Lucky Jim
by Amis, Kingsley
London: Victor Gollancz, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Cloth shows small white stain to cover, fading at spine and top edge of rear board. Spine lettering dulled. Light lean to spine. Foxing to pages, mostly at prelims, terminals and edge of page block. First edition.
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Lucky Jim
by Amis, Kingsley
London: Victor Gollancz, 1953. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's green cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with boards lightly splayed, gilt lettering nearly all rubbed, boards lightly stained and soiled. Previous owner name to front free end paper, several reading creases, foxing throughout.
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Lucky Jim
by Amis, Kingsley
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1953. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Kingsley Amis on the half title page with an additional autographed letter signed laid-in. 256 pp. Bound in publishers green paper covered boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight lean to binding, light fading to spine and edges, former owner name to front free endpaper and pages lightly tanned. In Near Fine unclipped dust jacket lacking the small "XI"... Read More
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Bless Me, Ultima
by Anaya, Rudolfo A.
Berkley, CA: Quinto Sol Publications, 1972. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing of Rudolfo A. Anaya's first novel, signed by him on the front blank and inscribed, "To Mr. & Mrs. Yeager Sinceramente, [Signed] Rudolfo A. Anaya July, 1973." 248, [1] pp., with black and white full page illustrations. Bound in publisher's black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear to corners and spine ends. In a Near Fine dust jacket,... Read More
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Hell No! Nobody Goes!! End the War! [Stop the Draft Week Portfolio Photo Collection]
by Anderson, David; Bagby, Beth; Charyn, Marlese; Hettenbach, Stephen; McChesney, John; Ruffa, Tine; Sharpe, Maitland; Springman, Chris; Warren, William
Palo Alto, CA: Midpeninsula Observer, 1967. Fine. Stop the Draft Week Portfolio Photo Collection. Small folio. Original printed paper wrapper with inner sleeves holding a loose suite of twenty photographs, including three double-page, documenting protestors and police clashing at the "Stop the Draft Week" protests in Oakland on October 16-20, 1967. Monochromatic photographs printed in a variety of colors on variously colored sheets, with images by David Anderson, Beth Bagby, Marlene Charyn, Stephen Hettenbach, John McChesney, Tina Ruffa,... Read More
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Hungry Men
by Anderson, Edward
New York: Doubleday Doran and Company, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good+. First edition. viii, 275 pp. Original cloth tan stamped in crimson. Very Good+ with foxing to cloth at spine and edges, former owner's name on front free endpaper, one gathering of pages is a little proud. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket, tiny chip near foot, lightly worn. The author's first book, a novel about an out-of-work musician looking for a square meal in... Read More
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The Book of Murder
by Anderson, Fred Irving
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1930. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Haycraft Queen. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in red and metallic. Very Good. Boards are curved, cloth lightly mottled and lightly frayed at top of spine, small bookseller label to front pastedown, pages toned. In a Very Good dust jacket, with wear at corners and spine ends, heavy toning and rubbing. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone.
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Danish Fairy Legends and Tales
by Anderson, Hans Christian
London: William Pickering, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First edition in English. (iv), 197 pp. Late 19th Century three quarter leather over marbled paper, spine lettered in gilt. A Good or better copy with edges well-rubbed and cloth and leather mostly rubbed off or chipped there. Lacking front free endpaper. Last signature of pages at rear protrudes slightly and rear hinge split. An early English-language publication of the Danish folklorist's work, including "The Ugly Duckling," "The Little Mermaid"... Read More
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Deviation Street (Complete Run, Nos. 1-3)
by Anderson, Kevin [Editor]; Jonn E.; Bri-Nylon [Photographer]
Hebburn: Deviation Street, 1977. Rare complete run of the British punk 'zine. Nos. 1-3. All have 16 pp. Stapled wraps. Very Good+, generally bright and clean with a little age-toning, small stain and price sticker to front cover of No. 1; ad cut out of No. 2. Nice shape overall. From the website of the recently resurrected blog and then print magazine: "The origins of Deviation Street go way way back to the evening of 6th June 1977 and... Read More
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Presbyterianism: Its Relation to the Negro. Illustrated by The Berean Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, with Sketch of the Church and Auto Biography of the Author
by Anderson, Matthew; Francis Grimke [Introduction]; John B. Reeve [Introduction]
Philadelphia: John McGill White & Co, 1897. First Edition. First edition. 263 pp. with photo frontis. Bound in publisher's crimson cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with a few small areas of biopredation to cloth, spine faintly sunned, edges faintly foxed and a little stained. The author was an important African American minister and educator in Philadelphia. Rare.
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Un-Man and Other Novellas
by Anderson, Poul
London: Dennis Dobson, 1972. First edition. First British edition. Signed by Poul Anderson on title page. [ii], 158 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth, spine stamped in silver. Fine with a little age-toning to contents, in a price-clipped dust jacket with a tiny price handwritten in pencil on the front flap, else Fine. A collection of three long stories previously published in magazines: the titular story, "Margin of Profit," and "The Live Coward." The first edition published in hardcover.... Read More
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The Enemy Stars
by Anderson, Poul; Eric Carle [Artwork]
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1959. First edition. First edition. Signed by Poul Anderson on title page. 189 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth with dark navy stamping. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket, sunned spine panel, closed tear along joint at foot, slight crease to back panel. A sci-fi novel with a jacket designed by children's author and artist Eric Carle.
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Star Ways
by Anderson, Poul
New York: Avalon Books, 1956. First edition. First edition. Signed by Poul Anderson on the title page. 224 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with black spine lettering. Fine, sharp and bright internally, in a beautiful dust jacket with sunning to red in spine panel, else Fine. The author's third novel.
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Horses and Men: Tales, Long and Short, from Our American Life
by Anderson, Sherwood
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1923. First edition. First edition, first printing. Variant dust jacket is pale yellow, as mentioned in APG 010a. xiv, 347 pp. Bound in publisher's orange cloth with blindstamped front board, title label on spine. Near Fine, bookplate on front free endpaper, in a Near Fine dust jacket, slightly rubbed and shelf-worn. A collection of stories by the author of Winesburg, Ohio including "I'm a Fool.
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Tar: A Midwest Childhood
by Anderson, Sherwood
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. First edition. First edition, trade issue. xviii, 346 pp. Bound in publisher's pebbled cloth with gilt and navy stamping, black topstain. Fine copy, vintage bookseller's ticket at rear, in a Very Good+ dust jacket with toning to spine panel, a little foxing and tiny tear to back panel, unclipped ($3.00). Nice shape overall.
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Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
by Anderson, Sherwood
New York: B. W. Huebsch, 1919. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first issue with unbroken title page rule; "lay" for "lie" on page 86, line 5; and broken type of the word "the" on page 251, line 3. [x], 303 pp. Bound in publisher's canary yellow cloth, paper title label to spine, yellow topstain, map printed to front pastedown. Near Fine with light wear and soiling to cloth and topstain, darkening to rear joint. Offsetting from... Read More
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Stud
by Andros, Phil [Samuel Steward]; Tom of Finland [Cover Artist]
Boston: Perineum Press, 1982. Reprint. Near Fine. First Alyson edition, fourth printing. Signed by Phil Andros on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the recipient "in souvenir of a hot night in a cave on Capri." 212, [4] pp. with four advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's printed wraps with cover art by Tom of Finland. Near Fine with light edgewear, spot of soiling and light indentations to front cover, and slight bump to lower corner.... Read More
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Stud
by Andros, Phil [Samuel Steward]
Washington, D.C.: Guild Press, Ltd, 1966. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Phil Andros on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the recipient: "en souvenir d'une nuit chaude a Milwaukee." [viii], 295 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect paper over boards, gilt lettering to spine. Near Fine with slight lean to spine, light rubbing to extremities. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear and rubbing. "Phil Andros" was the... Read More
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Below the Belt and Other Stories
by Andros, Phil [Samuel Steward]; Tom of Finland [Cover Artist]
Boston: Perineum Press, 1992. First Thus. Near Fine. First Alyson edition, first printing. Signed by Phil Andros on the front free endpaper and inscribed to the recipient "in souvenir of a hot night at St Tropez." xii, 128, [4] pp. with three advertising pages at rear. Bound in publisher's printed wraps with cover art by Tom of Finland. Near Fine with light edgewear and minimal creasing near head and tail of spine. "Phil Andros" was the name Samuel... Read More
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Maya Angelou's House: Valley Rd. Winston-Salem [Photo album]
by Angelou, Maya; Eugene B. Redmond; Ruth B. Love
Winston-Salem, NC: [No publisher], 1980. Very Good. Photo album containing candid snapshots of Maya Angelou and her friends and associates. Fifty-seven photos, of which 23 are in color and 34 in black and white, under glassine on sticky album pages. Bound in padded red and gold paper-covered boards, handlettered label sticker to spine, internal spiral binding. Very Good with rubbed lower edges, fading to spine, and split to paper at lower rear joint. Pages toned, adhesive coating weak;... Read More
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Angelou, Maya
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. First edition, first printing with red topstain. Signed by Maya Angelou on the dedication page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt and red foil. Very Good+ with slight lean to binding, light roiling to cloth and rubbing to spine lettering. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light scratching to rear panel and minor toning to flaps. A great... Read More
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Angelou, Maya
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good+. First edition, first printing, first state with red topstain. Signed by Maya Angelou on the half-title page and inscribed: "Dexter Love, Your brother Darryl wishes you Joy. So do I" with date 6/8/2012. [vi], 282, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt and red foil. Very Good with light wear and fading to covers, mottling to spine, bump to upper edge of rear board, and... Read More
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Creative Film Associates Program for Das Cabinet der Dr. Caligari (1919)
by Anger, Kenneth; Charles McNutt
Los Angeles: Creative Film Associates, 1947. Rare program notes for a 1947 showing of Das Cabinet Der Dr. Caligari by Kenneth Anger and his group Creative Film Associates. 3 pp. printed on rectos only. 8.5" x 13.25", folded horizontally. A few small tears at left edge by staple, sheets slightly irregularly trimmed. Front wrap showcases a long quote from Dr. Wilhelm Stekel's book Sadismus und Masochismus. Actor Fritz Lang and scifi fanzine editor Forrest J. Ackerman are among the... Read More
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Translucent Erotic Playing Cards
by [Anonymous]
[France]: [Unknown publisher], 1880. Very Good. A suggestive set of translucent erotic playing cards likely created in France in the mid-19th century. Set consists of 35 hand-colored playing cards, 32 of which are from around 1840, featuring 11 court cards (3.25 x 2.25"), and three slightly larger cards (3.5 x 2.5") possibly from the late Victorian period. Housed in a much earlier handmade late-18th century sliding box (4.5 x 2.75") made from thin plywood with pasted decorative paper,... Read More
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Vice-pResident Dick Cheney Here in Portland" & "DICK CHENEY WANTS YOU" (Two flyers protesting Vice-President Dick Cheney's 2002 visit to Portland, Oregon)
by Anonymous
Portland, OR: Indymedia, 2002. Two 11" x 17" vintage black-and-white flyers protesting then-VP Dick Cheney's 2002 visit to Portland, Oregon. Staple holes, light wear. Popular Left/antiglobalization site Indymedia's web address written in marker on the bottom margin of one poster; highlighting to text of the other with dates corrected in sharpie, Cheney's eyes poked out to give him an even more demonic appearance. Uncommon. A real time capsule of protest in the tense months following 9/11, as dissent... Read More
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