Zurich: Truninger-Druck, 1991. First edition. SIGNED. 4pp. Sheet 42 cm x 60 cm folded vertically through the center. Key to interpret the stories printed on the front wrap. The text is in English and German. With the program, "The Faces of Physiognomy: An Interdisciplinary Conference on the 250th Anniversary of..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1937. Clare Leighton. First edition. Hardcover. 159pp. Quarto [27 cm] Red cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. There are large splotchy areas of fading on the spine, and the top edge of the front cover has a strip of fading..... More
London: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1937. Clare Leighton. First edition. Hardcover. 159pp. Quarto [27 cm] Red cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. The book is in very good condition. A small square has been cut from the jacket's spine, and there is a corresponding faded patch..... More
New York and Toronto: Rinehart and Company, Inc, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 202pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Tan cloth over boards with the title stamped in pale blue ink on the spine. Very good condition. The spine is slightly rolled, the spine and covers are mildly soiled (more so..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. Clare Leighton. Twentieth anniversary edition, and first illustrated edition. Hardcover. 397pp. Octavo [23 cm] Tan cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on a brown blocked spine label, and a wood engraving by the artist within double ruled brown borders on the front..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 79pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Red and black pictorial paper over boards. The spine and boards show light edge wear, and the endpapers are discolored. In a heavily worn, price-clipped dust jacket, which is torn in half. Dust jacket art by..... More
London: The Fanfrolico Press. Hardcover. 188pp. Large octavo [25 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine, and a gilt stamped vignette on the front board. Top edge gilt. The extremities are gently bumped and rubbed. Mild spine roll. The text block edges and the..... More
London: Privately Printed by Ralph Straus, 1910. Norman Lindsay. First edition thus. Folio [26 cm by 33 cm]. One quarter vellum over paper covered boards, title in gilt to spine, title printed in black to front board. One of 250 copies signed by the publisher, Ralph Straus, and by Norman..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1909. Hardcover. 352pp. Octavo [21 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with orange ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover, and a blind stamped vignette on the front cover. Illustrated endsheets. Very good. The spine and edges of the covers are lightly bumped and..... More
Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1909. Maria L. Kirk. Later printing. Hardcover. 352pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth over boards with lettering and pictorial stamping in black. The spine and boards are moderately edgeworn, the spine is a bit spotted, and there is a previous owner's name along..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company Publishers, 1920. Jessie Willcox Smith. [Reprint]. Hardcover. 203pp. Quarto [24 cm] Uncommonly bright light green cloth with blue ink stamped titles and borders on the spine and front cover, and an illustrated paper label mounted to the front cover. Bold orange topstain. Pictorial endpapers by Jessie..... More
Hanau: Verlag Karl Schustek, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. 104pp. Small quarto [26 cm] Natural beige cloth over boards with a black ink stamped design by Masereel on the front cover. German text. In a dust jacket, with a bit of toning to the spine and front panel, and several pieces..... More
Paris: Pierre Vorms, Editeur; Galerie Billiet, 1928. Limited Edition. Paperback. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Plain white wraps with a French-fold dustwrapper. The hinges have been neatly glued. Illustrated with 60 woodcuts by Frans Masereel. Number 281 in an edition limited to 500. More
Hanau: Verlag Karl Schustek, 1968. Hardcover. 115pp. Small quarto [26 cm] White cloth over boards with a black ink stamped design by Masereel on the front cover. The head and foot of the spine are gently bumped. In an attractive dust jacket, with very occasional shallow closed and open tears..... More
Zurich: Limmat Verlag, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto [28 cm] Gray cloth over thin boards, with very light warping to the front board. In a dust jacket illustrated by Masereel, with subtle toning (more so at the spine), and very sporadic small chips and closed tears to the edges, one..... More
![Original Wood Cut [River Scene with Windmill]. Frans Masereel](/pictures/thumb/50941.jpg?v=1506990026)
Original wood cut by renowned artist Frans Masereel. Image measures 15.5 cm by 11.5 cm. Image is within a white border. Leaf measures 24 cm by 18.5 cm Masereel has signed the leaf below the image in pencil. Minor professional restoration on right edge, otherwise fine. Original work by one..... More
München (Munich): Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1923. First German edition. Hardcover. 257pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] 1/4 tan cloth with tan paper over boards. Publisher's black topstain. The boards are very slightly toned and warped, and the underlying boards are peeking through at the top fore-edge corner of the rear cover. Mit..... More
Zurich: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1951. First German edition. Paperback. 140pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] in wraps with glassine jacket and original belly-band. Very light edgewear to jacket and wraps, 1" tear to belly-band at top front; interior is clean and tight. Thomas' first novel, originally published in English as "The Dark Philosophers"..... More
Paris: Éditions Pierre Tisné, 1942. Limited Edition. Paperback. Oblong quarto [22 cm x 28 cm] Plain wraps with a white folded wrapper printed in red and black, and a glassine wrapper. The glassine wrapper is darkened and torn, with a number of small losses from the edges and folds. The..... More
Dresden: Verlag Der Kunst, 1959. First German language edition. Hardcover. 324pp. Quarto [27 cm] White cloth over boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped woodblock vignette on the front cover. With a tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Masereel. The spine is a bit..... More
Dresden: Verlag Der Kunst, 1961. Second German language edition. Hardcover. 351pp. Quarto [27 cm] White cloth over thin boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped woodblock vignette on the front cover. With a tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Masereel. The spine is subtly..... More
Dresden: Verlag Der Kunst, 1961. Second German language edition. Hardcover. 351pp. Quarto [27 cm] Bright white cloth over thin boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine, and a black ink stamped woodblock vignette on the front cover. With a tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Masereel. The corners of..... More
Paris: Pierre Vorms, Editeur. Gallerie Billiet, 1931. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Quarto [28 cm] Bound in 3/4 leather with marbled paper over boards. New endpapers. Original wraps bound in. The boards are a bit warped, there is a 2" loss from the head of the backstrip, and there are occasional..... More
Gand: Snoeck-Ducaju & Fils, 1947. First edition thus. 349pp. Large Quarto [29.5 cm] Loose gatherings (as issued) in a folder within stamped decorative boards with green cloth hinges and the title on bacsktrip in black. Housed in card stock slipcase with with green cloth extremities. Both slipcase and boards are..... More
Paris: Printed by R. Coulouma for the Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1930. Frans Masereel. Limited edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 308; 376pp. Quarto [26 cm] Beige and black printed wraps. Deckled page edges. With the glassine wrappers, but without the chemise and slipcase. The books are in very good condition..... More