Hudson NY: Printed by M. Parker Williams, Register and Gazette Office, 1879. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two volumes. Volume I (1879) bound in purple-cloth, blind-stamped, spine sun-faded. Volume II (1881) in green cloth, blind-stamped, minor edgewear, author compliments ticket bound-in at ffe. Solid copies both.
Chicago: Sanders Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, 1914, 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Original publisher's binding- blue cloth, gilt titles, pictorial pastedown. Stains to edges her and there not affecting text block. Solid copy. Scarce.
NY: Charles Scribners Sons, 1899. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. The Outward Bound Edition, 36 volumes, complete. Volume 1, 1899, Plain Tales from the Hills, concluding with Volume 36, 1937, Something of Myself, plus index. uniformly bound in burgundy cloth, front cover single-ruled in gilt with gilt-encircled vellum elephant head, spine...
London: Press Centre Limited for Photography, 1954. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Oblong 8vo, stiff pictorial covers in publisher's glassine. Corners a tad worn and glassine torn at rear panel, else near fine. Internals fine. Female nude, luscious b&w photoes, printed in Switzerland.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Lacking dustjacket, spine edges of cloth slightky faded, else fine, A clean, sturdy copy. 10 diagrams from Gill engravings.
London: Macmillan, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Some light white spots to binding, edges lightly foxed, else fine. Dustjacket slightlly faded spine, with light water mark near foot, but no chips or tears. Scarce in dustjacket. Author's first book.
Toronto: Macmillan, 1927. 1st Edition (Limited). Hardcover. Fine copy, #8 of 100, signed by the author on the limitation page, in fine dustjacket in slipcase, which is toned about edges. Uncommon, especially in limited edition as nice as this. Newfoundland poetry.
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition #344 of 500 copies, slightest spotting top edge, else fine all around, in unclipped dustjacket. Offered with a fourth edition of the softcover, fine too.
NY: Steuben Glass (Corning Glass Works), 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine, unused exhibition catalog, of Steuben's crystal pieces featuring Inuit or Eskimo themes, the primary interest of Steuben's then president, James Houston.
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently read copy in near fine unclipped dw, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half title.
London: Grey Walls Press, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Warmly inscribed at Chritsmas 1949 by Treece. Dustjacket slightly toned, as are leaves, else near fine.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. 1st Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Revised edition. Stout 8vo. Red stiff cloth covers slightly soiled, more so at spine. Internals near fine, all foldout maps extant and in original folds. An apparently unused copy. With original ribbon marker still in place.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. 1st Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Revised edition. Stout 8vo. Red stiff cloth covers slightly soiled, more so at spine. Internals near fine, all foldout maps extant and in original folds. An apparently unused copy. With red, white and blue striped ribbon marker still in place.
NY: Family of Kurt Volk, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Privately published memorial album, unknown limited edition, distributed as keepsake to family and friends. Large 4to, rough cream-colored cloth, gilt cover titles, sides untrimmed w/ full page mounted b&w photo of typographer and publisher Volk, 18pp. Internals as new, cloth tad.....
NY: Kurt Volk, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Book conceived by typographer and publisher Kurt Vol, designed by Meyer Wegman, edited by Charles Brodie. Printed on Okawara, handmade paper. Bound in moire silk, stamped in gold. As new in black, glossy-paper backed box, which is slightly rubbed. THE collectible copy.
NY: Kurt Volk, 1949. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Individual sheet per letter laid into printed box. Internal sheets fine. Pasedown covers on box worn. Refernce copy.
NY: McGraw Hill, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. PRESENTATION COPY with small sketch from author and renowned designer Henry Dreyfuss to his publisher Richard Grossman on the half title: "For Dick Grossman/ Your bookshleves looked/ empty without a copy / of Symbol Sourcebook. A (toast - Dreyfuss has drwan and colored...
NY: Grossman Publishers, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by poet Williams: "Johnathan Williams/ Highlands/ North Carolina" on ffe. Fine internally, rare printed glassine better than very good - just a tad worn at spine ends.
NY: Grossman Publishers, 1974. Tomkins, Jill (photography). 1st Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy to publisher Richard Grossman, inscribed to him some time after publication by photographer Tomkins on the ffe: "For Poppy - back where it belongs - (drawn heart) - J" Book near fine, dustjacket has minor toning and light...
Los Angeles: Comm(ittee) for Simon Rodia's Towers in Wattts. 1961. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Uncommon brochure produced by artist and community activists tp protect Rodia's sculptures. Stiff, glossy pictorial covers printed in aquamarine blue and green, 12 pages, the front and rear in blue ink on light aqua blue tissue-like...
NY: Grossman Publishers, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, the initial (1968) and the second (1972) compelte. Books near fine apparently unused, dustjackets better than very good w/ some minor chipping spine ends/edges. PON ffe in vol 2.
Tangier: Antaeus, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Lot of 26 copies: numbers 1, 12, 16 (2 copies), 19, 20, 27,28, 29, 30/31 2 copies), 32, 34 (2 copies), 45/46, 51, 52, 54 (2 copies), 57, 58, 59, 60, 64/65, 69. Issue #1 water damaged, so a reference copy, the rest near fine.
Tangier: Antaeus, 1970. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Run of the first issues, some double issues. Near fine copies.
Barre MA: Barre Publishers, 1970. 1st Edition Lim. Hardcover. This one of 100 copies that has a suite of single-sheet engravings each signed by the artist in envelope on pastedown at rear of book (not one of the 1000 as usually seen). Quarter leather over marbelized boards, which is slightly...
NY: D. Appleton, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon children's title, from illustrator associated with the Barndywine group Pictorial cover a wee rubbed, sunned and edges/ corners showing moderate wear. One plate showing some edge loss from apparently once been loosened, now professionally re-inserted. A thoroughly presentable copy.
