Illinois! Illinois! An annotated bibliography of fiction.
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1979. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. x, 617pp. Fine. First edition. Tight, superb copy of this survey of the Prairie State's fiction. More
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1979. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth. x, 617pp. Fine. First edition. Tight, superb copy of this survey of the Prairie State's fiction. More
Charlottesville: The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1955. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown buckram. 69pp. Near fine. First edition. More
N.p. N.p., 1940. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Green cloth with paper labels, slipcase. 52pp. Frontispiece. Very good/very good. Binding spine and edges ever-so-faintly sunned, else near fine. A tight and handsome first edition of this slim tribute volume, boldly signed and Inscribed by Knopf in blue ballpoint on the front flyleaf..... More
Evanston, IL: Printed for Subscribers, 1926. Paperback. 16mo. Stiff green printed wrappers. xviii, 121pp, (2pp). Tissue-guarded color frontispiece, illustrations, woodcuts, 4 tissue-guarded color plates. Very good. Faint wear to outer wrappers (only) -- tight and internally fine. Handsome first edition of this multifaceted book arts production, superbly printed by R.R...... More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1986]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 321pp. Very good. Mild wear to wrappers. Tight and nice first softbound edition. Ownership signature on half-title page of Ralph C. Gordon, noted pediatric infectious diseases specialist and medical history scholar. More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1987. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 44pp. Illustrations. Near fine. A bright and tight first edition of this useful, highly-focused study featuring 143 entries -- indispensable for serious research in this field. More
New York: J.J. Little & Ives Company, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan and brown paper over boards with black spine lettering. x, 362pp. Illustrations. Very good. Binding typically a bit soiled and rubbed, with discoloration at head of spine, though internally tight and near fine; endpapers age toned. A tight..... More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1983. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff tan wrappers. 19pp. Fine. First edition of this provocative lectured delivered on December 7, Number 9 of the Center for the Book's superb "Viewpoint Series." Laurence (1921-2008) was a renowned George Bernard Shaw scholar and bibliographer. More
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering. viii, 282pp. Frontispiece. Fine. Wonderfully tight and pristine copy of this hefty bilingual guide to works by and about the Spanish poet and playwright. This publisher does not indicate edition in a consistent, verifiable manner. More
Buffalo: Prometheus Books, [1990]. Hardcover. 4to. Full green leatherette with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. 333pp. Fine/fine. Tight, pristine first edition of this (to cite front jacket panel) "Comprehensive Listing of Authors, Their Pseudonyms, and Their Books." More
Boston: Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, 1976. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff wrappers. vi, 12pp, (15pp). Illustrations. Near fine. Handsome first edition of this address "Delivered on the occasion of the first annual Bromsen Lecture April 28, 1973." Famed antiquarian bookseller and collector Bromsen (1919-2005), well known..... More
Rochester, NY: The Printing House of Leo Hart, 1950. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 146pp. Pictorial map frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket wear, with jacket spine ever-so-slightly sunned. Sharp and tight first edition of the fourth volume in the interesting..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1929. Hardcover. Translation by Clarence Stratton. 8vo. Blue cloth spine and grey paper over boards. xviii, 322pp. Very good. Spine slightly sunned. Handsome first edition, tight and clean. More
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1976]. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. x, 213pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Very good/very good. Jacket rather edgeworn. Tight, clean, nice first edition of this delightful and superbly illustrated study. From the collection of musicologist and conductor/director Paul Clinton Echols (1944-94)..... More
White Plains, NY: The Herity Press, August 1960. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan wrappers. 20pp. Very good. Slightest of edgewear. First edition of this first attempt at a registry, a tight and attractive copy -- as well as a choice association copy, as it belonged to noted social protest poet..... More
N.p. The Limited Editions Club, [1929]. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter burgundy cloth spine with marbled paper over boards and paper label. 23pp. Near fine. A tight and handsome copy of this prospectus for the well-known fine press publisher, followed by "The First Twelve Books of The Limited Editions Club." Oddly, the..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1935]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff burgundy wrappers. 30pp, (1p). Near fine. Attractive copy of this early prospectus describing the LEC's twelve offerings for the November 1935 through October 1936 period, followed by endorsements from a handful of celebrity members ranging from Faith Baldwin to..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1932]. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff green string-tied wrappers with printed paper label. xviii. Near fine. Sharp, tight copy of this early prospectus describing the LEC's twelve upcoming offerings. Membership application laid in. Quite uncommon. More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1940]. Hardcover. 4to. Full tan calf with brown lettering. 82pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Calf spine and edges a bit rough and edgeworn, though internally tight and near fine. Nice copy of one of the LEC's "special" publications" (not signed or numbered), with Paul..... More
Chicago: The Log Cabin Bookery, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Seven 8½" X 11" leaves (all but one printed rectos only), stapled along top. Very good. Moderately age toned. Intreresting sales catalogue, a crude mimeographed two-column production describing 154 items -- intriguing in that we and other Lincoln specialists have never..... More
New York: Nichols Publishing Company, [1979]. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, dust jacket. (12pp), 171pp. Fine/fine. Superb, tight first U.S. edition. More
N.p. [Cleveland, OH]: Cleveland Public Library, n.y., [1941]. Paperback. Small 4to. Wrappers. 8pp. Near fine. First separate printing of this essay first published in the 1 February 1941 issue of "The Booklist." Inside the front wrapper, this noted Cleveland academic, literary figure and translator boldly inscribes and signs this to..... More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1983. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff tan pictorial wrappers. iii, 17pp. Illustrations. Fine. First edition, tight and perfect, of this centennial essay on the Italian patriot (1807-82) and excellent survey of the literature about him. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1929]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Pale green paper over boards with gilt lettering, dust jacket. 37pp. Near fine/very good. Sharp jacket age toned along spine. Handsome, tight first separate edition of this commencement address given at both Simmons College (9 June 1924) and Radcliffe College (18 June..... More
New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1945. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth. 123pp. Illustrations. Very good. Discreet ex-library, with almost no markingsexcewpt for number at foot of spine and abrasion on front pastedown. A tight, decent third, revised edition of this 1931 classic how-to. More