May 2023 Featured Collectibles

Exquisite leather-bound edition of 27 volumes, containing various non-fiction titles dealing with America's many aspects of America's number one sport and pastime. $1000

Soar to the skies with 12" Dubya in his naval aviator days. S50

FIRST EDITION. If you have never heard of Harry Stephen Keeler, you are not ready for him. If you have, here's your shot at a lovely original dust-jacketed copy of one of his intriguing webworks novels! You'll never look at mysteries the same way again! $200

SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Self-published in 2001, the beginning of the successful Inheritance tetralogy.$300

Gorgeous oversized copy of Shelley's gothic masterpiece, with an introduction by Stephen King and 47 beautiful full-page B&W illustrations by Bernie Wrightson. $175

SIGNED. The Great Communicator does it again, this time in a leatherbound, limited, numbered edition (1627 of 5000). $1000

1800s novelist-turned-Quaker deals with the Quaker prohibition on fiction as falsehood; this book treads a fine line between fiction and non-fiction, as it alternates between moral discourse considering various forms of lying and brief anecdotal tales. $150

FIRST EDITION of Steinbeck's highly collectible novel. $200

Autobiography of child actor Coghlan, perhaps best remembered for his role as Billy Batson in the Republic serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel, and who also worked with Charlie Chaplin, Mickey Rooney, Jackie Cooper, and Shirley Temple. $50

SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Last in Updike's series of four novels about Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, whose life mirrors and chronicles America in the second half of the 20th century. This copy is the True First edition from the Franklin First Edition Society. $100

FIRST EDITION of the second volume of stories in Asimov's millennia-spanning series. $700

Set of 13/18 coins depicting Super Mario Bros. characters, originally released in Wonderball candy balls. $75

First appearance of Cloak of Levitation, Eye of Agamotto, and the Mindless Ones. $250

1897 two-volume set of Darwin's groundbreaking scientific work. $250

Selection of political cartoons from 1898 commenting on the Spanish-American War. $80

1887 edition of 1801 novella, a work inspired by the author's travels in North America and reflecting the eighteenth-century French Romanticism and exoticism of its time; here in a copy beautifully illustrated by Gustave Doré .$75

Creative recipes for serving your sheep leftovers, "together with Many Other Approved Receipts for the Kitchen of a Gentleman of Moderate Income." $50

Early printing of the eighth (and some say oddest) installment of the Oz books, in a beautiful clean copy with a pristine cover illustration. $100

Fairyloot Exclusive Edition, SIGNED by the author, of the first volume in the wildly popular graphic novel series about gay teenage love. $200

Gorgeous 1975 reprint of the nineteenth-century woodblock edition of the history of Japan's "Great Unifier" Hideyoshi (1537-98). With over 600 black and white woodblock illustrations and a color foldout illustration. $200

First American edition of the landmark work by Italian aeronautical engineer Renato Vesco, studying the possibility of invasion from outer space, and coverups by world governments. $100

Scarce, personal account from 1974 by one of this country's first transsexuals. Fascinating, poignant, and pioneering. $100

FIRST EDITION from 1967. Poems by J. R. R. Tolkien, set to music by Donald Swann; with illustrations by Tolkien and Samuel Hanks Bryant. A beautiful collectors item for any Tolkien fan. $200

Beautiful selection of some of Davis' best and most memorable stories (such as FOUL PLAY), extensive cover gallery, and all at the same size as originally drawn! Now hard to find. $350

A collection of over 200 covers of lesbian pulp fiction from the years 1949-1969, arranged in groups like "positive portraits" and "psycho-babble."  $45

SIGNED FIRST EDITION. A hard-boiled Romance featuring jazz pianist Joe Nearing, by the author of Little Caesar, High Sierra, Scarface and Asphalt Jungle. $250

Signed by Liv Tyler, Ian Holm, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, John Rhys-Davies, Hugo Weaving, Peter Jackson, Billy Boyd, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Cate Blanchett, Dominic Monaghan, and Christopher Lee. $1500

Unique copy featuring extremely neat, red-sharpie annotations, anecdotes, background on world-building and lore creating by one of its authors. $1000.

SIGNED FIRST EDITION. The story of Harlan and Anna Hubbard's self-made alternative lifestyle in early 1950's America, refusing to adopt the industrial positioning provided. $100

SIGNED. 1998 one-hour interview with Gaiman, discussing his work process and his engagement for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. $50

The story of Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (1860-1898), prominent con man throughout the American West and later the Alaska territories. His most famous con was to wrap paper money around bars of soap, then wrap them in paper and sell them on the street, adding a lottery element to personal hygiene. $400

"I am not a number, I am free man!" The cult 60s tv show comes alive again with this vintage 1989 roleplaying guide. $80

Beloved queer utopian text; part fable, part manifesto, with lush illustrations. $200

FIRST EDITION. Classic frontier revenge story about a man's search for his abducted daughter; basis for what is possibly the greatest of the John Ford/John Wayne westerns. $200

Either a cash grab in astonishingly bad taste or a daring meld of sexist toy and inspiring life story - you decide! $40

2006 PS2 RPG game, now exceedingly scarce. Shion Uzuki and the battle android KOS-MOS search out the origins of the hostile alien Gnosis while being hunted by Shion's former employers and four powerful humans called the Testaments.  $225

Program from the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award Banquet, March 1, 1984, honoring Lilian Gish. Solid and chock full of wonderful pix and details of her career. $25

Short stories by the author of LITTLE WOMEN, in a beautifully preserved 1871 hardcover edition. $150

Two volume set, published in 1884, containing the ship and ice journals of the commander of the Jeannette, which was trapped in Arctic ice in 1881. $100

FIRST EDITION. First printing of Baldwin's first and semiautobiographical novel, considered a classic of contemporary African American literature. $1000

SIGNED first edition of the novel which served as the basis for the "Rambo" films starring Sylvester Stallone. With a jaunty personalized inscription from the author. $225

Unusual tarot deck from 1976, based on Mayan art and culture. $75

Boxed set of three DVDs showcasing the gloriously irreverent and raunchy genius of one of America's greatest comedians. $40

A definitive work on the photography of Ansel Adams, SIGNED by Adams and by Wallace Stegner, who wrote the forward. For diehard fans of Ansel Adams, this is the book you need to own! $250

An unusual and much sought-after handbook for the production of medieval armor in the style of the 14th century. $100

"Mauled...manhandled...exhibited before lusting eyes...." A paperback pulp-trash classic from 1952, with suitably breathless copy and lurid cover art. $40

FIRST EDITION in a limited printing, SIGNED by Neil Gaiman. $200

Early printing of this history of witchcraft from Babylonian times to the twentieth century. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. $50

A compilation of the stories ghostwritten or revised and edited by Lovecraft. 20 stories in all, they bear the unmistakeable stamp of H.P. Lovecraft's hand; published by Arkham House. $100

Musical feline love story set in Paris, with the voice talents of Judy Garland, Robert Goulet and Mel Blanc, music and songs by Harburg & Arlen, and animated by Chuck Jones. $25