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Copenhagen: Brondums Grafiske Vaerksted, 1995. soft cover in dust jacket, as issued., minute wear to corners, negligible impact. clean. no markings. no tears. strong sewn binding.; english text. one of 2500 unnumbered copies printed. unpaginated. illustrated in color. a visual daybook of artworks.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. Illus. by Viktor IV. 12mo - over 6¾"… Read more about this item

Sausalito, CA: Contact Editions, 1961. cloth, hardcover , lacks slipcase .no other flaws, no text or exterior markings, no writing. no bumps, tight binding.; 288 numbered pages with more unnumbered pages at each end.b/w illustrations at times on colored paper. over 300 recipes by numerous writers and artists from many nations. foreword by alice b. toklas. man ray, conrad aiken,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1972. soft cover, as issued., minor signs of use to exterior. no markings. no bumps or tears. tight binding.; 147pp. a series of writings on music, sixties and seventies america and much more.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Museum of Modern Art/New York Graphic Society, 1970. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., old dust-spotting to top edge. rubbing to dj, mostly to spine and edges. no tears, no text or exterior markings.no price-clip, binding is strong.; 88pp., 34 duotone illustrations. edited by john szarkowski. preface by lee friedlander - who brought the photographs to light and printed… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Association of American Cemetery Superintendents, 1898. cloth, hardcover with decorative stamping to cover., very slight, minor wear to exterior. minor soiling to back cover. both interior hinges hves a reinforcing strip of japanese tissue., else clean, no writing, markings, labels. no foxing, tears. sound binding.; 191pp. plus index. b/w illustrations. detailed guide for creating, maintaining, and improving cemeteries… Read more about this item

Danbury, NH: Addison House, 1977. softcover., minor rubbing. sewn and glued binding, yet should be handled with care after 50 years. no writing or markings. no tears, bumps. pretty good copy.; unpaginated. illustrated in color, b/w. interviews with and photos of sex workers in 1970s america. the author went on to publish and reprint titles on the off-beat. designed by… Read more about this item

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1972. soft cover, as issued., some very faint toning along spine on back cover. top edge faintly dulled. a very small nick to bottom edge of back cover.. no other flaws. clean, no writing or markings. no bumps, tears, losses. tight binding.; shows no isbn. price $3 on back cover. no black border to cover.;… Read more about this item

Aldershot, England/Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 1997. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., at front and rear interior hinges the binder's adhesive darkened under the pastedown along the gutter. dj spine has sunned. the art historian prior owner wrote his name, place/date on front free endpaper. else, clean. no text or exterior markings. no bumps, tears, clips, or the like. tight binding.;… Read more about this item

London: Arabian Publishing, 2012. cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., short errant fine-line pen flick to bottom edge, minor impact. no other flaws or wear. clean, bright copy, in fine condition aside from that.; xiv-354pp., 19 maps and illustrations, including a gatefold. a critical edition of a faithful account of the religion and manners of the mahometans, 1731 by joseph pitts… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1972. hardcover in dust jacket., may have faint whiff of smoke. only slight, minute wear to dj. flap price has trace of a small sticker-ghost, yet is all there. top and fore edges are lightly age-dulled, negligible impact. no markings or writing. strong binding.; 498pp.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo -… Read more about this item

Seattle/NY: Marquand Books in Association with American Folk Art Museum, 2007. hardcover in dust jacket., faint rippling to upper margin of some pages, minor impact. no other flaws - clean, no writing or markings, tight binding/hinges.; 191pp., 137 color illustrations and 6 in b/w., contains five essays by various contributors, catalogue, and reference material. mexican-born artist who spent the second… Read more about this item

Bolinas, CA/New York: Shelter Publications and Random House , 1997. soft cover. sparse, minute bits of exterior wear. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears, labels. strong binding. above average copy. large format.; english text.; 176pp., illustrated throughout in b/w. with some color. history, materials and techniques on alternative living structures and temporary homes. first published in 1973.. Seventh Printing. Soft… Read more about this item

Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 2015. soft cover, folded card covers, as issued., no flaws or wear. clean, no markings. no bumps. tight sewn binding.; 316pp., illustrated in color and b/w. 11 essays and articles by various contributors on numerous aspects of graffiti ancient and current. nine in english and two in german with english summaries.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.… Read more about this item

NY: W. W. Norton and Co., 1986. soft cover, small crease to corner of cover. minor rubbing to exterior. no other flaws, clean, no signs of ownership, no markings, sturdy sewn binding.; this copy signed by co- author stephen jay gould on the half-title page, with no additional inscriptions.; 120pp. illustrated in color.. Signed by Co-Author. First Softcover Edition. Soft… Read more about this item

San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1969. soft cover, as issued. sewn binding., clean, no writing or markings.; edited by mary beach. beach books, texts and documents. sort of foreword by claude pelieu. edited by mary beach.; 60pp.. First Edition/Second Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2011. hard cover in dust jacket., fore-corner tips of top board have minute wrinkles which in no way affect the textblock or dj. several page margins have very faint and small smudges or traces of such, there are few and many may not see them. no other flaws or wear. no writing or markings. no tears,… Read more about this item

New York: Excelsior Press, 1961. soft cover, as issued. exterior is worn, with small chip at foot of spine. sticker ghost to front panel. faded soiling to cover. spine. interior is clean and in very good condition. no writing or markings. sturdy intact binding.; first printing was july 1961. this is second printing september 1961., introduction by miss ilizabeth d.… Read more about this item

Chicago: Playboy Press, 1976. hard cover in dust jacket., dj has some rubbing, a few spots of minor wear and some faint dust spots. book has some minor toning to bottom edge. no writing or markings. no bumps. dj price intact. strong binding., 309pp., . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018. hard cover, illustrated boards., no flaws or wear. clean, bright copy. no markings. no bumps. tight binding.; xvi-476pp., b/w photos. the author's recent nyt obit clipping is laid-in. assembled from journals the author kept. many figures from the nyc of the 1970s art, music, film worlds are here. the title is also known as,… Read more about this item

New York: Douglas Book Corp., 1972. soft cover., minor exterior wear. no markings. no bumps, tears. sturdy binding.; warmly inscribed and signed by john sinclair in 2012 on half-title page.366pp., illustrated throughout. anthology of sinclair's writing during and after the sixties.. Signed by Author. First Soft Cover Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.