Mount Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, n.y. Hardcover. Illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Narrow small 4to. Decorative paper over boards, slipcase with paper label. 141pp. Illustration s. Fine/near fine. Outstandingly tight and bright copy of this lovely edition, undated but bearing nonauthorial gift inscription ("Something every humanist should know") on..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1945. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with silver lettering, dust jacket. xi, 316pp. 2 maps, map endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and a few small edge chips, else tight and internally fine. Handsome third printing of this (to cite front jacket panel) "helpful answer..... More
Iowa City: The Prairie Press, 1972. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff grey wrappers. 10pp. Fine. First separate printing of "This sketch... one of several short pieces published under the collective heading A Few Crusted Characters" and, as title page notes, this keepsake was "Printed for the Friends of Gennie & Carroll Coleman..... More
Chicago: Monastery Hill Bindery, 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Beige cloth with blue spine lettering and blue/gilt pictorial front board stamping. (15pp). Blue decorative rules, rubricated capital letters. Fine. First edition of this noted Chicago bindery centennial edition, a lovely production designed by Norman W. Forgue. Jesus of Nazareth's sayings as..... More
This Canadian hockey star played right wing (1971-91) for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques and is often considered one of the hundred greatest NHL players of all time. Bold signature in black fineline on a heavy stock 5" X 3" card, n.p., dated by him 20..... More
ThIs College Football Hall of Famer punted for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders (1973-86) and is often considered the greatest football punter of all time; he was also the first punter elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, inducted in 2014. Bold signature in red fineline on a heavy stock..... More
New York: Random House, 1934. Hardcover. Introduction by Carl Van Vechten. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 57pp. Fine/very good. Jacket mildly age toned and spine rather darkened, with small chip at spine head/tail. Handsome first edition of this work for which Virgil Thomson composed the score..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1973]. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown buckram with white spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 239pp. Illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition of this historical survey, but tight and bright and rootin' tootin' handsome. More
Chicago: The Westerners, [1946]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 151pp, (9pp). Line drawings. Near fine. A tight, handsome first edition of the first title published by this well-known group of Chicago-area Western Americana buffs. Features such articles as Everett D. Graff's "The Westerners Go Overland;..... More
Mew Y: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. Hardcover. Illustrations by the author. Small 4to. Grey cloth with brown lettering and pictorial stamping. vii, 216pp. Numerous line drawings. Very good. Faintest hint of binding wear only, else tight and internally fine; front flyleaf ownership signature. Quite nice first edition. RAMPAGING HERD 2007..... More
Los Angeles: Nash Publishing, [1973]. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 349pp. Illustrations, maps, map endpapers. Fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A handsome first edition of this survey of the legendary loners who populated the fur trapping area of the Rocky Mountains in the..... More
N.p. James F. Bell Book Trust, 1957. Paperback. Translation and commentary by Jan O.M. Broek. Folio. Stiff brown pictorial wrappers. v, 12pp, (4pp). Centerfold map, illustation. Near fine. First edition. Curator John Parker introduces this analysis and transcript of this 1601 letter regarding the circumnavigation accomplished by the Dutch merchant..... More
New York: George Braziller, Inc., [1975]. Hardcover. Translation by Sophie Wilkins. Small 4to. Ivory cloth with red spine lettering and decoration, slipcase. 14pp, (34pp). Numerous color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Tight and lovely first of this modern facsimile edition. Rene of Anjou (1409-80) served as King of Naples (1435-42) and fancied..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1936. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale orange cloth with ivory lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 359pp. Very good/very good. Faintest of binding wear only; handful of text pages bear odd, not terribly disfiguring striped age toning, seemingly a printer's defect; jacket rather edgeworn, with a few small..... More
New York: The Modern Library, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxiv, 886pp. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn, with spine sunned. Quite tight and nice early printing (ca. mid-1950s) of Modern Library Giant (#G54), first published in 1940. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set. Translation by Charles Archer and J.S. Scott. Small 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering, slipcase with paper label. 271pp, xi; pp. 275-642, ix; pp. 645-1043, i. Map, line drawings. Very good/very good. Spine gilt rubbed, else interiors tight and internally..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, [1909]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller. Small 8vo. Burgundy blind-embossed cloth with ivory front board lettering. 402pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, full-page plates. Very good. Faint binding edgewear, else tight and internally fine; ownership signature on inner flyleaf; lacks dust jacket. Attractive, bright first edition of the..... More
St. Paul: James F. Bell Book Trust, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff plum wrappers. 23pp. Large foldout in rear pocket. Near fine. Curator John Parker introduces this elaboration by historian Willson (1901-73), authority on 17th century England, of the large and heavy stock facsimile document laid into the rear pocket..... More
Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1964. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff brown wrappers. 39pp. Title page engraving. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers (only), else tight and internally fine. William A. Jackson of Harvard University's Houghton Library introduces this charming facsimile reprint of the first edition (London, 1788) of this..... More
Iowa City: The University of Iowa School of Journalism, 1965. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff pale lavender wrappers. ix, 22pp. Tipped-in illustration. Near fine. Sharp and tight first edition. Title page elaborates, "Notes printed from the autograph manuscript... with translations of the sonnets into English by Joseph Garrow, Shelley, and Charles..... More
Los Angeles: School of Library Services of the University of California, [1965]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff ivory wrappers. (19pp). Near fine. Faintest of toning to outer wrappers (only). Lovely first edition of this keepsake-- a talk given by the famed Scottish-born type designer and book designer (1898-1985). More
Providence: Brown University Library, 1960. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff green wrappers with burgundy spine lettering and decoration. iii, 49pp. Numerous full-page plates. Near fine. Superb, tight first edition of this lovely and well illustrated exhibition catalogue. More
Iowa City: The Prairie Press, 1951. Hardcover. Small 4to. Russet cloth with black spine lettering. 70pp, (4pp). Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. Handsome and tight first edition of this sharp production highlighting new work by such figures as Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Langston Hughes, Karl Shapiro, Richard Wilbur and..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter cream cloth with gilt spine lettering and maroon paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 277pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/fine. Quite handsome and tight first edition of this survey of the fact and fiction surrounding this institution. A superb copy. More
New York: Hastings House Publishers, [1958]. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. xiv, 527pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Very good. Two small jacket text portions neatly tipped to inner flyleaf; mild edgewear only, otherwise super tight and text block fine. A nice, tight first edition of this highly-regarded and..... More