New York: Minedition; Penguin Young Readers Group, [2007]. Lisbeth Zwerger. First minedition / Penguin Young Readers Group edition. Hardcover. 103pp. Quarto [29 cm] Pictorial boards in dust jacket with matching illustration. Very minor warping to the fore-edge of the front board. Color illustrations throughout by Lisbeth Zwerger. Zwerger is one..... More
North Salt Lake City: Granite Mountain Publishing Company, 1984. Second edition. Hardcover. 435pp. Quarto [28 cm] Green cloth over boards lettered in gilt. In the dust jacket, with surface rubbing, subtle toning, and a couple of short marks on the front panel. From the dust jacket- "In this new edition..... More
Rough Draft Printing, 2009. Reprint of the fifth edition, enlarged and re-arranged. Paperback. Quarto [23.5 cm] Casebound wraps. Moderate wear to the wraps. Minor splash stains to text block edges. Else, internally clean and bright. A detailed exploration of the metallurgy of gold, including its history, properties, extraction techniques, and..... More
San Francisco and New York: Fraenkel Gallery; D.A.P., [2004]. Hardcover. Quarto [32.5 cm] Yellow-orange cloth over boards. In the pictorial dust jacket. Still in the publisher's unopened shrink-wrap. May require extra postage due to weight. "Lee Friedlander began photographing the American social landscape in 1948. With an ability to organize..... More
Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate Communications, Inc, No date [2007?]. 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Complete, with introductory material and characters and sets for Acts 1, 2, and 3. Cigar-box style packaging. Light wear to box, else fine. "This box holds within it a magnificent secret. Once assembled... its contents..... More
Wideview Books, 1980. First Wideview Books edition. First edition stated on copyright page. Paperback. SIGNED. Slim quarto [27.5 cm] Pictorial wraps. Light wear and minor toning to the wraps. A bright copy. Gahan Wilson (1930-2019) graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago and later attended the Académie Julian in Paris..... More
Chicago: Playboy Press, 1973. First American edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 160pp. Slim quarto [27.5 cm] Pictorial wraps. Minor soiling to foot of text block. Pages through first half of text block just a hair wavy. A very bright copy. More than 280 cartoons from Playboy's mirthful master of the macabre -..... More
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Franklin Library Limited Edition. Leather Bound. 289pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Full bluish-gray leather with raised bands. Gilt stamped title on spine. Elaborate gilt and blind stamped designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers. Silk ribbon page-marker. A nice, clean..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1950. First edition in a first state dust jacket. Hardcover. [12] 308pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with gilt stamping to front board and spine. Gilt facsimile signature of Hemingway on front board. In the color-illustrated dust jacket, with yellow and black..... More
New York: Walt Disney Music Company; Hansen Publications, Inc, 1955. 16pp. Very slim oblong quarto [30 cm x 22.5 cm] Saddle-stitched pictorial wraps. Mild toning and edgewear to the wraps. Contents: All in the Golden Afternoon; I'm Late; Alice in Wonderland; How D'ye Do and Shake Hands; Very Good Advice;..... More
New York: Meredith Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated, approx. 60pp. 6 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Pictorial boards printed in black, blue, and white. Black and white illustrations. No dust jacket. Bumping and wear to spine ends and corners. Gorey's macabre, however humorous, tale of opera, murder, and stalking..... More
Burbank, CA: 1968 on copyright page (Introduction dated December 1969). First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 144pp. Slim octavo [21.5 cm] Saddle-stitched pale blue illustrated wraps. Minor fading at the spine. Very light soiling to the wraps, a hair more so to the rear wrap. The self-published autobiography of Native American Rights..... More
New York: Random House, 1985. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 337pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Publisher's red cloth and red paper-covered boards, lettering stamped in gilt with ruling in metallic red. Maroon dust jacket designed by Richard Adelson with red typography and Salvador Dalì's “The Phantom Cart” on the front. Photograph of..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. No additional printings listed, no statement of edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated, approx. 80pp. Oblong duodecimo [13 cm x 19 cm] Illustrated paper over boards. In the dust jacket. Black and white and some color illustrations. Modest shelfwear to boards. Dust jacket with light rubbing..... More
Washington DC: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2003. First Printing. Hardcover. 189pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 red paper with beige paper over boards. Authors initials gilt stamped on front cover. Gilt title on spine. In the dust jacket, with periodic traces of light soiling, and very subtle creasing to the edges. "The..... More
New York: Rae D. Henkle Co., Inc, [1927]. First edition. Hardcover. [64pp. (unpaginated)]. Octavo [21.5 cm] Color-illustrated boards with cover art by the Haders. Pictorial endpapers. Mild bumping and rubbing to the extremities. Thin 2" crack to paper at the head of the spine. A bright copy. Illustrated by Caldecott..... More
Liverpool and London: S.W. Richards; T.C. Armstrong, 1853. First edition. Leather Bound. 223pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Full black leather, elaborately stamped in gilt. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Decorative green endpapers. All edges gilt. Silk ribbon page-marker. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Errata bound in at the rear. In better..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Early printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 965pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black cloth with black paper over boards. Surface of spine indented from head to foot. Spine ends gently bruised. In the dust jacket, with rubbing and a number of faint scratches to the surface..... More
College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1975. Presumed later printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. Quarto [31 cm] Cloth over boards. The bottom edges of the preliminary and terminal leaves are subtly moisture stained. In the dust jacket, with pronounced rubbing, several shallow closed tears and chips to the edges, and a light..... More
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1985. Franklin Library Limited Edition. Leather Bound. 613; 369pp. Octavo [24 cm] Full charcoal gray leather with raised bands. Gilt stamped title on spine. Elaborate gilt stamped designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers. Silk ribbon page-marker. Text in English..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Slim duodecimo [18 cm] 1/4 olive green cloth with pictorial paper over boards. Worn. Ex-library, with library stamps on text block edges, and evidence of library markings on the endsheets. Austin's in-depth exploration of resurrection and renewal. More
Pantheon Books, 1954. Bollingen Series edition. Hardcover. 493pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with bluish-green cloth over boards. With light splash stains to the top edge of the text block. Minor staining to the top edge of the frontispiece illustration. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with rubbing to the..... More
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 176pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with bluish-gray paper over boards. In the illustrated dust jacket, with a couple of small, barely perceptible stains. Signed, with the date "3/1/04", on the half title. In this futuristic novel..... More
Brooklyn: SPQR Editions, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. 101pp. Oblong quarto [25 cm x 29 cm] Glossy paper over boards. With moderate scuffing and wear to the boards. As is common with this type of glossy paper over boards, fingerprints are visible on the covers at times. A collection of shadow..... More
Frankfort, KY: Gnomon Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 62pp. Octavo [22 cm] Green cloth over boards. In the dust jacket, with barely perceptible creasing to the top edge. A collection of short fiction. Signed by Wendell Berry on the title page. More