N.p. S.i., 1966. First Edition. In mid-March, 1966, after a massive rally at Chicago's International Amphitheatre, King, John Lewis, and Harry Belafonte went to Europe on a fundraising tour for the SCLC and SNCC, visiting Lyon, Paris, and Stockholm. The fundraising effort took place amid significant controversy; the U.S. government..... More
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1921. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm). Light green cloth covered boards, titled in darker green on cover and gilt on spine; dustjacket; "erratum" slip inserted between p.176-177; 202pp. Spine title gilt dulled (but legible); strip of toning to the outer textblock with foxing on..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1908. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Gray decorated cloth covered boards; pictorial front cover; titled in black on cover, black and yellow on spine; brown topstain; twenty illustrations by Eric Pope; 395,[7]pp. Moderate rubbing to boards; spine ends pushed; pictorial elements on front cover somewhat..... More
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. Octavo (19.5cm). Brown cloth covered boards titled in black on the cover and spine; dustjacket; 351pp. Spine ends lightly pushed; light rubbing to bottom of board edges; Near Fine. The..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, [1928]. First Edition. First State, with misprint on frontispiece and perfect type on p.116. Octavo (23.5cm). Brick-red cloth covered boards with applied cover illustration; titled in black on spine; pictorial black and white endpapers; 12 color plates and numerous black and white illustrations by John R...... More
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, [1923]. First Edition. The fourteenth and last book in the original Oz series before Baum's death. "Ozma and Dorothy are taken prisoner in a domed island city which can vanish benath the waters!." GLASSMAN and CAREY, The Wonderful World of Oz, Vol.II (Autumn 1985) 153. GREENE..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1918. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm). Red cloth covered boards with pictorial paper label mounted on front board; titled in black on spine; pictorial black and white endpapers; 12 color plates and numerous black and white illustrations by John R. Neill; 288pp. Rear hinge bit..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1911. First Edition. First Printing. First state (binding "A"), with the last two lines on p.35 transposed; as are lines 14 and 15 on p.105. Octavo (23.5cm). Green cloth covered boards with full color/gilt applied cover illustration; titled in red and dark green on spine; full..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, [1930]. First Edition. Third Printing, "D" binding (c.1918). Octavo (23.5cm). Blue cloth covered boards with pictorial paper cover illustration; titled in black on spine; 12 full-color plates including captions and numerous black & white illustrations by John R. Neill; no advertisements; blank endpapers; 272pp. Some rubbing..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1970. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm). Turquoise cloth backstrip over orange paper covered boards; titled in blue on spine; blue endpapers; pictorial rear panel; dustjacket; 156pp. Small bumps to lower edge of boards, else Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $5.00); titles sunned..... More
Cambridge: Harvard Advocate, 1906. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm). Red cloth covered boards; titled in gilt on spine; publisher's device in gilt on front cover, center; top edge gilt; 214pp. The spine is sunned a half-shade lighter with mildy rubbed gilt titles; former owner's engraved bookplate inside front cover (James W...... More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1941. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm). Cranberry red cloth covered boards; yellow paper label with publisher's device on cover, printed in blue/gray and red; titled in red on yellow paper spine label; 256pp. Review copy, with publication date stamped on front free end paper; spine..... More
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New York: Ultramarine Publishing Co., 1988. First, Limited Edition. First Printing. One of 40 signed, numbered copies bound in half-leather, this being #18 (of a total edition of 50). Octavo (21.5cm). Blue leather spine over marbled paper covered boards; titled in gilt on spine; 210pp. Minor bumps to lower board..... More
[London]: Privately Published, 1895. First Edition. First Impression. 250 copies, this being #94. Octavo (18.5cm). Maroon cloth covered boards titled in gilt on spine; tissue guarded portrait frontispiece; top edge gilt; deckle edges; 97pp. Mild rubbing to boards; spine cloth sunned a shade lighter, but gilt titling still perfectly legible;..... More
San Lorenzo: Shameless Hussy Press, 1976. First Edition. From the copyright page: "This is the first section of a four part novel dealing with the lives of different women in the same family. A different version appeared in the magazine Yardbird." It was published as a full length novel in..... More
New York: Random House, 1936. First Edition. First Prinitng. Octavo (21cm). Light blue cloth covered boards titled in gilt on spine; author's initials on cover and title on spine printed on black background; blue/gray topstain; dustjacket; 316pp. Topstain is faded; spine ends gently nudged; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped..... More
London: Andre Deutsch, 1973. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (21.5cm). Turquoise paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 320pp. Mild foxing to upper textblock, else Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced £2.95 net) with a faint strip of foxing to upper rear flap and light rubbing to rear..... More
Berkeley: Circle Editions, 1947. First Trade Edition. First Printing, following a privately-printed limited edition in 1946. Octavo (24cm). White paper covered boards titled in red and black on front and rear covers; dustjacket; 35pp. Mild external rubbing and wear; Very Good+. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50); chipping and short..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1961. First Edition. Stated First Printing. Octavo (21cm). Green cloth covered boards titled in black on spine; dustjacket; 134pp. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50); short tears and nicks to the edges; mild sunning to spine;..... More
New York: Edward J. Clode, 1926. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); teal cloth, with titles stamped in blue and white on spine; dark blue topstain; viii,9-312pp. Light wear to spine ends and extremities, hint of sunning to spine, with lower corners gently tapped (though still sharp); cloth is clean..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1943. First Edition. First Printing, one of 6,000 copies. Octavo (19.75cm); sage green cloth, with titles stamped in dark green on spine and front cover; [vi],216,[2]pp. Light wear and dust-soil to cloth, spine gently sunned, with some offsetting to endpapers, and a dampstain along left..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1942. First Edition. First Printing, one of 6,500 copies. Octavo (19.75cm); light brown cloth, with titling stamped in maroon on spine and front cover; [x],240,[6]pp. Forward lean, light wear to spine ends, with some offsetting to pastedowns from binders glue; contents clean; Very Good, lacking..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1959. First American Edition. First Printing (and first in English). Octavo (21.5cm); vertically-striped paper covered boards and red cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; [4],5-223,[1]pp. Light wear to spine ends, corners gently bumped (though still sharp), with some mild..... More
New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1963. First Edition. Rechy's first novel, a brutally descriptive novel centered around a young homosexual man who "attempts to break out of his introversion by testing himself in the homosexual underworld across the country," with scenes in L.A. and San Francisco (BAIRD 2078). YOUNG 2178..... More
London: Duckworth, 1912. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm); green cloth titled in gilt on cover and spine; publisher's device blind stamped to lower rear board; top edge gilt; tiny bookseller's ticket inside front cover; 354pp+20pp publisher's catalog at rear. Small spots of discoloration to lower front board; rubbing at..... More
