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New York: Welcome Rain, 2001. First Edition (stated). Octavo. 212 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly rubbed along edges with a touch of toning to verso. Bookseller sticker to rear panel. Very light shelfwear to bottom edge of boards and..... More
Orlando: Academic Press, 1985. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by both authors on front free endpaper with inscription in Masao's hand to paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould: "To Professor S.J. Gould, with best regards, Alice Nakamura, Masao Nakamura." Octavo; [xvi], 509pp. Green buckram with gilt lettering..... More
San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press, 1987. First Thus; Limited Edition of 425 copies signed by Andrew Hogan at colophon. Octavo. 353 pp. Reproductions of engravings by Gheeraerts throughout. Brown boards with gilt decoration. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Light rubbing to edges of boards. Binding is sound and..... More
![Item #9618 The Pickwick Club of New Orleans [Signed Limited Edition]. Augusto P. Miceli](/pictures/thumb/9618.jpg?v=1621268743)
New Orleans: Pickwick Press, 1964. Limited First Edition, signed by the author and numbered 366 of 600 copies on limitation page at front. Tall octavo; 278pp. Color frontis with illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers. Lacks slipcase. Boards bumped at corners with some nudging to spine ends, a bit of a cock..... More
Boston: Wright & Ditson, 1911. First Edition. Octavo. 32 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Illustrated wraps. Light rubbing to edges with some minor staining and spotting. Binding sound. Slight marginal stain but otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Scarce trade catalog from the early sporting good..... More
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1940. First Edition, stated. Octavo; 312pp +1 ads. Illustrated laminated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact (jacket was issued in both laminated and unlaminated states); book in publisher's gray pebbled cloth with red lettering. Red topstain. Jacket is clean and crisp with a bit of..... More
Los Angeles and Berkeley: Museum of Contemporary Art and University of California Press, 2004. First Edition. Quarto (28x24x2.5cm); 280pp, including chronology and bibliography. Densely illustrated with Smithson's work and associated documents throughout. Graphic coated wrappers, with deep French flaps, over sewn gatherings; flaps unfold to documentary photographs. Light rubbing at..... More
![Item #13754 Tender is the Night [Limited Edition, Signed by Meyer and Scribner]. F. Scott...](/pictures/thumb/13754.jpg?v=1659653445)
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1982. First Thus; Limited Edition of 2000 copies signed by Meyer and Scribner, this being #432. Large octavo. 319 pp. Eight gouache illustrations; frontispiece lithograph. Fabric binding with an ochre-on-jade Lotus Print design. Publisher's monthly newsletter laid in at front. Housed in publisher's slipcase..... More
![Item #7578 Social Customs [Inscribed]. Florence Howe Hall](/pictures/thumb/7578.jpg?v=1604069273)
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, [1887]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's blue decorative gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt; x,332pp. Extremities a bit scuffed, shallow loss at spine crown, spine cloth rather darkened, text block a bit soiled, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Inscribed on front free..... More
New York: Hirschl & Adler Modern, 1990. Quarto (27x22.5x0.5cm); 400, including biographical dates and exhibition and performance lists. Twelve full-page color reproductions of the postcard configurations of G&G. Laid taupe-gray card covers stamped in black and carmine red, with deep French flaps, saddle staple bound over textblock. Covers are..... More
![Item #12740 Christmas Story [Signed and Inscribed]. H L. Mencken, Bill Crawford](/pictures/thumb/12740.jpg?v=1647632672)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition, stated. Signed by Mencken on full title with inscription (possibly in another hand) "To Peter Petcoff via [?] and H.L. Mencken." Small octavo (6.75" x 5.75"); 31pp. Color and black and white illustrations thorughout, with full color illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth with..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1939. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 299 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$2.00" price intact. Orange boards stamped in red. Dust jacket chipped along edges with two nicks to rear panel near center, some general rubbing and creasing, and two small strips..... More
Baltimore, MD: Rainbow (42nd) Division, 1942. First Edition. Large octavo. 142 pp. Black and white illustrations and photographs with glassine guards, complete. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket. Boards show light wear to edges and general spotting, heavier to rear with some additional white..... More
Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1909. One of 10 copies printed for W.K. Bixby, from a total print run of 483. Two small quarto volumes. 208 pp.; 263 pp. Manuscript facsimiles, engravings, and photographs, all present and complete. Errata slip in volume one tipped in at p. xi. Vellum backed cloth..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. First Edition. Octavo. 401 pages. Purple cloth with bevelled edges. Stamped in gilt at spine with "Osgood" imprint. Brown endpapers. Boards a bit worn at extremities with brief exposure. Spine toned. Binding is sound. Light foxing to edges of text block and..... More
New York: Leavitt & Company, 1849. First Edition. Octavo. 268 pp.; fold-out map, "Map and Plan to Illustrated the Battle of Long Island Aug. 27th, 1776." Blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards chipped at extremities with loss; corners bumped and exposure to edges. Binding is..... More
![Item #11169 The Memory of War: Poems 1968-1982 [Signed]. James Fenton](/pictures/thumb/11169.jpg?v=1633376267)
Edinburgh: The Salamander Press, 1982. First Edition. Signed by Fenton on title page without inscription. Tall octavo. 93 pp. Printed dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed along edges with some creasing and a couple very short closed tears. Touch of red bleeding to..... More
![Item #14846 Faust: A Tragedy [Limited Edition, Signed by Alice Raphael and Lynd Ward]. Johann...](/pictures/thumb/14846.jpg?v=1672185123)
New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith, 1930. Limited Edition of 501 copies signed by Lynd Ward at base of frontispiece and by Alice Raphael at limitation page; this copy unnumbered. Octavo. 262 pp. Six woodcuts by Ward, including frontis with tissue guard, complete. Patterned boards with blue cloth spine..... More
New York: Random House, 1990. First Edition (stated), First Printing. Octavo. 120 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Maroon and brown boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly worn at extremities. Boards show just a touch of shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages clean and unmarked. More
New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1968. Stated First Printing. Octavo. 160 pages. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket is price-clipped, rubbed along edges, with one small closed tear each to top of front and rear panels. Spine is a touch faded. Dark grey cloth boards with silver..... More
New York: Horizon House Publishers, 1936. First Edition. Signed by Fasano on front free endpaper with inscription, "Presented to Naval Radio Key West with compliments. Lawrence Fasano." Octavo. 226 pages + appendix. Illustrations. Unclipped illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.00" price present. Navy boards stamped in gilt... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1963. STated First Edition. Octavo. 189 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with original $3.50 price present. Red boards stamped in black. Basis for the 1965 film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Glen Ford and Rita Hayworth. Dust jacket rubbed with..... More
Boston: John W. Luce, 1916. First Edition with "D" watermark to half title and title page. Octavo. 213 pages. 6 black and white illustrations by Sime, complete. Repaired printed dust jacket (see below). Black cloth with red boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket extensively restored and backed with..... More
![Item #11048 That Shining Place [Signed Limited Edition]. Mark Van Doren](/pictures/thumb/11048.jpg?v=1633021475)
New York: Hill and Wang, 1969. Limited Edition, signed by the author and numbered 112 of 200 copies on colophon at back. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering, housed in green paper-covered slipcase. Maroon topstain. Faintly smoked. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase is sturdy..... More