New York: Aperture, 1983. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto [28cm]. Illustrated wraps. Light wear to wraps, including mild creasing at edges. Two spots of red staining at textblock edges (perhaps a remainder mark). An uncommon title from an acclaimed Western photographer. More
Counterpoint Press, 2011. Later printing. Paperback. 199pp. Octavo [21 cm]. Illustrated wraps. In this volume, American Senior Zen Roshi Robert Aitken gives new insight into Haiku by poetic masters Basho, Issa, Buson, and Shiki. In presenting themes from Haiku and from Zen literature, Aitken illuminates the relationship between the two..... More
Hardcover. SIGNED. 152pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] Orange cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the front cover. Very good. The corners and spine ends are a little dinged. The top and fore edges of the text block are very subtly damp stained. Very light rippling to the pages..... More
Hardcover. 152pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] Orange cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the front cover. Very good. Lightly bumped and rubbed at the spine ends and corners of the covers. There is a trivial amount of soiling on the front cover. With numerous biographical descriptions. Other subjects..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1905. F. R. Gruger. First edition. Hardcover. 308pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Light red cloth covered boards with black ink stamped titles and a white and black ink stamped vignette on the front cover. The spine is rolled and sunned, and there are a few..... More
Riverside, CA: J. B. Blanchard Press, 1973. Paperback. SIGNED. 196pp. Quarto [28 cm] Blue and black illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are very lightly soiled and creased. The pages are age-toned. The book is sturdy. Inscribed by the co-author, Leo L. Barrow, on the dedication page. More
Riverside, CA: J. B. Blanchard Press, 1973. Paperback. SIGNED. 197pp. Quarto [28 cm] Blue and black illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are faded and very lightly soiled. The book is sturdy. Inscribed at length by the co-author, Leo L. Barrow, on the dedication page. More
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2006. paperback. 352pp. Octavo [21.5cm] Illustrated wraps. Still in publishers shrink wrap. "In late 1866, when Salt Lake City attorney Robert Baskin looked down at the mutilated body of a client, he resolved he would do all in his power to increase federal authority..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2006. paperback. 352pp. Octavo [21.5cm] Illustrated wraps. "In late 1866, when Salt Lake City attorney Robert Baskin looked down at the mutilated body of a client, he resolved he would do all in his power to increase federal authority in Utah to ensure that..... More
Garden City: The Country Life Press, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. [SIGNED]. 216 pp. Octavo. [19.5 cm]. Tan cloth over boards with rubbing to corners and extremities. Original dust jacket exhibiting toning and some signs of shelf wear, such as small tears at head and tail of spine. Spine cracked. Opera..... More
Vancouver, British Columbia: William Hoffer, 1986. Limited Edition. SIGNED. Thin quarto [29 cm] Japanese folded, stabbed and side-laced into covers of Mi-teintes Canson blue roi mould-made. With light creasing, and several minor smudges on the wraps. One in an edition of 150, hand-numbered in Arabic numerals & signed by Robert..... More
San Francisco: Number Magazine, 1954. Original printing. Paperback. 31pp. Thin duodecimo [19 cm] Saddle-stitched printed wraps. An issue featuring Rosalie Moore. More
San Francisco: Number Magazine, 1955. Original printing. Paperback. 27pp. Thin duodecimo [19 cm] Saddle-stitched printed wraps. With age-toning to the wraps. A Quarterly of Modern Poetry. Featuring Jeanne McGahey. More
San Francisco: 1955. Original printing. Paperback. 31pp. Thin duodecimo [19 cm] Stapled printed wraps. Camilla Spalding is the Mills College Guest Editor. More
San Francisco: Number Magazine, 1955. Original printing. Paperback. 28pp. Thin duodecimo [18.5 cm] Saddle-stitched printed wraps. Very good. A Quarterly of Modern Poetry. Featuring Waltrina Furlong, Betty Turnoy, Jeanne McGahey and others. More
Rand McNally Co. Publishers, 1937. Hope Dunlap. Later printing. Hardcover. 56pp. Quarto [26 cm] Light blue cloth covered boards with an illustrated paper label on the front board. Illustrated endsheets. Good. The covers are rubbed and scratched, and have numerous small stains. The underlying boards are exposed occasionally along the..... More
Toronto: Adam, Stevenson & Co., 1872. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. 169pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles and black ink stamped designs on the front cover and spine, and blind stamped borders on the rear cover. Fair condition. There are small losses from the cloth..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1921. Leather bound. 20; 635pp. Duodecimo [18.5cm]. Bound in pebbled navy leather. Raised bands and gilt stamped title on spine. Light gilt stamped decoration on spine and boards. Patterned endpapers. Gilt textblock edges are lightly rubbed. Spine is mildly sunned. An attractive volume compiling the poetic..... More
[Salt Lake City, UT]: [All About Coins], 2013. Second edition. 480pp. Quarto [28 cm] Spiral bound with color covers. As new. Trade tokens were a product of necessity for providing capital, accounting systems, and trade stimulators that helped grow Utah's economy. A must have for anyone one interested in commerce..... More
Denver: The Parson's Boys Publishing Company, 1906. A. Dorothy Cessna. Hardcover. 388pp. Small quarto [23.5 cm] Sea green cloth with gilt stamped titles, and black ink stamped vignettes on the spine and front cover. Fair condition. The front hinge is broken, and the text block is just beginning to come..... More
London: Longman, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1865. John Leighton. Third edition. Hardcover. 241 pp. Quarto. [26.5 cm]. Bound in red leather with elaborate gothic gilt ornamentation and gilt title stamped on spine with raised bands. Marbled end papers. Previous owner's name penciled on front free end paper. Front hinge cracked..... More
New York and London: D. Appleton & Co., 1910. Later printing. Hardcover. 142pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Light green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and embossed ornamentation on the spine and front cover, and an illustrated oval paper label on the front cover. Decorative light green and white endpapers illustrated..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 354 pp. Octavo. Dark red cloth over boards with original dust jacket, which is exhibiting some minor signs of shelf wear, such as rubbing to top fore edge. Some toning to dust jacket. In a controversial viewpoint that ancient civilizations held..... More
Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1993. First edition, 1/500. Hardcover. 244pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] Maroon cloth. Title gilt stamped on the backstrip and the Arthur H. Clark colophon gilt stamped on the front board. Near fine. Light rubbing at the spine ends and corners of the covers. A..... More
Spokane, WA: The Arthur C. Clark Company, 2002. Limited Edition. 300 pp. Octavo. [24 cm]. Red cloth over boards with gilt title stamped on spine and backstrip. No dust jacket, as issued. No noticeable flaws. This is one of of one thousand copies in a limited printing of the trade..... More