EL SALVADOR: WORK OF THIRTY PHOTOGRAPHERS
NY/ London: Writers and Readers, 1983. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Oblong softcover, 120p. "For Susan" and signed by Forche, Meiselas and Mattison on the title page. More
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AVEDON: WOMEN
Beverly Hills / NY: Gagosian Gallery / Rizzoli, 2103. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Stunning 2013 exhibition catalogue of Gagosian in Beverly Hills, then London, of Avedon's photographic portraits, mostly in b&w, of women from Jackie Kennedy to Dorothy Parker. 98 loose sheets, folded down the center, inserted one into the..... More
Joe's Second Issue
NY: Joe McKenna Publishing 0. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Folio-size, highly glossy fashion magazine. Incidentla wear to bottom edge, internals as new. More
Lachapelle Land. Photographs by David Lachapelle
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new, unused copy in fine pictorial box. More
CALZATURA DOCUMNENTI DI FOTOGRAFIA DAGLI ANNI '50 DAGLI ANNI '70
Milano: Edizinoi S. E. R., 1990. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. A historical and photographic review of the footwear from the famous Italian shoe designer. Large, squarish 4to, 195 pages. Fine copy - as new really - in fine dustjacket. Limited to 15000 copies, this stamped 0907 on the limitation page..... More
Forbidden Dreams
NY: Quartet Books Ltd, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine, unused copy - as new, really - in fine dustjacket plainly signed by fashion photographer Blake and dated by her '84, the year of publication, on the title page. With a compliments card from Rebecca Blake Studios, 25 W 36..... More
EVERYMAN
London: Westminster Press, 1930. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. The large paper edition, 185 copies, this #152 and signed by woodcut artist Derrick on the limitation page, with a signed woodcut print laid-in. Faux vellum, gilt titles front and spine, gte, ribbon-marker, 4to, sides untriimmed, 100p. The text, edited by Rhys..... More
Old Garden Roses (Parts One and Two)
London: George Rainbird, 1955. 1st Edition Limnited. Hardcover. Two folio volumes, quarter vellum, gilt spine titles, in slipcases with title label front. Limited edition. Part One, #35 of 160 copies signed by author Sitwell and artist Russell, printed on 'Amstel' special mould-ppae and bound by Edward Hiscox. The 8 colored..... More
STRANGE INTERLUDE
NY: Boni & Liveright, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Polished, aqua-blue cloth, gilt-stamped titles, decorated endpapers. Original dustjacket re-assembled but missing half of spine and corner sections. More
Old New York : The Old Maid, New Year's Day, False Dawn, The Spark (4 volumes)
NY: Appleton, 1924. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid, original set, first editions. Decorations by E. C, Caswel. Original owner name dated 1924 in two of the volumes. 8vo, fine-ribbed blue cloth, pictorial label front and title label spine. Pictorial endpapers. More
What Becomes a Legend Most? The Blackglama Story
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A behind-the-scenes look from the ad exec who managed one of the most successful advertising campaigns of the 20thC. Book is near fine. Dustjacket is price clipped with some rolling, a closed tear and a small chip top edge front panel. More
What Becomes a Legend Most? The Blackglama Story
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A behind-the-scenes look from the ad exec who managed one of the most successful advertising campaigns of the 20thC. An uncommon inscribed copy, with best wishes and dated 11/ 12/79 by Rogers on the ffe. In the bottom right corner is another..... More
THE ASTONISHING ISLAND: BEING A VERACIOUS RECORD OF THE EXPERIENCES UNDERGONE BY ROBINSON LIPPINGTREE MACKINTOSH FROM TRISTAN DA CUNHA DURING AN ACCIDENTAL VISIT TO UNKNOWN TERRITORY IN THE YEAR OF GRACE MCMXXX-
London: Lovat Dickson Limited, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Holtby's social satire "annoted in line and tone" by Batt. 13 full page detailed pen and ink hilarious illustrations. 8vo, black cloth, gilt to spine, 184 pages. Lacks dustjacket. More
THE SOUTHERN COOK BOOK OF FINE OLD RECIPES
Reading PA: Culinary Arts Press, 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Subtitle on pictorial softcover is "322 OLD DIXIE RECIPES". Near fine copy, with a small smudge on some leaves bottom edge, 4-hole punched and green plastic ring-bound in polished faux wood covers, titles stamped in black " FINE OLD DIXIE..... More
BYNG BALLADS
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Byng's own witty observations in verse about places and people in his charmed life most amusingly "decorated in colour and line" by Clarke Hutton. Trace soiling about edges. else near fine, really. More
Mariage Freres French Tea: Three Centuries of Savior-Faire
Paris: Flammarion, 2003. Hardcover. As new in cloth slipcase. Signed on the half title by two of the three entrepreneurs and tea connoisseurs who brought the Paris firm founded by the Mariage family in 1854 into a new realm. A handsome production. More
CECIL BEATON: THE ART OF THE SCRAPBOOK (LEGENDS)
Assouline, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A curated selection of pages from Beaton's scrapbooks. 392 pages. 218 colour illustrations. New copy. More
THE NAKED CIVIL SERVANT
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First American edition, after the first in England in 1968. A fine copy in near fine unclipped dustjcket boldly inscribed by Crisp on the title page. LGBTQ+. More
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade in Biography
NY: Vanguard Press, 1955. Hardcover. First edition, with no additional printings stated on copyright page. Book and dustjacket show moderate edgewear. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus. Basis for the play with Rosalind Russell, then the movie with Russell reprising the role, then the fabulous musical with Angela..... More
IDIOT'S DELIGHT
London: William Heinemann, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Anti-Hitler play performed in Washington DC in 1935, as Hitler occupied the Rhineland. This, the English edition, follows the London premiere of the play in 1938 as Hitler occupied Austria and bombed Spain. Signed by 27 members of the cast, including leads Raymond..... More
THE CELEBRITY CIRCUS
London: W. H. Allen, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First British edition of social doyenne Maxwell's meanderings about society and the likes of Princess Margaret, Ari Onassis, Maria Callas, and other international swells. With a fabulous wraparound dustjacket design by Michael Hoare. With an introduction by Noel Coward that did not..... More
THE PLUTOCRAT
NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, as stated on copyright page. In unlcipped pictorial dustjacket of ocean travelers promenading on oceanliner's deck, drawn in Art-Deco style. Collectible dustjacket, spine slightly tanned. Laid-in is trade bookmark for Boston travel agent Raymond & Whitcomb promoting its 1927..... More
MANOLO'S NEW SHOES DRAWINGS BY MANOLO BLAHNIK
London: Thames & Hudson, 2010. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Presentation copy from shoe designer Manolo Blahnik to Andre Leon Tally (1948-2022), fashion journalist, stylist, creative director, and editor-at-large of Vogue magazine. Inscribed by Blahnik on the illustrated endpaper over a full portrait of himself in bold strokes in green ink..... More
Arcimboldo
Milan: Franco Maria Ricci, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book as new. Slipcase with slight abrasion to upper corner. More
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
NY: William Morrow, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine unclipped dustjacket. Plainly signed by Chabon on title page. Chabon's first book. More