New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2003. 1st. Hardcover. A very sharp copy of the catalogue based on the March-May 2003 exhibition at The Whitney Museum in New York. Clean and bright and Near Fine, with a decorative 3-dimensional hologram at the front panel. Quarto, 191 pgs., lavishly ilustrated thruout. More about Scanning: the aberrant architectures of diller+scofidio
New York: Vantage Press, 1980. 1st. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1980 stated 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with light creasing at the spine crown. Octavo, 186 pgs. "A story of the great Andrew (Rube) Foster, the outstanding team he owned... More about A Man and His Diamonds
Peekskill, NY: The Friendly Own Association, 1952. 1st. Cloth. 1952 stated 1st edition, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. Solid and VG (with light soiling at the panels) in a bright, VG- pictorial dustjacket, with several closed tears along the edges, light chipping at the spine... More about Peekskill, A Friendly Town: Its Historic Sites and Shrines: A Pictorial History of the City from...
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1965. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ELLEN WILLIAMSON on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot: Clean and Near Fine (one tiny paper clip impression at the front free endpaper's top-edge) in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 211 pgs. More about Wall Street Made Easy: An Unconventional Guide to Profitable Investing
Tokyo: Mushinsha Limited, 1982. Limited. Cloth. 1 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY AUTHOR ERIC SACKHEIM on the limitation page. A handsome copy to boot of this 1982 signed/limited. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 181 pgs. all told. Also includes, on the flipside, another book by Sackheim... More about I Ain't Been Nowhere. I Ain't Been Lost. I Been Here All Along. --Blues Memories: A Performance...
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1928. Alexander King. Boards. A handsome copy of the 1928 signed/limited edition. #165 OF 750 COPIES SIGNED BY EUGENE O'NEILL AT THE LIMITATION. Solid and VG+ (light soiling to the endsheets and pastedowns) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping at the foot... More about The Emperor Jones (The Signed/Limited Edition
Paris: Albert Messein, Editeur, 1925. 1st. Original Wraps. 1925 1st edition, 1 of 1,500 copies issued. VG in its original wrappers, with darkening along the spine and very light creasing at the panel edges. 12mo, 245 pgs. The bookplate of renowned translator Samuel Putnam at the front free endpaper and... More about Il Y A
New York and London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. Edmund Dulac. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1911 1st trade edition with the Edmund Dulac illustrations. Tight and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling and decoration to the front panel. And in a crisp, VG+ example of... More about The Nightingale and Other Stories (In Dustjacket
New York: Farrar-Straus-Giroux, 1982. Uri Shulevitz. Cloth. #400 of 450 numbered copies signed by both Isaac Bashevis Singer and the illustrator Uri Shulevitz at the limitation. A pristine copy to boot of the 1982 stated 1st printing. Tight and Fine in its light-brown cloth. Octavo, 85 pgs., nicely illustrated thruout... More about The Golem
New York: Charles Scribner, 1859. 1st. Decorative Cloth. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1859 1st edition. Tight and VG in its decorative, blindstamped panels. Still-bright gilt-lettering and devices to the spine. 12mo, 281 pgs. Artistic (done with great flourish) former owner name. address and date (1861) to the front free endpaper. More about Science and Art of Chess
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942. 1st. Cloth. The 1942 1st edition, "based on the proposals formulated by the C.I.A.M. (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne)". Solid and VG+, with very light offsetting at the front panel and just a touch of soiling along its fore-edge. Oblong quarto, 259 pgs. A very... More about Can Our Cities Survive?: An ABC of Urban Problems, Their Analysis, Their Solutions
Honesdale, PA: Wordsong (Boyds Mills Press), 1980. James Marshall. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY JANE YOLEN on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1980 2nd printing. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by James Marshall. More about How Beastly! A Menagerie of Nonsense Poems
New York: Random House, 1938. Jean De Brunhoff. Hardcover. A very solid copy of the 1938 1st American edition, translated from the original French by Merle Haas. Tight and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with several small closed tears and light chipping along the top-edges and light wear... More about Babar and His Children
Brookfield, CT: The Millbrook Press, 1997. Melanie K. Reim. Hardcover. A lovely copy of the 1997 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout in woodcut by Melanie K. Reim. A pristine copy. More about I Was Born a Slave: The Story of Harriet Jacobs
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. Cloth. The 1943 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG (with former owner inscription to the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light rubbing to the front panel, light wear along the front flap-fold and light creasing and chipping along the spine ends and... More about Juliet Dies Twice
London: Dalton Watson Ltd., 1977. 1st. Hardcover. A solid copy of the 1977 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing at the spine ends. Octavo, 196 pgs. More about Aston Martin and Lagonda
Paris: "Se Trouve": 3, Rue de Chaillot, 1918. Original wraps. A clean, very well-preserved copy of the 5th fascicule (of 11 total) of "La Guirlande: Album D'Art et de Litterature", c. 1918. Includes 8 lovely full-page color pochoir illustrations (by Barbier, Brunelleschi and others) and multiple additonal color pochoir plates... More about La Guirlande: Album D'Art et de Litterature --Fascicule 5e (of 11 Total
New York: Abbeville Press, 1986. Cloth. A near-pristine copy of the 1986 stated 1st American edition of this exhaustive, deeply-impressive catalogue. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of soiling to the lower text block) in a crisp, easily Near Fine dustjacket. Thick, tall quarto, richly illustrated thruout with first-rate... More about Futurismo & Futurismi: Futurism & Futurisms
New York: Random House, 1946. Original wraps. Random House's uncommon August 1946 Uncorrected Proof, with its wonderful cover designed only for the Proof copy. Solid and VG in its light-blue wrappers, with light chipping along the panel edges and tips, and one 2 1/2"chip at the rare panel's lower-edge. Still... More about Keep It Crisp (Uncorrected Proof
London: Stacey International, 1982. 1st. Cloth. Handsome copy of the 1982 reprint (just 1 year after the 1981 1st edition). VG+ and tightly-bound in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. One small, minor bump to upper right corner of the book, otherwise clean as could be. Internally immaculate as well, with no... More about Arab and Islamic Silver
London: Greening & Company, Ltd., 1907. Original wraps. The 1907 1st edition of this uncommon examination of the game, including chapters such as "The Lost Humour of Golf", "The Expenses of Golf" and "The Humour of Caddies". Crisp and VG+ in its thick pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of... More about Golf
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Cloth. SIGNED BY TED SORENSEN on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1965 stated 1st trade edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light creasing (and several very small closed tears --with just a.... More about Kennedy
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1984. 1/2 leather. Letter F of 26 lettered copies bound in 1/2 leather over marbled boards and signed by William Everson on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot, tight and Near Fine. Tall quarto, designed and printed for Lord John Press by Patrck Reagh. More about Renegade Christmas (Lettered Copy
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM MEREDITH TO AUTHOR FRANCIS STEEGMULLER on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1958 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping --and several very small closed... More about The Open Sea and Other Poems (Plus 3 Signed Broadsides
