Washington DC: American Society of Marine Draftsmen, 1915. Original wraps. 2 issues (January 1915 and Juky 1918) of this technical Quarterly issued out of Washington and devoted to shipbuilding and ship repair. Both issues crisp and VG+ in their stapled, gray card wrappers. Very light wear along the spines and..... More
Oxford, England: Oxford Uniersity Press, 1967. Cloth. A handsome copy of this 1967 1st thus, edited and translated by Denys Hay and W.K. Smith. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 268 pgs. Original Latin text on each verso, the English translation on the rectos. More
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1927. Cloth. SIGNED BY AIMEE SEMPLE MCPHERSON across the front free endpaper. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the 1927 1st edition. Tight and VG (light offsetting to the endsheets, small former owner name at the front pastedown {with a name below it..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1982. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ANDRE KERTESZ on the title page. A very sharp, near-mint copy to boot of the 1982 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, Kertesz's beautiful black-and-white photography thruout. More
London: The Curwen Press, 1931. 1st. Original Wraps. Lovely 1931 travel booklet, issued by The London and Northeastern Railway and wonderfully illustrated in rich color (and black-and-white) by the great graphic artist Edward Bawden. A clean, very well-preserved copy to boot: Crisp and Near Fine in its stapled orange wrappers..... More
New York: Julian Messner, 1944. Benjamin Rabier. Cloth. A very solid copy of this 1944 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine base and the lower front tip, and several small closed tears along the panel edges..... More
New York: Sandy Campbell, 1981. 1st. Original Wraps. The 1981 limited edition, #48 OF ONLY 50 COPIES PRINTED ON DECKLE-EDGED MAGNANI PAPER AND SIGNED BY DONALD WINDHAM at the colophon. Clean and Near Fine in its decorative wrappers. And in a Fine example of the mylar dustjacket. Octavo, 153 pgs..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. Boards. The December 1927 stated 10th printing of Dorothy Parker's first published volume of poetry, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG+ (early photograph of Dorothy Parker neatly applied to the front pastedown) in a crisp, price-intact, VG- example of the fragile "10th..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1940. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1940 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light foxing along the fore-edge) in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine example of the "young love" dustjacket, wonderfully illustrated by Irving Nurick. Thick 12mo, another adventure by "the irrespressible, madcap Maudie"..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. 1st. Cloth. The 1926 1st edition of this second and final annual of selections from "The American Mercury". Edited and selected by H.L. Mencken. VG (with light soiling to the panels and mild offsetting at the pastedowns and front and rear endpapers) in a...... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1938. Cloth. SIGNED BY INGRI AND EDGAR PARIN D'AULAIRE on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1938 1st edition -- AND IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Clean, tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG- example of the fragile dustjacket, with..... More
Paris: Editions Du May, 1991. 1st. Cloth. An As New copy of the 1991 1st edition. Immaculate and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 120 pgs. More
New York: Macmillan, 1916. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY JOSIAH ROYCE'S WIDOW, KATHARINE ROYCE, on the front free endpapaer. A clean, very sharp copy to boot of the 1916 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. More
Croton-on-Hudson, NY: Menses, 1984. Original wraps. The 1984 1st trade edition, #28 of an unspecified number printed. Clean and Near Fine in its accordion-like, fold-out signatures. Just a touch of abrading at the edge of the first page and a very light waviness to the pages. Housed in a lavishly-designed..... More
New York: Film-Makers' Cinematheque, 1966. Original wraps. A clean, well-preserved copy of this 1966 original program presenting a number of films of the great underground film-maker (and practitioner of black magic) Kenneth Anger. Included are his seminal "Scorpio Rising" from 1964 and "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" from 1966. The..... More
New York: The Junior Literary Guild and the Viking Press, 1953. Hardcover. WONDERFUL HALF-PAGE DRAWING OF "MAESTRO PETRINI" (the "Pet of the Met") ACCOMPANIED BY A HALF-PAGE, YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION INSCRIPTION BY DON FREEMAN. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the Junior Guild/Viking Press edition, which is virtually identical to..... More
London: Lackington, Allen & Co., 1814. Full leather. The 1814 stated 8th edition, complete in 3 volumes. All 3 volumes tight and VG- to VG in their full, light-brown calf. Vol. I's front board cleanly detached, light wear to the spine ends and the panels. Light to medium foxing as..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882. 1st. Half-Leather. The 1892 1st American edition (with the imprint of the Franklin Press on the coyright page). In the Publisher's Deluxe binding (half-morocco over marbled boards). Clean, solid and well-preserved. VG, with light wear at the tips and along the outer hinges. Small abrading..... More
Paris: Librairie Renouard -- Henri Laurens, Editeur, 1911. 1/2 Vellum. A lovely copy of the 1911 1st edition, bound in a sumptuous 1/2 vellum over marbled boards. Crisp, clean and Near Fine, with just a touch of very light spotting toward the front panel's bottom-edge and along the spine. (The..... More
Tucson, AZ: Patricia Peters Stephenson, 1996. 1st. Original Wraps. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS (PATRICIA STEPHENSON AND ALEX JAY KIMMELMAN) on the title page. An immaculate copy to boot of the 1996 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its original pictorial wrappers. Quarto, 86 pgs. Signed by Author(s). More
London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd., 1951. 1st. Half-Leather. #119 OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY AUTHOR R.W. SYMONDS on the limitation page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1951 true 1st edition. Well-preserved and solidly VG+ in its half-morocco over matching red cloth. Gilt-decorated front panel, bright gilt-lettering to spine. Quarto..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 1923. 1st. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1923 1st edition, limited to 350 copies. "Based on a Memorial Exhibition Held at the Grolier Club from April 20 to May 20, 1922" and compiled by Ruth Granniss, the Grolier Club's librarian. Clean and G+ in..... More
London: William Heinemann, Ltd., 1930. Cloth. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1930 1st UK edition, with additional passages that were left out of the American edition. Tight and VG+ (with bright gilt-titling along the spine) in a crisp, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling to the..... More
Germany: Verlag Arthur Niggli, 1973. Cloth. A tight, well-preserved copy of the 1973 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of rubbing --and light creasing-- along the panel edges. Quarto, 231 pgs., hundreds of plates thruout. Text in German. More
