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 by..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1864. Arthur Rackham. Later edition. Hardcover. 638pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] 3/4 red leather and marbled paper over boards. Decorative gilt stamped panels between raised bands. Title gilt stamped back strip. Tex block edges gilt. Marbled endsheets and pastedowns. Covers, endsheets, and pages all slightly age toned. Extremeties..... 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
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: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto [27.5 cm] Blue and white illustrated cloth covered boards. The extremities are rubbed, and the boards are just a bit toned and warped. The endsheets are discolored at the edges, and there is an ink stamp on each pastedown..... More
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc, 1936. Fourth Blue Ribbon Books printing with a Halcyon House dust jacket. Hardcover. SIGNED. 217pp. Quarto [29 cm] Blue cloth covered boards and gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Endpapers illustrated with the "Chart to Resurrection Bay, Alaska, Kenai Peninsula." The..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, No date. Dulac, Edmund. Early Hodder and Stoughton edition, with 20 illustrated plates by Edmund Dulac. Hardcover. Quarto [27 cm] Tan cloth over boards with gilt stamping to front board and backstrip. Paisley-patterned endpapers. Text printed on rectos only. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrated with twenty..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1942. Willy Pogany. First edition thus. Hardcover. 101pp. Small quarto [25 cm] Red cloth with gilt stamped titles, and a gilt stamped decorative design on the front cover. Very good, with several areas of minor abrasion on the front board. The pages are clean and bright. With..... 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
London & Edinburgh: T. N. Foulis, 1920. Hardcover. Quarto [27 cm] Tan cloth over boards with a gilt stamped backstrip, and pictorial stamping in dark brown ink on the front board. The underlying boards are just beginning to peek through at the bottom fore-edge corners of the covers. The text..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, No date, but circa 1930. Willy Pogany. Leather bound. 171pp. Octavo [23 cm] Brown coarse-grained leather, decorated and lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. 12 tipped-in color plates. Lovely head and tail piece ornamentation within the text. The..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, No date. Willy Pogany. Hardcover. 171pp. Quarto [26 cm] Pale orange cloth over boards, with decorative gilt lettering and embellishments on the backstrip and front board, and an illustrated paper label on the front board. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with twelve tipped-in color plates..... 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
London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin. Gustave Dore. Leather bound. 839pp. Very thick quarto [31.5 cm] 3/4 black leather with brown cloth covered boards, gilt tooled bands and title on the spine, and gilt stamped decorative borders on the covers. All edges gilt. Marbled endsheets. Good only. Ex-library. Extremities gently rubbed..... 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
[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. There is a decorative sticker on the verso of the front panel. In the pictorial slipcase in better than very good condition, with age-toning, but coloration still..... 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
Paris: Adrien Maeght Editeur, 1994. First edition. Octavo [21.5 cm] Accordion-folding artist's book composed of illustrated thin card boards. Housed in a matching thin card folder. The text is in English, French, and German. With a charming fold-out key to interpret the stories at the front. The noted Swiss artist's..... More