SIMON, NeilABAA
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1996ref. 610861New York: Simon & Schuster 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 397pp. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Tiny spot on front board else fine in a near fine dust jacket with modest rubbing and an anti-theft security tag on the interior spine. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1966ref. 44821New York: Eric F. Oatman 1966. Very Good . New York: Eric F. Oatman 1966-1967. Three side-stapled octavos in pictorial card wrappers 20cm; 20cm; 22cm; 58pp; 64pp; 28 35pp. Final larger issue printed tete-beche. All covers gently scuffed toned lightly soiled and rubbed with bumping to corners. Interiors bright. Very Good and complete three issue run of Manhattan Review's poetry and fiction magazine. The first issue Numbah One includes art by Eric Carle most famous for his children's book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Eric F. Oatman unknown books
1995ref. 613745New York: Carol Southern Books 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Eighth printing. Quarto. 248pp. Heavily illustrated in color. Crown very gently bumped else fine in price-clipped and lightly wornnear fine dust jacket. Carol Southern Books hardcover books
1969ref. 614616New York: The Macmillan Company 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Seventh printing. Foreword by Frank Sinatra. 537pp. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. Faint offsetting on endpapers slight bumping at the foot of the spine near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small tear and light toning. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1951ref. 600564New York: The Colonial Press Inc. / Bolivarian Society of Venezuela 1951. Hardcover. Fine. Second edition. Complete in two volumes. Compiled by Vicente Lecuna. Edited by Harold A. Bierck Jr. Translated by Lewis Bertrand. Tall octavos. lii 822pp. Illustrated. A bright fine set in blue cloth with spines stamped in maroon and gilt. Covers the period from the beginning of Bolívar's military career in 1810 to his death in 1830. The Colonial Press, Inc. / Bolivarian Society of Venezuela hardcover books
1943ref. 602566Wageningen: H. Veenman & Zonen 1943. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Text in Dutch. Ex-library with spine label and stamp bookseller stamp on rear fly spotting on preliminary pages with a bit of discoloration on front board very good. Thesis for the obtaining of the degree of Doctorate of Theology from the State University of Utrecht. H. Veenman & Zonen hardcover books
1967ref. 603138New York: The Macmillan Company 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. 316pp. Offsetting at edges of front endpapers near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light edgewear. Views of the cinema of the sixties consisting mostly of reviews for The New Leader from 1963 to 1966 along with additional essays written specifically for this book. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1979ref. 605120Chicago: Playboy Enterprises Inc 1979. Softcover. Very Good. Vol. 26 No. 6. Small quarto. Stapled wrappers. Wraps lightly worn and soiled nick at the crown a few pages with creased corners very good. Includes contributions by Steve Martin Roger Simon Richard Rhodes and others as well as a feature on Playmate of the Year Monique St. Pierre. Playboy Enterprises, Inc unknown books
1972ref. 604106New York: Grossman 1972. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Paperback original. Quarto. Illustrated from photographs. A bit of rubbing on the wrappers else near fine. Includes the first appearance of a page of text by Kerouac. Grossman unknown books
1977ref. 606838Berkeley California: Shameless Hussy Press 1977. Softcover. Fine. First printing. Small quarto. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Fine. A children's story written by the daughter of Shameless Hussy Press founder and poet Alta Gerrey. An uncommon book. Shameless Hussy Press unknown books
1968ref. 208421968. LGBTQ Drag Film & Entertainment Simon Frank. The Queen. New York: Grove Press. 1968. The Queen is a raw portrayal of the life of drag queens partaking in competitive drag shows in New York during the 1960s. Archive of 8 silver gelatin photographs containing stills from the film. The documentary was shown at Cannes and received positive American press for it's realism of an otherwise underrepresented group it has been referred to as the film that brought competitive drag to the public eye. The Queen follows and is narrated by Jack a 24 year old gay man who performs drag under the name Flawless Sabrina as he MC's the 1967 Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest. In between rehearsing and performing the contestants discuss topics such as draft boards sexual identity sex reassignment surgery transgender identities and being a drag queen. One contestant Pepper LaBeija recounts receiving a draft notice and being turned away because of his feminine appearance despite requesting to serve and protect his country. One photograph shows Jack as Flawless Sabrina in an extravagant feathered and jeweled outfit with a blonde updo and heavy makeup as he presents the contestants to the audience and judges of which included Andy Warhol and writers George Plimpton and Terry Southern. Other photographs show behind the stage in the fitting room of the other contestants preparing for their on stage debut to the public. Some performers wear tall beehive hairdos popular of the 1960s. One photograph shows a dolled up performer meticulously applying lipstick using a compact mirror. Another shows one of the performers getting fitted into their evening dress by another person. Minor edge and corner wear archive is overall in very good condition. At the time both drag and homosexual relations were illegal in New York State. This groundbreaking documentary was overlooked for many years until it was restored and screened once again in 2019. unknown books
1968ref. 568154London: Faber and Faber 1968. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. A little sunning at the edges of the wrappers else fine. Faber and Faber unknown books
1963ref. 555820New York: The Citadel Press 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Octavo 190pp. Owner name penned and decorative bookplate on front fly topedge lightly soiled near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with spine a touch sunned and light offsetting on rear panel. Ex-James Gabler. Gabler G38940. The Citadel Press hardcover books
1984ref. 558096London: Osprey Publishing 1984. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Color plates by Ron Volstad. Large octavo. 40pp. Illustrated from black-and-white photographs. Glossy illustrated wrappers. Toning to the wrappers else near fine. Osprey Publishing unknown books
1994ref. 559264New York: Bantam Books 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition. Slightly cocked spine else near fine in a fine dust jacket. Bantam Books hardcover books
2002ref. 561594Hoboken New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. 168pp. Fine in a fine dust jacket. John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
1964ref. 552238London: Oxford University Press 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Quarto. xxv 619pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning sunning to the spine and light edgewear. Oxford University Press hardcover books
1964ref. 540725Cleveland: Free Lance Press 1964. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by d.a. levy. Slim octavo. Wrappers lightly soiled staples oxidized very good or better. Free Lance Press unknown books
1920ref. 541790Bridgeport Connecticut: The Submarine Exploration and Recovery Co 1920. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Slim oblong quarto. 22pp. Illustrated from photographs and with renderings of underwater harvesting. Wrappers separating toned at the edges and the cover with three small corner ships staples oxidized an about very good copy of a somewhat delicate publication. Outlines early submarine innovator Simon Lake's interesting plan to retrofit a "Defender" Submarine Torpedo Boat into a commercial submarine for harvesting sponges pearls and other material. The pamphlet also prints an illustration of a "Submarine Oyster Recovery Vessel" among other things. Another of Lake's companies Lake Torpedo Boat was an early builder of submarines for the U.S. Navy. Very uncommon. OCLC locates five copies all in government libraries or nautical museums and we locate no other publications by the Submarine Exploration and Recovery Co. Reference: Nesmith Dig for Pirate Treasure. The Submarine Exploration and Recovery Co unknown books
1962ref. 546453New York: Harper & Brothers 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 264pp. Fine ex-library copy with spine label and stamp on front free endpaper in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of offsetting on the spine. Ownership signature by Daniel W. Hardy former director of the Center for Theological Inquiry at Princeton University. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1959ref. 468291Springfield: Charles C. Thomas 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. Stamp and signature of a noted psychologist on the front fly one corner a trifle bumped about fine in fine dust jacket. Charles C. Thomas hardcover books
1973ref. 437749New York: Random House 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with slightest sunning at the spine barely noticable. Nominated for three Tony Awards The Sunshine Boys has been produced on stage numerous times starring Sam Levene Jack Albertson Jack Klugman Tony Randall and Danny DeVito in its various iterations. Herbert Ross directed the 1975 film starring Walter Matthau and George Burns. Burns had taken over for his ailing friend Jack Benny and at age 80 became the oldest actor to win an Academy Award launching Burns on a healthy second career. A very nice copy. Random House hardcover books
1953ref. 501830London: T.V. Boardman and Company 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Endpapers a little foxed else very good or better in very good dust jacket with some shallow chipping. One of a series of mysteries by Trevor using this pseudonym and employing a chess theme. T.V. Boardman and Company hardcover books
1975ref. 505551New York: Random House 1975. Softcover. Very Good. First edition trade paperback issue. Glossy pictorial wrappers. Front cover has short tear lower margin has thin staining at bottom edge else a very good copy. Inside front cover has Owen Dodson's large ink name stamp and Dodson has made a few ink notes in the text and has underlined a few passages including two paragraphs about African-Americans in the theatre. Inscribed by John Simon to the poet and novelist on the half-title page: "For Owen - Enjoy Simon's brilliant moments - and forget his ignorance and malice. Love John. 20 May 1976. Random House unknown books
1982ref. 520688Highlands North Carolina / Cumbria England: The Jargon Society 1982. Hardcover. Fine. First edition hardbound issue. 16mo. 223pp. Yellow paper-covered boards printed in green and red. Designed by Simon Cutts and Jonathan Williams. A fine copy issued without printed dust jacket. One of 50 numbered copies limited and Signed by Cutts. An elusive title in the signed issue. Issued as Jargon 94 from a total edition of 1000 copies. The Jargon Society hardcover books
