THE HERMIT OF 69TH STREET, THE WORKING PAPERS OF NORBERT KOSKY by KOSINSKI, JERZY - 1988

Random House/Children's television Workshop, 1977. 1981 reprint. Paperback. Condition: Fine. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting. All pages clean and unmarked

New York: Hero Press, 1974. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Staplebound. Dr. Martello retells his 'coming out of the broom closet' story of his upbringing and family history. He discusses witch identity and reclaimation. The second and third articles discuss astrology, psychic energies, dream states, and using traits of sun signs to empower personal convictions. The final article, Martello describes the nuance of handwriting and styles resemble characters and personality traits. Formerly owned by Dr. Leo Louis Martello. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Minimal spotting on bottom edge, otherwise clean. Black on gold colored pictorial wrappers. 8vo. 28pp. plus Illus. (b/w).

Boston: Norman C. Barton, 1848. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 204pp. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt harp design to cover and gilt lettering and decoration to spine. Light and mild spotting to cover, 1/2 inch to edge of spine, endpapers lightly mottled, text is mainly free of foxing, binding is tight, former owner's pencilled name on front free endpaper.

A life of Jimi Hendrix told through text, rare photographs, reproductions of documents and memorabilia, and a 70-minute audio CD.
4to, 10.25x10.75", illustrated boards, 64 pp. plus inserts of memorabilia.
With exclusive access to the private family archives, the authors provide an indispensable addition to the Hendrix canon. The book includes a 70-minute audio CD with interviews and unreleased recordings of live concert music and a Record Plant jam
CONDITION: A new copy, with CD pocket still sealed. However, a former store display copy with some light surface wear to the cover and slipcase.

Tokyo: Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1999. 1st. Softcover. Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto in illustrated wraps. very good condition, except for remainder of small price label on front. Ships from Hawaii. In collaboration with the Peabody Museum, this publication and exhibit marks the 200th anniversary of the first commercial contact of America with Japan. Few know that in 1799 an American ship called "Franklin" docked in Nagasaki and engaged in trade. The ship was constructed in Salem, home of the Peabody Essex Museum. Captain Devereaux brought back with him a a large number of Japanese works of art, thus initiating an ongoing exchange and appreciation of Japanese culture and art. Show less.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. hardcover, dust jacket. 6.625 x 9.875 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. "The detailed research and design process behind all these fonts (as well as the evolving technology) is conveyed through the many half-tone illustrations in Nancy Stock-Allen's excellent study." - Nancy Campbell, TLS "Carol Twombly... has been billed as 'the first book on type design centered around the career of one woman.' I would argue that it is more important than that. It is the first full-length biography of a type designer of the digital era - man or woman. ... an essential addition to the bookshelves of anyone seriously interested in the history of type design." - Paul Shaw, PRINT Magazine "Very well-written and - dare I say it, (this is a type nerd book after all) - quite an engaging read." - Elizabeth Carey Smith, Type Director's Club (blog review) "The book provides broad and deep context for Twombly's work within the insular typographic community that… Read More

Chicago: J. Martin Miller, 1899. Unknown. Map. Very Good. [Map copyright 1899, printing date of Atlas later] [19.875x15.125in]; Colored map of Alaska with steamer routes from Portland and Seattle, insets of the Klondike Region on the Upper Yukon and Western portion of Aleutian Islands; On verso index of places and names with two large black and white images; Age toning to all edges, water stain marks on bottom, slight printing offset of colors, small chips and closed tears to lower edge;.

New York: Random House, [1954]. First edition. Foxing and offsetting to end papers, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to corner tips and spine ends, mild color fade to spine panel. (27992). Octavo, cloth. Collects nineteen stories by Walter M. Miller, Jr., John Wyndham, Philip K. Dick, Agatha Christie, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Robert Sheckley, John Collier, and others. This is the first book publication of the Dick story "The Golden Man." Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1149.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. First edition. Some tanning to end papers and som foxing to page edges, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with mild wear to the spine ends, some mild darkening and fade to the spine panel, a small closed tear and long crease to upper rear panel edge. (27999). Octavo, boards. "Future America is ruled partly by a Mafia-like mob and partly by a more benign organization referred to as "the fat, sloppy, happy Syndic." An enjoyable adventure story with satirical barbs and an underlying darkness of tone." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 360. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-612. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2211-14.

Sheridan: Clouds Peak Printery, 1950. Single sheet brochure, 17 x 36cm, folded to 17 x 9cm, four panels on each side. Halftone photographs, cover illustration, map. Some light toning and wear, else fine. Small advertisement for the Deer Haven Lodge, member of the Dude Ranchers Association. Nice map of the Bighorn National Forest, showing the location of the Lodge. Pictures include Paint Rock Creek and Lake Solitude. "Some of the finest fishing available is to be had in the lakes and streams....accessible only by 'packing in.' Ca. 1948-1950. Worldcat locates a single copy, at Yale.