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1962ref. 21796New York: Tower Publications 1962. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1962 1st printing. Bright crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Small neat former owner stamp at the bottom of the title page. Pocketbook Midwood F228. "Pete had a dream about her -- an erotic dream and he wanted to live with that dream. Tower Publications unknown books
1992ref. 219601992. Underground Music Indie Rock Zines Edited and largely written by Scott Rutherford the zine reflects a unique moment in American subcultural publishing when punk indie rock and vintage car culture collided in the DIY scene. Three issues of Speed Kills! a hybrid indie rock and automotive zine published in Chicago in the early 1990s. Each issue is a vivid chronicle of underground musical and visual culture with strong regional ties to Chicago and national relevance through its coverage of touring bands and scenes. The archive includes issues #2 Spring 1992 #5 and #7 all printed in black-and-white with screen-printed or offset color covers each approximately 8.5 x 11 inches. 1 Rutherford Scott ed. Speed Kills! No. 2. Chicago: Self-published 1992. This early issue includes coverage of the Richmond band Breadwinner East Coast drag racing the Australian noise-punk group Cosmic Psychos and a profile of Detroit drag legend Ed "Big Boss Man" Milhizer. As noted on the cover the zine delivers "Breadwinner! Unrest! Cosmic Psychos! Drag Racing! Lotsa Reviews!" The editorial notes refer to coverage from the "'92 Bedroom Nats" combining punk show reportage with drag strip atmosphere. The design incorporates full-bleed photo reproductions hand-lettering and found collage. 2 Rutherford Scott ed. Speed Kills! No. 5. Chicago: Self-published 1993. This issue includes a contributor list of more than two dozen names from the underground music and zine world including members of Gaunt Cherubs Pitchblende Don Caballero and Steadkaddy Six. The zine comes with a bonus 7" record featuring Gaunt and includes a faux-survey titled "Favorite Car Survey Yes." Interviewees include Merge Records co-founder Laura Ballance and record engineer Steve Albini who describes his favorite ride as "any van with over 250000 miles." One page advertises a music zine marketplace with the slogan "your needle is distorting sound by as much as 85%" blending fidelity humor with hardline DIY ethics. 3 Rutherford Scott ed. Speed Kills! No. 7. Chicago: Self-published 1994. Labeled the "Art & Science Special" this issue includes a piece titled "Futurism: Proto Punk" by Karen Pinkus linking early 20th-century Italian Futurism with the energy and aesthetic of punk rock. Includes contributions by indie rock standouts like Mac McCaughan Superchunk and Rachel Brook Flying Saucer Attack . A profile of the band Unwound is presented under the title "smashing the work ethic OR everyday is yesterday" while reviews cover artists including Don Caballero Cherubs and Labradford. The layout remains resolutely cut-and-paste incorporating xerox collage screen print textures and handwritten text. Speed Kills was a Chicago-based fanzine launched in 1991 by editor Scott Rutherford uniquely blending the worlds of underground indie rock and vintage drag racing culture. Emerging during a time when fanzines served as vital connectors within DIY music communities Speed Kills stood out by juxtaposing interviews and reviews of bands like Nirvana Pavement and Superchunk with in-depth features on 1960s drag racing legends and hot rod culture. Its pages often featured hand-screened covers vintage auto parts advertisements and detailed discussions on car mechanics reflecting a deep enthusiasm for both music and automotive subcultures. This fusion offered readers a tactile and immersive experience highlighting the shared spirit of creativity and rebellion in both scenes. Light toning to page edges. Minor staple rust and occasional handling creases. Covers bright and intact. Overall very good condition. Speed Kills! stands as a rare and distinctive zine that merged the grease-stained Americana of hot rod nostalgia with the avant-garde ethos of noise rock and punk embodying the collision of speed sound and subculture in the 1990s musical underground. unknown books
1952ref. 582923New York: Bond Wheelwright Company 1952. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Corners a little bumped else near fine in about very good dust jacket wit some moderate chipping. Inscribed by co-author Joan M. Rock. Bond Wheelwright Company hardcover books
1966ref. 467864New York: Basic Books Inc 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Small quarto. 289pp. Illustrated in black and white. Bookplate and owner signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly. Front fly a bit rippled from the bookplate else fine in a trifle worn fine dust jacket. Basic Books, Inc hardcover books
1943ref. 463100Philadelphia: Reprinted from Clinics Vol. I No. 6 1943. Softcover. Near Fine. Octavo. 16pp. P. 1598-1611. Stapled self-wrappers. Stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the front wrap and the title inked along the spine else fine. Reprinted from Clinics, Vol. I, No. 6 unknown books
1965ref. 171321965. African American Education 2 original press photographs related to integrating Little Rock Central High School and the University of Alabama. n.d. 1957 1965. Silver gelatin print photographs 8 x 10". Both images include original typed press captions printed in image margins. Little Rock photo shows NAACP leaders including Daisy Bates reacting to positive court news. Original press caption in part: "Negro Leaders Happy with Court Decision - Mrs. Daisy Bates left president of Arkansas chapter of the NAACP and Clarence Laws field secretary seem to be well satisfied with the ruling handed down today by the Supreme Court in which Little Rock's Central High School shall carry on immediate integration. The school is scheduled to open next Monday." Bates was an important figure in integrating schools and she hand-selected student called the Little Rock Nine who first integrated Central HS in 1957. Vivian Malone Jones was the first Black student to graduate from University of Alabama on May 30 1965. In the photograph she wears graduation cap and gown and smiles confidently at the viewer. Original press caption printed along right edge of image in part: "Vivian Malone is shown in her cap and gown that she will wear at the University of Alabama graduation May 30." Malone was one of the first two African American students at the University in 1963. Malone earned her first bachelor's degree at Alabama A&M a historically black university but the school lost its accreditation after she graduated. To get an accredited degree Malone applied to the University of Alabama's School of Commerce and Business Administration and won a lawsuit over the segregationist admission policies. Then-governor George Wallace turned this event into a national event when he blocked the judge's ruling and declared his famous slogan "Segregation Now Segregation Forever." National Guard troops were brought in to ensure Malone could attend the University. Little Rock photo has light creases along top edge and bottom right corner not affecting image. Both in very good condition. unknown books
1885ref. 140841885. Dome of the Rock interior nineteenth century records the exposed Foundation Stone at the center of one of Jerusalem's principal sacred monuments. Completed in 691-692 CE under the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik the Dome of the Rock stands on the Haram al-Sharif or Temple Mount a site central to Islamic and Jewish sacred traditions and also closely connected with Christian biblical history. The photograph preserves the relationship between the Rock itself and the architectural enclosure constructed around it more than a millennium earlier. Albumen print measuring 11" x 8.5" unmounted. The Foundation Stone occupies the foreground while columns arches and the decorated interior rise behind it. The surrounding colonnades are faced with marble in their lower sections with mosaic ornament above allowing the photograph to record both the irregular natural surface of the Rock and the elaborate architectural treatment of its enclosure. Jewish tradition associates the Temple Mount with the First and Second Temples and identifies the Rock with the site of the Holy of Holies; the Second Temple was destroyed by Roman forces under Titus in 70 CE. Islamic tradition connects the Rock with Muhammad's Night Journey and ascent to heaven while traditions associated with Abraham's attempted sacrifice also attach sacred meaning to the site. The Dome of the Rock occupies the Haram al-Sharif alongside the Al-Aqsa Mosque and other religious and educational buildings. Nineteenth century photographs of its interior recorded spaces that were considerably less accessible to many Western travelers than Jerusalem's exterior monuments while the albumen process circulated such views through the expanding photographic market for images of the Holy Land. Very good condition. A detailed nineteenth century interior view centered on the Foundation Stone and the marble and mosaic architectural decoration surrounding it. unknown books
1998ref. 311051New York: Anchor Books 1998. Softcover. Fine. Bound galley. Fine in wraps. Signed by the author. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Anchor Books unknown books
1997ref. 311902New York: Anchor Books 1997. Softcover. Fine. Bound galley. Fine in illustrated wraps. Signed by author. Publisher's promotional material laid in. Although not marked in any way this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn. Anchor Books unknown books
2023ref. 13879New York: Grand Central Publishing 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good /Very good . First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Leslie Jones in ink at front endpaper. Stated First Printing. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". xvii 268pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in yellow. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. A very presentable signed first edition of this hilarious memoir by comic icon Leslie Jones. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Hey you guys it's Leslie. I'm excited to share my story with you. Now I'm gonna be honest: Some of the details might be vague because a btch is fifty-five and she's smoked a ton of weed. But while bits might be a touch hazy I can promise you the underlying truth is REAL. Whether I'm talking about my childhood growing up in the South my early stand-up days driving from gig to gig through the darkest parts of our country and praying I wouldn't get murdered what Chris Rock told Lorne Michaels that time I wanted to shoot Whoopi Goldberg on SNL and yeah I'll tell you all about Ghostbusters and the nudes and Supermarket Sweep and The Daily Show . . . I'm sharing it all in these pages. It's not easy being a woman in comedy especially when you're a tall-ss Black woman with a trumpet voice. I have to fight so that no one takes me for granted and no one takes advantage. These are the stories that explain why. Cue the Law & Order theme.Publisher. Grand Central Publishing hardcover books
1956ref. 71352Roma: Instituto Italiano oer Il Medio ed Estremo Oriente 1956. First edition small 4to pp. ix 3 194 plus 82 plates 2 folding each with a descriptive leaf of text; 5 folding maps printed in color in rear cover pocket; one corner bumped else fine in original gray printed boards. The Amne Machin range runs in the general northwest-to-southeast direction in eastern Qinghai Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the adjacent areas of the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and the southwestern corner of Gansu's Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Rock Honorary Research Associate Far Eastern and Russian Institute University of Washington is one of the great explorers of the last half of the 20th century. He "was first sent to China in the early 1920s by the United States Department of Agriculture U.S.D.A. to collect seeds of a tree that later were used in the treatment of leprosy. His explorations resulted in the introduction of conifers rhododendrons 493 species potentilla and primula to the U.S. Nonetheless biographer Hubert Rhodes wrote in 1956 that Rock's collection process - collecting all plants not just searching for exotics - had important implications and opened possibilities for reforestation in North America's severest northern climates. Rock also introduced blight-resistant chestnuts. He deposited a sizable collection of birds and mammals at the U.S. National Museum the Arnold Arboretum and Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology. During his later years botanizing back in Hawaii in the 1950s Rock noted ominously that many native species he had collected earlier in his career had vanished completely . His efforts in linguistics are widely recognized; he spent years collecting and translating 8000 volumes of original Naxi literature including their religious tracts" Hunt Botanical Institute website. Instituto Italiano oer Il Medio ed Estremo Oriente unknown books
1937ref. 69051Leipzig: Verlag der Offizin Richard Hadl 1937. Rare offprint "separatum" from Artibus Asiae volume VII; 4to pp. 85 1; 16 mounted plates at the back a few illustrations in the text; first 2 leaves a bit toned else a very good sound copy in contemporary black wrappers printed paper label on upper cover. Rock 1884-1962 was "captivated by the ritual books he found in the possession of the Naxi religious specialists the 'dongba' while plant hunting in China's borderlands. Rock went on to devote the remaining years of his life to the translation of these books that contained such a treasure house of knowledge a corpus of literature that for Rock offered tantalising glimpses at the indigenous religion of pre-Buddhist Tibet. Rock a voracious autodidact appreciated an intellectual challenge: this was a script that by the time he first encountered it in the 1920s nobody had previously deciphered aside from some exploratory incomplete translations conducted via Chinese by French scholars and explorers. This vast corpus of ritual literature was essentially unexplored territory and this was where Rock liked to tread. Through his assiduous collecting and cataloguing and not without controversy he preserved thousands of these texts in collections now spread throughout the western world . While Rock's first published translations were no more than concise summaries of the stories he discovered within the Naxi manuscripts he later developed a more extensive anthropological style of translation. This meant recording in exacting detail the phonetic reading given by a dongba and then embarking upon a full written commentary. The first translation to use this method was published in 1937 as 'The birth and origin of Dto-mba Shilo the founder of Mo-so shamanism according to Mo-so manuscripts' a seminal work on Dobbaq-sheel'lo the mythical founding father of the dongba religion" see Poupard D.J. Introduction to: A Pictographic Naxi Origin Myth from Southwest China Leiden University Press. Only University of Hawaii in OCLC. Verlag der Offizin Richard Hadl unknown books
1977ref. 12010New York 1977. Wraps. Very Good. Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Wrappers worn with some shelf-wear to the extremities present evidence of light water damage else tight bright and unmarred. Glossy color paper wrappers. illus. b/w color. unknown books
1994ref. 628941Williamsburg Virginia: The William and Mary Quarterly 1994. Unbound. Near Fine. Offprint. Corner-stapled octavo sheets. 1 508-538pp. Final leaf with with a tiny creased tear else fine. Signed by Paul A. Gilie on the first page and with a Typed Letter Signed to noted scholar Graham Hodges sending the offprint along. Hodges is one of several historians thanked on the first page for their critical comments and help. First published in The William and Mary Quarterly 3d Series Vol. LI No. 3 July 1994. The William and Mary Quarterly unknown books
1890ref. 010392Topeka Kansas: C. B. Hamilton & Son 1890. Book. Very Good -. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xii 5-277 1 pages 101 leaves of plates : illustrations portraits. Bound in original string-tied pictorial printed wrappers Very Good MInus front wrapper detached missing top 2" and bottom 3/8" of paper at spine otherwise clean and unmarked and a rare survivor both in the paper wrappers and -according to Howes "Most of the edition burned." Howes R390. . C. B. Hamilton & Son Paperback books
2012ref. 628610New York: New York University Press 2012. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First editions. Three volumes in slipcase. Each volume with a foreword by Deborah Dash Moore and a visual essay by Diana L. Linden. Fine in fine dust jackets in fine glossy slipcase. Briefly Inscribed to author and noted scholar of New York City and African-American history Graham Hodges: Volume I by author Howard Rock and general editor Deborah Dash Moore; Volume II by "visual essayist" Diana L. Linden; and Volume III by author Jeffrey S. Gurock. The full titles of each volume are Haven of Liberty: New York Jews in the New World 1654-865; Emerging Metropolis: New York Jews in the Age of Immigration 1840-1920; and Jews in Gotham: New York Jews in a Changing City 1920-2010. New York University Press hardcover books
1858ref. 30039New York: Benjamin Corlies 1858. Original printed glossy wrappers light fading to lettering. Stitched. 10 2 blanks pp. Near Fine. Founded in 1847 as the Rock Island and LaSalle Rail Road Company the Chicago and Rock Island reincorporated in 1851 and adopted these bylaws in 1858. In 1880 the Company was reorganized as the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway. 131 Eberstadt 354. Benjamin Corlies unknown books
1858ref. 9321Chicago: Chas. Scott & Co 1858. Original printed wrappers 14pp. Spotted lightly worn old institutional and duplicate stamps one of which reads: "Presented by Judge and Mrs. Isaac R. Hitt Washington D.C." Isaac R. Hitt is listed on page 3 as a stockholder. Good. A very scarce ante-fire imprint. "This company was chartered in January 1856 capitalized at $300000. It owned some 475 acres of coal lands in La Salle County on the Illinois Central Railroad and along the Illinois River. Chicago men who held stock in the company: James V.Z. Blaney B.S. Morris L.P. Hillard J.M. Wilson W.W. Mitchell and Charles M. Dupuy" Byrd. This Statement analyzes "the importance of cheap fuel to the City of Chicago" and the ability of the Company to provide it. FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 338 2. Byrd 2962 1. OCLC 62978823 2- Chicago Hist. Mus. Newberry 62190408 2- U IL Lehigh. Chas. Scott & Co unknown books
1996ref. 2352704Canada: Little Brown & Companay 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First edition. An excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1996 Hard Cover. 369 pp. The Grateful Dead's longtime manager provides an entertaining eyewitness account of the band's behind-the-scenes history from the writing of their greatest songs and their legendary encounters with other celebrities to their emergence as cultural icons Little Brown & Companay hardcover books
1989ref. 627111New York: State University of New York Press 1989. Softcover. Very Good. First edition wrappered issue. 273pp. Illlustrated in black and white. Light edgewear crease and sunning on rear cover very good. Inscribed by Rock on the interior front cover: "For Graham with best wishes much appreciation Howard 11/89". Recipient is Graham Hodges the prolific and important author or editor of many important books on various subjects particularly the African-American experience. Hodges additionally contributes a blurb on the rear cover. State University of New York Press unknown books
1979ref. 627050New York: New York University Press 1979. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. 340pp. Foxing on page edges very good in a near fine dust jacket with light toning. Inscribed by the author on the front pastedown: "For Graham A fellow historian a good fellow Howard 4/12/86". Recipient Hodges is the prolific and important author or editor of many important books on various subjects particularly the African-American experience. New York University Press hardcover books
1995ref. 626830Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. 251pp. Some foxing on the top page edge thus near fine. Inscribed by Paul A. Gilje and Howard B. Rock to noted scholar of African-American history Graham Hodges. Additionally laid in is a note from Gilje gifting the book to Hodges. The Johns Hopkins University Press hardcover books
1992ref. 626835Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1992. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. 288pp. Black and white illustrations. Faint spotting on the page edges else fine. Inscribed by Paul A. Gilje and Howard B. Rock to noted scholar of African-American history Graham Hodges. Cornell University Press hardcover books
2001ref. 626610New York: Columbia University Press 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Small quarto. xiii 445pp. Profusely illustrated. Fine in about fine dust jacket with two tiny nicks. Nicely Inscribed by both authors to Graham Hodges a noted scholar of New York City and African-American history who is thanked in the Acknowledgments: "For Graham Always in your debt in great appreciation to a historian and wonderful friend. Howard." and "For Graham with admiration and esteem. Deborah." Issued as part of the Columbia History of Urban Life Series. Columbia University Press hardcover books
1875ref. 48055Chicago: Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co 1875. Good. Chicago: Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co. ca. 1875. Small pictorial broadside flyer. 16.5x33cm printed in black. Stock worn toned and chipped with a few instances of soiling extensive splitting along old folds with tape repair to verso. Good only. Promotional broadside for the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad that operated from roughly 1850-1970 largely in the Midwest. Features a paper-cut illustration that was created on the occasion of the first trip made by steam-powered passenger cars in New York in 1831 before the company's incorporation. This broadside however was not issued until several decades later. The extensive railway inspired the tune "Rock Island Line" covered by country crooners Johnny Cash and Lead Belly. No separately cataloged copies in OCLC as of May 2026. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co unknown books
