The Belt
Saint Paul: Ruminator Books, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 2002. Hardcover in dust jacket, 149 pp., clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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The Man With the Broken Ear
New York: Leypoldt & Holt, 1867. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1867. Hardcover cloth 12mo, 254pp+. Very good with some general rubbing/scuffing to exterior, slight loss to the spine head. Contents are clean and unmarked.
Elegy In Exile (2 copies, Inscribed)
The Pears Press, 1971. Limited ed. Original Wraps. ONE COPY INSCRIBED BY SAM HAZO TO AL VAN DINE. One of 200 copies. Stapled Wraps. 8vo. Unpaginated. Good+ / Very Good. Light general shelfwear, sunning to wraps, mild tanning to contents.
The Medici Aesop, Spencer MS 50; From the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1989. Quarto, cloth hardcover with gilt titles and decorations in dust jacket, 175 pp., illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
The Medici Aesop, Spencer MS 50; From the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1989. Quarto, cloth hardcover with gilt titles and decorations in dust jacket, 175 pp., illustrated in color, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life; Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998. First printing. Paperback. Wraps, clean unmarked text, fine copy.
The Art and Architecture of Turkey
New York: Rizzoli, 1980. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1980. Quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket in plain card slipcase, 268 pp., heavily illustrated (some in color), clean unmarked text, Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket in Very Good slipcase, light discoloration to the dust jacket flaps, soiling and.....
Tu Tze-Chun
Tokyo / Rutland, VT: Kodansha / Japan Publications, 1965. First English language edition. Hardcover. Signed by the artist, Naoko Matsubara, on the title page. 1965, First Edition in English. Hardcover. English text. Beautiful woodcuts throughout. A fine, sparkling copy in the original slipcase. Also includes the original obi band. An.....
La Gente della Caverna: Dramma Simbolistico
Roma (Rome): Centro per le Relazioni Italo-Arabe, 1960. Paperback. 1960, Softcover, Italian text, translated from the original Arabic, Illustrated. 177 pp. This is 1120 of 1200 copies. Near Fine copy in wax jacket, in original cardboard slipcase. Light fade to spine; owner's signature on fly leaf; else, clean and unmarked.....
Fate of a Cockroach and Other Plays: four plays of freedom (African Writers Series 117)
London: Heinemann, 1973. First English language edition. Paperback. 1973, Softcover, 184 pp. Very Good copy. Shelfwear and reading creases to the covers and spine; clean and unmarked contents.
Women for Hire: Prostitution and Sexuality in France After 1850
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. First American edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. c.1990. Hardcover. 8vo. 478pp. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. Moderate brown spotting to edges of text block. Light general shelfwear to dustjacket.
Suma De Claridades / Summa of Clarities
Madrid: Fundacion Fernando Rielo, 1992. First edition. Paperback. First Edition. c.1992. Softcover. 8vo. 123pp. Text in Spanish and English. Near Fine. Light general shelfwear, a short light crease to cover. Scarce!
The Endless Voyage - signed limited edition
Pittsburgh: International Poetry Forum / Byblos Editions, 1983. First printing. Hardcover. Edition of 250 signed by Fornoff and Alban. 8vo, cloth backed boards in plain acetate dust jacket, book fine, jacket very good with lightest surface rubbing. Alban is perhaps Costa Rica's most distinguished and recognized author. That wavy horizontal.....
Aldus Manutius and His Thesaurus Cornucopiae
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1958. Hardcover. 12mo, cloth with acetate dust jacket, fine. About 25 pp.
Tchaikovsky Through Others' Eyes
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1999. First printing. Hardcover. First Printing. c.1999. Hardcover. Cloth. 8vo. 311pp. Fine in Fine dustjacket.
Roadside Songs of Tuscany, Parts I-X (complete in 10 parts)
New York: Wiley, 1884-5. Hardcover. Complete set in 10 parts. Hardcovers, each uniformly bound in gray paper over boards. Illustrated by Alexander. A Very Good set. Most with light rubbing to the covers. Previous owner's signature on the fly leaf of all. Clean contents. Sound bindings. Each book now housed.....
Tent of Miracles
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Hardcover. First American edition. Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in very good dust jacket, small sticker-ghost and ink-notation on the front flyleaf, some soiling and discoloration to the dust jacket, edgewear to the dust jacket including some tearing...
La Dificil Aurora (Los Subterraneos de la Libertad II)
Buenos Aires: Editorial Futuro, 1957. Paperback. 1957, Softcover. First Edition in Spanish. Near Fine. Top edges uncut. Minor shelfwear to the wraps. Part 2 of his Subterraneos de la Libertad trilogy.
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Showdown [SIGNED]
Toronto: Bantam Books, 1988. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, signed by Amado on the titlepage, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in near fine dust jacket.
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1969. Hardcover. First American edition. Green cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in very good dust jacket, stamp on the front flyleaf, some soiling and discoloration to the dust jacket, edgewear to the dust jacket including some tearing and minor loss.....
Home is the Sailor: The Whole Truth Concerning the Redoubtful Adventures of Captain Vasco Moscoso de Araga, Master Mariner
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Hardcover. First American edition. Navy cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in very good+ dust jacket, some soiling and discoloration to the dust jacket, minor edgewear to the dust jacket.
Shepherds of the Night
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1967. Hardcover. First American edition. Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in very good+ price-clipped dust jacket, light soiling or discoloration to the dust jacket, minor edgewear to the dust jacket.
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1962. Hardcover. First American edition. Brown cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, very good copy in good price-clipped dust jacket, ink owner's signature on the front flyleaf, small ink scribble on the front panel of the dust jacket, some soiling and discoloration to the.....
Pen, Sword, Camisole: A Fable to Kindle Hope
New York: Avon Books, 1986. Later printing. Paperback. Inscribed by Amado to to the late editor and publisher William 'Bill' Targ on the title page. 1986, later printing, mass market paperback. Very Good. Pages tanned (as usual); creases to wraps.
Show Down
New York: Bantam, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Amado to to the late literary agent Roslyn Targ on the half-title. 1988, First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. A sharp, tight, clean copy. The DJ with light edgewear; spine titles sunned just a touch. An.....