St. Louis: National Sodality Service Center, (1966). First Edition. Pamphlet. 8vo. Pp. 27. Foreword by Joseph F. MacFarlane, SJ. Printed stapled wraps, slightly age-toned. Two inscriptions in ink on the dedication page. A increasingly scarce publication. Bookseller inventory K06204X9S.
New York: New Directions, 1948. Joseph Karov (dust jacket). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 397. Tan cloth, titles and leaf motif printed in red. Fore-edge untrimmed. Upper corner bumped, mild age tone offsetting to endpapers. In the illustrated dust jacket, unclipped ($3.50.) Jacket edges rubbed, small stain.....
(Stavanger, Norway): (Dreyers Grafiske Anstalt), [1929]. Elsa Beskow. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards printed in full color. Illustrated in color. [8] leaves. Mild edgewear to binding, a few tiny spots of soil. Title page with closed tear that has been professionally repaired. (Please see second photo.) A bit.....
New York: Minton, Balch and Company, (1933). First American Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 364. Bound in bright red cloth with gilt lettering and rules stamped on front board and spine. In the illustrated dust jacket, edges worn and rubbed, light chipping at head and tail of spine.....
London: Warren Editions, 1983. Limited Edition. Printer Wrappers. Narrow 8vo. Pp. 26. Introduction by Philip Larkin. With one poem by Betjeman, thereto unpublished. With miscellaneous illustrations throughout. In blue printed wrappers. Edition limited to 300 copies, this copied unnumbered. With a lightly marked "x" on the title page, else Fine.....
London: John Murray, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Pp. 95. Poems categorized as "Medium" "Gloom" and "Light." Royal blue cloth with printed label on front cover. The attractive dust jacket, in lovely condition, remains preserved in a clear, removable mylar protector. This first edition predates the US edition by one year.....
London: The Scolar Press, 1978. Thomas Bewick. First Edition Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. 167. Illustrated with reproductions of engravings printed recto following 25 pages of text. Half cloth binding over light green boards, gilt title in black label printed on spine, light green laid endpapers. Illustrated dust.....
1946. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 314. Translated from Hebrew to Yiddish by I.J. Schwartz. Introduction by Chaim Grinberg. Blue cloth with gilt title stamped on cover and spine. Slight wear; bookplate on front pastedown and previous owner name in ink on FFEP. A solid, presentable copy. Bookseller inventory D07083X10W.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1956. Jean Cocteau (jacket illustration). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. xiii, 114. Blue cloth, titles in cartouche stamped in gilt on the spine: head edge lightly foxed, age tone transfer to endpapers, binding tight and leaves crisp. In the illustrated dust jacket printed.....
London: The Falcon Press, (1949). C. Stewart (dust jacket design). First Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 12mo. Pp. [4], 5-87, [1]. Translated by Roland Gant. Illustrated with reproductions of old photos, letters and artwork. Bound in full blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Foxing to endpapers. In the.....
Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Stout 8vo. Pp. 364. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt; fore edge and bottom edge untrimmed. Slight wear to bottom edge of front cover. Corners sharp. A lovely copy. The Southwest Historical Series was published beginning.....
(Kingston, Ontario): Quarry Press, (1996). First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Pp. 70. Illustrated stiff glossy wraps, saddle-stapled. Inscribed on the title page, along with the rubber stamp of Shakespeare and Company bookshop, and a note stating that the poems were read at the store's anniversary. A superb copy with no detracting.....
New York and San Francisco: Western Authors Publishing Company / Johnson and Emigh, 1892. Early Reissue Using First Ed. Sheets. Printed Wrappers. 8vo. Pp. 280. Printed wrappers. Publisher ads on rear cover. Slight edge-wear. A remarkably well preserved copy. Early reissue using the unsold sheets of the first edition, including.....
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1920. Ray F. Coyle. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. 53. Marbled paper-backed boards with green cloth spine. Printed paper label on spine. Printed by John Henry Nash. With decorations by Ray F. Coyle. Spine faded, boards slightly worn. Very Good. Number 77 of an.....
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. xii, 254. Edited by S. O. Howes. Bound in green cloth with spine and front cover stamped with gilt and black lettering. Top edge a tad dust-soiled, fore-edge untrimmed. Endpaper offsetting, as usual, due to binder's endpaper paste. Slight.....
New York: Lovell, Coryell & Company, [1895]. Early Reprint. Printed wrappers. 8vo. Pp. 300. Bound in illustrated wrappers. Wraps loose, lacking backstrip, with edge-wear. With the stamp of Jiujiya & Co. inside the front wrapper. This copy is from the inventory of Los Angeles bookseller William Dailey, who noted in.....
Cleveland: George Kirk, 1922. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 33. Blue paper-covered boards. Printed on antique paper. This is number 761 of an edition limited to 950 copies. Spine faded, boards a trifle rubbed. Annotation in pencil to p. 22. Good+. BAL, 1136. Bookseller inventory SNDS-AS-NK.
Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. xliv, 202. With a substantial introduction by M. E. Grenander. Textual notes. Subject index. Bound in black cloth with white lettering stamped on spine. A bright copy in a perfect dust jacket. The leading.....
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1967. Illustrated with lavish full color lithographs. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated. Twenty single and double spread plates each accompanied by explanatory text. Illustrated in color and b&w. Gilt-lettered gray buckram. For many years "The Wasp" was under the editorship of Ambrose Bierce.....
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Pp. xvi, 246. Frontis. author portrait photograph. Illustrated with black & white halftone photo reproductions. Foreword by Col. Harold P. Sheldon. Red cloth, gilt titles in panels on the spine, gilt borders and illustration on the cover. Edition limited.....
New York: The Macmillan Company, (1940). First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Small 4to. Pp. 298, [1]. Frontis. photo. Illustrated with 15 black-and-white photo plates. Bound in salmon-colored cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. Top corners a tad bumped. With the Macmillan Company review slip laid-in indicating publication date.....
Auckland: H. Brett, 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. 331 followed by pp. 10 of advertisements. Illustrated 54 with black & white halftone photo reproductions and 9 two-color fold-out maps. Red cloth, titles and decorations stamped in black on the cover and spine, advertisement on back, ochre endpapers printed with.....
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1960. First Thus. Hardcover. 12mo. Pp. xxxii, 479, followed by three pages of publisher's titles. Frontis. photo portrait. Illustrated with reproductions of historical prints. Index. Bound in blue cloth with publisher's emblem stamped in gilt on the front board, gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt.....
Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum, (2003). First Edition. Stiff wraps. Square 4to. Pp. 211. Illustrated with b&w and color photo reproductions. Maps. Glossary of terms. Index. Bound in stiff illustrated wraps with cover flaps that fold within. Slight bump to lower fore-edge, else Fine. A handsome catalog complementing the exhibition.....
Portland: Binfords and Mort, (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp. x; (2); 363. Illustrated with sporadic b&w reproductions. Bibliography. Endpaper maps. Bound in silver cloth with lettering stamped in blue on front cover and spine. Fine in illustrated dust jacket. A particularly fresh copy. The dust jacket, particularly bright, is.....