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San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1961. Very Good. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1961. Apparent (per Dowden) intermediary between the Fifth and Sixth Printings, with black inside covers (instead of the usual white), seven-line publisher's statement on back, and no printer's statement. 16mo (6.25" x 4.75") 100pp. Printed black and white wraps with $1.50 price on back. Covers rubbed along edges, with dampstain at bottom half of spine extending at deepest a half-inch onto front and back covers, but not involving interior. Front cover opens to edge of spine, with some distress along glueline. Vertical crease to spine, with binding opening easily to pp. 56-57 and exposing stitching, though pages still holding soundly. Pages a bit toned along edges but unmarked. George Dowden writes of this printing in his Ginsberg bibliography "...there is one ed. which was printed in the United States, apparently between the Villers and Edwards Brothers eds., the printer of which has not been determined… Read More

New York: Continuum, 1994. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Continuum, 1994. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 231 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Boards show mild shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked.

Boston: The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) and Bridge House Publishing, 2004. Very Good. Boston: The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) and Bridge House Publishing, 2004. First Edition. Octavo. 120 pp. Illustrations and photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated jacket and wraps. Light wear to edges of jacket with some minor creasing and surface scratching. Wraps with light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good.

New York: Interface Book / Gordon and Beach, 1974. Very Good/Very Good. [New York]: Interface Book [Gordon and Breach], [1974]. Presumed First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in neon orange printed dust jacket; [4],300pp. Jacket rather significantly rubbed at margins and spine folds with a number of tiny chips and closed tears, none approaching text, light dust-soil, corners bumped, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. "The Kairos dimension is nature taking its electronic course through you by providing strategies for amplifying your sensory range" (p. 1). Dorelle Heisel, an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati, appears to have specialized in harnessing one's Kairos dimension through "Biofeedback," a.k.a. "A new way of self-control" in which patients could be hooked up to machinery such as an electromyograph, and alphaphone, or a thermister-idonograph, whose output could theoretically read the person's bodily response and in doing so provide the patient with the tools for… Read More

Royal Oak, MI: Haffner Press, 1998. Near Fine/Near Fine. Royal Oak, MI: Haffner Press, 1998. Limited Edition of 300 copies. Signed by Jon Arfstrom on title page with brief inscription. Octavo. 221 pp. Dust jacket art and black and white frontispiece by Arfstrom. Illustrated dust jacket(s) with $55.00 price present, this copy with two dust jackets. Black boards stamped in gilt. Touch of rubbing to edges of jackets, and outer dust jacket creased at rear flap. Slight lean to boards and gilt gently rubbed. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Includes The Snake-Men of Kaldar and The Great Brain of Kaldar, in addition to the title story.

Washington, D.C.: Washington Law Book Co, 1941. Very Good. Washington, D.C.: Washington Law Book Co., 1941. First Edition. Octavo; xxx + 751pp, including index. Blue "leatherized" cloth with blind-stamped frame on face and central cartouche containing title and author's name in gold; gold lettering on spine with title between two faux raised bands. Unusual fold-out four-color "Kaleidoscope of Justice" facing title page with seven symbolic representations of global judicial practices. Binding joints are weakening front and back, but visible canvas hinges (as published) still solid. Minor scuffing and some abrasion to extremities; textblock toned; glue browning on endpapers. Previous owner's name on front right endpaper. Comparative judicial practices are described via case studies taken from 200+ authors, and organized continent-by-continent with focused chapters on preeminent nations and key historical eras.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982. Very Good/Very Good. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1982. First Edition. Octavo. 247 pp. Printed dust jacket. Magenta boards stamped in silver. Boards rubbed along edges and folds with some general scuffing. Minor shelfwear to boards and front board bowed. Binding is sound. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked. Overall Very Good.

New York: Brentano's, 1926. Very Good +. New York: Brentano's, 1926. First Thus, Limited to 50 copies of which this is no. 32. Quarto; publisher's parchment over blue boards, front cover and spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, housed in custom cloth slipcase; xiii,[1],169pp.; twelve full-page illus., text printed within decorative border throughout. Boards recased with renewed endpapers, a hint of shelf wear to extremities, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy overall. Signed by the illustrator on colophon. Splendidly illustrated edition of Richard Burton's poem, a pseudotranslation attributed to the Persian poet Haji Abdu el-Yezdi which was, in fact, Burton's "Eastern nom-de-plume" (p. ix).

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. Near Fine/Very Good +. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white photo-illustrated dust jacket, black topstain; [10], 139pp. Jacket a bit toned, especially at spine panel; just About Fine in Very Good or better jacket. Short collection by the Austrian novelist and playwright, better known today as the highly controversial laureate of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature. This volume opens with a lengthy essay on "Offending the Audience.

London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1900. Very Good. London: Frederick Warne & Co., ca. 1900. Small square 16mo (9.5cm.); full contemporary reddish-brown gilt-tooled morocco by Bayntun-Rivière, elaborate gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [4],126pp.; color frontispiece, eleven leaves of plates, illus. throughout text printed in brown within green border. Front cover leather a bit discolored, brief ink splatters to rear cover, front joint rubbed and hinge cracked but holding; later ink presentation and numerous birthdays noted throughout text ranging from 1901 to 1996; overall Very Good in quite attractive binding.

Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, 1973. Very Good. Haag: Martinus Nijhoff, 1973. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; vi,[2],248pp. Spine a shade sunned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Issued as Phaenomenologica Vol. 53.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First Edition, first printing. Quarto. 65 pp, with fold-out at page 13 attached. Illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket; white boards stamped in red and black; pictorial endpapers. Price-clipped dust jacket with some minor chipping and a few closed tears along edges; general spotting and soiling. Heavier soiling and staining to boards, principally along edges and heavier to rear; diagonal crease to rear; moderate lean to boards. Binding sound. Gift inscription and bookseller ticket to front free endpaper; interior else unmarked. Still a Very Good copy.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. Second Printing. Slim quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.95); 64pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear to jacket margins including a few tiny chips, light dust-soil to rear panel, boards very slightly bowed, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. A lovely copy of this beloved picture book "for precocious grownups.

Nairobi: Barclays Bank D.C.O., 1966. Very Good. Nairobi: Barclays Bank D.C.O., 1966. Octavo. 34 pp. Black and white photographs. Illustrated wraps. Light edgewear to wraps with some creasing and curling at corners. Marker smudge to front near top fore-edge corner. Binding is sound. Pages curl uniformly at bottom front corner.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1928. Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Octavo. 111 pp. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Red boards stamped in black. Peach endpapers. Lacks dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn with some very faint spotting. Exposure at gutter of pages 82-83, but overall binding is sound. Pages clean and unmarked.

New York: The Macaulay Company, 1932. Very Good. New York: The Macaulay Company, 1932. First Edition. Lavender cloth binding over boards with illustration and text in yellow on cover and spine. Spine toned and edges rubbed. Top portion of spine chipped off, but text unaffected. Spine a bit cocked with a vertical crease to cloth. Small water spot on front cover. Small smudge to fore-edge. Pages are a bit toned, but clean and unmarked. Opens easily between gatherings, but binding sound.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1953. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. London: Lutterworth Press, 1953. First Edition. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription "Happy Christmas Phil - to (?) you & your family. Hope you'll enjoy this effort of mine. M - Nov 1953." Octavo; 208pp. Full-color frontis, with moon illustration preceding text. Blue cloth-covered boards with dark blue lettering. Lacks dust jacket. Boards show a couple bumps along fore-edge and corners, with some fading and scuffing / smudging to surface. Spine ends nudged. Opens easily between a few gatherings, but binding is holding soundly. Pages unmarked. Debut novel by the Australian children's science-fiction author.

New York: Bulfinch Press Little, Brown and Company, 1998. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Bulfinch Press Little, Brown and Company, 1998. First Edition. Quarto (31x25.5x2.5cm); 200pp, including exhibition list and bibliography. Illustrated with 160 color and 73 B&W reproductions and documentary images. Illustrated dustjacket; navy blue boards with metallic lapis blue spine lettering. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Spine very faintly cocked. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. The volume provides a review and theoretical conspectus of Smith's work through 1998.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1961. Very Good/Very Good. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1961. Revised & Enlarged Edition, First Thus with full numberline. Signed by Lillian Smith with brief dedicated inscription at front free endpaper. Octavo. 253 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $4.50 price present. Red and green boards stamped in red. Dust jacket shows a few shallow closed tears and a couple chips along edges, with some general rubbing and smudging to surface. Boards worn along edges and spine ends with a touch of dust soiling. Binding is sound. Inscription from previous owner in pencil under Smith's signature, with pencil underlining and marginalia to text but contents still legible.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 2015. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2015. First Edition. Quarto. 320 pp. Color photographs and illustrations throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Bright magenta boards with black lettering to spine. Charcoal endpapers. Dust jacket rubbed along front fold with a chip and scrape to bottom corner. Spine slightly cocked and rear boards mildly bumped. Tight in binding and pages unmarked.