Titles beginning with A from Downtown Books & News (47 items)

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo (9.5"x6.5"). 315pp. Black buckram-covered boards with giltstamped spine. Bottom fore-edge corners (especially lower one) bumped. Tail-edge stamped. Dust jacket covered in protective mylar.

Oxford, England: Ashmolean Museum, 2019. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 4to (11"x9").121pp. Paper covers, french flaps, color photographs throughout. Slightly bumped top/fore corners. All text in English. This book accompanied Penck's second solo exhibition at the Ashmolean (28 June-November 2019).

Metro Manila, Philippines: Institute for Inner Studies Publishing Foundation, Inc, 2008. Second edition, third printing. Trade paperback. Very Good+. 4to. 265pp. General shelf wear. Corners lightly bumped. Textblock edges soiled, several dogears. Color illustrations by Benny Gantioqui through out. Bound-in red ribbon bookmark.

Amsterdam: Soyo Publishers, 1991. Limited Edition of 30 remainders from music boxset. Hardcover. Very Good +/No Dj. as issued. 16mo. 57pp. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on upper board and spine. Boards lightly soiled, else fine. Sticker on lower board that says Made in the Netherlands. "Across the Years is a selection made by Richard from all the poems he'd written up to the time the book was published. A beautifully designed, cloth-bound little book set in Garamond containing 33 poems in the chronological order of their composition, this is the remainder of the approximately 30 copy overflow from the luxury edition, published in an edition of 500, long out of print. (from Hell's website)

New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1970. 1st ed., 1st ptg. Hardcover. VG+/VG-. 8vo. 188pp. Red Boards with silver lettering on spine. Edges at head of boards rubbed. Dustjacket has minor staining along head and fore edge of upper cover, accompanied by 1” closed tear. “Westlake creates a touching, funny thoroughly enjoyable portrait of what hppens when a small-time writer tries to “make it” in the world of big-time pornography.(from dj)”.

London, UK: Edward Arnold, 1896. no additional printings listed. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. 8vos (8.5"x5.5"). 438pp. +428pp. 1/4" bound in blue & red cloth with giltstamped titles and decorations. Spines slanted and slightly sunfaded.. Spine extremes rubbed. Covers soiled. Endpapers cracked over hinges, front hinge of vol.II cracked. Bookplates to front pdeps. Textblock edges and pages toned, some penciling to first leaves. Letters signed by Rochefort and newspaper clippings about Rochefort taped & pasted to first leaves, some creases in these tearing, these in French. Text in English.

Boston: Collins Press, 1894. 1st ed., 1st ptg. Hardcover. VG-/No dustjacket. 8vo. 308pp. Gilt-stamped red cloth. The author recounts his time aboard a whaling vessal, in Australia and during the Gold Rush in California. Referenced in Cowan II, 687; Howes W-465. Both the upper and rear fly leaf have been removed resulting in damage to the hinges, but the binding itself is still pretty tight. Moderate rubbing to boards; edgewear; bumping to spine and top upper corner.

Novi Sad, Serbia: Forum Konyvkiado, 1977. no additional printings listed. Looseleaf in slipcover. Good+/Good. Arpad G. Balaz. Oblong Folio (12.5"x16"). Looseleaf, unpaginated. Heavy edgewear, creasing, splits to corners of paper slipcover. Interior toned, lightly rubbed page corners. Eight b/w/tan illustrations by Balaž. Translated from the Hungarian to Croatian-Serbian by Danilo Kiš.

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1957. 1st ed. No add’tl ptg. Hardcover. VG+/VG-. 8vo. 192pp. Illus. dj. feat. a “native” African stalking through the jungle while two official types look on from behind the trees, in a jeep, from a higher vantage point. Black cloth, gilt to spine. Dust jacket: two 1’’ closed tears at bottom corner and tail; edgewear; chipping to extremities; scuffing & soiling, esp. visible on rear cover. Boards: bumping to spine. Bound material: foxing to all edges; foxing to endpp., else fine. “And in a territory where the beast isn’t always four-legged, man doesn’t always behave rationally. Woman certainly doesn’t.” The protaganist is named Rocky Russel and the author was in the R.A.F. I think that about says it all. Author has signed the FFEP. Author’s 1st book; covered in protective mylar.

New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2010. First edition thus, first printing, limited. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (8"x5"). 429pp. 1/4 bound in blue leather & marbled paper-covered boards with giltstamped spine. Signed by Otto Penzler, Charles McCarry, Lee Child, James Grady, Joseph Finder, John Lawton, John Weisman, Stephen Hunter, Gayle Lynds, David Marrell, Andrew Klavan, Robert Wilson, Dan Fesperman, Stella Rimington and Olen Steinhauer to designated page before story. Crack to gutter at page 199. Limited edition hand-numbered 91 of 120 copies. Covered in protective mylar by seller.

Buenos Aires, Argentina: Agon, 1953. First edition. Paperback. Good. Folio (14"x10.5"). 71pp. Illustrated wraps, french flaps. Toned, soiled, dampstained wraps. Large open chip to midspine, chipped spine extremes. Heavily rubbed edges & corners. Sewn binding very loose. Pages toned. B&W tipped-in photo, illustrations throughout.

New York: Random House, 1933. First edition, first printing, limited. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo. (10"x7"). 159pp. Full navy leather with red/teal/gilt spine label and four raised bands, deckled edges. Missing original slipcase. Rubbed covers, and spine, spine label chipped. 2" stripe of paint to upper cover. Heavy edgewear, board exposed at corners and spine extremes worn. Endpaper cracked over lower hinge. Toned and foxed. Crayon mark to ffep. Signed and numbered 264 of 325 copies to half title verso.

Tokyo, Japan: Parco/Isamu Ito, 2005. First edition thus, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo (8"x5.5"). 697pp. B&W photographic paper-covered boards. Photographic dust jacket covered in mylar. B&W photos throughout. Publisher's slip laid in. Text in Japanese. Originally published in 1966.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo (8.5"x6"). 209pp. 1/4 navy cloth & tan/blindstamped paper-covered boards with gilt title to spine, robin's egg blue topstain, deckled edges. Toned endpapers, light tone throughout: else fine. Typographic dust jacket covered in protective mylar.

Westminster, MD: Insight Studios Group, 2003. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. 4to. 96pp. Black cloth-covered boards with giltstamed decoration to upper cover & spine. Dampstaining to interior of dj. visible at topedge of the back cover with no damage to boards. Pen mark to bottom edge of lower cover of dj. B&W illustrations throughout. Dj. covered in protective mylar.

Cinisello Balsamo, Milano: Silvana Editoriale Spa, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 4to. 285pp. Burgundy cloth-covered boards with whitestamped title to upper cover & spine. Parallel text in English & Italian. Color photos throughout. 4-15-19.

New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 8vo (9.25”x6”). 197pp. Glossy illustrated wraps. Both the wrappers and text block are tidy and unmarked.

New York: William Morrow and Co./HarperCollins, 2000. ARC to the first edition. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo (5.5"x8") 237pp. Photographic paper wraps. Light general shelfwear. Slightly soiled topedge of textblock. Signed "lovecometh--" by hooks to title page (no inscription). Signature scarce.

New York: Cassell Publishing, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo (9"x7"). 132pp. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt/blue/dk. brown -stamped decoration to upper cover & spine, blind stamped decoration to lower cover, illus. endpapers. Boards rubbed, esp. to spine, extremes and corners (board exposed). Spine stiff (competently repaired), corners soft. Endpapers foxed, splitting over hinges, uneven signatures, binding sound. Textblock edges & pages toned. Gift inscription to first page. B&W frontis, B&W engraved cuts throughout. Covered in seller's protective mylar. Scarce.

Phoenix Press, 1983. First edition, limited. Paperback. Very Good+/Very Good. Sharyn Jayne Hyatt. 4to (12"x9"). Unpaginated. Cream-colored, card stock staple-bound with typographic paper dust jacket. Top-edge of dust jacket chipped, soiled spot to head of spine extreme. Light crease to final pages. B&W illustrations by Hyatt throughout. From a limited first edition of 300 copies.