New York: The James A. McCann Company, (1922). Illustrations by Robert Lawson. First edition. Hardcover. 4to, (10 1/2 x 12 1/8”), blue-grey gilt and pictorial cloth. Each page of text has pale green line illustrations by Lawson. There are pictorial headpieces done in black, decorative initials, pictorial endpapers plus 6..... More
London: J. Dodsley, 1774. First edition. Very good. First edition. Two volumes. 4to. [4], vii, [1], 568; [4], 606, [1]pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Second state (Type B) with text at I, 55, corrected. Contemporary full calf; spines in six compartments, gilt; gilt titles. Portrait lightly offset to title page. Both..... More
London: J. Dodsley, 1774. Second edition. Hardcover. Second edition. 8vo. Four volumes. Contemporary binding of full polished calf; spines in 6 compartments with simple gilt rules; red morocco lettering pieces, gilt. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the Earl of Chesterfield in volume one. Hinges cracked but firm; light edgewear; closed marginal..... More
French: n.p., ca. 1825. 11 engraved cut-out figures or objects including ferryman, three couples, wolf, goat, cabbage and boat, to be slotted into boat, , original box with engraved pictorial label colored by hand, A rare children's game, possibly printed by the Parisian publisher Nepveau. Contained in the box measuring..... More
n.p. (London): n.p. (Longmans), n.d. (1811). Very good. Single page copperplate engraving. 8 by 10 inches, the image being 6 by 8 inches, and matted in an 11 by 14 inch mat. Later handcoloring. Light foxing, a light tide mark on the lower corner not affecting the image, else a...... More
Chefoo, China: Temple Hill Cut-outs, c. 1930 or earlier. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Eight leaves of handmade heavy paper interleaved with text leaves printed on glassine. Each page has a silhouette intricately cut out of black paper and mounted. Bound in a Chinese-style binding with woven tapestry covers depicting a stream..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2016. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 321pp. Red cloth printed in black on the spine, Illustrated with a facsimile of the manuscript. Index. A fine, as new copy. The dustwrapper is fine as new as well. Mayan Christian copybooks, Chilam Balams and native..... More
late 1800's. Original Victorian Christmas and New Year's cards dating the the late 19th century. Generally single sheets, folded, about 3.25 x 5 inches to a little larger The fronts are chromolithographed; two have an applied fringe. Friendship verses. Faint soil but generally in very good. condition and unused. Two..... More
London: E. Jones, 1696. Hardcover. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece. Full calf, probably 18th century or early 19th century. Spine in 6 compartments; red lettering label, gilt; the remaining compartments with a Maltese cross impressed in blind. Plain endpapers. 19th century ownership signature scrawled across the title page. Light scuffing to the..... More
Madrid: "Diana" 1942. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 344pp. New quarter leather binding, leather lettering slip, gilt; red buckram boards. Old library stamp on the reverse of the title page, two pp. remargined (no loss), light marginal stain along bottom of first 20pp, else a very good copy. Definitive discussion of..... More
Boston: Boston Job Print, 1878. Broadside. Broadside approximately 9½ by 22 inches printed in black ink thin purple paper. Woodcut of a giant squid attacking a three-masted clipper. W. C. Coup had been affiliated with Barnum and had been responsible for such innovations as three rings and a circus train..... More
Petrograd: 1923. Single sheet of heavy wove paper 13 by 18 inches with blue, red, green and gold calligraphy congratulating the circus orchestral director on twenty years of service. Addressed to Dear Colleague Stanislav Martinovich Novitsky from the Guild (Collective) of Circus Workers, and signed by what appears to be..... More
New York: Harper & Row, (1975). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 287pp. Blue cloth spine, gilt title; green paper over boards. Trace of sunning along the top else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped, has a trace of wear, but is near fine as well. Inscribed..... More
Lawrence, Kansas: United States Indian Service, Harkell Institute, 1951. Hoke Denetsosie. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 149pp. Brick-colored cloth with the title printed in black on the spine and the title and a vignette in black on the upper board. The one volume edition of Clark's popular books containing: Little Herder..... More
(Tucson): University of Arizona Press, c. 1966. Illustrations by De Grazia. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. xx,(2),225pp. Blue cloth blocked in silver on the spine and upper board. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is chipped and lightly soiled, else very good. It is not price-clipped. Illustrated with maps. Decorated endpapers, text..... More
London: John W. Parker, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. viii, 276pp. plus 4pp publisher's catalogue. Publisher's deep rose-colored cloth in what appears to be a fine sand-grain pattern. Embossed in blind on the boards and in blind on the spine with gilt titles. Pale yellow endpapers. Engraved armorial bookplate of..... More
Kent: Ebenezer Press, 1969. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large folio, approximately 21 by 14¼ inches. English yew boards by George Coulter, Ltd., natural hide spine, gilt block lettering by Ted Robbins of the Royal College of Art Bookbinding. Sixteen loose folios of text and illustrations, each signed or initialed by the..... More
London: Andrew Dakers Ltd., 1940. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt spine titles. 342pp. Binding lightly soiled with traces of wear at edges and corners, else this is a very good copy. There is a Christmas, 1941, inscription the front free end paper, and a note on..... More
NY: Blue Ribbon, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Color pictorial boards. Three large, colorful pop-ups; numerous b&w illstrations in text. A couple of places where upper board is rubbed; one pop-up with expert and nearly invisible repair of a closed tear; chip at base of spine. A very good to near..... More
Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 4to. xvi, 316pp. Index. Tan buckram printed in black on the spine and in black and gilt on the upper board. Top edge gilt. Patterned endpapers. Printed in red and black. The first part (text) is illustrated with a...... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio. 160pp. Dark gray cloth with the title on the spine in orange and a rendering of Mayan glyphs on the upper board. Extensively illustrated. A near fine copy. A catalogue of selections from the Grolier Club exhibit of 1971..... More
Santa Fe: Clear Light Publishers, 1993. Limited edition. Hardcover. Golio. 139pp. Black cloth, silver titles on the spine and upper board. Illustrated in color throughout. Foreward by Roger G. Kennedy. Introduction by the Editor. Eighteen essays on individual afrtistsd, followed by a bibliography. One of 300 numbered copies signed by..... More
(Denver): Colorado Midland Railway, 1890. First edition. Wraps. 4to Brown coated wraps embossed in gilt on the upper cover and printed in gilt on the rear.(200)pp. Large closed tear on upper cover repaired with tape, the spine also repaired within and without with tape, some corners worn else a good..... More
London: Printed for T. and J. Allman, 1818. Hardcover. 12mo. xxiv, 212pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and nine copper plates. Also includes a Glossary and the "Poem of the Flying Dragon and the Man of Heaton, together with Other Whimsical Amusements, in Prose and Verse. To which is Added..... More
Madrid: La Viuda de D. Joaquin Ibarra, 1798. Softcover. 8vo. 427pp. Contemporary limp velum, manuscript title on spine (now faded). Front free endpaper has perished, and foot of the spine lacks a small piece of vellum, some staining, else a very good copy. In Spanish. More
