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
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the benchmark books on the subject. Richly illustrated with schematics. A very handsome copy. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minor shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Black textured paper boards, gilt lettering, green endpages, frontispiece. 8vo. 192pp. Illus.....
Price: $65.00
Philadelphia, PA: T. B. Peterson & Bros, nd. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, ffep missing, small closed tear at the gutter near head of the first blank, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green textured cloth beveled boards, intricate gilt lettering and decorative elements, in blind decorative elements, brown.....
Price: $75.00
Boston, MA: Harvard, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound thesis disertation. Warmly inscribed by author to mentor. Very minimal shelf wear, inscribed by author, moisture stain at rear pastedown, else tight, bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards. 4to. Unusual pagination, I-1 to VIII-9. Tables. Bibliography.
Price: $35.00
Wenatchee, WA: Mystical Places Press, 2004. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Yellow paper boards, modified accordion fold, purple slipcase. 51x75mm. 8pp. Illus. (color photographs). Numbered limited edition, this being 31 of 75.
Price: $100.00
Portsmouth, OH: The Gilguy Press, 1982. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown cloth boards, letterpress. 56x48mm. 14pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, 119 of 200.
Price: $25.00
Portland, ME: Wolfe Editions, 2000. First Edition. Stringbound Wraps. Letterpress printed by David Wolfe. A lovely copy of this charming collection of poetry. Tight, bright and unmarred. Deep purple wraps, black ink lettering, red string binding. Narrow 8vo. np. Signed by the author.
Price: $45.00
Portsmouth, NH (presumed): [nd, circa 1910]. Hardcover. This volume appears to be in the hand of Mrs. T.B. Aldrich with mounted plates of the family crests of the allied families. Genealogical data on the Aldrich and allied families with mounted plates of absolutely exceptional hand drawn family crests. Families include.....
Price: $2,500.00
International Poetry Forum/Byblos Editions, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. This edition precedes the 1982 first trade edition printed by Ohio U. Press. The author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1977. Minor break in gilt (manufacturing flaw), inscribed to the printer. else tight, bright and unmarred. Original acetate DJ clear.....
Price: $45.00
Massy (Seine-et-Oise.): Select Bibliothèque, 1906. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. The three illustrations are not signed, but resemble those by ‘Tack’ to be found in later works in this series. Early uncommong flagellation novel, quite sought after in any state. Overally, a very presentable example. "The Select-Bibliothèque was one of several.....
Price: $45.00
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, [1962]. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated heraldry handbook with excellent examples of devices and heraldric designs, arms for the layman. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Bound in dark red cloth with gilt lettering with original dust jacket (unclipped). Clean and no visible damage, color bookjacket with some.....
Price: $25.00