Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, [1969]. Hardcover. Illustrated by the author. Preface by Louis Untermeyer. Introduction by Pierre Dussert. Small 4to. patterned paper over boards with green spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. (Ca. 75pp). Numerous line drawings. Near fine/very good. Boards ever-so-slightly bowed, as usual; mild jacket..... More
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1915. Hardcover. Small 4to. Dark green cloth spine and olive green paper over boards with gilt lettering. 40pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Bit of mild wear and age toning to boards, else tight and internally fine. Handsome first edition of this slim memoir by the noted..... More
This British actor and comedian appeared in such Hollywood films as the musical "Darling Lilli" with Rock Hudson and Julie Andrews and the war film "Too Late the Hero" with Michael Caine and Henry Fonda (both 1970), but is best known for British comedies such as "Carry On Cruising" (1962)..... More
N.p. Privately Published, [1933]. Hardcover. Introduction by Julian W. Mack. Small 4to. Brown linen with black lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. xx, 423pp. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn and age toned, with abrasion near foot of spine. Tight, quite lovely first edition of this uncommon study, bearing a heavy..... More
Boston: Colonial Press Company, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. 358pp, 434pp. Captioned tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous full-page plates. Very good. Handsome and tight later printing of this popular and influential classic first published in 1849, a volume in the "Illustrated Library Edition"" of Ruskin's complete writings. Undated..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1908]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with black and yellow lettering and pictorial stamping. ix, 297pp. Maps. Very good. Mild binding edgewear only; rear inner hinge archivally mended, thus tight. Tight and handsome later printing of this oft-reprinted 1851 text that ranges from the..... More
San Rafael, CA: Bridgeline Books, [2003]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 169pp. Very good. Faintest of edgewear only. Tight and attractive first edition of these stories from the Southwest's answer to James Herriot, and nicely inscribed and signed by him in blue fineline on title page: "Alesha -- /..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Company, [1895]. Hardcover. 16mo. Teal blue cloth spine with extensive gilt lettering and decorations and pink/gold patterned paper over boards. 268pp. Tissue-guarded color frontispiece, full-page plates, numerous smaller graphics. Very good. Boards mildly edgeworn, else tight and internally lovely; quaint Christmas 1895 nonauthorial gift..... More
This modern lyric dancer began with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1963 and remained there more than forty years. Large, bold signature in teal blue fineline on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., dated by him 24 March 1971 at upper right. Fine. With original envelope..... More
This Yugoslavian-born dancer served as principal ballet dancer with the National Ballet of Canada, but died from cancer at the age of 46. Large bold signature in black ballpoint on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., dated by him 23 March 1984 at upper right. Fine. With original..... More
This famed dancer appeared in many landmark Broadway musicals from the 1940s on, later creating choreography as well. Bold signature in blue ballpoint on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, dated by him 14 April 1982 at upper right. Fine. With original envelope. More
This French ballerina was principal dancer with the New York City Ballet (1958-77) and a distinguished educator and choreographer. Exuberant signature in green fineline on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, dated by her 12 August 1969 at upper right. Fine. With original envelope. More
Cambridge: The MIT Press, [1980]. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth with ivory lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 337pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Tight and attractive first edition of this volume in the "Studies in Italian Art History" series, Volume XXXV of the "Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome"..... More
London: G. Bell & Sons, 1920. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Yellow cloth with black spine lettering. 94pp. Very good. Binding mildly worn but nice, while internally tight and fine. Handsome first U.K. edition of this slim collection that includes "The Golden Whales of California," "The Congo," "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight"..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiv, 242pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. Tight, nice first edition of this biography of the popular playwrighting pair -- with fine autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth spine and brown paper over boards, dust jacket. viii, 587pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and handsome early printing of this blockbuster multigenerational epic subtitled on front jacket panel "The Saga of an American Family" --..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, [1936]. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with copper spine lettering, dust jacket. 286pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with spine a tad sunned; front pastedown ownership signature. First edition, tight and quite attractive -- and with choice autograph addition: Tipped to the front..... More
Boston: Press of Berwick & Smith, 1889. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Khaki green with gilt lettering. (Ca. 100pp). 31 full-page plates. Very good. Mildly edgeworn and a bit rubbed; inoffensive ex-library, the only markings being dark abrasion near foot of spine and mounting traces on front pastedown. A tight and decent..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, [1948]. Hardcover. 4to. Stiff beige front wrapper and heavy card stock rear wrapper in black plastic comb binding. (Ca. 100pp). Extensive illustrations. Very good. Tight and lovely sixth printing of the highly-regarded first book (1940) by this Hungarian-American architect, painter and educator (1896-1953). Among his..... More
Chicago: The Decorators Supply Co., n.y. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown leatherette with embossed lettering, rules and decorations. 80pp. Extensive illustrations and floor plans. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, with touches of sporadic foxing. A tight, attractive copy of this trade catalogue, whose front board offers the title "Mantels" and notes..... More
Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 1923. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown blind-embossed leatherette with embossed gilt lettering and decorations. 208pp, 178pp, xxii. Extensive illustrations, some full-page color plates, several tissue-guarded color swatch leaves. Very good. Faint binding edgewear only, else tight and internally near fine; bit of spotting to preliminary leaves..... More
Chicago: The Decorators Supply Co., n.y. Hardcover. 4to. Full green blind-embossed leatherette with gilt lettering. 395pp. Extensive illustrations. Very good. Faintest of binding edgewear only. Handsome copy of what the front board titles simply "Plaster Ornaments" and notes as "Catalog 121," this manufacturer's massive line of architectural tidbits, thousands of..... More
Minneapolis: The Barta Press, 1930. Paperback. Preface by Joseph Everett Chandler. 4to. Stiff cream string-tied wrappers with gilt lettering and front wrapper sepia-tone steel engraving. (Ca. 50pp). Numerous sepia-tone illustrations, map. Very good. Mild wear to outer wrappers (only), else internally near fine. Intriguing promotional booklet for Shevlin, Carpenter &..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1925-1929. Paperback. 13 issues. 4to. Stiff cream wrappers. Various paginations, most ca. 20pp. Numerous full-page illustrations, floor plans. Very good overall. Outer wrappers (only) show mild bit of edgewear and light soiling, else internally tight and largely near fine. Attractive baker's dozen of individual issues..... More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, [1969]. Hardcover. Elephant folio (24.5" X 18").Heavy gold card stock with black lettering in metal spiral binding. (Ca. 75pp (all heavy stock). Numerous full-page illustrations (some color). Very good. Mildest of wear and couple scuffs to outer wrappers (only), else internally near fine..... More