Impressions of Ukiyo-Ye: The School of The Japanese Colour-Prin Artists by Dora Amsden
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1905. Revised Edition, First Thus. Hardcover. Brown, rough weave cloth darkened, solidly ribbon-bound, internals near fine. More
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Bonifacius and Little Bonnie
NY: Abelard-schuman, 1963. Rosell, Ingrid. First English Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unread copy. More
Andersen Kalender 1911
Vienna: Munk, 1911. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. This copy distinctively is hardbound with the cover design pasted on cream linen, with three-quarter blue cloth, gilt ruled. We could not determine if this is a publisher's variant binding or a custom rebinding of an original edition. With the 12 fabulous full-page..... More
NAUTILUS 90 NORTH
NY: World Publishing Company, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, third printing. First-hand account by the Commander of USS Nautilus (SSN 571), the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole (on 3 August 1958). Laid-in is a TLS from..... More
TEA AND SYMPATHY
NY: Random House, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Apparently unread book in very good, moderately soiled dw. SIGNED BY ANDERSON on the ffe. Catholic Actors Guild stamp with Manhattan address on pastedown. Before the Boys in the Band, this was about it. Still, it endures. The Catholic connection adds a nice..... More
TEA AND SYMPATHY
NY: Random House, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Anderson to Jane and Bob (Emerson) who managed the Drama Book Shop, the go-to bookstore for theatre professionals and aficionados in Manhattan, for many years. 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
COMMUNITY INDUSTRIES OF THE SHAKERS (NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM HANDBOOK 15)
Albany: University of the State of New York, 1933. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near fine copy. Shows little if any signs of use. 322 pages, lots of illustrations. More
Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art
Jersey City: Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art, 1980. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Exhbittion catalogue with three-page press release announcing this exhibition to celebrate the 25th anniversary of non-conformist art in the USSR. Also laid-in are 10 8x10 b&w glossies of some of the pieces in the exhibition. More
The English Secretorie, or, Methode of writing of epistles and letters: with a declaration of such tropes, figures and schemes as either vsuallie, or for ornament sake are therein required. Also the parts and office of a secretorie. Deuided into two bookes. Now newly reuised, and in many parts corrected and amended: by Angel Day.
London: Printed by Felix Kyngston, for William Welby, and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church yard, at the signe of the Swan, 1614. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. This the 1614 edition after the first of 1586 and printings in 1592 and 1595. OCLC list 6 copies..... More
All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes
Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1986. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. As new. Signed by Angelou. More
CARLO FRANCONI, THE LITTLE ITALIAN BOY AND OTHER STORIES FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT AND INSTRUCTION OF YOUNG PEOPLE
Philadelphia: C. G. Henderson, 1853. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Presumed first or certainly early edition, 1853 on title page, 1852 on copyright, in publishers tight weave brown cloth with a gilt-pressed image of an impoverished young boy and girl and a monkey front with blind-ruled and stamped border. unobtrusively rebacked with..... More
The Shipwreck or The Desert Island: A Moral Tale
Philadelphia: James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1840. Johnson. Brown Cloth. Extremely scarce, only 8 copies listed in OCLC. Jointly published by C. H. Kay & Co. in Pittsburgh. Faded spine ends and cover corners worn, small tear at left spine edge with signatures barely visible, minor scuffing to covers, gilt..... More
Comprehensive Plan for the Protection, Management, Development and Use of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Harpers Ferry, WV: Appalachian Trail Project Office, 1981. Soft cover. Scarce. Slight spotting to left edge front cover. Minor library label residue at lower end of spine. Rear cover lightly soiled. Binding tight, text clean. More
Guide to the Appalachian Trail. From the Connecticut - New York State Line to the Susquehanna River Publication No. 2 (Fouurth Edition)
NY: The New York - New Jersey Trail Conference, 1957. 4th Edition. Soft cover. An exceptionally well preserved copy, with little signs of use. Small spot front cover and dusty top edge, else near fine with all 10 maps in rear in original folds, 252 pages. Laid-in is a folded..... More
SISTER WOLF
NY: Viking, 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First novel of Ann Arensberg (1937 - 2022) and winner of the National Book Award in 1981. Dustjacket spine sunned as it almost always seen with this title, else near fine. Signed by Arensberg on the ffe. More
Avigdor Arikha Dessins 1965/6
Jerusalem: Tarshish Books, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. An apparently unused copy. Fine all over. More
ACCENT ON AMERICA
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
SOME APPROVED SOLUTIONS OF THE HOSTESS' PROBLEMS
Fort Leavenworth KS: Army Relief Society, 1921. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Thick textured gray paper covers, titles in red, stapled spine, 112 pages. All recipes, no preface or acknowledgments. Good ole' American food, each recipe attributed to its contributor, all women. Trace residue of paper clip top edge title page..... More
A CENTER FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COMPETITION
Oxford: Rizzoli, 1984. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Ownership copy for the competition for the new visual arts center for Ohio State of Argentinian-born, American architect Cesar Pelli (1926-2019) with his signature and July 1982 date in his hand upper right corner ffe, the design for which Pelli competed. (Eisenman won.)..... More
HENRY LOVELL: A TEMPERANCE STORY
Valley Falls RI: Alex S. Arnold, 1878. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Tan cloth, stamped in black front, gilt titles spine, yellow endpapers, 8vo, 195pp. Cancel insert of blurbs from press reviews before preface. More
Majorcan Houses and Gardens: A Spanish Island in the Mediterranean
NY: William Helburn Inc, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Folio, red cloth, gilt titles. Spine faded, minor loss at its tips, corners moderately worn, covers a tad soiled. Solidly bound, internals near fine. xvii of text, the 188 full page gorgeous plates, 5 in color. Extra shipping charges will apply. More
THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS / HOW TO WIN FORTUNE
Madison WI: Eddy Pubishing, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Secrets of success by industrial barons. Printed covers, quarter cloth, 8vo, (xvi) 164. Besides the Helps and Carnegie essays, there are fiur short essays in the rear, two of which by Sir Francis Bacon and Elbert Hubbard. No there's a pair, for..... More
Cocoa And Chocolate - Their History From Plantation To Consumer
London: Chapman and Hall, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, 8vo, gray linen with gilt titles and devices front and back. xii, 210. Lacking rear endpaper. Copiously illustrated with b&w photos and diagrams. Inscription dated 1948 ffe. Small stain bottom edge front cover. More