New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 112 pp, 91 Illustrations. In this book, published in conjuction with the Museum's retrospective exhibition of her work (cc. 1920-1963), George P. Elliott, a close friend of the photographer for more than twenty years, recreates Miss Lange's career within the..... More
New York: Harlin Quist, (1980). First edition. Paperback. 4to. A PBO, the first and only edtion. Full of the famous Fiorucci graphics and anecdotes from its heyday, a daytime "Studio 54" experience. Popular with everybody from Warhol, Farah Fawcett, Marc Jacobs, Madonna, Lauren Bacall, Haring, Maripol, Jackie O, Gloria Vanderbilt..... More
Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Two stapled promo sheets laid in. The culmination of the author's "accidental trilogy." With familiar surgical precision, Bowden combines memoir, natural history, and keen reportage at breakneck speed. More
New York: Random House, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Uncorrected First Proof. A collection of short fiction and non-fiction pieces. Includes ‘Handcarved Coffins.” this book spent an unprecedented (for a collection of short works) 16 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Perfect bound in the original red printed wrappers..... More
New York: Random House, (1983). Proof copy. Paperback. Early proof copy with title and publisher handwritten to red front cover.Tiny literary agency stamp to bottom of half-title page. Page numbers originally handwritten (but reproduced here). 21 pages printed on rectos only. Perfect bound in red wrappers. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, (1971). First edition. Hardcover. This copy has the bookplate of Frank Buxton (1930-2018) on the front pastedown. Frank Buxton was an American actor, television writer, author, and television director. Frank Capra has briefly inscribed and signed his name to Buxton's bookplate. This book provides a...... More
New York: Random House, (1977). First edition. Hardcover. An Advance Copy bound in white cloth with copper stamping to spine and front cover housed in the original publisher's cardboard slipcase. Laid in is a note on Random House stationery, A Personal Note, signed by Bob Bernstein, presenting this advance copy..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998. First edition. Hardcover. This is the special limited edition, 1/100 copies, specially bound, slipcased, and signed by the author on the title page. This special edition was not sold but given away by the author to help celebrate his involvment with publishing which debuted..... More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1984. LImited signed edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 25 pages of text, bound in brown cloth and yellow patterned boards with acetate wrapper. #62/200 numbered copies signed by Crumley. The published work contained short fiction and non-fiction published by Clark City Press in 1991. More
New York: Random House, (1975). First edition. Hardcover. Author's second book (Fan's Notes was his first). The death of Edmund Wilson precipitates an odyssey through the distorted literary landscape of America in search of Wilson's essence as the pre-eminent man of letters and the author's own creative wellsprings. More
New York: Knopf, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. The author's final novel, that follows Peter Mickelsson, former football player and current Professor of Philosophy at Binghamton University. More
Austin: University of Texas, (1996). First edition thus. Hardcover. Signed by John Graves on the half-title page. This anthology contains selections from 'Goodbye to a River and his two other major books, "Hard Scrabble (1974) and "From a Limestone Ledge" (1980). It also includes short stories and essays, some of..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1955). First printing stated. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author to June and Oscar Levant "To June Levant and / Oscar who uses / the same surname / In sincere / admiration." (signed) "Corrine Griffith." A collection of recipes of fine and unusual food, with..... More
East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, (1997). First edition. Hardcover. Introductions by Dan Gerber and Jim Harrison. Edited by Joseph Bednarik. Signed by all three, Bednarik, Gerber and Jim Harrison. Copy C of 26 lettered copies. Also includes work by Charles Simic, Ezra Pound, Jim Harrison, Adrienne Rich, Gary Snyder..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year. A new translation of an Old English heroic epic poem of unknown authorship, dating as recorded in the Nowell Codex manuscript from between the 8th and the early 11th century, set in Denmark and..... More
London: Viking Press, (1993). First edition. Hardcover. An English synth-pop duo, formed in London in 1981 and consisting of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe. Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and are listed as the most successful duo in UK music history by The Guinness..... More
n.p. Associated American Artists, 1963. Joseph Hirsch. First edition. Lithograph. Image measures approx 14 1/8 X 22 1/2 inches, overall (framed under glass) 31 1/4 x 26 inches. This copy is marked "Artist Proof, '63" and signed by the artist in pencil. There was an edition of 50 signed. Printed..... More
New York: Knopf, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Author's second novel. Laid in is a card signed by Humphrey. Set in a small Texas town that is poised on the frontier where two myths meet, those of the South and those of the West. In following the Ordway clan through four..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2016). First edition. Hardcover. An Indiespensible selection done by Powell's Books that includes a signed first edition of the book, a chapbook interview along with a matching slipcase. Hunt's third novel concerning Nat and Ruth, young orphans, living in a crowded foster home run by..... More
New York: Random House, (1978). First edition. Hardcover. Author's second book, this copy inscribed on the front endpaper by Jackson, "To ______ / I've always looked / up to you -- you've been / like an older sister! / I hope this makes / your blood percolate / Love /..... More
New York: Riverhead, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. This copy is signed on the title page. "Signed First Edition" sticker to the front cover. Myth, fantasy, and history merge in this stunning novel following a mercenary and his search for a missing child. Illustrated with maps. 620pp. The first volume of..... More
New York: Random House, (2014). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author on a tipped-in blank sheet. Here, Keaton shares the wisdom she's accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon. 188pp. More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. A biography of Ansel Adams, that starts when he was a teenager, and a summer custodian, of sorts, of a small building provided by The Sierra Club. His hikes in the Nevada mountains taught a young Adams a respect for the..... More
New York: Ballou, 1934. Doris Ulmann. Second edition (stated). Hardcover. Text by Julia Peterkin, and with photographs by Doris Ulmann. This book describes the religious life and community of the Gullah, a group of people of African descent living in the coastal areas of South Carolina and Georgia. Wonderfully illustrated..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, (1968). First edition. Hardcover. As Lawrence Durrell puts it in his perceptive introduction, "one senses two strong flavors which complement each other. Firstly, that of his sharply selective yet tender treatment of light and dark; secondly, the flavor of the capital city which he..... More
