Frankenstein
Mineola, NY: Dover, 2019. Reprint. Paperback. 259pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. More
New Arrivals
Passionate Journey; A Vision in Woodcuts
New York: Dover, 2007. First paperback edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. Octavo in black and white pictorial wrappers. New book with no flaws. "Unabridged reproduction of the work originally published as 'Mon Livre de'heures', Geneva, in 1919. A New introduction has been specially prepared for this Dover edition." More
Vertigo; A Novel in Woodcuts
Mineola, NY: Dover, 2009. First Dover Edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. Octavo [23.5cm] Black and white pictorial wraps. From the back cover: "One of the finest wood engravers of the twentieth century, Lynd Ward took his work to a new dimension when he created the 'wordless novel.' Vertigo, published in 1937, is..... More
Gods' Man; A Novel in Woodcuts
Mineola, NY: Dover, 2004. Reprint. Paperback. Octavo [23.5]. Pictorial wraps. Ward's expressionist masterpeice of an artist's Faustian bargain, told solely through images, in an affordable reprint. More
The City; A Vision in Woodcuts
New York: Dover, 2006. First paperback edition. Paperback. Octavo [23.5cm]. Black and white pictorial wrappers. More
The Blacker the Berry
Mineola, NY: Dover, 2008. Later printing. Paperback. 146pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Printed wraps. From the back cover: "A source of controversy upon its 1929 publication, The Blacker the Berry was the first novel to openly address color prejudice among black Americans. Author Wallace Thurman, an active member of the Harlem Renaissance..... More
The Life of Christ in Woodcuts
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo [23.5 cm] 1/4 black cloth with paper covered boards, with a wing design on the front board. With seventy-one rich wood engraved plates by a master of the Brandywine School. Spine sunned. Previous owner's ink stamp on the front pastedown..... More
Alay-Oop
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo [21 cm] Orange cloth over boards with blue ink stamped lettering and four double-ruled lines on the backstrip and front cover. Good. The spine and covers are lightly scratched, soiled and stained, and the top edge of the text block is..... More
Vom Heiligen Pfäfflein Domenico
Leipzig, Germany: Paul List Verlag, 1936. Later printing. Hardcover. 114pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] in quarter tan cloth over tan boards. Heavy foxing to front board; front hinge weak. With in-text illustrations and decorative initials in woodcut by Otto Nückel. More
La promenade en ville (Folded Story 5)
Stuttgart, Germany: Basilius Presse, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Trigesimo-secundo [12 cm]. Accordion-folding artist's book composed of matte pictorial boards and folding color lithographic interior. Foxing to slightly concave front board; toning to interior, small scattered dampstains to last two panels. A charming graphic representation of a young woman's stroll through..... More
La Mélodie de Turdidi
Paris: Adrien Maeght, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Sextodecimo [16 cm]. Accordion-folding artist's book composed of matte pictorial boards and folding color lithographic interior. Housed in the lucite slipcase. Very light wear. A striking graphic representation of the story of a little bird and his song. More
America's Most Alarming Writer: Essays on the Life and Work of Charles Bowden
Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. 337pp. Octavo [22cm]. 1/4 gray cloth with beige paper over boards. Title stamped in silver on spine. "The author of more than twenty books and a revered contributor to numerous national publications, Charles Bowden (1945-2014) used his keen storyteller's eye..... More
Dakotah; The Return of the Future
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. 184 pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Dark grey paper over boards. Silver stamped title on spine. "When award-winning author [Charles] Bowden died in 2014, he left behind a trove of unpublished manuscripts. 'Dakotah' marks the landmark publication of the first of..... More
Blue Moon
New York: Delacorte Press, 2019. First edition. Hardcover. 356pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Paper over boards. A Jack Reacher Novel. Reacher sits in the back of a Greyhound bus watching an old man asleep in his seat, a fat envelope of money about to slip from his pocket. Reacher's also watching a...... More
The Sound of Murder
New York: Mercury Publications, Circa 1951. Mercury Publications reprint. Paperback. 125pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. The rear wrap is a bit stained. Originally published under the title "Loneliest Girl in the World." Complete and unabridged. A Mercury Mystery, No. 173. More
Parley's Hollow: Gateway to the Valley
Salt Lake City, UT: Custom Printing, Inc & Graphic Design, Circa 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 112pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Dark red boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Profusely illustrated. Subjects include The Golden Pass Road, Young/Little Mill, Wasatch Woolen Mill, First Territorial Prison, Adobe Brick..... More
The History of England (6 volumes)
Indianapolis: Liberty Classics, 1983-1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo [23 cm] 1/2 light brown cloth with gray cloth over boards. A couple of the volumes show light scuffing to the bottom fore-edge corners of the text blocks. The volumes appear unread. May require extra postage due to weight. Based on the Edition..... More
Crime: Its Causes and Remedies
New York: The Legal Classics Library, 1994. Reprint. Leather bound. 471pp. Octavo [23 cm] in full red gilt-stamped leather with raised spine bands. All edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Inked-out name on provided bookplate on front pastedown. More
Justice on Trial: The Case of Louis D. Brandeis
New York: The Notable Trials Library, 1993. Reprint. Leather bound. 275pp. Octavo [21 cm] in quarter gilt-stamped blue leather over gilt-stamped blue cloth. Raised spine bands, all edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Inked-out name on provided bookplate on front pastedown. More
Utopia, with "The Dialogue of Comfort"
New York: The Legal Classics Library, 1989. Reprint. Leather bound. 359pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] in full dark green gilt-stamped leather with raised spine bands. All edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Inked-out name on provided bookplate on front pastedown. More
The Law and the Poor
Delanco, NJ: The Legal Classics Library, 2002. Reprint. Leather bound. 315pp. Octavo [21 cm] in full brown gilt-stamped leather with raised spine bands. All edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. More
The Formal Bases of Law
Delanco, NJ: The Legal Classics Library, 2001. Reprint. Leather bound. 412pp. Octavo [21 cm] in full red gilt-stamped leather with raised spine bands. All edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. More
United States v. I. Lewis Libby
Delanco, NJ: The Notable Trials Library, 2007. Reprint. Leather bound. 584pp. Octavo [24 cm] in full blue gilt-stamped leather. Raised spine bands, all edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. More
The American Commonwealth (Two volumes)
New York: The Legal Classics Library, 1987. Reprint. Leather bound. 743pp. Octavo [21 cm] in full black gilt-stamped leather with raised spine bands. All edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Inked-out name on provided bookplate on front pastedown. More
A Concise History of the Law of Nations
Delanco, NJ: The Legal Classics Library, 2008. Reprint. Leather bound. 376pp. Octavo [22 cm] in full blue gilt-stamped leather with raised spine bands. All edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Reprint of the 1954 revised edition. More