Boston: Curtis Davis, ca 1880-84. Six chromolithographed cards (3 x 4-1/2 in). All are in very good condition. Five of the cards have letterpress advertising on the verso. The scarcest of the Gilman cards. Kevin MacDonnell notes: "To produce this set of cards, she drew upon keen knowledge of the..... More
NY: Norton, (1996). First American edition. 8vo, pp. 262. Pages little toned, a near fine copy in illustrated dj. A volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series. More
NY: Norton, (1992). First American paperback edition. 8vo, pp. 284. Pages little toned, a very good copy in illustrated wraps. A volume in the Aubrey/Maturin series. More
MASTER AND COMMANDER. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1969) First edition, (little soiling on front end paper, o/w fine in dj that is a little browned on the front flap. POST CAPTAIN. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1972) First American edition, nae on end paper, fine in dj H.M.S. SURPRISE. Philadelphia: Lippincott (1973) FirstAmerican Edition, fine..... More
NY: Chas P. Young, 1961. 8vo, pp. 24. Paper wraps. Cover and the lower corner of one leaf somewhat stained, o/w VG. More
THE BEAN TREES, a novel. Harper & Row (1988) First edition, fine in dj. The author's first book HOMELAND and other stories. Harper & Row (1989) First edition, fine in dj, Signed by Kingsolver HOLDING THE LINE, women in the great Arizona mine strike of 1983. ILR Press (1989) First..... More
NY: Gotham Music Service, 1933. First edition, thus. 4to, 6pp, self wraps. Some minor stains, loose in illustrated cover. More
np, nd, 8 x 10-1/2 in mimeographed sheets. 4 pages. Fine copy. N.O.W was founded in 1966 by Shirley Chisholm, Betty Friedan and Muriel Fox. This is the organizing document of the immensly influential feminist organization offered on the 50th anniversary of its founding. The official printed version (located just..... More
NY: Grove, (1966). First Evergreen "Black Cat" edn. 8vo, pp. 255. Little rubbed paper wraps, (lacks the black corner of the first leaf). With the 2-page Evergreeen card advertisement, all edges stained red as called for. With the Massachusetts Supreme Court decision and excerpts from the Boston Trial. This was..... More
[Greensboro, NC]: Unicorn Press, 1967. First Edition. Broadside. oblong format, 17 x 12 inches. Printed in 2 colors on pale yellow. Limited to 200 copies. A near fine copy.Matted. Printed on the occasion of Robert Bly's poetry reading at Unicorn Book Shop, 1967. More
Cambridge, MA: The Pomegranate Press, 1973. KK lopp. First Edition. Broadside, 19 x 13 inches, # 27 of a limited edition of 250 copies. This copy signed by the illustrator, (K. K. Lopp?) and Macleish. (The Macleish signature is a little faded), but a fine copy. Woodcut image at the..... More
[Washington, DC: A. N. Memorial at the Cosmos Club, [1978]. First Edition. Broadside, 13 x 8-1/2 in. Issued for the Nin memorial event and has a photo of Nin and the poem "Thinking of Anais Nin" by William Claire below it. Inscribed by Claire. More
Riverside, CT: Magic Circle Press, [1973]. Adele Aldridge. First Edition. 4to, [pp. 16]. Proof sheets (12 x 9-1/4 inches), Paper wraps, illustration in B & W and color. This was issued in an edition of 375 copies, signed by the author and illustrator. . These sheets include 9 lines of..... More
[Chicago: Choice, 1970]. Large 8vo, pp. 236. Little soiled printed wraps, a very good copy. Inscribed: "For Bill [Claire] | John" by the editor. A literary magazine with work by: Robert Bly, R. P. Dickey, John Haines, Clayton Eshelman, Diane Wakowski, Rogert Hecht, Charles Simic, John Logan, A poilin, Jr...... More
NY: Frank Shay, 1921. Second Edition. 8vo, pp. 16. [Salvo, an occasional periodical.] Paper wraps. Cover chipped and worn, clean inside. Yost 6. The first of the 'Gashouse Edition ' which was the name Shay used to describe a book he thought to be a 'pot-boiler.'. More
[London: Andre Deutsch, [1988]. Baskin. First UK Edition. 4to, pp.219. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts and engravings. A Very good copy in dj. From the dj: "This powerful book is a series of portraits-in-homage by a contemporary artist to artists of the past with whom he feels kinship. Leonard Baskin, moving..... More
NY: Signet, (1953). First edition, thus. Small 8vo, 158 + adv. Front flyleaf removed, a good copy in plastic cover. A reprint of Vidal's first book. More
[NY: Bantam Books, 1973]. First Bantam edition. Small 8v0, pp. 169 + adv. Some writing on the end paper, o/w a very good copy. One of several mysteries written by Vidal under the pseudonym. More
4to, pp. 30, illustrated printed wraps. All in very good plus condition. Wikipedia: "The Battle of Osawatomie was an armed engagement that occurred on August 30, 1856, when 250–400 pro-slavery Border ruffians, led by John W. Reid, attacked the town of Osawatomie, Kansas, which had been settled largely by anti-slavery..... More
San Francisco: Harper & Row, (1980). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 342. Photos. A very good copy in dj. Includes material from unpublished letters and journals. More
Denver: Spring, 1967, Vol. 2, # 1. 8vo, pp. 72. Bound in litle soiled printed wraps. Tributes and worn by publisher Alan Swallow. Includes work by Anais Nin, Robert Penn Warren, Allen Tate, Hart Crane, and others. More
Boston: Houghtom Mifflin, 1985. V. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 57. A near fine copy in dj. Signed by the author and inscribed by the dedicatee Constance Caraway [Erskine]. More
[Rockville, MD]: Peter Pun Press, (2021). First Edition. 8vo, pp. 215. Bound in illustrated paper wrappers. Signed by both authors. Scarce. A memoir describing how Jeffs, the rare book library at Georgetown Univerity built the Graham Greene collection with the help of the author himself. More
Toronto: Oxford Univ Press, 1970. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 64. Original little soiled printed wraps. Inscribed by the author: "For Helen | Best wishes | Margaret Atwood | 1972 Washington" Moodie was one of the best known of Canada's early pioneers, and wrote Roughing it in the bush, and Life..... More
