New York: A.S. McCredie & Co., 1831. Receipt made out to a Mrs. H.W. Livingstone, who purchased several yards of Merino wool and cloth, a Hernani shawl, and silk velvet, a purchase totalling $52.50 1/2 (about $1500 in today's currency). The Hernani shawl appears to have been a fashion based..... More

London: Gollancz, 1962. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22cm). Publisher's maroon cloth, titled in gilt to spine; dustjacket; 220pp. Tight, clean copy; a Very Good clean copy. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, slightly rubbed on rear panel, with an unfortunate closed square tear to the upper left front panel..... More

Buffalo, NY: Top Stories, 1981. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's illustrated stiff card wraps. [24pp]. Light wear to extremities, a couple of small scratches to the front panel; internally clean, ink stamp of "Top Stories" NYC address to copyright page. A very good, clean copy. An early piece of searing..... More

Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, Publisher, 1983. First, Limited Edition. Regular issue. Number 31 of 64 copies in wrappers, from a total edition of 100 copies (There was a simultaneous lettered issue in boards). Octavo (23cm); olive-green thick-paper French wrappers, with paper title label to front cover; 22pp. Title page..... More

New York: Macmillan Company, 1915. First Edition. 12mo (17.75cm.); original parchment-covered boards, paper label printed and ruled in dark green mounted to upper cover; vii,[1],171pp. Review copy with slip laid in and pressure stamp to title page; additional publisher's prospectuses and catalogs laid in. Toning and dusting, spine quite darkened..... More

New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in copper on spine; dustjacket; xxvi,150pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with some light surface wear, a faint scratch to rear panel, and a tiny stain to base of spine. Memoir..... More

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1956. First Edition. First Printing, with "First Edition" and the publisher's "I-F" code on copyright page. Octavo (21.75cm); dark grey cloth boards, with titles stamped in white on spine, and publisher's logo in white at lower front cover; dustjacket; [x],276,[2]pp. Inscribed by the author..... More

New York: New York Committee to Free Angela Davis, [n.d. but ca.1971]. Original lithographed poster, measuring 42.5cm x 54.5cm (16.75" x 21.5"). White stock, with black and white photographic image at center, and text printed in black at lower margin. Fine. Poster produced by the NY Committee to Free Angela..... More

New York: One & One Communications, Inc., 1977. First Edition. First Printing. Slim octavo (21.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; 41pp; illus. Inscribed on the title page to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez and his wife: "To Bob + Maddie / With special warmth + best wishes –..... More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); navy blue and green paper-covered boards with red cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine and decorative elements embossed on front cover; dustjacket; [xii],224,[4]pp. Trivial dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, else very Near Fine in..... More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's promotional photograph of the author laid in. Octavo (23.5cm); cream cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine, with the author's facsimile signature stamped in gilt on front cover; dustjacket; xii,372pp..... More

Oakland: Awareness Productions, [n.d. but ca.1980's]. First Edition. Educational coloring book, each page with accompanying text, compiled by 16 year old Ayanna Zareef, a student at the Arts School in Oakland, California. "This project was pursued with the objective of stimulating the young mind with the awareness of a great..... More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1989. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); gray paper spine over light pink paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 356pp; 16 glossy pages of black and white photographic (halftone) illustrations. Inscribed by editor Daniel Shealy on half-title: "For Julian, a good..... More