San Francisco: John Berggruen Gallery, 1972. First Edition. 12mo (17.5x11x1cm); unpaginated [60pp, printed on double leaves folded at outer edge, thus untrimmed]. Forty art reproductions in B&W; seven photographs of Oldenburg in the studio. Illustrated, coated card covers over textblock of double-leaved off-white paper stock. Some slight, even toning..... More
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2006. First Edition. Stocky Quarto (22.5x17x4.5cm). Illustrated with 99 bound-in posters. See pagination and binding explanation below. Color pictorial card dustjacket over B&W pictorial card covers. Flexible plastic internal spine. Volume is impeccable—no tears, no misfolds, no loosening of binding despite complex..... More
New York: Peter Freeman, Inc., 2011. First Edition. Small Quarto (when folded, 17x12x0.5cm; when fully extended, 99cm long). Detail images on one side; full art work reproduced in miniature on reverse. Self-covering stiff card accordion format. In full color—though the palette is that of black ink on newsprint. The..... More
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Budapest: Képzőművészeti Alap Kiadóvállalata [Fine Arts Fund Publishing Company], 1975. First Edition. Miniature smaller than 32mo (6x4x1cm); unpaginated [136pp]. Illustrated with 15 etchings by János Kass. Text printed in four parallel languages: Hungarian, English, German, and Russian. Black leather with gilt lettering on spine and front panel. Kass etching..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. First Rackham Trade Edition. Quarto. 125 numbered pages. Frontispiece + 49 color plates with lettered tissue guards, collected at the end of the text, mounted on heavy brown paper. Russet cloth with gilt stamping to front and spine. Brown paper endpapers with map of Kensington..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. First Edition. Octavo; 276pp. Gray boards with red cloth spine and white lettering. Lacks dust jacket. Boards worn with brief exposure, general scuffing, and slight lean to spine. Binding is sound. Spotting to edges of text block and previous owner's inscriptions to..... More
Baltimore: Sherwood & Co., 1854. First Edition. Octavo. 47 pp. String-bound printed wraps. Early waterstaining and browning of title leaf; portion missing from title; front and rear wraps detached but present. Binding otherwise holding. Scarce pamphlet from the Baltimore-born temperance advocate, pamphleteer, and all-around industrious reform advocate Andrew..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2009. Limited Edition of 900 copies signed by Dietz on limitation page. Octavo. 310 pages. Color frontispiece by Lewis. Full dark brown leather with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on covers and spine. All edges gilt; orange satin ribbon. Publisher's certificate of authenticity and..... More
New York: Dial Press, 1965. First Edition in Ahearn's "Binding 1." Octavo. 249 pp. Printed dust jacket with original "$4.95" price present. Black cloth boards stamped in yellow and red. Yellow topstain. Dust jacket rubbed along edges with several short closed tears, creasing to rear, and spine a touch..... More
New York: Random House, 1938. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 389 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original "$2.75" price present. Red and black boards stamped in gilt. Dark topstain. Dust jacket shows general rubbing, in particular to rear panel with some shallow chipping along edges. Touch of soiling along edges..... More
Detroit, MI: Berry Brothers, 1909. First Edition. Oblong octavo. Illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. Color illustrations and cover illustrations by Denslow. Side-stapled wraps. Housed in a custom-made clamshell case. Stain to bottom edge of wraps, ghost of a sticker to rear, wraps a bit loose, but holding. Pages unmarked... More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Company Publishers, 1901. First Edition, Second State with four pages of pictures before "Humpty Dumpty." Quarto. [96 pp.] Bright and highly amusing color illustrations by Denslow throughout, with verses hand-lettered by the esteemed type designer Frederic W. Goudy. Paper-covered boards with color illustration to front..... More
Los Angeles and Cambridge: The Museum of Contemporary Art and the MIT Press, 2007. First Edition. Quarto (27x23x4cm); 512pp, including chronology and exhibition checklist. Illustrated with art reproductions, media samples, and reference and background images throughout. Photographic dustjacket. Boards in slightly rosé-ified écru with purple lettering on spine and..... More
Rome: Gagosian Gallery, 2009. First Edition. Catalog brochure/poster (19x14.5cm folded; 75x56cm opened). Fourteen images. This brochure/poster constitutes the catalog for the Cindy Sherman show held at the Gagosian Gallery in Rome 7 June to 19 September 2009. Impeccable, As New—and difficult to find in this immaculate condition, because it's..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2005. First Edition. Quarto (28.5x25x3cm); 236pp, including chronology, bibliography, and index. Densely illustrated throughout with works from the Murray exhibit and many background and reference images. including two gatefolds. Illustrated boards. Binding and textblock impeccable, As New. This volume constitutes one..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2005. First Edition. Quarto (28.5x25x1cm); 13pp. With background images and explanations for the four elaborate pop-out artworks embedded in the volume. Illustrated boards. Binding, textblock, and four pop-ups impeccable, As New. This volume constitutes one half of the catalog for the Elizabeth..... More
London: Methuen, 1996. First Edition. Octavo; liv, 1048. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with £25.00 price intact; book in blue cloth with silver lettering to spine and two ribbon bookmarks. Reviewer's copy with notes and materials laid in (see below). Jacket shows some rubbing at spine ends and back panel near..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1975. First Thus. Octavo; [viii], 583pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket featuring Liza Minelli Cabaret tie-in; book in purple cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Price-clipped dust jacket shows light edgewear with a couple small, closed tears and an adjacent crease along bottom front edge. Boards rubbed and..... More
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1935. First Edition. Octavo; [vi], 279pp. Publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with nudging and scuffing to spine ends, darkening to spine, and some general smudging and soiling to surface. Spine a bit cocked. Endpapers toned, especially..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1939. First UK Edition. Octavo; 317pp. Publisher's linen boards with red lettering to spine and red topstain. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, with some smudging and light soiling to cloth and darkening to spine. Front board shows a hint of..... More
Hollywood: Marcel Rodd, 1945. First Edition. Octavo; [viii],452pp. Illustrated dust jacket over brick cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Price-clipped dust jacket shows a few shallow chips and tears along edges, corners, and spine ends, with a few scuffs to surface. Small dampstain visible on jacket interior at bottom front..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1937. First Edition. 16mo (6.75" x 4.25");150pp. Publisher's blue cloth with black lettering to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly shelfworn with some scuffs down joints, darkening to spine, and general light smudging / soiling to surface. Front board just a bit bowed. Binding is sound..... More
Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1970. First Edition. Signed by Lefever to John McCain, Jr, father of Senator John McCain, with inscription, "For Admiral McCain - With deep appreciation for your help and hospitality. 12 Nov 1970. Ernest W. Lefever." Octavo. 251 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in..... More
Hollywood: Marcel Rood, 1947. First Thus. Octavo; 128pp. Printed dust jacket with $3.00 price intact; book in brown cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket shallowly chipped along edges with a larger chip at head of spine, losing first half of Isherwood's name, tearing down flap folds, and a good bit of..... More
Tokyo: Brain Trust, Inc., 2003. First Edition. Quarto (28x23x1.5cm); 150pp, including explanatory maps and chronology. Ninety-eight color reproductions of works in the exhibition, with additional B&W documentary photographs. Nearly entirely in Japanese. Illustrated card covers with full extension French flaps. Both cover and textblock Near Fine; card spine uncreased..... More