New York: Simon and Schuster, (2004). First edition, first printing. Fine. Oblong folio. (188)pp. Textured paper over boards, gilt spine,. Illustrated throughout in color. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has a tiny closed marginal tear on the rear panel else is in fine condition. Created and Illustrated by Terryl Whitlatch..... 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
Russia: 1917-1918. Three pieces of ephemera: 1. Mortgage, Imperial Bank, 1917, bearing a 5 kopek stamp. Coupons n the reverse have not been completed. 2. Letter regarding an inheritance, 1918, with three 50 kopek stamps. 3. Resident Certificate, 1918, All have been folded but are in very good condition. More
Calvin, Cass Co., MI: 1897. Single sheet, 8 by 12 inches. A two year mortgage at 7% for $200. payable to John R. Carr of Cassopolis for property in Calvin Township by Lottie Carter and Sarah E. East. Attested by two witnesses as well as Leandere Orborn, Justice of the..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1956. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Orange cloth. Spines blocked in black and gilt. Ownership stamp on front free endpaper, else in near fine condition with only traces of wear along the bottom. The dustwrappers have some chipping along the edges and rubbing at the folds, else..... More
México: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, 1952. First edition. Very good. Folio. 389,(3)pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles on spine and upper board; map endpapers of Oaxaca in the 16th century. Illustrated with 527 photographs of line drawings of ancient figured urns. One of 500 copies. Memorias del Instituto Nacional..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1896. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 577,(1)pp. followed by publisher's ads. Green pebbled cloth, glt spine title. Five star maps in pocket at rear. General light wear, the maps have a partial separation at one of teh folds (no loss) else this is a good copy..... More
.n.p. LIFE, ca. 1944. Wraps. Folio. Six pages in color reproducing sixteen of Denslow's drawings, as well as eleven incorporated into the text, from the first edition of the first Oz book. The pages are adhered to stiff paper wraps, and are an extract from a larger periodical. There is..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Red cloth spine, gilt; black textured cloth sides,with the upper board blocked in gilt. Yellow endpapers. Folio. xiii,(3)348,xxiv pp. A fine, bright copy. There are remnants of the original dustwrapper: the front and rear panels are nearly intact; the spine is..... More
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, var. A folder containing a large number of items, all related to the Rampant Lions Press: 1. Bookplate printed for King's College Library; 2. Sparrow, John, "Lapidaria Octava", 1/200 copies; 3. Munby, A. N., Book-collecting in the 1930s. Inscribed by Sebasian Carter, the printer; 4. "In the Beginning", Prospectus; 5. "In..... More
Berkeley: University of California, 1978. Broadside. 20 by 37 inches, printed in black and reddish-brown. Dominating the broadside is the plan of the monastery drawn by the author's as part of their research for 'The Plan of St Gall' which was to be published in 1979. In a sense, then..... More
(Tacámbaro, Michoacán): n.p., 2020. Limited edition. Broadside. Broadside, 18 by 26 inches printed in black and color with Artemio's linocuts illustrating the 29 letters of the Spanish alphabet. Here are Zorro, Vaca, Quetzal; Ojo, Lluvia, Libro; Estrella, Chapulín, Armadillo. (The images favor animals.) The letters are printed wither in green..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1965. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xi,263,(1)pp. Red cloth, spine in gilt and black. Frontispiece portrait. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has a trace of darkening else is fine and is not price-clipped. The third, and last volume, of the Memoirs of the Owen Family..... More
San Francisco; Denver: The Colt Press; Allan Swallow, 1942;1950. Limited edition. Two works bound in one. 'The Helmsman' is one of 300 copies and is signed by the author on the title page. Brown cloth printed in green on the spine and upper board. A fine copy. More
n.p. The Turkey Press, (1984). Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. Unpaginated. Thin 8vo. Perinted blue self-wrappers over card. One of 175 copies, from a total edition of 215 copies. Set in 12 pt. Goudy and printed by Sandra Liddell Reese. A fine copy. More
Nelson, B.C., Canada: The Gathering Inn Press, c. 1973. Illustrated by the Author. First edition. Stapled wraps. 12mo. 55, (1) pp. Printed stapled wraps. The text is hand lettered by Eva Waters. Full page illustrations throughout. Trace of soil and edgewear, else a near fine copy. More
Brisbane: The Jacarando Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 43, (1)pp. Printed paper over boards. The spine ant upper boards are sunned else this is a very good copy. The first book of this talented Aboriginal author. More
Riverdale-on-Hudson: The Sheep Meadow Press, 1997. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. 8vo. xxxii,74pp. Printed wraps. A light bump on the spine else a fine copy. Translated by Linda Zisquit. With a sticker on the upper cover, "Uncorrected Proofs". Prospectus laid-in. More
New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 2013. Jacket design by Julie Dillon. Hardcover. First printing of this reissue, with a new "Note from the Author" and with a new jacket illustration by Julie Dillon. A fine copy in a fine jacket. Inscribed on the title page by the author "For Wendy"..... More
