Geneva, Switzerland: Bibliotheque Universelle, 1818. Paperback. IN FRENCH. EN FRANCAIS. Disbound, in thin, gray, paper wrappers. Library stamp top corner title page. Stitching very loose, and several leaves detached. Third volume. 8.5" x 5.5". 304 pp. Articles, discussion, correspondence on various aspects of Agriculture. More
London, England: Henry Fisher at The Caxton Press, 1825. Hardcover. 12mo, measuring 7" x 4.25". Half-bound, with marbled boards. Hinges started, Some wear-through spot to rear board, and an inch of separation to spine near top. Still strongly bound in place with secure (and original) stitching. Kilner (1755-1836) was best... More
New York: 1917. Hardcover. IN YIDDISH. Two 4tos, measuring 10.5" x 8", with lovely four-color design (black, red and blue on white) to front boards, and a smaller three-color image to rear. Bottoms and fore-edges deckle edged, tops trimmed. Images and graphics throughout, including line drawings of each poet, with biographical... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1969. First Edition. (3) Hardcovers in Slipcase. Three-volume slipcased set includes Faber Birren's PRINCIPLES OF COLOR ("a review of past traditions and modern theories of color harmony"), 96 pp.; A GRAMMAR OF COLOR ("a basic treatise on the color system of Albert H. Munsell, edited... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1933. Pamphlet. Staplebound pamphlet in very light cardstock wrappers, measuring 8.5" x 5.5", 149 pp.Light wear to spine and small triangular chip missing from lower right corner of cover. Covers Geomorphology in the Oquirrh Range, Lake Bonneville and Great Salt Lake, Stratigraphy and Geologic sequence... More
Clarksburg, West Virginia USA: Saucerian Books, 1962. STATED FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Blue-gray cloth-covered boards with some minor soiling and rubbing to extremities. Very good dustjacket, with insignificant edgewear, and one small closed tear. Annotated and with Introduction and Epilogue by Gray Barker. ILLUSTRATED. Diagrams and Photograph. More
Santa Monica, California: Sherry Frumkin Gallery, 1992. First Edition. Paperback. 4to paperback, illustrated cover, white with black titles and colour reproduction on front. 39 pages. Each pair of 24 illustrated pages shows a full color photo of one of dePiero's unique sculptural creations opposite a schematic diagram of the same... More
San Francisco: Hackett-Freedman Gallery, 2004. First Edition. Paperback. Staple bound paperback catalog in wraps showing a color reproduction of one of the paintings from the exhibition on a black background with red and white titles. 24 pages with 11 full color reproductions (in addition to the cover picture). A beautifully... More
New York: Random House, New York. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. Bright, sharp-cornered first trade issue in first binding. All first printing first issue points present: First binding (red) with textual error on p. 327 -- the repeating of lines 8 and 10, which was corrected in the subsequent variant (beige)... More
Pleasant Hill, Oregon: Intrepid Trips Information Service, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. First issue of Ken Kesey's (and later Ken Babbs's) literary magazine. In this issue: Nella Novak; Margo St. James; Ray Andrews; Wendell Berry; Walt Curtis; Lee Quarnstrom; Ken Kesey; Margaret Burgin; Laurence Gonzales; Henry Crow Dog; John Weigel; Ken... More
Los Angeles, California: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. First Edition. Pamphlet. Two Hadidan Aharam tales : The Light, and The Saint. Some offset/sunning to front cover. Hadidan Aharam is the archetypal country oaf, who, despite his simplicity and seeming poor fortune, always manages to prevail. He is rather a folk hero... More
NEW YORK: Merriam-Webster, 1960. Second Edition. Leather-bound. This is the 1960, AND FINAL printing of Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, First issued in 1934 and last printed in1960 before giving way (in 1961) to the Third Edition. Just one or two insignificant wear spots at extremities and a tiny... More
Managua, Nicaragua: Ediciones Monimbo. Glossy Pictorial Picturebook. Folio 8.75" x 9.50" Glossy pictorial covers. Cracking and chipping to spine (not a particularly well-constructed book). INSCRIBED & SIGNED by Ernesto Cardenal to his friend: Agradeciendoles Que Tengan Este Libro. Les Abraza." (With much appreciation, please accept this book. Warmly, Ernesto Cardenal). "Trappist... More
[1882] 1972: The Old Army Press, Bellevue, Nebraska USA. Softcover. FACSIMILE EDITION of Lieutenant Philip J. Sheridan's record of clashes with hostile Indians. 112 pp. including index. Buff card covers measuring 9" x 6" More
Scranton, PA: International Correspondence Schools, 1933. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. Each of the two volumes of forest green boards with round, embossed stamp of a uniformed service station attendant, who is holding a gas nozzle next to a gasoline pump with one hand, and saluting, with the other. Just a.... More
New York: The Scientific American Publishing Company, 1919. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Gray cloth with orange and green double cornucopia motif to front board. Hinge just started, several stains to boards, previous owner's name in pencil. 221 pp., plus table of metric measures, and index. Covers Essences; Extracts, Syrups; Non-Alcoholic... More
New York: Rand, McNally & Company, 1924. Harrison Cady. FirST EDITIONFIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. 8vo. Green boardsColorful Harrison Cade paste-on to front board. Rubbing to extremities and corners nudged. Spine cracked, but all signatures holding fast. Nice copy. More
New York: M. Barrows and Company at The Fireside Press, 1941. Stated First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth covers. Simple, black graphic on front board depicts smply a hand holding up a martini glass, olive visible, and entitled "A Vous". Rubbing to extremities and some darkening to top edge, with... More
North Carolina: Chi-ga-u Inc. 1974. Paperback. Just a wee bit of smudging to card covers, and some age toning to interior pages. More
New York: Macmillan, 1920. First Edition(s). Hardcover(s) in Custom Box. (Two copies in custom double-tray box, one near fine in very good (though edgeworn) dustjacket, the other copy quite poor, lacking rear board and much of the cloth once covering the book's spine. The poor copy is the one --... More
