Salisbury, CT: Lime Rock Press, 1980. [miniature]. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. 'Where tigers roar in silence, where moose and monkeys hide, a cage as light as cardboard holds elephants inside. And grizzly bears are gentle where lions are so sweet, you never need to worry about whom they'd like to.....
Price: $125.00
London: C Arthur Pearson, 1912. First Edition. Original Wraps. Attributed to William ALexander Coote, the Secretary of the National Vigilance Association. Scarce in any condition. Moderate shelf/edge wear, several small closed tears, partial lost of spine ("The White Slave Tra" remains, with head and tail lost), light even toning, rear.....
Price: $35.00
Artists Society, nd. [circa 1850]. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Six beautifully executed hand-colored plates. A significant collection, despite the foxing. Light to moderate shelf/edge wear, wear at head and tail, rubbing to boards, small ink spots at ffep (cleaning fountain pen marks), sporadic foxing throughout, else tight and unmarred. Halfbound.....
Price: $250.00
London: British Library, 1976. First Edition. Original Wraps. Exhibition catalogue. Caxton, considered the first English printer, moved to England in 1476 and set up his first press near Westminster Abbey. A solid overview of Caxton's life and work. A handsome copy, increasingly hard to find in presentable condition. Minor shelf/edge.....
Price: $25.00
Oshkosh, WI: Self-published, 1939. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Two volumes, printed on mimeo, with blue sheets bound in for the addition of tipped-in photographic images (this was sometimes done prior to sale, sometimes by the owner. Uncommon generally, very scarce compete. The work is comprised as a collection of Socratic.....
Price: $225.00
Rome: Banca Commerciale Italiana, 1960. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Unusual to find in such nice condition. A handsome set. Hint of toning at board edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase shows light shelfwear, light toning at rear and top, else tight and clean. Halfbound, beige cloth spine cream stiff.....
Price: $75.00
Limited Edition. Hardcover. Lovely little illustrated tome about cigars. Text in German. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown faux leather boards, in blind colored marks on front and back covers, gilt "Z" on spine, top edge gilt, rough endpapers. 21x19mm. np. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 26 of.....
Price: $100.00
Privately Printed, nd [circa 1930]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. "The facts [of the History of Flagellation] are taken from Historia Flagellantium, by the Abbe Jacobus Boileau (John De Lolme)." Appears to be a reissue of the rather scarce 1888 edition. Increasingly hard to find in good condtion. Light toning to.....
Price: $45.00
Privately Printed, nd [circa 1930]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. "The facts [of the History of Flagellation] are taken from Historia Flagellantium, by the Abbe Jacobus Boileau (John De Lolme)." Appears to be a reissue of of the rather scarce 1888 edition. Increasingly hard to find in good condtion. Light toning.....
Price: $45.00
Buffalo, NY: Dr. E.C. Abbey, 1884. Trade Card. Victorian Trade Card. Approximately 60 different images (over 100 images total) hidden within the image on the front of the card (a truly exeptional engraving). Verso includes list of hidden images and two other ads. One for a book titled, "The Sexual.....
Price: $35.00
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a handsome copy of this well-known reference. Light shelf/edge wear (focused at head, heel and tips), tips gently bumped, light toning to spine label, topstain softly sunned, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, blue cloth spine, grey paper boards, paper.....
Price: $65.00
Washington DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1985. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Association copy. The author was editor of 'Science' magazine. Signed by the author. With laid in letter from author to a noted Harvard scientist. A very handsome copy. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ show light shelf.....
Price: $45.00
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. First Edition. Original Wraps. Completely unsophisticated copy, as issued by the press. Subsequently included in the 1825, volume Physiological Lectures and other Lectures, [London] by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green [Book 1. Physiological Lectures; Book 2. Introductory Lectures...Mr. Hunter's Opinion...Life.....
Price: $750.00
Vermont: The Bird Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "The basis of this book is a dynamic text/image collaboration between writer and im- age-maker. The collaborative process consisted of texts and images sent back and forth in dialogue with one another, each element continuing on from the last. This created a freely.....
Price: $2,600.00
Mill Valley, CA: Splendid Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by authors. Fifty stamps each with a state bird and flower. Spine sunned, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, blue faux leather spine, printed paper sleeve, hand painted illustrations on covers, blue endpapers, deckled edge, gilt lettering on.....
Price: $200.00
New York: Viking Press, May 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author to prior owner. Personal observation and reflection, in the tradition of Rachel Carson, over a three year period while the author lived in a small, coastal, town of Lewes, Deleware. Tight, bright and apparently unread. DJ Fine. Beige.....
Price: $45.00
New York: New York Graphic Society, 1981. Second Printing. Hardcover. Foreward by Wallace Stegner. Wonderful inscription from George Frampton, then President of the Wilderness Society (1986-1993, subsequently, President Clinton's Assistant Secretary of Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, a former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun.....
Price: $145.00
Stamford, CT: Overbrook Press, 1939. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Includes an Index of Authors represented at the Exhibition. Illustrations include three facsimiles (one fold-out) and four drawings (one a foldout, "Considerant's Conception of an Ideal Fourierist Phalanstery"). Laid in presentation slip, "This edition of Radical Literature in America has been.....
Price: $125.00
Portland, ME: Shirley and Hyde, 1829. First Edition. Original Wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear, sporadic light foxing, else tight, bright and unmarred. Printed wraps.
Price: $25.00
Boston: Weatherhill, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. "The first book on Japanese calligraphy covering the significant Momoyama and Edo periods, 77 Dances examines the art of writing as it underwent a remarkable flowering, as illustrated by over 100 illustrations." Tight, bright, and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Black cloth boards, gilt.....
Price: $50.00
Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Levitan bookplate. Inscribed for Kal Levitan by Ruth E. Adomeit. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Marbled paper boards, quarterbound in gilt brown leather, tipped-in leaf of Newbery bible. 48x42mm. 18pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 1 of 125.
Price: $400.00
Mill Valley, CA: Sunflower Press, 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed paper boards. 33x29mm. 14pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 22 of 75.
Price: $125.00
Isreal: Ido Agasii. Limited Edition. This book is in the shape of David’s slingshot. The biblical text from Samuel 17:49 was embossed in gold on the sling both in Korean and Hebrew. The stone is from Ha’ela Valley near Jerusalem were the actual battle between David and Goliath took place.....
Price: $850.00
Israel: Even Hoshen Press, 2017. First Edition. Original Wraps. "'Hatzvi typeface has been an immediate success', write Dr. Moshe Spitzer on his promotion page for the launch of this light 16-point typeface. Spitzer initiated the design of the modern Hebrew lettering based on their classic sans-serif shape. ... Its first.....
Price: $120.00
Israel: Even Hoshen, 2010. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. A facsimile of what is believed to be the first automobile marketing publication printed in Hebrew. "This booklet is a facsimile reprint edition of the original catalog of the Ford Model A. In this reproduction we strived to maintain the quality of.....
Price: $1,000.00