Yonkers, NY: The Postcard Activist, 1991. First printing. Paperback. Very Good, overall. Small bit of paper missing from the front wrapper. All postcards remain attached. Unpaginated. 6.75” x 4.5”.One of three booklets of postcards published in 1991, each addressed to senators, congresspeople, local politicians, media outlets, retailers, and any relevant..... more
New York: Pergamon Press, 1981. First printing. Hardcover. A Near Fine copy in a Very Good Plus jacket—lightly rubbed. The front pastedown carries the library stamp of NCAC—National Coalition Against Censorship—from whom the book was acquired and a bookplate stating, “Donated by Joseph and Shirley Wershba 2007.” Joseph Wershba (1920–2011)..... more
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1944. Hardcover. A Good reading copy, only. Very minor and scant soiling, sun bleaching and stains to the case. Ownership inscription to the rear pastedown. The jacket is heavily worn with a large chunk of paper missing from the fore edge. A diagonal..... more
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1972. Third edition. Hardcover. The book block is clean and crisp, save for previous ownership and library markings. Lacks the jacket, and the beige paper over boards cover is soiled with paper missing on the lower spine edge, presumably where a library sticker was taped..... more
New York: Random House, 1988. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in all regards with slight discoloration to the jacket edges. Stated first American edition. viii + 303 pages. 6.5” x 9.5”.Gore Vidal’s (1925–2012) collected essays from 1982 to 1988, which, somehow, are more optimistic and humorous than the earlier pieces..... more
New York: Random House, 1977. First printing. Hardcover. A Near Fine copy, clean and unmarked. The jacket is Very Good with wear about the edges. Stated first edition. 285 pages. 6.5” x 9.5”.Matters of Fact and Fiction (1977) is the fourth published collection of essays by Gore Vidal (1925–2012) and..... more
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1962. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good Minus book block and case, overall. Minor and scant soiling. The cloth spine shows discoloration, and the front free endpaper bears a stain, offset from a price sticker on the front flap. The jacket is present and unclipped, but..... more
New York: Random House, 1994. Hardcover. A Near Fine copy in all regards. The front pastedown carries the library stamp of NCAC—National Coalition Against Censorship—from whom the book was acquired and a bookplate stating, “Donated by Joseph and Shirley Wershba 2007.” Joseph Wershba (1920–2011) was a longtime CBS journalist and..... more
New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2013. First printing. Hardcover. A Fine copy in all regards in a Near Fine jacket, very lightly shelfworn. Flat signed on the title page with an inscription on the facing page to food writer and editor Colman Andrews (from whom this copy was acquired and..... more
Skopje: Playtime, 2000. Paperback. A Very Good copy with minimal shelfwear. Black and white photography. 58 plates. Bilingual in English and Macedonian. Limited to 500 copies. Unpaginated. 8.25” x 11”.This is a collection of images taken by the Swedish-born photographer Valentin Ogneov (1968– ) taken between 1992 and 1999 in..... more