Hollywood, CA: Hollycrofters, Inc. Co., 1932. First edition, limited issue of 150 copies signed by editor, introduction writer and all illustrators. 121 pp. Original blue cloth with pasted-on title. Near Fine, sans jacket as issued. Outer coating of cloth just a bit lightly mottled, very light wear to tips, pages... More about Doll Dreams
Milan: Mondadori, 1945. First editions. Seven volumes, complete. (Although 10 volumes are listed on the back of each book, only these seven were realized.) Vols. 3-7 white cloth-backed boards, stapled; 1-2 stapled stiff wraps. In the original Italian. Very Good+ overall with all flaps intact, no tears. Occasional very slight... More about Mai contenti, L'uomo del camion, Toc toc, Il prestidigitatore verde, Storia di tre ucellini, Il...
Hilversum, The Netherlands: de Jong & Co., 1953. Fine white and red sheets of M.F. mechanical cover paper, cut at angles and staggered to create an interplay of angles and shapes, bound in bluish gray die-cut stiff wraps. Text on rear leaf in Dutch, English, French, and German. In Near... More about An Unreadable Quadrat-Print
Santiago, Chile: Editorial Lord Cochrane, 1970. Limited numbered edition, copy 4150. First thus. 149pp. Original oversize ( approx. 16" by 16.5") white cloth. In the original Spanish. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket with small tear in bottom of front panel, a few scratches. A rare deluxe oversize limited... More about 20 Poemas de Amor y una Cancion Desesperada
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. First edition. 159 pp. Original navy cloth with silver lettering. Former owner's small art deco bookplate on paste down, else Fine. An excellent copy a high point of the ISOTYPE (International System of Typographic Picture Education) system. Neurath's called it an attempt at "teaching... More about Modern Man in the Making
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London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1835. First Edition. [vi], 110 pp. with 12 hand-colored aquatint plates. Finely bound by Riviere for Bumpus, in full scarlet crushed morocco, triple gilt-rule borders, spine gilt, raised bands, all edges gilt. Original front, rear, and spine cloth bound in at rear. Housed in a later morocco-tipped... More about Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire [...] With Notices of...
Milledgeville, GA: Georgia State College for Women, 1943,1944,1945. Three rare yearbooks documenting the creative college years of acclaimed Southern writer Flannery O'Connor. Her linocut illustrations (which received renewed attention with a Fantagraphics collection in 2012) are very prominent in the 1944 & 1945 volumes, making up the endpapers of the... More about Georgia State College for Women, The Spectrum 1943, 1944, & 1945 (Three College Yearbooks
San Francisco: Hell Comics, 1971. First printing and only printing. 44 pp. Stapled wraps. Pages toned with age, hardly any wear. An underground comics parody of Mickey Mouse that was the subject of a notable lawsuit by Walt Disney. More about Air Pirates Funnies No. 2
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition, first issue with Boz listed as the author on all title pages, and with the Fireside plate as the final plate in Volume III. Bound in early three-quarter leather over marbled paper, all edges marbled. Spines darkened, with cracking and repairs evident on the... More about Oliver Twist
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1927. First thus. No. 494 of 1050 copies printed for England and America. Signed by artist on one color plate. 68 pp. Original cloth with gilt tooled title, cover floral decoration stamped in brown; publisher's cardboard slipcase with printed paper label. Very Good, cloth... More about Sebastian Van Storck
London: Enitharmon Editions, 2002. De luxe edition. Includes color print "Violet Interior" signed in pencil by Tony Bevan, #35 of 75 in wallet. Book #31 of 75. Signed by Pinter and Bevan on rear limitation page. First edition. Fine in Fine original slipcase. Poetry by the Nobel-winning playwright, director, and actor. More about The Disappeared and Other Poems
Somerville, MA: Abyss Publications, 1972. First edition. Unpaginated. Illustrated wraps. Signed by Porter on copyright page, dated March '85. Near Fine with a little rubbing to wraps, light shelf wear. Rare. An American artist's book The Museum of Modern Art described thusly in an exhibition of the author's works... More about The Waste Maker: 1926-1961
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883. First edition. xx, [2], 296 pp. Quarto. Original brown embossed leather rebacked with original spine strip laid down, morocco spine label lettered in gilt, gray-brown coated endpapers. Very Good overall with leather well-rubbed, back and head spine strips starting to peel along edges, tiny... More about The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire
London: William Heinemann, 1913. Limited edition. One of 1,130 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. In Good+ condition. Fourteen plates with captioned tissue guards. Two tissue guards are torn out, a few plates show creasing. Foxing and toning to pages heaviest at prelims and terminals, and sporadically throughout. Cloth shows marking... More about Mother Goose: The Old Nursury Rhymes
London: Heinemann, 1919. First Rackham illustrated edition. One of 850 in the limited edition signed by Rackham, #518 of 525 of those printed on English handmade paper. 110, (1)pp. Green boards with tan cloth back, in folding chemise housed in custom slipcase. Very Good+ with bumped corners and light wear... More about Cinderella
London: William Heinemann, 1916. Copy number 259 of a limited 500, signed by Arthur Rackham. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt on the upper board and spine. Very Good+ with light rubbing to cloth at corners and spine ends, toning to spine and to a square area of browning around... More about The Allies' Fairy Book
London: George G. Harrap, 1932. First thus. 48pp. with four color plates. Publisher's limp vellum lettered in gilt. Copy #537 of 550 copies in the limited edition signed by Arthur Rackham. Fine in Very Good original slipcase with small split along bottom edge, light wear. A very nice copy. Haskell and Latimore p. 67. More about The King of the Golden River
Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1913. Deluxe French limited edition; copy #223 of 460 signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. Publisher's full vellum binding, stamped in gilt. Very Good. Boards faintly bowed, foxing to vellum, darkening and a patch of rubbing to spine. Tissue guard for plate 25 incorrectly... More about L'Oeuvre de Arthur Rackham
Paris: Christian Dior, 1966. First edition, limited to 1,000 copies, this being #417. Buff cloth covered boards with titles printed on marbled paper onlay. Near Fine, light foxing, light toning, previous owner bookplate to front paste down, small stray ink mark to rear paste down. An illustrated hunting journal/checklist for... More about Livre de Chasse
London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. 63 pp. First edition thus. Bound in publisher's green cloth, beautifully stamped in gilt, all edges gilt, in dust jacket repeating the design. Fine, with light bruising to cloth at spine ends, offsetting to endsheets. Dust jacket with a small chip at the head, else... More about Goblin Market
San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 1996. First limited edition, one of 2,000 copies signed by Charles M. Schulz. Hardcover in black cloth slipcase stamped in silver, publisher's certificate of authenticity, and 3-D glasses in pocket holder at front. Light rubbing to book and slip case, rubbing to 3-D Glasses pocket holderr... More about Snoopy: Not Your Average Dog
New York: Abbeville Press, 1983. First American edition as stated, First Printing, in original dust jacket. In Very Good condition. Slight ding to top edge of boards, with small abrasion to the cloth at the edge of top board. Faint uneven sunning to bottom edge of front board. The dust... More about Codex Seraphinianus
New York: The Viking Press, 1931. Signed by Dr. Seuss at his usual spot in the corner, on the verso of the front free endpaper, and inscribed to Arnold A. Rogow, political scientist and psycho-biographer of famous figures. First edition. Bound in publisher's red cloth lettered in black. Very Good+... More about Boners: By Those Who Pulled Them
[No place]: Essomarine Oils/ Penola Inc., 1934. First edition, first printing dated 1934 on inside of rear cover (Younger & Hirsch). Very Good. Light edge wear, toning and light foxing to wraps, with a small erased price to the top corner of the front cover. Contents lightly toned. A very... More about Secrets of the Deep or The Perfect Yachtsman
[no place]: Essomarine Oils/ Penola Inc., 1935 & 1936. Volume I and Volume II, in original and un-addressed envelopes, with two additional two promotional placards. Volume I is second issue. Very Good. Pamphlets show rusting to staples, light soiling, faint storage odor. Envelopes show toning and offsetting at the glue... More about Secrets of the Deep: Volume I & II