1983ref. 216625Mankato MN: Creative Education Inc 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Classic children's tale illustrated with black and white photographs by Sarah Moon. A clean near fine copy in illustrated glossy boards and with a small former owner signature to the front free endpaper. No dust jacket as issued. Creative Education Inc unknown books
2023ref. 213592Madrid: Dalpine 2023. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 207 pages. Text in English and Spanish. A collection of color photographs by Ribeira. A fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Dalpine unknown books
1974ref. 168327San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art 1974. First Edition. First Edition. Catalog for a 1974 multimedia exhibition documenting five Bay Area-based artists' month-long trip to Baja California funded by the San Francisco Museum of Art. Includes a sheet of "BAJA" stamps designed and printed by Robert Fried along with twelve color slides and eight loose leaves housed in a folding cardboard envelope. All as issued for the catalog. All material Very Good plus to Near Fine. Envelope lightly toned. San Francisco Museum of Art unknown books
1992ref. 169579Neuilly-sur-Seine: Take Five 1992. Vintage press kit for the 1992 French film. Text in French. After his release from a mental hospital a man kidnaps his young daughter who barely knows him and goes on the run. Noted photographer Sarah Moon's directorial debut. Shot on location in Paris and Brussels. 8.5 x 12 inches. 20 pages printed on rectos and versos. Near Fine with a black report folder binding. Take Five unknown books
2008ref. 212253Chicago IL: Bad Press Books 2008. First edition and first printing. Features texts by Maia M. Rigas Perra Loca and Hernandez de Luna. A fascinating monograph that examines at American politics and culture through the prism of the postal system. Hernandez de Luna offers a biting look by creating stamps and likely envelopes and mailing them. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in illustrated boards with a gatefold opening and in a fine black cloth slipcase. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Hernandez de Luna on the verso of the front board. Also includes a signed note by Hernandez de Luna to art collector Cleve Carney thanking him for his support that has been inserted via photo corners to the rear of the book. Carney is the first person thanked in the printed acknowledgements of the book. An attractive production with a terrific provenance. Bad Press Books unknown books
1998ref. 208173Tucson AZ: Nazraeli Press 1998. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies. Features text by Taro Amano and Shino Kuraishi. Includes 60 color images. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket. Signed by Boo Moon on the half title page. Nazraeli Press unknown books
1971ref. 167739Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1971. Vintage reference photograph from the 1971 "surrealist documentary" rock film showing Frank Zappa. In 1970 Zappa completely re-formed the Mothers of Invention to include drummer Aynsley Dunber jazz keyboardist George Duke and three members of The Turtles. Zappa began to write a film for the new lineup and recorded "Chunga's Revenge" 1970 with them as a "preview." Subsequently Zappa met conductor Zubin Mehta and worked with him to produce a concert in May 1970 wherein the Los Angeles Philharmonic was augmented by the Mothers or vice versa as you like and referred to this as "the second preview." The film itself shot in a week at Pinewood Studios outside London was a tripped-out documentary about life as a musician on the road and Zappa characteristically chose an eclectic group of celebrities to join the proceedings including Theodore Bikel Ringo Starr and Keith Moon. The resulting soundtrack is a matter of debate among Zappa enthusiasts but is notable for its orchestral finale "Strictly Genteel" a touchstone for the variety of classical music experimentations Zappa would subsequently pursue. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. United Artists unknown books
1968ref. 161710N.p.: Cambist Films 1968. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1968 US English language release of the 1962 Argentinian film. One photograph with a provenance stamp on the verso. Mexican prostitute Cora reminisces on her life and how she got to where she is. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Shot on location in Argentina. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. Cambist Films unknown books
1970ref. 203575Lucerne Switzerland: C. J. Bucher Ltd 1970. First edition. Softcover. February 1970. 57 pages. Includes images by: Georges Tourdjman Olivero Toscani Sarah Moon Barry Lategan. A near fine copy in wrappers with some of the usual curling and some other minor wear. Internally a clean copy of this somewhat uncommon issue of this long running magazine. C. J. Bucher Ltd unknown books
2022ref. 201431New York: Luhring Augustine 2022. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 344 pages. The first comprehensive monograph on Jeremy Moon. Features an introduction by Leah Horowitz Roland Augustine and Lawrence Luhring. and essays by Clarrie Wallis Matthew Jeffrey Abrams sam Cornis Barry Martin and Phillip King. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations list of previous exhibitions selected bibliography and list of collections. A very near fine copy in boards. No dust jacket as issued. Luhring Augustine unknown books
1974ref. 158415New York: American International Pictures AIP 1974. Collection of 10 vintage studio still photographs from the 1974 film housed in their original envelope stamped "Savage Sisters / Story in Ten / 10 Stills" with the original two-page press release of descriptions for all ten photographs. A "women in prison" exploitation film which eschews sex for revolutionary politics and violence. A corrupt despot of a banana republic plans to flee with a million dollars until a cop and her boyfriend break two female revolutionaries out of prison to get the cash. Shot on location in the Philippines. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine. American International Pictures [AIP] unknown books
1961ref. 158005N.p.: N.p. 1961. Vintage reference photograph of director Roger Corman and cinematographer Floyd Crosby capturing a scene with Vincent Price on the set of the 1961 film. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Based on Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story about a young Englishman who travels to Spain to investigate his sister's death. The second Poe adaptation released by American International Pictures following Corman's "The House of Usher" in 1960. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good plus with light toning and wear on the corners. N.p. unknown books
1981ref. 147193N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for the 1981 Spanish-American film here under the working title "Bloody Mary." Laid in with the script is a typed letter from casting agent Paul Kohner to producer John R. Pepper returning the script. Text in English. A disquieting satire of Catholicism in the late 20th century from noted Spanish director Bigas Luna wherein a Texan televangelist in need of a new miracle guest for his show travels to Italy to bring back a woman who suffers from stigmata-a rare medical condition which causes the hands and feet to bleed in the same places where Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross. Set in Italy and Austin Texas shot on location in Barcelona Texas and Los Angeles. White non-standard titled wrappers. Title page present rubber-stamped copy No. 19 with credits for director Bigas Luna. 108 leaves with last page of text numbered 109. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus with light rust on the front wrapper and first leaf likely from a staple with a white Velo binding. N.p. unknown books
1993ref. 154398Berkeley: Inter-Relations 1993. Volume 1 Issue 3 of Frank Moore and Linda Mac's post-porn zine with performance artist and pro-sex activist Annie Sprinkle featured on the cover. Texts by Moore Veronica Vera R. Dixi Cohn Sprinkle Merle Tofer Luna Sanguine and Dorothy Jesse Beagle with art/photography by Wink Van Kempen Robert Mapplethorpe Sprinkle LaBash Mac Trunz Amy Ardrey and Jan Deen. Laid in is a subscription postcard which reproduces the issue's cover art. "The Cherotic rEvolution" underground zine published from 1991 to 1999 by performance artist and activist Moore featured articles essays and art regarding porn politics capitalism and art. Near Fine in side-stapled self wrappers. Front wrapper with small tear at lower spine and a faint crease to the lower right. Inter-Relations unknown books
1930ref. 151434Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1930. Two vintage oversize reference photographs from the 1930 film one showing actors Wallace Beery and Marie Dressler and one showing Dressler alone. With printed mimeo snipes affixed to the verso. Based on Lorna Moon's 1929 novel. A beleaguered dockside innkeeper Dressler tries to protect and raise her young adopted daughter while loving and frequently fighting with an alcoholic fisherman Beery who resides at the inn. A wildly successful sharp drama co-written by two successful female screenwriters at the height of their careers Frances Marion and Marion Jackson. 10 x 13 inches. Very Good plus lightly toned and slightly wavy. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown books
1976ref. 151223London: The Tate Gallery 1976. First edition. Softcover. 47 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran June 18 through July 25 1976. Foreword by Sir Norman Reid. Text by Judy Marle. Includes 15 color and several black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in wrappers and with a former owner's small artistic stamp on the title page. The Tate Gallery unknown books
1999ref. 141035Chicago IL: Luna Books 1999. First edition. Softcover. 43 pages. Preface by Chuck Thurow. Text by Deborah Menchaca Cara Jepsen John Unger Melinda Rezman and Michael Hernandez de Luna. Includes numerous color images. A fine copy in wrappers. Uncommon. Luna Books unknown books
2004ref. 136391Chicago IL: Qualiatica Press 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 2007. Foreword by Michael Hernandes de Luna. Contributions by Warren Leming David Bade Renay Kerkma Timothy Shortell David Bade Jim Swanson and Claudia Alonzo. A very fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Qualiatica Press unknown books
1993ref. 117793Banff Canada: Walter Phillips Gallery 1993. First edition. Hardcover. A collection of drawings that pits the seven virtues versus the seven vices in a leporello bound in illustrated boards. An about near fine copy with some slanting the binding but otherwise in fine condition. An attractive production. Walter Phillips Gallery unknown books
1999ref. 114249Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin Company 1999. First edition. Softcover. Advance excerpt a chapter from the third book from the author of the classic "Blue Highways." A fine unread copy in wrappers. Houghton Mifflin Company unknown books
1970ref. 43262San Francisco: Bill Presson 1970. First Edition. Very good . Charming mimeo with contributions from Clark Coolidge Tom Clark Tom Veitch an interview with Ted Berrigan Lewis Warsh Dick Gallup and a piece by Wally Moon on Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled pictorial wraps. Light touches of soil handling wear to wraps. Internally bright and clean throughout. Unpaginated. [Bill Presson] unknown books
1932ref. 54966Garden City New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1932. Near fine in very good jacket. First edition in the rare original dust jacket chronicling the adventures of a Native girl in the southwest. Grace and Carl Moon both white wrote and illustrated a number of picture books about Native Americans particularly about the Pueblo and Navajo peoples. Carl Moon was also a noted photographer of Native Americans and was commissioned by the Fred Harvey Company in 1907 to photographically document the Native communities of the southwest. Original cloth-backed color pictorial paper boards. In original unclipped $2.00 color pictorial dust jacket. Black-and-white illustrated endpapers. Illustrated in color by Carl Moon. 59 1 pages. Page numbers added in pencil to top corners. Jacket with short closed tear to front panel rubbing to front joint and a few other spots. Leaves a bit toned at margins. Firm and bright. Doubleday, Doran & Company unknown books
ref. 324981Signed "Yaz-yah Chee" below photo on mount. Image 10 x 7 inches. Framed and glazed. Signed "Yaz-yah Chee" below photo on mount. Image 10 x 7 inches. unknown books
1815ref. 50802Paris: Chez l'auteur. 1815. Luna Calderon Nicolas. Démonstration pratique de la prophylaxis siphylitique authentiquement constatée. 52pp. Paris: Chez l'auteur . . . 1815. 197 x 127 mm. Bound with nine other works on venereal disease plus a manuscript table of contents in 19th-century sheep marbled boards spine worn and rubbed front hinge cracking. Spine title reads: "Recueil des Mémoires sur les Maladies Vénériennes." Foxing and toning but very good. From the library of Philippe Ricord. First Edition. Luna Calderon a Spanish physician claimed to have discovered an unfailing remedy for venereal disease the nature of which he declined to reveal. As described in the present pamphlet he demonstrated his remedy's effectiveness by injecting himself several times with infected material in the presence of a committee at the Venereal Hospital in Paris. Luna Calderon's Démonstration pratique is contained in a volume of 10 short works on venereal disease published between 1796 and 1815-some of them quite scarce-as noted in the list below. a. Vassal Pierre Gérard 1769-1840. Mémoire sur la transmission du virus vénérien de la mère à l'enfant. 78pp. Paris: Imprimerie de Valade 1807. First Edition. b. Société de Médecine. Instruction sommaire sur le traitement de la maladie vénérienne dans les campagnes. 4 3-48pp. Leaf A1 original 1786 title canceled. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de la République an 5 1796. Verso of the second leaf signed by Michel-Augustin Thouret 1749-1810 director of the École de Santé de Paris. Reissue of the 1786 edition with a new title and "Avertissement." Scarce with only two print copies Wellcome Library and another unidentified library cited in OCLC. c. Doueil J. F. Dissertation sur le bubon pestilential. 39pp. Paris: Devilleneuve junior 1803. First Edition. Dissertation presented at the École de Médecine de Paris by a former army surgeon. d. Cotton César-Victor. Dissertation sur les bubons siphilitiques ou vénériennes considerés dans leur simplicité et dans leurs diverses complications. 4 69 2pp. Paris: Imprimerie de Feugueray 1802. Marginal notes possibly by Ricord on pp. 36-37. First Edition. OCLC also cites a version with the imprint of Brochot père. Both versions are scarce with OCLC citing only 6 copies of the print edition all in European libraries. e. Deguerre J. J. S. Essai sur l'inoculation syphilitique. 43pp. Paris: Imprimerie de Feugueray 1803. First Edition. f. Mignard Jacques. Remarques sur les virus vénérien scorbutique et goutteux. Nouvelle édition revue corrigée et augmentee. 48pp. Paris: Chez l'auteur An 9 1800-1801. Marginal notes on the first three text pages. Later edition first published in 1795. g. Trappe. A. Dissertation sur les excroissances et les pustules vénériennes présentée et soutenue à l'École de Médecine de Paris . . . viii 69pp. Paris: Chez Gabon et Cie. An X 1801-2. First Edition. h. Tainturier. Observation médicale sur les suites très-extraordinaires d'une maladie vénérienne traitée par le mercure. 38pp. Paris: Chez Blanchon 1803. First Edition. Rare with no copies cited in OCLC. i. Leblanc R. F. Dissertation sur les maladies vénériennes des enfans nouveaux-nés et exposé des moyens curatifs. 48pp. Paris: Valade 1803. First Edition. . Chez l'auteur.. unknown books
1949ref. 188141949. Moon Bucklin. The Darker Brother 1949 brought Moon's 1943 novel of a Black Florida family's migration to Harlem into the postwar mass-market paperback trade centering the racial discrimination Ben encounters after moving North. The novel follows Ben from Florida to Harlem where expectations of greater freedom confront housing employment and interpersonal racism; his later military service returns him to the segregated South. Published originally during World War II the narrative placed these experiences within the movement of African Americans from the South to northern cities and the persistence of racial discrimination beyond the Jim Crow South. Moon Bucklin. The Darker Brother. New York City: Bantam Books November 1949. Bantam edition. First paperback printing. 246 pp. Original pictorial wrappers. 8vo. No dust jacket as issued. The front wrapper depicts Ben and his fiancée Birdie on a Harlem street confronted by a white man clutching papers with buildings and street activity visible behind them. Red blue and gold dominate the illustration. Across the upper margin appears the publisher's line "He came up North for freedom and got---Harlem!" The rear wrapper announces "Born the Wrong Color" in red lettering and summarizes Ben's experiences of racial prejudice. The cover's language and confrontation scene recast Moon's novel for the postwar paperback market by emphasizing racial conflict as its principal selling point. First published by Doubleday Doran in 1943 The Darker Brother follows Ben his mother and sister from Florida to Harlem and traces the consequences of racial violence and discrimination as Ben searches for work plans a future with Birdie and enters military service. Contemporary reviews recognized race relations as the novel's central subject while Moon continued addressing racial discrimination in A Primer for White Folks 1945 and The High Cost of Prejudice 1947. The 1949 Bantam edition is particularly revealing for the history of African American representation in popular publishing: its wrapper converts a novel about Black migration and racism into the visual and promotional vocabulary of the mid-century paperback juxtaposing the promise of northern freedom with the publisher's stark Harlem street scene. Minor creasing to the lower right corner of the front wrapper and minor chipping to the spine neither affecting text or illustration; internally clean and overall very good condition. unknown books
