N.p. Japan Tourist Bureau, [1930]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 149pp. Full-page illustrations, three tipped-in color woodcut prints. Very good. Internal stapling (as issued). Front gilt decoration a tad rubbed; endpapers slightly age toned. Tight and most attractive third edition of this sightseeing guide to Kyoto..... More

This Republican politician and state legislator served Massachusetts in Congress (1885-89) before being appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1898-1900) by President William McKinley, who in 1900 appointed him the first civil governor of Puerto Rico (1900-01); a high-level Wall Street business career in the sugar refining industry then followed..... More

Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1974]. Hardcover. Introduction by Martin Gardner. Illustrations by Joseph Mugnaini. Small 4to. Red and pale grey cloth with gilt lettering/decoration and black pictorial stamping, paper-covered slipcase. xvii, 309pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/fine. Outstanding, tight and bright reprint edition of the Limited Editions Club's 1974 edition of..... More

This noted Montana-born children's book author and illustrator is remembered for "The Runaway Sardine" (her first book, 1929) and 35 others, most published by Knopf: "The Greedy Goat," "Drusilla," "The Topsy-Turvy Family," "Mr. Wren's House" and others. Offered here is the near-complete original ink and watercolor artwork for an early..... More

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1937]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Paul Laune. Small 8vo. Tan cloth with brown lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. iii, 212pp, (6pp ads). Red pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear; lacks frontispiece. Tight and quite lovely first edition, second state of #16 in the..... More

Reknowned Russian-born pianist and music critic -- one of the most famous of his day. AMuQS, 1p, 3½" X 2¼", Chicago, IL, 1899 December 30. Good plus. Lightly and evenly age toned; small stamp hinge-type mounts at left edge and bottom edge (not affecting text). Hambourg boldly pens two measures..... More

Springfield: Nicholas Vachel Lindsay, 1912. Paperback. Small 4to (6" X 9"). Self cover. (16pp). Very good. Mild edgewear, with couple of miniscule expert archival mends only. Verse for vittles! Ballad for a bunk! A lovely copy -- first and only edition -- and a rare survivor in sharp condition of..... More

Bloomington: McLean County Historical Society and McLean County Genealogical Society, 2006. Hardcover. Folio. Khaki green buckram with gilt lettering. xi, 373pp. Illustrations, extensive full-page color maps, text endpapers. Fine. Superbly bright and pristine first and only edition of this exceptional compilation of five McLean County atlases -- each quite scarce..... More

German composer. AMuQS, 1p, 8½" X 3½", n.p., n.d. Good. Heavy mounting traces on verso. Praeger writes out two lines of music from a composition identified "After Balzac." Beneath the music, Praeger writes: "The only thing complete below / On earth, alas! is human woe!" More

London: The Architectural Press, n.y. Hardcover. Folio. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. viii, 139pp. Frontispiece, extensive full-page illustrations and floor plans. Very good. Mild binding edgewear, mainly spine a bit age toned and roughened rear hinge, although internally tight and near fine. Attractive first edition of this outstandingly-illustrated study, with..... More

New York: National Terra Cotta Society, [1925]. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and brown paper over boards with tan lettering. viii, 200pp. Extensive full-page illustrations. Very good. Faint bit of edgewear, with couple of corner bumps; front flyleaf an expert modern replacement. A tight, attractive first edition..... More

Secretary of the navy under Lincoln and Johnson. ADS, 1p, 8" X 9½", n.p., 1848 August. Very good. Attractive pale blue lined sheet. Welles, at this time chief of the bureau of provisions and clothing for the U.S. Navy, requests a $150 advance for costs incurred in traveling from Washington..... More