BOMBAY JADOO
Steidl, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Slight diagonal crease to cloth upper right corner front cover. Warmly inscribed by photographer Karel on the verso ffe. More
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THE 13 CLOCKS
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Scarce copy, inscribed by both author Thurber and Caldecott winner, illustrator Simont. Inscribed on the half-title: "Merry Christmas Dodie and Merrill Helen + Jim James Thurber" and on its verso by Simont: "To Doty and Merrill, Love Marc". All of them lived..... More
CREDOS AND CURIOS
NY: Harper & Row, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Published posthumously the year following Thurber's death with an introduction by Thurber's wife Helen. Inscribed by her with Christmas wishes and dated to December 1962 to close friends of the Thurbers in Cornwall CT, where the Thurbers had a country house. Near..... More
Mostly True: Collected Writings and Drawings (and) Still Mostly True (and) Going Somewhere Soon (3 volume set)
Decorah IA: StoryPeople, 1995. First Edition. Soft cover. Three uniform volumes, softcover, each a later printing, each initialed "with love BA" on its title page in cloth covered slipcase stamped in gilt. Books as new, slipcase a littlke soiled and moderately worn at one corner. More
BALLADS
London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A finely preserved copy, charcoal, polished linen, beveled edges, gte, sides untrimmed, 8vo, vi (2) 137 (2). Trace spotting to endpapers, else clean interiors throughout. Solid, very attractive copy. No names, inscriptions or bookplates. More
THE PAINTED WORD
NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Plainly signed in his inimitable, florid style on the ffe by Wolfe. Top edge sunned, else near fine in near fine, unclipped dustjacket. More
OF TIME AND RIVER
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First printing of Wolfe's second book. Solid clean copy, bright green and gilt to black cloth covers in UNclipped dustjacket ($3.00) that is moderately chipped, mostly at corners and spine head. More
The Boy With The U. S. Fisheries 1912
NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Impressively well preserved copy in period decorated cover, light blue cloth stamped on gilt, black and white with photo pastedown, 397 (6), with 51 duotone photographs of all manner of US fishing and whaling. Spine a bit dulled. Solid, clean copy..... More
Cap-O'- Yellow & Other Stories for Children
London: Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon first edition, 1908, published by Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton. Charmingly produced - short 8vo, cream, half cloth with gilt titles and decorations over striped pattern in blues and greens accented on the front cover with embossed..... More
Pavarotti : La Boheme
Bologna: Fondazione FMR Marilena Ferrar, 2008. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. An as new copy, showing no signs of us. Luxuriously executed in the FMR format. OPERA. More
RAVENS CROWS MAGPIES AND JAYS
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second printing. Near fine copy in like dustjacket, warmly inscribed by artist Tony Angell with a drawing of a crow in flight on the title page. Laid in are photocopies of two journal articles about Angell's work both signed..... More
THURBER COUNTRY
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, inscribed Merry Christmas in 1953, year of publication, by Thurber for himself and wife Helen in blue ink in Thurber's exuberant hand on the ffe to married couple friends of him and his wife Helen in Cornwall CT, where the..... More
ICELAND: THE FIRST AMERICAN REPUBLIC
NY: Doubleday Doran, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A near fine copy in better than very good dw. Inscribed by author Stefannson on the ffe and dated by him December 5, 1939, year of publication. More
The House that Glue Built
NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon juvenile introducing young people to home design and decoration, in the Arts & Crafts style of the period, in the cut-out and paste-up format. Large oblong, cover pictorial in color, 16 pages. This copy had been used, 6 of the 7..... More
FRENCH PROVINCIAL COOKING
NY: Harper & Row, 1962. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Fine book in dustjacket that is moderately soiled, heavily worn at folds and obviously chipped at corners and spine ends. Clean internals. Solid binding. Great recipes, which is what the book is really about. Gift inscription verso ffe. CUISINE COOKERY COOKING..... More
Three Hundred and Sixty-Six Dinners
NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, blue half linen over cream colored linen, gilt titles and roast with crossed knife and fork on spine, gilt pressed boars head on a platter and titles front cover, teg, sides uncut, vii, 186p. Signed by the author with her..... More
SCRIPTURE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS, INSECTS, &c. WITH REFLECTIONS DESIGNED FOR THE YOUNG VOL. II
Hartford: D. F. Robinson, 1827. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated first American edition title page. 12 mo, 216p, red leather-backed printed paper covers. Some of the paper over boards is perished, what remains is heavily soiled, rear cover holding by one binding tie. Contemporary ownership label with decorative surround, typical of..... More
LES AVENTURES DE TELEMAQUE FILS D'ULYSSE... (2 volumes)
Paris: Chez J. Barbou, 1785. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 2 volumes, 12mo, old tree calf, blind ruled, six compartments spine with gilt and red leather label, xlviii, 356 (10 plates): 454 (12 plates plus foldout map of Mediterranean), Very nice copies. More
FABLES MISES EN VERS PAR JEAN DE LA FONTAINE (2 volumes)
Paris: Les Editions G. Cres, 1924. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 2 volumes, bound in three quarter dark greeen morocco over marbleized covers by Flammarion, original paper covers bound-in, gte, ribbon marker, xlv, 285 (2); ii, 373 (2), fabulous de Becque illustrations and decorations in an Art-Nouveau style printed in salmon..... More
BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, ENGRAVERS AND ARCHITECTS FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME; ...
London: George Rutlledge, 1839. New Edition and First Thus. Hardcover. "A New Edition in Two Volumes" Three quarter, black polished calf over marbleized boards, all edges marbleized, gilt to spine. A handsome set. Solid bindings. More
THE TOILERS OF THE FIELD
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited large paper edition, 105 copies, this # 60. Three quarter vellum, gilt spine titles, gte, sides uncut, 327p. Bookplate pastedown of the Mrs. Theodore Thomas Memorial Library established by the White Mountain Garden Club in 1934. Trace remnants of..... More
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED August 1, 1955 (Ted Williams cover)
NY: Time-Life, 1955. Soft cover. Includes cover feature "Conversation Piece: Subject: Ted Williams" by reporter Dreyspool. Covers worn, faintly stained. Internals fine. BOSTON RED SOX BASEBALL. More
HOUSE X
NY: Rizzoli, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First hardcover edition issued simultaneously in softcover. Architectural treatise and house plan by modernist theorist architect Eisenman, inscribed by him to Mike McCabe, owner of the former Lion's Head Books (now the premises of Johnnycake Books) in Salisbury CT. Eisenman designed and built at..... More
THE EASTERN SHORE
Derby NH: Addison House, 1976. Soft cover. Large oblong, b&w images of the eastern shore of Maryland. An used copy, was shrinkwrapped before we cataloged it. MARYLAND. More
THE ART OF WING SHOOTING: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE USE OF THE SHOT-GUN....
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1895. Presumed First or Early Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, red cloth, titles / author name in gilt, (2), 192, illustrated in b&w. Owner name dated 1907 ffe. Solid, clean copy. HUNTING SHOOTING GUNS. More