We buy and sell old and rare books as well as vintage photographs, postcards, manuscript material such as old diaries and letters, etc.

We also maintain an inventory of vintage ephemera of historical interest, including prints, maps, postcards, posters and other interesting historical printed and manuscript material.

We are always interested in buying single books or whole collections.

Let us know if you have books for sale. We make house calls on short notice in Seattle and can visit other locales if the circumstances warrant. Call us today at 206 624 4100 if you have books for sale!

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24" x 13". Nicely printed in seven colors on a single sheet. With a few faint spots of foxing, and one very short closed edge tear, and a small bit of faint damp soiling in the bottom margin else nice condition. The image is a wilting cream colored flower with a dusky desert skyline in the background. The words below are accented with images of moths and a candle. Goines reference number 52. Goines, a widely admired American artist and printer, is especially noted for his beautiful and innovative poster art. Goines illustrated many cookbooks for chef Alice Waters as well as creating several anniversary posters for her iconic restaurant, Chez Panisse.

Pandora's Box [Original poster].
Goines, David Lance.
[Berkeley]: [Saint Hieronymus Press], [1975]. 24" x 13". Nicely printed in seven colors on a single sheet. With a few faint spots of foxing, and.. more
Price: $65.00

7.25" x 4.75". 289pp., plus publisher's note and ads. Original printed wrappers. Light soiling and general wear, neat stamp on the front wrapper, else a near fine condition copy of a quite fragile book. A Socialist future utopia. Originally published serially in the Chicago Times. See Bleiler (Checklist) p.18; Negley 10; Sargent p.56; Lewis p.1. Presumed first edition, with 1896 on the copyright page and 1897 on the title page.

President John Smith. The Story of the Peaceful Revolution. (Written in 1920).
Adams, Frederick Upham.
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1897. 7.25" x 4.75". 289pp., plus publisher's note and ads. Original printed wrappers. Light soiling and general wear, neat stamp on.. more
Price: $250.00

Two 7.5" x 5" volumes. 290, 343pp. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the jackets are quite nice with a very small bit of general wear. Second printing.

The Charterhouse of Parma.
Stendhal. [Marie - Henri Boyle.] Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrief.
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. Two 7.5" x 5" volumes. 290, 343pp. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, in dust wrapper. Near fine condition; the.. more
Price: $60.00

7.5" x 5". 486pp. Blue patterned cloth with a beige cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Mild rubbing to edges, else near fine condition; the distinctive jacket is bright but has a couple chips at the spine tips and a 1/4" hole halfway down the spine along the rear hinge.

Zelda Marsh.
Norris, Charles G.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1927. 7.5" x 5". 486pp. Blue patterned cloth with a beige cloth spine, in dust wrapper. Mild rubbing to edges, else.. more
Price: $65.00

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