The Gaslight Room, circa 1960s. Loose_leaf. 14" X 11", folded. This charming circa 1960s menu for The Gaslight Room, possibly from Biloxi, Mississippi's Trade Winds Motor Hotel, features fun mid-century design and "Tournedos Baltimore" as Tonight's Special. Moderate wear to paper, with edgewear, light chipping, creasing, surfacewear, and dust soiling... More about 1960s Menu from The Gaslight Room
Chicago: Eugene Dietzgen Co., 1941. Staplebound wraps. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". 18pp. Moderate weary to yellow printed staplebound paper wraps, with center crease to pamphlet, creasing to wraps, edgewear, soiling and small tears at head and tail of spine. Pencilled equation to rear wrap. Binding is sound. Pages are... More about How to Use a Slide Rule
London: The National Trust, [1939]. Staplebound wraps. 9 1/2" X 6". 38pp. Moderate wear, toning, and sunning to stapled paper wraps, with bumping, edgewear, and small open tear to tail of spine. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice, solid copy of this government publication detailing the National Trust Acts. More about The National Trust Acts 1907 to 1939. With Extracts from Finance Acts 1910, 1931 and 1937
Columbus, New Jersey: SQP Inc., 2006. Paperback. 11" X 8 1/2". Unpaginated. Mild edgwear to glossy pictorial wraps, else fine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice set of these two volumes collecting the erotic fantasy art of Claudio Aboy. More about The Art of Claudio Aboy, Volumes 1 and 2
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Argenta, Ferrara; Padovo Centro, Italy: Edizioni 3ntini&C; Sotto Mondo Edizioni, 1996-2003. Paperback. 11" X 8 3/8". 80pp. Text in Italian and English. Pictorial textured paper wraps. Moderate edgewear to bindings, with occasional small tears to heads and tails of spines and bumping to extremities. Rear hinges a touch tender. Bindings... More about nu] Magazine: Attitudini Morbose / Morbid Attitudes, Issues 1-16 [Sixteen Issues
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Tokyo: Y zankaku; Oyamakaku Publishing, 1996. Paperback. 7 3/8" X 5 1/8". 276pp. All text in Japanese. Mild edgewear to dust jacket and plain wraps. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this Japanese book on traditional tattooing from an anthropological perspective... More about Irezumi (bunshin) no jinruigaku [Anthropology of Tatooing
New York: Lane & Scott, 1852. Hardcover. 6" X 4". 271pp. Embossed red cloth over boards, with upper board and spine stamped in gilt. Moderate edgewear and soiling to binding, with open tears at head and tail of spine, bumping to corners, and rippling to boards and pages due to... More about Christian Effort: Or, Facts and Incidents Designed to Enforce and Illustrate the Duty of...
Boston: Thomas H. Webb, & Co., 1843. Revised Edition, with numerous additions and illustrative engravings. Hardcover. 7 5/8" X 4 7/8". 383pp. Bound in full tan buckram, with spine lettered in gilt within border. Moderate soiling and scattered rubbing to cloth, with mild edgewear and corners turned in. Hinges a.... More about A Treatise on Domestic Economy, for the use of Young Ladies at Home, and at School
[Savannah, Georgia]: N.P., 1945. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. 9 1/8" X 6 1/8". 16pp. Mild wear to textured printed staplebound wraps, with light edgewear, dust-soiling, and long crease to rear wrap. Binding is sound. Except for inked out statement regarding proceed donations to foreword, pages are clean and unmarked. A.... More about Savannah's Antique Hair and Mourning Jewelry
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". 384pp. Moderate wear to pictorial dust jacket, with chipping to head and tail of spine, small tears to edges and extremities, heavy foxing, and sunning to spine. Green and cream hatched cloth over boards, with spine lettered in... More about The Handsome Road
Paris: Brodard et Taupin, 1974. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 9 1/2". 239pp. Text in French. Signed by Bruno at front free endpaper. Mild wear to original dust jacket wrap, with 2" closed tear to front panel, small tears to edges, and scattered rubbing. Mild edgewear to dust jacket, with spot... More about Tatoués, Qui Êtes-Vous...?
London: Oldbourne Book Company Ltd., 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 3/4" X 5 5/8". 222pp. Moderate edgewear to unclipped dust jacket, with British Book Centre label to front flap, presumably covering price. Small tears to edges and extremities of dust jacket, with light dust soiling to rear panel. Red cloth... More about Memoirs of a Tattooist
New York: powerHouse Cultural Entertainment, Inc., 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 12". Unpaginated. Pictorial cloth over boards. A touch of shelfwear to binding. Hinges a touch tender. Binding remains firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very presentable first printing of this collection of erotic photography... More about Dreamland
Walsall, England: The New Art Gallery Walsall2009, 2009. Paperback. 12 1/8" X 9 5/8". viii, unpaginated, 31 pages color artworks, 7 pages list of works. Moderate to heavy wear to pictorial paper wraps, with creases to corners, edgewear, scattered dust soiling, and small wrinkled rectangle from removed price sticker to... More about The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
N.P. Transactions of the American Gynecological Society, 1904. Wraps. 9 1/8" X 5 7/8". 24pp. Plain printed staplebound paper wraps show moderate soiling, toning, and edgewear. Previous owner's stamp to upper wrap, with pencilled marks. Rear wrap starting to separate; binding remains sound. Pages are unmarked. Illustrated throughout. A worn but quite readable copy. More about Vaginal Cysts
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1928. Hattie Longstreet Price. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5 1/2". 224pp. Presumed first edition, with 1928 date on title and copyright pages and only earlier titles in the series on front flap and rear panel, ending with New Hampshire. Heavy wear to dust... More about A Little Maid of New Hampshire
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1981, 1995. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. 9" X 6 1/8". 1777pp. Each volume uniformly bound in full blue genuine leather and stamped at boards and spine in 22kt gilt, with spines lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Salmon orange silk moire endpaper with matching silk... More about The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and The Final...
Norwalk, Connecticut: Easton Press, 2001. Millennium Edition. Leather bound. 9" X 6". Each volume bound in full red leather with Harvard seal stamped in gilt to boards and spines lettered in kind with five raised bands. Gilt edges, inner gilt dentelles, red silk moire endpapers, tissue guarded frontispieces, and a.... More about Easton Press Harvard Classics, 6 Volumes: Nine Greek Dramas, Chronicle and Romance, Essays:...
Chicago: Haymarket Books, 2017. Paperback. 8" X 8". 94pp. Signed by Eve L. Ewing to title page. A beautiful signed copy of Eve L. Ewing's visionary poetry debut. ABOUT ELECTRIC ARCHES: "Original meditations on race, gender, identity, and the joy and pain of growing up, from a distinctive new voice. Electric... More about Electric Arches
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, 1944. Hardcover. 10" X 12". Unpaginated, 24pp. Rather heavy wear to pictorial dust jacket, with heavy chipping to edges, taped tears, and 2 1/2" closed tear to front panel, remarkably with few losses. Pictorial paper over boards with spine backed in black cloth. Moderate... More about Giants of the Rails
New York: John Lane Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 3/4" X 5 3/8". 245pp, plus 5 pages of ads. Dark blue cloth over boards, with upper board and spine lettered in gilt and musical device stamped in blind to upper board. Moderate wear to binding, with rather heavy edgewear... More about Massenet and His Operas
Philadelphia: Muhlenberg Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 5/8" X 5 1/4". xvii, 181pp. Inscribed by the author to front free endpaper. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Moderate edgewear to dust jacket, with chipping at extremities, no losses, and mild soiling to rear. Black and red-orange buckram... More about East is East: Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity -- A Comparison
Notre Dame, Indiana: The Mediaeval Institute, University of Notre Dame, 1969. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/8". 87pp, 17 plates. Chipping and small tears along edges of pictorial dust jacket, no losses. Mild rubbing to edges and corners of cream paper over boards, with gentle bumping to corners and head... More about The Mediaeval Universities of Pecs and Pozsony: Commemoration of the 500th and 600th Anniversary...
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1892. New and Revised Edition, Second American Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 1/8". 455pp. Terra cotta red cloth over boards, with upper board and spine lettered in gilt and stamped in black three-leaf clover, with banner and lion rampant to upper board. Moderate edgewear... More about Tess of the D'Urbervilles
New York: Herder and Herder, 1968. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 418pp. Moderate edgewear to unclipped dust jacket, with open tear to bottom corner of front flap, mild scattered rubbing, and creasing. Green cloth over boards, with spine lettered in black. A touch of shelfwear to binding, toning from... More about Unfinished Man & The Imagination: Toward an Ontology and a Rhetoric of Revelation
