national lampoon february 1978: spring fascism preview
february 1978.
new york. 8.25 x 11 inches. stapled magazine.
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sexual behavior in the human male
first edition, 1948.
philadelphia and london: w.b. saunders company. 804 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. hardcover. bound in maroon cloth-covered boards. book condition: minor shelfwear. near fine. jacket condition: losses to top and bottom of spine. chips to front and back covers. unclipped. good+.
margaret & dusty
signed and inscribed first edition, 1985.
"dear greg, it's almost as good as the mets. love, alice."
alice notley (1945-2025) gave us a feminist poetics guided by ”a will to disobedience.“ she published more than 40 books in her lifetime…writing across love, sex, patriarchy, war, motherhood, grief...
witch world novels (complete set)
first edition thus, 1977.
andre norton's speculative fiction project takes place in a parallel universe where magic trumps science and is practiced exclusively by women.
this set contains all seven novels: witch world, web of the witch world, three against the witch world, warlock of the witch world.....
the bloody chamber
signed first edition, 1979.
london: victor gollancz ltd. isbn: 0575025840. 5.25 x 8 inches. 157 pages. hardcover. bound in paper-covered boards. book condition: owner signature to front free-endpaper. near fine. jacket condition: unclipped (4.95) fine.
women, culture, & politics
inscribed first edition, association copy, 1989.
"to velia,
in struggle!
angela davis
4/19/89"
velia garcia was a friend and collegue of davis. she was central to the development of both the department of raza studies and the college of ethnic studies at san francisco state university. she tragically.....
2001: a space odyssey
first edition, 1968.
new york: the new american library. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 221 pages. hardcover. bound in paper-covered boards. book condition: light foxing to head of block. small closed tear to front free-endpaper. very good+. jacket condition: shelf-wear. clipped. near fine-.
wrong
signed, limited to 1000 copies, 2010.
london: mörel books. isbn: 9781907071225. 8.75 x 8.75. unpaginated. softcover. perfect bound in card wrappers. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: near fine.
the antiphon
first edition thus, 2000.
three-act verse tragedy set in england in 1939 during world war two. the hobbs family reunion takes place in their ancestral home, burley hall. highly stylized and poetic, barnes' drama reveals dark familial secrets and escalating violence. initially published in 1958, this was the last.....
book of legendary spells
first edition, 1968. scarce.
minneapolis: marlar publishing co. 5.25 x 8.25. 226 pages. book condition: light shelfwear. very good+.
the autobiography of miss jane pittman
first edition, 1971.
includes a cut out plate of the information for dorothea oppenheimer, who was ernest gaines' literary agent.
new york: the dial press. 6 x 9.5 inches. 245 pages. hardcover. bound in brown patterned paper-covered boards. book condition: notable soiling and spotting to block. very.....
daily nightmares: ten poems
first edition, 1988.
"in this collection of ten very moving poems, fadwa tuqan depicts the dufferings of the palestinian people, their memories of happier days when they ploughed their fields and celebrated the seasons, when they raised their children and lived productive lives. this was before their country was.....
grains de poivre
first edition rebound, 1927.
rebound by lobsteni-laurenchet. 32 colour and line-drawing illustrations, including 13 full-page, 2 of which were amplified in silver. illustrations by janine aghion.
paris: andré depleuch. 154 pages. 10 x 7.5". hardcover. rebound in orange half-calf over patterned boards. book condition: mild rubbing.....
romola (2 vols)
1863. two volumes.
publisher's full vellum with ornate gilt embossed boards ,gilt titles to spine and with blue lettering to front cover. all edges are gilt, with inner gilt dentelles. floral patterned endpapers. contains several sepia illustrated plates of florence.
leipzig: bernhard tauchnitz. 4.75 x 6.5 inches. 328.....
run river
first edition, 1963. scarce in jacket.
the author's debut novel and first book is a portrait of a marriage and an insight into the history of california. everett mcclellan and his wife, lily, are the great-grandchildren of pioneers, who encounter a "tragic epilogue to the pioneer experience."
new.....
self-portrait in a convex mirror
signed first edition, 1975.
new york: the viking press. isbn: 067063283x. 6 x 8.5 inches. 83 pages. hardcover. bound in quarter cloth-covered boards. book condition: considerable foxing to block. owner's signature (relatively unknown poet peggy aylsworth) to front free-endpaper. very good+. jacket condition: rubbing to top edge of spine.....
the first five years of the communist international (volume 1)
first edition thus, 1945.
new york: pioneer publishers. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. 374 pages. hardcover. bound in rust cloth-covered boards. book condition: owner's inscription and staining to front free-endpaper. bumped. very good+. jacket condition: creasing and small chips to chips to head and foot of spine. shelfwear throughout.....
alice in wonderland
first edition thus, 1916.
illustrated by margaret w. tarrant.
this edition of carroll's psychedelic classic features 44 beautiful color plates by tarrant (1888-1959), who was renowned for her delicate and enchanting illustrations. printed in great britain by ward, lock & co. for the american market...
jean dubuffet
scarce italian edition, 1965.
uncommon book on the sculptor of the ecole de paris and founder of the art brut movement. includes 33 rpm record.
rome: de luca editore. 11.75 x 10". 372 pages. hardcover with slipcase. book condition: fine. jacket condition: fine.
the first part of the life and achievements of the renowned don quixote de la mancha: illustrated by salvador dalí
limited reprint, 1979.
illustrated by salvador dali. limited reprint of 1946 edition.
considered to be spain's most influential work of literature and the first "truly modern" novel. dalí created 38 drawings and watercolors for this english edition.
new york: cross rivers press. isbn: 0-89659-023-2. 6 x......
return of the repressed: destroy all monsters, 1973-1977
signed first edition, 2011. scarce.
includes the signatures of niagra, mike kelley and jim shaw to front panel, false title, and title page.
first retrospective of the influential detroit "anti-rock" group. produced in collaboration with the artists, it features the work of the collective circa 1973-77, almost all.....
peter beard: fifty years of portraits
first edition, 1999.
“fifty years of portraits” melds together beard’s portraits of prominent figures with the spontaneity, intimacy, and sense of exploration that has made his work iconic. this collection features photographs of picasso, francis bacon, karen blixen, andy warhol, truman capote, jacqueline kennedy onassis, salvador dali, and mick.....
my brother, my self
scandalously inscribed, 1983.
"for dave-- remembering a hot night in lincoln park --phil andros".
samuel morris steward, better known by his pseudonyms phil andros and phil sparrow, was an american tattoo artist, pornographer, and prolific diarist. steward meticulously documented his sexual experiences, keeping extensive secret journals and statistical.....
prometheus rising
signed first edition, 1983.
inscribed:
"to jehanah
live long and prosper
robert anton wilson"
introduced by israel regardie.
phoenix: falcon press. isbn: 0941404196. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 259 pages. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: considerable shelf-wear. reading crease. some toning. some soiling to block. hinge crack between page 58-59. good-.
the ethics of ambiguity
first edition, 1948.
prompted by a lecture de beauvoir gave in 1945 in which she stated it was impossible to base a system of ethics on her partner jean-paul sartre's "being and nothingness," this is the book that launched her career. de beavoir expounds on her conception of ethics.....