New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928. Decorative Cloth. 1928 1st thus--with the magnificent Harry Clarke illustrations. Solid and VG, in its gilt-decorated front panel and spine. Light foxing to the preliminaries, former owner name at the half-title, very light soiling to the panels and at the spine crown. And..... More

American Optical Company, 1945. Hardcover. Published in the mid 40s as a catalogue of new scientific instruments (with heavy emphasis on microscopes) produced by the Spencer Co. of Buffalo, this is a VG copy in dark-blue cloth boards. A tall octavo, 207 pgs., crisp black and white photos throughout. More

Princeton University Press, 1964. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1964 edition of Princeton's publication of Alexander Wheelock Thayer's 2 vol. "Life of Beethoven". Both volumes clean and Near Fine in their russet cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spines. Just a touch of light foxing to the fore-edges, otherwise..... More

New York: Bell Publishing Company, 1965. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY BARRY HUMPHRIES on the half-title. A crisp copy to boot of this early, 1965 reprint. Solid and VG in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. Neat former owner inscription at the front free endpaper, otherwise clean as could be. Oblong octavo, 240..... More

New York: Floating Bear, 1961. Original wraps. The 1961 issue #6 of "The Floating Bear", Diane Di Prima's and LeRoi Jones's first-rate poetry newsletter and mimeo issued out of New York's Lower East Side (at 309 East Houston Street). Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its stapled wrappers. Contributors..... More

Buenos Aires: Editorial Losada, S.A., 1944. 1st. Original Wraps. The 1944 1st edition, IN ITS ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and VG+ (with mild darkening to the pages) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. 12mo (pocketbook), 127 pgs. More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1937. Cloth. A sharp, well-preserved copy of the 1937 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its dark-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. A touch of light spotting at the front panel's lower-edge, very light scuffing to the rear panel. Mild..... More

Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1927. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE LEGENDARY CABINET MAKER AND ANTIQUES COLLECTOR ISRAEL SACK on the front pastedown. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1927 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its dark-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and..... More

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY JOHN ASHBERY on the title page. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1966 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (small, neat former owner name and date on the half-title -- the person to whom Ashbery inscribed the..... More

University of Texas Press, 1973. Cloth. The 1973 1st US edition, translated from its original Spanish by Ruth L.C. Simms. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with sunning along the spine and along the panel top-edges. Octavo, 281 pgs. More

Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1971. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1971 1st edition of this impressive monograph on British architect William Butterfield (1814-1900). Tight and VG+ in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing at the front panel's lower-edge. Thick quarto, dozens of good-quality black-and-white illustrations..... More

New York: Columbia University Press, 1967. Cloth. A handsome example of the 1967 re-issues, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes tight and VG+ (very light spotting at the panels) in crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjackets. Thick octavos, translated from the original Russian by George L. Kline. More