Below is a short list of some of our more interesting titles. This list is updated every week.
Grand Rapids, MI: Wm B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. A close to near fine copy with a tiny tear to the top of the spine in an about very good price clipped dust jacket with some chips to the spine ends and corners as well as tear to the top rear corner along the edge and some minor loss/abrasion to the front panel. Rather uncommon in any dust jacket. Item #114676
Price: $150.00
Los Angeles & Hollywood, CA: The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) and St. Ann's Press, 2002. First printing of this the second edition. Hardcover. Copy 95 from an edition of only 100 numbered copies. Originally published in 1995 in conjunction with a show at Moca. Essay by Elizabeth A.T. Smith. Includes numerous color images by Barth. A fine copy in a fine slipcase and without dust jacket as issued. Signed and numbered by Barth. An as new copy. Item #129882
Price: $200.00
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. The second issue with the word beast printed correctly on the last page of text. A very fine copy in very fine dust jacket. Signed by Beard on the title page: "Peter Beard Hoggers Box 4191 Nbi" Item #131048
Price: $350.00
Iowa City, IA: The Stone Wall Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. One of only 270 copies bound in grey cloth and printed on Arches paper. A clean near fine copy with some slight curving to the edge of the front board. Signed and very warmly inscribed in the year of publication to author and editor of Poetry Magazine Henry Rago. A terrific association copy. Item #116400
Price: $300.00
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Author Leon Forrest's copy. The first book a terrific debut collection of short stories by this former firefighter. A fine copy in a near fine jacket with some moderate fading to the spine. Signed and inscribed on the half title page: For Leon all best wishes. Larry Brown." Item #110446
Price: $200.00
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. With an essay by Marianne Fulton. A very good plus copy with some minor wear to the base of the boards in a very good plus dust jacket with some minor wear. Signed and nicely inscribed by Caponigro on the front free endpaper to photographer Ray McSavaney: "To Ray with all best wishes and Thanks for the time at Stillwater. Paul Caponigro 6/29/84." Item #144022
Price: $400.00
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 85 pages. An early collection of poems from the National Book Award winning poet of "Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey." A fine copy with bright red topstain in a very near fine dust jacket with price on the front flap but the corner clipped. This is one of the dedication copies. Signed and inscribed by Carruth on the front free endpaper to Henry Rago: "For Henry with thanks for everything, from Hayden. Johnson, Vermont 20 March 65." A terrific association as several of the poems in this collection appeared in Poetry Magazine which Rago was the editor of during this period of time. Item #138175
Price: $450.00
New York: Scalo, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 272 pages. An examination of the first portion of Witkin's career with text by Celant. Includes over 100 images. A fine copy in a very near fine with a tiny edge tear to the top of the rear panel. Signed and inscribed by Witkin on the front free endpaper in the year of publication to a Chicago gallerist. Item #139156
Price: $200.00
Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Number 30 of 30 copies of this deluxe edition. Preface by Jeffrey Hoone and with an afterword by Amitav Ghosh. A nicely designed book by John Gossage and Chao. A collection of 77 color photographs by Chao. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and and in a fine yellow clamshell box. Signed by Chao in the book. Includes an original color photograph of Tin Tao Liang that appears in the book on page 11. Print is in fine condition and is signed by Chao on the verso. Item #149964
Price: $500.00
London: Architectural Association, 1990. First edition. Large softcover. 99 pages. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at ran at the Architectural Association in the Autumn of 1990. Essay by Andrew Higgott. Includes numerous black and white images. A near fine copy in wrappers with a small gift inscription on the half title page in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #148740
Price: $150.00
Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publishing, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Number 56 of only 100 copies. A collection of 50 cyanotype images, many of them nudes. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and in a fine cloth slipcase. Signed and numbered by Dugdale on the colophon page and with his fingerprint and a small drawing of a pair of glasses. A very fresh copy. Item #151945
Price: $200.00
London: Jonathan Cape, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. The sixth novel from the author of "The Magus" and "The Collector." A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Fowles on the title page. A sharp copy. Item #111294
Price: $150.00
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. First printing A striking collection of black and white photographs. A very near fine copy with some very slight bumping to the bottom corners in a very near fine dust jacket with some very miniscule wear and a small tear to the bottom front corner. Signed by Freed on the title page. A fresh and clean copy. Item #148454
Price: $250.00
Antaeus Editions, 1976. First edition. Softcover. Number 6 of only 50 copies from a total edition of 500 copies printed at the Oliphant Press. A slim collection of 5 poems. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Signed by Gluck on the limitation page. Item #117058
Price: $400.00
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. An early collection of poems from this Scottish writer. English poet Leonard Clark's copy with his attractive bookplate to front pastedown. A close to near fine copy with some tapping to the top corners and some tanning to the endpapers in a very good dust jacket with some chipping to the spine ends and some wear to the corners. Still, a very nice copy with an interesting provenance. Item #147510
Price: $150.00
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. First edition. Oblong hardcover. First printing. A posthumously released monograph on Haas color photographs that includes 153 images. Also features a selection of his writings as well. A very near fine and tight copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Item #144848
Price: $150.00
Prague: Pressfoto / Edice Mezinarodni Fotografie, 1981. First edition. Softcover. Text by Jan Kriz in Czech, Russian, German, English, and French. Includes a 20 page booklet along with 12 black and white plates. Text booklet and photo plates in very near fine condition or better with a faint line to one plate and housed in a very good cardstock holder that has some minor wear. Item #146200
Price: $450.00
Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2003. First edition. Oblong hardcover. Number 54 of only 100 copies. An elaborate production with two separate booklets bound into a cloth folding binding. Includes 22 color plates. A fine copy in a fine cloth slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Hatakeyama on the limitation page and he has added "10 January 2004 Tokyo Sunny" there as well. A beautifully printed book. Item #159645
Price: $200.00
London: Faber & Faber, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. One of the better collections of poetry from the winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. A fine copy with the usual darkening to the pages in a fine dust jacket. Item #140922
Price: $175.00
London: Poem of the Month Club, 1971. First edition. Broadside that measures 11" x 15" Contains a single long poem with 22 lines from the 1995 Nobel Prize winner in Literature. A very near fine copy. Signed by Heaney. (Brandes & Durkan AA2). Item #160703
Price: $300.00
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. A novel from the author of "Goodbye Berlin" and "A Single Man. A tight very good copy with some spots to the edges of the pages in a very good dust jacket that has some minor edge wear and some foxing. Signed and inscribed by Isherwood to Monroe Wheeler on the front free endpaper and with a some pencil notes by Wheeler on one of the last pages and a few other instances on internal pages. A nice association copy. Item #159083
Price: $250.00
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1966. First edition. Hardcover. An important book that captures some of the zeitgist of the 1960s. Text by Kaprow and others. A look at the work of Nine Japanese Gutai Group, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Wolf Vostell, George Brecht, Kenneth Dewey, and Milan Knizak. Includes numerous black and white images. A tight near fine copy in rough burlap binding with a tiny spot to the top of the page edges. Lacking the acetate jacket. Item #161399
Price: $250.00
np: np, 1980. First edition. Softcover. Limited edition of 100 copies. A slim collection of black and white photographs of various objects used to hold parking spaces in Chicago. A very near fine copy in photo-illustrated wrappers. Includes an original silver gelatin print that has been numbered 60/100 and signed by Kowal on the reverse side as well as under the image. Uncommon. Item #112225
Price: $250.00
Buffalo, NY: Leslie Krims, 1972. First edition. Small portfolio. One long folded sheet of text with an essay by Alex J. Sweetman. Includes 23 loose photo plates. Text sheet and plates in fine condition housed in an very good plus paper covered box with the paper hinge split and with a small tear to the right edge. Signed by Krims. Still, a nicer than usual copy of a fragile production. Item #160565
Price: $200.00
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Lumiere Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Copy 38 from an edition of only 150 numbered copies. Edited, designed and printed by Michael Torosian as part of his Homage series. Preface by Torosian as well. Includes 2 tipped in gelatin silver prints after images by Lambeth. A very fine copy in paper covered boards with cloth spine and paper label affixed to the spine. No dust jacket as issued. A beautifully printed book. Item #161986
Price: $350.00
