LaGrange, IL: Self-published, 1939. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR BYRON W. KNOBLOCK on the front free endpaper. A tight, very sharp copy to boot of the 1939 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine (just a touch of very light rubbing along the spine and the rear panel) in its dark-blue... More about Banner-Stones of the North American Indians
The University of Chicago Press, 1977. Cloth. A clean, very presentable copy of the 1977 1st American edition. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Very thick quarto, hundreds of catalogued black-and-white plates thruout. More about Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the Third Millennium B.C
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956. Leonard Weisgard. Cloth. The 1956 stated (and correct) 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (neat former owner's name and address at the front free endpaper's verso) in a crisp, price-intact ($3.00), VG+ dustjacket, with one small closed tear along the front panel's top-edge and... More about Treasures to See: A Museum Picture-Book
Saxonville, MA: Picture Book Studio, 1990. Ruth Gembicki Bragg. Boards. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (AND INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL DRAWING NEXT TO HER INSCRIPTION) on the front pastedown. A clean, very sharp copy to boot of the 1990 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine... More about Mrs. Muggle's Sparkle
St. Paul, MN: Great Northern Railway, 1935. Winold Reiss. Boards. A handsome, well-preserved copy of the 1935 1st edition of this remarkable collection of Native American portraits by the German-born American artist Winold Reiss (1886-1953). Clean and Near Fine, with no writing or markings of any kind internally. And in... More about Blackfeet Indians
Laubach and Berlin: Triton Verlag, 2000. Cloth. Lavish 2 volume history of the formidable German publisher Insel-Verlag, spanning 1899 to 1924. Edited by John Dieter Brinks, with wonderful design thruout by Juergen Seuss. One of 1,480 copies of the cloth-bound edition (of a total printing of 2,000 copies). Includes 240... More about Vom Ornament Zur Linie: Der fruhe Insel-Verlag 1988 bis 1924
Gottingen, Germany: Steidl, 2007. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 2007 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light wear at the spine ends. Folio, remarkably artistic, colorful photographs thruout of snakes. More about Serpens
New York: Rizzoli, 1993. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1993 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ (slight cocking to the binding) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine crown and the front panel's upper tip. Folio, lavish color plates of this lovely French decorative glass. More about Daum: Masters of French Decorative Glass
Paris: Centre National de la Photographie and Cinematheque Francaise, 1985. Original wraps. A crisp, clean copy of the 1985 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its silver pictorial wrappers. Oblong quarto, impressive full-page black-and-white stills from Fritz Lang's seminal 1927 film as well as accompanying criticism thruout (in French). More about Metropolis: Un Film de Fritz Lang -- Images D'Un Tournage
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1958. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1958 stated 1st printing. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one very small closed tear along the rear flap-fold. Octavo, solid and very presentable. "The economics of the age of opulence--A literate... More about The Affluent Society
New York: Stein and Day, 1975. Boards. The 1975 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of chipping at the tips and just a bit of creasing along the spine crown. Octavo, written with the assistance of Terry O'Neil. More about Fighting Back
London: Peter Davies, 193o. Cloth. A handsome copy of this London re-issue, "from the original edition published by Guy Marchant in Paris in the year 1493, and translated into English c. 1518: newly edited for the year 1931". Clean and Near Fine in its oatmeal cloth. Octavo, lavish woodcuts and... More about The Kalendar & Compost of Shepherds
Gill Publications, Inc., 1926. Boards. The 1926 1st edition, "as conducted by the Brooklyn School of Shoe Designing". Solid and VG in its dark-green, bevelled boards, with bright gilt-titling to the front panel. Mild staining along the rear panel's fore-edge, otherwise very clean. Quarto, heavily illustrated thruout, including a number... More about A Modern Course in Model Cutting AND Shoe Designing (Vol. I
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932. Cloth. The 1932 1st edition, in its original printed dustjacket. Tight and Near Fine (very light offsetting at the endsheets) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping and several small closed tears along the panel edges. Thick octavo, over 240 illustrations complementing the text. More about Insects and Diseases of Ornamental Trees and Shrubs (In Dustjacket
TIS Books/Light Work, 2018. Cloth. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/PHOTOGRAPHER ROSE MARIE CROMWELL on the half-title. A tight, very sharp copy to boot of the 2018 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its printed yellow cloth. Octavo, first-rate color photos thruout. Text in English, captions in Spanish. More about El Libro Supremo de la Suerte
New York: Rodin Publishing Company, 1934. Cloth. The 1934 stated 1st edition, in its uncommon pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG+ in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with chipping and creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, 215 pgs, including the Appendix ("Radio Advertising Agencies"). More about So-o-o-o You're Going on the Air! and The Radio Speech Primer (In Dustjacket
Cincinnati: Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher, 1827. Original wraps. The February 1827 1st edition, in its original slate-gray wrappers. Includes both of the engraved tipped-in plates ( The Branch Bank {U.S. Cincinnati} and The Medical College of Ohio) AND the mounted title-label to the front panel ("Cincinnati at the Close of... More about Cincinnati in 1826
Hull, England: 1930. 1/2 cloth. A handsome copy of the May 1930 6th edition of this comprehensive look at the Pekingese breed of dog, which was first recognized by the English in 1860. Solid and VG+ in its original half-black cloth over pictorial paper boards. Light foxing --and very minor... More about The Book on Pekingese (The Standard Work on the Breed
London: Methuen and Co., 1928. Ernest Shepard. Cloth. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1928 1st trade edition (following the vellum-backed signed/limited edition of 350 copies). Tight and Near Fine (very light bumping to the front tips, small, vintage bookshop sticker at the base of the front pastedown) in... More about The House at Pooh Corner
AMC. Silk. Uncommon David Hamilton portfolio of 7 lavish, mounted reproductions, EACH SIGNED BY DAVID HAMILTON AT THE MATTING AND EACH INCLUDING AN ADDITIONAL CHOP BLOCK SIGNATURE. The photographs (loose, as issued) each measure 8 1/2" wide by 5 3/4" tall and are in uniformly pristine condition. The red silk... More about David Hamilton Portfolio
Vienna: Bergland Verlag, 1956. Cloth. An interesting Association copy of this 1956 monograph on Gustav Klimt, THIS COPY HAVING BELONGED TO THE AMERICAN ARTIST PAUL CADMUS (1904-1999), WHOSE ELEGANT SIGNATURE APPEARS at the front pastedown. A tight copy to boot. Tight and VG+ (very light soiling along the front panel... More about Gustav Klimt (Paul Cadmus's Copy
Hollywood, FL: Graphic Press. Original wraps. The 1977 catalogue raisonne, limited to 750 numbered copies and, in this case, INSCRIBED BY MICHAEL SCHRECK on the title page. Clean and Near Fine in its spiral-bound, pictorial wrappers. Preface by Richard madigan, Director of the Art Museum of the Palm Beaches and... More about Michael Schreck: Recent Sculpture 1975-1977 (Catalogue Raisonne
New York: Wally Findlay Galleries, 1976. Original wraps. The catalogue based on the November 1976 exhibition at New York's Wally Findlay Gallery. Clean and Near Fine in its silver wrappers, with Simbari's wild, multi-colored tributes to Paris's legendary strip tease club, the Crazy Horse Saloon. More about Crazy Horse Saloon Vu Par Simbari
Cambridge, MA: The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies and The MIT Press, 1987. Original wraps. The 1987 1st MIT Press paperback edition. Solid and VG in its printed yellow wrappers, with pronounced offsetting along the front panel's edges and very light wear at the foot of the spine. Octavo... More about Spoken Into the Void: Collected Essays 1897-1900
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1956. Cloth. 1956 American edition of this seminal text by the great Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979). Solid and VG in its dark-gray cloth, with light foxing to the preliminaries and tiny former owner name at the front pastedown. Octavo, Forword by Mario Salvadori, who also... More about Structures
