The hand I fan with
New York: Doubleday, 1996. Hardcover. 462p., bit soiled, dried glue stains on both pastedown endpapers, else very good first printing in an unclipped dj African American novelist. More
Cat.No: 33671
New York: Doubleday, 1996. Hardcover. 462p., bit soiled, dried glue stains on both pastedown endpapers, else very good first printing in an unclipped dj African American novelist. More
Cat.No: 33671
New York: Knopf, 2001. Hardcover. 305p., first American edition, signed by Byatt on the title page, new fine condition in like unclipped dj. Hauntings, thrills, fairytales. More
Cat.No: 333349
Tallahassee: Dreamspinner Press, 2014. Paperback. 188p., very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. M/M romance/ghost story by Californian cisgender mother of two. More
Cat.No: 234457
Bern: Alfred Scherz Verlag, 1958. Hardcover. 144p., profusely illustrated in color photography (strictly in color) printed recto facing verso texts, presswork on semi-glazed alkaline paperstock, all texts in the German language. Hardbound in 11x9 inch maroon cloth boards lettered and decorated in white. Lacks the jacket, but in nice square..... More
Cat.No: 300110
South Norwalk, CT: Lavender Press, 1991. Paperback. 214p., very good first US edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. This paperback original is a ghost story rooted in gay men's confrontation with AIDS. More
Cat.No: 53695
Columbus OH: Handbook, 1979. Paperback. 206p., illustrated with a number of old cuts, some twiddled, and a few contemporary drawings. Softbound first edition in 9x6 inch dark blue wraps decorated in lavender, lettered white; a very good to fine copy, faintest signs of age or any handling: sound, clean, unmarked..... More
Cat.No: 325880
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2019. Hardcover. 449p., illustrated with two pages of Igbo (native Nigerian) cosmology in chart-form, hardbound in thick 9.5x6 inch papered boards and enclosed in the dust jacket. Structurally sound but the text is neatly underlined/circled/margin-noted throughout the entire novel; author Obioma has lavishly inscribed..... More
Cat.No: 325809
Palo Alto: Smith Andersen Editions, n.d., 2000s. Paperback. Unpaginated, about 45 pages comprised by fullpage prints recto (about twenty, b&w or color, as called for) facing brief captions opposite, and terminated with a lengthy vita and list of exhibitions. Excellent presswork on glazed alkaline stock and softbound in 9x9 inch..... More
Cat.No: 327114
Hong Kong: Ming de tu shu gong si 明德圖書公司, 1961. 5, 74p., slender paperback; evenly toned, otherwise very good. Ghost stories selected from Pu Songling's famous collection. More
Cat.No: 225784
New York: PressLess, 2014. Hardcover. 283p., near-fine first edition in full-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Magic-Realist Ghost story about a gay male escort traveling home to his dying mother accompanied by the ghost of his lover who died of AIDS. Includes a character who is a transsexual nurse. More
Cat.No: 281314
New York: Broadway Publishing Company, 1905. Hardcover. 51p. + [5p. of advertisements], 5.5x7.5 inch original cloth boards stamped in red, frontispiece portrait of the author, one plate, minor damp stamps on front boards with some damp stains along bottom edge of text block, spine lightly toned, minimal edgewear on boards..... More
Cat.No: 283376
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998. Paperback. viii, 228p., illustrated with a few period images and two modern line maps, softbound in 9x6 inch decorated glossy wraps. Perfectly sound, clean and unmarked; a fine copy. More
Cat.No: 280156
New York: James Raye Wells, printer, 1924. Paperback. 32p., 6x8.75 inches, lightly-worn and rippled chapbook in gray wraps, unopened pages, limited to 110 copies, ten for presentation. Writer of fantasy, horror, ghost stories, and speculative fiction. More
Cat.No: 329450