The Mysteries of Pittsburgh
NY: William Morrow, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine unclipped dustjacket. Plainly signed by Chabon on title page. Chabon's first book. More
NY: William Morrow, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine unclipped dustjacket. Plainly signed by Chabon on title page. Chabon's first book. More
NY: Random House, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Plainly signed by social doyenne and philanthropist Brooke Astor on the ffe. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by famous Hollywood gossip columnist to Hope Harding Davis, artist and one-time MGM screenriter, and daughter of NYTimes war correspondent Richard Harding Davis and Bessie McCoy, famous Ziegfield Follies showgirl. "For Hope Harding Davis, An old and dear friend of many years..... More
NY: Delacourte Press, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. First book from popular comedian Rivers based on her alter ego she developed for her stand-up comedy routines. Affectionately inscribed to US executive for Manolo Blahnik designer shoes: "Dear Darling George. You are the best!!! Thank you for everything JR" Rivers..... More
NY: Scribners et al. 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Four titles published between 1967 and 1986, each inscribed to the same friend in Salisbury CT where Charlotte Salisbury and her husband Harrison, eminent NYTimes internation reporter and China and Russian expert, lived. More
Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale, 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Complete 4 volume set in original paper-backed boards 1848, 1850, 1853 and 1860. Large 4to. cxxxv, 663 (1); xi, 823, (1); lxiv, 951, (1); 787. Spines cocked, covers soiled and stained. Internals quite nice when high quality paper is present; parts of Volume..... More
Philadelphia/ Boston: Priinted by James Kay, Jun. for Carey, Lea & Carey et al/ Munroe & Francis, 1828. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, original binding,half polished leather over marbelized boards, gilt ruled spine with titles, blind-tooled edge of leather front and back, 224p. Presumed original owner name, Philaelphia front and rear..... More
NY: Dia Art Foundation, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new, still shrink-wrapped. More
Philaelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1861. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 12mo, 250 (6), illustrated with 77 plates, some of them foldout. Issued by the Secretary of War, Simeon Cameron. Ownership copy of Peter M. Osborn of the famous 95th Regiment of New York State Volunteers, also known as..... More
San Fransciso: Grabhorn Press, 1927. Hardcover. Limited edition, this hand-numbered 106 of 250 copies, printed and bound at the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. Full vellum, somewhat tanned, two bands of ribbon ties, unpaginated. Illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Bookplate of an etching of a clipper ship from the library of..... More
NY: French & European Pub.Inc, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Sixty loose pochoir plates, bright colors, remarkably well preserved, 8 pages of text, in portfolio with stiff covers but lacking paper sides. More
NY: Harper& Brothers, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid, clean copy - no names, inscriptions, bookplates - in unclipped dustjacket. The actress' charming story about two Bantam hens with pictures by prolific artist, Garth Williams, best known for illustrating "Charlotte's Web". Dustjacket is missing a narrow patch upper left corner front..... More
NY: Mitchell Kennerly, 1921. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. First hardcover and first US edition (by Kennerly in 1921) after the first edition in illustrated paper covers (Chapbook, London in 1920). This copy with the rare and very fragile blue, thin paper dustjacket printed in black. Clean book - no names..... More
London: Routledge and Sons, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Uncommon anthology, edited by Grigson, as an "international miscellany of humanism" with stories, poems and articles by the likes of WH Auden, Martin Buber and, most relevant in the case of this copy, a 7-page essay by Anthony West entitled "The Precious..... More
Brussels: Atelier Jan De Cock, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As news. Impressive production. More
NY: Watson-Guptil, 2001. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Edited by Angus Hyland of Pentagram Design, with dozens of contributors. Fine copy. More
Lincoln NE: Lincoln, NB: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Gallery in association with Marquand Books, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new. Still shrink-wrapped. More
Philadelphia: The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Exhibition catalog. As new, still shrink-wrapped. More
Dia Art Foundation and Yale University Pres, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new. Still shrink-wrapped. More
NY: Powerhouse Books / Thea Westreich, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Self portraits, in drawings, paintings and photographs. Fine copy. More
NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. 1st Edition. Splendid graphic and textual review by Poyner of the work of graphic designer Herbert Spencer and his groundbreaking magazine Typographica published in London from 1949 -1967. Closed tear rear j panel, otherwise fine all around. More
NY: Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As new exhibition catalog, still in box with title of the exhibition printed on it. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 3 volumes, complete. 8vo, red cloth, paper spine labels. Solid bindings, spine labels browned. Internals appear unread, many sheets uncut. More
Edinburgh: Archibald, Constable and Co.; Cadell and Co (1819-33), 1819. Early and first editions. Hardcover. 41 volumes, uniformly bound in full calf, mid 19thC. All volumes with the ownership name of Mary Ellen Lowell dated 1854, she being presumably a member of the Boston Brahmin Lowell clan. Volumes numbered I...... More