Juan Belmonte: Killer of Bulls (The Autobiography of a Matador ... as told to Manuel Chaves Nogales) Hemingway by Juan Belmonte and Leslie Charteris, Translator - 1937

Brondum, 1995. Very Good. 3-volume compilation of Jens Birkemose erotica. I: Negeren og Papegøjen (The Negro and the Parrot). II: Spejlet forsvinder (The Mirror Disappears). III: Det sidste hus (The Last House). All volumes signed by Birkemose on limitation pages. Includes original slipcase and laid-in signed lithograph unique to this copy. Copy #344 of 500 issued. All volumes tight and unmarked with minimal shelf wear. Faint crease to Volume I spine panel. Faint stain to Volume II spine panel. Limitation pages translated from Danish in part: Contains 180 drawings made as a direct copy of the plates and printed at Brondum's graphic workshop in Copenhagen. Each volume 7 1/2" x 6 3/4". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Massive compilation of renowned fright tattoo artist Andy Shou's exquisitely detailed tattoo work. Densely illustrated with color photos. Scarce Taiwanese edition in original slipcase. Text in Chinese. 190 pp. 11 3/8" x 11 1/4". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Light shelf wear to slipcase. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly. International buyers: Please contact me for shipping cost.

Works Projects Administration, 1939. Softcover. Good. The hard-to-find Volume 13, Minstrelsy, of the notable ca. 1939 WPA San Francisco Theater Research series. This volume presents an extensive history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy from its earliest days. Illustrated with 19 historical photos of performers, some in blackface. Contents include discussions of blackface. Numerous appendices. Scarce. 301 pp. 10 3/4" x 8 3/8". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear and minor loss to bottom right corner of front panel. Light staining along margins of front panel spine and bottom. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Willat Company, 1960. Softcover. Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first and only edition of Cosmetology Hall of Fame inductee Arnold F. Willat's Physics of Hair as Related to Cosmetology. Notably, Willat developed the first cold permanent wave equipment, in its time a revolutionary advancement in hair care. Inscribed and signed by Willat on half title page thus: "With best wishes | Sincerely, | A. F. Millat." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. In 1952 Millat famously boasted he would pay $1,000 to any person whose hair he couldn't curl. He was never proven wrong. Also signed on back panel by the notorious Herbert M. Shelton (see attached image), an American naturopath, alternative medicine advocate, author, pacifist, vegetarian, and supporter of rawism and fasting. Shelton was arrested several times for practicing medicine without a license and charged with negligent homicide for starving a patient to death, though charges were later dropped. Shelton's… Read More

Thomas D. Cutler, 1921. Hardcover. Good. 12 bound issues of The Ice cream Journal, January - December, 1921. The official organ of many ice cream trade associations. Includes numerous technical articles, equipment reviews, formulae, processes, machinery reviews, photos, illustrated ads and more. Sample articles include: Ice Cream Courses at the University of Illinois, Value of Brick Ice Cream as a Trade Builder, Methods of Manufacturing Ice Cream, Computing Formula Using Butter and Powdered Milk Standardising Condensed Milk, Values of Trailers for Transporting Ice Cream, The Value of Ice Cream in the Diet of Children, Proportioning the Ingredients for Ice Cream, Eliminations of Germs From Dairy Utensils, Artistic Side of Ice Cream Neglected, New Ice Cream Can Washer, Refrigeration for Ice Cream Plants, Advertising Ice Cream, Homogenizing the Entire Mix, Selling Brick Ice Cream, The Cost of Manufacturing Artificial Ice, Condensed Skim and Condensed Whole Compared, A Formula Using Cane Sugar,… Read More

Brondum, 1995. Very Good. 3-volume compilation of Jens Birkemose erotica. I: Negeren og Papegøjen (The Negro and the Parrot). II: Spejlet forsvinder (The Mirror Disappears). III: Det sidste hus (The Last House). All volumes signed by Birkemose on limitation pages. Includes original slipcase and laid-in signed lithograph unique to this copy. Copy #344 of 500 issued. All volumes tight and unmarked with minimal shelf wear. Faint crease to Volume I spine panel. Faint stain to Volume II spine panel. Limitation pages translated from Danish in part: Contains 180 drawings made as a direct copy of the plates and printed at Brondum's graphic workshop in Copenhagen. Each volume 7 1/2" x 6 3/4". Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 2003. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Massive compilation of renowned fright tattoo artist Andy Shou's exquisitely detailed tattoo work. Densely illustrated with color photos. Scarce Taiwanese edition in original slipcase. Text in Chinese. 190 pp. 11 3/8" x 11 1/4". Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Light shelf wear to slipcase. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly. International buyers: Please contact me for shipping cost.

Works Projects Administration, 1939. Softcover. Good. The hard-to-find Volume 13, Minstrelsy, of the notable ca. 1939 WPA San Francisco Theater Research series. This volume presents an extensive history of regional San Francisco minstrelsy from its earliest days. Illustrated with 19 historical photos of performers, some in blackface. Contents include discussions of blackface. Numerous appendices. Scarce. 301 pp. 10 3/4" x 8 3/8". Tight, unmarked copy with light shelf wear and minor loss to bottom right corner of front panel. Light staining along margins of front panel spine and bottom. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Willat Company, 1960. Softcover. Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first and only edition of Cosmetology Hall of Fame inductee Arnold F. Willat's Physics of Hair as Related to Cosmetology. Notably, Willat developed the first cold permanent wave equipment, in its time a revolutionary advancement in hair care. Inscribed and signed by Willat on half title page thus: "With best wishes | Sincerely, | A. F. Millat." Signature unconditionally guaranteed to pass any COA examination. In 1952 Millat famously boasted he would pay $1,000 to any person whose hair he couldn't curl. He was never proven wrong. Also signed on back panel by the notorious Herbert M. Shelton (see attached image), an American naturopath, alternative medicine advocate, author, pacifist, vegetarian, and supporter of rawism and fasting. Shelton was arrested several times for practicing medicine without a license and charged with negligent homicide for starving a patient to death, though charges were later dropped. Shelton's… Read More

Thomas D. Cutler, 1921. Hardcover. Good. 12 bound issues of The Ice cream Journal, January - December, 1921. The official organ of many ice cream trade associations. Includes numerous technical articles, equipment reviews, formulae, processes, machinery reviews, photos, illustrated ads and more. Sample articles include: Ice Cream Courses at the University of Illinois, Value of Brick Ice Cream as a Trade Builder, Methods of Manufacturing Ice Cream, Computing Formula Using Butter and Powdered Milk Standardising Condensed Milk, Values of Trailers for Transporting Ice Cream, The Value of Ice Cream in the Diet of Children, Proportioning the Ingredients for Ice Cream, Eliminations of Germs From Dairy Utensils, Artistic Side of Ice Cream Neglected, New Ice Cream Can Washer, Refrigeration for Ice Cream Plants, Advertising Ice Cream, Homogenizing the Entire Mix, Selling Brick Ice Cream, The Cost of Manufacturing Artificial Ice, Condensed Skim and Condensed Whole Compared, A Formula Using Cane Sugar,… Read More