, [46] leaves of plates + 406pp; illus. Private embossed ownership stamp to each title..... More
Avon, CT: The Limited Editions Club, 1973. Limited Edition. No. 310 of 1500 hand-numbered copies, signed by illustrator Lajos Szalay on colophon. Octavo (26cm); Floral coarse-weave cloth with applied leather spine label; 315pp; illus. In publisher's card slipcase. A fresh, well-preserved copy, Near Fine but for some faint foxing to..... More
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Limited Edition. No. 310 of 1500 hand-numbered copies, signed by illustrator Cyril Satorsky on colophon. Quarto (32cm); tan coarse-weave linen, titled in gilt on spine; 101pp; illus. In publisher's card slipcase. Barely perceptible darkening to cloth on spine, else a clean, Fine copy..... More
Cambridge: The Limited Editions Club, 1973. Limited Edition. No. 310 of 1500 hand-numbered copies. Tall octavo (28cm); gilt-stamped, pebble-grained morocco over cloth, with embossed portrait device to front board; 290pp; illus. In publisher's card slipcase. A clean, Fine copy in the original publisher's slipcase, lightly dusted but still Near Fine..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Limited Edition. No. 310 of 1500 hand-numbered copies, signed by illustrator Felix Hoffmann on colophon. Small quarto (27.5cm); red morocco over marbled boards; 107pp; illus. In publisher's card slipcase. A Near Fine copy, with a single, faint spot of soil to text block..... More
Bloomfield, CT: The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Limited Edition. No. 310 of 1500 hand-numbered copies, signed by illustrator Ismar David on colophon. Quarto (29cm); red buckram over embossed ivory cloth; red publisher's top-stain; 184pp; illus. In publisher's card slipcase. An attractive but not pristine copy; faint spotting is visible at..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Limited Edition. Two volumes. No. 310 of 1500 copies, hand-numbered on colophon, signed by illustrator Pierre-Yves Trémois on colophon of v.1. First volume (English text): quarto (289.5cm); full maroon cloth with printed titles to spine and front cover; 201pp; illus. Second volume (French..... More
Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius, 1936. First edition. Staple-bound pamphlet. Printed wrappers; 30pp; ads at front and rear. Mild toning to spine and exterior extremities, else Near Fine. Issued as Number 6 in the "Reviewer's Library." More
Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius Publications, [1936]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original grey-green staplebound wrappers; [16],31,[17]pp. Wrapper edges toned, later ownership inscription to p. [i], else Fine. Reviewer's Library no. 3. Prolific sexologist and biographer's exposition of the antisemitic hoax The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, first published in Russia in..... More
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1958. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in yellow on spine; dustjacket; x,230pp. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Light wear to spine ends, upper board edges gently sunned, with a tiny scuff to..... More
![Deliverance [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]. James DICKEY](/pictures/medium/58240.jpg?v=1654644368)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in olive green on spine and front cover; green topstain; dustjacket; [x],278pp. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Faint foxing to spine, tiny indentation to upper front board; Near Fine. Dustjacket..... More
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1967. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (21cm); light blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [4],5-359,[1]pp. Spine gently sunned, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 30s. net), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny scuffs and tears; Very Good+..... More
