Search Results: Curious and Rare from Books from the Crypt

NY: Harper & Bros., 1881. [1st printing] 1881. Decorated cloth, stamped on front with gold and brown; gold on spine; tan endpapers; 196pps. "Fantasy novel of reincarnation and racial memory" (Locke; Spectrum I, p. 111). Minor staining at lower edge of rear cover; edges and corners show wear; spine lean; minor soiling and spotting here and there; some internal soiling; dealer's notes in pencil on title page. "Curious and Rare.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Monterey, CA: Blue Suede Shoes X, 1971. 24 pages stapled, including covers. Two short stories, 175 copies printed. "The Day I Left the Middle Class" and "Burning Bright (for Ethan)". Tanning at edges (see scan); old price in pen on cover; minor creasig and corner wear.. First Edition. Stapled Pages. Good to Very Good-.

NY: Marvel Comics, 1983. A little stress; minor creasing; crnter page ads have two coupon clips... Comic. Very Good-.

Sealright Co., 1956. 16 page special interest comic publication. Disneyland ad on rear. 1.75" spine heel tears; other short tears.. Comic. Very Good-.

Boston, 1929. 1st printing, 1929. Inscribed to a Mr? ? Warner, and dated, Aug. 19, 1938. Fuller was Secretary of the Legislative Bureau of the Progressive Party of Massachussetts, 1912-1916. Decorated (marbled) paper-covered boards with swastika-bordered paper title label on front; frontis with tissue guard. A Christian Socialist vision of Utopia (Sargent, British & American Utopian Literature, 1516-1975).. Signed by Author. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+.

St. Louis: The Dille Family Trust - Ektek, 1994. [1st printing](1994) This is a facsimile of the original 1933 Kellog Cereal Premium; 32pps. Full color illustrations by Dick Calkins. A scarce, ephemeral item. Stress; minor creasing.. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+.

NY: David Lucom, Publisher, 1945. [1st printing] Digest-sized original. Cover art by Glenn Cravath. Tanned; small edge losses; creasing; small tears. A scarce ephemeral item.. Mass Market Paperback. Good.

London: The Fortune Press, 1926. [1st printing] 1926. Unbound pages for the limited edition. This copy is unbound, unsigned and unumbered; likely a printer's copy. Pages tanned; dealer's marks/notes on first page/cover in pencil; small stain to rear penetrates to following page.. First Edition. Unbound Pages. Good.

Chicago: Royce Publishers - Quick Reader, 1944. [1st printing](1944) #117. Small paperback, 4.5" x 3", abridged. Cover art by Axelrod; interiors are uncredited. Tanning; minor creasing; corner wear.. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good.

Paris: Agentzia, 1972. 1st printing (1972). Cover art by Wolf Vostell. Includes "Tickertape" by William S. Burroughs as a Preface. Limited to 100 signed copies of which this is #54. Signed on limitation page (p. 75) by Herman, Ploog, and Weissner. Dj edges show some nicks and wear with small bit of soiling at lower mid spine; spine heel bumped.. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/Very Good+ to Near Fine. Limited.

Liverpool: Cunard Steam Ship Co., 1914. [1st printing] 1914. White wraps; 12pps + tipped in map; illustrated. Small chip to rear foredge; a little stress with minor edge tears. An ephermeral item.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Elmhurst, NY: Alan Jay Arikian, 1965. 1st printing, July 1965. Limited: No. 3 of 60. Large format.Tanning; corner wear.. First Edition. Stapled Pages. Very Good.

Buffalo, NY: The Foster-Milburn Co., 1921. (1921) Census figures for 1920 broken down by state with total and city populations. Tanned; creasing; bumped at spine head... SingleIssueMagazine. Very Good-.

Belfast: The Quota Press, 1934. [1st printing, 1934] Green cloth; 4to; 90pp., dj art and 8 plates tipped-in by A.E.Kerr. Irish fairy tale legends & fantasies for adults. Bookplate; some foxing, tanning, and mild soiling; dj spine head is rough with tears and wear. "Curious and Rare.". First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Good to Very Good-.

NY: Baen, 1990. First four chapters of book only as "Uncorrect Page Proofs". Cover art by Stephen Hickman. Notes that book will be available in July.. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine.

NY: Feh! Press, 1992. Small Press magazine. Humorous poetry. Uncommon.. SingleIssueMagazine. Fine.

Indianapolis & NY: Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1952. [1st printing](1952) Dj art by Salter. Greenwich Village drug cluture. Early Beat novel. Shows a little wear; tanning; top end a little soiled.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Diane Di Prima & LeRoi Jones, 1961. Issue #7. Six pages, heavy paper stock with single staple at upper corner. Edited by Diane Di Prima and LeRoi Jones. Creasing; mild toning.. Stapled Pages. Very Good.

NY: Diane Di Prima & LeRoi Jones, 1961. Issue #9. Six pages, heavy paper stock with single staple at upper corner. Includes "From "The System of Dante's Hell: The Eighth Ditch is Drama (Your Tongues Are Fire and Your Strategies Hell Itself)" by LeRoi Jones; "Roosevelt After Inauguration" (subject of a famous obscenity trial) by William Burroughs; "Itchy" (poetry) by Philip Whalen. Folded for mailing with staple removed from lower end in order for newsletter to be read by recipient; address label and stamp bits remain at upper front; date scribbled out from postal stamp in pencil at same; tanning, particularly at edges and fold; a little soiling; creasing; minor edge nicks and tears. An original and ephemeral item.. Stapled Pages. Good+.

Chicago: Royce Publishers - Quick Reader, 1943. [1st printing](1943) #107. Small paperback, 4.5" x 3", abridged. Cover art by Axelrod; interiors by Circkle. Tanning; minor creasing; corner wear.. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good.