New York: Walter V. McKee, 1930. John Held. First edition. Hardcover. 49pp. Large octavo [26 cm] 1/4 red cloth over red felt with the title gilt stamped on the spine. Spine a bit sunned; endpapers darkened along the hinges; pages dakened. No slipcase. Limited edition of two thousand and fifty..... More
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
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
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
Chicago; New York; San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, 1960. Lynd Ward. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 237pp. Quarto [25 cm] Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Endpapers illustrated in color. The extremities are moderately rubbed and bumped, and the pages are a bit..... More
Nottingham: Published by Hodder and Stoughton, Limited, for Boots Pure Drug Co., Ltd. Edmund Dulac. Boots Pure Drug Co. edition. 319pp. Quarto [25 cm] Brown cloth over boards with lettering and ruled borders in gilt and black ink on the spine and front cover, and a gilt and black ink..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 55pp. Quarto [26 cm] Full blue cloth with silver stamped title on front board. Near fine/Near fine. Nice clean copy of the early Ward title. Ward illustrations throughout. More
New York: Harlin Quist, 1974. Vontobel Druck. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Quarto. [26 cm]. Black paper over boards. Dust jacket price clipped. Boards showing very little signs of wear. "NOTICE: Most of this book is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent" -from verso of front free endpaper..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1986. Chris Riddell. First Edition. Hardcover. 96pp. Large octavo [25 cm] Black boards with silver stamped titles on backstrip. Corners are lightly bumped. Charming work from the Poet Laurette illustrated throughout by Riddell. More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1930. Covarrubias. First edition. Hardcover. 160pp. Octavo [22 cm] Red cloth over boards, with light edge-wear. Deckled fore-edges. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontispiece. No dust jacket. Huston's adaptation of the famous song based on the many versions that he had discovered throughout the country. Illustrated..... More
Mineola, NY: Calla Editions (Dover), 2013. N.C. Wyeth. Reprint. Hardcover. 86 pp. [24 cm]; full red cloth with gold stamped designs and titles on front cover and spine. Full color illustration pasted down on front cover. No dust jacket as issued. This charming hardcover collectible will appeal to both admirers..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Utah State Historical Society, 1979. Paperback. 31pp. Very slim quarto. Pictorial wraps. More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Associates. Original printing. 184pp. Quarto. Magazine wraps. With the article, "John Held jr., inventor of the Jazz Age," by Dorothy and John Tarrant. Illustrations from the collection of Mrs. John Held Jr. More
New York: Macaulay Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 186pp. Small quarto [22 cm] Light green cloth over boards with black ink lettering and pictorial stamping on the backstrip and front board. The covers and spine are a bit faded and bumped at the edges, and there is a small moisture..... More
New York: Literary Guild, 1930. Rockwell Kent. Trade edition. Hardcover. 281pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Tan cloth covered boards with blue ink stamped titles and designs on the spine and front cover. Very good. The ink stamping on the spine has faded, and there are several small, but prominent markings in..... More
Bloomfield, NJ: Schering Corporation, No date present. Incomplete set. Four prints [11 x 13 3/4"] housed in portfolio wraps with a printed paper title label. Lacking two of the prints and the leaf of text. Light wera and soiling to the portfolio, prints fine. The four plates present include: Sorrows..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 336pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with decorative stamping and lettering in silver on the backstrip. Publisher's brown top stain. The spine ends and edges of the covers are moderately bumped and rubbed, the front hinge is a...... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Willy Pogany. Hardcover. Quarto [26 cm] Pale green cloth lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt (the gilt on the spine has faded). Publisher's red top stain. Good only. The extremities are mildly bumped, rubbed and darkened. The front cover has a prominent abraded area..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, November, 1909. W. Heath Robinson. First American edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated quarto [29 cm]; green cloth boards with gilt title and pictorial crown device on spine and gilt title and pictorial armor device on front board. All thirty large, tipped in color illustrations present and..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, Publishers, 1915. Maxfield Parrish. Special Knickerbocker Edition. Hardcover. 298pp. Quarto [29.5 cm] 1/4 white cloth with peach colored paper over boards, a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a pictorial paper title label on the front board. Underlying boards exposed at the corners..... More
Boston: Lee and Shepard, Publishers, 1877. Hardcover. Unpaginated; [14 pp.] Original green cloth with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a gilt and black ink stamped title and design on the front cover. All edges gilt. Mild rubbing to the extremities. There is a small stain on the..... More
Mineola, NY: Calla Editions (Dover), 2013. Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, etc. Reprint. Hardcover. 359 pp. [26 cm]; red paper covered boards, gold stamped title on spine and front board. No dust jacket as issued. The popular retellings of Shakespeare's best-loved plays by the brother-and-sister duo of Charles and Mary Lamb..... More
Adelaide: The Wakefield Press, 1944. Limited Edition. Paperback. Slim octavo [22 cm ] Plain thin card wraps with adhered printed dust wrapper. Bookplates tipped-in. Light soiling and toning to wraps. Bookseller's ticket on the verso of the front wrap. Number 370 in an edition limited to 375. Contains quite a...... More
[Paris]: Adrien Maeght Editeur, 1968. First Edition. Sextodecimo [15.5 cm]. Accordion-folding artist's book composed of matte pictorial boards and folding color lithographic interior. Lacks slipcase. A bright and colorful symbolic reinterpretation by the noted Swiss artist, 'La Fable du Hasard' combines elements of 'The Poor Man and the Rich Man"..... More
[Paris]: Adrien Maeght Editeur, 1968. First Edition. Sextodecimo [15.5 cm]. Accordion-folding artist's book composed of matte pictorial boards and folding color lithographic interior. Lacks lucite slipcase. A bright and colorful symbolic reinterpretation by the noted Swiss artist, 'La Fable du Hasard' combines elements of "The Poor Man and the Rich..... More