Postcard measuring 4 x 5 3/4 inches (102 x 145 mm), writing on both sides, sent through mail. A rare postcard from World War II signed by art collector Peggy Guggenheim to "Monsieur M. Lefebvre," likely Maurice Lefebvre, the brother of her lover René. Guggenheim used a postcard that..... More
Kansas City, Missouri: Frederic Thoreau Singleton at the Sign of the Red Pale, 1896. First Edition, First Printing. 16 mo (6 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 160 x 120 mm), pages [10], 42-62, original decorated wrappers in red and black, enclosed in a modern box. A single volume (February 1896)..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 208 x 138 mm), xv, 362, [2] pages in wrappers. *SIGNED by Ann Beattie, Amy Hempel, Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, Jamaica Kincaid, Mary Gaitskill, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Louise Erdrich at their respective contributions..... More
![White Dove Review #5 [Volume 2, Number 5]. Ron Padgett, Joe Brainard, Betty Kennedy](/pictures/thumb/1129_1.jpg?v=1592171195)
Tulsa, Oklahoma: White Dove Press, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 217 x 140 mm), [24] pages, in stapled illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Ted Berrigan on the title page with a note regarding his contribution. The fifth and final issue of this scarce literary magazine..... More
Moscow: Kinopechat, 1926. First Edition, First Printing. 24mo (5 7/8 x 4 3/8 inches; 150 x 110 mm), 14, [2] pages in photo-illustrated stapled wrappers. An illustrated booklet on comic actor Igor Ilyinsky (1901-1987) in the Kinopechat series. Ilyinsky was associated with the Meyerhold Theatre, most notably as Bruno..... More
![Sketchbook of an Ocean Voyage and Stay in France]. Margaret Stark](/pictures/thumb/2229_1.jpeg?v=1591709703)
1948-49. Black leather sketchbook measuring 11 x 8 1/2 inches (278 x 213 mm), about 120 leaves. First time offered in commerce: Sketchbook of original ink drawings documenting an ocean voyage and stay in France by Margaret Stark (1915-1988), an Indiana-born artist who had been living in New York. The..... More
Newark, New Jersey: Revolutionary Communist League (M-L-M), 1976. Quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 215 mm), 28 stapled pages, in printed red wrappers. SIGNED by Amiri Baraka, the poet and playwright, on the title page. Baraka was chair of the Maoist group that issued this polemic, which does not..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1948. First Edition. Octavo (8 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 217 x 145 mm), viii, [2], 494 pages, black cloth, paper titles to upper board and spine. Lacking the scarce dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Tennessee Williams on the front end paper: "To Aiden- /..... More
Newark, New Jersey: Newark Museum, 1947. First Edition. Octavo (9 x 6 inches; 223 x 152 mm), 100 pages, in gray wrappers. Catalogue of an exhibition of New Jersey pottery and porcelain at the Newark Museum. Detailed descriptions of 263 items, along with a list of references and 52 black-and-white..... More
New York: Dramatists Play Service Inc., 1995. Small Octavo (7 5/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 195 x 130 m), [2], 104, [6] pages in yellow printed wrappers. SIGNED by Terrence McNally (1938-2020) in ink on the title page of this acting edition. A comedy featuring eight gay friends who hash..... More
Candia, New Hampshire: John LeBow, 2008. No Edition Stated. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 217 x 136 mm), 37 pages, in printed stapled wrappers. SIGNED by Amiri Baraka on the title page. The trade edition of this defense of Malcolm X; there was also a limited edition of..... More
Detroit: The Radio League of the Little Flower, 1933. First Edition. Small Octavo pamphlet measuring 7 3/4 x 5 inches (197 x 128 mm), [16] pages, in stapled printed wrappers. Transcript of a radio broadcast by Father Coughlin in which he says government action so far has amounted only to..... More
Paris: Plain Edition, 1932. First Edition, First Printing. 12 mo (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches; 185 x 135 mm), 400 pages, in buff-colored printed wrappers, titles to upper wrapper and spine, and with the original slipcase, identically printed. One of 500 copies of a collection of operas and plays..... More
Pasadena, California: Self-Published, 1937. First Edition. Single volume measuring 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (193 x 140 mm), 96 pages, in gray-green stapled wrappers printed in black. Upton Sinclair's short novel about how a group of young men in New York were inspired to go to Spain to fight..... More
New York: Totem Press, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches; 220 x 145 mm), 8 pages, in illustrated stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED by Michael McClure on the title page to book editor William Targ: "This copy for Bill Targ / and / all / cause..... More
New York: The Ecco Press, 1976. First Edition Thus. 8vo (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches; 210 x 140 mm), 95, [1] pages, in illustrated wrappers. INSCRIBED by John Ashbery on the title page: "For William Targ /John Ashbery / 4/11/77." Targ was the editor-in-chief of G.P. Putnam's Sons and..... More
New York: Corinth Books, 1962. First Edition. 8vo (8 x 5 1/2 inches; 225 x 137 mm), 159, [1] pages in printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Glenford Mitchell: "To Mrs. Veal / with my compliments and / appreciation. / Glenford / 2/4/62." Seven essays on the black struggle for civil rights in..... More
Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, 1964. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 235 x 190 mm), 72, [4] pages in illustrated wrappers. Exhibition catalogue focusing on artistic renderings of the Epic of Gilgamesh (in German, Gilgamesch), a Mesopotamian king. With drawings by..... More
New York: Martha Jackson Gallery, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo (8 1/2 x 7 inches; 220 x 180 mm), [44] pages in illustrated wrappers and illustrated slipcase. Scarce exhibition catalogue for Antoni Tàpies (1923-2012) at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York in 1968. Nicely written preface by playwright Edward..... More
London: John Richardson, 1810. First Edition. 8vo (8 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 220 x 135 mm), xli, [3], 621, [1 errata], [2 adverts], in contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label. An important early work on life insurance, annuities, and endowments by London stockbroker Francis Baily (1774-1844)..... More
Beverly Hills, California: Glencoe Press, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 235 x 155 mm), xxiii, 774 pages, in printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Clarence Major, one of the contributors, in the year of publication: "To Bert -- my friend -- / with the..... More
![La Ligne Nouvelle [Cover title]. Sylvie Feron Baucher, René Baucher](/pictures/thumb/2183.jpeg?v=1591740550)
Brussels: G.M. Vanderborght Frères, 1931. First Edition, First Printing. 12mo (7 x 6 1/8 inches; 180 x 155 mm), [20] pages plus one-page price list, in illustrated stapled wrappers. A beautiful Art Déco trade catalogue featuring furniture for sale at G.M. Vanderborght Fréres of Brussels. Gorgeous watercolors by Sylvie Feron..... More
Köln [Cologne]: Verlag Der Ausstellungsleitung, 1929. 16 mo (7 x 5 inches; 175 x 125 mm), 124 pages, in original wrappers Scarce catalogue of an exhibition of German contemporary art, held in Cologne from May to September 1929. Profusely illustrated, with more than 70 black-and-white plates featuring paintings and sculptures..... More
Washington, D.C. Department of the Army, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Small 4to (10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches; 279 x 215 mm), 71, [1] pages, in stapled card wrappers. U.S. government guide explaining how North Korea interrogates and indoctrinates American prisoners of war. While the focus is mostly on..... More
![Letter about a neo-Nazi group]. James H. Sheldon](/pictures/thumb/2180_1.jpeg?v=1589147780)
New York: Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League to Champion Human Rights, 1947. Two mimeographed leaves, measuring 11 x 8 1/2 inches (278 x 215 mm), bound with paper clip, and signed in ink by James Sheldon at end. Letter concerning trial and conviction of leaders of a white-supremacist, neo-Nazi..... More