New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1883. Original 1883 printing. Hardcover. 173; 14pp. Sextodecimo [18 cm] Light brown cloth over boards. Floral endpapers. With light rubbing and wear to the spine and covers. Occasional underlining and marginal markings throughout. Contemporary gift inscription on the front flyleaf. "Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. First American edition. 317pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 white cloth over purple boards. Dust jacket is faded at and around the spine. Previous owner's name written in ink on the front free endpaper. An inside look at the grotesque violence..... More
London: Longman, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1865. John Leighton. Third edition. Hardcover. 241 pp. Quarto. [26.5 cm]. Bound in red leather with elaborate gothic gilt ornamentation and gilt title stamped on spine with raised bands. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's name penciled on front free end paper. Front hinge cracked..... More
Vistar Pictures Ltd., 2014. Reprint. Paperback. 421pp. Quarto [28 cm] Pictorial wraps. Illustrated. Minor soiling to the top edge of the text block. From the rear cover- "Dr. Dawson reveals Manson's darkest secrets, elicits Manson 'family' confessions, confronts and provokes the murderer by probing his mind, and challenging Manson's spooky..... More
Open Media. Later printing. 127pp. Duodecimo [18 cm]. Illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete..... More
New York: Penguin Books, 2011. Later printing. Paperback. 589pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; illustrated wraps. From publisher: In this riveting book, Jared Diamond -- whose Guns, Germs, and Steel revolutionized our understanding of history -- explores how humankind's use and abuse of the environment reveal the truth behind the world's great collapses..... More
New York: One World, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. 527pp. Octavo [24cm]. Printed paper over boards, with prismatic details. "What does it mean to be Black and alive right now? Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham have brought together this collection of work—images, photos, essays, memes, dialogues, recipes, tweets, poetry, and more—to..... More
Paris: Librairie Felix Alcan, 1898. Paperback. 563pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Light green and black printed wraps. Good only. The spine and surrounding areas are darkened. The wraps are also very lightly soiled, rubbed and creased. Chipping and small losses to the extremities. The text block is broken numerous times, and..... More
Toronto, Ontario: House of Anansi Press. SIGNED. Faint shelfwear; occasional ink notes throughout. Signed and inscribed by editor on half-title. More
New York: Grove Press, 2008. Later printing. Paperback. 206pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black wraps with white text. Few modern voices have had as profound an impact on the black identity and critical race theory as Frantz Fanon, and Black Skin, White Masks represents some of his most important work. Fanon’s..... More
Kissimmee, FL: The American Sunbathing Association, Inc., 1986. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 86pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Green buckram with gilt stamped titles. Fine condition. Subjects covered include fees, zoning, the nudist apartment industry today, accounting and business management, and membership screening. More
Columbus, OH: Pine Island Press, 1997. Hardcover. 322pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed. Slight spine slant. The corners of the covers are gently bumped. More
New York: Simon & Schuster. Later printing. Paperback. Octavo [21 cm] Illustrated wraps. Fine. A low culture manifesto. Klosterman has written for Esquire, The New York Times, and Spin. More
London: John Murray, 1817. Fifth edition. Leather bound. Three volumes. 496, 507, 500 pp. Octavo [22 cm]; original full leather bindings with blind stamped borders to front and rear boards, five raised bands, leather labels with gilt stamped titles on backstrips. All edges marbled. Bookplates neatly attached to the front..... More
New York: One World, 2021. Later printing. Hardcover. 415pp. Octavo [24cm]. 3/4 light blue paper over black boards. Title stamped in bronze on spine. More
New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. 89pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] in tan cloth. Light soiling and wear to boards and to lightly cocked spine; front free endpaper torn out, pencil notes on front pastedown, front inner hinge cracked (but holding), occasional pencil notes and emphases throughout. Short..... More
Philadelphia: Chilton Company Book Division, 1959. Second printing. Hardcover. 135pp. Quarto [26.5 cm] 1/4 gray cloth with decorative paper covered boards and a silver stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the spine and covers are gently bumped, rubbed and darkening. The dust jacket is in very..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 356pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 red cloth with yellow paper over boards and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good condition, with minor bumping to the head of the spine, and a bit of creasing to the..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Inscribed edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 319pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Near fine. Inscribed by Gloria Steinem on the first page. "It's good to know this woman is angrier than ever. And that she has given us a fine, reflective and humane book." - Carol..... More
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press. First edition. Paperback. 324pp. Octavo [23 cm]; Color photo illustrated wraps. Combining personal travel narrative, historical research, and his professioanl expertise in urban planning, Sullivan takes a criticial yet optimistic and often humorous look at how contemporary Western cities are making themselves more hospitable..... More
New York: Penguin Random House, 2020. Later printing. Hardcover. 475pp. Octavo [24cm]. Gray paper over boards, with title stamped in silver on spine. "In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and..... More