New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. Rockwell Kent. First edition. Hardcover. 310pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red and white polka-dot patterned cloth over boards. Illustrated endpapers. The spine is sunned, however the title is still bold. There is a contemporary owner's name and address on the title page. A story..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. H. K. Browne. First edition in book form, early issue. Leather Bound. 624pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Bound in a contemporary Bayntun binding of full brown leather, with gilt stamped ornamental designs on the spine, the publication date at the foot of the spine, and double..... More
St. George, UT: Washington County Chapter Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, 1950. Nellie Jenson. First Edition. Hardcover. 438pp. Quarto [28 cm]; brown cloth covered boards with black and gold stamped titles and vignettes on the spine and front cover. Map endpapers. Light rubbing to the extremities of the boards. Previous..... More
Gallup, NM: Buffalo Medicine Books, 1991. First printing of the special Buffalo Medicine edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 216pp. Octavo. Rust colored cloth with gilt stamped title on backstrip and gilt stamped publishers device on front board. Slight age toning to the text block near the head of the spine. Original color..... More
Cincinnati, OH: The Willis Music Company, 1941. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 23pp. Short oblong quarto [22 cm x 28 cm] Red, tan, and black pictorial paper over boards. Covers a hair warped at the fore-edges; spine and boards lightly rubbed at the edges. Inscribed by Elizabeth Merz Butterfield on..... More
London: George G. Harrap and Company Ltd, 1947. First edition thus. Leather Bound. 127pp. Octavo [20 cm] Beautifully bound by Bayntun (Riviere) in 1/4 red leather and marbled paper over boards. Top edge gilt. Decorative endpapers. Small chipped loss from head of spine. Boards just a hair warped. Negligible fading..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. Marcus Stone. First edition of the two volumes bound as one. Leather bound. xi; 320; vii; 309pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Rebound in 3/4 brown leather with marbled paper over boards. Spine with 6 gilt stamped compartments. Marbled text block edges. New endpapers and flyleaves. Light..... More
Dallas, TX: Dealey and Lowe, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. [12], 287 pp. Octavo [22 cm]; full salmon and tan colored cloth with checkerboard pattern and black printed titles. Salmon endpapers. Lacks the dust jacket. Bit of shelfwear and fading to the cloth on the boards. Previous owner's name in ink..... More
Philadelphia: Beehive Books, 2022. Illuminated Edition. Hardcover. 144pp. Folio [37.5cm]. Illustrated paper over boards. In an illustrated slipcase. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap, and enclosed in a custom protective cardboard box on which one corner has been bumped. "Fitzgerald's beloved account of the devastating costs of the American dream gets a...... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1928. Early printing. Hardcover. 155pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black paper over boards. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped; cloth at the head of the spine slightly frayed; text block beginning to crack at the center. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter..... More
Chatham, NY: Sagarin Press, 1977. Limited edition, signed and hand-numbered (#155 of 200 copies). Hardcover. Signed by the author and the illustrator in ink on the colophon. [48] pp. Quarto [27 cm]; full tan colored cloth with title blind stamped on the front board and printed in brown on the..... More
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New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. Limited Editions Club edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 308; 484pp. 1/4 red cloth with bluish-gray paper over boards. Elaborate gilt-stamped designs on the front and rear boards. Publisher's red text block edges. Previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown, with the name crossed out. In..... More
Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 1980. First paperback trade edition. Paperback. 70pp. Octavo [20cm]; perfect-bound and sewn illustrated wraps. Bit of shelfwear and sunning. American poet and translator Sam Hamill (1943–2018) was also co-founder of the influential Copper Canyon Press. Over his five-decade career, he published poetry collections, taught..... More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 182pp. Large octavo [26 cm] Orange cloth over boards. Ding along top edge of front board near the spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, with a small chip along the top edge. The first full-length portrait of North America's king..... More
New York: For the Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1938. Lynd Ward. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by illustrator. Thick quarto [29 cm] Black cloth over boards with gilt stamped brown cloth spine labels. Publisher's red top stain. The text is printed in black and the illustrations are printed in..... More
New York: Harlin Quist, Incorporated, 1970. Presumed first U.S. edition (no other U.S. editions listed). Hardcover. Unpaginated. Slim quarto [28.5 cm] Burgundy cloth over boards. In the dust jacket, with moderate creasing and chipping to the edges, very subtle dampstaining along the top edge on the reverse, and a barcode..... More
New York: Harlin Quist, Incorporated, 1971. Presumed first U.S. edition (no other U.S. editions listed). Hardcover. Unpaginated. Slim quarto [29 cm] Brown paper over boards with white stamped illustration to front cover and white stamped title on spine. Boards just a hair warped. In the dust jacket, with a 2"..... More
Berkeley: 2001. Second edition. Paperback. 30 pp. [21.5 cm]; saddle-stitched (2 stapeles) in red illustrated wraps. Second edition of volume one, slightly revised and expanded. A humorous ode to legendary San Francisco bookseller Peter B. Howard, and the unique experience of shopping at Serendipity Books. More
New York: Alexicon Corp, 1970. Peter Green. First edition. Paperback. Slim quarto [28 cm] Stapled white and black printed wraps. Very good. The wraps are yellowed and lightly creased and stained. Cartoons spoofing the contemporary popular personalities of the seventies such as Elizabeth Taylor, Timothy Leary, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Nelson..... More
Chicago, Illinois: Industrial Workers of the World [I.W.W. / IWW], 1925. Second edition. Pamphlet. 94 [+1 ads] pp. Octavo [23 cm]; saddle-stapled in light blue illustrated wrappers. Previous owner's initials ("JL") written neatly in pencil on the front cover. Some ink and dampstaining to the wraps and final few pages..... More
Denver: Dry Creek Art Press, 2021-2022. Very limited edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Quarto [30 cm] Printed and bound by Leon Loughridge. 1/4 salmon-colored paper with tan paper over boards, and pictorial labels mounted to the front boards. Decorative pastedowns. A few minor imperfections here and there. In a gray paper covered..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 459pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Camel-colored cloth over boards. Black and red stamped titles and designs. Light soiling to the spine and boards. Numerous faint, small moisture stains on the rear board. Contemporary owner's name on front free endpaper. Text block cracked..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 459pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Camel-colored cloth over boards. Black and red stamped titles and designs. Light soiling to the boards. Minor ink staining to the rear pastedown. No dust jacket. With fourteen black-and-white plates, and additional scattered illustrations. Also including a...... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1913. First American edition. Hardcover. 322pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and a sea-green ink stamped floral design on the front board. The spine and boards are subtly edgeworn. Text block nice and square. From the collection of Berkeley book..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, 1896. Henry Sandham. First American edition. Hardcover. 361pp. Octavo [20 cm] Pictorially stamped olive green cloth. Rubbed at the spine ends and corners of the covers; weak hinges. "Lucius A. Darling's Private Library" label on the front pastedown. Oxley was a Canadian author..... More