New York: Random House, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jules Feiffer. Small 4to. Black cloth with white spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 256pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, map endpapers. near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only. Tight and attractive reprint edition of this 1961 kids' classic -- which Juster signs large..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, [1990]. Hardcover. Introduction by Lewis Casson. Illustrations by Charles Mozley. Small 4to. Brown cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan cloth with red pictorial stamping, slipcase. xxix, 138pp, 63pp. Color illustrations. Near fine/fine. Tight, handsome later reprint edition of the Limited Editions Club's two-volume 1962..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, [1971]. Hardcover. Illustrations by John Flaxman. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations, slipcase. xxiii, 478pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Near fine/fine. Tight, handsome reprint edition of this most famous of all Homer translations, with appropriate "Sandglass" issue laid in. More
New York: The Heritage Press, [1964]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker. Introduction by Frank Swinnerton. 8vo. Tan decorated cloth with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. xvi, 318pp. Illustrations. Very good/fine. Spine sunned, else tight and otherwise fine. A tight and attractive reprint edition of the superb 1964 Limited Editions Club..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1966]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Charles Raymond. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering and decorations, slipcase. xiv, 279pp. Color frontispiece, line drawings, color plates. Near fine/fine. John T. Winterick introduces ("How This Book Came to Be") this quite nice later (ca. 1980s) reprint of..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1988]. Hardcover. Edited by A. Grenfell Price. Illustrations by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and front board pictorial stamping, slipcase. xvii, 292pp. Frontispiece, map, numerous line drawings. Near fine/fine. Spine sunning to otherwise-superb and tight binding. Quite nice later..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1971]. Hardcover. Selected and introduced by Walter Allen. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Small 4to. Tan cloth with dark brown lettering and decorations, slipcase. xx, 423pp. Line drawings (most color). Fine/near fine. Superbly tight and lovely later (ca. 1980s) reprint of the Limited Edition Club's handsome..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1961]. Hardcover. Translation by Isabel F. Hapgood. Introduction by Matthew Josephson. Illustrations by Tranquillo Marangoni. Small 4to. Quarter teal green cloth with silver lettering and pale blue decorated paper over boards, slipcase. xx, 579pp. Wood engravings. Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome later (ca. 1980s) reprint..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, n.y. Hardcover. "Birds" introduction by Dudley Fitts and illustrations by Marian Parry. "Frogs" translation by William James Hickie, introduction by Gilbert Seldes and wood engravings by John Austen. 4to. Blue cloth with spine gilt lettering and front board pictorial giltstamping, slipcase. xii, 52pp; xviii, 62pp..... More
Norwalk, CT: The Heritage Press, [1988]. Hardcover. Translation by Edward P. Coleridge. Preface by Moses Hadas. Illustrations by A. Tassos. Small 4to. Blue cloth with silver lettering, rules and decorations, slipcase. xvii, (3pp), 307pp. Color plates, line drawings. Near fine/fine. Tight and handsome "to cite title page) "Epic Poem First..... More
Berkeley: Yardbird Publishing Cooperative, 1972-75. Paperback. Two issues. Small 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. (28pp), 184pp; x, 198pp. Illustrations. Very good. Quite minor binding edgewear only, else tight and internally fine. Two tight and handsome issues of this influential yearly journal of African-American culture and history. In the premiere volume..... More
Lans-en-Vercors, France: Locus Solus, 1961-62. Paperback. Three volumes (out of four). 16mo. Tan, pale green and blue wrappers (respectively). 167pp, 205pp, 294pp. Near fine. All are internally tight and quite nice, with faint edgewear; single chip to upper corner of first issue's rear wrapper; third volume spine lightly sunned. Named..... More
Chicago: Big Table, Inc., 1959-60. Paperback. First four issues (Volume I, Nos. 1-4). Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 152pp, (6pp ads); 122pp, (2pp ads); 120pp; 141pp, (3pp ads). Illustrations (one foldout). Very good to near fine. Handsome, tight and near complete (4 out of 5) set of this short-lived Beat..... More
New York: Random House, 1937. Hardcover. Illustrations by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. Small 4to. Pictorial cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. (24pp), 404pp. Color map, color plates, numerous line drawings. Near fine/very good. Jacket a tad edgeworn, with tiny chips along spine head and tail. Later printing of this illustrated edition of..... More
N.p. Chris Aldridge, [2016]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 154pp. Fine. Tight, pristine first edition of this oddball study by a professed "American Hellenist," who inscribes the title page large and bold "To Joan" in black ballpoint and signs. More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1959]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light green tween paper over boards with dark green lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. 182pp. Frontispiece, line drawings, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only. Quite tight and lovely early printing of volume 52 in the popular 72-volume..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1949]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Light green tween paper over boards with dark green lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. 210pp. Frontispiece, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mildest of jacket edgewear only. A tight and attractive much later printing of volume 42 in the popular 72-volume..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1894. Hardcover. 16mo. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine lettering. xii, 473pp, 4pp. 2 maps (one color), floral endpapers. Very good. Binding mildly edgeworn, else tight and internally fine. Tight and nice first edition of this popular survey spanning early medieval (670 A.D.) up through..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter teal green cloth with gilt lettering and blue speckled paper over boards with gilt lettering. ix, 271pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Faint binding wear, mainly irregular sunning to boards, else tight and internally fine. Superb association copy -- a tight and..... More
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1927. Hardcover. 24mo. Full green calf with spine gilt lettering and rules and intricate ornate front board rules and decoration, inner dentelles, slipcase. 135pp. All edges gilt. Marbled glossy endpapers. Very good/very good. Spine calf sunned to brown and a tad delicate; brown..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering. ix, 354pp. Very good. Binding a bit edgeworn and well rubbed; front and inner flyleaf an expert contemporary replacement. Norris's younger brother, Charles G. Norris (1881-1945), himself a popular novelist and playwright, provides the..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1908. Hardcover. Edited and translated by G. Herring. Illustrations by Count Harald Moltke. Small 4to. Blue blind-ruled moire with gilt lettering. xix, 358pp. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, numerous illustrations (some color with captioned tissue guards), color folding map at rear. Very..... More
Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1910. Hardcover. 16mo. Quarter calf with gilt lettering and raised bands and marbled paper over boards. 262pp. Marbled endpapers, sewn-in green satin page marker. Very good overall. Tight and nice, with binding just a tad rubbed; text mildly, evenly age toned per usual. Handsome rebound example of..... More
New York: Doubleday & Co., [1973]. Hardcover. 4to. Full padded blind-embossed leatherette with front board inset color plate, faux woodgrain paper-over-boards slipcase with diecut opening. 240pp. Extensive illustrations (most color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Spine ever-so-faintly sunned; slipcase gently rubbed but strong. Tight and handsome deluxe edition of the..... More
Venice: Aldus, 1502. Hardcover. 16mo. Full brown calf with spine gilt lettering and raised bands and gilt-decorated board edges. Marbled endpapers. ___ leaves (last with printer's name and date). Very good overall. Minor binding edgewear, mainly along hinges and slightly rough at spine head and tail; tight, clean text block..... More