Chicago: American Colortype Company, 1940. Dorothy Wagstaff. Pictorial boards. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1940 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light bumping to the tips) in a crisp, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing --and several very small closed tears-- along the panel edges. Internally immaculate, with no..... More
New York: The Abingdon Press, 1932. George A. King. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1932 Abingdon Press edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($1.00), VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with very light chipping and creasing along the spine crown. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout by George A...... More
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1952. Simon Lissim. Boards. A very sharp copy of the 1952 1st edition of this uncommon collection of art instruction. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 83 figures supplementing Lissim's text. More
Washington, D.C. New World Books, 1963. Pictorial boards. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR VINCENT GODFREY BURNS on the front free endpaper. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1963 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo, partly biography-in-verse! More
New York: Random House, 1957. Rene Martin. Cloth. A sharp copy of the 1957 stated 1st printing of this charming children's introduction to science. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($1.95), VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing along the edges. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated throughout by Rene Martin. More
Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company (Circle Books), 1946. Cloth. A clean, well-preserved copy of the 1946 1st thus (having originally been published under the title "She Knew What He Wanted" in 1941). Tight and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ example of the wonderful pictorial dustjacket, with several tiny closed tears..... More
The Military Service Publishing Company, 1940. Cloth. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR LILLI SWETLAND on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 1940 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing and chipping along the spine crown. Octavo, 8 full-page maps complementing..... More
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, 1969. Original wraps. A clean, crisp copy of this 1969 Elmore Leonard paperback original. Tight and Near Fine in its wonderful lurid covers. One tiny chip (the size of a pinhead) at the foot of the spine, otherwise clean as could be. Pocketsized, a Fawcett Gold..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Boards. INSCRIBED BY MARIO PUZO on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1969 stated 4th impression. Tight and VG+ (neat, small former owner names at the front free endpaper's top-edge) in a surprisingly bright, price-intact ($6.95), VG+ example..... More
New York: Random House, 1966. Laminate boards. A clean, very presentable copy of the 1966 1st edition (with the 9th and last title on the rear flap listing to itself). Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact ($2.95), VG+ dustjacket, with very light wear along the spine ends and..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1966. Cloth. The 1966 2nd American edition of this highspot of 20th century Irish literature. A REVIEW COPY TO BOOT, WITH THE WALKER AND COMPANY REVIEW SLIP LAID-IN. Solid and VG (light offsetting to the endsheets and pastedowns, mild browning along the page edges, very..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1933. Hugh Lofting. Decorative Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1933 1st American edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its orange pictorial boards, with very slight cocking to the binding, a bit of light soiling at the rear panel and one small bump..... More
Paris: Edition "Arts et Metiers Graphiques" 1933. Spiral bound. SIGNED BY BRASSAI near the head of the opening page of Paul Morand's Introduction. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the 1933 1st edition of this soaring achievement in pre-War photography and printing. Crisp and VG in its iconic..... More
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1968. Cloth. SIGNED AND DATED BY BRASSAI on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1968 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing and one small closed tear along the spine crown..... More
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1967. Ingrid Fetz. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1967 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with several inconspicuous spots to the inside of the dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout by Ingrid Fetz. More
New York: The Hudson Coal Company, 1932. Cloth. A tight, sharp copy of the 1932 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-red cloth, with one tiny spot at the rear panel's lower-edge. Octavo, crisp black-and-white photos throughout. More
New York: Brooklyn Edison Company, Inc., 1936. Card Wrappers. 1936 Brooklyn Market Survey, in its wonderful, original blue and orange Art Deco card wrappers. A spiralbound folio, fragile to be sure but still bright and very presentable. Solid and VG, with a degree of scuffing and creasing to the panels..... More
Ilkley, England: Privately Printed, 1973. Original Wraps. The 1973 facsimile re-issue of W.H. Auden's very scarce 1st book. Originally published in 1928 in an edition of "about 45 copies", this facsimile --which in itself is uncommon-- is #65 of only 100 copies issued. An attractive miniature (64mo), crisp and VG+..... More
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1979. 1st. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1979 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 235 pgs. Signed by Author. More
Moscow: People's Commissariat of Justice of the U.S.S.R., 1938. Boards. More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1936. Cloth. The uncommon 1936 1st English language edition, following the original Danish edition of November 1934. The author, a Danish poultry expert by trade, was recruited by the Soviet government of the early 1930s to help run the State poultry farms: "On one of..... More
Harvard University Press, 1972. Cloth. Handsome examples in 2 volumes of the facsimile of the 3rd edition (1726), with variant readings. "Assembled and edited by Alexandre Koyre and I. Bernard Cohen, with the Assistance of Anne Whitman". Both volumes solid and VG+ (small stamped name at the front free endpapers)..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1921. Hardcover. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR OTTO KAHN on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1921 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its chocolate-brown cloth, with one thin gash across the spine and very light scuffing at the rear panel. Octavo..... More
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1960. Cloth. The 1960 1st English language edition, Solid and VG (5 pgs. of ink underlining, 3 of them light, 2 of them heavy), in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with mild staining along the foot of the spine and very light soiling to the panels. Octavo..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Neville Publishing Co., 1983. Boards. A clean, presentable copy of this 1983 Robert Towne signed/limited. #203 OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY ROBERT TOWNE at the limitation. Solid and VG+ in its printed yellow boards, with light creasing and bumping to the lower-edges and mild bumping and creasing..... More
