NY: Dodd, Mead, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Groey on the title page just above his printed name which he has crossed over in his usual style. An apparently little- or unused book in unclipped dustjacket with trace wear about the bottom edge and corners. One of his many..... More
NY: Doubleday, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A novel of the Renaissance. An apparently unread copy - no names, inscriptions or bookplates - in an unclipped dustjacket that is seldom found as nice as this. More
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Revised and Updated Edition and First Thus. Charles Van Doren assists Adler in updating his 1940 book. One of the few published projects that writer Van Doren undertook, almost 15 years after the television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959..... More
Washington: Plymouth Press, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. How to advice to the new mother written by a mother who after consulting family physicians and other health professionals decided to write from her own experience. Uncommon child-rearing title. OCLC lists only 9 libraries with this American edition, the first (later printed..... More
Koln am Rhein: Verlag von Hoursch & Behstedt, 1906. 8th edition. Hardcover. 8th edition, preface dated 1906. Small 8vo, cover pictorial and titles stamped in gold, black and orange, 248 pp, in English, illustrated with b&w plates from various artists. Ownership name and place on ffe: Captain John S. Cromelin..... More
Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co, 1879. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers, 79 pages, lists all the petitioners by town. OCLC list only 4 libraries with this in book format. RAILROADS CONNECTICUT. More
NY: Pace Wildenstein Gallery, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Catalog for May- June 2002 Oldenburg exhibition. 4to, pictorial covers, 40 pp, with poster in front pastedown sleeve, folded (as issued). More
NY: Pace Wildenstein Gallery, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Distinctive catalog for exhibition at the Pace Wildenstein Gallery in Nov - Dec 1996. Elaborately produced catalog, double panel front cover opening to reveal single panel cover and leaves, then to reveal two spiral bound mini-books. An amazing catalog for an amazing..... More
NY: Pace Wildenstein Gallery, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Distinctive catalog for exhibition at the Pace Wildenstein Gallery in Feb-March 1996 that newly explores Dubuffet's fascination with the natural world. Oblong, rough-surfaced handmade paper covers, double rivet bound. More
Honlulu: Patten Company, 1923. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Distinctive grass-woven patterned covers, designed by Jean Bernard Schiffers with inset for title and author front cover. Gift inscription from Hawaii ffe. Illustrated with woodcuts by John Poole and decorations by A. S. Macleod. A lovely production in a folksy kind of way..... More
Matthias Schaller/ VG Blidkunst, 2015. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Inscribed by Schaller in NY in August 2015. 800 copies in English, 400 in German, this copy in English. Squarish folio, white cloth, titles stamped in black, 115 (4), pictorial review of Schaller's homage to the great artists, photographing the paint..... More
Mexico: (Collecion Carillo Gil), 1949. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Uncommon catalog of the works of Orozco in the original Collecion Carillo Gil, 1500 copies, this # 320. Large 4to, black cloth, gilt-stamped titles front and spine in pictorial dustjacket (artist's self-portrait) , 59 pages of text (artist chronology, lists of..... More
Boston: Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An unused copy. More
1936. Soft cover. Two page, single spaced, 5 paragraph TLS, to a magazine editor, addressed as Mr. Stevens, undated, but likely 1936. Maxwell submits a review for "Reluctant Soil", a title written by George Stewart and published in 1936. He then embarks on a winding, broad commentary, employing the metaphor..... More
Soft cover. Twelve manuals owned by William J. Cole of Millerton NY a conductor with the Central New England Railway Company dated variously from 1900 - 1924, "pocket-sized" measuring roughly 4 x6" unless noted. Used condition, obviously. (N. Marcus, Accurate Watch & Jewelry Co, Inc HAMILTON WATCH TIME BOOK. Pictorial..... More
London: A. Arrowsmith, 1804. Soft cover. Only 1 of 2 sheets, the northern hemisphere only, 12 panels, each measuring approx 9.5" x 13'" for a total length of 59.5" and height of 26", dissected and mounted on linen. Quite presentable. . More
New York City: 1941. Soft cover. One sheet, six paragraph, typed letter signed, dated January 2, 1941 on embossed City of New York Office of the Mayor letter head in which Mayor La Guardia replies to someone representing another New Yorker who was denied housing by the Housing Authority. With..... More
Hudson NY: Abel Stoddard, 1815. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Early issue of The Columbia Magazine, published in the newly prosperous Hudson, NY, the first city to be incorporated in the United States after independence, located in Columbia County, hence the magazine name. A remarkably unsophisticated copy, as issued, printed paper..... More
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Both copies first edition, second printings. Both inscribed by Crawford on the title page. Laid-in are 2, 1-page TNSs both on Crawford's letterhead in envelopes with her return address (150 East 69th Street, New York Ny 10021), both dated October, 8, 1971..... More
NY: Harper & Row, 1973. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited edition, this unnumbered, signed by Wilder on the limitation. Book as new in clear acetate wrapper. Slipcase moiderately rubbed. More
NY: The Century Co, 1926. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. First edition limited to 350 copies, 345 for sale, signed by Byrne on the limitation. Three-quarter vellum, gilt to spine.Vellum toned, solid binding. It was with this novel late in his career that some say Irish novelist Byrne (1889 - 1928)..... More
NY: HarperCollins, 1994. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. Limited edition of 176 copies, this #4, signed by Lessing on the limitation. Spine a bit dusty, else as new. More
Florence: Sansoni Editori, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine, unused copy in dustjacket with minor wear at corners. Laid-in is exhibition catalog, with text also by author Rewald, for an exhibition of Reder's work at World House Galleries in Manhattan in Jan - Feb 1959. More
NY: Rizzoli, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy, internals as new. Covers slightly sunned around edges. Printed acetate wrapper is sun-toned at spine with a small squarish piece missing foot of wrapper. Catalogue raisonne. More
