N.p. N.p., n.y. Collection of five (5) woodblock prints of varying sizes (respectively: 3 3/4" X 4", 4" X 4½", 4 3/4" X 7½", 6" X 5", 5 3/4" X 7¼"). Fine to near fine. Bit of faint age toning to some. Legendary and prolific British typeface designer and printmaker..... More
N.p. N.p., n.y. 8vo. Stiff blue pictorial wrappers. 11pp. Fine. Gates' own reprint from his Basin Publishing Company of his address before the Nassau County Historical Society, first printed in their "Journal" in 1963 (Vol. XXIV, No. 1). "Compliments of the Author" card laid in. More
Paris: Le Charivari, 1 December 1839. Lithograph. 4to (8 1/8" X 11½"). Very good. Mild wear and faint age toning only. Tipped to backing board and cream paper matte, old but nice and lightly age toned. The first plate in Daumier's "Les Parisiens" series (here trimmed, with series title cropped..... More
Paris: Le Charivari, 9 February 1841. Lithograph. 4to (8 1/8" X 11½"). Very good. Mild wear and faint age toning only. Tipped to backing board and cream paper matte, old but nice and faintly age toned. One of eight satirical portraits in Daumier's "Monomanes" series (trimmed) from this illustrated newspaper..... More
Paris: Le Charivari, 7 December 1839. Lithograph. 4to (8 1/8" X 11 1/8"). Very good. Faint age toning only. Tipped to backing board and cream paper matte, old but nice and faintly age toned. This is the December 7, 1839 lithograph (trimmed) of Plate 15 in this illustrated newspaper's "Emotions..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, [1977]. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth with black and green spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 80pp. Fine/near fine. First edition, tight and bright, of Volume 86 in "The Wesleyan Poetry Program," Haines' third contribution to this series. This copy boldly signed by him in black fineline on..... More
Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, [1493]. Single leaf (in Latin), printed recto and verso. Folio (12" X 17½"). Very good. Mildly age toned, with expected stitching traces along gutter edge. This encyclopedic account of world events is one of the best-known incunabula, highly regarded for integrating dramatic and numerous woodcuts with text..... More
This Vermont-born editorial cartoonist drew for the "Providence Journal" for nearly half a century, and his work often appeared in other newspapers nationwide; his cartoon addressing the death of Thomas Edison on October 18, 1931 was a runner-up for the 1932 Pulitzer Prize in Cartooning (which went to John R...... More
N.p. The Press at Colorado College, n.y. Paperback. Wide 8vo. Stiff brown wrappers, stitched. (27pp). Color decorations along lower margins. Near fine. First separate printing of this poem that appears as the "closer" in the 1977 poetry collection "Clearing." This lovely hand-printed volume features colophon at rear noting limitation of..... More
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, [2005]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 277pp. Fine/fine. Pristine and perfect first edition of this novella trio. More
New York: Grove Press, [2013]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Butterscotch paper over boards with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 525pp. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of these half-dozen novellas about this (to cite front jacket panel) "bawdy, reckless, down-on-his-luck Michigan Indian -- five published previously and the sixth ("He Dog") appearing..... More
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [2009]. Hardcover. Foreword by Jim Harrison. Introduction by Robert Demott. Small 4to. Dark grey cloth with copper spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xlii, 331pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Fine/fine. Superb, tight and bright first edition of this exhaustive study of the prolific writer's work -- essential..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 318pp. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear only. Handsome and tight second printing of the third title in the celebrated "Alexandria Quartet" and the only one narrated in the third person. More
New York: St. Martin's Press, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black paper over boards with silver spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 480pp. Fine/fine. Exceptionally tight and pristine first edition of this hefty look at the life of the prolific and troubled English novelist, travel writer, poet and playwright (1912-90)... More
New York: Persea Books, [1985]. Hardcover. Edited with introduction by Edith Jarolim. Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxxv, 687pp. Fine/fine. Unusually pristine and perfect first edition of the poems of the influentialpoet and translator (born 1926) who died at age 44 in 1971. Superlative..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, [2010]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black and blue paper over boards with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 281pp. Fine/fine. Perfect and pristine first edition of this culinary tell-all from the superstar turned suicide. More
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, [1983]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 548pp. Fine/very good. Faintest jacket wear only. Superb, tight first edition of this definitive study. More
Athens: The University of Georgia Press, [1998]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Elizabeth Hughes Bass. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with ivory spine lettering and grey paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 57pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. Pristine first edition of this thinly-veiled fiction "about the ravages of activism and the healing properties of art...."..... More
New York: Random House, [1997]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Ivory paper over boards with black lettering, pictorial opaque dust jacket. x, 365pp. Fine/fine. Superbly bright and pristine first edition of this memoir by the acclaimed novelist and short story writer (1915-2015), boldly signed by him in black fineline on title page..... More
Port Townsend, WA: The Graywolf Press, [1977]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 42pp. Near fine. Tight and attractive first softbound edition of this slim verse gathering, limited to 1000 copies, this copy boldly signed by Haines in blue ballpoint on title page. Interestingly, this copy also bears on the..... More
New York: The World Publishing Company, [1969]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green paper over boards with burgundy spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. Near fine/near fine. Que bella! A superb, tight and lovely first edition of Hugo's third book, poetry with an Italian theme. Rather uncommon. More
Brescia, Italy: Pietro Maria Marchetti, 1596. Hardcover. 24mo. Quarter calf with gilt spine decorations and decorative paper over boards. 106pp. 16 full-page engravings. Very good. 18th century binding shows mild rubbing and edgewear; engraved armorial bookplate (with "MTB" artist initials) on front pastedown; ownership signature ("S. Pauli Romel in Col.na")..... More
Eau Claire, WI: E.M. Hale and Company, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth with black lettering and black/ivory pictorial stamping. (53pp). Extensive partly-color illustrations, decorative endpapers. Very good. Mildest of binding edgeworn, else tight and internally fine. Tight and handsome reprint edition of this 1940 classic, part of Hale's "Cadmus..... More
New York: Platt & Munk, [1955]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Marjorie Hartwell. Small 4to. Red paper over boards with black lettering and pictorial stamping. (Ca. 75pp).Color frontispiece, numerous color illustrations, color pictorial endpapers. Near fine. Lovely, tight copy of this title in the popular "Little Brown Bear" series. This publisher does..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1956]. Hardcover. Wide 8vo. Yellow cloth with brown lettering and pictorial stamping. (26pp). Numerous line drawings. Very good. Faint binding wear only, else tight and internally near fine; front pastedown ownership signature dated 1957. Sans jacket, else a tight and nice first edition of..... More