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new york: the onion press, 1946. first edition, 1946. in his lifetime french philosopher gaston bachelard made essential contributions to the fields of poetics and science philosophy. "poetics of space" deeply contemplates how we live in our homes, and how our dwellings affect us. new york: the onion press. hardcover. book condition: fine. jacket condition: mild sunning to spine, small closed tear, unclipped ($5.95). near fine.

new york: abrams comic arts, 2012. 1st. softcover. signed.

new york: harcourt, brace and world, inc, 1968. signed early edition, 1968. american actress and singer pearl bailey (1918-1990) was known both for her live performances that mixed humor and music, and for her long movie career. in 1968 she recieved a special tony award for her title role in an all-black production of "hello, dolly!" bailey's autobiography has been described as "witty, informal, honest, and magnetic." new york: harcourt, brace and world, inc. 206 pages. 6 x 8.75". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: 1" tear to upper rear. edgewear to spine. clipped. very good +.

united states: the library of america, 1998. first edition, 1998. collection of essays by the black american writer and civil rights activist. includes full collections "notes of a native son" and "nobody knows my name" and "the fire next time" plus at printing, this was the most comprehensive edition of baldwin's nonfiction ever published. edited by nobel laureate toni morrison. united states: the library of america. isbn: 1883011523. 5x8". 869 pages. isbn: 1883011523. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: minor shelfwear throughout. near fine. jacket condition: negligible shelfwear. unclipped (35.00). near fine.

new york: the dial press, 1976. 1st. hardcover. fine./fine. unclipped [$6.95]. smallest amount of creasing to flaps..

london: michael joseph, 1974. second printing, 1974. a love story set in new york city's harlem in the early 70s. '"beale street" was the first baldwin novel focusing exclusively on a black couple; it was also his only work narrated by a woman. london: michael joseph. hardcover. isbn: 0718111265. 5.25 x 8". 229 pages. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: unclipped (£3.00). near fine.

new york: the dial press, 1974. book club edition, 1974. a love story set in new york city's harlem in the early 70s. '"beale street" was the first baldwin novel focusing exclusively on a black couple; it was also his only work narrated by a woman. new york: the dial press. 5.6x8.5". 213 pages. hardcover. bound in coated paper boards. book condition: near fine. jacket condition: notable loss to rear. else fine. unclipped. very good -.

new york: the dial press, 1963. seventh printing, 1963. book containing two essays, "my dungeon shook: letter to my nephew on the one hundredth anniversary of the emancipation" and "down at the cross: letter from a region of my mind." both were first published in magazines in 1962: the former in the new yorker and the latter in the progressive. "letter from a region of my mind" is written as a letter to baldwin's fourteen-year-old nephew in which he discusses the centrality of race to the existence of the united states. and the second essay focuses on the relationship between race and religion through an analysis of baldwin's early experiences with christianity and the prevalence of islam in harlem. new york: the dial press. 120 pages. 5.75 x 8.5". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: negligible shelfwear. near fine. jacket condition: light tbumping to spine and shelfwear throughout. clipped. very good +.

new york: the dial press, 1962. 1st edition, 5th printing. hardcover. very good, minor shelf wear to spine and corners/very good, slight toning and very minor shelfwear. Unclipped ($5.95).

new york: corinth books, 1963. first edition signed by editor, 1963. includes contributions by jack kerouac, william burroughs, diane di prima, william eastlake, and hubert selby, jr. signed "amiri baraka lj" by jones who later changed his name to amiri baraka. new york: corinth books, inc. 351 pages. 5.75 x 8.5". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: fine. jacket condition: some soiling and extremely tiny chips along extremities. unclipped ($5.95). fine.

new york: crown publishers, 1987. 1st oop. hardcover.

new york: the new classics, 1937. first thus, 1937. new york: the new classics. 4.75x7". 170 pages. hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: mild shelfwear throughout. light to foot of spine. missing jacket.

new york: guggenheim museum publications/ harry n. abrams, 2003. hardcover edition, 2003. this comprehensive volume of photographs, interviews, and essays serves as a companion to barney's guggenheim exhibition. It provides a roadmap for his five-part film series that conceptualizes biological sexual differences. with contributions by nancy spector, nat trotman, neville wakefield and joan young. 725 illustrations. new york: guggenheim museum publications/ harry n. abrams. isbn: 0810969351. 12.5 x9". 508 pages. hardcover. book condition: fine. jacket condition: small close tear to spine. very good.

new york: charles scribner's sons, 1925. hardcover. marbel lucie attwell.

new york: g.p putnam's sons, 1981. first edition, 1981. new york: g.p putnam's sons. 457 pages. 6.5x9.5". hardcover. bound in paper-covered boards. book condition: fading to upper areas of front board, spine, and rear board. mild shelfwear. very good ++. jacket condition: negligible shelfwear. unclipped ($15.95). near fine.

zurich: lars müller publishers, 2018. 2018. out of print. collection of images, essays, and posters reflecting on protest and its visual forms throughout history. zürich: lars müller publishers. isbn: 9783037785607. 6.3 x 9.5". 446 pages. softcover. bound in colored paper wrappers. book condition: crease to front and mild shelfwear throughout. very good ++.

san francisco: city lights books, 1981. out of print, 1981. translated by peter connor. this book has been described as "the culmination of george bataille's inquiries into the relationship between violence and the sacred." considering figures like "giles de rais, erzebet bathory, the marquis de sade, el greco, gustave moreau, andre breton, voodoo practitioners, and chinese torture victims, bataille reveals their common obsession: death." san francisco: city lights books. isbn: 978-0-87286-222-7. 213 pages. 7 x 8". softcover. bound in colored paper wrappers. book condition: light shelfwear throughout. very good +.

New York: urizen books, 1978. first american edition, 1978. new york: urizen books. isbn: 0893960047. hardcover. book condition: mild soiling to head. near fine. jacket condition: price unclipped ($6.95). near fine.

1968. traveller's companion edition, 1968. scarce in this edition. authored by diane bataille, wife of famed eroticist and ultimate pervert georges bataille, "in response to some marital one-upmanship," this novel follows the deeply troubled victoria as she becomes indoctrinated in a dark sexual underground. published out of the olympia book society, an offshoot of olympia press, "the whip angels" is a relic of mid century erotica. new york: the olympia book society. 184 pages. 4.75x7.25". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: mild bumping to foot of front and back boards, mild bumping to head of spine. very good++. jacket condition: mild bumping to foot of front and back panels, mild bumping to foot of spine, unclipped($3.95). fine-.

new york: penguin press, 2017. 1st. hardcover. Near fine minus, some shelf wear to spine./very good, slight water damage to bottom of jacket, one scratch on back, else fine. unclipped ($27.00).