San Francisco & New York: Straight Arrow & Simon Schuster, 1973, 1975, 1977. paperback. 3 volumes, all in wrappers, each volume signed by Bill Owens and dated 1978. All housed in a black cloth slipcase. Each volume measures 10 x 10 inches. Bill Owens is an American photographer, photojournalist, brewer..... More
single cards. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented this event celebrating the documentary film by John Landis of the great comedian Don Rickles. This gala happened 5 months prior to the Emmy Awards when Landis and his team won a Primetime Emmy for this documentary and Don Rickles..... More
New York: Film Society of Lincoln Center, 2007. First edition. No binding single sheet. A framed certificate declaring Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project documentary film, directed by John Landis was the 'Official Selection' of the New York Film Festival. Certificate measures 8 1/2 x 11 inches, matted in red..... More
Munchen: Bahia Verlag, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Text in German. Black and white photos of the great James Dean by film studio photographer Sanford Roth with text by his wife Beulah. These shots of this famous actor and 'pretty boy' would be hard to beat. More
Oblong 8vo. Signed by Josef Schulz. A photo essay about disused military checkpoints and border stations across Europe, catalogued in this series by Polish-born photographer Josef Schulz (+ slideshow). Named Übergang after the German word for crossing, the series of images depicts transnational borders that have become redundant. Each shot has also been..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, (2018). First edition. Hardcover. Signed by both authors. When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions, one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival. 390pp plus author commentary. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1981. Raphael Soyer. First edition. Hardcover. One of 500 special copies signed by the author, with a numbered color print signed by Soyer. This is copy #434. Singer, a Nobel Prize-winning author, reminisces about his leaving his friends in Poland in the 1930's, his coming to America..... More
New York: Doubleday, (1978). Raphael Soyer. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. One of 300 numbered copies, specially bound, and signed by the author. With a numbered color print signed by Raphael Soyer. This is copy #141. As a young man in 1930s Warsaw, Singer lived inconspicuously on the edge of a...... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's first book, signed by Smiley on the title page. More
Paris: Magnum Photos, 2007. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Signed by Alec Soth. In this beautifully produced third issue of the international art/fashion collectible Fashion Magazine, the acclaimed American photographer Alec Soth plays Editor-in-Chief, Advertising Director and sole photographic contributor--to quietly mesmerizing results. Featuring exquisite printing, unexpected gatefolds, special inks, varnishes..... More
Santa Barbara: Neville, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Marked "Presentation Copy" on the colophon page and signed in full by Hunter S Thompson. A small book, 38pp, containing three pieces by the Doctor of Gonzo: Mescalito, Death of a Poet, and Screwjack. Bright red cloth with gilt decoration (HST's monster), issued..... More
Santa Barbara: Neville, 1991. One of 26 lettered copies. Hardcover. Copy "0", of 26 numbered copies signed by the author, the deluxe issue. Bound in full brown leather. Contains three pieces by the Dr. of Gonzo. Thompson's first limited edition. Contents include an Introduction by HST in the form of..... More
New York: Ecco, (2010). From the author's photographs. First edition. Hardcover. With some thoughts on muses (especially Helga Testorf) transgender women, Kabuki Goddesses, porn queens, poets housewives, makeup artists, geishas, Valkyries and Venus figurines. A charming, evocative and piercing examination of an ancient Japanese tradition and the keys it holds..... More
Dallas: Southern Methodist University, (2003). First edition. Hardcover. This copy is signed and inscribed by the author and dated May 29, 2004. Publisher postcard laid in (dust jacket illustration). Ruth Whitney's debut novel set in a small, interior country of Africa at the start of the AIDS epidemic. The aged..... More
New York: Morrow, (1992). First edition. hardcover. Signed by the author on the half-title, "May 16, 1992 / Best Wishes / Cynthia J Wilbur." An affectionate, moving, and amusing tribute to the baseball greats of the 1940s and 1950s. Told in the players' own voices, this is the story of..... More
