New York: Julien Levy Gallery, 1933. Single sheet. A wonderful piece of Surrealist ephemera and one of the great early Julien Levy catalogues. The scarce, historic November-December 1933 catalogue/announcement of Salvador Dali's first solo exhibition in America. 26 listed paintings, followed by a Dali essay and 2 Dali illustrations. All..... More
New York: Anderson & Archer, 1866. Decorative Boards. A gorgeous copy of the 1866 1st edition of this mid 19th century history of Brooklyn's legendary Greenwood Cemetery. Unusually clean and tight in its gilt-decorated, pebbled dark-green boards, with crisp gilt-titling and decorative blindstamping and rule along the spine and rear..... More
New York: Leo Von Rosenberg, 1889. Boards. A serviceable copy, a reading copy of the 1889 1st edition. Ex-libris from Case Western Reserve University, with the institutional letters to the foot of the spine, the CWRU bookplate (stamped "withdrawn") at the front pastedown and several additional, discreet stamps (including a...... More
London: Henry Greenwood & Co., 1926. Decorative Cloth. A sharp, well-preserved copy of the 1926 issue of BJPA. Solid and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-design andf titling, and blindstamped rule along the panels. Small written name and small blindtsamp at the front panel, otherwise very clean internally..... More
New York: D.T. Valentine (The Common Council of New York), 1855. Decorative Cloth. An impressive copy of the 1855 issue of Valentine's Manual of New York. Solid and VG+ in its chocolate-brown cloth, with decorative blindstamping and bright gilt-design and titling along the panels and spine. Small, neat 1914 inscription..... More
New York: C. Shepard, 1844. Decorative Cloth. A clean, very well-preserved copy of the scarce 1844 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with lovely decorative blindstamping and bright gilt-titling at the front panel and spine. 12mo, 151 pgs., edited by (and Preface by) G...... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Decorative Cloth. A solid copy of the 1890 1st edition, in its variant gray cloth binding, with blue titling and decorative blue bordering. WITH AN 1892 TYPED, SIGNED 1 PG LETTER FROM JACOB RIIS pasted onto the front free endpaper. Tight and VG, with..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. Arthur Becher. Cloth. The 1937 1st thus (with its new Arthur Becher-illustrated frontispiece), following the 1905 original printing. THIS COPY BOASTS A WARM, FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION BY THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER, REMINISCING OVER THE CREATION OF THE FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS, along the front free endpaper. A very presentable..... More
Paris: The English Press, 1795. Cloth. The 1795 1st English language edition of Thomas Paine's historic dissertation on the "First Principles of Government", printed in the "Third Year of the French Republic". A thin, 40 pg. octavo, constituting the dissertation itself, which, in this case, is rebound in an early..... More
Aldington, England: The Hand and Flower Press, 1953. Boards. INSCRIBED BY NOEL COWARD on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1953 1st edition. Clean and VG (a number of spots of denting at the rear panel) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, which shows matching denting/scuffing..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1924. Cloth. A solid copy of the 1924 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its chocolate-brown cloth, with light rubbing along the spine. 12mo, internally clean as could be, with no writing or markings of any kind. More
Albany, NY: The State of New York, 1886. Cloth. The uncommon maiden annual report (1885) of New York State's Forest Commission. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with light wear and spotting along the top-edges and the fore-edges. Internally very sharp, with no writing or markings to speak of..... More
ZNew York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1899. Howard Weeden. Pebbled Cloth. A very sharp copy of the 1899 1st edition, 1st issue, in its dark-green pebbled cloth (BAL 7144). Clean and Near Fine, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine, and no writing or markings to speak of..... More
Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1941. John R. Neill. Pictorial boards. A handsome copy of the 1941 correct 1st edition (the 34th title in the Oz series {misprinted at the rear flap as "Scallywagons"}, the original $1.50 price to the front flap AND the hyphen to the word "Scala-Wagons" along the..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. Cora Parker. Decorative Cloth. A clean, well-preserved copy of the Sepember 1904 1st edtion. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in its light-brown cloth, with bright gilt-rule and mounted oval sketch of an old African-American man at the front panel. A touch of..... More
Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Co., 1921. Silk. A handsome copy of the January 1921 stated 2nd edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its blue-silk covers, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel. A bit of light, forgiveable soiling to the panels but very little wear to the silk to..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2017. John Baldessari. Laminate boards. The 2017 1st edition of this unusual departure for the formidable Arion Press, a fabricated screenplay/artist's book. #11 OF 300 COPIES ISSUED IN ITS PICTORIAL 3-RING BINDER AND SIGNED BY BOTH THE SCREENWRITER WILLIAM BENTLEY AND THE ARTIST JOHN BALDESSARI..... More
New York: Wittenborn and Company, 1947. Cloth. A very solid copy of the 1947 stated 1st edition of this vital text in 20th century design. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark cloth, with bright gilt-design and titling along the panels. Light spotting at the preliminaries, otherwise very..... More
Sun in Scorpio, 1981. Boards. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1981 signed/limited. #95 OF 1,000 COPIES SIGNED AND DATED BY CHARLES GATEWOOD on the title page. Tight and Near Fine in its dark boards, with bright silver titling to the front panel. Unforgettable black-and-white photos along the rectos..... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986. Cloth. A tight, handsome copy of the 1986 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, Foreword by Ntozake Shange. More
Point Dume Station, Malibu, CA: Ozone Productions, Ltd., 2003. Olivia. Boards. LAVISHLY SIGNED BY OLIVIA on the front free endpaper. An immaculate copy to boot of the 2003 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. More
Rolyn, NY: Ozoner Productions Ltd., 1993 and 1997. Olivia. Boards. Pristine copies of the 1993 and 1997 1st editions of both volumes of The Art of Olivia, specifically Let Them Eat Cheesecake (1993) and Second Slice (1997). BOTH TITLES LAVISHLY SIGNED BY OLIVIA and both tight and Fine in crisp..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1978. Pictorial wrappers. SIGNED BY BORIS VALLEJO on the title page. A crisp, sharp copy to boot of the October 1978 stated 2nd printing. Clean and Near Fine in its wonderful picorial wrappers. Tall quarto, with an Introduction by Lester Del Rey. More
Florence: Glittering Images, 1986. Cloth. The 1986 1st edition. #328 OF 350 COPIES ISSUED WITH A LARGE LAID-IN PRINT SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY GUIDO CREPIX. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light soiling at the rear panel. Oblong folio, text in..... More
Paris: Editions Cercle d'Art, 1956. Pictorial wrappers. The 1956 1st edition of this handsome Robert Doisneau photographic tribute to Paris. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers AND in the publisher's glassine dustjacket. Quarto, wonderful, evocative gravure photos throughout. Interesting stamp ("Ecole des Hautes Etudes") at the title page..... More
