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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1989. First edition. Fine in a fine jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this intergenerational novel built upon the game of mahjong, following the lives of Chinese-American women in San Francisco - a beautiful copy. Tan explores mother-daughter relationships, communities of women, the experiences of Mandarin Chinese immigrants, and the struggles of their second-generation children. The women's lives weave in and out of the structure of their mahjong club, which also plays a role in the thematic elements of the novel. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter dark green paper, lighter green paper boards, gilt-stamped vignette on front board, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($18.95) color pictorial dust jacket with illustration by Gretchen Schields. Green endpapers. 288 pages. Inscribed by Tan on title page: "Joy + luck! / Amy Tan / 21 April 1991 / Denver." Very shallow, faint crease to front flap, close inspection only. Trace shelfwear to book extremities. Minor toning to… Leer más

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket.. Inscribed first edition of Morrison's sixth novel, one of her most challenging and reportedly her favorite of all her books. JAZZ begins in pure sound ("Sth, I know that woman."), is set in Harlem during the 1920s, and develops themes and structures inspired by the music of the title. As Morrison wrote in the foreword to the 2004 reissue of her novel: "I didn't want simply a musical background, or decorative references to it. I wanted the work to be a manifestation of the music's intellect, sensuality, anarchy; its history, its range, and its modernity." The second book of Morrison's trilogy (the others being 1987's BELOVED and 1997's PARADISE), a beautifully-inscribed copy from this Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning novelist. 8'' x 5.5''. Publisher's original full black cloth with gilt titles. In original unclipped ($21.00) color jacket designed by R.D. Scudellari. [10], 230 pages. Inscribed by Morrison on the half title: "For… Leer más

New York: The Dial Press, 1979. Fine in fine slipcase.. Signed limited first edition of Baldwin's last and longest novel, an attempt to "face [his] own legends," built around the story of a Black musician's life told by his brother. Baldwin's epic and ambitious late novel, written from the author's house in St-Paul-de-Vence, works toward a glimpse of a "utopian domestic space occupied by two black men in love" (Zaborowska) in its final pages: a much longed for, hard-won, and briefly held space for work and happiness. "It was beautiful to watch them; freedom is an extraordinary spectacle." 9'' x 6''. Original burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered spine and front board. All edges gilt, cream endpapers. In original burgundy cloth slipcase, lettered in gilt to one side. 597, [1] pages. Signed by Baldwin on limitation page, number 258 of 500 specially printed signed and numbered copies.

New York: The Dial Press, 1979. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of Baldwin's last and longest novel, an attempt to "face [his] own legends," built around the story of a Black musician's life told by his brother. Baldwin's epic and ambitious late novel, written from the author's house in St-Paul-de-Vence, works toward a glimpse of a "utopian domestic space occupied by two black men in love" (Zaborowska) in its final pages: a much longed for, hard-won, and briefly held space for work and happiness. "It was beautiful to watch them; freedom is an extraordinary spectacle." 9.25'' x 6''. Original burgundy cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine and front board. In original unclipped ($12.95) glossy color typographic dust jacket with design by Jack Ribik, photo of Baldwin by Max Petrus to rear panel. Tan endpapers. [10], 597, [1] pages. Jacket with trace edgewear, one tiny ding to front joint, a bit of toning to flaps and underside. Book with touches of shelfsoil. Overall, sharp and bright. Leer más

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2004. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this hilarious tale of the chaos that ensues when the smallest warthog in Africa wishes things were Different. Graeme Base's eye for detail and love of animals shines through in all his work. His lush and detailed illustrations have earned him three Children's Book Council of Australia awards, and his books have been adapted into television shows, exhibitions, and even an opera. 11.5'' x 10.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($18.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [40] pages. Signed by Base to half-title page dated 04, with original drawing of a koala. Tight.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown and Company, 1984. First edition. Fine.. Scarce uncorrected advance proof copy of this biography of the American leftist writer and journalist. 9.25'' x 5.5''. Original ochre printed wrappers. Black and white photographic illustrations. 343, [1] pages. Minor traces of soil and edgewear to wrappers.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of O'Connell's standalone missing-girl thriller, the author's first departure from her popular Kathy Mallory mystery series. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter grey cloth with gilt-stamped grey boards. In original unclipped ($24.95) dust jacket. 340 pages. Signed by O'Connell on title page. Minor edgewear.

Philadelphia: Macrae Smith Company, 1915. Overall fear fine.. Beautifully intact set, scarce complete with original case and rice paper sleeves, with vivid color illustrations on fresh, crinkling crepe paper. Included are the following titles (all large paper copies): "The Boy Who Drew Cats"; "The Goblin Spider"; "The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling"; "The Fountain of Youth"; and "Chin-Chin Kobakama." 5 volumes measuring 7.75'' x 5.5'' each. Original pictorial crepe paper wrappers with silk ties bound fukuro-toji style. Housed in publisher's folding cloth case with pictorial lining and original clasps. Illustrated in color throughout. Pages range [16] - [22], including printed versos of wrappers. Spine of slipcase faded; the two joints on either side of the backstrip neatly reinforced. Books with some light waves to text blocks, else bright. All ties intact.

New York: Scribner, 2001. Fine in fine jacket.. Signed first edition of Hamilton's first crime novel, introducing investigator Eve Diamond, a journalist (like the author) at the Los Angeles Times. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter blue cloth with orange boards. In original unclipped ($24.00) dust jacket.

New York: Bantam Books, 1999. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of the fourth entry in Stephanie Barron's Jane Austen mystery series, in which the beloved author must track down the murderer of a flamboyant French woman. 9'' x 5.75''. Original two-tone boards. Original unclipped ($22.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 290 pages. Signed by Barron to title page. Jacket with a hint of warping. Bright.

(London): The British Library, 2009. First edition. Fine in near fine jacket.. First printing of this illustrated literary biography of Keats, traced through the history of his surviving manuscripts. 11'' x 8.5''. Original black cloth. In original dust jacket. 165, [1] pages. Illustrated with more than 90 color plates. Minor wear to jacket.

New York: Hyperion Books, 2006. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this collection of stories about the shenanigans of the Founding Fathers when they were but "five little lads," with original drawing by Lane Smith. Lane Smith's charmingly peculiar artistic style has graced publications from children's literature to periodicals, and even the covers of punk rock albums. His children's book illustrations have earned him numerous accolades, including two Caldecott Medals and five New York Times' Best Illustrated Book awards, as well as the adoration of numerous slightly off-center kids. 10.5'' x 8.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($16.99) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. Unpaginated. Signed by Smith to verso of title page, with original drawing of George Washington. Jacket with a hint of edgewear. Binding with a tiny bump to lower edge of rear board. Bright.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1980. Near fine in very good dust jacket.. First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning novel, warmly inscribed to fellow author Barbara Elleman. A story of sibling rivalry and self-fulfillment, JACOB I HAVE LOVED earned Katherine Paterson her second Newbery Medal. This attractive copy is warmly inscribed by Paterson to Barbara Elleman, fellow author and Distinguished Scholar of Children's Literature at Marquette University, in the year of Paterson's Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing. 8'' x 5.25''. Original red cloth backed boards. Original unclipped ($8.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Dark blue endpapers. 216 pages. Inscribed by Paterson to title page, "To barbara Elleman - it was / wonderful to be with you at / Marquette - / With love - / Katherine Paterson / 10/16/98." Promotional card of books by Paterson loosely laid in. Jacket with light edgewear, a couple tiny closed tears; tiny scuff to front. Binding spine ends with a hint of bumping. Clean and bright.

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First edition. Fine in near-fine jacket.. First printing of the Newbery award-winner, about a 13-year-old Inuit girl lost on the tundra. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original color pictorial glossy boards. In original unclipped ($4.95) green-and-white pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by John Schoenherr in black and white. [10], 170, [4] pages. Light rubbing to jacket.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1977. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Signed first edition of Schnessel's illustrated study of one of the great early twentieth-century illustrators, a student of Howard Pyle and one third of the cohabitating "Red Rose Trio" with fellow artists Elizabeth Shippen Green and Violet Oakley. 11'' x 8.25''. Original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($22.95) dust jacket. Illustrated in color and black and white. 224 pages. Signed by Schnessel on half-title page. Mild bumping to extremities. Light wear and creasing to jacket.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1980. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing of this Newbery Medal-winning novel, in the first issue jacket (without the award sticker), a coming of age tale set on Maryland's Eastern Shore. A story of sibling rivalry and self-fulfillment, JACOB I HAVE LOVED earned Katherine Paterson her second Newbery Medal. 8'' x 5.25''. Original red cloth backed boards. Original unclipped ($8.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Dark blue endpapers. 216 pages. Jacket with mild edgewear, lower corner of flap clipped. Tiny spot of soil to binding. Shows nicely.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1914. Near fine.. First edition, third issue of this gloriously Golden Age Mother Goose, one of Jessie Willcox Smith's best-loved works. Jessie Willcox Smith's beautiful illustrations of various Mother Goose rhymes were originally published in monotone in the pages of GOOD HOUSEKEEPING - THE JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH MOTHER GOOSE is the first time they were seen in color, with an original illustration on the cover. Nudelman notes the cover piece, showing two children nestled under the wings of Mother Goose's wings, as "one of Smith's most pleasing and warm images" (38). A Golden Age beauty in lovely condition. 8.5'' x 11.25''. Original black cloth boards with color pictorial paste-on, with gilt elements and white spine lettering. Plain endpapers (Nudelman A39). Color pictorial frontispiece and 11 color plates, with five black-and-white plates and black-and-white line illustrations throughout. 174 pages. One tiny ink notation in table of contents. Binding with a touch of… Leer más

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First issue. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. Signed first edition of one of Dahl's best children's books: characteristically bizarre, wicked, and heart-warming. When Dahl published his first book for children with Disney, GREMLINS (1943), he believed it was a happy one-off and focused instead on developing his career as a writer for adults. Nearly two decades later, Dahl published JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH as his second children's book, finally moving into the field where his writing would develop into a powerful legacy. The darkness of Dahl's worlds for children have often been objected to by adults - this book regularly features on lists of banned or challenged books in American libraries - but for many children, it is the spark of fantasy within bleak settings that appeals to the imagination without becoming saccharine: Tim Burton famously told Dahl's widow he wanted to turn JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH into a film because "it's the only book that ever gave me… Leer más

New York: Philomel Books, 1993. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first edition of this magical story of a dream helper whose own dream leads him to friends and adventures. Nonny Hogrogian, an Armenian-American artist from a family of artists, started her bibliographic career as a book designer for publisher Thomas Y. Crowell. She worked as an art director for several other publishers, until she earned her first Caldecott Medal for ALWAYS ROOM FOR ONE MORE in 1965 - the success inspired her to become a full-time illustrator. It was a good choice: she earned another Caldecott Medal in 1972, and a Caldecott Honor in 1977. Many of her works incorporate aesthetics and stories from her Armenian heritage. 10'' x 7.75''. Original color boards. Original unclipped ($15.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [24] leaves. Signed by Kherdian and Hogrogian to title page.

n. p.: n. p. [Blake Wood], 2008. Fine.. Two original albums of photographs of young punks, personally assembled by photographer Blake Wood for his friend Amy Winehouse. Wood gave this pair of portfolios to Winehouse, with whom he shared an intimate friendship: "She told me, 'We're gonna be laughing on our rocking chairs together someday'," he recalled in his photobook collection of their time together (Wood, 30). JASPER is dated 2008 - the year Wood spent in London living closely with Winehouse, even sleeping in the same bed "on many nights" (Wood, 25) - though according to Wood's website, the photos were actually taken in 2006. The two had met the year before at Kelly Osborne's house and "[t]here was familiarity between us - right off the bat," Wood said in an interview in 2018. These images are a selection of portraits and candids of the eponymous Jasper, a homeless teen, and his fellow punks in New York City: attending concerts, roughhousing, doing drugs, hanging out, and other antics. But also… Leer más