Chicago, IL: de Laurence Company, [1935]. [First American Edition]. Hardcover. De Laurence's publishing company (De Laurence, Scott & Co.) and spiritual supply mail order house was located in Chicago, Illinois. De Laurence was a pioneer in the business of supplying magical and occult goods by mail order, and his distribution.....
Price: $200.00
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, Ltd., 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy of this rather scarce heraldry volume. Light shelf/edge wear, bottom tips very gently bumped, hint of age toning to text block edges, else tight and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, gilt, coat of arms in gilt on front.....
Price: $325.00
Paris: Henri Plon, 1863. SIxème Édition. Hardcover. "Dictionnaire Infernal was first published in 1818, with six reprints between 1818 and 1863. Across nearly 600 pages Collin de Plancy (1796-1881) attempts to provide an account of all the knowledge concerning superstitions and demonology. He describes a large variety of demons, such.....
Price: $4,500.00
Paris: Les Editions du Courrier Graphique, nd [2016]. Limited Edition/Unique. Hardcover. Collection “Le Ballet des Muses”. English translation. "In keeping with what I often do on books of a questionable nature, I use color and suggestive shapes to allude to the content. The freehand dots mimic the illustrations, and the.....
Price: $3,250.00
Milano/Firenze: Alfieri & Lacroix/Galleria Eredi/Libreria Dante, 1913, 1914, 1908. First Edition(s). Hardcover. Rebound. Each catalogue bound in with its orginal wraps. Each scarce, a wondeful collection of early catalogues. A unique set. Light shelf/edge wear, small spots of soiling at fore and bottom edges of front board, some sections shows.....
Price: $145.00
Portland, ME: Brown, Thurston & Company, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy of this rather scarce town history. Light shelf/edge wear, hint of foxing at preliminaries, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, in blind decorative elements, decorative endpages, frontispiece. 8vo. 499pp. Illus.....
Price: $165.00
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Universal Library, complete and unabridged. Published anonymously and not attributed to Defoe until 1775, Roxana emerged as popular work in the eighteenth century. Reprinted frequently and with frequent alterations. A rather nice copy of an iteration that is sometime challenging.....
Price: $45.00
New York: Zat Inc, 1985. First Edition. Original Wraps. Includes work by Eric Kroll (photos), Annie Sprinkles (interview), HR Giger, and many others. Loosely affiliated with famed NYC arthouse SOHO Zat. A very handsome copy of this scare NYC magazine. Minor shelf/edge wear, light, even toning to text block, else.....
Price: $125.00
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Apparently second state, lacking "Chelsea" on p. 5. A handsome copy of this rather scarce Pyle title. Light shelf/edge wear, owner signatures at ffep and title page, light duststaining at top of text block, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth.....
Price: $35.00
[Los Angeles, CA]: 1945. Sorority dance invitation held at the California Club, [Los Angeles] in 1945. Death/morgue themed with list of dances, i.e. Post Mortem Minuet, and fill-in-the-blank name list. Music provided by Paul Law and Orchestra, a San Francisco based swing band. The California Club is a members only.....
Price: $80.00
Hallowell, ME: Maine State Museum, 1973. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy of this increasingly scarce first edition of this renowned reference volume. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 4to. 209pp. Illus.....
Price: $65.00
Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Libraries, 1964. Second Printing. Original Wraps. Relatively early and important bibliography of Joyce's work. Section One focused on bibliographic and general studies and Section Two covering studies of individual works (all annotated). Light shelf/edge wear, minor creasing at tips, light rubbing at spine, small tape.....
Price: $45.00
Vermont: The Bird Press, 2011. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Some time ago I suddenly got the urge to make a book about tattoos. I decided to think about tattoos not just as pictures or designs, but to consider them more broadly (scars, living drawing marks, body adornments, rites of passage, magic.....
Price: $1,600.00
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ illustrated by Frank Utpatel. Seventeen stories, first published in “Weird Tales” and other magazines, reputedly all the science fiction stories written by the co-founder of Arkham House. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering.....
Price: $45.00
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Turner, ME: Self-published, 1937. Unique. Original Wraps. "West shore of Pleasant Pond, Turner, Maine / October 2nd, 1937 / Pictures by Walter A. Deshates, Deputy Sherrif" [from front wrapper]. 20 b/w photographs of the body and surroundings from a rural Maine murder scene. "Turner, Me, Nov. 1 [1937] – Mystery.....
Price: $450.00
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. "This fascinating book is about the widely varied young men who volunteered their sword and their pen in the service of George Wahsington. It is told against the background of the Reevolution and the early days of the United States.....
Price: $25.00
Toronto: Beaux Arts, 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed white paper boards, black cloth spine, black endpapers. 73mm x 63mm. 60pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 109 of 150.
Price: $125.00
Toronto: Beaux Art Publishing, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red faux suede boards, gilt decorative elements, red endpapers, tipped in illustrations. 70x60mm. np. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 17 of 35.
Price: $300.00
Toronto: Beaux Art Publishing, 2000. Mary E. Devenyi. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author and Illustrator. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red faux leather boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, red cloth place holder, gilt patterned endpapers, gilt patterned slipcase. 69x51mm. 103pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 9.....
Price: $125.00
Toronto: Beaux Art Publishing, 2005. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author and Binder. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Purple leather boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, blue leather earth, gilt patterned endpapers, gilt miniature book placeholder, tipped-in photos. 55x58mm. 83pp. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 21 of 29.....
Price: $100.00
Toronto: Beaux Art Publishing, 2003. Mary Devenyi. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author, Illustrator, and Tom. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Gilt patterned paper boards, red leather spine, gilt lettering and decorative elements on spine, red leather gilt label on front cover, matching gilt patterned endpapers. 68x74mm. 76pp. Illus. (color plates).....
Price: $50.00
Toronto: Beaux Art Publishing, 2004. Mary E. Devenyi. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author and Illustrator. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Multicolored leather boards, glittery turqoise endpapers, button clasp. 50x65mm. 69pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 8 of 29.
Price: $100.00
Toronto: Beaux Art Publishing, 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by both Authors. 8 of spades inlaid at front. MBS Distinguished Book winner. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Green leather boards, gilt lettering on spine, in blind decorative elements on cover, bound in ribbon bookmark with attached unique playing card, inlaid playing.....
Price: $250.00
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. Minimal shelf/edge wear, owner bookplate at front pastedown, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, toning at spine, else clean. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 191pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $45.00
Los Angeles, CA: Privately Printed, 2013. First Edition. Staplebound. Scarce copies, as Dewitt's work is widely collected in the Los Angeles art and fashion scene. Cali Thornhill Dewitt is a Los Angeles based artist, writer, and fashion designer known for his arty discordance and tongue-in-cheek pop art. He is currently.....
Price: $175.00