London : Grosvenor, Chater & Co, 1958. 4to, 204pp. Original blue cloth, pink dust-jacket, a very fine copy with the original "compliments" slip from the publisher at front. § A fine selection of papers for printing, covers, and writing, with a useful table of weight conversion and..... More
N.p.: [1908]. 8vo, 15pp. in plain gray wrappers. Perfect. § First (?) separate printing of this preface, being one of two copies deposited at the Library of Congress for copyright. With the Library of Congress stamp on the t/p verso "Dec. 17, 1908... Copy B". Last sold by Peter Howard..... More
London: Printed by S. Rousseau, and sold by E.J. Field, and the Miss Eveleigh's, 1804. Sm. slim 8vo, 112pp. Later plain brown cloth, backstrip lettered "Joanna Southcott". Title-page soiled, occasional soiling within, tightly bound, but a good reading copy. Bookplate of T.N.Brushfield. § First and only printing, a very scarce..... More
1954. Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1954. 12mo, 33 pp. Original printed boards. A near fine copy, printed boards faintly toned, clean and unmarked within, in a near fine dust jacket, lightly toned and price clipped but with no chips or tears. § First separate edition with spine lettered in red..... More
2019. New York: Grolier Club, 2019. Small slim 8vo, 8pp. Original printed wrappers as issued, new. § Limited to 10 copies for sale. Printed by Jerry Kelly on the Kelly-Winterton Press, handset in Trump’s Delphin type and printed on handmade Kelmscott paper with watermarks. This keepsake was issued by John..... More
1961. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1961. 4to, 109 pp. Teal cloth with gilt design and lettering to upper cover and backstrip, full color illustrated dust jacket, price clipped. A clean copy with no markings, dust-jacket very lightly worn at folds, back panel very faintly water marked..... More
2022. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2022. 4to, 320 pp. Printed paper over boards, with foil stamp on linen spine. Fine, new. § One of the Standard Edition of 250 copies. An appreciation of the lives and careers of Lloyd J. Reynolds and Robert J. Palladino, calligraphy teachers..... More
2003. London: Folio Society, 2003. Folio, xxiv, 304 pp. 12 full color illustrations by Blake, including frontispiece. Quarter green goatskin, gilt lettered backstrip, orange moire silk boards, full color illustrated slipcase. Faint scuffing to slipcase else fine, new as issued. § A very handsome presentation of Milton's great epic with..... More
1985. New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Large 8vo, 523 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Original color photo illustrated wrappers and slip case designed to fit both book and accompanying cassette tape. Light sunning and shelf wear to slip case, else near fine. § First edition, later printing, signed..... More
1930. New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1930. 12mo, 583 pp. 780 in-text illustrations. Full red morocco, ornately gilt with carved stone onlay to upper board, gilt-turn-ins, silk doblures, some wear to the upper joint and head of backstrip, some abrasion and loss to the alphabet thumb tabs..... More
Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Publishing Co, 1922. 8vo, 235pp. Original gray-green wraps with framed black lettering on cover, some tears and a bit worn but complete as issued. § "Reprints a selection of articles that appeared in The Dearborn Independent in May 1920, a periodical published by the Ford Motor..... More
1924. New York: Macmillan, 1924-1927. 6 vols, 8vo. Each vol. bound in the original quarter robin's egg cloth over paper covered boards with printed labels, pastedowns with Charles Ricketts' illustration of hawk, unicorn, fountain and moon. Very good copies with almost no foxing and just occasional browning of endpapers, backstrips..... More
1952. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1952. 8vo, (1, ad), 140 pp. Custom binding of tattooed leather by Aarom von Hemmersbach. Fine. § First edition with "A" and Scribner's seal on the copyright page. The Old Man and the Sea was Hemingway’s last major work and was dedicated to his..... More
1940. Victor Records, n.d. (c. 1940). 4to record album, illustrated paper boards, three illustrated interior sleeves for the three records, all present. Boards and sleeves lightly worn, records with a few light scratches (not tested), hinges strengthened, 1941 gift inscription on front pastedown, over all pleasing. § Music from the..... More
1878. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1878. Folio. Full page plates with tissue guards, plus title vignette and other decorations. Original burgundy cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, green coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Scattered foxing, backstrip faded. Ex-library copy with shelf mark in white pen on backstrip, bookplate on..... More
1635. London: printed by T. Cotes, for Michael Sparke and Samuel Cartwright, 1635 [1637]. Folio in sixes (291 x 192 mm). Engraved additional title, 183 maps by Hondius, R. Hall, Peter van der Keere and J. van Loon including Hall's Map of Virginia and the duplicate map of New Spain..... More
1931. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, [1931]. 8vo., [x], 358 pp., title-page printed in black and red. Original quarter red cloth, and silver-gray cloth, lettering in silver to backstrip, top-edge silver, uncut, with tissue dust-jacket as issued. Jacket has a few small chips, otherwise a very fine copy..... More
1975. Los Angeles: Acrobat Books, 1975. Small oblong 8vo, unpaginated (91)pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Illustrated wrappers. Wrappers and contents very slightly toned, single cryptic marginal note in red ink ("M is M!"), very good. § First edition of the first graffiti book to document Chicano street culture. A...... More
1907. [Paris?: after October 7, 1907]. 3 pp., sm. 8vo (4 1/2 x 7 ins.). Written in ink (slightly faded) on paper watermarked "AU PRINTEMPS PARIS NOUVEAU PAPIER FRANCAIS". § A fine, personal letter written by Proust to Marie-Marguerite Catusse (née Bertin), his mother's dearest friend and his own close..... More
1877. [San Francisco: Edward Bosqui, 1877]. San Francisco: John Windle, 1980. Folio, [64] pp. 10 color plates with text. A fine copy in sheets and portfolio as issued. § Limited to 40 copies for sale in sheets; this exact facsimile of the first California ampelography to show the grapes in..... More
1929. New York: Horace Liverwright, 1929. 4to, 151 pp. Printed in black and blue. Original mottled blue vellum paper boards, with O'Neill's signature gilt stamped to upper board and gilt-stamped label to backstrip; backstrip sun bleached, label chipped, one page roughly opened, pages clean; a very good copy in the..... More
1821. London: John Sharpe, 1821. 8vo, xxx, 134 pp. Extra engraved title and five other plates with illustrations by Richard Westall engraved by W. Finden. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full crushed green morocco paneled with a triple gilt fillet, backstrip with raised bands ruled in gilt and blind, the..... More
1805. London: Printed for Vernor and Hood, Poultry; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1805. Small 8vo, vi, [3], viii-ix, [1], 119, [1] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 11 wood engraved plates. Bound by Stikeman in three quarter green morocco over marbled boards, backstrip gilt with red and burgundy..... More
1856. New York: 1856. 8vo, 400pp. Original brown gilt-decorated cloth [some dulling]. Several ink signatures at front. A good copy. § First edition. Brewerton, an itinerant reporter, volunteered and was hired by James Gordon Bennett, owner of the NY Herald, to travel to Kansas and become the newspaper's man on..... More
1855. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. 8vo, 366 pp., illustrated throughout. Original green cloth, ex-library copy with bookplate and edges stamped "ship's library". A bit worn and soiled, tear to last leaf without loss, a solid reading copy. § First edition. Description of travel to Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)..... More
