The Mick by Mantle, Mickey; Gluck, Herb - 1985

London: J. & P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. & R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751. Full calf, 5 raised bands, spines & cover edges gilt tooled. Covers lightly rubbed with some splitting of joints; overall a nice clean tight set, some foxing and browning throughout: VG. 12mo. Illustrated with 24 copper plates by diverse artists including Sam Wale, N. Blakey, Ant. Walker, F. Hayman. 1st edition thus.

New York, NY: St. Martin's, 1977. First Edition / first printing. From the library of Del Close, signed "To Del - Best Wishes - Frederick Pohl" the title page. Book is in very good + (pages aged, light wear along bottom edges of boards) condition with a very good + (light wear at corners, 1/4" tear at lower rear) unclipped ($8.95) dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York. : The Limited Editions Club. , 1989. Limited edition, #171 of 600 copies.. Hardcover, quarter black cloth over tan cloth boards, gilt spine titles, slipcase. . Fine in slipcase. . 4to.. Signed by the author and the artist on the colophon. LEC newsletter laid in. Heavy set, weight: 10.2 lb. requires extra postage. Introduction by the author. Photogravures by Hank O’Neal.

Osaka (Japan): Kaigai, 1983. Original Cloth Folder. Very Good. Large Folio (54 x 39cm). Danielle Ogier, Louis Pitaud, Jean Louis L'Hopitale. 48 superb colour plates by DANIELLE OGIER LOUIS PITAUD GROUP and JEAN LOUIS L'HOPITALE GROUP + 4 pp text.Folder with some wear and a few stains. Text and plates like new. A SUPERB COLLECTION of colourful TEXTILE DESIGNS on atttractive double spread prints, perfect also for framing. RARE

Paris: Le Livre, 1921. Limited Edition . Full-Leather. Near Fine. 4to. Gustave Buchet. 81pp French text.One 425 numbered copies.Fine designer binding (with light wear) A very good and clean copy with fine colour illustrations.

Paris: Au sans Pareil, 1927. Small quarto, 131, [2] pages. (24x18.5cm). First trade edition. A translation, by the artist, of Toye and Adair's, Drinks: Long & Short, originally issued in London in 1925. Much more than a translation, this beautiful re-imagining of the book, by one of France's most prolific and imaginative printmakers. In a custom binding, unsigned, with an original drawing for the design of the binding used as an endpaper. The binding is quarter black morocco, gilt-titled and decorated with ornaments in the shape of bunches of grapes. Some light foxing throughout. Original pochoir Art-Deco wrappers bound-in. The owner of the book, W.P. Dudley of Chicago, was a fixture on the Palm Beach social circuit, arriving for the opening of The Breakers. His name is gilt-stamped on the front board. Throughout the book, Dudley has seen fit to comment in pencil, correcting recipes he views as errant, and criticizing or praising cocktails as he sees fit. Some of his commentary is detailed, and some… Read More

Two volumes. First editions. John Murray. London. 1874. Octavo. xvi, 360, 6pp publisher's ads. 7 engraved plates, 18 text engravings, folding coloured map in rear pocket; vii, (1), 346, 20pp publisher's ads. 14 engraved plates, (including 3 litho reproductions of Livingstone's journal, one in colour), 6 text engravings, folding coloured map. Original decorative cloth, gilt to spines and upper boards, blind tooled border to boards. Uniformly sunned to spines. Pages untrimmed. Original endpapers. Occasional light spotting, toning to outer exposed verso panels of pocket map. Map would seem to have been rarely taken from its pocket, with no tears, wear or misfolds. Lightly rubbed to extremities. A handsome set, with no inscriptions or annotation.David Livingstone (1813 - 1873) African missionary and explorer. Livingstone was buried in Westminster Abbey on 18 April 1874. A black slab in the centre of the nave in the Abbey marks his resting-place. ODNB.Horace Waller FRGS (1833 - 1896) Anti slavery… Read More

London: London: printed by M. Flesher, for Walter Kettilby, at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1684. 1st Edition . Full leather. Near Fine. First edition, quarto; [12], 288, [52], 305-472, [12]pp., complete with imprimatur leaf preceding title-page and separate dated title-page to "An historical account of the College's proceedings against empiricks" on leaf 2P1 recto. In period style 20th century full leather by J.May of London (with only the lightest of wear), blind double fillets to board margins, five raised spine bands with gilt lettered spine label to second compartment, all page edges gilt, small single marginal wormhole to a few rear leaves not affecting text, first and last leaves marginally stained by leather turn-ins, occasional very feint spots and unobtrusive light paper browning, overall a clean copy of these important early accounts of the Royal College of Physicians undertaken, probably at the request of the College, by Charle Goodall, later to become its President. A… Read More

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1965. Stated first edition, 1965, inscribed "For Ann with my very best wishes" and signed by the author on the half-title. Very good in good to very good dustjacket. Author's first novel. Blue and yellow cloth with dustjacket illustrated by Roy Lichtenstein on the front and Andy Warhol on the back. Light edgewear, good hinges, firm text block, name and address written inside front cover beneath the dustjacket flap, embossed stamp with the same address at lower corners of front free endpaper and half-title, no other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket has edgewear and a slightly darkened but legible spine, some light shelf soil to the white background, chips to spine ends and lower corner of rear panel, none of the chips interfering with dustjacket design. . Inscribed by The Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

SMALL COLOR PRINT IS APPROX 7 1/4 X 5 3/4 , 1st edition, SIGNED MATTED ,2003, VG Condition , Listed on the "Who's Who List of the Most Collected Artists of Our Time," his works are original, bold and outspoken., He is famous for depicting recognizable characters and faces in bizarre environments. He began in the early 1980's and became recognized for his original, iconic pop culture pieces that included Monopoly, board games, pin ups, Chanel, nostalgia and pop references to living the good life. He took pop art far beyond where its roots began and made it all his own.