Milwaukee: The Casanove Press, 1936. Limited edition. Stapled wraps. 12mo. 36pp. Printed wraps. One of 500 numbered copies; this is number 388. Inscribed to J E Reynolds from Harry W. Schwatz on the title page. Spine sunned else in very good condition. More
New York: Thornwillow Press, n.d. Wraps. 8vo. Finely printed letterpress on 12 pp. Purple printed wraps. Two illustrations tipped-in. A fine copy. This is the announcement for the limited edition book. Laid-in are an order form and advertising materials. More
Kalamazoo: Aliquando Press, c. 1976. Wraps. Oblng 4to. 8pp. sewn into printed wraps. Three pages are printed in color plus black. A fine copy. This is the prospectus for the limited edition book. With ordering materials laid in. More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2006. Hardcover. Oblong, 9.25 x 11.25 inches. xii, 212 pages. Frontispiece photograph of Neale Albert. Illustrated throughout with color photographs of the miniatures by photographer Tom Grill. Grey cloth, spine gilt, illustrated paste-on of a miniature book on the upper board. A fine copy. In..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. Second impression. Original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed. Small illustrations in the text by the author, endpapers illustrated by Robert Lawson. Some paperclip marks on the half-title, else a fine..... More
London: David Nutt, 1889-91. Hardcover. First critical edition. 4to. Three volumes in two, uniformly bound. xviii, 861,(3); 230, 2); 338(2)pp. Publisher's quarter leather, gilt spine titles, top edges gilt. Cloth boards. Volume One contains the facsimile of Caxton's edition; Volume Two contains Sommer's notes, glossary and bibliography of the Morte..... More
London: The Scolar Press, 1976. Limited edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, 4to. Issued in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the introduction of printing into England by William Caxton. Each volume is bound in full calf in period-style by the Eddington Bindery. Spines in five compartments with raised bands. Titles..... More
New York: George P. Putnam and Co., 1854. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original publisher's maroon marbled cloth, upper cover with elaborate blocked design in gilt and blind with large central sunken lozenge blocked with a gilt vignette of the "southern mocking bird" signed "Tompson" (in reverse), derived from the plate..... More
Taos, N.M. n.p., 1968-1969. Three letters in the hand of Alexandra Fechin. The first, dated February 5, 1968, thanks her 'Dick" for a planetarium article, then complains about not receiving an earlier letter, thinking there had been trouble between them The second, to large sheets, speaks of the valuation of..... More
Madrid: Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, 1757. First edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. Small 4tos. (24),240; (8),564; (8),436. Four folding copperplate maps: Vol. 1 contains the Mapa de la California, y su Costa Oriental Nuevamente Descubierta, based on Padre Kino's revolutionary map. Vol. 3 contains three maps: Seno de California; Carta de..... More
Mexico City: Pedro Ocharte and Antonio Espinosa, 1576. Single leaf 10 by 15 inches, printed on both sides on fine paper in red and black. The leaf begins with the chant "Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus" and a large two line woodcut 'P' in red. Near the bottom begins the..... More
Jersey City, NJ: American Type Founders Company, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. xvi, (2), 1153-1301, (3)pp. Red buckram printed in black on the spine and upper board. All edges red. Decorative endpapers. This is the separate catalogue of machinery, furniture and equipments. A nice copy for a book usually..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1938. Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. First trade edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 395pp. Beige buckram printed in dark green, dark green top edge, pictoral endpapers by the Illustrator. Previous owner's signature and date (1938) on the half title, else this is a fine, nearly as new..... More
New York: WIlliam Morrow and Company, 1943. Illustrated by the author. First edition. Hardcover. Thin folio. (40)pp. Paper over boards printed in full color. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Wolo in monochrome and occasionally full color. This is a very good, bright copy with only a trace of wear..... More
London: T. Fisher Brown, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (viii),249,(iii)pp. Black cloth, gilt titles on spine and upper board. Neat pencil marginalia throughout, light wear to corners and edges, else a very good copy. The major compilation and explanation of ancient Ireland's legal system. Covers Legislative Assemblies, the Classification of..... More
Norwalk: Easton Press, 2011. Hardcover. Five volumes. 8vo. Black leather blocked in blue and gilt; all edges gilt; moiré silk endpapers; ribbon bookmarks. A fine, new set still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Volume 2 is signed by the author. Susan Cooper's masterful fantasy set in England and Wales, incorporating English and..... More
London: Gollancz, 1983. First English edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 214pp. Red textured paper boards, gilt spine title. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by Hillerman on the half title. Hillerman's description of Hopi culture and religion as a background to this Jim Chee mystery taking place in Hopi..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1877. Hardcover. 4to. Red leather spine, gilt; marbled paper boards; chocolate colored endpapers, top edge gilt. xx,504pp. Engraved vignettes. Light rubbing to the leather, edges of the boards are worn, but still this is a very good copy. The second edition of Lady Charlotte Guest's translation from..... More
Michoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2019. Illustrated by Artemio Rodriguez. Limited edition. Broadside. Broadside. (12 by 18 inches), finely printed letterpress by Juan Pascoe on heavy stock. This superb example of fine printing features a linocut by Artemio Rodriguez showing the famed Mexican singer Isabel Vargas Lizano (known as Chavela)..... More
New York, Philadelphia Albany: Various, 1834-1839. Wraps. Six Almanacs bound as one: 1. The Temperance Almanac ... for 1834, NY, L. D. Dewey et al; 2. Joseph Chamber, The Temperance Almanac ... for 1834, Philadelphia, Uriah Hunt; 3. The Temperance Almanac ... for 1835, Philadelphia, Uriah Hunt; 4. The Temperance Almanac ... for 1836..... More
Guadalajara: Gráfica de Comala, 2019. Illustrated with original engravings by Nacho Gómez Arriola. Stiff card. 12mo. Text is 8pp letterpress, plus covers, illustrated with Nacho's linocuts in in blue and bound into red paper wrappers with a printed label on the upper cover. A fine copy. In 2006, UNESCO..... More
Guadalajara: Gráfica de Comala, 2019. Illustrated with original engravings by Nacho Gómez Arriola. Limited edition. Stiff card. 4to. Text is 18pp letterpress, plus covers, illustrated with Nacho's linocuts in colors, and bound into a blue paper portfolio with a printed label on the upper board, printed titles on spine and..... More
Tacámbaro de Codallos: Taller Martín Pescador, 2017. Limited edition. Broadside. Broadside, 80 x 100 cm. Engraving by Artemio Rodriguez. Finely printed by Juan Pascoe on Tamayo de Ponte paper with a Vandercook Press. One of 84 copies. A fine copy. In Spanish. The engraving by Rodriguez is particularly striking, showing..... More
Washington: Richard Armstrong, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Senate Issue. 8vo. Original brown ribbed cloth blocked in blind on the boards and spine and with the title in copper on the spine. Spine sunned and title dulled, with wear to the edges and corners, else this is a very good copy..... More
Stuttgart (Philadelphia): Krais & Hoffmann (John Weik), (1851). First edition. Hardcover. This is clearly the first edition printed in Stuttgart by Krais & Hoffmann, but their imprint has been covered by a label printed with "Philadelphia, Verlag von John Weik. 1857", presumably for the American market. Oblong 4to. Complete with..... More
