New York: Artists & Writers Guild Inc. / Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. Lynd Ward. First edition. Hardcover. 31pp. Slim octavo [23 cm] Color illustrated boards. Pictorial endpapers. Very good, with moderate rubbing to the extremities. The bottom fore edge corners of the last two pages are creased. With the matching... More about The Gold Rush
New York: Artists & Writers Guild Inc. / Grosset & Dunlap, 1944. Lynd Ward. First edition. Hardcover. 31pp. Slim octavo [23 cm] Color illustrated boards. Pictorial endpapers. Very good, with moderate rubbing to the extremities. With the matching dust jacket, in very good condition. Mildly rubbed and age-toned, and with... More about The Gold Rush
New York and Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1953. Lynd Ward. First edition. Hardcover. 95pp. Octavo [25 cm] Red cloth with silver lettering on the spine and front cover. Illustrated endpapers. Lightly rubbed at the extremities. The dust jacket is just a little toned, and has sporadic short closed tears and chips... More about Martin Luther
New York: The Children's Book Inc, 1929. Early reprint. Hardcover. 229pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Pale green cloth over boards lettered and ornamentally stamped in black and red on the spine and front cover. Dark green and white illustrated endsheets. Tipped-in frontispiece from an oil painting on wood. Very good minus... More about Prince Bantam: Being the Adventures of Yoshitsune the Brave and His Faithful Henchman, Great...
New York: Macmillan Company, 1930. First edition. 212pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth with orange and black title and pictorial paper labels on the front board and backstrip. The spine and covers show only mild wear at the edges, and the spine is a bit rolled. The rippled front free... More about Waif Maid
Detroit, MI: Self published, 1931. First edition. Paperback. Quarto [26.5 cm] in wraps. Closed tear to spine, else very light wear to toned wraps; interior is clean and bright. Unusual book, more of an art piece than a how-to guide (although some practical information is included), illustrated with 35 woodcuts... More about Puppet Heads and Their Making
New York: New Collectors' Group, 1947. Hannes Bok. First edition, limited. Hardcover. 115pp. Quarto [29 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a large gilt stamped title on the front cover. Very good condition. The edges of the covers are bumped. The gilt stamped title on the front cover is very... More about The Black Wheel
New York: New Collectors' Group, 1947. Hannes Bok. First edition, limited. Hardcover. 115pp. Quarto [29 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a large gilt stamped title on the front cover. Very good condition. The edges of the covers are rubbed and bumped. The underlying boards are just beginning to peak... More about The Black Wheel
New York: New Collectors' Group, 1947. Hannes Bok. First edition, limited. Hardcover. 115pp. Quarto [29 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a large gilt stamped title on the front cover. Very good condition. The edges of the covers are bumped. The gilt stamped title on the front cover has completely... More about The Black Wheel
New York: New Collectors Group, 1946. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 109pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the front board. With the publisher's original paper dust jacket. Very good. The boards are a bit warped. The endsheets have large strips of darkening, and... More about The Fox Woman- The Blue Pagoda
New York: New Collectors Group, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 106pp. Quarto [29 cm] Black tight weave mesh cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the front cover. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently bumped and rubbed. The pastedowns are subtly rippled, and the pages are... More about The Fox Woman - The Blue Pagoda
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1908. Maynard Dixon. Early edition. Hardcover. 278pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with black ink stamped titles, and a green ink stamped designs, and a mounted illustrated label on the front cover. The extremities are mildly rubbed and soiled, the spine is... More about Lentala of the South Seas: The Roman Tale of a Lost Colony
New York: American Artists Group, 1945. First trade edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Small quarto [24 cm] Tan cloth over boards, stamped in gray on the spine and front cover. The spine is a bit rolled, and the spine ends are gently bumped. The dust jacket is lightly toned and soiled, and... More about How I Make Woodcuts & Wood Engravings
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo [20 cm]; red cloth with black printed titles on front board and backstrip. Near fine. Minor sunning to the backstrip. Nückel's classic story is told entirely through a collection of striking images, presented in a storytelling tradition of... More about Destiny: A Novel in Pictures
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo [20 cm] Tan cloth with black printed titles on front board and backstrip. Very good/Very good. Jacket that has a few small chips at the extremities with losses and some minor corresponding creasing. This is likely a prepublication/review... More about Destiny: A Novel in Pictures
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo [20 cm] Red cloth with black printed titles on front board and backstrip. The extremities are a bit darkened and rubbed and the backstrip is gently sunned. The front hinge is just a little shaky at the head... More about Destiny: A Novel in Pictures
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo [20 cm] in red cloth with titles and cover illustration in black. Lacks jacket. Dampstain to boards at foot, fading to spine, light soiling to boards, corners bumped; ink name on front free endpaper; front flyleaf, the blank... More about Destiny: A Novel in Pictures
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1904. Illustrated edition. Hardcover. xx; 583pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Red cloth with gilt stamped titles. Good only. The covers are rubbed. Paper remains are adhered to the bottom edge of the front board. The front endsheet has a former owner's bookplate, a bookseller's tiny... More about Th. Nast: His Period and His Pictures
New York: The Heritage Press, 1961. Lynd Ward. Heritage Press slipcased edition. Hardcover. 269pp. Quarto [30 cm] Orange marbled linen cloth over boards, with a gilt stamped title within a blue panel on the spine. The Heritage Club Sandglass (Number 1: 26) laid in. Very good. The spine is faded... More about Rights of Man
New York: The Heritage Press, 1961. Lynd Ward. Heritage Press slipcased edition. Hardcover. 269pp. Quarto [30 cm] Orange marbled linen cloth over boards, with a gilt stamped title within a blue panel on the spine. The Heritage Club Sandglass (Number 1: 26) laid in. Very good. The spine is faded... More about Rights of Man
Millbrae, CA: Celestial Arts, 1975. Giacomo Patri. First Printing Thus. Paperback. Octavo [21.5 cm.] White wrappers with printed titles in black on the backstrip and front panel. Sticker residue on front panel and barcode sticker on backpannel from previous seller. Minor discoloring to wrappers. Introduction by Rockwell Kent. Afterword by... More about White Collar: A Novel in Linocuts
People's Songs, Inc, June, 1948. First edition. Paperback. 12pp. Extremely slim quarto [27.5 cm] Black and white pictorial wraps, featuring cover art by Giacomo Patri. The wraps are lightly soiled, rubbed and age-toned, and the wraps and pages are torn in the margins at the spine fold, with a loss... More about Songs for Wallace
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1937. Lynd Ward. First trade edition. Hardcover. 202pp. Octavo [21 cm] Navy blue cloth covered boards with a silver stamped title on the spine, and a silver stamped circular design on the front board. Very good, with thin faded strips at the spine ends... More about A Book of Hours
San Francisco: SISU, 1972. Hannes Bok. Limited edition. Hardcover. 118pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Light blue cloth covered boards with a silver stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the spine and covers are lightly bumped and creased. The boards are creased, perhaps from having been dropped. There... More about As Dream and Shadow
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1926. Dean Cornwell. Early edition. Hardcover. 116pp. Folio [32 cm] Rebacked with matching green cloth. 1/4 green cloth with green paper covered boards, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a paper title label mounted to the front cover. Very good. The underlying boards... More about The City of the Great King and other places in the Holy Land