NY: Winchester Press, 1969. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. With an orginal gauche painted drawing of a decoy by artist Weiler on the dedication warmly inscribed with gratitude for the book's fruition to an editor at Winchester Press. Limited to 100 copies, this copy unnumbered and stamped "Publisher's Presentation" on the..... More
NY: Winchester Press, 1969. 1st Edition Thus, Limited. Hardcover. Limited edition of 250 numbered copies, this 84, with a special binding, prepared for private distribution to friends of the Theodore Roosevelt Association. With new introduction by Kermit Roosevelt. Republication (the original edition 1888) authorized by Theodore Roosevelt Association in conjunction..... More
NY: Atheneum, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine, unused copy in fine, price-clipped dustjacket. Inscribed by book designer Bea Feitler. More
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lovely Knickerbocker Press production, custom rebound in green full morocco, gilt ruled front and back, with double-ruled dentelles, with corner florals and crimson suede pasetdown and ffe. Binder unidentified. Large 8vo, gte, sides uncut, xi + 310 + 2. Pub list..... More
London: Virtue Brothers & Co., 1865. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, rebound blue, half leather over blue cloth, gte, wide 8vo,xvi, 494 (1) 32, publisher's catalogue in rear, title in red & black. numerous wood-engraved text illustrations by Frederick William Fairholt. Bound in England, by unidentified binder. Near fine copy with..... More
NY: Doubleday, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. With Doubelday compliments card with Russell Baker typed on it, paper-clipped to the top of the ffe. Some paperclip residue transferred to half title and pastedown. Dustjacket price-clipped. More
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near fine copy with the business card of Marian S. Wood, Didion;s editor, paper-clipped to the ffe. More
NY: Bantam, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Autobiography of the first women candidate for Vice President, who ran with Mondale on the Democratic ticket in 1984. Price clipped dustjacket, plainly signed by Ferraro on the ffe. More
Norwalk CT: The Easton Press, 1995. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. #2 of 3500 copies, signed by Powell, of the special limited edition of The Easton Press, full battle-gray leather, decorated in gilt, aeg, ribbon marker. Unused, apparently unread. More
NY: Random House, 1966. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, plainly signed by Hotchner on the ffe, which has trace paperclip residue top edge. Laid-is a most unusual artifact and an in-joke between two editing professionals - a TNS from R. L. Lemon, Saturday Eveing Post editor, to Rita Waterman, an..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1899. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 8vo, brown cloth with antlered buck pictorial and titles stamped in gilt, double-blind ruled front cover, 339 + 14 page publisher's catalog in rear, illustrated. Spine faded, slight water stain to upper corners near spine that has very slightly warped covers..... More
Frederick MD: Baughman Brothers, 1877. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 8vo, purple cloth with pictorial and titles pressed in gilt and ruled in black front cover, beveled edges, 222p, illustrated with 8 full-page plates w/ tissue guard, most by H. W. Crutchfield, one by Joseph T. Harley. Spine faded with..... More
NY: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon manual written by sixth grade educator Barnes and her assistant about creating curriculum that instructs grade-school students on the rudiments of architecture through historical periods. Includes lesson plans, field trips, topics in allied fields, etc. 8vo, blue..... More
London: Country Life. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first or early printing, and the first of what evolved as three volume series. undated, c1920, 4to, gilt-pressed green cloth, x, 224, (8) with index and publisher's list in rear. Lots of plans and diagrams and stunning b&w images of English country houses..... More
NY: Random House, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fiftenn essays on American life in the late 1960s from one of America'sa best essayists of the period. Near fine, apparently little- or un-used copy, unclipped dustjacket, faded dustjacket spine, no ownership marks or bookplates. More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine unused copy in unclipped dustjacket that has modest edgewear. Inscribed by author Camp on the ffe: "Luck on the marsh Ray Camp" More
Northampton (MA): Main Street Press, 1976. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Only 75 copies, this numbered 75/75 by designer Moser and signed by him, signed by author Stafford, too and especially inscribed by binder Bourbeau "for a most deserving bibliophile and wonderful friend" all on the colophon. Printed at Moser's Main..... More
Aspen CO: (published by author), 1968. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Stiff pictorial covers, plastic spiral-bound, 130 pages, b&w photographs throughout. All kind of recipes from Aspen townsfolk - retailers, hoteliers, chefs, ski-instructors, teachers, artists - with not only photographs of them but also of Aspen historical and natural sites. Besides..... More
NY: The Derrydale Press, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 850 copies. A fine, apparently unused copy, green linen over boards with titles and gilt-stamped device in unclipped dustjacket that is modestly worn about edges. No names, bookplates and desirable thus. HORSES EQUESTRIAN JUMPING RIDING. More
NY: Doubleday, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid, internally clean copy in used dustjacket obviously chipped around all edges. More
Norfolk CT: New Directions, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Solid copy, some modest bottom edgewear in UNclipped dustjacket with very shallow loss spine head. No ownership names, marks or bookplate. More
London: Longmans, 1911. 1st Edition Thus, Limited. Hardcover. 4to, quarter linen backed boards, spine label, spare spine label tipped in. (4), 161 (7). Printed in black and red ink. Designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press. Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by Willima Morris..... More
London: Longmans, 1911. 1st Edition Thus, Limited. Hardcover. 4to, quarter linen backed boards, , spine paper label, spare spine label tipped in, map, xiv, (2), 177, printed in black and red ink. Printed at the Chiswick Press with the Golden type designed by William Morris for the Kelmscott Press. Spine..... More
Chicago: The Bookfellows. Printed at the Torch Press, 1920. Hardcover. Private edition, 12mo, paper over boards, title label front cover, in plain dustjacket of same paper as used over covers. With a distinctive double page photogravure frontispiece by eccentric photographer, Lejaren a' Hiller (1880 - 1969). Hiller (born John Hiller..... More
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1964. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. One of 200 copies of a total run of 205, this an unsigned copy. Printed in in purple and black on Tovil hand-made paper, handset Palatino type. Quarter crushed purple morocco leather spine with paper label, with trace fading of leather..... More