New York: Arcadia House, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 224. Full cloth with stamped device on front cover, stamped lettering on spine. Fine in Fine dust jacket. A boilerplate mystery, replete with a dark, secluded mansion, but set on Puget Sound and featuring a Northwest lumber baron. Cool d.j......
Winchester, Massachusetts: Winchester Publishers, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 118. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos. Bound in full blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Illustrated dust jacket, price-clipped. Inscribed by the authors and signed by Joe Bellino. In addition, sheet music for the song "Ike.....
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1994-1995. First Editions. Hardcovers with Dust Jackets. Two vols., both 8vo. Vol. I: Pp. xiv, 338, [5]. Frontis. photo. With 11 illustrations. Bibliography. Index. Bound in light blue cloth with publisher's gilt device stamped on front board, gilt lettering on spine. Vol. II: Pp. [ii], xvi.....
New York: Dominique Lévy Gallery, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 156. With an original poem by Jacques Roubaud. Illustrated throughout with full color reproductions of the artist's work, and black-and-white and color photos. Bound in light gray paper-covered boards, lettering blindstamped and in white on front cover, white lettering.....
Paris: Chez Brunet, 1785. Third Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pp. 65. Later brick-red quarter cloth-bound over marbled boards, without titles. Edges untrimmed and moderately chipped. First and last leaves chipped, soiled and rubbed, with tears repaired. Moderate foxing to original leaves, age tone transfer to later endpapers. Bookplate "Librairie du.....
Berkeley: Center for Chinese Studies/University of California, 1970. B&W photo reproductions. First Edition. Printed card-stock wraps. 8vo. 96 pp. Printed card-stock wraps with a Chinese chop in red. With 16 plates reprinting many b&w photographs. Map on inside front cover. Slight wear and toning to edges, else Near Fine. Inscribed.....
Berkeley: Quelquefois Press, 2012. Ciel McKay, Anita Barrows, Mary Risala Laird. Limited Edition. Cloth Covered Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Pp. 44. Illustrated with seven linocuts by Ciel McKay, one each by Anita Barrows and Mary Risala Laird. With an introduction by the poet. Title page printed in red and black. Printed.....
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1982). Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Pp. 366. One of 750 specially bound numbered copies signed by the author. Fine in a Fine black cloth slipcase. Barth's pleasantly absurd novel involving intelligence officers, a biker gang and sailing the Chesapeake, presented here in a......
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp.xvii, [1], 91. With a biographical note by Janet A. Fairbank. An appreciation by Harriet Monroe. Bound in black half-cloth over blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering stamped on front cover and spine. In the full.....
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1929). First American Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 277. Author's note. Decorated endpapers. Bound in tan cloth with blue lettering and graphic flourish stamped on front board and spine. Light wear to cloth; the front free endpaper is adhered to the pastedown, and.....
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 136. Foreword. Signed by Barton on limitation page. Dark green cloth with printed paper label on spine. General wear, with a dampstain splotch on front cover (see photo). President Lincoln's sublime letter to Mrs. Bixby, wherein he offers condolences for the loss.....
(Los Angeles): Greybull Press, (2002). Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 4to. Pp. 137 followed by five pages of plate lists, (1). Frontis. photo. Laden with full-page plates of b&w photos. Bound in full black cloth with blindstamp lettering on spine. Former owner name on.....
Northampton, London & Manchester: Bassett-Lowke Ltd., London, (1940). Ninth Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 148. Amply illustrated throughout with b&w photos and plans. Bound in light blue cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards. Wear to edges; rear hinge starting. A charming glimpse at a pasttime that has lost adherents, but nonetheless captures.....
New York: Macaulay Company, 1927. William Siegel. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. xiii, 122. Frontis. stage production photo. Introduction by Eric Walrond, music scores for two songs appended, including "Count Yo' Days." Half cloth, black over pale blue paper covered boards, titles stamped in gilt on the spine.....
London: Peter Davies, 1933. Imrie David. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. [8], 3-283. Bound in bright orange cloth with red lettering stamped on spine. One corner just a tad bumped. In the illustrated dust jacket, notably well preserved. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper.....
(Adelaide): Sullivan's Cove, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tall 4to. Edition limited to 500 copies, of which this is number 315. Foreword by "E. F." Blue cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on spine. In a printed dust jacket. Old tag from a Melbourne bookseller on front pastedown, else a handsome, desirable copy.....
Enumclaw, WA: TABA Publishing, 1990. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 364. Full black cloth, gilt titles on the spine. Bibliography, index. In the color illustrated dust jacket. Unopened in shrinkwrap. History of the company on the occasion of its 75th anniversary, written by an insider. This copy still sealed.....
Newark and New York and London: University of Delaware Press and Cornwall Books, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 280. Frontis. black and white photo portrait. With black and white illustrations, and color plates. With a chronology. Selected bibliography. Index. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine.....
Garden City, New York: The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1945. Arthur Hawkins, Jr. (dust jacket). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 186. Blue cloth, titles stamped in beige on the spine, Crime Club Selection banner on the cover and spine. Fore edge rough trimmed.....
Melbourne, Australia: The Miegunyah Press, University of Melbourne, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xxvii, 364. Frontis. portrait photograph. Illustrated with text maps and diagrams, 19 plates many in color. Glossary, bibliography, 5 appendices, index. Bound in black buckram, gilt lettering stamped on the spine. Light blue.....
New York: A. L. Burt Company, ND. Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 278 followed by 4 pp. of publishers advertising. Frontis. painting reproduced in black & white halftone. Illustrated with four additional black & white plates. Light green cloth, titles stamped in black on the cover and spine.....
New York: Macaulay Company, 1930. First American Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. ix, [1], 11-255. Dedicated to "the memory of Modigliani, the last of the bohemians." Bound in maroon cloth with yellow lettering printed on front board and spine. In the dust jacket with $2.00 price intact. An.....
New York and Basel: The Museum of Modern Art and Laurenz Foundation, 2018. Bruce Nauman. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. 355. Forewords by Glenn Lowry and Maja Oeri. Illustrated throughout with b&w and color photos. Index. As New in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Other contributors include Suzanne Hudson; Julia Keller; Liz.....
London: Peter Davies, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. First Edition. Small 8vo. Pp. 276. Bound in blue cloth. Dust jacket is price-clipped, and with minor folds to top of spine. The author was a native of San Francisco whose wanderlust thwarted being awarded diplomas from two universities. After.....
New York: Wittenborn and Co., (1970). First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 4to. Unpaginated. Three-column text in German, English, and French. Copiously illustrated with lavish black-and-white photography throughout. Bound in blue cloth with white lettering stamped on front cover and spine. Slight foxing to endpapers. In the photo-illustrated dust.....