Mineola, NY: Calla Editions (Dover), 2013. Harry Clarke. Reprint. Hardcover. 253 pp. [26 cm]; full black cloth with silver stamped designs and titles on front board and spine. Forest green and black illustrated dust jacket. "At the time of Faust's 1808 publication, Goethe was already famous as one of the..... More
New York: Albondocani Press, 1985. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. [12.5 cm] Printed on Mohawk Superfine, hand-sewn into Fabriano wrappers. Publisher's prospectus postcard. Toledano A91b. Albondocani Press Publication No. 33. This is number 98 in an edition limited to 326 copies. Three hundred copies number 1-300 are for sale. Twenty-six copies..... More
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
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
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
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. No slipcase. With an Introduction by A. A. Milne. This edition consists of two thousand..... More
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
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
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
Mineola, NY: Calla Editions (Dover), 2010. Arthur Rackham. Reprint. Hardcover. 317pp. Quarto [26 cm]; green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles and vignettes on the spine and front cover. No dust jacket as issued. This magical hardcover edition of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm is drawn from the..... More
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
New York: Doubleday & Doran, 1930. Milt Gross. First edition. Hardcover. [264pp] Square octavo [22 cm] Black cloth with titles stamped in red on the front board and backstrip. Publisher's red topstain. The spine is cracked at front hinge, and the top stain has faded slightly. Previous owner's inscription on..... More
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. [264pp] Square octavo [22 cm] Black cloth with titles stamped in red on the front board and backstrip. Publisher's red topstain. The covers are cocked. Regarded by many as Gross's finest work. This is an early American example of..... More
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
West Branch, Iowa: The Cummington Press, 1968. Roderick Mead. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Slim oblong quarto [22 cm] White cloth over boards. The covers have a general layer of light soiling, internally fine. Masterful, playful, provocative verse accompanied by stunning wood engravings. #20 of 236 copies. This copy is inscribed..... More
New York: A. S. Barnes and Company, 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Square octavo [23 cm] Illustrated paper over boards. Red, white, and black pictorial endpapers. The extremities have just a hint of bumping, rubbing, and toning. In the matching dust jacket, with darkening and light soiling. The edges have very..... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 end papers. Very good. The boards are rubbed, scratched, and a little sun-faded on the spine..... More
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 end papers. The velour is scratched. In a worn price-clipped dust jacket, with tears to the..... More
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