n.p. n,p, (1949). Stapled wraps. 12mo. Stapled wraps. 16pp. Small nick on rear wrap else this is in very good condition. Poetry in praise of the Painted Desert by the renowned artist, who provided illustrations in the margin of the poem. More
Tacámbaro, Michoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2014. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. 88,(2)pp. Sewn on vellum tapes laced into stiff green paper boards, printed title label on the upper board and printed design label on the spine. Finely printed letterpress on handmade paper of just the right shade of green, and made..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. (1911). Illustrated by Eleanor F. Brickdale. 4to. First Brickdale illustrated edition. Blue cloth blocked in a design in gilt on the spine and upper board, and in blind on the lower board. 21 exquisite mounted plates by Brickdale in her best style. A near fine..... More
London: Robt. Riviere & SOn, 1928. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated. Finely bound in red calf, sumptuously gilt on the spine and both boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, by Riviere. More
Goodland, KS: R. G. Wolfe, n.d. (1924). Stapled wraps. 8vo. 40pp. Printed wraps. Illustrated. A very good copy, although the bottom edges was cut at an angle by the publisher. The story of Kansas just before the homesteaders' advent, and the pursuit of the King of the Wild Horsesd, Black..... More
London: John Russell Smith, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. 12mo. Half dark red cloth. Introduction and notes by Thomas Wright, The Introduction is of bibliographical importance as it sketches the history of the early editions of Malory: Caxton (one complete copy; one incomplete); de Worde (two editions, one copy..... More
St Petersburg: Nikodim Press, 2021. Limited edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio. 15 by 8 inches. Beige cloth with the title printed on the upper board and a portrait of the author printed by the illustrator inset into the board. Beige endpapers. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout by Dmitry Sayenko with the illustrations taken..... More
n.p. (Los Angeles): n.p., (1923). Hardcover. 8vo. 146pp.. Blue cloth, gilt title on the upper board. Light wear and soil. stain in front endpaper gutter, 1931 clipping pasted to front pastedown recounting the 1931 death of Edward Towne, a Cheyenne newspaperman, who in 1892, accompanied as a staff correspondent a...... More
London: Printed by Spottiswoode, 1888. First edition. Wraps. 29, [3]pp. Small 4to. Publisher's brown wrappers printed in black. Light wear else a very good copy. Scarce. In1885, Whistler delivered the “Ten O’Clock,” an hour-long public lecture on art, to an audience composed of artists, dealers, and members of the press..... More
New York: Jenkins & Thomas, Printers, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 8vo. 139pp followed by ads. Printed wraps. 7 plates as called for. The rear wrap repeats the plate of Sitting Bull. Wraps somewhat soiled and with old tape reinforcement within and without, else this is a very good copy..... More
Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Green cloth printed in black on the spine and upper board. Illustrations by Sears Frank. Color frontispiece, illustrated endpapers, text illustrations in black and white. Cloth sunned around edges else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper has chips at the..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1939. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine and upper board. Map endpapers. Illustrated. Index. Large folding map in rear pocket. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price clipped, has a trace of wear along the edges, else is fine..... More
(London): Longmans & Co., 1849. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Leather spine embossed in blind and with the publisher's ornate boards on heat-stamped wood. 34 thick pages printed on both sides in chromolithography and with every other page highlighted in gold. The text is taken from the Book of Ecclesiastes, sometimes..... More
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited, n.d. (1858). Hardcover. Thin small folio. Red cloth blocked in gilt. Letterpress text of 50 pp. preceded by 24 full page engravings and an engraved title page all from sketches by Thomas Allom. The binding is soiled and well worn, the gilt..... More
New York/n.p. Frank Tousey/Happy Hours Brotherhood, 1945. Limited edition. 4to. 17,(1)pp. The upper wrap has an engraving of the Kid. One of 1000 facsimiles of the 1881 issue. this copy printed by the Happy Hours Brotherhood, edited by J. C. Dykes, who provides a Foreward. The paper is lightly toned..... More
New York: Street & Smith, (1943). Wraps. 68pp, counting the pictorial wraps. Comic book format. Printed throughout in full color. Text pages are browned as usual for the poor paper used; The cover is well rubbed, the inner hinge taped at an early date, and has separated from the text..... More
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. xiv, (15)-802, iv pp. Green textured cloth blocked in black and gilt on the spine and upper board. Map of Southern States as well as many illustrations throughout by J. Wells Champney. Travel in Louisiana, Texas, Indian Territory, Missouri..... More
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1915-1925. First editions. Hardcover. Three volumes. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt spine titles, top edges gilt. 394, 403, 419pp. Indices; maps and plans included in the pagination. A near fine set showing only traces of wear. Ownership name in pencil on front free endpapers. An..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. n.d., ca. 1880. Hardcover. Large thin 4to. Upper board in full color chromolithography; rear board in single color and listing the five books in the Pantomime Series. 10pp of text, with the two remaining blanks serving as front and rear pastedowns. With a full color chromolithographed..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1955. Limited edition. Hardcover. Original blue buckram boards, dark blue pigskin spine gilt, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, Cockerel marbled endpapers. A fine copy in the publisher's printed box which has only a trace of soil. One of 2000 numbered copies, of which this is number..... More
LIncoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1967). Drawings by Amos Bad Heart Bull. Limited edition. Hardcover. Small folio. xxii, 537pp. Black cloth spine, gilt spine title, mustard yellow cloth boards and endpapers. 415 captioned illustrations in text and 32 pages of color illustrations by Amos Bad Heart Bull. A trace of..... 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
London: John Russell Smith, 1865-1866. Second edition. Very good. Three volumes. 12mo. Half dark cakf. Spines in fivex compartments, gilt; marbled paper boards, endpapers and edges. Later green morocco lettering labels, gilt. Joints rubbed, light wear to the boards, light foxing to the endpapers and preliminaries else this is a...... More
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1906-1909. First US editions. Hardcover. Three volumes, 8vo. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spines. Volume I is the 1906 US firs tprinting; Volume II is the 1907 US first printing; and Volume II is the 1909 US first printing. Volume II spine..... More
Paris: Ernst Henri, Editeur, n.d. (1925). Loose plates. Folio, 11 by 15 inches. Portfolio of 40 loose plates. Paper over boards, cloth spine, printed paper label, cloth tie. The plates are printed in full color and mounted to a gray card with a printed black border. Portfolio well worn, and..... More
