NY: Targ Editions, 1984. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Narrow 4to. Cockerel covered boards with printed cover label. 150 copies in glassine. Signed by translator/ poet Snodgrass on limitation and warmly inscribed by publisher Bill Targ on ffe. Slight loss to glassine upper right corner rear panel, else fine. More
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Solid copy, leaves toned as usual (pulp stock), with UNcracked spine which the fragile book usually suffers from. Both "business cards" laid-in, one for Ruscha, the other for curator Foster. Also laid-in is a "with compliments" card from the Art Insitute..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1870. Issue dated May 1, 1970. Printed covers, chipped about edges. Internals near fine. Vol VI Part VIII, pages 449 - 512. Illustrated with several etchings. Prelims includeLippincott book titles and adveertisment for Trollope's "Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblewaithe" More
Philadelphia: Rohler, 1867. First or Early US Edition. Hardcover. First or early American printing from German plates. 8v0, vii + 596 + 106pp. Original black leather binding, prefiessionally rebacked, brass clasps, marbelized endpapers. Some staining to prelims and first 8 pages, else internals very good. Rear hinge revealed, still binding..... More
Boston: Field, Osgood & Co, 1869. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's mauive pebbled cloth, blind double ruled, with stamped engraved vignette of cattle-drawn buggy with driver and two passengers, likely attributable to engraver John Feely. Covers a tad spotted, leaves toned, gilt titles to spine faded, rear hinge revealed, still soundbinding..... More
New Havenb: Yale School of Art and Architecture, 1960. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Only 100 copies printed. Square 8vo, printed paper covers, 32pp each double leaved, printed on Mohawk Superfine paper in Bodoni Bold Italic by Hiram Ash at the Yale School of Art and Architecture. Ives was a member..... More
East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1902. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Both volumes hand-illumed and signed: Vol X by Carrie Stewart and numbered 128 of 940 copies, and Vol XI by Nellie Elridge and numbered 700 of 940. Suede covers are faded, dried and brittle at edges, with some loss to those..... More
NY: R. Bartlett and S. Raynor, 1835. 1st Edition or early edition. Hardcover. A real book. An original edition, 1835 (with 1827 copyright) in original binding - black quarter leather, gilt titles overt blue paper boards. Covers worn and scuffed, some foxing internally but solidly bound. Small 8vo. xii +..... More
London: Joseph Thomas, 1841. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Royal 8vo, full olive French levant morocco, wide gilt line border on sides, gilt panelled back, inner gilt borders, teg, sides uncut, bound by Popelin. Leather has faded to brownish-olive at spine. Internals fine. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of a number of..... 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1906. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A superior copy, first edition, half leather, front cover paper label with woodcut vignette in original dustjacket stamped in black with same. Laid-in is two-sided advertisement for the book designed with woodcuts by Seaver too. SIGNED BY SEAVER on verso ffe. Some toning..... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1930. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. Limited edition printed on handmade paper from The Curwen Press, this #1465 of 1600 copies. Quarter buckram, yellow linen. Dustjacket split along folds with 1.5" strip missing lower spine. Internals better than very good. More
NY: Scribner's, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Half blue leather over light blue linen, gilt to spine, bound by Whitman Bennett for with stamp left corner verso ffe "Bound for Korner & Wood / by Whitman Bennett. Besides operating Bennett Book Studios at 41 West 57trh Street in Manhattan (apparently in..... More
Aspen CO: Baldwin Gallery, 2006. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited to 1000 copies, this numbered 398 on original, individually printed dustjacket. As new all over. More
NY: E. Weyhe, 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 1675 copies. Black cloth, stamped red titles and eagle design. Lacking dustjacket, spine faded. Illustrated with a series of woodcuts of eagles by book designer Armitage. Inscribed by Armitage to Milton Lancelot, author and authority on WWI aircraft on the dedication..... More
NY: The Spiral Press, 1957. Baskin, Leanard (woodcuts by). 1st Edition. Soft cover. This imprint for Edward T. Rigg, Holt CEO. Fine condition. More
NY: The Spiral Press, 1956. Frasconi, Antonio (woodcuts by). 1st Edition. Soft cover. This imprint for Edward T. Riggs, Holt CEO. Fine condition. More
NY: The Spiral Press, 1955. Grushkin, Philip (decorations by ). 1st Edition. Soft cover. This imprint for Al Edwards. Fine condition. More
NY: The Spiral Press, 1952. Cook, Howard (drawings by). 1st Edition. Soft cover. This imprint for William E. Buckley. Fine condition. More
NY: The Spiral Press, 1952. Cook, Howard (drawings by). 1st Edition. Soft cover. This imprint for Henry Holt, Frost's publisher, signed by Edgar T. Rigg, CEO and Chairman of Holt. Fine condition. More
NY: The Spiral Press, 1954. Nason, Thomas W. (wood engravings). 1st Edition. Soft cover. This imprint for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar T. Rigg, Rigg being CEO and Chairman of Henry Holt, Frost's publisher. Fine condition. More
NY: The Spiral Press, 1954. Nason, Thomas W. (wood engravings). 1st Edition. Soft cover. This imprint for Eleanor and Al. Fine condition. More
Philadelphia: Perry and Erety, 1855. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Unusual botanic treatise, illustrated. In original publisher's binding, elaborately blind-stamped bright blue cloth front and back, gilt titles and decoration to spine, yellow-colored endpapers, 180 pages, owner name front pastedown. Internals fine, covers a tad rubbed. THE collectible copy. More
Dundrum: The Dun Emer Press, 1906. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. 200 copies (unnumbered). SIGNED BY BOTH YEATS AND LADY GREGORY on verso last prelim across from title. Quarter linen, sides untrimmed, uncut leaves throughout. Spine label tanned and edges of covers a bit. Internals near fine, pages uncut. Uncommon Dun..... More
Windham CT: Hawthorn House, 1934. Holden, Ray (decorations by). First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Limited to 260 copies. Small 8vo, striped green paperbacked boards over rough linen spine, sides untrimmed. Tiny ownership initials front pastedown. A lovely production. Scarce. More