Search Results: American Literature from Design Books

Vertigo, 2006. This is a fine hardcover copy of the deluxe collector's edition, bound in black morocco with silver lettering, in a fine hardshell slipcase with no wear at all. Stated first printing. Illustrated throughout in color. Black silk page-mark fine. 13" high X 9" wide, 612 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine.

Cambridge,MA: W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research. Harvard University, 1992. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in English and French. This catalog was prepared to accompany the conference in 1992. Illustrated in black & white. 9" high X 6" wide, 65 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Sotheby's, 1999. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's New York on October 7, 1999. Sale code: 7351 "ALLEN". The sale included property from the estates of Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. Brief text by Peter Hale. Essay by Bill Morgan. 287 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in black & white, some color. Auction Results sheets laid in. 11" high X 8" wide, 142 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Fine.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1927. These are very good hardcover copies in the publisher's original dark red cloth bindings, decorated in gilt. These are the first three volumes, of 15 that were published between 1927 and 1949. Very clean inside and out. Volume 1: To 1798, published January 1927, xiii, 496 pages. Volume 2: 1798- 1821, published January 1927, viii, 643 pages. Volume 3: 1821- 1834, published October 1928, xii, 747 pages. All volumes illustrated sparsely in black & white. All volumes bear a small circular private New York art library stamp on the inside front covers, otherwise clean throughout. 11" high X 7" wide. Large heavy books, foreign shipping will be extra. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Hot Press , 1993. This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Very clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. With a signed note by Rand laid in. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Brooklyn, New York: Assembling Press , 1978. This is a very good softcover copy with light cover wear. Completely clean. Illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 9" wide, unpaginated. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine complete, non price-clipped dust jacket with a few short closed edge tears. Jacket spine a bit toned. Now in protective mylar cover. Completely clean. Stated first printing, 1968 with color woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi. 8" high X 10" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Gordian Press, 1975. This is a fine hardcover copy in black cloth with virtually no wear. No dust jacket, possibly as issued, title in gilt on spine. Text in SPANISH. Annotated bibliography of approximately 180 Spanish American writers, from the early 17th century to the mid 20th century. 9" high X 8" wide, 318 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Timken Publishers, 1991. This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Signed in ink, by the author John Yau, and the photographer Bill Barrette, on the title-page next to their printed names. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Illustrated in black & white with Bill Barrette's photographs of New York city. 10" square, 131 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Author and Illustrator. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

New York: Random House, 2022. This is a near fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Would be fine but for a tiny dent in the cloth at the bottom of the spine. Completely clean. Stated first edition. Illustrated in color and black & white. 7" high X 5" wide, 386 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1912. This is a very good hardcover copy in the original tan cloth binding with the vignette in black and orange of a boy scout between two fires. Covers clean, spine not sunned or darkened. The endpapers have been professionally replaced and the hinges strengthened. Completely clean inside. Copyright page states 'Published October 1912'. 4 illustrations in black & white by Gordon Grant. 8" high X 5" wide, 313 pages + 6 pages of publishers ads. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good.

Northampton,MA: Gehenna Press , 1966. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine slipcase. Repaired tear to top edge of slipcase. Completely clean. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Leonard Baskin designed the title page and colophon press mark. Extra title label laid in. Nineteen tipped-in letterpress facsimiles of title pages are printed in black & red on papers similar to those used by Mosher. 11" high X 8" wide, 212 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Limited Edition. 500 Copies.. Hard Cover. Fine.

New York: Grove Press, 1963. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket, just a lttle wear around the top edge, a few short closed tears. Completely clean inside and out. The jacket is not price-clipped or sunned. Stated first printing. This was John Rechy's debut novel about the gay urban nightlife and subculture, not just in Los Angeles but throughout America. 9" high X 6" wide, 410 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: Angel Hair Books, 1976. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. Cover illustration by Philip Guston. 10" high X 7" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Limited Edition. 1000 Copies. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Ptolemy/ Browns Mills Review , 1983. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Just a little tanned on the slender spine. Signed and inscribed by D. Clinton to a fellow poet, on the title-page. . Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: The Dial Press, 1967. This is a very good cloth copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. The jacket has a few short (3/8") edge-tears, and wear to the top of the spine. One small light mark to the front endpaper. Stated First Printing. 9" high X 6" wide, 191 pages. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Austin, Texas: The Jenkins Company , 1977. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean. Illustrated in black & white. 597 items listed in this catalogue. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Angel Hair Books, 1970. This is an about very good softcover copy with light wear at the corners. Very clean inside and out. Limited edition of 350 copies. Not signed. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Pawlet, Vermont: Banyan Press, 1977. This is a very good softcover copy in the original sewn brown paper wrappers.White title label tipped on to front cover. Completely clean. This is a limited edition and is one of 40 numbered copies on Japanese rice paper. 10" high X 6" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Limited/Numbered. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Boston: Waverly House, 1938. This is a very good cloth copy, in blue boards and tan cloth spine. Spine soiled, tips a bit frayed. Inside clean. A limited edition. This is copy #195 out of 300 signed copies. 10" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Author. Limited/Numbered 300 Signed Copies . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.