Composed on the Tongue
by Ginsberg, Allen; Allen, Donald (Editor)
Bolinas: Gray Fox Press, 1980 First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Ginsberg on title page: "Allen Ginsberg Cambridge 1982 March 5", with "Literary Essay 1967-1977" handwritten underneath the title. Publisher's gray and red wrappers, lettered in white. Near fine, with light toning to spine, and wrinkling to foot of spine. Overall, a clean and tight copy. Composed on the Tongue is a collection of journal entries, lectures, and recorded conversations by Allen Ginsberg, largely on the... Read More
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White Shroud Poems 1980-1985
by Ginsberg, Allen
New York: Harper & Row, 1987 First paperback edition ("First Perennial Library edition"), first printing. Presentation copy, signed, lengthily inscribed, and dated "7/12/88" by Allen Ginsberg in black pen to friend and fellow Naropa Institute teacher Susan Edwards on the title page. With an original drawing by Ginsberg on the facing page of a sunflower and serpent, with "AH" in the center of the head of the flower, and the Star of David. Publisher's cream wrappers, with illustration by Harry... Read More
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Airplane Dreams: Compositions from Journals
by Ginsberg, Allen
[San Francisco]: House of Anansi / City Lights Books, 1969 First American edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Ginsberg on the title page: Allen Ginsberg / For Ron Benham." With a few annotations by Ginsberg to the title page, including "-Yeats" beneath printed quotation, and "AH" and "Naropa" and a couple of undeciphered words around printed 3-fish symbol. One of 5,000 copies. Publisher's white and blue wrappers, with photo of Ginsberg by Terry Walker to front wrapper, lettered in... Read More
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale
by Goldsmith, Oliver
Corke: Printed for Eugene Swiney, 1766 Pirated Corke edition. Bound in contemporary full brown calf, with five raised bands to the spine, contrasting red calf label to the spine, lettered and decorated in gilt, board edges tooled in blind. Very good, with some wear to the extremities, light rubbing to the boards and spine, minor spotting to the fore edge, former owner's bookplate to the front pastedown, some minor creasing to the otherwise bright pages. Overall, a tight and unsophisticated... Read More
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30th Annual Hall of Fame Game, Yankees vs. Dodgers, August 7, 1972
by [Gomez, Lefty]
Cooperstown, NY, 1972 First edition. Signed by Lefty Gomez in black ink to front wrapper. Folded cream-colored scorecard, lettered in red and blue. Unscored with fold not perfectly lined up, else fine. On August 7th, 1972, the 30th annual Baseball Hall of Fame Game took place, with the Yankees defeating the Dodgers 8-3. That same day, Lefty Gomez was formally inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Vernon "Lefty" Gomez (1908-1989) was born in Rodeo, California, the youngest... Read More
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A History of Baseball in the San Francisco Bay Area: San Francisco Giants Official 1985 Yearbook
by [Gomez, Lefty (HOF)]; Thorpe, Laura A. [Editor]
San Francisco: Woodford Associates, 1985 Historical text by David Nemec. Signed by Lefty Gomez on front wrapper. First edition, first printing. 8vo oblong. Publisher's stapled white wrappers, with team photo to front wrapper, Camel cigarettes advertisement to rear wrapper, and b/w photographs throughout. Fine. Overall, an exceptional copy. From Lefty Gomez's personal library. This book looks back over the rich baseball history of the Bay Area. Some notable players to come out of the Pacific Coast League... Read More
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Personal Archive of Letters, Photos, Newspaper Clippings, and Other Materials.
by [Gomez, Vernon "Lefty"]
1972 Vernon "Lefty" Gomez (1908-1989) was born in Rodeo, California, the youngest of eight children, to Francisco and Rita Gomez. He began playing baseball on his hometown team at age thirteen, and by fourteen was pitching throughout central California. In 1928, when Gomez was 20 years old, he signed a contract to play for the San Francisco Seals, and two years later he joined the New York Yankees. Except for a single game in 1943 with the Washington Senators, Gomez... Read More
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The Black Doll
by Gorey, Edward
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973 First edition, first printing. Signed by Gorey on title page. Publisher's light gray paper wrappers; in the original black paper dust jacket, white paper label with Gorey's illustration of a black armless doll laid onto the front wrapper. Near fine book, with just a touch of wear to spine ends and light soiling to a few pages; near fine dust jacket, with head of spine lightly bumped and rear panel just barely scratched. Overall,... Read More
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Goose Goslin Type IV Photo
by Goslin, Goose
1970 Black and white photo of Goose Goslin in his Detroit Tigers uniform, with "Goose Goslin" written in print and cursive and "H.G. 'Herb' Havens / Mr. Baseball" address stamped to verso. Encased in a PSA slab ("Type IV / Authentic"). Near fine, with yellow tape residue to verso, slightly visible on recto. Overall, a handsome action photo. Leon Allen "Goose" Goslin - so nicknamed for the awkward arm-flapping movements he made while tracking down fly balls -... Read More
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The New York Giants: An Informal History
by Graham, Frank
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1952 Illustrated with black and white photos. First edition, first printing, with no subsequent printings noted on the copyright page. Publisher's black boards, with spine printed in red; in its original black, orange, and white dust jacket, with small glove and ball illustration to front panel. Very good book, with light wear to spine ends and corners, a hint of soiling to spine label, a touch of staining to fore edge of text block,... Read More
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The Comedians
by Greene, Graham
New York: The Viking Press, 1966 First American edition, advance issue. One of 500 copies "specially bound for presentation to friends of the author and the publishers in advance of publication." Publisher's green buckram, front board ruled in blind, black labels to spine with titles in gilt, and black topstain; in the original acetate dust jacket. Fine book; near fine dust jacket, with a small chip to top edge of rear panel. With publisher's holiday greeting card laid in. Overall,... Read More
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The Comedians
by Greene, Graham
London: The Bodley Head, 1966 First edition, first printing. Publisher's dark green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, in the original green pictorial dust jacket designed by Ivan Lapper, with 25s price to front flap. Light spotting to endpapers and title page and small nick to top edge, else fine book; near fine dust jacket, with light wear to edges of spine and some toning to top edges of front and rear flaps. Overall, an exceptionally crisp copy. The... Read More
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A Visit to Morin
by Greene, Graham
London: Heinemann, 1959 First edition, first printing. One of 250 copies. Presentation copy. Inscribed by Greene to Ian and Ann Fleming: “For Ian + Ann Fleming / with all good wishes for / the grim season / from Graham Greene. / Christmas 1960.” Publisher’s green cloth, titles stamped in gilt to spine, attached green fabric bookmark; original off-white dust jacket printed in green and black. Fine; in a very good unclipped dust jacket with light toning to edges and spine,... Read More
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The Heart of the Matter
by Greene, Graham
London: Heinemann, 1948 First edition, first impression. Publisher's navy blue cloth with publisher's device to bottom right of rear board, spine lettered in silver, and tan endpapers, red topstain; in the original red dust jacket priced at 9s.6d.net. Very good book, with corners lightly bumped, boards bowed, spine slightly creased, and a small tear to the spine of front endpaper; good or better unclipped dust jacket, with heavy fading to spine and light chipping to head of spine and corners,... Read More
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Travels with My Aunt
by Greene, Graham
London: The Bodley Head, 1969 First edition, first printing. Publisher's dark green cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, light purple top stain; in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Stephen Russ. Fine book, with top right corner of front board lightly bumped; very good price-clipped dust jacket, with light age-soiling, light wear to edges, small puncture to rear spine fold, and two half-inch closed tears to bottom of rear panel. Overall, a well-presenting copy. Travels with My Aunt... Read More
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Autograph Letter Signed to Al Kaline
by Greenberg, Hank
Michigan: 4 November 1983 Two pages, written over two leaves of Hank Greenberg personalized letterhead, with the original envelope addressed in Greenberg's hand. Fine letter, with just a touch of creasing to the envelope. Both Hank Greenberg and the recipient of the letter, Al Kaline, were Hall of Fame players with strong associations to the Detroit Tigers. Greenberg played the first twelve (1930, 1933-41, 1945-46) of his thirteen seasons in the MLB with the Tigers. Kaline, nicknamed "Mr.... Read More
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1940 Detroit Tigers American League Champions Type 1 Photograph
by [Greenberg, Hank (HOF); Gehringer, Charlie (HOF); Newhouser, Hal (HOF); Averill, Earl (HOF)]
1940 Original 9" x 7" Type 1 black and white photo. Photo of the 1940 Detroit Tigers after winning the pennant, featuring future Hall of Famers Earl Averill, Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, and Hal Newhouser. Fine. Overall, a fresh and clean photo. In 1940, the Detroit Tigers lost in the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds in seven games. Notably, Hank Greenberg won the second of his two AL MVP Awards that year (1935, 1940). Greenberg played the... Read More
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Power Lot
by Greene, Sarah P. McLean
New York: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1906 Illustrated by Alex O. Levy with five plates including a frontispiece. First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue-green decorative cloth, with Art Deco landscape stamped in blue, green, and gilt to front board and spine, and top edge gilt. Near fine, with light rubbing to spine ends, light spotting to text block edges, and soiling to copyright page. Overall, an elegant decorative binding. Sarah Pratt McLean Greene (1856-1935) was an American... Read More
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The High Alps of New Zealand: A Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes with an Ascent of Mount Cook
by Green, William Spotswood; [Lowe, George]
London: Macmillan & Co., 1883 First edition, first printing. Personal copy of mountaineer George Lowe, with his bookplate adhered to the front verso of the front free endpaper. Inscribed by Lowe on the half-title: "W.G. Lowe / 1950." Publisher's red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, ruled in black, black coated endpapers. Good ex-library (NZ) copy, with a large library label to the front board, remnants of a former owner's plate over the library plate to the front board, light... Read More
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Dear Mili
by Grimm, Wilhelm
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1988 With many full-page color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Translated by Ralph Manheim. First edition, first printing. Signed by Sendak in blue pen on half-title page. Publisher's blue-gray cloth, with front board decoration stamped in blind, spine stamped in gilt, and pink endpapers; in its original white dust jacket, with front panel lavishly illustrated by Sendak, featuring cherubs and flowers, lettered in brown. About fine book, with a hint of toning to board edges, pages... Read More
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The Grand Bazaar: Istanbul
by Gulgun, Serdar
New York: Assouline, 2011 Elephant folio. First edition. Publisher's pale green cloth, lettered in gilt to front board and spine, bright yellow endpapers, illustrated with numerous color photos by Laziz Hamani; in the publisher's pictorial paper slipcase. A very good copy, some light soiling to boards and sunning to spine, else very clean and bright; in a very good slipcase with wear to extremities. Overall, a beautiful copy of this copiously illustrated non-fiction text. Published to commemorate the... Read More
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Roots
by Haley, Alex
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, 1976 Book club edition, lacking first edition statement on copyright page. Signed and inscribed by Haley to Cornell University professor Ramona Heck on the front free endpaper: "2/20/90 To Ramona Heck - Love! Alex Haley". Publisher's black cloth-backed tan paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt; lacking original dust jacket. Very good, with light soiling and scuffing to boards, and a touch of soiling to text block edges. With a program for Alex Haley... Read More
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The Executive Committee of Shakespeare's Birth-Place and Mr. Halliwell-Phillips: A Correspondence
by Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard
Brighton: Printed By John George Bishop, 1887 First edition, first printing. A good copy, with the original front cover in the publisher's paper cloth, with some smudging along the edges, slight chipping on the hinge, lacking the rear cover panel, with a loss to the bottom corners of the first pages of text, pages starting to break from the binding, although the signature is still intact, otherwise clean and uncut pages. A nineteenth century pamphlet containing reproduced letters between James... Read More
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Exercitatio anatomica de cordis et sanguinis motu. Cum praefatione Zachariae Sylvii Medici Roterodamensis. Accessit Differtatio de Corde Doct. Jacobi de Back, Urbis Roterodami Medici Ordinarii
by Harvey, William
Rotterdam: Arnold Leers, 1648 12mo. Fourth edition. With additional engraved title page and 2 full-page engraved illustrations. Contemporary speckled brown calf, double ruled in blind to covers, horizontal rules in blind and paper library labels to spine, red speckled edges. Very good, with shallow chipping to bottom of spine, light wear to hinges and corners, sound binding with strong hinges, former owner bookplate to front pastedown, embossed stamp to title, engraved title, and first page of text, pages lightly toned... Read More
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Tanglewood Tales, For Girls And Boys; Being A Second Wonder-Book
by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Boston: Ticknor Reed & Fields, 1853 Illustrated by Hammatt Billings, with a frontispiece and six plates. First edition, first printing, without the Geo. C. Rand imprint on the copyright page, without the publisher's advertisements. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hawthorne to his close friend Henry Bright on front free endpaper: "Mr. H. A. Bright. / With the author's regards." Publisher's bright blue cloth, with boards decorated in blind, spine decorated and lettered in gilt, pale-yellow coated endpapers. Near fine, with light... Read More
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