London: George Allen, 1894. First edition thus. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth with gilt stamped peacock, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, all edges gilt. Very Good with lean to spine, light rubbing to cloth and light edge wear with several small patched neatly repaired at joints. Pages toned, heavily foxed..... More
Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Company, 1899. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's pale green cloth, decoratively stamped in dark green and red; top edge gilt. Very Good. Spine rebacked with remnants of original cloth laid down. Cloth toned, worn at tips. Contents toned, previous owner..... More
Los Angeles: Embassy Home Entertainment, 1984. VHS tape in Good+ original box, sunned and worn with some sticker residue. Charles Willeford adapted his own novel by the same name into this underrated 1974 film about the sport of cockfighting. More
San Francisco: Rip Off Press, 1970. First edition. (First printing with no copyright info on verso of front wrap.) Stapled wraps. Very Good, contents toned with age, slight roll to spine and light wear and sunning to front wrap. Trippy psychedelic underground comics. More
Chicago: Armour's Oats, 1922. 16 pp. Staple bound wraps. 2 1/2" by 4 5/8". Very Good+ with rubbing along edges. A collection of recipes using Armour's Oats. Printed circa 1922. More
[np]: The Quaker Oats Company, 1925. A single sheet, printed in color, folded into 14 pp. with recipes from the 1925 booklet "Quaker Cereal Products and How to Use Them." Near Fine. Variants of this title from the Chicago, Illinois and Peterborough, Ontario branches of Quaker Oats also exist. Uncommon..... More
New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1989. First edition. Signed by Stephen Jay Gould on half-title page. 347 pp. Original cloth and paper covered boards. Fine in Fine dust jacket. The late evolutionary biologist's history of the Burgess Shale's discovery, including wonderful illustrations of bizarre long-extinct animals by Marianne Collins..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press / Phoenix Books, 1974. Signed by F.A. Hayek on title page in ink. xxi, [1], 248 pp. Illustrated wraps. 21st impression. Very Good+ copy with lightly worn wraps. A signed paperback of the perennial defense of classical liberalism and critique of collectivism. More
New York: The Century Company, 1912. First edition, first printing. (BAL 14767.) x, 284 pp. Original dark green cloth with gilt, periwinkle, and royal blue stamping, top edge gilt. A Fine copy with few spots of light rubbing to front board, offsetting to title page from tissue guard. All fold-out..... More
San Francisco: Bill Graham, 1966. BG #21. Original 13 7/8" x 20 1/8" poster . 2nd printing. Very Fine. Slight crease near upper left corner, slight crease to right upper corner. An attractive example of Wes Wilson's work. More
San Francisco: Bill Graham, 1966. BG #10. Original 14" x 20" poster on thick stock. 2nd printing. Near Mint with very tiny bump to left edge near top. An attractive example of Wes Wilson's work. More
New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1995. Inscribed by Richard Leakey to evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould on front free endpaper, signed and dated November 1995. First edition. Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. An excellent copy. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1973. Signed by David L. Hull, inscribed to evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould on front free endpaper. From Gould's library. xii, 472 pp. First edition. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket with creased tear to front panel, light wear. The late author was a...... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1989. Signed by Delta Willis, inscribed to evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould who wrote the introduction, "with love and admiration," New York, October 1989, the year of publication. xii, [2], 352 pp. with eight pages of color photos. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed..... More
Rochester, Kent: Hangman Books, 1988. First edition in English. 85 pp. Stiff brown wraps. Fine. An uncommon translation of the French author's partial manuscript Casse-pipe, co-translated by Thee Headcoats frontman Childish. More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1962. First British edition. 495 pp. Original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Foxed edges, else Fine in a bright, crisp example of the dust jacket, price-clipped with a little foxing. A classic, highly poetic examination of the crowd dynamic as it manifests in society and the..... More
New York: Hill & Wang, 1988. First American edition. Signed by Christopher Hitchens on title page, inscribed to former owner (whose name is on half-title) and dated February 2, 2003. 137 pp. Original gray cloth. Fine in unclipped dust jacket with small tear down back panel near head, else Near..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. First edition. xi, [3], 368, [2] pp. Original navy cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with slightly bowed front board, faint stain on fore edge, a hint of foxing to edges, in Near Fine dust jacket with a little shelf wear and faint sunning to..... More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1946. First British edition, produced by New Directions in the US for export to the British Empire as mentioned on slip mounted to copyright page, price sticker (in pounds) on front flap. 205 pp. Original black cloth with red lettering. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust..... More
[Hanover, NH; Duchesnay, Quebec; Gatlinburg, TN, Mellenockett, ME, et al.]: [no publisher], 1937. Large archive of 114 mycology-related photographs depicting mushroom specimens, as well as group portraits and candid snapshots of foragers in the woods. Silver gelatin images, unbound: four 4” x 5” group photographs labeled on versos (Hanover, NH..... More
[Chicago Area]: [no publisher]. [Chicago]: [ca. 1970s]. A large archive documenting motorcycle and custom car culture, centering around White's Pit Stop, a Chicago-area auto retailer, and its sister store Chopper Corner. Containing roughly 175 unbound original photographs, varying in size, including roughly 75 8" x 10" prints and 100 snapshots..... More
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1920. First American edition, first printing. xiii, [1], 168 pp. Navy cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with worn head and foot cloth, a few scuffs and faint stains as well, edge-rubbing, lettering dulled, former owner's name written on front free endpaper. Text free..... More
[New York]: The Saturday Evening Post, 1956. Single sheet, 10.5" x 13.5," printed on thick stock in pink and black. A Near Fine example with typical age-toning, slightly bumped corners. A vintage UFO-themed magazine stand lobby card for The Post of March 10, 1956, which reads, "'Eyewitness reports' from travelers..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1982. First edition. [viii], 560, [4] pp. Original black cloth, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in red, red topstain. Near Fine with small stain dot to top edge, in Very Good unclipped dust jacket with tiny tear near head, some light rubbing and edge wear. Erratum..... More
New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers, 1989. Signed by Gerald Edelman and inscribed to evolutionary biologist and writer Stephen Jay Gould. From Gould's personal library. First edition. xx, [2], 240 pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Fine in Fine dust jacket. A signed work by the co-winner of the Nobel..... More