Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. Edward Gorey. Interaction: A Student-Centered Language Arts and Reading Program. Paperback. 30pp. Thin square octavo [18.5 cm] Stapled white and blue illustrated wraps. Very good. The covers are very lightly rubbed, soiled and creased. The pages are clean. Illustrated by Edward Gorey. "The limerick is..... More
Mineola, NY: Calla Editions (Dover), 2011. Pienkowski, Jan. Reprint. Hardcover. 158pp. [25cm] New. Hardcover. Maroon covered boards with silver stamped titles on the cover and spine. Full color, fully illustrated dust jacket. Jan Pienkowski' adventurous silhouettes and the elegant retellings by David Walser capture the excitement of these exotic fables..... More
New York: Random House, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Twenty-two woodcuts. Octavo [25 cm] 1/4 cream paper over gold foil boards with paper label on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore edges. The boards are rubbed and have large areas of subtle fading. The spine..... More
New York: Random House, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Twenty-two woodcuts. Octavo [25 cm] 1/4 cream paper over gold foil boards with paper label on the backstrip. Title page printed in red and black. Deckled fore edges. The boards are heavily scuffed, and the spine and the surrounding area of..... More
New York: Equinox Cooperative Press, 1932. Lynd Ward. First edition, 1/400. Hardcover. SIGNED. 48pp. Octavo [26 cm] Blue Madras striped cloth over boards, with the title in gilt on the spine. The spine is darkened. The front endsheet is cracked along the hinge, and the hinge is going. The front..... More
New York: Equinox Cooperative Press Inc, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Octavo [24 cm] Black and red cloth over boards, with the publisher's device embossed on the front board. Very good condition, with several thin soiled marks on the boards, sunning along the top and bottom edges of the front..... More
Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, Feb, 2015. Lynd Ward. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED: Quarto [29 cm] Black cloth over boards with a silver stamped title on the spine, and a brown and white pictorial label on the front cover. Black endpapers. Cover design by Jacob McMurray. Limited edition page at back..... More
Lakewood, CO: Centipede Press, Feb, 2015. Lynd Ward. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED: Quarto [29 cm] Black cloth over boards with a silver stamped title on the spine, and a brown and white pictorial label on the front cover. Black endpapers. Cover design by Jacob McMurray. Limited edition page at back..... More
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. First trade edition. Hardcover. 262pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards. Publisher's black topstain. Backstrip subtly sunned; gilt on backstrip dulled; cloth at head of backstrip slightly frayed; previous owner's bookplate on the front pastedown; bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown;..... More
Lincoln, MA: Penmaen Press, 1977. Deluxe Limited Edition. SIGNED. 33pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over red marbled boards. Black endleaves. Very good plus, with light rubbing at the corners of the covers. The spine slants back ever so slightly. Housed in a black cloth slipcase that is in..... More
New York: The Literary Guild, 1930. Lynd Ward. Literary Guild edition. Hardcover. 304pp. Octavo [22 cm] Pale green cloth over boards with the title stamped in brown ink on the spine, and an illustrated paper label mounted to the front cover only. Dark yellow endpapers. Top edge trimmed. Good. The..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated (Grosset & Dunlap stamped on backstrip and dust jacket), 1930. Lynd Ward. Early printing. Hardcover. 304pp. Octavo [22 cm] Turquoise blue cloth over boards with a red ink stamped title and linear borders on the spine, and a red ink stamped palm tree vignette..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1930. Lynd Ward. Early printing. Hardcover. 304pp. Octavo [22 cm] Bluish green cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title and linear borders on the spine, and a gilt stamped palm tree vignette on the front cover. Yellow endpapers. The spine is faded and..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart Incorporated, 1931. Lynd Ward. First edition. Hardcover. 323pp. Octavo [22 cm] Bluish gray cloth over boards lettering in copper on the spine, and a copper stamped nude female silhouette on the front cover. Publisher's orange top stain. Very good, with light rubbing and bumping at..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1931. Lynd Ward. First edition. Hardcover. 323pp. Octavo [22 cm] in blue cloth with copper-stamped spine title and front and rear cover devices. No jacket. Rubbing to corners and spine tips, rubbing and light scratching to cover devices, else very light wear; small ink stain..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1932. First American edition. Hardcover. 277pp. Octavo [22 cm] Lime green cloth over boards, decoratively stamped in gilt. Full page frontispiece illustration by Lynd Ward from a wood engraving reproduced by an electrotype and printed in black. With just a little dulling and bumping to..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1948. Norman Lindsay. Hardcover. 37pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown cloth covered boards with a brown ink stamped title and small vignette on the front cover. Very good. The boards have numerous small light spots, and the cloth on the boards is lightly rippled. The front and..... More
Mineola, NY: Calla Edtions, 2015. Calla Edition of the 1916 Charles Scribner's Sons, New York edition. Hardcover. 154pp. Quarto [28.5 cm]; green cloth and black paper covered boards, with gilt title on spine and front board and a black cover label on front board. Product Description Product Details In the course of..... More
Mineola, NY: Calla Editions (Dover), 2011. King, Jessie M. Reprint. Hardcover. 162pp. [26cm] New. hardcover. Red cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title and illustration on the front and spine. No dust jacket as issued. Wilde's second collection of fairy tales, originally published in 1891, following "The Happy Prince" in..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1928. John Vassos. First edition illustrated by John Vassos. Hardcover. 124pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black cloth over blue striped paper covered boards. The title is stamped in gilt on the backstrip, and there is an ornamental design stamped in black and..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1929. John Vassos. 1/200. 102pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black leather over gray illustrated boards. Title gilt stamped on backstrip. Bright pink endsheets. Heavy rubbing to extremities, corners exposed, spine lightly chipped at top, toning and light wear to boards; hinges cracked (but..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1927. John Vassos. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 57pp. Small quarto [23 cm] Black boards with the title gilt stamped on the front board and backstrip. Decorative endpapers. The backstrip is faded, and the boards are also discolored at the edges (more so the..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1930]. John Vassos. Early printing of the edition illustrated by John Vassos. Hardcover. 124pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black cloth over blue striped paper covered boards. The title is stamped in gilt on the backstrip. The extremities are mildly bumped, rubbed, and..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1928. John Vassos. First edition illustrated by John Vassos. Hardcover. 124pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black cloth over blue striped paper covered boards. The title is stamped in gilt on the backstrip, and there is an ornamental design stamped in black and..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1930. John Vassos. Early printing of the edition illustrated by John Vassos. Hardcover. 124pp. Small quarto [24 cm] 1/2 black cloth over blue striped paper covered boards. The title is stamped in gilt on the backstrip (title rubbed). Boards heavily discolored, with the..... More