Paris: Librairie Gallimard, 1941. Printed wrappers. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LE CORBUSIER across the bottom of the half-title page. A solid, presentable copy to boot of the 1941 1st edition. Bright and VG in its printed, off-white wrappers, with very light spotting at the panels and mild chipping along the foot..... More
New York: The Triptych, 1930. Printed Boards. A very sharp copy of this lovely 1930 miniature -- and ABC book. #63 of only 99 copies printed by the Georgian Press of Westport, CT and published by The Triptych of New York. Crisp and Near Fine in its printed, handsewn, dark-gray..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1946. Lois Lenski. Boards. An impressive copy of the 1946 1st edition, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($1.00), VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing along the bottom-edges and just a touch of mild chipping at the foot..... More
Frankfurt: Zweitausendeins, 1981. Cloth. A handsome example of 3 volumes in this German collection --published out of Frankfurt in the 1980s-- of R. Crumb's remarkable sketches. All 3 volumes include their accompanying German booklets and their original printed card slipcases. The 1st volume offered (1966-'67) is the 1981 1st printing..... More
Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. Cloth. A pristine copy of this uncommon Charles Thomas medical title. Tall quarto, clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Still in its original shrinkwrap. More
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. Boards. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR WALTER WOODWARD on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 2010 1st edition, IN ITS MUCH LESS COMMON HARDBACK EDITION. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just..... More
River Forest, Illinois: Auvergne Press, 1896. Frank Lloyd Wright. Half Calf. A deeply-personal Association copy of the 1896 1st edition of Frank Lloyd Wright's 1st published book, #37 OF ONLY 90 COPIES PRINTED. THIS COPY BELONGED TO FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S MOTHER, ANNA LLOYD WRIGHT, WHO SIGNED HER NAME ON THE..... More
1887. 1/4 leather. A meticulously-crafted album of 29 original, mounted photographs of Yellowstone, all or most of them likely taken in 1887 and purchased directly from the 14-year old National Park. Though the photos are uncredited, we can surmise that photographers such as Thomas Hine, Charles D. Loughrey, Frank Jay..... More
Self-published. Stapled wrappers. A wonderful, very inventive handmade artist's book, circa 1955. Created by the Italian architect Alberto Avanzati, who visited the United Sates in the early '50s and, in the tradition of European intellectuals such as de Tocqueville, Le Corbusier and Humbert Humbert, soon hit the road to tour..... More
New York: Horizon Press, 1956. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT --IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION-- on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1956 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its dark cloth, with a very thin band of light offsetting along the upper and lower edges..... More
Pacific Stars and Stripes, 1955. Pictorial boards. A tight, very handsome copy of the 1955 1st edition of the 1st book published by the formidable Shel Silverstein. IN ITS VERY UNCOMMON PRINTED SHIPPING BOX. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial, laminate boards, with bright red titling at the front..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. 1/4 Vellum. Thomas Mann's magnum opus, complete in 2 volumes. THE 1927 STATED 1ST AMERICAN AND SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION. #158 OF ONLY 200 COPIES SIGNED BY THOMAS MANN AT THE LIMITATION OF VOLUME ONE. Both volumes solid and VG to VG+ in their 1/4 vellum..... More
Paris: L'Homme et L'Architecture, 1947. Pictorial wrappers. Uncommon 1947 issue of "L'Homme et L'Architecture", devoted to the work of Le Corbusier, specifically his recent work on housing units in Marseilles. Crisp and VG in its wonderful pictorial wrappers, with light wear at the spine; rear panel very tender but still..... More
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1974. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1974 1st thus, the 1st appearance in this format (and possibly the first English language edition?). The diaries, written during the waning years of the Ming Dynasty, were edited by Li Chi of the Unoiversity of..... More
Hong Kong: UMBRELLA, 1985, 1990. Cloth. The 1985 1st edition of the Supplement and the 1990 reprint of the principal text, together constituting "the third volume in an ongoing series of books exploring Chinese aesthetics through the window of the Shuisongshi shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat) collection of modern..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. Boards. A pristine example of the catalogue based on the July-November 2004 exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, England. In its much less commonm hardback. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, lovely color illustrations throughout. (From the dustjacket front..... More
New York: Abbeville Press, 1983. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1983 stated 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Folio, a brilliantly-illustrated glimpse into the fantastical world of Italian artist Luigi Serafini. More
Frankfurt: Zweitausendeins, 1981. R. Crumb. Pictorial cloth. SIGNED AND DATED BY R. CRUMB on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 stated 1st edition (1. Auflage). Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial cloth, with very light fading and scuffing along the spine..... More
Frankfurt: Zweitausendeins, 1986. R. Crumb. Cloth. SIGNED AND DATED BY R. CRUMB on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1986 stated 1st edition (1. Auflage). Clean and Near Fine in its duotone cloth. Copyright text in both German and English, all other text (the captions..... More
New York: Grove Press, 1968. Cloth. ENIGMATICALLY INSCRIBED BY THE CO-AUTHOR JEAN HOUSTON on the title page. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the 1968 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with soiling to the panels, especially along the rear panel. Quarto..... More
The Cleveland News, 1948. Pictorial wrappers. A clean, sharp copy of the 1948 1st edition. Crisp and VG+ in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of very light wear at the spine ends. One of the great baseball "autobiographies", as told to Hal Lebovitz. More
New York: W.W. Norton, 2009. R. Crumb. Boards. SIGNED AND DATED IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION BY R. CRUMB along the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 2009 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. More
Minneapolis: Carl Waring Jones, 1947. Harlan Tarbell. Cloth. A handsome copy of the 1947 stated 9th impression of the revised edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($10), VG dustjacket, with light creasing and chipping along the top-edges (especially at the spine crown) and mild wear along the..... More
New York: Slydini Studio of Magic, 1966. Pictorial wrappers. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY SLYDINI on the front free endpaper. ALSO INCLUDES AN INSCRIBED POSTCARD (to the same person) AND AN EARLY BLACK-AND-WHITE SNAPSHOT OF SLYDINI. An impressive copy to boot of the 1966 1st paperback edition. Clean and Near Fine in..... More
Chicago: Novel Books, 1962. Original wraps. A gorgeous copy of the 1962 1st printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Pocketbook, Novel Books 6023. "Three 43-23-33 23 year old triplets who looked exactly alike outside -- but inside one was going wild for men, one for women, and..... More
