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The Glittering Mountains of Canada, A Record of Exploration and Pioneer Ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1914-1924 by J. Monroe Thorington Philadelphia: John W. Lea, 1925. First Edition. Illustrated with plates and maps, some fold out. $145.Signed by Thorington under the limitation stamp on the front paste down, this being number 218.

Christ In Concrete by Pietro Di DonatoEsquire Inc, 1937. First Edition. $150.Donato’s first book, printed in the form of a novella published by Esquire. He developed it into a novel in 1939, published by Bobbs Merrill. The story of an Italian-American working class family in Depression-era New York served as the basis for Edward Dmytryk’s 1949 film noir, “Give Us This Day,” produced while Dmytryk was in exile in England avoiding prosecution by the House Un-American Activities Committee

The book designer’s copy!Paper Journey: Travels Among The Village Papermakers Of India And Nepal by Nigel MacfarlaneOak Knoll Books, 1993. Produced by Henry Morris and the Bird & Bull Press. $275.One of 210 numbered copies; this is copy “2” and has the following note by Henry Morris in ink “Given to me by Oak Knoll, Oct 28/1993.” A fascinating and entertaining account of contemporary hand papermaking in India and Nepal.Featuring twenty full-page, tipped-in samples of actual handmade papers from India and Nepal

Rattling the Cup on Chicago Crime by Edward D. SullivanNew York: The Vanguard Press, 1929.First Edition. $250.This copy with a fantastic presentation inscription in the year of publication from Sullivan to Walter Howey, one time editor of Hearst’s ‘Chicago American’ newspaper (among many others) ; “To my old friend/ Walter Howey/ the best newspaperman/ that ever happened —/ Edward D. Sullivan

The Book of The Dead: The Papyrus of Ani; A Reproduction in Facsimile, edited, with hieroglyphic transcript, translation and introduction. In Three Volumes by E.A. Wallis BudgeLondon and New York: Philip Lee Warner and G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1913. $350.The third volume reproduces the complete ‘Papyrus of Ani’, in thirty-seven full-color folding plates, uniformly bound to match the first two volumesClassic ancient Egyptian funerary text

The first and only issueThe Shattering Screen: A Journal for Subversive Cinema. No. 1 by John Stevenson & Jeramy TurnerThe Shattering Screen, 1984. First edition. $75. Debut issue of this radical film journal, and to our knowledge the only issue published. Includes articles on Stanley Kubrick and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix SaltenSimon and Schuster, 1928. First Edition. $1500.One of the most beloved children’s books in any language, and basis for the classic 1942 Disney animated film

Man in The Dark by Paul AusterHenry Holt And Co., 2008. First Edition, First Printing. $25.Signed by the author: “Joe / Paul Auster.” Jacket design and art by Lisa Fyfe.

Pare Lorentz and the Documentary Film by Robert L. SnyderUniversity of Oklahoma Press, 1968. First Edition. $60.This copy with a nice inscription from Pare Lorentz to fellow filmmaker Gene Fowler Jr

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. Illustrated by Majeska New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. Limited edition, one of fifteen hundred and forty numbered copies. $300. Eight color illustrations by Mjeska, each with a protective sheet containing a printed caption - and the frontispiece is signed by Majeska in the margin.

Unsung Heroes of Rock n’ Roll by Nick ToschesCharles Scribner’s Sons, 1984. First edition. $150. The very scarce hardcover issue of the true first edition.

One of the best books on the TitanicA Night to Remember by Walter Lord Henry Holt and Company, 1955. First edition. $85."When Walter Lord was ten years old he persuaded his family to go abroad on the Olympic, sister ship to the Titanic, so he could learn more about the lost liner. In the 28 years since, he has carried on his research with unflagging devotion. He has tracked down, met and corresponded with scores of survivors, rescuers, relatives of victims, steamship officials, and others intimately connected with the disaster."Dust jacket, designed by Ben Feder.

Two Times Intro: On the Road With Patti Smith by Michael StipeLittle Brown & Company, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. $45.Book of photographs by R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe and Oliver Ray with brief tributes by Thurston Moore, William Burroughs, Tom Verlaine, Lenny Kaye, Kim Gordon among others.

Put Out More Flags by Evelyn WaughBoston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First American Edition. $100.

Faces & Forms by Anselm HolloLondon: Ambit, 1965. $20.First book from the publisher.

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