New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; VG/VG; black and white pictorial spine with copper and black text; first edition; first printing; dust jacket has only light exterior wear; minor edge wear; cloth shows minimal wear to exterior; strong, straight boards; text block exterior edges have light tone; interior clean; tight binding; illustrated; pp 284. More

Georgetown, KY: Finishing Line Press, 2005. Booklet [5x7]; VG/paperback; off-white covers have mild wear to exterior; pictorial front with dark red lettering; intact panels; text block clean; illustrated; ribbon marker; pp 29; inscribed by author NOTE: Shelved in 15's ephemera box 9, in Netdesk office. More

New York, St. Louis, San Francisco: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970. First Edition. 10mo; G+/paperback; tan spine with black text; first edition; covers show mild wear to exterior; slightly curled front cover; minor edge wear; text block exterior edges have slight toning; one or two spots to p viii and pp 1-5, 4-5; noticeable spotting to pp 2-3; otherwise interior good; tight binding; pp 210. More

New York: Little Simon, 1995. Octavo; VG; Hardcover; Spine, multicolor with black print; Boards in glossy illustrated paper, vendor label on front, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Unpaged, includes 7 pop-ups, illustrated (color). More

New York: late 1940’s to 1971. A collection of approximately 2,000 photographs and negatives, taken by amateur African-American photographer Malcolm Downes Thomas (c. 1900 - c. 1972) from the late 1940’s to 1971. Thomas photographed various aspects of New York City street and family scenes in both Manhattan and Harlem, Eastern Long Island landscapes and wildlife and a variety of images taken on various Caribbean islands. The collection also includes over a hundred original photographs and negatives of Bettie Page in a private session taken in 1952. In its entirety, this collection represents a vision of nature, street scenes, human interest, and erotica as seen from the perspective of an affluent African-American. Thomas focused his photographs of human subjects on his fellow African-Americans, taking not only numerous study series of portraits but also spontaneous shots of everyday life. Children playing, people watching Television on the couch, and social gatherings are all represented. New York local events are recorded in this collection, including Wrestling Matches (3/29/53), a New York fire and efforts to extinguish it (1/7/53), African-American’s swimming in the ocean (1953), and outdoor Ice-Skating (12/51). His cityscape work is not limited to either the narrow or the broad, allowing both views of facades and paint as well as skylines. The nature work follows a similar trend, with close-ups of grasshoppers, rabbits, flowers, and others, followed by islands and landscapes. His early travels included Mexico in 1951/52, St. Thomas in 1953, and Nassau in 1953 where he and his wife participated in various photographic contests and won awards or citations for specific images. Fashion and erotica are represented as well. Thomas photographed an unknown African-American woman modelling various outfits in various poses (12/20/52). His erotica images include a private Bettie Page session dated 3/8/52 with over a hundred negatives and an unknown East-Asian woman photographed nude on at least three different occasions, 2/16/52, 12/18/53 and 12/19/53. Thomas was a Navy radar installer and later a Master Electrician. In 1943 he married his third wife Velma Henry who was a registered nurse. Together they took up photography as a hobby, traveling frequently to the Caribbean and Mexico searching for photographic opportunities. They both preferred Leica cameras for their shots. Thomas developed his own work in their kitchen, some birds and flowers were done in color, the rest were black and white. They subsequently built a home in Quoque, Long Island for weekend trips and vacations. They had no children. According to family lore, during the 1940’s Malcolm Thomas became a member of the Pioneer Photography Club, comprised of black friends. There is a story that one of the members (Jerry Tibbs) was on a New York beach and saw this beautiful woman (Bettie Mae Page) who agreed to pose for him and other members of the Pioneer Photography Club. This story is similar to the one told by Bettie Page herself, that in 1950, while walking along the Coney Island shore, Bettie met NYPD officer Jerry Tibbs. Jerry was an avid photographer and gave Bettie his card. He suggested she’d make a good pin-up model, and in exchange for allowing him to photograph her, he’d help make up her first pin-up portfolio, free of charge. Tibbs introduced Page to other Harlem photographers like the legendary Jamaican nude photographer and jazz musician Cass Carr. Carr hired her as a model in 1952 for his nude “Camera Club Outings” in which amateur and professional cameramen would pay her ten dollars to pose. By 1955 Bettie Page had become the most photographed glamour model in the United States and was the January 1955 Playboy magazine Playmate of the Month In addition to the photographic archive, the owner of the collection, Malcolm Thomas’ nephew Louis P. Brown, has created an uncorrected oblong folio proof copy of Malcom Thomas’ photographic works titled “Malcolm Thomas: Photographic Memoir” He is interested in assigning the proof and copyright to the publication of the book along with the copyright and physical images of the photographs as an entirety transaction. Purchase of this collection includes all related rights. More

Philadelphia: Industrial Research Unit, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, 1970. Octavo; Fair+; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, blue with gold print, call number label at bottom; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, wear to spine caps and corners, cloth puckering on front and rear, shelfwear; Text block has library stamps on edges, and front flyleaf, library bookplate on front pastedown, library pocket and labels on rear pastedown, penciled call number on title page verso, clean text; xvii, 769 pages. More

Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2016. Octavo, 197 pages; VG/VG; red spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected by a mylar cover; minimal shelf wear, pages clean; shelved in African-American studies. More

Boston: North Cambridge, MA, 1897. Second Edition. 12mo; G; dark blue spine with gilt text; second edition; no jacket; cloth shows exterior slightly sunned spine; modest exterior wear otherwise; sturdy boards; text block exterior edges show slight age toning; pictorial endpapers; frontispiece; slight defect to front hinge at title page; interior good; illustrated; pp 253. More

Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1983. Octavo; G+/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black with red and white print; DJ has light edgewear, light shelfwear, else clean and bright; Boards in black cloth with gold print, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf; xii, 326 pages. More

New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. Octavo; Reprint of edition published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1864; G-; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print; Boards in black cloth with gold print, cocked spine, slight warping, bump to bottom corner, mild soiling; Text block has spotting to edges and endpapers, else clean and tight; 246 pages. More

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. First edition. Octavo; First edition; VG/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black and white with black print; DJ has slight edgewear, rear has large stain, else mild shelfwear; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and white paper to boards, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf; xi, 395 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). More

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. First Edition. Larger Octavo; VG/VG-; black/white pictorial spine with multi colored text; first edition; dust jacket has modest rubbing to exterior; small stain to front; cloth has only light exterior wear; strong boards; text block exterior edges have light wear; slight sticker residue to front pastedown; profusely illustrated; interior clean; pp 355; inscribed by author. More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2005. Octavo; VG-/paperback; beige/dark brown spine with brown and beige text; first edition; first printing; covers show mild exterior wear; minor edge wear; intact panels; text block edges show light wear; remainder mark to exterior tail edge; some underlining to pp 2-4; illustrated; tight binding; pp 263. More

Silver Spring: Roman Publications, 1987. First Edition. Small Quarto; VG; red spine with gilt text; no jacket; first edition; cloth shows only slight shelf wear; strong boards; minor edge wear; text block exterior edges mildly toned; illustrated; clean interior; pp 541. More

New York: C B Press, 1987. First Edition. Octavo, 71 pages; VG; softcover; spine white with lavender and black lettering; mild shelf wear; inscribed by Sapphire on inside of front cover; pages clean; shelved Case 0. More

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1994. First Edition. Thick Octavo; VG-/G; white/brown spine with burgundy, white, blue and gray text; first edition; dust jacket shows modest wear to exterior; slight dings to edges; cloth has slight sunning to edges; strong boards; text block has mild foxing to exterior edges; deckled fore edge; interior clean; illustrated; pp 704; inscribed by author. More

New York: The New American Library, 1968. Octavo; Second printing; G+/G+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, black and white with white print; DJ has light edgewear, else clean and bright; Boards in black cloth with silver print, mild wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; 169 pages. More

New York: David White Company, 1964. Octavo; First printing; G+/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, white with black print; DJ has mild edgewear, age-toned, slight smudge on rear; Boards in black cloth with silver print, clean and strong; Text block has slight spotting to top edge, slight tanning to endpapers, else clean and tight; 117 pages, illustrated (b&w plates). More

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1960. First Edition. Octavo; VG-/G-; black/ivory white spine with gray and black text; first edition; dust jacket shows some soiling to exterior; few chips to edges; mylar wrap; cloth has only light exterior wear; strong boards; text block exterior edges slightly toned; some small, brown stains to exterior fore edge; ex-library stamp to front pastedown; interior pages clean; pp 310; inscribed by author, Jacob Javits, former U.S. Senator and Congressman from New York. More

Corona: A Colonized Few, 1971. 5.5" x 8.5" pamphlet; pages not numbered; G+; Black and White Saddle-Stitched paperback; Covers have minor edgewear and shelfwear, small open tear along tail edge of spine; Textblock clean; Shelved in Case 0. More

Detroit: Broadside Press, 1973. First Edition, Second Printing. 5.5"x 8" Pamphlet; 28 pages; G+; Saddle-Stitched Paperback with illustrations on the front cover and an image of the author on the back; Covers have bending at corners, edgewear and shelfwear; Textblock clean; Signed by Sonia Sanchez on title page; Shelved Case 0. More

Brooklyn: East Publications, 1976. Octavo; Pages not numbered; VG-; White saddle-stitched paperback with black text and images; Covers have minor edgewear and shelfwear; Shelved Case 0. More

Washington DC: Published by Author, 1983. Octavo; 37 pages; G+; White Saddle-stitched paperback with black text and image of author on front cover; small brown stains on both covers, bending to top corner of rear cover; Inscribed by author Doyle F. Jolly to previous owner on inside of rear cover; Shelved Case 0. More

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995. First edition. Quarto; First edition; VG-/VG-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, white with red print; DJ has slight edgewear, vendor label on rear, else clean and bright; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and black paper to boards, slight bump to front top edge, slight wear to corners, else clean and strong; Text block has inscription in ink on half-title page, else clean and tight; vii, 166 pages, chiefly illustrations (b&w). [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.]. More

San Francisco: Cleis Press Inc., 2000. First Edition. Small Quarto; VG/paperback; red/lavender/brown pictorial spine with yellow and red text; first edition, first printing; covers have minimal wear to exterior; previous bookshop's sticker to rear; intact panels; text block edges have slight wear; interior clean; illustrated; pp 176; inscribed by Belasco. More