You Read to Me, I'll Read to You
New Rochelle, NY: Spoken Arts, 1962. Edward Gorey. 12" record. LP Record. Very good condition. Cover by Edward Gorey. Read by John Ciardi and his children, Myra, John and Benn. Directed by Arthur Luce Klein. More
Illustrated Books
The Golden Age
London and New York: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1900. Maxfield Parrish. First edition thus. Hardcover. 252, [2] pp. Octavo [21 cm] Original, green cloth with yellow and blue ornamental designs and title on the front cover, and a faded gilt title on the spine. Deckled fore and bottom edges..... More
The Golden Age
London and New York: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1900. Maxfield Parrish. Early printing. Hardcover. 252, [2] pp. Octavo [20.5 cm] Red cloth with a gilt stamped title on the spine and front cover, and ornamental gilt stamped patterns on the front cover. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore and bottom..... More
The Wind in the Willows
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 244pp. Quarto [29 cm] 1/4 beige cloth with orange patterned paper over boards, with light rubbing to the extremities. Top edge gilt. Pages uncut. With an Introduction by A. A. Milne. This edition consists of two thousand & twenty..... More
Elegy in a Country Church-Yard
New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1931. John Vassos. First edition. Hardcover. 75 pp. Small quarto [23 cm] 1/4 black cloth with ivory white cloth covered boards, and gilt stamped titles. Very good. There are a multitude of tiny stains on the covers, that are probably the result..... More
Elegy in a Country Church-Yard
New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1931. John Vassos. First edition. Hardcover. 75 pp. Small quarto [23 cm] 1/4 black cloth with ivory white cloth covered boards, and gilt stamped titles. Very good. The covers are very lightly soiled. The endsheets are darkened along the hinges. John Vassos..... More
The Bible for My Grandchildren (2 volumes)
Privately Printed, 1950. William Blake. Limited edition. Hardcover. 347; 386pp. Quarto [27 cm] Red cloth covered boards with decorative gilt stamped titles on the spines and front covers, and gilt stamped designs on the spines and covers. Top edges gilt. Decorative endsheets. Good. The spines are very faded. There are..... More
Blanche Neige et Autres Contes de Grimm (Snow White and Other Tales by Grimm)
France: Flammarion, 1953. Davanzo. French-language edition. Hardcover. 147pp. Folio [33 cm] White paper over boards. The text block edges are lightly foxed. One of the illustrations is detached, but present (the illustration for "Petit Frere et Petite Soeur"). In the pictorial dust jacket, with toning, light foxing, and sporadic short..... More
The Hannes Bok Memorial Showcase of Fantasy Art
San Francisco: Sisu Publishers, 1974. Paperback. Quarto [28 cm] Printed wraps with an illustrated back cover. "Weird Story Reprint" printed at foot of contents page below the "Note." The wraps show moderate surface and edge wear, and the front wrap is a bit toned. There is a former owner's bookplate..... More
A Relevant Memoir: The Story of the Equinox Cooperative Press
New York: Three Mountains Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 111pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/2 yellow cloth with black cloth over boards and a black ink stamped title on the spine. Very good, with minor warping to the rear board. In a very good dust jacket, with subtle darkening at the..... More
A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys
New York: Duffield & Company, 1922. Maxfield Parrish. Hardcover. 358pp. Quarto [24 cm] Dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles and an illustrated paper label mounted to the front cover. Good only. The extremities are gently bumped and rubbed, and the boards are barely perceptibly concave. The edges..... More
Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter with Illustrations by F. O. C. Darley
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884. Early printing. Oblong elephant folio [35 cm x 45 cm] Brown textured wraps, with a Japanese stab binding. The wraps are a bit darkened in areas, there are periodic short closed tears and chips to the edges of the wraps, and..... More
The Gods Were Promiscuous
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. 248pp. Octavo [19 cm] Orange cloth covered boards with a black ink stamped title and decorative embellishments on the spine. Good. The spine is rolled, and there is a 1/4" closed tear in the cloth at the head of the spine..... More
The Gods Were Promiscuous
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 248pp. Octavo [19 cm] Orange cloth covered boards with a black ink stamped title and decorative embellishments on the spine. Publisher's red topstain. Fore-edges untrimmed. The spine is a bit rolled, and the spine ends are gently bumped. There are..... More
Dog Stories
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 124pp. Quarto [28 cm] Thickly woven gold cloth over boards with an embossed title on the spine, and an embossed dog vignette on the front cover. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore edges. White and black illustrated endpapers. Very good condition..... More
Dog Stories
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 124pp. Quarto [27 cm] Red cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a gilt stamped dog vignette on the front cover. Illustrated endpapers. With light fraying to the spine ends, and mild rubbing to the extremities..... More
The Works of John Held Jr.
New York: Ives Washburn, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 168pp. Quarto [28 cm] Red velour cloth over boards with the title stamped in black ink on the spine and front cover. White and black pictorial endpapers. Very good. The boards are rubbed, scratched, and a little stained. There is a subtle..... More
The Works of John Held Jr.
New York: Ives Washburn, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 168pp. Quarto [28 cm] Red velour cloth over boards with the title stamped in black ink on the spine and front cover. White and black map endpapers. Very good. The boards are rubbed are scratched, and a little concave. There is a...... More
Held's Angels
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 211pp. Small quarto [23.5 cm] Red cloth covered boards with yellow ink stamped titles, and a yellow ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Very good. The edges of the covers are ever so slightly rubbed. The spine is subtly..... More
Held's Angels
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 211pp. Small quarto [23.5 cm] Red cloth covered boards with yellow ink stamped titles, and a yellow ink stamped vignette on the front cover. Publisher's red top stain. Very good. Rubbed at the spine ends and along the edges of..... More
The Saga of Frankie & Johnny
New York: Walter V. McKee, Incorporated, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 49pp. Quarto [26 cm] 1/4 red cloth with red flannel cloth covered boards. Deckled edges. In a yellow paper covered slipcase with a title label mounted to the front panel. Fine condition. The slipcase is in good condition only, with..... More
John Held Jr's Map of New York Night Clubs from Actual Survey By and Under the Direction of Lip Stick. Showing Taxi Routes and Towing Canals
[1931]. 7 3/4" x 10 3/4". The illustration "Bygone Days" is on the reverse (P. 136 printed at the foot). Loose cut page extracted from "The Works of John Held Jr." A humorous depiction of New York which highlights things such as "Policeman watching for prohibition agents" and "A murdered..... More
A Kingdom Far and Clear: The Complete Swan Lake Trilogy
Calla Editions: Ariel Books, 2010. Chris Van Allsburg. Calla Edition. Hardcover. 301pp. Quarto [27cm]; blue cloth covered boards with embossed cover label and silver color title on spine. The most enduring tales of fantasy are appreciated by readers of all ages, generation after generation. This trilogy of novellas by critically..... More
The Letters of Rachel Henning
Sydney: The Bulletin Newspaper Co., 1952. Norman Lindsay. First edition. Paperback. Quarto [27 cm] Tan, red and brown illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed and slightly darkened. The bottom right corners of the pages have subtle moisture stains, particularly at the beginning. There is a one inch..... More
The Letters of Rachel Henning
Sydney: The Bulletin Newspaper Co., 1952. Norman Lindsay. First edition. Paperback. 126pp. Quarto [27 cm] Tan, red and brown illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed and creased, and there are areas of subtle darkening on the front wrap. There is a contemporary gift inscription on the first..... More