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New York: Van Rees Press, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo. Blue paper over boards. With original dustjacket. Some wearing to fore edges of dust jacket. Ex libris sticker from previous owner on front paste down. A catalog of seemingly inexplicable events involving fire and light in nature and industry.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. 956pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Printed wrappers. Very good.

La Cañada, CA: Chaco Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. SIGNED. Quarto [26 cm] Black cloth over boards. In a dust jacket, with moderate surface wear. Inscribed by Marc Gaede on the half title page: "To____- even though you didn't originally approve. With best wishes, Marc Gaede. 4/29/89.

Telluride, CO: Gage & Gage Productions, 2012. Poster. NEW. 19" x 26" full-color promotional poster for the 73-minute feature film, "Bidder 70" "Bidder 70" is a documentary film that follows Tim DeChristopher, The University of Utah student who foiled President Bush's fraudulent oil and gas auction in 2008. DeChristopher bidded $1,800,000 to save 22,000 pristine acres surrounding Utah's National Parks. He had no intention of paying for or drilling on the land. Bidder 70 tells Tim's story and follows the legal aftermath of his fresh and unique act of civil disobedience.

New York: Vertigo / DC Comics, 1993. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Fine. Quarto [27 cm] Black and shiny metallic blue paper over boards. The pages are mildly toned. In the illustrated dust jacket. A set of nine short stories. Featuring characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg. Illustrated by Bryan Talbot, Stan Woch, P. Craig Russell, Shawn McManus, John Watkiss, Jill Thompson, Duncan Eagleson, Kent Williams, Mark Buckingham, Vince Locke, and Dick Giordano. Introduced by Gene Wolfe.

New York: Vertigo / DC Comics, 1995. Second hardcover printing. Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Quarto [26.5 cm] White paper over boards with areas of abrasion to the boards. Remainder mark to foot of text block and boards. Date stamped in ink crossed out in black marker on the rear free endpaper. In the illustrated dust jacket. Featuring characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg. Illustrated by Kelley Jones, Charles Vess, Colleen Doran, and Malcolm Jones III. Four chilling tales with an additional bonus taking the reader behind the scenes with the printing of Neil Gaiman's original script to "Calliope," annotated by the writer and artist.

New York: DC Comics, 1995. Second printing (Hardcover). Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. SIGNED. 233pp. Quarto [26.5cm]. Black boards, with titles and illustrations stamped in metallic violet on spine and front board. Mild rubbing to foot of boards. Front hinge a bit soft. Textblock slightly toned. In a dust jacket with a few light scratches and a bit of moisture damage at foot. Inscribed by Neil Gaiman on the front free endpaper in silver ink. Gaiman has also contributed a hand-drawn illustration of Dream (Sandman). Considered one of the greatest graphic novel series of all time, "The Sandman" remains the only comic book or graphic novel to have won the prestigious World Fantasy Award (in 1991 and 2016). Volumes from the series have also been awarded with more than 26 Eisner Awards, a Bram Stoker Award and a Hugo Award. With public interest matching critical acclaim, the series was also among the first to appear on the NYT Best Seller list. "The Sandman" is also notable for bringing a new audience… Read More

New York: Quill Tree Books, 2023. First edition. Hardcover. New. Unpaginated. Octavo [22.5cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. "In 2019, in response to a refugee crisis, Neil Gaiman asked his Twitter followers: What reminds you of warmth? Over 1,000 responses later, Neil used the replies from across the world to inspire him to write a poem in aid of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees. It reveals our shared desire to feel safe, welcome, and warm in a world that can often feel scary.

West Plains, MO: Russ Cochran, Publisher, 1984. Second edition. Hardcover. Quarto [32 cm] Brightly illustrated paper covered boards. The EC Comic device is printed on the front pastedowns. With the pictorial paper covered slipcase. The books are in near fine condition, with very subtle rubbing on the edges of the covers and spine. The slipcase is in very good condition, with subtle edge wear. Numbers 1-12. Notes and comments Edited by John Benson and Written by John Benson, Bill Mason and Bhob Stewart. From 1978 to 1996, Russ Cochran reprinted almost every EC comic in 66 hardbound volumes housed in 17 slipcases. Unlike the original comics, these were primarily done in black and white. The issues were reprinted, including house ads, letters pages, text stories, and editorial content. Covers for each issue were produced in full color on glossy paper. These volumes included annotations and commentary by numerous comics historians.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed limited edition. Leather bound. Near fine. SIGNED. Octavo [23.5 cm] in full decorative gilt-stamped blue bonded leather with raised spine bands, all edges gilt, moire endpapers, and bound-in satin pagemarker ribbon. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, fading to endpapers at edges. Signed by Galbraith on front flyleaf.

Words, Words, Words, Inc, 2015. First edition. Paperback. New. 348pp. Octavo [23 cm] Illustrated casebound wraps. "'Words form the foundation for all thought, all relationships, all emotions... not only the foundation but also the walls, the floor, and the ceiling. Too often, we toss words around carelessly, as if all words carry the same value. But some words are like darts, some are like cannonballs, some are like feathers, and some are like trophies. Choose the trophy words. They build better thoughts, better relationships, and better emotions.' (page 317) Don Gale has written about issues and events for more than fifty years. Words, Words, Words is a selection of his magazine and newspaper columns.

Salt Lake City, UT, 2017. First edition. Paperback. New. 428pp. Octavo [22.5cm] Printed wraps. NEW. "... chronicles special events in the life of G. Donald Gale. Events included meeting with President Jimmy Carter in the White House Cabinet Room, a late night interview with PLO Chairman Yassar Arafat in Beirut, being confronted by the KGB in Dushanbe, talking with families of 'the disappeared' in Argentina and Chile, visiting Beijing before China was opento westerners, wandering the streets of Havana without a visa, sharing meals with those who had little to share, writing and broadcasting six thousand editorials, being elected president of the Nation Broadcast Editorial Association, overcoming a lifelong fear of public speaking to become a popular speaker, serving as president of the University of Utah Alumni Association and chair of the school's National Advisory Council, joining with numerous volunteer citizen groups, writing newspaper columns and TV documentaries.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. First American Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 276pp. Octavo [24 cm] Green boards quarterbound in magenta cloth. Very good plus. The top and the fore edges of the text block are very lightly foxed. In a very good dust jacket, with light edge wear. Inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet. Galeano also wrote Open Veins of Latin America.

New York: W.W. Norton, 1998. Later printing. Paperback. NEW. 290pp. Octavo [21cm]. Paperback. NEW. From back cover: "The second volume of Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire trilogy, Faces and Masks is an astonishing Latin American-eye view of the New World in the making. Here is the tangled, cataclysmic history of our hemisphere from the 1700s up to the dawn of our present century, told through characters as resonant and compelling as simon Bolivar, Toussaint L'Ouverture, and Billy the Kid.

Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1988. Broadside. 35 cm by 21.5 cm. Broadside excerpt from 'Days and Nights of Love and War.' Near fine. Produced to commemorate the author's reading at Black Oak Books. Designed and printed at Okeanos Press.

New York: Sheed and Ward, Inc, 1974. Hardcover. SIGNED. 200pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Black cloth covered boards with decorative gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently bumped and rubbed. The front pastedown has a previous owner's bookplate and address label. The price-clipped dust jacket is in good plus condition, with general light soiling. The edges have periodic small losses. The largest loss measures 3 inches wide by 1/4 inch deep. Signed by the photographer, Ron Galella, on the half title page. At the time this was published, Galella was America's best-known "paparazzo" photographer.

Burtonsville, MD: The Depot, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. VG+. Two point saddle staple binding in light blue paper covers. Light soiling along the rear edge of the spine and just a trace along the lower edge of the rear cover. Nearly unnoticable trace of sun along the outside edge of the front cover. Illustrated with maps and photographs. 83 pages.

Burtonsville, MD: The Depot, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. 83pp. Octavo [21 cm.] Light blue stapled grained wrappers. Title printed in black on front panel. Sunning to extremities. Small numerical stamp on the title page. A handful of pages have underlining in pencil. Illustrated with photographs and maps.

Burtonsville, MD: The Depot, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. 83pp. Octavo [21 cm.] Light blue stapled grained wrappers. Title printed in black on front panel. Near fine. Minor sunning to extremities. Illustrated with photographs and maps.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1907. First American edition. Hardcover. Good +. 322pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Pictorial bluish-gray cloth over boards. Spine rolled. Extremities moderately rubbed and bumped. Two ink stamps to the text block edges. Two ink stamps on the front pastedown. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer, John Ruyle. The Cruise of the Make-Believes was adapted into a 1918 silent film featuring Lila Lee.