The Theory & Practice of Rivers
Seattle: Winn Books, 1986. Russell Chatham. First. Hardcover. Signed by Harrison on the half-title page. Emerald and tan cloth binding with matching slipcase with gilt signature of author. As new. More
Seattle: Winn Books, 1986. Russell Chatham. First. Hardcover. Signed by Harrison on the half-title page. Emerald and tan cloth binding with matching slipcase with gilt signature of author. As new. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1960. Hassall, Joan. First thus. Cloth. dw spine a bit darkened, price clipped, else fine, no previous owner markings. More
London: Osgood McIlvane & Co, 1892. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this major work of book design by Walter Crane in the Art Nouveau style, in uncommon dustjacket. 8vo, x + 210p. Elaborately designed covers, teal and brown stamped on cream cloth. Decorative patterned endpapers, 19 full page color..... More
Boston: S. E. Cassino, 1890. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. First edition thus illustrated. 4to, vii + 104 pages, navy blue cloth with decorated panel front cover, beveled edges, plain battle gray endpapers, aeg, Profusely illustrated by Merrill. Moderately worn at corners and tips, front gutter slightly revealed, still solidly bound..... More
Toronto: Macmillan, 1938. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. The first reprint edition (1938) reset from the first translated, MacDonald illustrated edition of 1921, fine in fine dustajcket. Regarded as THE French Canadian novel, this copy is inscribed by Eva Bouchard, who claimed to be the person on whom the title heroine..... More
Altenburg Schnuphase, 1839. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, rebound probably late 19thC in 3/4 leather over marbelized paper, old leather newly replaced. Solid copy, 127pp, 10 full page plates, 2 double-page. Text is damp-satined but plates are unaffected. Quite bright, actually. Images available on request. More
Paris: Leo Dietel. De Lambert, Maurice (sepias by). First Edition - Limited. Pictorial Paper Covers. 1200 copies, 4to, original stiff paper covers with pictorial pastedown, 180 pages, lovely tipped-in sepia illustrations. Covers just slightly soiled, some minor loss to paper over spine, internals have trace foxing confined to prelims, firmly..... More
NY: Coward-McCann, 1930. Hardcover. Brown pictorial cloth in scarce dustjacket, with pictorial by Cheney, who did pictorial endpapers and text drawings. Book near fine, dustajcket moderately worn at edges, soiled/ chipped at spine, . Juvenile adventure set in French colonization of Canada; young man seeks missing father in Canadian wilderness..... More
Picador London 1986. Hardcover. First ed. Square 4to. In glossy wraps. 143 pp. Near fine. Art by Guy Peelaert. More
NY: Dutton, 1941. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo, publishers green cloth in slightly soiled pictorial dustjacket. A collection of garden cartoons from The New Yorker's Hokinson. Presentation copy from her to multiple Tony-award winner Hugh Wheeler (Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music) who, with the nom de plume Patrick Quentin..... More
New York, NY, U.S.A. St. Martin's Press, 1994. Benson, Patrick (illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover. not price clipped, no previous owner markings. More
Toronto: The Martlet Press, 1970. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Signed by the artist, copy 72 of 275. Book designed by Allan Robb Fleming and hand bound by Joseph Palaga. Folio, hardcover, black buckram, paper label on spine. Near fine. More
NY: McLoughlin Brothers, 1882. Presumed First or Early Edition. Hardcover. Boxed transformation card game chromolitographed covers with an image captioned Jack & Gill of the famous pair falling down the hill, and inside 24 cards (or panels) which when rearranged in different combinations of 2, 3 or 4 cards compose..... More
NY: Harlin Quist, 1978. Naprstek, Joel. Failly, Gerard. 1st Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Variant editions, these the smaller format . Story 1 illustrated by Joel Naprstek, Story 2 by Gerard Failly. Both fine in near fine dustjacket. More
No Binding. Four studies of Leonard Bernstein conducting Beethoven by prolific commercial artist Irv Docktor, each signed by the artist and one signed by Bernstein, too. 1) Sketch in black ink on scrap paper. Measures approx. 12x8" 2) Small gouache or pastel and black ink, approx 7x5'. 3) Gouache and..... More
NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Early humour from author Irwin, with 17 illustrations in duotone by Pontin. An American's view of Paris in the 1920s. Blue cloth in scarce dustjacket that is browned at edges and more so at spine, and missing a few small pieces at..... More
Kansas City: Fred Harevy, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. ND (1913). Brown, quarter cloth over brown paper boards with vertical pictorial pastedown of boy with flute. A fine, apparently unused copy, sparkling pages of 32 colored prints. The collectible copy. AMERICAN INDIANS NATIVE AMERICAN ARIZONA TAOS NAVAHO PUEBLO NEW MEXICO NAVAJO..... More
NY: Macmillan, 1964. Sendak, Maurice. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine book in very good dustjacket. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1932. Hardcover. Scarce juvenile title retelling tale of David and Esther. Orange cloth stamped in black in pictorial dustjacket chipped about edges, spine browned. Review copy, with slip laid-in. More
New York, NY, U.S.A. Abbeville Press, Incorporated, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. signed and inscribed on the half title "Warmest regards to _____ and ___-/My Connecticut Yankee pals from 'way back!/Hank/10-27-95/Pebble Beach", half title has paperclip impression, top edge of dw spine tape repaired, else fine. More
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1911. Richardson , Rome K (decorative covers). Brown, Ethel Pennewill (text decorations and illust). First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Remarkably well-conserved, as new copy still in publisher'sgift box. Elaborate mixed element floral cover design by Richardson K. Rome on green cloth. Text illustrtaions and decorations by Ethel..... More
London/ Philadelphia: Gibbings & Company Ltd/ J. B. Lippincott, 1896. 1st Edition Thus. Soft cover. Printed in England for both US and U K distribution. Beautifully preserved Art& Crafts-designed production of the Arabian tales. Small 8vo, light green cloth, boldly-stamped titles in darker green and blue front covers w/ more..... More
Andrews McMeel, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in pictorial slipcase. Fine, unused copy. Near fine slipcase with a few tiny abrasions to cloth bottom side. Extra shipping charges will apply. More
NY: privately printed (Les Boutiques de Noel, Inc), 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near fine. Red plastic spiral binding, cover illustration in red, pink and white by Russian emigre and The New Yorker illustrator Alajolv. Line drawings in text by Sidonie Coryn. Benefit cook book for Manhattan charities like Cancer..... More
NY: privately printed (Les Boutiques de Noel, Inc), 1965. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Red plastic spiral binding missing lower spirals and lightly soiled covers subsequently loosening but holding. Covers illustration in red, pink and white by Russian emigre and The New Yorker illustrator Alajolv. Line drawings in text by Sidonie..... More