London: The Vale Press [by the Ballantne Press], 1902. 4to. Full-page woodcut floral border by C. S. Ricketts on [a]4r. Specially bound in brown half morocco, brown cloth boards, spine gilt-ruled and -lettered, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Beautifully printed edition of Browne's classic, edited by C.J. Holmes. According to... More
Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute and W. Creech, 1797. 8vo (173 x 100 mm). 99 (of 100) engraved plates, including engraved title and the folding plate "View of the Greenland Whale Fishery" (lacks the frontispiece). Contemporary mottled calf. A charming and well-illustrated guide to animals designed for children. In his note... More
Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1899. 8vo. 190, [1] pages. Original printed stiff-paper boards; French-folded printed wrapper with border designed by Charles Ricketts; printed outer dust jacket. Old description slip tipped to front free endpaper. One of 725 copies from Mosher's press. Scarce with the outer jacket. More
Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., 1872. 8vo. 108 pages. 8 full-page wood-engraved portraits. Printed wrappers. Owner's sticker on inner rear wrapper. FIRST EDITION. The portraits include those of John Wanamaker, Peter Cooper, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. McCurdy discusses the way to wealth and writes case studies about the aforementioned tycoons, as well... More
Worcester: Metacom Press, [1980]. 8vo. 16, [1] pp. Sewn in original blue marbled wrappers, printed paper label on front cover. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 132 of 300 copies signed by Updike from an edition of 326. This is Metacom Limited Editions Series, no. 1. With publisher's slip laid-in explaining the printing. More
Hong Kong: Gagosian / Other Criteria, 2011. 8vo. 64 pages. In English and Chinese. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. More
[New York]: Peradam, 2014. 8vo. 48 pages. Blue printed boards. FIRST EDITION, one of 1000 copies. More
London: Petersburg Press, 1970. 16mo (104 x 70 mm). 39 etchings by Hockney. Original blue boards, lettered in silver. A charming miniature edition of Hockney's illustrations to six Grimm tales. More
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1974. 8vo. 372 pages. Cloth; pictorial dust jacket. Owner's name on pastedown. FIRST EDITION. An excellent study of how Joyce uses music to expand and orchestrate his major themes. More
New York: Henry Street Settlement, 1963. 4to. 212 pages. Printed wrappers designed by Ivan Chermayeff. FIRST EDITION, one of 12,000 copies. With Henry Street Settlement pamphlet laid-in. More
Amsterdam: J. M. Meulenhoff, [ca 1960]. 8vo. 28 pages. 36 illustrations. Printed wrappers reproducing an image by Mondrian. FIRST EDITION. More
Chicago: Third World Press, 1972. 8vo. 36 pages. Stapled in printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, first printing. More
Brooklyn: Clown War, 1977. Small 8vo. Stapled in printed wrappers. Includes contributions by Ted Berrigan, Ray DiPalma, Marne Marcus, Jack Collom, David Gitin, Jim Moser and Jeff Wright. More
Pinole: Benny & Son, 1988. 8vo. Printed wrappers. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Robert Eggplant's fanzine about East Bay punk subculture. He is also an activist and works with many peace and anarchist groups, including the Slingshot! collective. More
Washington, D. C. King Publications, 1975. 4to. 28 pages. Original wrappers. FIRST EDITION of this series of drawings by a 26-year-old man serving a 95-year minimum sentence in the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. The reader was provided his address and asked to "Let him know what you think... More
Cape Town: Moyra and Azriel Fine, 1979. 4to. Black-and-white photographs in text. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 87 of 100 copies signed by Astbury and the actress Yvonne Bryceland. "Brian Astbury founded and ran South Africa's first non-racial theatre/arts venue, The Space, in the 70's, where he commissioned... More
Paris: Magimel, 1793. 12mo. 312 pages. Contemporary French mottled sheep, gilt-lettered and -ruled on spine. Fine copy of this French military manual. More
Norwich, NY: Telegraph & Chronicle Power Press Print, 1866. 8vo. 403, [3] pages. Two mounted albumen portrait photographs on front blank leaves. Original embossed cloth. FIRST EDITION, with a photograph of the author Brevet-Major Elias P. Pellet in uniform and another unidentified man. mounted at front. More
Milan: Valentino, 2015. 4to. [42] pages. Flexible cloth, laid into branded flexible cloth portfolio. A beautifully produced trade catalogue for the Pre Fall 2015 season, designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli, who collaborated with pop artist Giosetta Fiorini to create a playful and dreamy heart theme. More
London: Pace, 2012. Folio. 86 pages. Printed boards. FIRST EDITION. Illustrating 17 works by Rothko and 16 by Sugimoto. More
Hatje Cantz, 2000. Folio. Text in German and English. 276 pages. Wrappers; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. More
Lonon: Phaidon, 2015. Folio. 348 pages. Cloth; die-cut dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. More
McCM Creations, 2005. Tall narrow 8vo, with accordion-form panel, folding into printed portfolio. FIRST EDITION. More
