Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications, circa 1939. Staplebound wraps. 5" X 3 3/8". 62pp. Small staplebound catalog of Little Blue Book titles. Mild wear to wraps, with small tear at head of spine and rectangle of faint toning to upper wrap. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are age-toned, else clean..... More
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania: Brandywine River Museum, Brandywine Conservancy, 1989. Paperback. 10" X 9". 80pp. Pictorial paper wraps featuring Justin H. Howard's "The Doings of the Alphabet." Mild wear to wraps, with sticker to rear and light shelfwear. Binding is sound and firm. Pages are clean, bright, and unmarked. A very..... More
East Lansing, Michigan: Helen Diner Memorial Women's Center Ambitious Amazons, 1993-2000. Staplebound. These 37 issues of the lesbian magazine Lesbian Connection span from 1993 to 2000 and hold letters and responses about issues as varied as nipple piercing, fatphobia, transgender politics, and adoption, the "Directory of Contact Dykes," subscribers who..... More
Los Angeles: Boulevard Book Shop, 1974. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". Unpaginated. Toning to staplebound wraps. Pencil marks to cover. Three mail stamps to rear with one featuring Albert Einstein (8 cents) and two featuring Frank Lloyd Wright (2 cents). Address sticker to cover. One inch closed tear to bottom..... More
London: E. Nister, circa 1908. Hardcover. This pocket-size companion unites each day of the year with a quote from the Bard, collecting the birthdays of the cast of characters in your life, with the fun of applying a Shakespearean quote to their lives. This copy is undated but bears a...... More
Salt Lake City, Utah: The Movable Book Society, 2018. Limited Edition. Cards. Box: 9" X 4 7/10" X 6 9/10". Cards: 6" X 8". Issued in honor of the 25th anniversary of The Movable Book Society in a limited edition of only 2,000 copies, this is a special collection of..... More
St. Petersburg, Florida: Women's Energy Bank, Inc., 1992-1998. Loose_leaf. These 55 issues of the St. Petersburg, Florida-based lesbian magazine Womyn's Words span from 1992 to 1998 and hold book and movie reviews, a sex advice column answering questions about orgasms and "computer sex" and more, classifieds, articles on the AIDS..... More
Frederick, Maryland: [Frederick News-Post Publishing Co.], 1921. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 26pp. Signed by Eleanor D. Abbott at title page. Moderate wear to paper wraps, with small closed tear to front panel and tail of spine, creasing, and edgewear. Binding is firm and sound. Pages..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 5/8". 157pp. Mild wear to dust jacket, with light dust soiling, sunning to spine, and small, inconspicuous closed tears to edges and extremities. Cream cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. A touch of edgewear to binding..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. 8 5/8" X 5 3/8". 624pp. Blue-green cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt over red label. Moderate edgewear, bumping to corners, mild soiling, and scattered rubbing to binding, with corners bumped in and rubbed to boards. Light gray topstain. Binding..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1882. Hardcover. 7 7/8" X 5 3/8". xiii, 409pp, plus 16pp ads. Brown cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Heavy edgewear to binding, with corners bumped and rubbed to boards, chipping to head and tail of spine, and mild scattered rubbing. Dark brown..... More
New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1964. Hardcover. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 150pp. Mild chipping and wear to edges of dust jacket. Orange-red cloth over boards with black lettering to spine. Light dust staining to top edge of text block. Previous owner's name in ink to front paste-down. Occasional pencil..... More
Mercer Island, Washington: Starmont House, 1989. Paperback. Signed by Tyson Blue to title page. 8 3/8" X 5 1/4". 200pp. Moderate wear to pictorial paper wraps. Small tear to upper wrap at tail of spine. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice signed copy of this study..... More
London: Routledge, 2004. Paperback. 7 3/4" X 5". 150pp. Light rubbing and wear to front and rear cover. Stickers to spine and rear cover. Glossy plastic covering beggining to peel at edge of front cover. Occasional underlining and notation in pencil to pages. Binding is sound. A solid copy of..... More
Dominguez Hills, California: California State College, Dominguez Hills, circa 1973. Staplebound wraps. 11" X 8 1/2". 46pp. Moderate wear to staplebound wraps, with creasing to corners and light dust soiling. "1/73" pencilled to upper wrap. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A nice, presentable copy of..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5 1/4". xxvii, 354pp, plus one leaf of ads. Deep green cloth over boards, with spine lettered in gilt. Moderate wear to binding, with edgewear, bumping to corners, scattered rubbing, crease to spine, and mild soiling. Binding is..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1968. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". xvi, 125pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Mild wear to unclipped dust jacket, with slight rippling to rear panel. Cream cloth over boards, with spine lettered in maroon. Binding is..... More
London: Bickers and Son, 1880. Hardcover. This creative imagining of the girlhoods of fifteen Shakespearean heroines is the work of Mary Cowden Clarke (1809–1898), author of The Complete Concordance to Shakespeare and Shakespeare Proverbs, among others, and friend to Charles Dickens, Leigh Hunt, and Charles and Mary Lamb. In setting..... More
San Francisco: Androgyne Books, 2001. Third Printing. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". 111pp. Signed & briefly inscribed by Mel Clay, with personal information, to table of contents. A touch of shelfwear and a blind mark through the printed price at rear, else fine. Bookseller notations pencilled to front free..... More
New York: Bramhall House, 1965. Hardcover. 11" X8 1/4". 200pp. Scattered rubbing and toning to covers of unclipped dust jacket. Creasing and chipping to edges of dust jacket. Blue cloth over boards with spine and front cover stamped in black. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1926. Hardcover. 8 7/8" X 6". 474pp, plus ads. Moderate edgewear to hardcover binding, with bumping to corners and head and tail of spine and mild dust soiling. Spine lettered in gilt. Both hinges rather tender. Toning to endpapers. Bookseller notations penciled to front free..... More
Westchester County, New York: Privately Printed for the Five Orange Pips of Westchester County, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 39pp. Red paper over boards with spine backed in red cloth and both lettered in gilt. Mild edgewear and moderate sunning to binding, firm, tight, and sound..... More
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1972. Hardcover. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". ix, 134pp. Light toning to covers of unclipped dust jacket. Mild creasing to edges of dust jacket. Yellow cloth over boards with spine lettered in metallic silver. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound..... More
Culver City, California: Luther Norris, 1969. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. 8 3/8" X 5 3/8". [ii], 33pp. Edition limited to 300 copies, this being number 18. Mild edgewear to staplebound wraps, with sunning to spine and small nick to tail of spine. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked..... More
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author and Anne Tyler in ink to front flyleaf. First Edition. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". xv, 173pp. Dust jacket in near fine condition with very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges. Blue cloth over boards with spine..... More
