Shanghai: Hongbao zhai shuju, "1888" Twelve slender thread-bound lithographed volumes, paper toned, in a blue wrap-around case. The last volume has a large wrinkle going across the rear cover and the last pages. Although this edition still bears the date of the 1888 version, originally published by Yuanji shuju, it..... More
Cat.No: 220533
Philadelphia: I.L. Cragin & Co., 1887. 64p., wraps, 4.25 x 6.5 inches, wraps worn and chipped, rear wrap detached but present, pages lightly toned else good condition. More
Cat.No: 253026
New Haven: Published by Hezekiah Howe and A. H. Maltby. Printed by Hezekiah Howe. 1829. xi, 359p., first edition 7x4.3 inch full calf boards are rubbed and worn with joints cracked but hinges holding. Spine label presumably gone missing, leaving no shadow or scar. Within, expect pervasive foxing, several small..... More
Cat.No: 175391
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. Paperback. xv, 312p., illustrated with b&w snapshot photography (no close-ups), a substantial 9x6 inch softbound in photo-decorated wraps, an unmolested copy: completely sound, clean and unmarked, really as new. More
Cat.No: 250085
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1892. Hardcover. 259p., b&w and sepia tissue-guarded portraits, printed on "Japanese paper" and hardbound in genuine (animal) vellum-covered boards, copy no.3 of only 65 copies so bound, attested with Jusserand's sepia-nib signature. Top edge gilded, a handsome production. Unfortunately, the boards yawn considerably, the gilt spine..... More
Cat.No: 196965
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Kew Gardens Hills, NY: artist, n.d. [earliest 1990s]. Accordioned display booklet, 8 original black strikes on 6p. (woodcut or linocut imprints in an unknown process on whitish paper vellum), 5.5x4.5 inch grey cloth boards rather amateurishly put together, plates slightly smaller. Most plates overprinted with caption titles in minuscule. A...... More
Cat.No: 154343
New York: Leisure League of America, 1934. 95p., staplebound 8x5.5 inch printed wraps, slight external soil and age-dimming, a very good copy. Leisure league little book number 15. More
Cat.No: 166087
New York: Main Street Books, 1997. Paperback. 199p., illustrated with b&w photos of men donning drag, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. What to do about knobby knees. Vera (see back-cover photo) is an artist and "sex activist" in NYC, and her school is an actual school..... More
Cat.No: 52702
Shanghai: Hongwen shuju 鴻文書局, 1939. Paperback, multiple individually paginated sections, old Chinese price written in blue on front cover, otherwise very good, evenly toned. Includes six pages of line drawings depicting items used in ceremonies and rites. More
Cat.No: 220710
