THE LITHOGRAPHS OF THOMAS HART BENTON Thomas Hart (art of).
San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2001. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. The most updated version of the catalog raisonne. Fine copy. More
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FRIDA KAHLO: MAKING HER SELF UP
London: V & A Publishing, 2019. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An as new, unused copy, pictorial matte-finished covers, issued without dustjacket. 5th printing. More
DAVID HOCKNEY BY DAVID HOCKNEY
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket of a fifth printing (1984) after the first (1977). More
THE PRINTS OF ROBERT MOTHERWELL(with) A CATALOGUE RAISSONNE 1943 - 1984
Hudosn Hills Press, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An as new, unused copy. More
FIRE-SIDE PIETY, or the Duties and Enjoyments of Family Religion: Containing Part I Come to Prayer, Part II Home Made Happy
NY: Leavitt, Lord & Co, 1834. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12 mo, blind-stamped salmon cloth with gilt to spine, 237p. The book is blind-stamped Abbott series front and back. Lacking ffe and rear free endpaper, too. Moderately foxed throughout. Cloth covers unevenly sunfaded. Reference copy. More
THE VALLEY OF DECISION
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, first edition, second issue. 8vo, unadorned maroon cloth, gilt spine titles, gte, sides untrimmed. Ownership copy of Henry R. Towne, mechanical engineer and founder of Yale Lock Manufacturing Company, with his bookplates both volumes. Slight stain rear cover volume 1..... More
FAIRIES AND CHIMNEYS (and) THE FAIRY GREEN
London: Metheun & Co, 1919. Early Ediitions. Hardcover. A nice pairing of Fairies and Chimneys (sixth edition 1920 after the first 1918) and its sequel Fairy Green (fourth edition 1921 after the fisrt 1919) both in uniform, binding and near fine condition, in light blue and light red cloth, with..... More
THE MOUSE'S WEDDING (JAPANESE FAIRY TALE SERIES NO. 6)
Tokyo: T. Hasegawa. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. One of the harder-to-find titles of Hasegawa's Japanese Fairy Tale series. Printed in color on crepe paper, meaures about 10 x 15 cm. Nicely preserved. Undated (at least in Englsh) with no indication (at least in English) of publisher exact address... More
THE YOUNG MAN'S GUIDE
Boston: T. R. Marvin, 1848. Eighteenth Edition. Hardcover. A remarkably well-preserved copy exemplary of publisher's bindings of the period. 8vo, brown cloth, blind-stamped front and back, gilt to spine, 18th edition, reprinting the preface to the 16th edition, 392, lovely engraved illustration of the young man on the half title..... More
THE SPHINX
Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1911. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Decorated paper covers with title pastdown font cover. Loss to paper at spine foot. Light foxing. Good reference copy. More
OUR LADY'S TUMBLER. A TWELFTH CENTURY LEGEND TRANSLATED BY PHILIP H. WICKSTEED
Portland ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1906. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. A beautifully preserved copy. Fine all over. No names, inscriptions, etc. More
About Women. What Men Have Said (and) About Men. What Women Have Said
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A beautifully preserved pairing of collections of sayings, month by month, about the other sex by the other sex, both uniform in format, binding and condition. Small 8vo, maroon cloth, elaborately decorated front cover in gilt border around green field with title..... More
THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS; OR ARABIAN NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS (6 volumes complete)
London/ Philadelphia. Gibbings & Company Ltd/ J. B. Lippincott, 1896. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Printed in England for both US and U K distribution. Beautifully preserved Art& Crafts-designed production of the Arabian tales. Small 8vo, light green cloth, boldly-stamped titles in darker green and blue front covers w/ more..... More
THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Plainly signed by Sloane on the ffe. Book near fine, dustjacket has a slightly sun-faded spine. More
THE SEASONS OF AMERICA PAST
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Seventh printing. Plainly signed by Sloane on the ffe. Book near fine, dustjacket has modest wear at top corners and spine head. More
A REVERENCE FOR WOOD
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1965. Presumed First or Early Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed Sloane on the ffe, with a sketch of bird sitting at the end of an ax handle and dated by him 1973. More
THE CRACKER BARREL
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Third printing. Inscribed by Sloane with a sketch of chirping bird sitting atop a barrel. No other names, inscriptions, bookplates, etc. Near fine in better than very good unclipped dustjacket. More
THE BEAUTIES OF THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND; BEING A SELECTION OF INTERESTING PIECES, FROM THAT CELEBRATED AUTHOR M. BERQUIN INTENDED TO PROMOTE A LOVE
Boston: Manning & Loring, and Lemuel Blake, 1808. Hardcover. Old calf, red leather label spine, 8vo, 312p, lacking ffe and blank rears, torn, title page and next 3 pages torn, one of them, the dedication page missing lower right corner. More
THE RUINS OR, A SURVEY OF THE REVOLUTIONS OR EMPIRES. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE LAW OF NATURE
London: Published for James Watson by Frederick Farrah. Later Edition. Hardcover. Mid-to later 19thC edition, likely 1850-1870s. 8vo, blind-stamped, green ribbed cloth, gilt spine titles, yellow matte endpapers, vi, 202, 32, (8), frontispiece, two foldouts. Modest loss spine foot, corners gently worn, solid binding. Of the many editions of this..... More
FARTHEST NORTH BEING THE RECORD OF THE VOYAGE OF EXPLORATION OF THE SHIP 'FRAM' 1893-96 AND OF A FIFTEEN MONTH'S SLEIGH JOURNEY BY DR. NANSEN AND LIEUT. JOHANSEN
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Apparently unused, near fine copies, both volumes. All maps extant and on original folds in pockets front and rear volume 1. Illustrated. ARCTIC NORWAY NORTH POLE EXPLORATION. More
THE WORLD CRISIS 1911 - 1914 (and) THE WORLD CRISIS 1915
London: Thornton Butterworth, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The first two volumes of Churchill's six volume history of WWI. Both uniform in binding and format, blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Volume I is the second edition, published the same month as the first, April 1923. Volume II is a first..... More
THE REFUGEES OF 1776 FROM LONG ISLAND TO CONNECTICUT
Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Weighty volume, full of historical and geneological research. Thick 8vo, three quarter blue cloth over gold cloth, stamped titles, 1204 pages, illustrated, folding map. An apparently unused copy. Signed by author Mather and dated by him January 1914 top of..... More
JESUS: THE TRAGEDY OF MAN
NY: Colony Publishing Co. 1st Edition Limt. Soft cover. No date, circa 1920s. Limited edition, 500 copies, this #40, signed by Gregory in the limitation, tall 8vo, green, limp suede, yapped edges, silk moire endpapers, 138p. Odin also wrote a drama called "Caius Grachus", not much known about him. Internals..... More
THE AMERICAN FEMALE POETS WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES
Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blackstone, 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. In decorative binding, typical of the period - green cloth elabaortaley decorated in gilt all over - front, rear and spine, aeg, 8vo, (xiv), 532, (10). Covers modestly soiled, moderately faded, gilt dulled at spine, lacking ffe, lightly foxed prelims and rears..... More
STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS; OR, FORTY YEARS' RECOLLECTIONS
Buffalo: The Courier Company, 1878. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, which Barnum published in a different form years before. 8vo, green cloth, ribbed on the horizontal, blind-stamped front and back, gilt titles to spine. xii, 324, 33 full-page illustrations. With complements ticket with Barnum facsimile signature tippe-in at title page..... More