THE DRY SAVAGES
Faber and Faber: London, (1941). Paperback. 9 x 6", wraps, 15pp, covers a bit rubbed and spotted/unevenly toned, contents good. EARLY EDITION. One of the Four Quartets. SCARCE. More
New Arrivals
STRING + ROPE [exhibition catalogue]
(Sidney Janis Gallery: New York, NY), (1969). Paperback. Photos, 11 x 8.5", glossy pict stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers a little rubbed and creased at spine, contents nice and clean. Important exhibition: Duchamp, Arp, Pollock, Christo, Rauschenberg, Miro, etc. More
A PREPARED BOX FOR JOHN CAGE
(Carl Solway Gallery: Cincinnati, OH), (1997). Paperback. Contributions from 45 artists on 8.5 x 8" printed sheets (some contributions mult-page) in a folding cardboard box with map of Chicagoon on it; box a bit unevenly toned and worn, contents nice. With contributions by Yoko Ono, Merce Cunningham, Christo, Louise Nevelson..... More
Two Mailings from Artist Walter Gaudnek, with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING) BY GUADNEK, and the other with the ENVELOPE SIGNED AND DATED BY GAUDNEK
New York, NY, 1969. Paperback. First is a 9 x 12" envelope from the PMP Studio in New York, addressed, with inkstamps, roughly opened with stamps torn away; included are a printed announcement of "Modern Icons by Gaudnek" at the Goethe House New York in 1969, a four page announcement..... More
THE TRUTH ABOUT SELF-ABUSE Volume II Personal Problem Library
Sexology Magazine: NY, (1938). Paperback. 5.75 x 3.25", printed stapled wraps, 16pp. Covers have light toning and staining, ink mark, light soiling and creasing else good. "No human practice...has caused so much mental trouble as to the habit which we refer." More
THE ROMANCE OF TUNA And 19 Proven Recipes
White Star Chicken Of The Sea Tuna Fish: np, nd (c. 1930s). Paperback. Illus., 8.5 x 5.5", pict stapled wraps, unpaginated. Covers have light sunning and spotting, rusty staples else very good condition. Promotional brochure with such fun recipies as "Molded Tuna Salad", "Tuna Salad In Vegetable Ring", "Rolled Tuna..... More
AN ANTHOLOGY OF SPANKING LITERATURE
Janus: London, nd (1970s?). Paperback. Vintage illus., 8 x 5.5", pict wraps, 188pp. Covers have light wear, soiling and scratches, small abrasion on foredge else very good condition. "Profusely Illustrated." More
Pewabic Pottery tile "DETROIT HOST CITY TO SUPER BOWL XL FEBRUARY 5, 2006!"
Pewabic Pottery: Detroit, 2006. Hardcover. 6.5 x 6.5", blue glaze, stamped into the back "Compliments Of DMCVB & DSBHC", indentation (for hanging) on reverse, green felt backing. Couple of tiny nicks else fine, felt is detached but present. Tile does not bear the pottery's stamp but is identical to the..... More
BLACK YELLOW PAGES, 1977 Directory
Black Yellow Pages: Detroit, 1977. Paperback. Ads, 10.5 x 8.25", pict stapled wraps, 48pp, covers a little rubbed, soiled and creased, contents nice. More
"TEXAS PRISON RODEO, 51 Years of Action, 1982 Official Souvenir Program" [cover title]
np, 1982. Paperback. Photos; ads, 11 x 8.5", pict stapled wraps, 80pp, a very nice, clean copy. Guests appearing included Mo Bandy, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Gimble, etc. More
HIGH SCHOOL PUSHOVER
The Orpheus Series/Bee-Line Books: NY, 1972. Paperback. 7 x 4.25", pict wraps, 186pp + ads, covers toned and worn, spine creased, pp toned; still a good copy. "For Adult Readers." More
PHOTO SIGNED BY JIMMY HOFFA
np, nd. Paperback. 10 x 8", black and white photo of a smiling Jimmy Hoffa, right corners bumped, some minimal creasing else a nice photo, SIGNED IN BLUE INK BY "JAMES R. HOFFA." Included is the booklet "A Look At Your Union, about Teamsters Joint Council 43, printed for the..... More
AMERICAN SCULPTURE OF THE SIXTIES
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Los Angeles, CA, (1967). Hardcover. Photos, 11.5 x 8.75", gilt-lettered hardcover, 258pp, minor bumping to spine ends else a nice, clean copy in a lightly edge-worn dustjacket. SIGNED BY SCULPTOR LYMAN KIPP NEXT TO A PHOTO OF HIS "MUSCOOT" ON PAGE 144. More
A collection of forty three promissory notes, receipts and the leather wallet they were stored in belonging to George Norton Potter, the founder of Potterville, Michigan
Charlotte, Vermontville, West Benton, Benton, Eaton Rapids and Potterville, MI, 1856-1859, 1861, 1864, 1866-1868, 1870-1876. Paperback. The documents are varying sizes, mainly handwritten, toned, fragile (several are in pieces). The leather wallet is hand sewn, 9 x 3" and expands to 20 x 9", leather strips woven across the interior..... More
THE LOST ROAD And Other Writings, Language and Legend before The Lord of the Rings, Edited by Christopher Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin: Boston, 1987. Hardcover. 9 x 5.75", cloth, 455pp with index, minor extremity soiling and wear else a nice copy in a lightly rubbed dustjacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. More
FRANKENTHALER
Harry N. Abrams: NY, nd (1970). Hardcover. Illus., oblong 11 x 11.5", pict cloth, 272pp, very minor extremity wear else a nice copy of the FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "For Ann, Peter, and Michelle...Detroit 3 May 77" AND SIGNED (IN FULL) BY HELEN FRANKENTHALER. More
RECONCILIATION ELEGY, A Journal of Collaboration Presented by E.A. Carmean, Jr.
Skira/Rizzoli: (NY), (1980). Hardcover. Photos, 12.25 x 9.75", boards with pict label on front cover, 87pp, extremities lightly bumped and worn else a nice, clean copy in an extremity-bumped dustjacket. SIGNED BY ROBERT MOTHERWELL ON FRONT FLY. More
SAMUEL BECKETT, The Grove Centenary Edition [four volume set: Novels I & II, Dramatic Works, Poems/Short Fiction/Criticism]
Grove Press: NY, (2006). Hardcover. 4 vols. 9 x 6", cloth backed pict boards, vp, spines a little worn else a nice, clean, set, in a corner bumped slipcase. More
FRANCESCO CLEMENTE, PASTELS 1980
Anthony d'Offay: London, 1986. Hardcover. 83 illustrations, 15 x 11", embossed copper over green cloth, unpaginated, a nice copy in a lightly worn original cardboard box. LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #428), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. More
EGYPT A set of 98 Stereoview cards with original box
Underwood & Underwood: np, nd (1908?). Hardcover. 3.5 x 7", box 7.5 x 6" x 4", brown cloth, gilt lettering, lacks views 11 & 64. Occasional light soiling/scratches, #4 is soiled/rubbed, #49 board has a crease (looks to be a publisher's error), overall very good to fine, box has light..... More
MONI THE GOAT BOY
Thomas Y. Crowell: NY, (1914). Hardcover. Illus., 7.75 x 5.25", DECORATIVE CLOTH BINDING (UNSIGNED) BY MARGARET ARMSTRONG, 43pp, covers worn, extremities bumped and fraying, spine dull, former owner's bookplate, ink writing on front blank, pp toned; a used copy, but a SCARCE Margaret Armstrong binding (unsigned but listed in bibliography)..... More
TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE...Illustrated by George Soper
The Baker & Taylor Co.: NY, nd. Hardcover. Color frontis; other illus. by George Soper, 8.5 x 6.5", nicely gilt-pict green cloth, 323pp, covers a bit worn, extremities lightly bumped and fraying, former owner's bookplate on verso of frontis, textblock cracked. SWAF. Still a nice, decorative cloth binding. SCARCE. More
LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE, Containing a Biography by Thomas Clio Rickman...[ten volume set]
Vincent Parke and Co.: NY, (1908). Hardcover. 10 vols. Frontispieces, 9 x 6", grey cloth with paper spine label; teg, vp, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, spine labels toned and abraded a little, pp edge-toned, former owner's intrusive inkstamp on title pages, but still a nice, readable set. INDEPENDENCE EDITION..... More
UNCLE TOM'S CABIN; Or, Life Among the Lowly
John P. Jewett & Co.: Boston, 1852. Hardcover. 2 vols. 8 x 5", gilt-pict embossed black cloth, 312pp; 322pp, covers worn, extremities chipped (especially spine ends), spines cocked; well used copies. Vol. 1 is "Tenth Thousand and Vol. 2 is "Fifteenth Thousand", though both have the Geo. C. Rand slug..... More
NOTE BOOKS OF NIGHT
The Colt Press: San Francisco, 1942. Hardcover. 9.5 x 6.5", cloth with title label on front cover, 113pp, covers rubbed and yellowed, extremities bumped and a bit worn, endpapers unevenly toned, former owner's ink info on front fly, some light spotting to foredge of textblock; with a small bookstore label..... More