New York: Hudson Hills, 1992. Cloth. An immaculate copy of the 1992 1st edition, STILL IN THE PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP. Complete in 2 volumes AND the pictorial slipcase. Both volumes bright and Fine in crisp, Fine dustjackets. And in a Fine example of the deep-blue slipcase, with pristine gilt-titling and..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1968. Cloth. INSCRIBED BY WALTER GROPIUS (IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION) on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of the 1968 1st edition (with the correct number line). Tight and VG (small former owner presentation at the top of the front free endpaper) in a crisp, Near..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1960. Original wraps. The scarce uncorrected proof of the 1960 true 1st edition of Sylvia Plath's 1st published collection of poems -- and only book published during her lifetime. Bright and VG in its mustard-yellow wrappers. Spotting and tape-ghosts (where editorial notes may have been affixed)..... More
New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2001. Original wraps. A lovely copy of this 2001 signed/limited. #51 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY BILLY COLLINS at the limitation. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its handsewn beige wrappers. Octavo, includes his poems "Another Reason Why I Don't Keep a...... More
London: John Macrone, 1837. 3/4 leather. Along with the "First Series" of "Sketches by Boz", this, the "Second Series" (here offered by itself), constitutes Dickens' first published book. The 1st issue of the 1837 1st edition, with the 20-page publisher's catalogue dated December 1836 at the rear. Tight and VG..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1842. 3/4 leather. The 1842 1st edition, 1st issue (verso of "Contents" leaf incorrectly numbered "XVI"), in 2 vols. Both volumes solid and VG in their custom 3/4 dark morocco over marbled boards (a handsome "Tout" binding). Tasteful bookplates at each first blank endpaper, light wear..... More
Patterned Cloth. Wonderful handmade photo album, consisting of 144 pages of evocative portraits and autographs gathered between May 1919 and August 1920 by professional German dancers Edith & Gaillard. The album profiles colleagues and friends, creative performers of all kinds, including cabaret artists, opera singers, actors, comedians and dancers. Silver..... More
London: Thames and Hudson, 1994. Cloth. The 1994 1st UK (and possibly 1st English language) edition of this major monograph on painter Hans Memling (1430-1494). Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Folio, "500 illustrations, 200 in colour" More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. Cloth. Houghton Mifflin's 1915 limited edition of Brillat-Savarin's seminal "Handbook of Gastonomy" ("Physiologie du Gout"). #288 of only 375 copies of this edition issued. Clean and VG+ in its russet cloth, with bright gilt-device and titling along the front panel and spine respectively. Thick octavo..... More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1956. 1st. Cloth. Part of the wonderful Bollingen series (the 49th imprint), published by Pantheon Books (and eventually to be put out by Princeton University Press in an oft-reprinted paperback). The 1956 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes sharp and Near Fine in price-clipped..... More
Harrisburg, PA: The State of Pennsylvania, 1897. The uncommon 1897 1st edition, bound in the publisher's 1/2 leather over marbled boards and complete in 2 dense, octavo volumes. Both volumes very solid and easily VG+, with no writing or markings internally and all edges gilt. Vol. I heavily illustrated, with..... More
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1979. Cloth. A clean, sharp copy of the 1979 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (light creasing to the rear endsheet) in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of mild creasing at the foot of the spine. Thick octavo, part of..... More
New York: McBride, Nast & Company, 1912. Pictorial cloth. A handsome copy of the uncommon 1912 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its olive-green cloth, with light rubbing along the spine. Tiny former owner book tag to the front pastedown's top-edge, otherwise clean as could be internally..... More
London: "Country Life Ltd."/George Newnes Ltd., 1908. Cloth. The 1908 1st edition, authored by Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932), one of the towering figures in 19th and 20th century British horticulture. Clean and VG+ in its blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling at the front panel and spine. Just a touch of mild..... More
Venice: Francescho Franceschi, 1568. Vellum. The 1568 1st edition in Italian, with Cosimo Bartoli's translation of 15 treatises by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), the Italian Renaissance architect and philosopher. Alberti covers a variety of subjects, including mathematics ("Delle piacevolezze delle Matematiche”), sculpture and painting ("Delia Statua" and "Della Pittura”), cipher..... More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2002. Cloth. A pristine copy of the 2002 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine hardback. Still in its original shrinkwrap. Tall quarto, the catalogue published simultaneously in hardback in London by Thames & Hudson. More
New York: 1849. Decorative Cloth. The uncommon 1849 1st edition of this significant contribution to the literature of forming municipal governments, in this case specifically New York City'sClean, well-preserved and VG+ in its chocolate-brown cloth, with intricate blindstamping and bright gilt-titling and design along the panels. Former owner name ("Martin..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951. Boards. A very presentable copy of the 1951 stated 2nd printing. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with heavy spotting and a degree of soiling along the spine and the rear panel. Square 12mo, generously illustrated throughout in crisp black-and-white..... More
New York: The Record and Guide, 1886. Boards. A handsome, well-preserved example of the uncommon 1886 3rd printing. Hitchcock cites the 1885 1st edition (Hitchcock #476) but omits this one, which is the first to include a list of New York City architects (not in the first 2 editions) AND..... More
Pittsburgh: The Committee on City Planning, 1911. Original wraps. The uncommon prospectus preceding the offical 1911 report by Frederick Law Olmsted. Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its brown stapled wrappers. Quarto, 18 pgs. plus "Subject Index to Outlying Thoroughfare Improvements", "Number Index to Outlying Thoroughfare Improvements" AND the..... More
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1977. Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1977 1st edition, one of only 350 copies issued. Clean and Fine in its russet cloth. Quarto, edited with an Introduction by Dan H. Laurence and Daniel J. Leary (whose personal copy this was). Beautifully printed and..... More
New York: Privately Printed, 1935. Boards. The uncommon 1935 1st edition --privately printed-- of this collection of addresses and reminscences by the renowned architect Cass Gilbert (1859-1934), who designed the Woolworth Building, the St. Louis Public Library, the Detroit Public Library and the Brooklyn Army Terminal, among others. Clean and..... More
New York: Munder-Thomsen Press, 1913. Cloth. The 1913 deluxe edition plus 2 variant editions. As to the deluxe edition, 2 tipped-in color renderings of the Woolworth Building, 7 portraits and a photogravure of the building by night. Octavo, original red cloth with gilt-titles, in the publisher's cardboard box and a...... More
Boston: B.F. Sturtevant Co., 1927. Cloth. The 1927 1st edition of this uncommon history of the 1920-1927 building of the Holland Tunnel, which connects Lower Manhattan to Jersey City, New Jersey. Clean and Near Fine in its olive-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling and design at the front panel. Internally all-but-pristine..... More
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1918. Boards. The 1918 1st American edition. Solid and VG in its beige boards over green cloth, with blindstamped titlting to the front panel and gilt-titling along the spine. Pronounced spotting at the front free endpaper and front pastedown, lesser spotting to the preliminaries and the..... More
