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VANILLA CUSTARD.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, printed in a limited edition of 1000 copies.
Point Reyes Station, CA: Floating Island Publications, 1988. SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems, short prose pieces and photographs (most shot in Mexico). Warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page "To my dear friend --- Oh if only we could get the taste of vanilla custard in our mouths again" etc. and dated in the year of publication. 89 pp. ISBN: 0-912449-233.
Condition: Very good+ in glossy purple illustrated wrappers (2 x's on bottom edge, some sunning to the spine)
Book ID: 54308More details Price: $20.00 -
ARCHIVE OF ETHNOBOTANIST ANTHONY KWEKU ANDOH, ÊPh. D., F. L.S.,
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Very good.
Book ID: 90928More details Price: $125.00 -
BLACK HOLLYWOOD: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments.
Edition: First printing.
Naperville, IL: Ebony Magazine / Sourcebooks, (2022). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Beautiful full color photographs by Augustus. Foreword by Forest Whitaker and afterword by Niecy Nash. List of actors with small photographs. Index. SIGNED on the title page with "love always." Large square format. 227 pp. ISBN: 978-1728258393.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated boards (a new copy but upper corner bumped).
Book ID: 86516More details Price: $50.00 -
QUEST FOR FOOD: Nature in Action.
Edition: First American edition.
Mayflower / Intercontinental Book Productions (1979). Hardcover first edition - Illustrated in full color with photographs by Oxford Scientific Films. "Provides information on how plants, amphibians, and animals survive discussing what and how they eat, how they obtain their food, and how they share and interrelate according to the food pyramid." Glossary. 30 pp. ISBN: 0-831772786.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards.
Book ID: 71388More details Price: $12.50 -
THE SWAN PRINCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A humorous takeoff of the classical ballet conceived by one of ballet's greatest living dancers -Mikhail Baryshnikov - and written and directed by Peter Anastos, with sepia toned photographs by Arthur Elgort and a brief introduction by Jean Poniatowski, the editor of Paris Vogue. Preliminary notice that all funds from the sale of this book would go to the Foundation for AIDS research. Square format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-553052187.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 84364More details Price: $21.50 -
LA DOGANA: Poemes Venitiens.
Edition: First printing.
Lausanne: Editions Castella, (1967). First edition - Edition originale, un des 900 exemplaires numerotes sur Canson et Ingres et imprimee sur les presses de l'Imprimerie Chabloz a Renens. Ouvrage illustre de 12 photographies d'Henriette Grindat. (#650 out of 900 copies of the regular edition). A relatively early work of this Belgian poet, active in the Resistance during World War II, a lawyer and psychoanalyst, who moved to Paris in 1946 where he was friends with Camus and Gide, among others. Swiss photographer Henriette Grindat (1923 - 1986) was known for her complex surrealistic images which were often achieved by means of collage, photograms, or solarisation - many of which, like the ones in this book, depicted the effects of light and water. Unpaginated (36 pp including the colophon), Large format.
Condition: Fine in stiff white covers in dark red outer wrappers with black lettering and self flaps.
Book ID: 85251More details Price: $125.00 -
LOOKING BACK A MOMENT . . . and Other Poems.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Coos Bay, OR: B&B Publishing. (1991). SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems by this Oregon writer, each illustrated with photographs, including some in full color. SIGNED on the title page with the words "best wishes" and dated in 1996. 84 pp. ISBN: 1-885813031.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 69585More details Price: $14.50 -
SHAUN O'DAY OF IRELAND.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (ca 1938, c 1929.) dj. Hardcover - A title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. A combination of fiction and fact, this is illustrated with photographs. taken by the author. Illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue boards with a blue cloth spine and a red and black illustration on the front, printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. 191 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (some overall edgewear to the rather fragile dj, but still quite attractive.)
Book ID: 53060More details Price: $20.00 -
THE LITTLE SWISS WOOD CARVER.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929.) dj. Hardcover - The third title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. This is the story of a boy who liongs to become a skilful woodcarver like his father. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. 160 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (gift inscription dated 1933, some light foxing on the endpapers, spine of the dj is sunned, chipping at ends of dj spine, front cover illustration is bright and attractive, original price of 50c on flap).Flap of dust jacket lists to #10 in this series.
Book ID: 64738More details Price: $20.00 -
THE LITTLE INDIAN WEAVER.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1928.) dj. Hardcover - The first title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine. 134pp.
Condition: Very good in a fair dust jacket (gift inscription mostly hidden by dj flap, corners somewhat bumped, overall edgewear and chipping to dj, sunning to spine of dj)
Book ID: 79724More details Price: $15.00 -
THE LITTLE MEXICAN DONKEY BOY.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1931.) dj. Hardcover - The eighth title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. Set in a small town in Mexico, this is the story of a young boy and his burro, and how he discovered his talent as a potter. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. Vocabulary list. 224 pp. Flap of dust jacket lists to #12 in this series.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (some offsetting on the endpapers, spine of the dj is sunned, and with a short tear at the upper edge, front cover illustration is bright and attractive).
Book ID: 64733More details Price: $20.00 -
SHAUN O'DAY OF IRELAND.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929.) dj. Hardcover - The sixth title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. This is the story of a young boy from Connemara where leprechauns abound. and of how he disappeared one day but came back to Ireland years later Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. 191 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dust jacket (some light foxing on the endpapers, spine of the dj is sunned, front cover illustration is bright and attractive, original price of 50c on flap).Flap of dust jacket lists to #11 in this series.
Book ID: 64736More details Price: $20.00 -
LITTLE JEANNE OF FRANCE.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929.) dj. Hardcover - The fifth title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. This is the story of two little French girls and how they met - one grew up in a poor war-torn village, the other in a beautiful apartment in Paris. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. Vocabulary list. 190 pp. Flap of dust jacket lists to #11 in this series.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (some light foxing on the endpapers, spine of the dj is sunned, several tears and chips, some tape repaired, front cover illustration is bright and attractive, original price of 50c on flap).
Book ID: 64734More details Price: $18.00 -
THE WEE SCOTCH PIPER.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1929.) dj. Hardcover - The second title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. This is the story of how the son of a Scotch shepherd earned his set of bagpipes and a musical education. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. 159 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (some light foxing on the endpapers, missing approx 2 inches of spine of dj, crease on front cover, several edge tears, but front cover illustration is bright and attractive). Flap of dust jacket lists to #10 in this series.
Book ID: 64735More details Price: $18.00 -
MITZ AND FRITZ OF GERMANY.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1933.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The tenth title in the "Children of All Lands Stories" series. The story of a brother and sister whose father is a toymaker in Nuremberg, but when no one is buying any toys there, they take off in a gypsy wagon around the Rhineland. Illustrated with photographs of children taken by the author. Red and white illustrated endpapers. Bound in light blue illustrated boards with a royal blue cloth spine and printed throughout on good quality semi-glossy paper. 158 pp. plus a vocabulary list.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (some light foxing on the endpapers, spine of the dj is sunned, chipping at ends of dj spine and to upper corner of front cover, other edgewear) Flap of dust jacket and rear cover both list to this title in this series.
Book ID: 64739More details Price: $25.00 -
THROUGH MY EYES
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Scholastic, (1999) dj. Hardcover - In 1960, 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first black student ever at the all-white William Frantz Public School in New Orleans, Louisiana. This account of that event is "simple in language and rich in history and sepia-toned photographs." It includes "quotes from newspapers of the time, family members, and teachers; sidebars illustrating how Ruby Bridges pops up in both John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley and a Norman Rockwell painting; and a fascinating update on Bridges's life and civil rights work. A personal, deeply moving historical documentary about a staggeringly courageous little girl at the center of events that already seem unbelievable." Winner of the Jane Adams Children's Book Award. Large square format, illustrated throughout with photographs. 64 pp. ISBN: 0-590189239.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 89592More details Price: $17.50 -
HELLO, AMIGOS!
Edition: First printing.
New York: Henry Holt, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which captures the anticipation and excitement of Frankie Valdez' birthday - at school and at home in San Francisco's Mission District - in simple words and black and white photographs by Fran Ortiz. Glossary of Spanish words. Oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-805000909.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (gift inscription on front endpaper, partially price-clipped)
Book ID: 91824More details Price: $16.50 -
THE STORY OF LITTLE METZU, THE JAPANESE BOY.
Edition: Revised edition.
Philadelphia: David McKay Co., (1914, orig c 1905.). Hardcover - A title in the Children of the World Series. Illustrated with photographs and some drawings. 106 pp plus a map and Japanese vocabulary list.
Condition: Very good+ in dark green cloth with illustrated covers.
Book ID: 29283More details Price: $18.00 -
ALI OF EGYPT.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (corner of board bumped, dj has overall edgewear, sunning to spine and chip at base of spine) Very uncommon signed. .
Book ID: 83275More details Price: $125.00 -
GROUND AFIRE: The Story of Death Valley.
Edition: First printing.
Chicago: Follett Publishing Co., (1962.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Nature Adventiure book from Arizona Highways Magazine, illustrated with 10 full color photographs by Ansel Adams as well as photographs from Bill Bass, Harry and Ruth Crockett, Willard Luce, Josef Muench, Willis Peterson and paintings by Jules Gottlieb. Glossary. 32 pp. Large format.
Condition: Fine in illustrated boards in a near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.)
Book ID: 45963More details Price: $25.00 -
BANGKOK POOL BLUES.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Metta Visions, (2010). SIGNED first edition - Author's first book and the first of a series on "The other Thailand." A book about the pool scene in Bangkok written by Crowley, a Vietnam vet who made his home in Bangkok many years ago and who worked for an NGO in one of the city's slums. Illustrated with the photographs of Yoonki Kim, a Korean photographer who also lives and works in Bangkok. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Break and Run!" 156 pp. ISBN: 978-6169051404.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 85004More details Price: $24.50 -
BLACK RIOT IN LOS ANGELES: The Story of the Watts Tragedy.
Edition: First edition.
Los Angeles: Trans-Anglo Books, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - An attempt to present a balanced look at the Watts Riot, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs, that tell the story far more graphically than words can. Includes an Appendix: The text of the McCone Commission report. Maps, bibliography, index. Large format. 160 pp. Map endpapers.
Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (tear to side of spine, dj has remnants of a spine label, some short closed tears)
Book ID: 66724More details Price: $150.00 -
BLACK PAGODA.
Edition: First printing.
Gainesville: University Of Florida Press, 1957. dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of the Orissan Hindu temples which began in the 8th century and culminated in the Temple of the Sun completed in the 13th century. After seven centuries the ruins of the Black Pagoda still stand in eastern India, and this book contains many photographs of the temple and of details of the sculpture which adorns the entire surface. Large format. Notes, bibliography, 105 pp.
Condition: Fine in a good only dustjacket (chips to dj, price-clipped.)
Book ID: 46306More details Price: $35.00 -
THE MYSTERY OF THE FOOL & THE VANISHER: Being an Investigation into the Life and Disappearance of Isaac Wilde, Artist and Fairy Seeker.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - An imaginative journal within a journal as the secrets of an almost forgotten 19th century dig are revealed. The text is complemented by David Ellwand's photographs on every page. SIGNED by both authors on the first page. Slightly oversized square format. 104 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 46189More details Price: $25.00 -
THE MYSTERY OF THE FOOL & THE VANISHER: Being an Investigation into the Life and Disappearance of Isaac Wilde, Artist and Fairy Seeker.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - An imaginative journal within a journal as the secrets of an almost forgotten 19th century dig are revealed. The text is complemented by David Ellwand's photographs on every page. SIGNED by both authors on the first page and dated in the year of publication. Slightly oversized square format. 104 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 89495More details Price: $28.50 -
DESERT IN BLOOM: Featuring Flora & Cacti of the Desert Southwest.
Edition: Slim trade paperback.
Tempe, AZ: Smith-Southwestern. Inc n.d. (ca 1980). SIGNED - Gorgeous full color photographs, mostly from Arizona and southern California. INSCRIBED by the author inside the front cover. Unpaginated (28 pp). ISBN: 0-935031073.
Condition: Fine in stiff glossy illustrated stapled wrappers.
Book ID: 59155More details Price: $14.50 -
THE CRITIC IN THE OCCIDENT.
Edition: First edition.
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, Publishers, (1913.). Hardcover first edition - Contains the author's impressions of the last half of a seven months around the world tour - including Greece, Italy, France, London and New York, complete with tips for tourists and more. . Illustrated with frontispiece and 73 photogravures, many tipped in. . , uncut (corner of front fly chipped). Very good. Printed by Tomoye Press.
Condition: Very near fine in original brown cloth with black and gilt lettering and small decoration (very light soiling to the covers, but an apparently unread copy with some pages still unopened.)
Book ID: 52652More details Price: $25.00 -
ISLANDS ON GUARD.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1943) dj. Hardcover first edition - A look at the history and the people of the Caribbean islands, but one which focuses on how these islands guard the entrance to the Panama Canal during World War II - including US naval bases in the Virgin Islands and on Antigua. Illustrated with photogravures and maps by F.A. Fanale. Index. 170 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated boards, with a matching wrap around dust jacket designed by Raymond Lufkin (previous owner's name dated 1943, some toning, price clipped and short closed tears to the good dust jacket.
Book ID: 76698More details Price: $24.50 -
ELIZABETH'S CHARM-STRING.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, 1903. Hardcover first edition - A retelling for children of many old legends of Europe including St George and the Dragon, St Ursula, St Nicholas, the Doge and the Fisherman, the doves of Venice and more. Illustrated with 10 photographs and many smaller drawings in the text. xiii, 238 pp plus 2 pp publisher's advertisements.
Condition: Very good in blue cloth with a red and gilt illustration on the front cover, gilt lettering on the spine (some shelfwear to the edges of the boards and the corners,)
Book ID: 56697More details Price: $20.00 -
GRANTA 108, 2009.
Edition: First printing.
New York & London: Granta, 2009. SIGNED first edition - A paperback magazine of new writing. SIGNED by editor John Freeman next to his name (the first issue of Granta which he edited, and he is shown as "acting editor.") Contributors include Peter Carey, Don DeLillo, Nelson Algren, George Saunders, Richard Powers, Sandra Cisneros, Wole Soyinka on Barack Obama, photographs by Camilo Jose Vergara and more. Notes on the contributors. 288 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 9781929001385.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 58669More details Price: $24.50