Nine-page ribbon-copy typescript of an English translation of Siquieros' critical look at Soviet art in the 1950s. Based upon a limited comparison of this version with the text published in the January 1956 issue of Arte Público (México, D.F.), this is a fairly literal English rendering of Siqueiros's remarks. It.....

During the 1890s, the Okabis Japanese Troupe toured the United States as a Vaudeville act, performing in resorts, and as featured attractions in larger circuses. The group, frequently reported in the press as 12 in number, was known for tumbling, rope walking, dancing, and aerial acrobatics, and most especially for.....

106 pages. 6-1/2 by 21 inches. Colección Puente de Hierro. One of 40 copies. The first publication of this book in Cuba, after several Latin American editions. Calderón is a Cuban poet and the winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship. Design, illustrations, and calligraphy by Rolando Estévez. The book is printed on whilte.....

Two fine images of pioneering physician Pauline Root dressed in a sari, presumably one she wore while in Madurai, India, while working as a doctor for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). In one photograph, Root wears the sari in traditional style, over her left shoulder and.....

First Edition. Volume 19 in the Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art. 156 pages. Illustrated with 141 black-and-white illustrations. Translated from the Japanese. First US edition (stated). Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket.

First Edition. A significant Hockney monograph, illustrated with 343 plates, including 235 in color and 3 gatefolds. 10-1/2 by 11-1/4 inches. 312 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A large, heavy book.

A reissue of Vonnegut's classic anti-war novel, with a one-page introduction first published in this edition. This edition was signed by Vonnegut and bound in traditional Franklin Library style: gilt-decorated leather, moire endpapers, silk bookmark, etc. Vonnegut brings his dark humor to tell—"more or less"—the story of one of the.....

First Edition. A twentieth-anniversary collection from the press, which specialized in noir fiction. This volume includes 24 previously unpublished short stories and a screenplay by Howard Browne. Story contributors include George Pelecanos, Michael Connelly, and Charles Willeford. This is one of 400 copies quarter-bound in morocco over marbled paper covered boards.....

First Edition. A rather strange concept for a book, a series of portraits of authors, signed by them, followed by pictures of other famous people with facsimiles of their signatures. With an introductory essay by Stephen King about autographs, signed by King at the end of his essay. The book was.....

First Edition. A Double D Western set in Texas, written under one of Kelton's pseudonyms. First edition (stated). A near fine copy (the barest hint of remainder spray on the bottom edge) in a near fine dust jacket. Inscribed by Kelton, "For Tom Garner—Best wishes—Elmer Kelton, alias Lee McElroy. 11/14/96.".....

Uncorrected Proof. Described on the plain printed covers as an "unedited and uncorrected proof" but the pages are typeset, so calling the book unedited might be a stretch. Still, less common than the Advance Reading Copy with Harrison's picture on the cover. Orr and Torrey bibliography, A40.a, stating that only 150.....

Uncorrected Proof. Three novellas. An uncorrected proof printed from typeset pages. While sometimes described as signed on the cover, the signature there is printed. A bit of green from the covers onto the page edges, else fine in printed wrappers (paperback). Signed by Harrison on the title page.