London: John Calder, 1964. 8vo. 160 pages. Original vellum, gilt-lettered and -ruled on spine, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, entirely uncut and unopened; publisher's plain ivory paper-covered board slipcase. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, DELUXE LIMITED ISSUE, number 78 of 100 copies on hand-made paper, "series A" bound in vellum (another.....
Paris: Les Éditions de Minuit, [1983]. 12mo. 20, [1] pp. Original white printed wrappers, entirely unopened; original glassine. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 57 of 99 copies on Vélin d'Arches (there were also an unspecified number of hors commerce copies), publisher's numbered limitation ticket.
Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1818. 8vo. xxiv, 376 pages. 188 fable cuts and 136 tailpieces in text. Contemporary English polished calf, the sides and spines decorated in blind and gilt, marbled edges, by Whitehead and Sons, Leeds (with their ticket on pastedown). A handsome copy of.....
Derry, NH and Ridgewood, NJ: Babcock & Koontz, 1986. Tall narrow 8vo. [24]pp. Woodcut on title by Gaylord Schanilec. Original Mouchete de Pompie wrappers, printed paper title label. A fine copy. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number XXIX of 40 copies signed by Carver and Schanilec from an edition of.....
Venice: Sons of Aldus Manutius, 1545. Folio (29.1 x 19.4 cm). Roman type, occasional Greek and Hebrew type. 170 fine woodcuts (9 full-page), printer's device on title, repeated on verso of final leaf. 5- to 9-line initial spaces with guide-letters. Later vellum preserving earlier morocco spine label. Provenance: some occasional.....
Salida: The Western Publishing Co., 1928. 8vo. 28 pp. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers. Some pale dampstaining to rear wrapper. Scarce promotional brochure for the central Colorado city in a valley formed by the Continental Divide on one side and the Sangre de Cristo range on the other. The many advertisements.....
[Salida]: [Denver Photo Engraving Co], [1892]. Oblong. [48] pp, the last blank. Illustrated. Original paper-backed wrappers, stapled. A well-illustrated commemorative pamphlet for the Knights Templar, meant to encourage investment in Colorado. Discussing the railroad, climactic advantages, mineral resources, and listing business and social additions that Salida wants especially. Wynar 741.....
Paris: Jules Meynal, 1920. Letterpress title and 36 wood-engravings loose as issued in four cloth portfolios, each print with Schmied’s chopmark and numbered in pencil “2/25”, tipped to mount and matted. Overall 475 x 328 mm. SCARCE LIMITED EDITION, number 2 of 25 copies on Chine monté (there were also.....
London: Enitharmon Editions, 2016. Oblong 4to (9.25 x 11.25 inches). 19 original ilthographs by Jim Dine in text. Original black cloth, by The Fine Book Bindery; slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, one of 10 artist's proofs, signed by Jim Dine, one of 15 copies for Enitharmon from an edition of 30. Designed.....
New York [but New Orleans]: Alfred A. Knopf [but B.E. Trice], 1997. 8vo. 255, [2] pp. Original quarter black leather, marbled boards; slipcase. Fine. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, one of 176 copies signed by the author, this Gary Fistketon's copy with printed designation leaf. Fisketjon was Ford's editor at Vintage.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. 10.5 x 11.5 inches. 296 pages. Profusely illustrated. Original cloth; slipcase of tsumugi silk. Number 119 of 150 copies signed by the artist and with the special slipcase. With essays by Susan Einstein and Jan Butterfield.
London: John Murray, 1880. Second edition, inscribed by David Gill. 8vo. liv, 285 pp. with 32 pp. of ads dated September, 1888 bound in at rear. Frontispiece map and with tables and figures in the text.Publisher’s brown cloth, stamped in black and in gilt. Inscribed by David Gill on half-title.....
London: Thomas Davison for the proprietors of the collection, 1815. Large 4to (263 x 168 mm; 103/8 x 65/8 in.). Title printed in red and black. Hand-colored woodcut frontispiece by Barriman showing John Lydgate presenting his book to Henry V (described in item 412 of the catalogue), engraved title vignette.....
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870. 8vo. 239 pages. Publisher's blind-stamped terra-cotta cloth, gilt-lettered on spine, dark brown endpapers; quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: F. P. Mason (1898 inscription on title). FIRST EDITION, A RARE PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY HARTE on the front free endpaper: "Bret Harte / Cleveland, Ohio /.....
Boston: E. P. Peabody, 1841. 16mo (12.4 x 7.8 cm). vii, 140 pages. Original bluish plum basket-weave embossed cloth, black paper label on front cover (gilt lettering faded but readable); green cloth chemise; green morocco pull of case by Bradstreet's (one joint split). FIRST EDITION of the first of three.....
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1930. Tall 8vo. 337 pp. Plates and maps. Original gilt-lettered red ribbed cloth, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION. "Washakie was a longtime friend of men such as Bridger, Kit Carson, Sublette, Jedidiah Smith, and many others. He worked for.....
New York: Something Else Press, 1964. Oblong 4to (22 x 27 cm). Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket. Jacket tanned with a small chip to the top of the front panel. Boards a bit bowed. Else near fine. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED by Johnson to friend and art critic Suzi Gablik with.....
Hammersmith, London: Kelmscott Press, [1897]. A single proof sheet printed on watermarked onion skin paper with five repeating labels: "The / Sundering / Flood/ By / William / Morris." Together with a single sheet cover page for "The Sundering Flood," printed in black type on original gray laid paper used.....
Boston: Alexander Moore, 1871. Tall 8vo (10 1/2 x 7 inches). 9 (of 10) original albumen photographs by John P. Soule mounted on card with letterpress descriptions, tissue guards preserved (lacks Nevada Falls). Original rose cloth, elaborately decorated in black and gilt, all edges gilt. Light toning to cloth, a......
Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française, 1921. 4to (240 x 190 mm). 6 lithographs by de La Fresnaye. Original wrappers. Spine perished. LIMITED EDITION, number 71 of 312 copies, of the only book with original illustrations by de La Fresnaye. Artist and the Book 154; From Manet to Hockney 61.
[Circa 1788]. 29 plates (of 40) including title, plates 345 x 220 mm, sheets 495 x 330 mm. Some printed on tinted blue paper. Contemporary half vellum, marbled boards. Plates 26-28 with some pale staining. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, a rare proof copy before changes to the title. A CHARMING.....
Bern, Switzerland: Kunsthalle Bern and Paul Bianchini, 1972. Square 8vo (8 x 8 inches). Printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Contains 195 numbered illustrations: pen & ink drawings of arcs, circles, and grids in exhaustive variations and permutations, precisely as indicated by the title. Cited in Maffei & De Donno, "Sol Lewitt.....
Northampton, MA: The Gehenna Press, 1959. 4to. [20] pages. 10 blocks by Leonard Baskin, with an additional block tipped-in on a leaf after the title, the remaining plates are bound after the text. Original plain cream cloth, leather label on spine. Copy number 3 of 150 copies, the prints printed.....
Frankfurt: van Dùren, 1749. Volume one (of 34) only, 4to (24.5 x 20 cm). Title printed in red and black. Engraved frontispiece (caption shaved), title vignette, and 7 engraved plates, of which four are folding. Contemporary German half calf, speckled paper boards, morocco lettering pieces on spine. Monogrammed bookplabel on.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. 10.5 x 11.5 inches. 264 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Profusely illustrated. Cloth; dust jacket. First edition. Contains 766 illustrations, including 741 in color, of which 81 are full-page hand-tipped color plates. A beautifully made book.
