Wings of Friendship; selected letters, 1944-2003
Washington DC: Shoemaker Hoard, 2005. Hardcover. xii, 332p., several b&w snapshot portraits in the course of the text, very good first edition boards and unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 175540
Washington DC: Shoemaker Hoard, 2005. Hardcover. xii, 332p., several b&w snapshot portraits in the course of the text, very good first edition boards and unclipped dj. More
Cat.No: 175540
[Holyoke, MA]: Gladtree Press, March 2009. Pamphlet. Softbound chapbook, [8]p. of monocolor portraits reproduced from inkstick or brush, plus nice blank endpapers; a sewn (but thread is loose) decorated pamphlet in 7x7 inch wraps with silkscreened portraits of Miles Davis and Kim Jong II, one of 100 cc. Leaves are..... More
Cat.No: 226726
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1963. Hardcover. 155p. + a leaf or two of publisher's menu, first edition in blue-papered boards gilt and enclosed in the stylized dust jacket. A curiously good/bad copy, ours has a large smudge to external rear board, reflected on the blank verso of dust..... More
Cat.No: 317504
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., n.d. Spiral_bound. The jolly inscription by Decca runs some eighty words: addressed to one David Pleydell-Bouverie (possibly a distant relation through the "Stanley line"), the book is a present she seems assured he will appreciate because of the subject (Russell) to whom also she is..... More
Cat.No: 314093
New York / London: Simon and Schuster / George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1966. Hardcover. 552, 581p., illustrated, reprint of the 1937 first issue, hardbound boxed set complete and fine except for the box which has split joints but (at this point in its decay) could be repaired, best done..... More
Cat.No: 315214
London: Printed by The Malvern Press, 1962. Pamphlet. Unpaginated large pamphlet, [40] pages, staplebound 11x9 inch booklet, illustrated with a half-dozen or so b&w photos, text consisting of numerous excerpts plus letters of appreciation from such figures as Martin Luther King Jr, Albert Schweitzer, Kwame Nkrumah, Niels Bohr, and Leonard..... More
Cat.No: 317182
Boston: Alyson Publications, 1987. Paperback. 212p., very good first US edition stated trade paperback in wraps. More
Cat.No: 103800
Boston: Alyson Publications, 1987. Paperback. 212p., wraps lightly soiled, old price sticker on front wrap, else very good first US edition stated trade paperback in wraps. More
Cat.No: 308417
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. Hardcover. 158p., first edition clothbacked boards in unclipped dust jacket. A very good copy, quite sound and perfectly clean and unmarked. Awful dust jacket photo (cowboy silhouette indicating a typical heartland citizen we must suppose) and no catchy subtitle. Sometimes a bad jacket will..... More
Cat.No: 81970
Berkeley: Berkeley Barb, 1971. Newspaper. 20p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, illustrated with b&w photos, local ads, sex ads, articles, news, columns, evenly toned, address label on front wrap, else good on newsprint. Interview with Groucho Marx, plus updates on People's Park and Ruchell Magee, a tell-all about working at Playboy..... More
Cat.No: 289962
San Francisco: Aspermont Press, 2017. Paperback. x, 149p., wraps, in very good condition. Biography of the writer regarded as a forerunner of the "new journalism," who did freelance work for The Village Voice, Washington Post, Texas Monthly and other papers, and was an editor and contributor to Rolling Stone. He..... More
Cat.No: 216283
New York: Ballantine Books, 1987. Hardcover. xxi, 490p., illus., first edition, very good condition in like dj. Seldes came from "one of the more affluent families in Alliance, New Jersey;" they sold grapes. They also had radical connections, and Seldes was the sort who could feel comfortable face to face..... More
Cat.No: 9228
New York: Ballantine Books, 1987. Hardcover. xxi, 490p., illus., first edition, previous owner's label on front pastedown endpaper and blind stamp on free front endpaper else very good condition in like dust jacket. Seldes came from "one of the more affluent families in Alliance, New Jersey;" they sold grapes. They..... More
Cat.No: 286947
New York: Ballantine Books, 1987. Hardcover. xxi, 490p., illus., first edition, pen notation on free front endpaper, else very good condition in like dust jacket. Seldes came from "one of the more affluent families in Alliance, New Jersey;" they sold grapes. They also had radical connections, and Seldes was the..... More
Cat.No: 287557
New York: Pharos Books, 1991. Paperback. 140p., profusely illustrated, nice previous owner's gift inscriptiojn, first edition trade paperback in pink pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 37480
Chicago: Kids Books, 1999. 24p., 10x8 inches, illustrated with color photos of the Pop-star, very good children's popstar bio-booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Unauthorized pictorial biography for pre-teens. More
Cat.No: 124168
New York: Ballantine Books / A Hilltown Press Book, 1982. Paperback. ix, 192p., profuse vignette illustrations integrated neatly throughout the text, presswork in sepia (both text & imagery), an oversize softbound in 11x8.5 inch glossy photo-decorated wraps. Faintest signs of any handling or age, an excellent copy: sound, clean, unmarked..... More
Cat.No: 283787
Portola Valley: American Lives Endowment, 1981. xiv, 195p., first edition titled buckram boards, these faintly yawn. Otherwise, the very faintest sign of handling. This copy is inscribed and signed by Shirpser on the ffep, inscription has some content. Amongst the racier chapter titles are, First Brush with Dirty Tricks, The..... More
Cat.No: 75458
Portola Valley: American Lives Endowment, 1981. xiv, 195p., first edition titled buckram boards, these faintly yawn. Otherwise, the very faintest sign of handling. This copy is inscribed and signed by Shirpser on the ffep. Amongst the racier chapter titles are, First Brush with Dirty Tricks, The Boss-Controlled National Convention (1952)..... More
Cat.No: 96370
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2001. Hardcover. xviii, 203p., 8.75x11.25 inches, profusely illustrated with the African american photographer's Black celebrity photographs and signed and dated by him, very good first edition, first printing in boards an unclipped dj. Smokey Robinson, Taye Diggs, Lena Horne, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Townsend, Gordon..... More
Cat.No: 119444
Big Sur: Magnus Torén, 1996. Paperback. viii, 86p., 5.5x7.5 inches, illustrated with glossy b&w photos, small rough tear at head of spine, otherwise very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 168408
New York: Modernismo, 1982. Magazine. 98p., including covers, 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w full-frontal physique photos as well as entertainers and performers, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Interview with Edmund White. Leigh W. Rutledge on hiring male escorts. Long article on the death of Monroe accompanied by classic..... More
Cat.No: 282044
New York: Modernismo, 1982. Magazine. 94p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w full-frontal physique photos as well as entertainers and performers, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Articles on Rita Hayworth, Oscar Wilde, and more. More
Cat.No: 314452
New York: Modernismo, 1982. Magazine. 80p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w full-frontal physique photos as well as entertainers and performers, very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Profile of Natalie Wood. Interview with Harvey Fierstein. Needlepoint art. More
Cat.No: 316960
New York: Modernismo, 1982. Magazine. 96p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w full-frontal physique photos as well as entertainers and performers, spine rolled, else very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Excerpt from Randy Shilts' "The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk." Profile of Mae West..... More
Cat.No: 316961