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AMONG THE USUAL DAYS, A PORTRAIT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Norton, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - Unpublished poems, letters, journals and photographs, selected and edited by Susan Sherman. Preface by May Sarton. Index. Slighly oversized, and profusely illustrated with photographs - a very attractive book. ISBN: 0-393-034518.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 7805More details Price: $28.50 -
AS DOES NEW HAMPSHIRE And Other Poems.
Edition: First printing thus, a trade paperback.
Dublin, NH: William L. Bauhan, Publisher, 1987. SIGNED - Reissue of the 1967 edition of this collection of poems with additional material. Illustrated by several full -page black and white photographs. SIGNED on the first page. 61 pp. ISBN: 0-872330982.
Condition: Very near fine in orange illustrated wrappers (slight rubbing to the front cover.)
Book ID: 31833More details Price: $25.00 -
THE TOWN THAT FOUGHT TO SAVE ITSELF.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (remainder mark, minor wear to covers).
Book ID: 82278More details Price: $125.00 -
BERNARD SHAW'S RHYMING PICTURE GUIDE TO AYOT SAINT LAWRENCE
Edition: First edition.
Luton: Leagrave Press, 1950. Hardcover first edition - A photographic tour of the English village of Ayot St Lawrence where this Irish playwright, critic and political activist spent the last 44 years of his life. In addition to writing the clever rhymes, Shaw took all the pictures for the book; this was his last completed work. Lain in are four postcards, one of George Bernard Shaw aged 94 (the last portrait of him), and the other three of his house, "Shaw's Corner." Also laid is a Shaw Memorial Appeal. 35 pp.
Condition: Very good in red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine (previous owner's name, some fading to the spine)
Book ID: 85467More details Price: $21.50 -
CHILDREN OF HAWAII.
Edition: Hardcover.
Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania: Bell Publishing Co, (c 1939.). Hardcover - Patsy is visiting her Hawaiian friend Ululani, who teaches her all about the islands in this appealing book, which gives a picture of the Territory of Hawaii in the years before World War II. Illustrated with full page photographs and small drawings and decorations by Jimmy Thompson. Map endpapers. Unpaginated.
Condition: Very good in tan boards with pasted on photograph, no dust jacket (gift inscription, top of spine splitting slightly.) .
Book ID: 47641More details Price: $16.00 -
STORYTELLER
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Arcade Books, (ca 1989.). SIGNED - Silko's 3rd book, a combination of poetry, prose and photographs, issued in an unusual oblong format. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 1-55970-005x.
Condition: Near fine in glossy rust-colored illustrated wrappers (previous owner's name crossed out, otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 53019More details Price: $30.00 -
DUST IN THE LION'S PAW: Autobiography 1939-1946.
Edition: First American edition, printed from the British sheets.
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, (1962.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth volume in her autobiography - this covers the years during World War II when, despite her personal sufferings (the man she loved killed by the Germans, her mother imprisoned by Mussolini) she used her knowledge of the middle East to act as a liason to the Arabs and to the United States, and to counter the Nazi propaganda in the area. Illustrated with photographs, chronology, index. 297 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. (gift inscription, price-clipped.)
Book ID: 52889More details Price: $50.00 -
DUST IN THE LION'S PAW: Autobiography 1939-1946.
Edition: Trade paperback.
London: Century, (1985.). The fourth volume in her autobiography - this covers the years during World War II when, despite her personal sufferings (the man she loved killed by the Germans, her mother imprisoned by Mussolini) she used her knowledge of the middle East to act as a liason to the Arabs and to the United States, and to counter the Nazi propaganda in the area. Illustrated with photographs, chronology, index. 297 pp. ISBN: 0-712604510.
Condition: Good overall - some spine slant, contents clean.
Book ID: 80253More details Price: $11.50 -
HOLLYWOOD DRAG.
Edition: First printing.
Charlottesville, VA: Thomasson-Grant, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - "In the most outrageous volume of his eight-part 'Hollywood' series, editor J. C. Suares has assembled a brilliant and daring collection of vintage and contemporary photograps by Tinseltown's most celebrated photographers." Two books published back to back and reversed (one half shows male cinema stars in drag, the other half female). 80 pp. ISBN: 1-565660560.
Condition: Fine in glossy gold boards in a very near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88311More details Price: $18.00 -
GOLD RUSH COUNTRY: Guide to California's Mother Lode & Northern Mines.
Edition: First printing.
Menlo Park, California: Lane Publishing Company, (1957.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The history and lore of the region in the Sierra foothills, which sparked the 49er gold rush, and which is still full of the remains of the mines from those days. profusely illustrated with photographs and maps, including one fold-out map which spans 5 pages. Endorsed by the California Historical Society. Although this has been reissued many times - mostly in paper covers, the hardcover first edition is rather uncommon. A classic book on the area. Large format, measuring 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Bound in orange buckram with dark brown spine and orange lettering illustrated endpapers. 101 pp.
Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (some overall edgewear to dj, a few small chips, original price of 3.50 still present)
Book ID: 84242More details Price: $38.50 -
FLOATING ISLAND, SPRING 1976.
Edition: First printing.
Point Reyes Station: Floating Island Publications, 1976. First edition - The first issue in this series of anthologies of poetry, fiction, photography and graphic arts. Includes contributions from Diane Di Prima, jackson Allen, Thomas Weir, Thomas Sanchez, Robert Bly, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Morgan Alexander and more. Features a photography section on "Point Reyes Nation" by Art Rogers. 120 pp. Large format. ISBN: 0-912449284.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (light creases to front cover and to upper corner) .
Book ID: 84448More details Price: $24.00 -
FLOATING ISLAND IV [4]
Edition: First printing.
Point Reyes Station: Floating Island Publications, 1989. SIGNED first edition - The fourth and final volume in this series of anthologies of poetry, fiction, photography and graphic arts. Includes works by Kirk Robertson, Sam Hamill, Frank Stewart, Michael Hannon, Jane Hirshfield, Stefanie Marlis, William Witherup, Stephan Torre, Etel Adnan, John Montgomery, Cole Swensen, Michael McClure, Robert Bly, Gary Snyder, Walter Pavlich, Chitra Divakaruni, Joanne Kyger, Douglas Blazek, Joseph Bruchac, Bill Berkson, John Brandi, Arthur Sze, Stanley Noyes, Nathaniel Tarn, Lew Welch, and more. Photography by Michael Sykes, Kevin Bubriski, Evvy Eisen. Cover photographs by Michael Sykes. SIGNED by McClure at his poem "Czechoslovakia." 151 pp plus index to volumes I-IV, editor's afterword and more poems. Large format. ISBN: 0-912449284.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (light creases to front cover and to upper corner) .
Book ID: 63717More details Price: $35.00 -
MY OWN CAPE COD.
Edition: Family Bookshelf edition.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1971.) dj. Hardcover - Life at Still Cove, overlooking Mill Pond in Orleans on the Cape - including information on the old houses on Cape Cod, whaling, and much more. Illustrated with photographs by John Schram. 251 pp. ISBN: 0-397-007175.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name)
Book ID: 56827More details Price: $16.50 -
IN NEVADA: The Land, the People, God and Chance
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book described as "part contemplation of an America both austere and flamboyant, part love letter to the Old West and part idiosyncratic travel guide." Illustrated with original photographs by Lucy Gray. SIGNED on the half title page by the author. Notes, recommended readings and index. 330 pp. ISBN: 0-679-454861.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (as new, appears unread but with some sunning to spine of dj.)
Book ID: 11090More details Price: $30.00 -
A LIFE IN THE WILD: George Schaller's Struggle to Save the Last Great Beasts.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - For more than fifty years, explorer-naturalist George Schaller has been on a mission: to save the world's great wild beasts and their environments. This biography, illustrated throughout with Schaller's own full color photographs and maps, examines how his landmark research revolutionalized field biology, demonstrating that it is possible to study dangerous animals in their own habitats: mountain gorillas in Central Africa, tigers in India, leopards in the Himalayas, and many others. SIGNED on the title page by the author. Sources, index. 103 pp. Square format, slightly oversized. ISBN: 9780374345785.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 56691More details Price: $30.00 -
BEYOND THE MYTHIC WEST.
Edition: First printing.
Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Five thoughtful essays on the past and the future of the Western United States, with a foreword by Governor George Sinner. Illustrated with many pages of beautiful full color photographs. Large format. 162 pp. ISBN: 0-879053577.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (tear to dj at top of spine and on front cover)
Book ID: 66585More details Price: $21.50 -
AINT SUPPOSED TO DIE A NATURAL DEATH.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
New York: Bantam, (1973). First edition - A "novel with lyrics, a gutsy, lusty narrative of black street life the explores every aspect of ghetto agony" based on Van Peebles play of the same title. Includes an insert of 16 pages of photographs by Bert Andrews on glossy stock -"Portraits from the Underground Reservation." 156 pp
Condition: Very good - the usual toning to both the pages and the cover, but more durable and sturdy than most paperbacks from that era. Easily readable and very scarce.
Book ID: 86121More details Price: $145.00 -
BAY AREA BLUES.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A portrait of the vanishing blues scene in the San Francisco Bay area, featuring striking black and white photographs taken over a period of three years, in the early 1980's, in blues clubs in Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco. Slightly oversized oblong format, printed on heavy glossy stock. 96 pp. ISBN: 1566405955.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 5280More details Price: $25.00 -
BOOK OF THE WESTERN SUBURBS: Homes, Gardens, Landscapes, Highways and Byways, Past and Present.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Good overall in brown illustrated paper covered boards with a brown cloth spine, corners bumped, spine fraying on the side, gift inscription on front pastedown, but still a decent copy of a very hard to find first ediiton. .
Book ID: 71829More details Price: $200.00 -
FLOTSAM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin), (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Winner of 2007 Caldecott Medal - the third for this illustrator. A beautiful and complex wordless book, with stories within stories in the pictures: A young boy goes to the beach to collect and examine flotsam (equipped with a net, magnifying glass and microscope) and one day he finds a barnacle-encrusted camera, and has the film inside it developed - revealing some wondrous things. The illustrations range from gorgeous double page spreads to pages with as many as 13 frames. SIGNED and dated on the title page. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-618-194576.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Does not have an award sticker on the dustjacket.
Book ID: 72715More details Price: $85.00 -
GRANTA 69, Spring 2000: THE ASSASSIN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Granta, 2000. First edition - A paperback magazine of new writing. Includes the long piece 'The Assassin' by Henk van Woerden about Demetrios Tsafendas, the part African, part Europeon man who stabbed the South African premier who was considered the architect of apartheid, Hendrik Verwoerd, to death. Also includes contributions from Diana Athill, Graham Swift, Hanif Kureishi, Paul Theroux, a photo-essay on the HIV infected children of Romania by Kent Klich and an essay on searching for lost jazz trumpeter Dupree Bolton by Richard Williams. Photographs, notes on the contributors. 256 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 0-964561190.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 47298More details Price: $15.00 -
THE LONELY DOLL LEARNS A LESSON.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Random House, nd. (c 1961.). Hardcover - One of several books in this beloved series - "in the books, Edith (Wright's actual childhood doll, remade to look more glamorous) finds a playmate in Little Bear (a Seiff teddy) and they have many adventures that generally end with the two getting into trouble with Mr. Bear, a stern but loving father figure. .. . What's remarkable about the books is the drama Wright was able to create in her black-and-white photographs, her expressive way of arranging and photographing her toy characters so that they appear to have body language and emotions." Large format, unpaginated, with black and white photographs throughout. ISBN: 0-394-813561.
Condition: Good only in illustrated boards, with a blue gingham border and back cover (gift inscription, some light foxing throughout, a bit of mustiness)
Book ID: 57657More details Price: $18.00 -
ROUGHSTOCK SONNETS: Poems and Photographs.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
Kansas City: Lowell Press, (1989). SIGNED first edition - A collection of poems by this cowboy poet and photographs by Barbara Van Cleve which range from the rodeo arenas to the wide-open spaces of Montana. INSCRIBED by Paul Zarzyski on the half title page and dated in 1991. Introduction by Jay Dusard. xiv, 62 pp. Square format. ISBN: 0-932845355.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self flaps.
Book ID: 76866More details Price: $18.50