[Los Angeles, CA]: 1945. Sorority dance invitation held at the California Club, [Los Angeles] in 1945. Death/morgue themed with list of dances, i.e. Post Mortem Minuet, and fill-in-the-blank name list. Music provided by Paul Law and Orchestra, a San Francisco based swing band. The California Club is a members only.....
Price: $80.00
Hallowell, ME: Maine State Museum, 1973. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy of this increasingly scarce first edition of this renowned reference volume. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 4to. 209pp. Illus.....
Price: $65.00
Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Libraries, 1964. Second Printing. Original Wraps. Relatively early and important bibliography of Joyce's work. Section One focused on bibliographic and general studies and Section Two covering studies of individual works (all annotated). Light shelf/edge wear, minor creasing at tips, light rubbing at spine, small tape.....
Price: $45.00
Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ illustrated by Frank Utpatel. Seventeen stories, first published in “Weird Tales” and other magazines, reputedly all the science fiction stories written by the co-founder of Arkham House. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Black cloth boards, gilt lettering.....
Price: $45.00
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Turner, ME: Self-published, 1937. Unique. Original Wraps. "West shore of Pleasant Pond, Turner, Maine / October 2nd, 1937 / Pictures by Walter A. Deshates, Deputy Sherrif" [from front wrapper]. 20 b/w photographs of the body and surroundings from a rural Maine murder scene. "Turner, Me, Nov. 1 [1937] – Mystery.....
Price: $450.00
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. "This fascinating book is about the widely varied young men who volunteered their sword and their pen in the service of George Wahsington. It is told against the background of the Reevolution and the early days of the United States.....
Price: $25.00
Toronto: Beaux Arts, 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed white paper boards, black cloth spine, black endpapers. 73mm x 63mm. 60pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 109 of 150.
Price: $125.00
Toronto: Beaux Art Publishing, 1998. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red faux suede boards, gilt decorative elements, red endpapers, tipped in illustrations. 70x60mm. np. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 17 of 35.
Price: $300.00
Toronto: Beaux Art Publishing, 2000. Mary E. Devenyi. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author and Illustrator. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red faux leather boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, red cloth place holder, gilt patterned endpapers, gilt patterned slipcase. 69x51mm. 103pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 9.....
Price: $125.00
Toronto: Beaux Art Publishing, 2003. Mary Devenyi. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author, Illustrator, and Tom. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Gilt patterned paper boards, red leather spine, gilt lettering and decorative elements on spine, red leather gilt label on front cover, matching gilt patterned endpapers. 68x74mm. 76pp. Illus. (color plates).....
Price: $50.00
Toronto: Beaux Art Publishing, 2004. Mary E. Devenyi. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author and Illustrator. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Multicolored leather boards, glittery turqoise endpapers, button clasp. 50x65mm. 69pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 8 of 29.
Price: $100.00
Toronto: Beaux Art Publishing, 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by both Authors. 8 of spades inlaid at front. MBS Distinguished Book winner. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Green leather boards, gilt lettering on spine, in blind decorative elements on cover, bound in ribbon bookmark with attached unique playing card, inlaid playing.....
Price: $250.00
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1966. First American Edition. Hardcover. Minimal shelf/edge wear, owner bookplate at front pastedown, else tight, bright, and unmarred; DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, toning at spine, else clean. Dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, frontispiece. 8vo. 191pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
Price: $45.00
Los Angeles, CA: Privately Printed, 2013. First Edition. Staplebound. Scarce copies, as Dewitt's work is widely collected in the Los Angeles art and fashion scene. Cali Thornhill Dewitt is a Los Angeles based artist, writer, and fashion designer known for his arty discordance and tongue-in-cheek pop art. He is currently.....
Price: $175.00
Los Angeles, CA: Privately Printed, 2013. First Edition. Staplebound. Scarce copies, as Dewitt's work is widely collected in the Los Angeles art and fashion scene. Cali Thornhill Dewitt is a Los Angeles based artist, writer, and fashion designer known for his arty discordance and tongue-in-cheek pop art. He is currently.....
Price: $175.00
Boston, MA: Trident Publications, 1999. Stated Special First Edition Printing. Original Wraps. Ten years after the death of the founder of Alexandrian witchcraft, a handful of witches camping at a secluded site in New Hampshire began experimenting with a spirit board. An entity responded and identified itself as 'Alex Sanders'.....
Price: $85.00
London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. First State, First Edition/Fine Binding. Hardcover. Illustrated by Richard Doyle, John Leech, Daniel Maclise, and Clarkson Stanfield. First state of the vignette title page and scarce as such. (Smith II pp 30-36; Gimbel A86; Carr B386). Overall, a very handsome copy of this classic, noted.....
Price: $2,000.00
London: Limited Editions Club/George W. Jones, 1931. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Third volume in the LEC series. Noted flaws notwithstanding, a handsome copy of this classic. Light shelf/edge wear, fraying at heel, spine toned (as this volume was prone for), small gift inscription on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred.....
Price: $425.00
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Var. nd [circa 1900]. Unique. Hardcover. Bookplate of renowned author and librettist Harry Bache Smith. Also bears armorial bookplate of Claire Mendel, noted German Consul and collector. A bit of background on Lord Bateman: "An adaptation of the traditional ballad attributed to Thackeray (British Library Catalogue) with preface and notes.....
Price: $7,500.00
London: Burgess & Boes Ltd., nd. Original Leather Wraps. A lovely set of this tiny, yet rich, reference. Rather unusual to find it complete, more so in such pleasing condition. Tight, bright and unmarred. Burgundy and black pebbled morocco, gilt lettering, textured endpages, burgundy stain (in faux-marbled style) at all.....
Price: $65.00
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. KEEP! - One of the most important books on the history of bookbinding. In these two volumes one of the world's foremost practitioners and teachers of traditional bookbinding presents both an eminently practical guide and an historical overview to this.....
Price: $225.00
Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1863. [First edition]. Full Calf. Germany, Kingdom. The Netherlands, Kingdom Belgium and Switzerland together with parts of the bordering countries to Oxford, Portsmouth, Havre, Königsberg, Odense, etc. Travel maps with designations of the railways, highways, express wagon and extra post routes, drawn jointly by Fr. von Stülpnagel.....
Price: $175.00
New York: Walt Disney Productions, 1940. First Edition. Pictorial Wraps. This is the souvenir program for Disney's renowned production with music by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra and narrative introductions by Deems Taylor. A very handsome copy of this rather uncommon volume. Very minimal shelf wear, else tight, bright.....
Price: $150.00
Peoria, IL: Chas. A. Bennett Co., n.d. First American Edition. Hardcover. Forward by P. H. Jowett. Light shelf wear, touch of fraying at heel, spine very slightly cocked, owner inscription on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, touch of toning at spine and edges, else.....
Price: $35.00
San, Diego CA: Ash Ranch Press, 1990. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by illustrator/printer/binder. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Marbled paper over boards, cast brass cowboy hat on cover, printed in red, black, and gold, marbled endpapers, letterpress. 76mm x 52mm. 12pp. Lettered limited deluxe edition, this being copy K of 26.....
Price: $225.00