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
San Francisco: Black Think Tank, 1995. vi, 151p., very good in wraps. Relationship advice from a writer who has read Franz Fanon as well as Ann Landers. More
Cat.No: 166796
Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1938. Hardcover. xi, 374, 8p., semicoated paperstock throughout with numerous b&w vignette illustrations from photography; later printing hardbound in 7.5x5.2 inch decorated cloth boards. Casing is a bit edgeworn with small scuffs, front hinge slightly cracked, no ownership markings, a good to very good copy. More
Cat.No: 182282
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
Arsolia, Calif., head office: Aromatic Muffled Bean, no date, perhaps 1940s. Single leaf of light grey card folded once to make a 4.5x3.2 inch brochure, 4p. thus, about 350 words of text. Very good copy, a three-page address by the fictitious company president emphasizing social utility of the "Noiseless Bean,"... More
Cat.No: 171067
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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
n.p. Dancetera Publications, 2014. 88p., slender paperback, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Updated edition of the manual. More
Cat.No: 223028
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, 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
