Chicago, IL: A Playboy Press Book, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 344pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/2 dark blue cloth with lighter blue paper over boards. The edges of the boards are a bit faded, and the spine ends are gently bumped. In a dust jacket, with rubbing and a couple..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1993. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 326pp. Octavo. [23cm] Full red leather over boards with the title stamped in gold gilt on spine. Gold gilt decorations stamped on covers. Cream colored silk moire end pages and satin page marker. All edges gilt. More
Salt Lake City, UT: The University of Utah Press, 2020. First edition. Paperback. 423pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] Mustard yellow illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "The study of Joseph Smith and his writings have long been shaped by the polemical atmosphere that surrounds Smith’s claims to divine authorship. Even after a...... More
United States of America: Vintage Books, 2020. First Vintage Books Edition (Later Printing). Paperback. 704pp. [23.5 pp] Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "In this bestselling comprehensive, revelatory biography—fifteen years of interviews and research in the making—historian Jane Sherron De Hart explores the central experiences that crucially shaped Ginsburg’s passion for..... More
East Aurora, NY: Roycroft Press, 1899. Anna McMillan. First edition. 150pp. Octavo [21.5in]. 1/4 suede leather and brown paper over boards, with gold lettering stamped on the spine and front board. Corners and extremities are rubbed and bumped with underlying boards showing through. Suede leather is beginning to crumble. Text..... More
New York: Harper Perennial, 2018. First Harper Perennial Edition. Paperback. 306pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. More
New York: Avant Garde Books, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 35pp. Thin octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine and a decorative blind stamped title on the covers. Near fine. The edges of the covers are very slightly faded. The dust jacket..... More
United States of America: Crown, 2020. Later printing. Hardcover. 239pp. [21.5 cm] Cream colored paper over boards with red text on spine. Red and taupe illustrated dust jacket. "In the story of Baldwin’s crucible, Glaude suggests, we can find hope and guidance through our own after times, this Trumpian era..... More
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1970. First printing. Hardcover. 97 pp. Octavo. Red cloth over boards with black stamped postal illustration on front board and white stamped title on spine, with author's name stamped in black. Publisher's red top stain. Some very mild discoloration to top right corner of front board..... More
Berkeley: The Wednesday Table, 2017. First edition. Paperback. 12pp. Elephant Folio [45cm]; hand-stiched with dark gray wrappers. Title glit stamped on front wrapper. Corner at head of spine is bumped. Number 218 of 400 numbered copies printed in letterpress by Richard Seibert. More
College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 1989. Later printing. Hardcover. 225pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Burgundy cloth over boards with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Spine of dust jacket is extremely faded but still bold. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpage. Years before pesticides and other pollutants..... More
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Easton Press, 1995. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. Octavo. [23 cm]. Bound in black leather with elaborate gilt ornamentation to covers and spine. All edges gilt. Raised bands and gilt title stamped on spine. Yellow satin ribbon page marker laid in. Still in original shrinkwrap from publisher, with..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, January 2019. First edition. Hardcover. 867 pp. Octavo [23.5 cm]; paper covered bookcloth with illustrated dust jacket. Still in original shrinkwrap. More
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1938. First UK edition. Hardcover. 369pp. Octavo [22.2cm]. Brown cloth over boards with gold lettering on spine. Spine rolled. Boards are slightly rubbed along tail and head edge. A few slight bumps to the top edge, most notably to the corners. Tan illustrated dust jacket..... More
New York: Peng/Rand, 2005. Paperback. 622pp. Octavo. [21.5]. Illustrated Wraps. In this engaging and thoroughly researched biography, Charles Nicholl uncovers the man behind the myth of the great Renaissance master. At times a painter, sculptor, inventor, draftsman, and anatomist, Leonardo’s life cannot easily be summarized. And yet, Nicholl skillfully traces..... More
New York: Peng/Rand, 2005. Paperback. 169pp. Duodecimo. [18cm]. Illustrated wraps. The life and work of the great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) have proved endlessly fascinating for generations. In Leonardo da Vinci, Sherwin Nuland completes his twenty-year quest to understand an unlettered man who was a...... More
Birmingham, MI: Baldwin Public Library, 1976. Paperback. 161pp. Octavo [21 cm] Yellow and black illustrated wraps. Very good. There are a handful of very small stains on the rear wrap. Internally very clean. From p. 1- "Martha Baldwin had friends and supporters all over the state, but there were few..... More
New York: Liveright, 2020. Later printing. Hardcover. 612pp. Octavo [24 cm]. 1/4 black cloth with gray paper over boards. Photographic dust jacket. An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author’s interviews, rewriting much of the known narrative. More
Wellesley College: Oxford University Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 79 pp. Octavo. Blue cloth over boards. Head and tail of spine torn and scuffed, corners rubbed. Paste-downs and endpapers toned. A prolific English poet, Elizabeth Barrett fought for the abolition of slavery and the rights of child workers. Her letters..... More
New York: Broadway Books, 2011. Paperback. 381 pp. Octavo. [20 cm]. Illustrated wraps. Skloot's impressive exploration of the archival photographs and records as well as her in depth interviews of the Locks family allowed her to create this piece, a thorough explanation of the life, death, and legend of Henrietta..... More
New York: Random House, 2018. Paperback. 336pp. Octavo. [20cm] Illustrated wraps. "Tara Westover was 17 the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag"..... More
United States of America: AK Press, 2020. Reprint. Paperback. 283pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Red illustrated wraps. From the publisher: Oscar Wilde is remembered as a wit and a dandy, as a gay martyr, and as a brilliant writer, but his philosophical depth and political radicalism are often forgotten. Resist Everything..... More