London: (Parliament), 1943. No Binding. Mimeographed copy of the original, typed manuscript of WWII, 11 page report by Malcolm McCorquodale, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and National Service. on the UK manpower supply for the war effort. McCorquodale, was M.P., Conservative Party. Undated, but statistics referred to..... More
no place: no publisher. No Binding. Sheet of personal stationary of artist and sculptor Elie Nadelman - Riverdale on Hudson - NY with brief ANS in bold, black ink "With my best wishes/ Elie Nadelman / May 6 - 1935" Sheet measures approx 7" x 10.5", toned about edges. Folded..... More
NY: E. Steiger, 1889. Presumed First Edition or Early Printing. Hardcover. Steiger was a leading publisher for German-language schoolbooks used in German-speaking communities in the US late 9th C. 8vo, printed paper over boards, stained and soiled, cloth spine. Solidly bound, clean internals. Pages numbered 45 - 112 pages. First..... More
NY: Kurt Volkk, 1950. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Folio, tan cloth binding, in publisher's box, title label top lid, nicely preserved, no defects. Book still wrapped in publisher's glassine which is ripped at front flap fold. Selections from watershed documents of Western civilization; The Rights of Man, The Ten Commandments..... More
NY: The Stone Street Press, 1981. 1st Edition, limited. Soft cover. Set of series of three, limited edition booklets by writer and Stone Street Press publisher McCormick. Three pamphlets - uniform in format, string-tied spine, cover and spine title pastedown, stiff paper covers - in slipcase with title pastedown of..... More
NY: Dempsey and Carroll (printer), 1898. Soft cover. Dinner program for the testimonial dinner honoring Richard Croker (1843 - 1922), Tammany Hall boss from the early 1880s until 1901. This testimonial dinner occurred at the height of Croker's power as Tammany boss: Croker's greatest political success was the 1897 election..... More
Paris: Chez l'Auteur et Pelicier, 1821. 1st Edition Thus. No Binding. The French adaptation of a poem by William Combe, a satiric interpretation of the saga of Don Quixote. Disbound copy, requiring complete bindng. 8vo, viii + 146 pp with title frontispiece and 24 lithographed plates by Engelmann and Malajean..... More
Ben Nicholson, 1935. No Binding. Seven b&w photographs, varying in size (from 4.5" x 12" to 10' x 12") each stamped on the verso "Ben Nicholson" with handwritten notations relating to subject and/or ownership as follows: painting 1935 collection W. Dacre; carved relief 1935; (relief) 1936; relief carved in mahogany..... More
Babara Hepeworth, 1936. No Binding. Six b&w photographs, varying in size (4 are 12"x9", one 8.5"x 8.5", one 9.5" x 10.5") each stamped on the verso " Barbara Hepworth 1936 Copywright" and each labelled in ink in Hepworth's hand: Sculpture, Carving in wood, Stone Sculpture(2), Carving (wood), and Carving (Marble)..... More
Rochester NY: Eastman Kodak Co., 1915. 3rd Edition. Soft cover. The third edition, 1915, after the first 1907 and second 1910 (republished in 1911). Early editions like this are uncommon; later editions after 1935 are apparently easy to come by. Booklet, stapled spine, 35 pp, illustrated in b&w, with colored..... More
Martin TN: Tennesse Poerty Journal, 1971. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine copy. Inscribed by Hall on 27 Aug 1974. On content page. Includes 11 Hall poems and his essay "Waking Up a Giant" plus contributions of others. '. More
Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1975. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. 140 copies. Fine. Discrete bookplate front pastedown. Publisher's prospectus for the title laid-in. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1917. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo, 4 volumes, handsomely custom bound in brwon three-quarter crushed leavant at Putnam's Bindery, 2 volume Clarendon Press edition divided and boundin 4 volumes, gte, 5 rasied band, gilt titles and pressed devices to spine. Stamp of G. P. Putnam Sons on..... More
Paris: Draeger Freres, 1931. Soft cover. A lot of 4 annual catalogs from the preeminent French house of wine, each strikingly illustrated or designed by various French artists. The 1932 issue is illustrated by Edy Legrand. Black paper cover is an oval cut out that reveals pictorial underneath. It is..... More
NY: Charles L. Webster, 1885. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, early issue with the following points. The heading for Chapter VI (6) on the first contents page (p.9) reads "Huck Decided to Leave." On page 13, the Illustrations list, "Him and another Man" is incorrectly listed at page 88. On..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 4to, vii + 130 with 120 full page hand-colored lithographs (numbered tabs) after the original colored drawings from Franz Andreas Bauer. 19th C quarter leather over marbelized boards (matching marbelized endpapers), worn, especially about edged and panel roughly repaired, gte..... More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1826. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Fifth or later edition. Old, polished full leather, front cover detached. More
NY: The Century Co., 1917. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Volume 1 of 2 only, in printed olive-colored canvas wrapper as issued by publisher. 1050 copies, this copy unnumbered. More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscrined by Caroline Kennedy to her mother's lifelong friend, Nancy Tuckerman, who served for decades as Jackie Kennedy's personal secretary including the years as First Lady: "To Nancy with lots of love as always Caroline" Fine in fine dustjacket. More
NY: Rawson Associates, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Baldridge who served as Jackie Kennedy's Chief of Staff in the East Wing of the White House to Nancy Tuckerman, Mrs. Kennedy's personal secretary and lifelong friend: "To wonderful Nancy, a rare and special creature - a great friend - who..... More
NY: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1976. 1st Edition Limitd. Hardcover. Number 5 of 50 copies, signed by Dahlberg, apparently unread in publisher's glassine wrapper, which is toned and partially separated at front fold. More
Taschen, 2007. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As new copy, signed by artist Ford, #1596 of 1600 copies, limited edition, with slipcase and still with publisher's packing case. More
Easthanptom: Adastra Press, 1994. 1st Editions, Limited. Soft cover. Six titles, 1994 - 1996, each in fine condition, Millrat slightly faded around edges. Each limited softcover edition, each apparently unused, unread. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Complete run of SCRUTINY (1932 - 1953) 76 issues, in original wraps, plus SCRUTINY: A RETROSPECTIVE (1963) inscribed by it s founder and editor F.R. Leavis to James Smith, professor of English Literature, with Smith's typed manuscript of the essay that..... More
Venetis Old: 1771. Hardcover. Old (18thC?) half calf over marbelized boards, worn, missing leaher over spin, 6 raised bands, still firmly bound, internals lightlly foxed but still quiet good. Volume 3 only of the 1771 edition. More