Cambridge, Massachusets: Harvard University Press, 1957. Hardcover. SIGNED copy of Mary Manning's theatrical adaptation of Finnegan's Wake, first performed in 1955. As described by Denis Johnston in his introduction, Manning's adaptation cuts to the heart of Joyce's use of language: 'It is not surprising, therefore, that the best approach to.....
Martiz: Elfos, 1994. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. The much expanded second edition of Barsante's exhaustive biography of Carmen Miranda, with much material and photographs not included in earlier editions. From the jacket (via google translate): 'This is not just another biographical book. Nor is it just a deluxe edition, endowed with.....
Chronicle Books, 2002. Hardcover. From the rear panel of the jacket: 'If you didn't know what "matte painting" is, it's because you weren't meant to - until now. In this stunning retrospective, Mark Cotta Vaz and Craig Barron reveal the secret history of a visual effect that is almost as.....
Manila: Operation Brotherhood International, 1974. Hardcover. The definitive history of 'Operation Brotherhood', the Filipino humanitarian project to provide medical care for refugees in Vietnam. From Carlos P. Romulo's foreword: 'It is a meticulously detailed history, and it is not likely to be superseded. As Father Bernad tells the story, it.....
Rizzoli International, 1992. Hardcover. From the jacket: 'New York 1900 examines the cultural and artistic awakening of New York City through a detailed look at the city's architecture and urbanism during the years 1890 to 1915, when the city first acquired distinct sense of itself as the representative American metropolis.....
IDW Publishing, 2007. Hardcover. From the jacket: 'Celebrating the centennial of Milton Caniff's birth, this volume begins a six-book series collecting the entirety of Caniff's groundbreaking newspaper adventure strip Terry and the Pirates. Working with the Milton Caniff archives at Ohio State University, all Sunday pages have been meticulously restored.....
New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1955. Hardcover. A SIGNED copy of Frances Leigh Williams' novel of hotel management, romance, and mystery'. A scarce book, discussed in Sadie Stein's 2017 article for the New York Times 'In Praise of the "Career Romance"': 'Written for young women to educate them about different.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1889. Hardcover. An early American edition of The Descent of Man. The text is reproduced from the second edition of 1874, presenting the text in a single volume, with Darwin's preface and tables listing the additions and corrections to the second edition. Red cloth.....
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. Hardcover. Large paper, first edition of this collection of Muir's writings from the field, spanning three decades of his life. In 1918, the editor William Frederic Bade concluded his introduction with the reflection that 'Many, too, will read with pensive interest the.....
New York: The Century Co., 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. FIRST edition, stated first printing of Stuart Gilbert's translation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's aviation classic, with a preface by Antre Gide. In an unclipped dust jacket, with the $1.75 price. The jacket has some creasing, particularly along the upper edge, and.....
Rowland Ward Publications, 2006. Hardcover. This most long-lasting work by British taxidermist Rowland Ward became a "who's who" of big game hunting among celebrities. This is the 27th edition of 2006, with both volumes numbered out of 1500. 11" x 8 ½". Brown cloth boards with gilt titles to front.....
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, with circled R on the copyright page, in an unclipped dust jacket designed by A.F. Arnold. From the jacket: 'This is not a nice book, but it is a fine and courageous one. It is charged to the point.....
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION, first printing. The fourth mystery featuring Bertha Cool and Donald Lam, as the pair head to Las Vegas in search of a missing women and quickly find themselves mixed up with a slot machine racket (and murder). From.....
Palo Alto: Wheatstalk Press, 1928. Soft cover. One of the earliest publications of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, reflecting founder Carl I Wheat's enthusiasm for fine printing and California history. 10 leaves in paper wrappers, reprinting an anonymous story first published in Hutching's California Magazine in 1858. 'Of this.....
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. From the jacket: 'Not only is this latest novel by Sir Gilbert Parker one of absorbing and dramatic quality, but it is a literary tour de force. For Tarboe is a living man, perhaps the most accomplished gambler of.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1907. Hardcover. Playful ode to poker, smoking, and drinking, lavishly illustrated and printed in blue and orange. Includes a tongue-in-cheek history, rules of the game, 'gratuitous advice', 'smoke quotes', recipes (mostly sandwiches), and mixed drinks, all mixed up with aphorisms, puns, and verse. 'Designed.....
New York: G.W. Dillingham Co., 1902. Hardcover. Brown, Garrett How to Beat the Game New York: G.W. Dillingham Co., 1902 'At the earnest solicitation of a number of gentlemen (some of whom claim to be sufferers by reason of my superior knowledge of our national game) I have been led.....
New York: David A. Curtis, 1901. Hardcover. Jessel 349 (Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gambling, 1905). Jessel describes it as 'The most elaborate, as it is the most handsome, of the many treatises on this Game'. Extraordinarily detailed study of draw poker, with a colored illustration.....
New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1887. Hardcover. Horr 806; Jessel 1032. A small, concise introduction to the rules of poker, carefully printed. From the introduction: 'The existing and increasing popularity of Draw Poker as a means of amusement to the better classes of American people, and the various methods.....
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1880. Hardcover. John Blackbridge, identified as 'Actuary and Counsellor at Law' provides a guide to 'The American National Game', combining a scholarly approach with the zeal of the committed player. Jessel 122. Brown covers with gilt title, author and playing cards, beveled edges worn. Wear.....
Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 1877. Hardcover. 'No sedentary game is more popular, or so generally played for amusement in domestic circles, throughout the wide spread "eminent demense" [sic] of the United States, as Euchre - the Queen of all card-games; and but few, we regret to say it, possess.....
London: John Russell Smith, 1848. Hardcover. Jessel 256: In his Bibliography of Works in English on Playing Cards and Gambling (1905) Jessel described it as 'A learned and exhaustive work which is still the leading authority of the subject'. Wonderfully illustrated, with images, some in color, of playing cards throughout.....
Andesite Press, 2015. Hardcover. Third edition. 1947.
Packt Publishing, 2013. Paperback. Clean and unmarked, almost like new.
Gaia Books, 1999. Paperback. Almost like new. Clean and unmarked.