Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1909. Hardcover. Small 4to. Faux full vellum with gilt lettering and elaborate pictorial giltstamping. xii, 251pp. Top edge gilt. Tipped-in color frontispiece with tissue guard with printed caption, 23 full-page color plates (as called for) also with tissue guards with printed captions, pictorial endpapers. Very... More
N.p. Smith and Company, Publishers, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt lettering and ivory front board pictorial stamping. 92pp, (2pp). Frontispiece. illustrations, foldout map. Near fine. Tight, handsome apparent first edition of this bibliographically challenged study by the grandson of an early French fur trader with the Sioux. A.... More
This interesting literary character founded the R.R. Bowker Company (which still exists) in 1872, co-founded "Library Journal" (which also still exists) in 1876, and acquired "Publishers' Weekly" (you guessed it) in 1879 -- among other lasting bookish and bibliographic endeavors. TLS, 1p, 5½" X 8½", New York, NY, 1923 January... 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
London: John Murray, 1907. Hardcover. 12mo. Red cloth with gilt lettering. ix, 570pp, (33pp ads). Color foldout frontispiece map, 29 color maps (many foldout, including foldout map in rear pocket), advertisement endpapers. Very good. Binding ever so slightly edgeworn; ownership signature/address on front flyleaf. A tight and quite nice eighth... More
Iowa City: The State Historical Society of Iowa, 1938. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt decorations and lettering. 312pp. Frontispiece with captioned tissue guard. Near fine. Spine ever-so-faintly sunned. First edition, a tight and quite handsome copy of this desireable title with lovely bright gilt. Interestingly, front flyleaf bears... More
It is for developing the radio beam that this U.S. Army officer gained aviation immortality; during his long career he commanded Clark Field Fort Stotsenburg and the Santa Ana Western Flying Training Command. Partly-printed ADS, 1p, 7 3/4" X 3", Washington, DC, 1920 December 4. Very good. Several minor smudges... More
American composer of light operas and songs such as "O Promise Me." ALS, 1p, 4½" X 7", New York, NY, n.y. March 25. Addressed to J.J. Wohltman. Very good. Arranges an appointment. Accompanied by unsigned postcard photograph, 3½" X 5½". Fine. More
German Luftwaffe bomber pilot Hogeback (1914-2004) gained reknown when he and his 3-member crew (which flew more than 500 missions in World War Two) became the only Luftwaffe crew to be awarded the Knight's Cross -- the other crew members being combat observer Wilhelm Dipberger (1918-2005), Gunter Glasner (born 1917)... More
N.p. [Caracas, Venezuela]: Editoral Lectura Caracas, 1962. Editoral Lectura Caracas. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 102pp. Numerous color illustrations, line drawings. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with couple small edge chips. Tight, clean, attractive first edition of this heavily pictorial overview. The reknowned orchid expert and orchid... More
Springfield: H.W. Rokker, 1882. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering. xxxi, 343pp. Good plus. Mild edgewear and tiny chips at head and tail of spine, with spine gilt rubbed; expertly, discreetly rebacked, with new endpapers. A tight and nice first edition of this useful and scarce Black... More
English artist. Original ink and crayon sketch signed with initials, 1p, heavy stock 6 3/4" X 4¼" sheet tipped to slightly larger sheet, n.p., n.d. [mid 19th century]. Near fine. Charming, rather primitive scene showing four horseback riders (two sidesaddle ladies) halted at a fork in the road, asking directions... More
New York: Harper & Row, [1971]. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth spine with black lettering and black paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 214pp. Decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Tight, handsome first U.S. edition of the 10th novel by the British jockey and crime writer (1920-2010), a "Harper Novel of Suspense."... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. Paperback. Oblong miniature (4 3/8" X 2½"). Color pictorial wrappers. 8pp (accordion style). Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally bright, tight and near fine. Exquisite apparent first and only edition of this delightful charmer, featuring eight panels each with large chromolithograph image and... More
London: John MacQueen, 1899. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt front cover medallion. viii, 338pp. Frontispiece, 7 illustrations. Very good. Bookplate on front pastedown; both endpapers significantly age toned as usual, else tight and attractive, with just the slightest edgewear. First British edition. Rather uncommon. MONAGHAN 1228 note. More
Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1948. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. xv, 804pp. Extensive tables and figures. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with large chip at head of spine and several other small edge chips. A tight, most attractive first edition of this pioneering... More
N.p. Northridge Music, Inc., [1971]. Hardcover. 4to. Red patterned paper over boards, pictorial paper over boards slipcase. viii, 245pp. Music notations. Near fine/very good. Slipcase edgeworn and rubbed, but sound and attractive. Three 33 1/3rpm records each in paper sleeve in excellent condition, all housed in pocket on front board... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1839. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 8vo. Quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, compartments, gilt spine. xvi, 473pp; xi, 372pp. Frontispieces. Very good. Bit of mild age toning and tad of foxing, mainly to preliminary pages -- but overall a beautifully tight, clean, handsome set in custom... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1960. Hardcover. Foreword by David C. Mearns. Small 4to. Light grey cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 519pp. Pictorial endpapers. Very good/very good. Jacket a tad rubbed and faintly edgeworn, with chips at head of spine. Tight, handsome first edition of this superb... More
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1939. Hardcover. 8vo. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. xxxiv, 601pp. Illustrations, maps, map front endpaper, foldout map in rear pocket. Near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of this volume in the Works Projects Administration's admirable "American Guide Series" -- the... More
This American composer and pianist studied under the great Theodore Leschetizsky in Vienna and Joseph Rheinberger in Munich, and as a long-time Chicago educator counts composer Howard Hanson among his pupils; his own music includes chamber music, symphonies, solo pieces and more. Printed Document (unsigned), 1p, 7¼" X 10¼", Evanston... More
Boston: Charles Tappan, 1845. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth, gilt spine. xv, 612pp. Frontispiece, 5 full-page engraved plates (as called for) + 2 additional engraved plates. Near fine. 20th century rebind (with "Union League Club" stamped at tail of spine) sharp and clean; 1898 ownership signature on inner flyleaf. Early... More
Popular and versatile American actress of numerous films ("Double Indemnity" and "Stella Dallas" earned her two of her four Oscar nominations) and early television. Color PS, 14" X 11", n.p., n.d. Very good. Tiny pinhole at each corner. Original lobby card for Stanwyck's 1952 film "Clash by Night," co-starring Robert... More
This Russian-born American composer ended up in France after the Russian Revolution, where he performed and composed prolifically -- symphonies, orchestral pieces, piano concertos, operas, ballet and choral music; post-WW2 he emigrated to Chicago, where he taught and composed. Remarkably beautiful ALS, 1p, 6" X 11", Vanves, France, n.y. [likely... More