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London: Blond & Briggs, 1974. 8vo, pp. 191. Original black boards lettered in purple on spine. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, with a little curling to top edge and light chipping to corners and spine ends. First edition of the author's first book, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: 'To Belinda and John, lots of love from Moll X. May '74'.

London: Michael Joseph, 1976. 8vo, pp. 223. Original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with a little wear to spine ends. Marc Boxer pen portrait of the author to rear panel. First edition, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR: 'Summer '76. For darling John + Belinda, Love from xMollx'.

New York: Jacobsen Publishing Company, 1932. 8vo, pp. 221, last chapter secured in stiff paper sleeve. Original black boards, lettered in green to front panel and spine. Printed dust jacket. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with just a little wear to spine ends. First edition of this NBC radio tie-in, in which the fifteenth and final chapter is wrapped in a sealed paper sleeve. Synopses of the first fourteen chapters were broadcast by the network, and people were invited to submit their own final chapter before the complete book was published. 'A committee of three nationally known men' (dust jacket blurb) chose the best submissions, and cash prizes were awarded. Chann Patrick's only book -- suggesting the gimmick was less than successful -- and an excellent copy, with the final chapter's sleeve, rather sadly, still unopened. HUBIN, p. 319

London: Gollancz, 1992. 8vo, pp. 192. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The third of seven detective novels by the art historian Iain Pears, featuring the art historian sleuth Jonathan Argyll. A fine copy, with the author's signature to the title page hastily applied and bordering on the abstract.

London: Gollancz, 1993. 8vo, pp. 224. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The fourth of seven detective novels by the art historian Iain Pears, featuring the art historian sleuth Jonathan Argyll. A fine copy, with the author's signature to the title page hastily applied and bordering on the abstract.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. 8vo, pp. 200. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dust jacket, author's photographic portrait to rear flap. Small scuff to lower inside edge of front board, otherwise a fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition of Pelecanos's third novel, and a fine, unread example.

Tucson: Dennis McMillan, 2004. 8vo, pp. 378. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Black endpapers, the title and author's initials in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Original slipcase. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket and slipcase. Dust jacket design and interior artwork by Joe Servello. First edition, one of 404 copies. No. 182 of 300 copies signed by the author (104 copies were lettered and signed). A fine, unread copy.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A fine, unread copy of Pelecanos's first book.

Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1930. 8vo, pp. 369-554, 10pp. advertisments bound in at rear. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Lacking the scarce original glassine sleeve. Some foxing to early pages, oversized wrappers chipped and worn with a little loss to lower edge of front wrapper, spine chipped at foot. First edition of the Winter 1930 issue of the (mostly) Parisian modernist magazine, This Quarter. This Quarter was founded in 1925 by the American expatriate poet Ernest Walsh [1895-1926] and the English suffragette Ethel Moorhead [1869-1955]. Only two issues of the quarterly had been published when Walsh died of consumption at the age of thirty-one, and after a period of turbulence and only sporadic publication, This Quarter was taken over by Edward Titus of the Black Manikin Press, a highbrow expatriate imprint based in Paris. Under Titus's stewardship the magazine was more professionally run but less adventurously edited. It ceased production in 1932 after a run of just eighteen issues, having… Read More

Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1930. 8vo, pp. 195, 10pp. advertisments bound in at rear. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Lacking the scarce original glassine sleeve. Spine worn with loss, tape markings to spine, wrappers worn and a little chipped. First edition of the Summer 1930 issue of the (mostly) Parisian modernist magazine, This Quarter. This Quarter was founded in 1925 by the American expatriate poet Ernest Walsh [1895-1926] and the English suffragette Ethel Moorhead [1869-1955]. Only two issues of the quarterly had been published when Walsh died of consumption at the age of thirty-one, and after a period of turbulence and only sporadic publication, This Quarter was taken over by Edward Titus of the Black Manikin Press, a highbrow expatriate imprint based in Paris. Under Titus's stewardship the magazine was more professionally run but less adventurously edited. It ceased production in 1932 after a run of just eighteen issues, having published work by most of the leading Paris expatriates of the… Read More

Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1932. 8vo, pp. 559-751, 8pp. advertisments bound in at rear. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Lacking the scarce original glassine sleeve. Oversized wrappers rubbed and worn with loss to foot of spine and front wrapper, spine worn and chipped at head. First edition of the Spring 1932 issue of the (mostly) Parisian modernist magazine, This Quarter. WITH A STORY BY VLADIMIR NABOKOV, HERE WRITING AS VLADIMIR SIRIN. This Quarter was founded in 1925 by the American expatriate poet Ernest Walsh [1895-1926] and the English suffragette Ethel Moorhead [1869-1955]. Only two issues of the quarterly had been published when Walsh died of consumption at the age of thirty-one, and after a period of turbulence and only sporadic publication, This Quarter was taken over by Edward Titus of the Black Manikin Press, a highbrow expatriate imprint based in Paris. Under Titus's stewardship the magazine was more professionally run but less adventurously edited. It ceased production in 1932 after a run… Read More

Los Angeles: One Institute, Summer, Fall 1963. 8vo, pp. [40-71]. Original yellow stiff paper wrappers. A near fine copy, a little marked on rear panel at staple, slight sunning at rear lower edge. First edition. Vol. VI Nos. 3, 4. A scarce survivor, and a near fine copy.

Los Angeles: One Institute, 1964. 8vo, pp. [4-34]. Original yellow stiff paper wrappers. A near fine copy, just a little marking to rear panel at spine. First edition. Vol. VII Nos. 3, 4. A scarce survivor, and a near fine copy.

Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1930. 8vo, pp. 197-379, 12pp. advertisments bound in at rear. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Lacking the scarce original glassine sleeve. Oversized wrappers rubbed and worn with a little loss, spine worn and a little chipped. First edition of the Autumn 1930 issue of the (mostly) Parisian modernist magazine, This Quarter. This Quarter was founded in 1925 by the American expatriate poet Ernest Walsh [1895-1926] and the English suffragette Ethel Moorhead [1869-1955]. Only two issues of the quarterly had been published when Walsh died of consumption at the age of thirty-one, and after a period of turbulence and only sporadic publication, This Quarter was taken over by Edward Titus of the Black Manikin Press, a highbrow expatriate imprint based in Paris. Under Titus's stewardship the magazine was more professionally run but less adventurously edited. It ceased production in 1932 after a run of just eighteen issues, having published work by most of the leading Paris expatriates… Read More

Los Angeles: One Institute, Winter 1962. 8vo, pp. [4-34]. Original blue stiff paper wrappers. A near fine copy, with just a little browning to edges. First edition. Vol. V No. 1. Early issue of this long-running and highly influential gay periodical. Includes an essay by Rev. Robert W. Wood: Homosexual Behaviour In The Bible. A scarce survivor, and an all-but-fine copy.

Los Angeles: One Institute, Fall 1962. 8vo, pp. [40-71]. Original yellow stiff paper wrappers. A near fine copy, with just a little marking to rear panel. First edition. Vol. V Nos. 2,3,4. Early issue of this long-running and highly influential gay periodical. A scarce survivor, and a near fine copy.

Los Angeles: One Institute, Winter, Spring 1964. 8vo, pp. [4-35]. Original blue stiff paper wrappers. A near fine copy, very slight bumping to a couple of corners. First edition. Vol. VII Nos. 1, 2. A scarce survivor, and a near fine copy.

Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1929. 8vo, pp. 187-367, 9pp. advertisments bound in at rear. Printed stiff paper wrappers. Lacking the scarce original glassine sleeve. Oversized wrappers chipped and worn with loss to spine ends, spine worn and chipped at head. First edition of the Autumn 1929 issue of the (mostly) Parisian modernist magazine, This Quarter. This Quarter was founded in 1925 by the American expatriate poet Ernest Walsh [1895-1926] and the English suffragette Ethel Moorhead [1869-1955]. Only two issues of the quarterly had been published when Walsh died of consumption at the age of thirty-one, and after a period of turbulence and only sporadic publication, This Quarter was taken over by Edward Titus of the Black Manikin Press, a highbrow expatriate imprint based in Paris. Under Titus's stewardship the magazine was more professionally run but less adventurously edited. It ceased production in 1932 after a run of just eighteen issues, having published work by most of the leading Paris… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. 8vo, pp. 204. Original dark brown boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dust jacket, author's photographic portrait of the author to rear panel. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. The fourth title in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series of Perry's historical detective novels featuring the late Victorian husband and wife sleuths. A fine copy.

Aurum Press, 1978. Large 8vo, unpaginated. Original white boards, lettered in silver on front panel and spine. A little bumping to spine ends, but a near fine copy in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper, with a closed tear to lower edge of rear panel and some wear to head of spine. Twelve portfolios, in b&w and colour, from twelve female photographers. First edition. Showcase for twelve female photographers, among them Alice Springs, Caroline Arber -- and the notorious Irina Ionesco, whose daughter has spent her entire adult life suing her, and whose work is an enduring testament to the incompetence of French social services.