Rare books from Nighttown Books

Benares and London: Theosophist Office / Theosophical Press, 1909 Scarce original brown cloth beveled boards show wear at edges & extremities with fraying & tears to cloth along all spine edges, front & rear endpapers removed, pocket removal from front pastedown (but no further evidence of library markings), spine is shaken & first signature loose w/pages frayed at edges, all illustrations present including folding one in rear, but rear folding route map lacking, personal (non-institutional) inventory number taped to spine top & to pastedown, a working but overall solid copy of this early title concerning the exploration of Tibet, now quite scarce in the original 1909 edition; 8vo; 719pp, b & w plates & text illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover.

DIck Wallen Productions / Ben Franklin Press, 2003 Hardcover Limited / First Edition, #31 of 200 copies SIGNED by Dick Wallen to endpaper, a bright tight wonderful copy of the scarce signed First Edition; ob 4to; 235pp indexed & fully illus in color. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for priority service or for delivery outside the United States for this heavy oversize book (extra charge SUBSTANTIAL for non-domestic shipment). Signed by Author. First Edition / Limited. Hard Cover. As New.

Altadena: Twin Palms, 1990 First Printing of 5000 copies, Fine in Fine, no remainder or other markings, bright tight Gift Quality copy (dj in mylar); 4to; fully illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for priority or overseas delivery of this heavy oversize book (extra charge SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

Aperture, 1983 First Edition 1st Printing in dust jacket SIGNED by William Christenberry to title page in month & year of publication, a Complimentary copy with laid in Aperture "Compliments of" sheet, the book is addressed to two close friends ("For Bill and Susannah, In celebration of a special friendship"), a Very Good unmarked copy with light edge wear & soil to rust cloth boards, spine slightly shaken, price-clipped jacket shows slight edge wear and one closed tear at spine top, small neat date to endpaper corner, a very nice signed and uniquely inscribed copy (dj in mylar protector); ob 4to; 135pp fully illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for priority or overseas delivery of this heavy oversize book (extra charge SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). Signed by Photographer. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good+. Complimentary Copy.

Norwegian Film Institute, 2005 First Printing in dust jacket AS NEW, no remainder or other markings, slight shelf wear to jacket with a few faint crease lines rear panel, else bright tight unread copy of scarce title (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; 87pp indexed & illus, most color. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

Brenthurst Press, 1983 Hardcover Limited Edition of 850 copies in red cloth boards, EX-LIBRARY with very minimal lib markings (no pockets, barcodes or call letters - only a few small neatly blacked-out 'discard' stamps), no text markings, no dj, minor shelf wear & soil to boards, touch of foxing to page block, else clean tight very nice copy; ob 4to; 275pp indexed & illus, some color. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy oversize book (additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). First Edition / Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Pasadena: Dynaflow , 1999 Hardcover Limited 1st Ed of 500 copies SIGNED by author to endpaper, #362 of 500 hand-numbered copies in dust jacket, Fine in Fine, no remainder mark, a pristine unread unbumped copy (dj in mylar protector); 4to; 402pp indexed & illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for priority or overseas delivery of this heavy oversize book (extra charge SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). Signed by Author. First Edition / Limited. Hard Cover. New/New.

School of Oriental & African Studies, Univ of London, 1987 First Printing in dust jacket as new, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, slight quiet soil to unlaminated jacket, neat gift inscription to endpaper, else Fine (dj in mylar protector); 8vo; xxx + 367pp indexed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Abrams, 2004 First Printing in dust jacket AS NEW, SIGNED by Jane Freilicher with personalized inscription to her friend & neighbor in the Hamptons, John Esten, a voluminous writer on art, architecture & gardening (particularly of the Hamptons) and the longtime art director of Harper's Bazaar in the Vreeland-era, no remainder or other markings; a nice association copy of the definitive monograph of an artist who very rarely signed her publications (dj in mylar protector); sl ob folio; 175pp indexed & illus, illustrated endpapers. EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGE REQUIRED for priority service or for delivery outside the United States for this very heavy very oversize book (extra charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for non-domestic shipment). Signed by Artist. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

COPULA, 2008 THIS TITLE NOW REDUCED 20% UNTIL DECEMBER 31! First Printing in dust jacket BRAND NEW still in publisher's shrinkwrap, no remainder mark, pristine new copy; lg thick 8vo; 1104pp illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for priority or overseas delivery of this heavy oversize book (extra charge SUBSTANTIAL for overseas shipment). First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.

Alfred A. Knopf, 1946 First Edition (stated) in price-clipped dust jacket SIGNED by Miguel Covarrubias to front endpaper with personalized inscription to former Los Angeles Municipal Court Justice, Judge Benjamin J. Scheinman and dated in year of publication, no markings, gilt-stamped pink & black cloth boards show only trivial shelf wear, jacket is bright & crisp with minimal edge wear, shallow chipping to spine top, slight fade to spine, else clean tight excellent copy signed by one of Latin America's most celebrated 20th century artists; lg thick 8vo; xxviii + 427pp + glossary & index; fully illus with photos, line drawings, 8 full-page color plates & large color foldout map in front. Due to its size and/or weight, overseas delivery of this book WILL REQUIRE an additional shipping charge beyond our default rates. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+.

Manila: Imprenta de D. Miguel Sanchez, 1845 Second Edition printed in Manila, corrected and augmented by the author, in contemporary, presumably original, gilt-stamped half-leather & marbled boards, nice shape overall, boards moderately rubbed with chipping to edges, leather rubbed & scuffed but titles clear, blindstamp of 'S. G. Ancheta Library & Museum' to title page as well as to pages 99, 299, & 499; signature stamp of a former owner (name undecipherable) at same spot to title page, old label of a Madrid antiquarian bookseller to top pastdown corner, no other markings, pages very clean & unfoxed though there are tiny worm holes from approx p. 310 to the end (mostly marginal areas - text not affected at all), binding tight, hinges very solid, a remarkably well-preserved copy of this very scarce very early botany and flora of the Philippines, the first full-scale study of such, conducted according to the Linnaean classification system; originally published in Manila in… Read More

New York: J.S. Redfield, 1850 Very rare 1850 First Edition set of Poe's Works in 3 Volumes (a 4th volume was added in 1856), 8vo, bound in 3/4 blue levant morocco, with the original covers bound in, with portrait of Poe, and the two other frontispieces engraved, many other illustrations; this edition (with biographical notices by Lowell, Willis, and Griswold commissioned by Poe himself) consisted of the Tales in Volume I, the Poetry and Miscellanies in Volume II, and a third volume with full title, "The Literati: Some Honest Opinions about Authorial Merits and Demerits, with Occasional Works of Personality. Together with Marginalia, Suggestions, and Essays."; Vol 1 is first printing and was originally bound in brown cloth, vol 2 is second with correction to "choir" page 46, also originally in brown cloth, vol 3 first, brown cloth, pages are clean & unfoxed, leather is a little chipped at ends & cracking at hinges (esp. Vol 1), hinges tender but holding, bookplate to… Read More

Easton Press, 1994 Easton Press Collector's Edition in gilt-stamped & decorated full black leather with 5 raised spine hubs, 1st Printing Thus, moire fabric endsheets, satin ribbon marker bound-in, all page edges gilt, Easton bookplate (filled in) attached to first white page, else bright tight as new copy of this scarcest of all Easton titles, not to be reprinted again and encountering some controversy when first issued by Easton in their "Books That Changed the World" series before being quickly pulled; 8vo; (xii) 484pp. First Edition. Full-Leather. As New.

Los Angeles: Philosophical Research Society Press, 1945 Gilt and red-stamped full blue cloth, Seventh Edition in reduced Facsimile of the First Edition SIGNED by Manly P. Hall with non-personalized inscription ("Very Sincerely") to front endpaper, boards sharp binding tight pages clean & unmarked, minor shelf rubbing & slight dulling to the heavy blue buckram boards, mild foxing to page block edges & endpapers & occasionally internally, else a bright tight very early printing of Manly Hall's magnum opus; folio; 245pp (in roman numerals) indexed & fully illus, some in foldout. THERE WILL BE A SHIPPING CHARGE OF 25 USD REQUIRED TO SHIP AND INSURE THIS LARGE HEAVY RARE BOOK (additional charge MAY BE SUBSTANTIAL for expedited or overseas shipment) . Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good+.