Our members list new acquisitions and recently cataloged items almost every day of the year. Below, you'll find a few highlights from these recent additions...
by Ruth Plumbly Thompson (Series created by L. Frank Baum)
Chicago:: Reilly & Lee,. Good. 1923. Hardcover. B00085RR1C . Founded on and continuing the famous Oz stories by L. Frank Baum. Illustrated with twelve color plates and black and white drawings by John R. Neill. First edition. Moderate shelf wear and aging, age darkened along the spine, one inch tear to the cloth at the crown of the spine, else good in dark green cloth with color paste-on illustratio n on front board. No dust jacket. ; 291 pages.
Offered by Grendel Books.
by SCOTT, SIR WALTER; BALL, ROBERT
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Limited Edition (568/1500). Hardcover. Octavo, 446 pages; VG-; fully bound in brown leather, spine has gilt lettering, front cover has gilt tooling; binding has minor shelf wear along the top and bottom edges, has minor tearing on both sides of the spine, spine has minor discoloration; pages clear; signed by the illustrator on the limitation page; housed in tan publisher's slipcase; shelved Limited Editions Club. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Offered by Second Story Books.
Astounding Stories - August 1937, Volume XIX, Number 6
by (SCHACHNER, NAT, JACK WILLIAMSON, FRANK BELKNAP LONG, JR., ROSS ROCKLYNNE, R.R. WINTERBOTHAM, OLIVER SAARI, JOHN D. CLARK, AND JOHN W. CAMPBELL, JR.)
New York: Street & Smith, 1937. Softcover. Near Fine. Magazine. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Octavo. 160pp. Perfect bound in wrappers. Near fine or better with nicks at the front corners and a small scrap on the rear wrap but with bright covers that still retain some of their original gloss and supple interior page with little age-toning. A nice copy. This issue features contributions from Nat Schachner, Jack Williamson, Frank Belknap Long, Jr., Ross Rocklynne, R.R. Winterbotham, Oliver Saari, John D. Clark, and John W. Campbell, Jr.
Offered by Between the Covers Rare Books.
Pearls of American Poetry Illuminated
by MAPLESON, T.W. GWILT
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1853. Sq. 4to. 248 x 220 mm., [ 9 ¾ x 9 inches]. Illustrated with 53 illuminated pages (hinged boards), with highly gilded and decorated borders; all edges gilt. Orig. beveled brown morocco, with gilt title in shield on front cover in blind on rear board. Lacks free front endsheet. Binding rubbed, lacking bit at top of spine. Endsheets foxed. Very sound & clean, complete with orig. tissue guards. First edition One of three illuminated works by Mapleson, exquisitely printed in the chromolithographic process by Alphonse Brett and Thomas Sinclair of Philadelphia. In his pioneering bibliography of American color plate books Whitman Bennett writes, "The editor has been amazed at the variety and the beauty of Mapleson's work, which seems to him...both in abstract decoration and in miniature work, just as good and worthy of enthusiasm as that of the English Sangorski half a century later. And the reproductions are certainly better than the Sangorski reproductions." William Reese writes, "This collection of poems is one of the most elaborate examples of mimicking illuminated manuscripts by way of chromolithography. Printed on heavy card stock hinged into a binding, the volume combines the work of two different Philadelphia lithographers, Brett and Sinclair. Mapleson produced a string of similar books in the early 1850's, at the height of the gift book craze." Whitman Bennett, A Practical Guide to American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books, p. 71. William Reese, Nineteenth Century American Color Plate Books, 89. Carl Peters, American on Stone, pp. 108 and 367.
Offered by De Simone Company.
A Smattering of Ignorance (Armed Services Edition, T-7)
by LEVANT, OSCAR
(n.p.): Editions for the Armed Services, Inc.. Very Good. (c.1940). First Edition Thus. Softcover. [light external wear to covers and edges, but generally a good sound copy]. Levant's first book, "six brash monologues, laughably disguised as essays," including dissertations on Harpo Marx, George Gershwin, and the practice of making music for the movies. This pocket-size printing was issued as part of a government-initiated project during World War II to ensure "the best books of the present and the past are supplied to members of our Armed Forces in small, convenient, and economical form."
Offered by ReadInk.
by SMITH, ROBERT W.
Salt Lake City: Pyramid Press, 1945. Second Printing. 48pp. Trigesimo-secundo (32mo) [10 cm] Gold printed leaves are attached to a gold painted wood block with three rings. Very good. Short work that offers a brief history Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon. The gold painted wood block represents the sealed part of the Book of Mormon. An interesting and unusual production that was limited to 500 copies. Rare "This miniature facsimile of the original gold plates of the Book of Mormon has been produced to give a more general idea of the appearance, proportions, sealed section and style of binding of the original. It contains a brief description of the Book of Mormon, its origins and contents." - from the Foreword.
Offered by Tschanz Rare Books.
Gorgo (Original photograph from the 1961 science fiction film)
by LOURIE, EUGENE(DIRECTOR); ROBERT L. RICHARDS, DANIEL JAMES (SCREENWRITERS); BILL TRAVERS, WILLIAM SYLVESTER, VINCENT WINTER, JOSEPH O'CONOR (STARRING)
N.p.: King Brothers [Bros.] Productions, 1961. Vintage reference photograph from the 1961 US Poverty Row film, an attempt by the notorious King Brothers to capitalize on the fame of the Shaw Brothers' "Godzilla" films in Japan. With a mimeo snipe on the verso. Sailors on a salvage ship capture a giant lizard and sell it to a London circus, leading the lizard's mother, who is significantly larger and meaner, to seek revenge and the return of her offspring. Set and shot on location in London. 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
Offered by Royal Books.
Map of the Western Hemisphere showing California as an Island
by HAUPT. G. BECK AFTER ZURNER/WEIGEL
1738, Augsberg. Engraving on watermarked paper. Image: 4.5 x 5.5, Margins 5.5 x 6.8 In fine condition. Contemporary Hand colored.
Offered by L'Estampe Originale.
[Bindings - Vernacular / Embroidered]. Der Schatz der Armen
by LECHTER, MELCHIOR (ARTIST). MAETERLINCK, MAURICE (AUTHOR). FRIEDRICH VON OPPELN-BRONIKOWSKI (TRANSLATOR)
Florence & Leipzig: [Printed in Berlin by Otto Von Holten for]: Verlag von Eugen Diederichs, 1898. Autorisierte Ausgabe. Square 4to (210 x 170 mm). 105 pp. With stylized art-nouveau typography and large ornamental initials in red and black throughout. Vernacular binding of slightly later decorated burlap cloth patterned with lily pads; green cloth onlays depicting three fish, their eyes made of sequins, other sequins adorning seaweed fronds; green floral endpapers (inner hinges cracked). Original printed wrappers bound in. Front joint worn, crown chipped; early ownership inscription of "Lillie C. Schleiser" dated "Christmas, Munich 1903" on front wrapper. Text evenly toned, extremities with some chipping here and there on account of the paperstock. First edition of the first fully realized book design by Melchoir Lechter (1865-1937), a triumph of Jugendstil / art-nouveau typography which perfectly compliments the mystical essays by the famed Belgian Symbolist Maurice Maeterlinck. The type used herein is now known as Lechter-Schrift after the name of its designer. According to Schauer, this book defines the beginning of German book arts of the twentieth century, and is justly considered "a great book in which everything is dark, colorful, and primeval." Upon publication, it was widely praised as the most beautiful German book of the day (O. Grautoff). Ordinary copies our bound in wrappers designed by Lechter. Our copy has both wrappers bound into a remarkable German vernacular binding of burlap cloth with cloth onlays of green fish adorned with sequins, all adhered to art-nouveau patterned cloth of lily pads and fronds. The early ownership inscription reveals that the book was acquired by an English or American woman named Lillie C. Schleiser in Munich in 1903. Perhaps the present volume was bound there? As is stated in the colophon: "Cover design, ornaments, headings, numbers, initials, and typography arrangement by Melchior Lechter, under whose artistic direction this book was printed in the year 1898 by Otto Von Holten, Berlin." "Bei seinem Erscheinen vielfältig als das schönste deutsche Buch gepriesen" (O. Grautoff). Lechter is best known for his book design, glass paintings, drawings, calendars, catalogues, ex-libris designs, and posters. He also designed furniture, carpets, wallpaper and stained glass windows. This is the trade edition of the first authorized German translation of "Le Trésor des Humbles" (1896) / "The Treasure of the Humble" (1897) containing an essay on Ralph Waldo Emerson not found in the English edition. It was created on the occasion of the 1898 Maeterlinck exhibition of the same name. As is well known, Maeterlinck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1911. References: Transfer und Modifikation: Mario Zanucchi, Die französischen Symbolisten in der deutschsprachigen Lyrik der Moderne (1890-1923), Abb. 2. Grautoff, p. 14. Raub A20, p. 67; Rodenberg, 240; Schauer, Vol. 2, 12.
Offered by Michael Laird Rare Books.
by HANSBERRY, LORRAINE
New York: Random House, 1959. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Original tan half cloth with paper-covered boards and mounted photo of actor Sidney Poitier. Several small, nearly imperceptible streaks to front cover, perhaps excess binder's glue, still Fine. In a Near Fine in correct unclipped dust jacket ($2.95) with slight toning to the spine panel and faint edge wear. An attractive copy of the classic play.
Offered by Burnside Rare Books.
A collection of his pamphlet work and similar work by contemporaries.
by POSADA, JOSÉ GUADALUPE.
Mexico: Various publishers, 1880–1920. Most are 16mo (14.5 cm, 5.71"). Most are between 8 and 16 pp. plus wrappers.
The oeuvre of Jose Guadalupe Posada Aguilar (1852–1913) is steeped in social engagement, satirical acuteness, and wry humor presented to the reader and observer in woodcut and lithographic illustrations for periodicals and chapbooks. During the late Porfiriate and early years of the Mexican Revolution, his art enticed the buyers of popular, very cheaply produced songsters; political broadsides; cookbooks; and single-sheet accounts of hangings, disasters, crimes, volcanic eruptions, and other sensational events. => Six of the publications here are signed, "Posada"; others are simply unmistakable; several are from his most famous publisher but were printed after his death and may or may not be restrikes. A few may simply be "in his style" and therefore, as part of the lot, invite considerations of his context.
The present collection consists of 13 pamphlet/chapbook items: They are a good representation of books for children, women, and the general reader. They include a volume of popular recipes for health problems, two booklets offering embroidery patterns (with women at their frames on the pamphlets' covers and the patterns on colored papers), several plays for children to perform ("Les Gendarmes") and for adults to read ("Don Juan"), compilations of patriotic songs and biographies, and so on. One wrapper is pink, two are gold, one front cover is printed in black and red; rear covers offer advertisements of the publisher's other offerings, within varied borders, and three devote the back wrapper to a poem.
The list follows: 1) Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio. La salud en el hogar. Tercera serie de la coleccion de 300 recetas utiles para curar las enfermedades mas comunes. Mexico: Imprenta y Encuadernacion, n.d. [ca. 1900–18]. 2) Muestras para bordados. #9. Mexico: Publicadas por la testamentaria de A. Vanegas, n.d [ca. 1920]. Includes planchas 33–36. 3) Muestras para bordados. #10. Mexico: Publicadas por la testamentaria de A. Vanegas Arroyo, n.d. [ca. 1913]. Front cover signed, “Posada.” Includes planchas 38-40. 4) D. Juan Tenorio. Mexico: A. Vanegas Arroyo, n.d. [1880, date on rear wrapper].
In series: Galeria del Teatro Infantil; Coleccion de comedias para niños o titeres. Front wrapper signed "Posada."
5) Los gendarmes. Mexico: A. Vanegas Arroyo, n.d. [ca. 1910]. In series: Galeria del Teatro Infantil; Coleccion de comedias para niños o titeres.
6) Los celos del Negro con D. Folias. Mexico: A. Venegas Arroyo, n.d. [ca. 1910]. In series: Galeria del Teatro Infantil; Coleccion de comedias para niños o titeres. Front wrapper signed "Posada."
7) La casa de vecindad. Mexico: A. Vanegas Arroyo, n.d. [ca. 1910]. In series: Galeria del Teatro Infantil. Front wrapper signed "Posada." But rear wrapper indicates "la imprenta de la test. de A.V. Arroyo." 8) Los novios. Mexico: [as per rear wrapper, Tipografia de la Testamentaria de A. Vanegas Arroyo, 1918]. In series: Galeria del Teatro Infantil. 9) Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio, comp. El sarape nacional. Moderna coleccion de canciones para el presente año. Mexico: A. Vanegas Arroyo, 1915. Front wrapper signed "Posada." 10) Vanegas Arroyo, A., comp. La ex-moderna. Sexta coleccion de canciones para el presente año. [front wrapper: Mexico: A. Vanegas Arroyo] title-page: 1914]. 11) Suarez, C. S. El placer de la niñes. Amar sin esperanza. Monologo. Mexico: Tip. de la Testa. de A. Vanegas Arroyo, n.d. [ca. 1918]. In series: Coleccion de monologos. Front wrapper signed "Posada." 12) Vanegas Arroyo, Antonio, ed. La felicista: 13a coleccion de canciones modernas para el presente año. 1913. Mexico: Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1913. 13) Coleccion de himnos nacionales. No place, no publisher, no date, [but certainly Mexico: A. Vanegas Arroygo, and ca. 1880, as per rear wrapper].
Because of their ephemeral nature and their audience, copies of these are generally hard to find. All items are little held in the U.S., many in only one or two copies. Overall condition is good to very good. #1 lower inside corners nibbled by rodent; #10 seriously wormed; a few items with wrapper paper beginning to split along spine, shallow dog-earring to corners, or small chipping or a short rent to edges. => An excellent gathering whether for teaching or "just" for enjoyment.
Offered by Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts.
ENDEAVOUR'S LONG JOURNEY: CELEBRATING 19 YEARS OF SPACE EXPLORATION
by OLIVAS, JOHN D.
Manhattan Beach, CA: East West Discovery Press, 2013. First Edition. Signed by former NASA astronaut John D. Olivas on the dedication page, also adding his two Space Shuttle mission numbers: "STS-117, STS-128." The book brings space shuttle Endeavour to life through a journey to space with a young boy Jojo. Exploring space with the shuttle, Jojo learns about Endeavour's extraordinary contribution to space science and its famous service missions, including the Hubble Space Telescope. The book also features NASA photos, fun facts, famous firsts and quizzes to inspire kids in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Signed copies of this title are uncommon!. Quarto: pictorial boards in dust jacket; 36 pages. Illustrated by Gayle Garner Roski.. Fine in fine d/j.
Offered by Antic Hay Books.
by Herman Melville, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent
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New York: Random House, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/good +. Kent, Rockwell. First trade edition with Rockwell Kent illustrations, duodecimo size, 823 p., in original dust jacket. First trade edition of "Moby Dick" illustrated by Rockwell Kent, which became an instant success. The Lakeside Press published a limited edition in three volumes with 280 illustrations; this trade edition is in a smaller format and uses 272 of the illustrations.
Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) was an American painter and illustrator who bridged the artistic gap between Victorian and Modern art; when "Moby Dick" was published he was already well-known and his appeal has continued to grow throughout the 20th century, his work remains widely collected today. Interestingly, while Melville wrote "Moby Dick" in 1851, it was almost neglected until Kent elected to illustrate the story; his illustrated version had tremendous success and revived the novel for the 20th century.
DESCRIPTION: Black cloth boards with silver letting on front and spine, both the front and spine also display Kent's own design of a whale, with the head on the front and the tail on the spine, cream endpapers, replete with Kent's black-and-white pen/brush and ink drawings which made him justly so famous; duodecimo size (7.25" by 5.5"), 822 pages plus a one-page Epilogue. The unclipped dust jacket mirrors the design on the front panel and on the spine, in black with cobalt blue highlights, and while it displays Kent's name on both front and spine, it does not display Melville's; the back panel of the dust jacket is a publisher's ad for other books illustrated by Kent (five titles), both flaps are blank, with no printed price.
CONDITION: Near fine , the silver gilt on the front and spine bright and unrubbed to the extent that it fairly shimmers; with a square, strong text block and solid hinges, straight corners with a minimum of rubbing to the bottom corners only, and free of prior owner markings; the head and tail of the spine gently bumped with the head of the spine just beginning to fray the tiniest bit, a few spots of light soil to the top edge of the text block, and the aforementioned slight rubbing to the bottom corners; there is a vintage bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown ("The Holliday Bookshop, 49 E. 49th St., New York") and a few light pencil markings on the top of the front pastedown (likely the bookseller's) with a price of $3.50. The unclipped (and unpriced) dust jacket just shy of very good, complete, the colours on the front panel are deep and true, the spine is sunned, light overall edgewear with a bit more at the head and tail of the spine which has creasing and some chips. Even with the dust jacket faults, still a lovely example of Kent's work at its best.
CITATION: Rockwellkentiana, p. 62.
Offered by Swan's Fine Books.
by JOYCE, JAMES
Boston: The Cornhill Company, [1918]. First American Edition. Hardcover. Unauthorized American edition of Joyce's first published book, preceding the authorized (Huebsch) edition by some months. Originally issued in London, 1907; this piracy coincides with the second London edition of 1918. SLOCUM & CAHOON 5. First printing. 12mo (16cm); publisher's green cloth, titled in gilt on front cover; [40]pp. Small spot of rubbing at base of spine and just a hint of age-toning to text, else a tight, Near Fine copy. Originally issued in clear (unprinted) tissue dustwrapper, lacking from this copy. Slocum & Cahoon notes "probably about a thousand copies" printed.
Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books.
Engraved Invitation to the Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge (1883)
New York: Tiffany & Co, 1883. Original invitation to the May 1883 opening ceremonies of the "New York and Brooklyn Bridge," issued by the Board of Trustees, the mayors of both cities, and chief engineer Washington Roebling. Under construction for over a dozen years, the Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time, a marvel of modern steel-wire engineering, and it remains one of the iconic monuments of New York City. The opening ceremonies were attended by President Chester Arthur, and featured speeches, music, a gunfire salute by ships on the East River, and a fireworks display. Engraved by Tiffany, this invitation features a detailed view of the new bridge rising over the low-rise banks of Manhattan and Brooklyn. A near-fine artifact of New York history. Engraved invitation, printed on heavy cardstock, measuring 6.5 x 9 inches. Illustrated with an image of the Brooklyn Bridge and the seals of the City of New York and the City of Brooklyn. Completed in manuscript with the name of recipient A.J. McCall. Faint tidemark to lower righthand corner. Housed in original envelope embossed with the seals of both cities, addressed to McCall. Envelope soiled, with loss to lower corner.
Offered by Honey & Wax Booksellers.
Art by Tape, Not by Nam June Paik
[Single folded sheet with inkjet color illus. and printed text on both sides (277 x 102 mm. folded) l...]by LEIBER, STEVEN, BOOKSELLER
Single folded sheet with inkjet color illus. and printed text on both sides (277 x 102 mm. folded) laid in original plastic cassette case (a little worn) and the original audio cassette. [From the folded sheet]: San Francisco: April 1998. A very rare Leiber catalogue (no. 32) and one of his most ingenious vehicles for offering materials. The catalogue consists of an audio cassette, its case, and a list laid-in the case. "Artists, curators, art librarians, and others associated with the art world were faxed catalog entries with instructions to call and read the entry aloud over Steven Leiber's answering machine. These recordings were then included on the enclosed audio cassette. The title of this catalog is derived from a Nam June Paik mailing." It offers books, ephemera, periodicals, and artworks by or related to Beuys, Barbara Bloom, Brouwn, Jeanne Dunning, Feldmann, Filliou, Flavin, Holzer, Johns, Ray Johnson, Kounellis, Oldenburg, Pettibon, Roth, Vautier, Warhol, etc. In near fine condition; the case is a little worn with two minuscule cracks. WorldCat records only one copy. Produced in an edition of around 100 copies. ❧ Steven Leiber Catalogs (2019), p. 135.
Offered by Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller.
Other Voices, Other Rooms (First Edition)
by CAPOTE, TRUMAN
New York: Random House, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good +. 231pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth over boards. The spine is a hair darkened, and the spine ends are gently bumped. There is a previous owner's name at the head of the front free endpaper. In the dust jacket, featuring a young Truman Capote on the rear panel, with light chipping to the edges. Original bill of sales slip tucked in. Truman Capote's first novel, published when he was merely 23 years old. At the time this was published, he had "written speeches for a third-rate politician, danced on a river boat, made a small fortune painting flowers on glass, read scripts for a film company, studied fortunetelling with the celebrated Mrs. Acey Jones, worked on 'The New Yorker,' and selected anecdotes for a digest magazine."Other Voices, Other Rooms" was met with immediate critical acclaim, and pushed a young Truman into the spotlight. The novel dealt with, among other things, homosexuality and race (scandalous topics at the time).
Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books.
MEDEA / SIGNED FULL COLOR FOLD OUT ILLUSTRATION
by FREAS, KELLY & ELLISON, HARLAN
MEDEA / SIGNED FULL COLOR FOLD OUT ILLUSTRATION inserted between pages 54 & 55 of the Phantasia Press first edition, 1985, fine and most suitable framing. SIGNED in silver ink by Kelly Freas on the lower left corner. One of only 25 copies, none ever used and thus unfolded. Scarce-------or soon to be so.
Offered by The Fine Books Company.
by REV. ALFRED NEVIN, REV. JOHN EADIE, ET AL
Philadelphia/ Columbus, Ohio: Bradley Garretson & Co./ Wm. Garretson & Co. , 1882. Ornately bound in full deeply embossed calf with ornate gilt decorations front and back covers, lavishly gilt decorated back, moire silk end papers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 8 color maps, engravings on steel and wood, chromo-lithographs of scriptural natural history, botany and zoology. Family Portraits section at rear with 6 period photoraphs of family members, uncaptioned. Presentation Page from Oral T. Hall to John A Hall ( possibly Ball)? Near Fine, light rubbing to leather. small tear bottom edge front end page. A presentation Bible of the day in wonderful condition.
A large and heavy book, will require additional postage charges for priority and international mail shipping. Please inquire before ordering. Free media mail shipping. Later Printing. Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Thick Folio.
Offered by Dale Steffey Books.
Cape Cod With Illustrations from Sketches in Colors by Amelia M. Watson. Two Volumes
by THOREAU, HENRY DAVID
Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904. Book. Illus. by Amelia M. Watson. Very Good. Hardcover.
An Illustrated set of one of Thoreau's most enjoyable works containing delicate and lovely, small color drawings by Amelia M. Watson in the margins throughout the text. Handsome and collectible.
Half green Morocco with marbled boards and matching endpages. Top edge gilt. Silk place ribbons. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Small 8vo; 7.75 inches tall; 173 pages, 208 pages, including the index.
Offered by Blind Horse Books.
Iver Johnson’s Arms and Cycle Works
by IVER JOHNSON
Iver Johnson's Arms and Cycle Works. Fitchburg, Mass. 1897. First edition, 32 pages. 19.5 cm. Illustrated covers. " 1871-1897 Ye further Hystorie of ye Ancient House of Iver Johnson " prefaces this bicycle trade catalogue for truss frame bicycles, which features their models 33, 35, 36, 37, D and E in double-page illustrated advertisements. Slight soiling, one page corner missing, otherwise good, printed on heavy glossy paper. One copy was found at the Harvard Business School's Baker Library.
Offered by Gosen Rare Books.
To Kill A Mockingbird (35th Anniversary Edition, Signed)
by LEE, HARPER
New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First printing of the 35th Anniversary edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by Harper Lee on the half-title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Suzanne Noli. To Kill a Mockingbird became an immediate bestseller and won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The New Yorker declared it "skilled, unpretentious, and totally ingenious". It has gone on to become of the best-loved classics of all time and has been translated into more than forty languages selling more than forty million copies worldwide. Made into the Academy Award-winning film, directed by Robert Mulligan, starring Gregory Peck. It went on to win three Oscars: Best Actor for Gregory Peck, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White, and Best Screenplay for Horton Foote. It was nominated for five more Oscars including Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Mary Badham, the actress who played Scout. In 1995, the film was listed in the National Film Registry. In 2003, the American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the greatest movie hero of the 20th century. In 2007 the film ranked twenty-fifth on the AFI's 10th anniversary list of the greatest American movies of all time. It was named the best novel of the twentieth century by librarians across the country (Library Journal).
Offered by Raptis Rare Books.
A Course in Football for Players and Coaches
by WARNER, GLENN S.
Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Self-published, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo. vii, frontispiece photograph of Warner, 142 pages, [1]. Illustrated. Illustrated brown cloth hardcover. Title in black on the front cover. Cloth binding is creased on the front cover. Front paste down sheet is also creased. Previous owner inscription on the front paste down. No right front flyleaf (if bound in?) Glenn "Pop" Warner was the Athletic Director at the Carlisle Indian School. Jim Thorpe, Native American, attended the school in early 1900's and played football for Pop Warner.
Offered by David A. Hamilton Americana Books.
[Seattle]: [Industrial Workers of the World], 1920. Small leaflet, approximately 4x3.9 inches, corner crease with a couple small chips. Text is the same on both sides, though one side has a union bug at the bottom. Our House was a cafe that marketed itself in advertisements as "Popular With Our Boys in Blue.
Offered by Bolerium Books.
by SEWELL, ANNA
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1966. Later edition. Bound ca. 1966 by [Bayntun Rivière] for Brentano's in full blue polished calf, covers with double gilt borders, spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled in compartments, two red morocco gilt lettering labels, gilt board edges, gilt-turn- ins, all edges gilt, marbled end-papers. Small neat book-plate on front paste-down. Collating xii, 226, with eight full-page color plates and numerous black and white line drawings throughout the text. A Fine copy. A superlative copy of the classic - and quite novel - story of a horse, told in his own words, wherein he recounts his life as a well bred steed from early childhood in a pleasant meadow, through numerous owners - some kind and some cruel - until fate returns him to the meadow in which he was born. Though animal autobiographies had been published before for children, Black Beauty stands apart from those in that it offered social criticism of his various owners. Because of that, the book was read, appreciated and loved by adults as well as juveniles. It has never been out of print since its original publication, and it has been adapted to the screen on fourteen different occasions. Ultimately, Black Beauty's continual and lasting value is as one of the most influential arguments for the humane treatment of animals.
Offered by Whitmore Rare Books.
by BRUNFELS, OTTO (CIRCA 1489-1534)
Strassburg: Johann Schott, 1532. Two volumes bound in one (the appendix added to vol.II), folio (287 x 188 mm; 11¼ x 17½ in.). Vol. I: Title within woodcut allegorical border, 4- and 5-part borders to several pages, woodcut arms of Strasbourg, ornamental and historiated initials, head- and tailpieces, 86 woodcuts of plants by Hans Weiditz; vol. II: Title within woodcut allegorical border, 4- part border on 2 pages, 49 woodcut illustrations by Weiditz, all colored in a contemporary hand. 18th-century mottled calf gilt, edges gilt. Rebacked preserving original gilt spine panels, repairs to corners, some slight drying; A4 in volume I bound after b4, lacking blanks b4 and G6 in the first volume and H4 and S6 in the second, small stain in lower margin of first title and first text leaf, some leaves lightly browned, occasional minor staining. Provenance: Johannes Beusler (early ownership inscription on title); Jean Charles Patin (inscription dated 1817 on front flyleaf noting that he is a native of Manneville and currently farming in Bézu-la-Forêt); purchased from William Schatzki, 1971. From the Collection of Arthur & Charlotte Vershbow. A finely colored copy. Referred to as "the first great mind in modern botany" (Hunt), Brunfels' most revolutionary contribution was his choice of artist accurately to portray these "living portraits of plants." The magnificent woodcuts executed by Weiditz were taken from watercolors drawn directly from nature and delineate botanical details well beyond their known function in the taxonomic literature of the time. The first volume was reprinted to be sold with the second, and this is how many sets are constituted. The appendix at the end of the second volume contains the first published writings of both Jerome Bock and Leonhardt Fuchs (see also item 32). After Brunfels's death, a third volume was published (1536-39) and was illustrated after different artists. Adams B-2924 and B-2925; Fairfax Murray German 462 (1530 edition); Garrison-Morton 1803; Grolier/Horblit 33a; Hunt 30 (mixed edition); Nissen BBI 257, Ib, IIa and 257, III; Norman 361; Stafleu &Cowan TL2 852 and 853; Pritzel 1283.
Offered by Riverrun Books.
by MAZERET, CONSTANTIN AND ARISTIDE-MICHEL PERROT
Paris: (Cordier for) Le Fuel, 1822. 18mo (123 x 80 mm). [iv], 175 pp. Double column. Additional engraved title/wrapper with hand-colored fashion emblem (a parasol draped with shawls, necklaces and a flowered hat) and 15 engraved plates, on thicker paper, all stencil- and hand-colored under the publisher's direction, one (of corals) also color-printed; tissue guards. Small closed tear in first gem plate, else a fine copy. Bound at end are six leaves on thicker paper containing [12] pages, one per month, blank except for the engraved name of the month and hand-colored vignette (with traces of old pencil scribbles); and a smaller format foldout calendar for 1822, with the imprint of Lefuel,the months in columns each topped by a woodcut astrological vignette. Publisher's blind-stamped brown calf "cathedral" binding, the same block used on both covers, backstrip with blind-stamped ornamentation above and below the title, gilt edges, yellow endleaves, blind-stamped matching leather slipcase, lower cover of binding with silk tab for removing from the slipcase (a bit of scuffing). Etched bookplate of Robert de Beauvillain tipped to front endleaf.*** Only Edition of an unusual and still useful illustrated dictionary of objects, materials and concepts, most of interest to women and many relating to fashion. Covering both luxury goods and common objects and materials, the dictionary contains over 800 entries, many including the names and addresses of relevant Parisian suppliers, making it a far-ranging encyclopedia of feminine material culture in Restoration France. This is a special de luxe copy in a reliure à la cathédrale, with an extra fold-out calendar and hand-colored ornamented cahier for notes for each month of the year. From Abaca (a type of hemp or linen from the Philippines, of which the white plants were used to make a very fine cloth while the gray were used for cocardes) and Acier (steel being used at this time not only for buckles, belts, clasps etc., but also to make jewelry, a dozen examples being illustrated in plate 1), to Zéphir (a shawl made of net) and Zibeline (the animal whose nearly black fur is highly prized), the dictionary includes terms of apparel, footwear, and accessories, a vast number of textiles and related terms (materials, weaves, and treatments), furs and skins, common materials with a variety of applications (e.g., sandalwood, various vinegars and oils), objects used for personal grooming (sponges, tweezers, brushes, mirrors, etc.), many perfumes and eaux de toilette, gems and precious metals, furnishings and furniture, and even prostheses, including a long description of artificial eyes and where to purchase them. A few entries contain mini-treatises on social custom: the seven-column entry for Deuils, for example, discusses the proper length and appropriate mourning dress for various degrees of consanguinity. Some contain surprises - thus the entry on Marriage, far from listing bridal gowns and suppliers, tells a simple story of a painter and the changing perspective of a groom, before and after marriage. The language of flowers gets a special entry (which advertises a relevant publication, the Dictionnaire du Langage des fleurs ou de leurs emblèmes, of which I locate no edition). Besides steel jewelry, the finely colored plates show rings and earrings, pocketbooks and wallets, necklaces, specimens of coral, fans, a splendid bouquet, brightly colored garters, bejeweled combs, 24 precious stones (on two plates), an elaborate feather headdress, a pretty assemblage of ribbons, and several large handbags (sacs-gibecières, two plates). Perrot was a geographer who wrote and edited numerous works. Mazeret was an almost equally prolific writer for hire. The publisher Valentin Lefuel, active from 1792 to the late 1820s, specialized in the publication of almanacs, keepsakes, and children's books. He was also a binder, and he offered his publications in a variety of different bindings, including "gauffred calf," here in the "cathedral" style, inspired by gothic architecture, which enjoyed a vogue in France and England during the Romantic era. (I have not previously seen an example of this kind of binding on an almanac or almanac-like popular imprint.) Copies are held by the Brooklyn Public Library, Morgan Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Smith College (the last two purchased from us); outside the US OCLC lists only the Bibliothèque nationale de France, to which the Catalogue Collectif de France adds a copy at Rouen. Colas, Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode 2023; Grand-Carteret, Les almanachs français 3476. Cf. S. Malavieille, Reliures et cartonnages d'éditeur en France au XIXe siècle, p. 24 (on Lefuel).
Offered by Musinsky Rare Books.
Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours. D'aprés Jules Verne
by Jules Verne
Paris: Les Jouets et Jeux Français, 1895. A board game for up to six players, following the eighty-day journey of Phileas Phogg across the globe. Each day is represented by a square on the board, centering around a globe. Some squares show notable characters, such as Phogg, Francis Cromarty, and Miss Aouda, while others show ships, animals, and landmarks from destinations as far as Calcutta, Hong Kong, and San Francisco. Some squares have particular associated functions, which are outlined in the rules on the underside of the box lid. The course of play proceeds through a series of transactions using the fifteen tokens provided, with one player acting as Phogg's valet, Passepartout, who takes on the role of banker. The tokens are housed in a cloth bag. Six painted metal figures act as gamepieces, housed in a smaller box, with splits to corners of lid. Paper cup holding two dice, along with tokens and game pieces, contained in separate compartments in the box. Some soiling to back of game board. All elements stored in box with lush pictorial lid, some signs of repair, else a near fine and remarkably intact set.
Offered by Bromer Booksellers.
by James Hanley
Paris, France: Obelisk Press, 1935. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. Fourth edition. Octavo (8vo). 271 pages of text. Original paperback binding with minor shelfwear and soiling, and minor vertical creasing to the spine. Pearson A-37 [unrecorded variant] with all points identical to A-37 with these exceptions: 1) Does not have the statement "Banned in England May 1935" printed on the front cover; 2) the front flap contains the price 50 francs; 3) the front flap edition statement differs slightly in that it states "This is the only existing edition of James | Hanley's most famous work, recently sup- | pressed in England."; 4) rear flap price for the 11 titles listed at "50 francs each". One page edge with a tiny black mark in the extreme margin, but the text is clean and unmarked. Fourth edition, variant of the first impression. Protected in custom-fitted archival mylar.
Offered by Kurt Gippert Bookseller.
Five Days in London, May 1940 (Folio Society)
by LUKACS, JOHN
Green cloth with white and black titles and decorations, slipcase, 16 by 22.7 cm, xxii 190 pp., illus. Fine, unread copy in near fine slipcase. "The days from May 24 to May 28, 1940 altered the course of the history of this century, as the members of the British War Cabinet debated whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue what became known as the Second World War. The decisive importance of these five days is the focus of John Lukacs's magisterial book. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill and the members of his cabinet were painfully considering their war responsibilities. We see how the military disasters taking place on the Continent—particularly the plight of the nearly 400,000 British soldiers bottled up in Dunkirk—affected Churchill's fragile political situation, for he had been prime minister only a fortnight and was regarded as impetuous and hotheaded even by many of his own party. Lukacs also investigates the mood of the British people, drawing on newspaper and Mass-Observation reports that show how the citizenry, though only partly informed about the dangers that faced them, nevertheless began to support Churchill's determination to stand fast. Other historians have dealt with Churchill's difficulties during this period, using the partial revelations of certain memoirs and private and public papers. But Lukacs is the first to convey the drama and importance of these days, and he does so in a compelling narrative that combines deep knowledge with high literary style."
Offered by Bay Leaf Books.
Lenore Kandel
San Francisco: Stolen Paper Editions, 1966. Second printing. Paperback. Very Good. Wide stapled illustrated wrappers. Second printing of Kandel's controversial volume of sexually explicit poems that was banned and seized by the police when first published. A very good copy with some wear to covers. Six pages, printed on rectos only.
Offered by Derringer Books.
A Visit From Santa Claus with Santa Claus And HIs Works
by Clement C. Moore
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1906. First Edition. Very good in heavy paper, printed wraps over a replacement sewn binding. A quarto measuring 12 1/8 by 9 7/8 inches with archival tape repairs along the length of the fold of the spine and with similar repairs to several of the page folds. The sewn binding has been restored professionally. Unpaginated, but containing 14 pages illustrated with 8 full color lithographic plates (counting the covers) and line drawings throughout. Identified on the front panel as "158". Copyright dates of 1899 appear on the front cover and 1906 on the rear cover. The illustrator is not indicated. Clement Moore's poem comprises the first six pages which includes three full color plates. The remaining pages of text and plates contain the poem Santa Claus And His Works written by George P. Webster. (Very similar to Marshall 133).
Offered by Town's End Books.
by MARKHAM, BERYL
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 8vo. Green cloth printed in back on the spine and upper board. The cloth has slight aging to the boards and spine, some offsetting on the endpapers and pastedowns,a penciled ownership name and another blindstamped on the half title and the title, but it is still a very good copy. The dustwrapper is rubbed at the folds and rough along the edges including a couple of short marginal closed tears. It shows the first state points: $3.00 on the flap, and on the box on the rear panel, and with the war bond ad on the rear flap. The author was an English girl raised in British East Africa, conversant in native languages and customs, a horsewoman and a pilot when airplanes were unique in that part of Africa. Accompanied by her biography: Mary S. Lovell, STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING, New York, St. Martin's Press, 1987. First US edition. A fine copy in a fine, clipped dustwrapper.
Offered by Thorn Books.
by TUCKER, GILBERT NORMAN, PH.D. (CANTAB.); ILLUSTRATED [ILLUSTRATOR]
King's Printer The Minister of National Defence, 1952-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 2 Volume Set. Both dust jackets have minor wear. Both are clean, both have good bindings, no marks or notations.
Offered by Ed's Editions.
Paris: Martinet, 1821. Galerie des Grotesques [GONDELIER, Jean-Baptiste]. [Galerie des Grotesques]. [Paris]: [Chez] Martinet, [1821]. Oblong folio (16 x 10 1/2 inches; 406 x 267 mm.). Seven leaves, titled and numbered in manuscript, each with three hand colored etched plates making a total of twenty-one images. Contemporary quarter green calf over floral patterned black boards.
The plates - each one lettered and numbered in manuscript "Galerie des Grotesques" No. 1. Les Rivaux; Partie d'écarté; Les effets du lavement, et la tentation (The Rivals; Discarded party; The effects of enema, and temptation) No. 2. Le maitre de danse, et le Coëffeur; Les joeurs de tonneau; Le remède inévitable (The dance master, and the hairdresser; The barrel joists; The inevitable cure) No. 3. Le bon gout; Cérémonie nuptiale; Le Dentiste (The right taste; Bridal ceremony; The Dentist) No. 4. Les conscrits; La sauteuse; Le bon ménage (The Conscripts; The jumpers; The good housekeeping) No. 5. Lecture des Tourneaux; Le cocher di Fiacre en dèfaut; Le Charlatan (Reading the turns; The coachman of Fiacre in defect; The Charlatan) No. 7. La Rosière; Le Pédicure; Les suites d'une Ribotte (La Rosière; The Pedicure; The aftermath of a Ribotte) No. 6. Partie d'Anes; Le Plaidoyer; Le Boston (Part of Anes; The Plea; Le Boston) Excessively Rare. OCLC locates just one suite (with only six plates) in libraries and institutions worldwide at Kunstbiblio Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin (Germany). GONDELIER, Jean-Baptiste (fl. 1821-1827). Gondelier was an engraver and a papermaker. As early as 1820, he was editor of a singer dedicated to Béranger, Le Constitution. He wanted to do city work but he also printed satirical prints, constituting the Gallery of the Grotesques. In 1826-1827 he collaborated in the writing of several plays performed at the Vaudeville theatre. Perhaps it was for this reason that he abandoned his lithograph patent and then applied for a letter printer's patent obtained in 1828. These 'Grotesque' caricatures appear to be based on the Woodward three-row strip genre typified by Grotesque Borders and Pigmy Revels, published by Ackermann and Fores, respectively, in 1799 and 1800. Fores continued to issue the Pigmy Revels strips in a folding panorama format, as well as in a spooled boxwood drum, well into the 1820s. "The relationship between Martinet-published works and Woodward's caricatures is commented on in an essay by Alberto Milano entitled "Change of Use, Change of Public, Change of Meaning: Printed Images Traveling Through Europe," appearing in a book edited by Evanghelia Stead, Reading Books and Prints as Cultural Objects (Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan, 2018) at pp. 150-51. I am attaching scanned images of the relevant pages as Scans 1, 2, and 3. As you will note, the author of the essay suggests that Martinet "transferred Woodward's caricatures in a series of larger prints entitled Les Passions," but I am skeptical. The only two examples of those prints I have found -- at the British Museum -- do not relate to any Woodward satire of which I am aware. (For ease of reference, I am attaching the British Museum write-ups as BM-1 and BM-2.)" (William Gordon - author of the William A. Gordon Library of British Caricature)
Offered by David Brass Rare Books.
Moon Rocket: An All-Action Pop-Up Picture Storybook
by Kubasta
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England: Brown Watson, 1986. Paper Covered Boards. As New. 4to. Very hard-to-find reprint of Kubasta's Tip + Top and the Moon Rocket, originally published in 1964. In terrific shape; doesn't appear to have ever been read. All six popups and associated animations work great. Almost no cover wear. Number 10 on Tillman's list of the 100 best popups.
Offered by Read'Em Again Books & Paper.
The Great Gatsby (Limited Editions Club)
by FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT
Lunenberg: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Hardcover. Orig. decorated gray pebble grained cloth stamped in black and silver. Fine in fine black slipcase spine lettered in silver. Fred Me. 224 pages. 22.5 x 17.5 cm. Illustrated with fourteen color gauches by Fred Meyer, designed by Frederick Stinehour, printed at the Stinehour Press. Limited edition, copy 1267 of 2000 signed by Fred Meyer. Printed in Bodoni, cast by the Bauer foundry in Germany. Laid-in the LEC Monthly letter. NEWMAN & WICHE 516. Bright, very fresh copy.
Offered by Roy Young, Bookseller.
London: Darton, 1811. 32mo. 16pp., + 16 inserted plates. Each engraved image depicts the titular good boy engaged in less desirable activities, such as throwing stones, feeding scraps to the family pet, and drawing on the walls. Each is accompanied by a pithy couplet drawn from the soliloquy. The author includes an introductory note, in which he defends himself from the accusation that the verses give children naughty ideas that they would never have thought of themselves, and provides the suggestion that the reader insert his or her own name at the final line and face the potential ruin of the rhyme with bravery. Bound in tan wrappers with illustration to both covers. Expected but minor edgewear, faintest foxing, else near fine. A rare survival, with only two institutional copies listed in OCLC.
Offered by Bromer Booksellers.
Institutionum [bound with] Infortianum [and] Digestum Novum, 1553-56
1551. A Collection of Texts from the Corpus Juris Civilis in Handsome Uniform Contemporary Paneled Pigskin Bindings Justinian I [483-565 CE], Emperor of the East. Accorso, Francisco (Accursius) [c.1182-c.1260], Glossator. Gaius [Active 130-180 CE]. Institutionum D. Iustiniani Sacratissimi Imperatoris Libri Quatuor: Ad Vetustissimorum Simul et Emendatissimorum Exemplarium Fidem Summa Diligentia Recogniti, Emendati. Cum Scholiis Accursii. Adiecimus Pluribus Locis Annotationes ex Doctissimorum Hominum Commentariis, Ex Quibus non Parum Lucis ac Dignitatis his Iuris Civilis Elementis Accedit. Accessit Corpus Legum, Antea non Impressum, Ac Caii Institutionum Libri Duo. Lyon: Apud Hugonem a Porta, 1553. Pp. [24], 290, [2] pp. Large woodcut image of Justinian surrounded by his court. Main text in parallel columns with linear gloss. [Bound with] Justinian I, Emperor of the East. Accorso, Francisco (Accursius), Glossator. Volumen hoc Complectitur (Sic Enim Peculiari Vocabulo Vocant) Novellas Constitutiones Iustiniani Principis Post Repetitam Codicis Praelectionem Aeditas: Authentica Vulgo Appellant. Tres Item Posteriores Libros Codicis; Feudorum seu Beneficiorum Duos; Constitutiones Friderichi Secundi Imperatoris; Extravagantes duas Henrici Septimi Imperatoris; & Tractatum De Pace Constantiae. Omnia ad Vetustissimorum Simul & Emendatissimorum Exemplarium Fidem Recognita, Emendata. Accesserunt nunc Primum, & Nunquam Antehac Aediti, Iustiniani Novellarum Constitutionum Libri Duo, Cum Multis Annotationibus ex Doctissimorum Hominum Commentariis, Quae non Parum Lucis ac Dignitatis Huic Volumini Afferunt. Lyon: Apud Hugonem a Porta, 1553. [xvi], 276, 148, 99, [1] pp. Woodcut table of descents (in the form of a tree). Main text in parallel columns with linear gloss. [With] Justinian I, Emperor of the East. Accorso, Francisco (Accursius), Glossator. Infortiatum, Pandectarum Iuris Civilis Tomus Secundus: Quartae Partis Reliquum, Itemque Quintam Digestorum Partem, Ac Sextae Partis: Libros Continens, Ex Pandectis Florentinis Ita in Universum Recognitus ac Emendatus, Ut Nihil Praeterea, Quod ad Puram Eorum Librorum Lectionem Attinet, Desiderari Possit. Lyon: Apud Hugonem a Porta, 1556. [xxxvi], 923, [1] pp. Main text in parallel columns with linear gloss. [And] Justinian I, Emperor o.
Offered by Lawbook Exchange.
by Bram Stoker
Westminster: Archibald Constable, 1899. Seventh edition. hardcover. Very good.. A very good early (7th) edition, signed and dated by the author Bram Stoker on the front free endpaper. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase
Offered by Bookbid.
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