London: HarperCollins, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 299pp. Octavo [24cm]. Gray papered boards with light yellow spine stamp. As new. This is the first autobiographical work from British chef, restaurateur, and television personality Gordon Ramsey. More
San Francisco: Focus, 1981. Stapled. 20pp. Octavo [21.5]. Red paper wraps with black text and image on front and back. Small faded spot at head of front wrap. Signed by Cherkovski, whose 13-page poem comprises the majority of the text. "Captain Stalin" is written as a rebuttal to Pablo Neruda's... More
Seattle, WA: Fangraphics Books, 2018. Krigstein, Bernard. First PFangraphics Books edition. Hardcover. 219pp Quarto [26cm]; Illustrated wraps, no dust jacket as issued. From publisher's website: Bernard Krigstein is widely hailed as a virtuoso of graphic invention and psychological acuity in comics. His earned his reputation at EC Comics, and this volume... More
London: Groombridge and Sons, 1863-1864. Early printings. Leather bound. 203; 203; 247; 250pp. Quarto [26 cm] Handsomely rebound in 1/4 red Morocco leather and pebbled black cloth over boards, with inlays of the original red cloth gilt stamped cover vignettes on the front boards. New endpapers. Complete, with all 238... More
New York: Chronicle Books, 2017. Reprint. Hardcover. 248 pp Oblong Octavo [23cm]; Illustrated wraps, no dust jacket as issued. Copy in publisher's shrink wrap. From publisher's website: Walt Disney always envisioned the studios that bear his name remaining relevant by consistently taking creative risks and doing the unexpected. Heading into the... More
Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah: Brigham Young University Press; University of Utah Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. 341pp. Oblong quarto [22 cm x 28 cm] Black cloth over boards with copper ink stamped titles. Dust jacket shows the tiniest bit of shelf wear. Part of the BYU Studies series... More
New York: Harper Collins, 2006. Reprint. Paperback. 383 pp Octavo [20cm]; Illustrated wraps. From publisher's website: The world will end on Saturday. Next Saturday. Just before dinner, according to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, the world's only completely accurate book of prophecies written in 1655. The... More
Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2008-2013. First Library Edition. Hardcover. 6 volume set. Quarto [31cm]. All volumes in matching black cloth boards with gilt lettering and an illustration. Copies are in near fine to fine condition with a small soil to front cover of volume 5, very light tanning to... More
London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1899-1900. New Edition Revised by Edward Step, F.L.S. Leather bound. 269; 279; 258; 215pp. Octavo [25 cm] 3/4 brown leather with green pebbled cloth over boards, and six gilt stamped compartments on the spines. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. All color plates... More
London: HarperCollins, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. 296pp. Octavo [24cm]. Black papered boards with white spine stamp. Small pink stain to fore-edge of text block, else near fine. This is the second autobiographical work from British chef, restaurateur, and television personality Gordon Ramsey. More
[Newark, NJ]: Rutgers University Libraries, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto [27.5 cm] in grey cloth with gilt-stamped title on backstrip. No jacket as issued. Some light indentations to rear board, else Fine. Publisher's erratum laid in. Twenty-six woodcuts by Ward. This work includes a three page introduction by Michael McCurdy... More
New York: Random House, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Large folio [35 cm] Navy blue cloth over boards with embossed titles on the backstrip and front board. Dark red endpapers. The covers are very slightly cocked. In a dust jacket, with only minor surface wear. Will require extra postage due... More
New York: DC Comics, 2005. Dave Gibbons. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Quarto [33 cm] Black vinyl cloth over boards with the title stamped in bold yellow and orange on the backstrip, and a simple yellow and black watch face design on the front board. In the brightly colored illustrated dust jacket... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Riverton, 1876. Author's Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. 160; 16pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Blue cloth over boards lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt, black, and blind. All edges gilt. With 7 full-page illustrations. 16 pages of publisher's adverts at the rear. The spine and boards are... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Company; S.U.P. Memorial Foundation, 1955. Early printing. Hardcover. 512pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Red cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. There are dark stains along the bottom edges of the boards and the preliminary and terminal pages, and... More
New York: Hastings House, Publishers, 1959. Early reprint. Hardcover. 311pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Gray cloth covered boards, with very light warping to the boards. In a dust jacket, with rubbing to the surface, and lightly chipped edges. Not price-clipped. Frank Robertson's autobiography about pioneering life in northern and southern Idaho... More
New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1990. Revised edition, second printing. Hardcover. Large folio [39 cm] in beige cloth with decorative black spine titles, housed in publisher's glossy board slipcase with cloth head and foot. Very light rubbing to jacket; boards are crisp and unworn; interior is clean, tight, and bright;... More
Oak Park, Illinois: The ACME Novelty Library, 2008. Reprint. Hardcover. Oblong Duodecimo [18.5cm]; Very light edge wear. Text is clean and unmarked, spine is tight. A stellar meditation on loneliness by the author of Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. More
New York: ecco, 2002. First Ecco Edition. Paperback. 221pp Octavo [22.5cm]; matte wraps. From publisher's website: The stories in Hot Water Music dash around the worst parts of town – a motel room stinking of sick, a decrepit apartment housing a perpetually arguing couple, a bar tended by a skeleton –... More
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. 101pp. Octavo [21cm]. Red papered boards with a silver spine stamp. New. "In this eloquent memoir, [Abbey's] friend and fellow desert rat Charles Bowden reflects on Abbey the man and the writer, offering up thought-provoking, contrarian views of the writing... More
New York: Ecco, 2002. Reprint. Paperback. 204pp Octavo [22.7cm]; matte printed wraps. From publisher's website: The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses is a book of poems written by Charles Bukowski for Jane, his first love. These poems explore a more emotional side to Charles Bukowski. More
New York: Vintage Books, 1989. Vintage Books Edition. Paperback. 163pp. Octavo [20cm]; color wraps. From back of book: In The Book, Alan Watts provides us with a much-needed answer to the problem of personal identity, distilling and adapting the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta. At the root of human conflict is our fundamental... More
United States of America: ecco, 2017. First ecco Paperback Edition. Paperback. 216pp. Octavo [20cm]; illustrated wraps. From publisher's website: A companion to On Writing and On Cats: A raw and tender poetry collection that captures the Dirty Old Man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a.... More
New York: Penguin, 2011. Rob Admiraal. Later printing. Paperback. 212pp. Octavo [19.5cm]; illustrated wraps. Toted by The New York Times as Kerouac's "grittiest book", Big Sur follows Kerouac after the publication of his more well known novels, finding him traveling between epiphanies regarding alcoholism and fame in the Northern California... More
New York: Schocken Books, 1995. Reprint. Paperback. 317pp. Small Octavo [20cm]; illustrated wraps. Kafka's famous short story about a young man transformed into a cockroach to the dismay of himself, his family, and his community. Also included in this collection: Conversation with the Supplicant, Meditation, and The Judgment. Translated by... More