RHL THE LINE BOOK. 1932. Edited by Shelby Little.
Chicago 1932. 9x4", pict stapled wraps, 64pp, covers worn , soiled with erasure at top right corner of cover. More
LITERATURE
Ribbon "BENEFIT JACK LONDON MEMORIAL LIBRARY"
np (Glen Ellen), nd (1920?). Paperback. 4.25 x 2.25", cream ribbon, black lettering with image of Jack London's face. Small area of staining, couple of tears at top, edges frayed, light creasing else good. The Glen Ellen Women's Improvement Club raised $15,000 through various endeavors (ie. a ball, art exhibition..... More
RIVERRUN, A Journal of the Arts
Vol. 1 No. 1. Detroit n.d. Illus, 8.5 x 5", stapled wraps, 95pp., covers yellowed. Includes "From: The Collected Works of Billy the Kid" by Michael Ondaatje. More
THE RIVERSIDE INTERVIEWS 1. Allen Ginsberg.
Binnacle Press: London. 1980. Photos, 11.5 x 8, stapled pict wraps, 51 pp, vg, includes separate list of illustrations. FIRST ED, LIMITED TO 600 COPIES. More
ROAD NOVELS 1957-1960: On the Road, The Dharma Bums, The Subterraneans, Tristessa, Lonesome Traveler, From the Journals 1949-1954
Library of America: (NY), (2007). Hardcover. 8 x 5", maroon cloth, 864pp + catalogue, a nice, sharp, clean copy in nice dustjacket. Fourth Printing thus. More
ROBIN HOOD: A Collection Of All The Ancient Poems, Songs, And Ballads...Relative To That Celebrated English Outlaw: To Which Are Prefixed Historical Anecdotes Of His Life [Joseph Ritson]
Longman et al: London, 1820. Hardcover. Title page engraving, 6 x 4", gilt ruled full leather, decorative blindstamping, raised bands, gilt dec panels and lettering, covers gilt embossed, "The Society Of Writers To The Signet" (with coat of arms), xxiv, 240 (including glossary). EX-LIBRARY (Society of Writers), covers worn, rubbed..... More
ROMANCE OF AN IRISH GIRL; Or, Life in Two Worlds, An Autobiography, with an Introduction by a Lady of New York
Derby & Jackson: NY, 1860. Hardcover. 7.25 x 5", brown cloth, 408pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and worn, spine ends chipped and torn, spine a bit cocked, ink name of former owner on front fly, rear fly with old pencil marks, pp a bit worn with some finger soiling, but..... More
ROSE MORTON'S JOURNAL FOR MAY.
Sheldon & Co: NY 1866. Frontis, 6 x 4", cloth, 263pp, ink inscription, scattered foxing, inner front hinge loose, sm tear in spine, covers splash stained. More
Round Bronze Plaque commemorating the 100th birthday of Walt Whitman, designed by R. Tait McKenzie for the Franklin Inn Club.
Franklin Inn Club: Philadelphia, 1919. Cast in bronze by Riccardo Bertelli of NY. 5" diameter. Plaque shows the face of the poet on front with these words "Walt Whitman 1819-1919," "The Franklin Inn Club" with McKenzie's initials and the word "fecit" (made by). A few dark spots (removable with cleaning?)..... More
RUMP: Or, an Exact Collection of the Choycest Poems and Songs Relating to the Late Times by the Most Eminent Wits, from Anno 1639 to Anno 1661. 2 volumes.
np, nd. 7 x 4.5, boards, 376 pp, 200 pp, 19th century facsimile reprint of 1662 London edition, boards detached both volumes, spines heavily chipped, back broke volume 1, as is, fair. Reprint. More
SALMONIA, Or Days of Fly Fishing, in a Series of Conversations. . . By An Angler (Sir Humphrey Davy).
John Murray: London. 1832. Illustr, 7 x 4.25, full leather, 335 pp, covers very worn and crazed, hinges cracking, contents stained and soiled with a paper stuck to one of the full page illustrations. HENRY VAN DYKE'S COPY WITH A TYPED LETTER SIGNED TIPPED IN AT REAR FROM VAN DYKE..... More
"THE SANACHIE, An Irish Miscellany Illustrated" [cover title]
Maunsel & Co.: Dublin, nd (c. 1906). Paperback. Ads; illus., 9 x 7", pict wraps, 73pp + ads, covers lightly rubbed, torn at spine ends, yapped edges creased, torn and chipped, contents nice. Contributions by Yeats, Lord Dunsany, Bernard Shaw, Lady Gregory, Padraic Colum, etc. More
"SCIENCE FICTION" [cover title, book title in Russian]
np (USSR), 1970. Illus., 8 x 5", pict wraps, 215pp, covers worn and soiled, with manuscript title on spine, contents toned and fragile; a Russian publication of English language science fiction short stories, including Ray Bradbury ("The Highway"), Isaac Asimov ("Lenny"), etc., with selected Glossary (English into Russian) in rear..... More
SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE ANNUAL.
ERB Book Co: NY nd. Drawings, 7.5 x 5.25", pict stapled warps, 130 double-col pp, covers soiled with minor edge fray. Includes "Gangstera are Here Again" by J. Edgar Hoover. More
SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE MONTHLY, March, 1930.
Technicraft Publishing: Mount Morris, IL, 1930. Illustr, ads, 12 x 8.5, pict wraps, pp 193-286, spine and back cover missing, front cover rubbed, dull and chipped at edges, contents browned and brittle. Includes the last part of S.S. Van Dine's The Bishop Murder Case; sold mostly for the great cover..... More
THE SECRET 6, A New Detective Magazine
Pulp Classics #17. (Robert Weinberg: Chicago 1977). Drawings, 8.5 x 5.5", pict wraps, 113 double-col pp, covers yellowed from cigarette smoke. More
SECRET AGENT "X", The Man of a Thousand Faces.
Odyssey Publications: Greenwood, MA 1977. Drawings, 8 x 5.5", pict wraps, 127 double-col pp, yellowed from cigarette smoke else ok. More
SEEDS, The Biannual Journal of the Sisters of Color. Detroit. Vol. 4, fall 1996.
8.5 x 5.5, pict stapled wraps, 46 pp, covers a bit soiled. More
A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY By Mr. Yorick [2 vols.]
T. Becket and P.A. DeHondt: NY, 1885. Hardcover. Facsimile of the first edition. 7 x 4", boards, 203; 208pp, spine labels defective, covers heavily worn and chipped, hinges splitting. ONE OF 100 NUMBERED COPIES. More
THE SHELBOURNE HOTEL, Dublin 1904.
Dublin, 1904. Folding map, illustr, ads, 5.75 x 4.5, color litho covers, 100 pp, covers soiled and worn with bottom of spine torn (and partially tape repaired), old price sticker adhesion mark inside front cover, contents toned but still good. Follow Leopold Bloom around Dublin on June 16, 1904. More
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED CARD FROM PLAYWRIGHT ARTHUR MILLER MATTED WITH ORIGINAL PENCIL PORTRAIT OF MILLER.
np, nd. Signature is on 3.5 x 2 card, affixed to mat surrounding a 13 x 10 image by Detroit artist George Haessler. Card is browned from glue, inscription to Haessler, portrait nice. Would look nice framed. More
THE SIN EATERS.
Lost Fantasies #9. (Robert Weinberg: Chicago 1979). Drawings, 8.5 x 5.5", pict wraps, 96 double-col pp, covers yellowed from cigarette smoke. More
SINCE MAN BEGAN TO EAT HIMSELF. Four Poems, Two Stories: Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Kenneth Bernard; Allen Ginsberg; Toby Olson; Jerome Rothenberg and Joel Oppenheimer.
The Perishable Press, 1986. "Six etched illuminations and one composite drawing provisioned by Warrington Colescott," 11 x 7.25, 3/4 cloth, unpag, vg with original prospectus. ONE OF 113 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE CONTRIBUTORS AND WALTER HAMADY, THE BOOK'S DESIGNER. More
THE SKIPPER. Pulp Classics 16.
(Robert Weinberg: Chicago 1977). Drawings, 8.5 x 5.5", pict wraps, 91 double-col pp, covers yellowed from smoking. More
Small Press Kit for the movie "What Happened to Kerouac?" with a typed letter signed by producer Richard Lerner.
11 x 8.5, four page folder with photos, reviews (incl from Allen Ginsberg), synopsis, etc., w/ real and photocopied press clippings, etc. Letter is on Richard Lerner Productions letterhead, Jul 28, 1986, to a Detroit-area recipient regarding film. Mentions including " . . . some additional San Francisco reviews for..... More