New York: Liveright, Inc., Publishers, 1932. First trade edition. Hardcover. 147pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with rose-colored paper over boards and a decorative gilt stamped vignette bordered by the title on the front board. Title stamped in slightly faded gilt on the backstrip. There are a few trivial..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 129pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth with plum-colored paper over boards and gilt lettering on the backstrip and front board. Publisher's black top stain. Fore and bottom edges deckled. There is a subtle dampstain at the foot of the spine. In..... More
New York: Aladdin, 1998. Peter Parnall. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25.5cm] Illustrated wraps. More
New York: Aladdin, 1975. Peter Parnall. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25cm] Illustrated wraps. "You may think of the desert as a harsh, dry place where no one would ever want to live -- but think again. The Desert People know. so do the animals. Both love the land, and..... More
New York: Aladdin, 1985. Peter Parnall. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Oblong Octavo. [20cm] Illustrated wraps. "Everybody needs a rock -- at least that's the way this particular rock hound feels about it in presenting her own highly individualistic rules for finding just the right rock for you." -From the publisher..... More
New York: Aladdin, 1997. Peter Parnall. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25cm] Illustrated wraps. "With a lot of practice, a young boy learns from his old teacher how to listen to the sounds and songs of the natural world. When you know “the other way to listen,” you can hear..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret Book Company, 1975. Leather edition. Leather bound. 398pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Light blue bonded leather with raised bands, a sliver stamped title on the spine, and blind and silver stamped patterns on the front cover. Silver stamped edges. Gray vinyl endsheets. The title for this..... More
Chicago: Chicago General Membership Branch, Industrial Workers of the World, 1979. First edition. Paperback. 32pp. Slim octavo [22 cm] Stapled white and black illustrated wraps. Toning to wraps. Previous owner's signature on title page. Featuring a brief biography of Joe Hill, and the impact of his music on the IWW..... More
New York: Random House, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 639pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 white cloth with matching paper over boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine. Front flyleaf tipped-in. The covers are just a little bit cocked. In a dust jacket with only trivial edge wear. Critically acclaimed work..... More
New York: A New Directions Book, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 143pp. Octavo [21 cm] Yellow cloth over boards. In the dust jacket, with light moisture staining, and a couple of minor closed tears and a chip to the edges. Snyder is an important literary figure from the Beat Generation..... More
New York: Brentano's Publishers, No date. [circa 1923]. Harry Clarke. Limited U.S. edition. Hardcover. 412pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and an illustrated paper label on the front cover. Publisher's black top stain. With 8 full-page tipped in color plates..... More
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 1996. First edition. Paperback. 66pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] in handmade paper wraps with embedded flower petals, Japanese stab-binding. With fading to the edges of the wraps. One of 800 copies, unnumbered, of which 100 were issued signed. This copy not signed. Snyder's essay is titled 'Coming..... More
New York: Scribner, 2014. First edition (Slipcased edition from Powell's Books Indiespensable Series). SIGNED. 531pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 light blue paper with dark blue paper over boards, and black ink stamping on the spine. Front board very slightly warped. With the illustrated dust jacket. Very good in a near..... More
New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1994. Parnall, Peter. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25.5 cm]. Illustrated wraps. "A young girl discovers that her impoverished family is rich in things that matter in life, especially being outdoors and experiencing nature." More
New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1993. Parnall, Peter. Later printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25.5 cm]. Illustrated wraps. In both text and illustration, "Desert Voices" conveys a message of spirit and courage from the shy and quiet creatures of the beautiful desert land. More
New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 1995. Parnall, Peter. First Aladdin Paperbacks edition. Paperback. Unpaginated. Quarto. [25.3 cm]. Illustrated wraps. "From the highly acclaimed team of Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall comes the story of a girl who shares her love for desert life as she tells of treasured experiences like dancing..... More
New York: Aladdin, 1998. Parnall, Peter. Revised. Paperback. Octavo. [23 cm.] Printed wraps. "Beautiful paintings highlight the ways various peoples from around the world welcome the sun and the start of a new day in this Caldecott Honor–winning picture book. Some people say there is a new sun every day..... More
Moab, UT: Inskip Ink, 1995. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 95 pp. [23 cm]; pictorial wraps. From the introduction: "This book is as much a visual history as a tribute to Glen Canyon's sinuous and scenic path... Beware. The buoys move with changes in Lake Powell. You may have to do..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, Inc, 2002. Everett Ruess. First edition. Hardcover. 441pp. Octavo [23 cm] Full cloth. Fine/Fine. Introduction by John Nichols. Afterword by Edward Abbey. Illustrated with black & white photographs and reproductions of Everett Ruess's woodblock prints and paintings. This massive hardbound edition combines Bud Rusho's..... More
New York: Random House, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Historical accounts of various episodes that occurred in the western United States during the twentieth-century. Near fine hard cover with like dust cover. Colophon. More
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1929. First trade edition. Hardcover. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 black cloth over illustrated boards with a paper label on the backstrip. Publisher's black top stain. Black endpapers. Boards just a hair cocked. Light edge wear to the spine and boards. A very respectable..... More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northern Arizona Society, 1971. Second printing. Softcover. 74 pp. Quarto. [28 cm]. Illustrated wraps. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #38, Glen Canyon Series #4. Map of Glen Canyon included, affixed in a paper pocket on the recto of back wrap. More
Shelton, Connecticut: First Edition Library / Otto Penzler Books. Facsimile of the first edition. Hardcover. 218pp. Octavo [21 cm]. Dark gray cloth over boards with red title stamped on spine and cover. In publisher's shrinkwrap. Housed in a gray cloth slip case. With all of the features of the first..... More
Flagstaff, AZ: Northern Arizona Society, 1971. Second printing. Softcover. 74 pp. Quarto. [28 cm]. Pictorial wraps, slightly scuffed. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #38, Glen Canyon Series #4. Map of Glen Canyon included, affixed in a paper pocket on the recto of back wrap. More
Srpingfield, MA: G & C Merriam Co., 1927. Thin Paper Edition de Luxe - Third Edition of the Merriam Series. Hardcover. 1222pp. Octavo [22.5cm]. Bound in red leather with elaborate gilt ornamentation and inlaid plastic decoration on front board. Floral gilt turn-ins and tan moire endpapers. All edges gilt. A...... More