![Item #55676 RIVER-ROOT: A Syzygy for the Bicentennial of these States; [Three volumes]. William...](/pictures/thumb/55676.jpg?v=1661205315)
Berkeley: Oyez Press, 1976. First edition. Poetry collection. Number 102 of 250 SIGNED numbered copies (of which 200 were for sale). 4to quarter leather with decorated paper-covered boards and gilt-lettered spine; illustrated with erotic line drawings by Patrick Kennedy. TOGETHER WITH a copy of the softcover trade issue (one of..... Item #55676 More
(Santa Cruz): Peter and Donna Thomas, 1995. First edition. Number 14 of 75 copies SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHERS / ILLUSTRATOR (there were an additional seven lettered copies in boards). Posthumously published collection of six previously unpublished poems written from 1972 – 1974. Peter Thomas studied under Everson and was his..... Item #55620 More
Saint Paul, Minn. Bieler Press, (1982). First edition. Number 126 of 150 numbered copies SIGNED BY FOSS AND SCHANILEC. Printed on dampened Gutenberg laid paper with covers of plain hand-made bark paper from Mexico. Laid in printed paper chemise. An attractive, understated production. Fine. Item #55509 More
Washington, D.C. United States Information Agency, English Teaching Division, 1965. First edition. A rosy view of the U.S. published by the largest propaganda machine of the time, the United States Information Agency. Includes the script for the USIA film, "Robert Frost" (the basis of the course) so that students may..... Item #56099 More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., (1947). First edition. Translated and illustrated by Wanda Gag. Her final work, which was published after her death. Small worn spot on front cover and two tiny holes and small scrape on rear spine gutter. It appears that the edges have been somewhat inexpertly touched up..... Item #25684 More
New York: DC Vertigo, 1993. First edition. #1 in Gaiman’s 3-part spinoff from his bestselling “dark fantasy” comic-book series, “The Sandman,” featuring Sandman's older sister, “Death.” SIGNED ON FRONT COVER BY ARTIST CHRIS BACHALO. Number 1955 of a stated 10,000 copies signed by either Gaiman or Bachalo. Housed together with..... Item #71786 More
![Item #51399 OF GREAT SPACES [Short stories by the founders of the Black Heron Press]. Les...](/pictures/thumb/51399.jpg?v=1547845656)
Seattle: Black Heron Press, (1987). First edition. Short stories by the founders of the Black Heron Press -- five by Galloway and six by Gold. Full-plate illustrations by Robin Adsit. Early proof, presumably made up specifically for the illustrations as you can see the outlines of each page and those..... Item #51399 More
![Item #71544 LA VIE ARTISTIQUE [ARTISTIC LIFE]: 8 volumes, the complete series. Gustave Geffroy](/pictures/thumb/71544.jpg?v=1626960770)
First edition. French language. Eight volumes in French-style paperwraps with covers printed in red and black. Geffroy's impressions, criticism, and reviews of art and artists of the day. Each volume covers the Paris Salons of the period (the first, published in 1892, covers the 1890 and 1891 Salons, and so..... Item #71544 More
Cambridge: MIT Press, (1997). First edition. Foreword by Julia VanHaaften. Short essays and full-page pictures of about 180 writers including Allen Ginsberg, Quentin Crisp, Edmund White, Doris Grumbach, Jonathan Williams, et al. Short tear in front endpaper at hinge, otherwise fine in dust jacket. Item #47054 More
New York: H. R. Russell and Son, 1894. First edition. INSCRIBED TO THE ARTIST DANIEL BEARD. Large (18 x 12") oblong off-white beveled paper-covered boards with plain quarter linen spine. Author's Gibson Girl drawing on front cover in black. Wonderfully satirical drawings of love and life from ballroom to drawing..... Item #71535 More
Illustrated by Frances Beem. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., (1914). First edition. Granddad's 90th birthday party. Near fine with light rubbing to spine ends and corners. In a good dust jacket with light soiling, two 3/4" deep chips to the bottom of the front panel and a 1" chip to..... Item #51611 More
New York: Scribner's Sons, 1979. First edition. SIGNED BY GOREY on title page beneath his lined-through printed name. Folio spiral bound stiff card covers; 20 pages printed on rectos only. A paper-doll book of sorts with instructions for stage assembly and characters; cast and scene lists, and brief synopsis of..... Item #56165 More
Shepard, Ernest H. London: Methuen & Co, (1931). First edition thus: illustrated by Ernest Shepard. The 38th edition of this beloved tale, which was first issued in 1908 with a frontispiece by Graham Robertson as its only illustration. Gift inscription on first blank page, few scattered spots of foxing, corners..... Item #49525 More
Lexington, Ma: George B. Grant, 1893. Sixth edition, the earliest one recorded. Plates "1" and "8," presumably from an earlier edition, tipped to front free endpaper using small, period-advertising labels measuring approximately 1 1/2 x 1/2". The labels each feature a hand saw emblazoned with "Your Adv in the ERA,"..... Item #56021 More
Pinto, Ralph. (no place): Harlan Quist, (1966). First edition. Fine in dust jacket with a touch of very minor rubbing to head of spine. "Library binding" foil seal on spine of dust jacket. A very bright copy, beautifully illustrated by Ralph Pinto. From 1964-1984, Harlan Quist published over sixty children's..... Item #35795 More
New York: Orchard Books / Scholastic Inc., (2002). First edition. Children's book about the determination and struggles of Bessie Coleman [1892 - 1926], the first Black woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license in the U.S. and first Black person to hold an international pilot's license. INSCRIBED..... Item #71784 More
![Item #54267 DANCING DAVID; [Association copy inscribed to Anthony Hecht]. Thom Gunn,...](/pictures/thumb/54267.jpg?v=1547845764)
Kripplebush, New York: Nadja, (1995). First edition, limited issue. Illustrated with a wispy stream of red squiggled lines by Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012), a painter, printmaker, sculptor, writer, and poet herself, whose work after 1960 was almost completely abstract (Wikipedia). NUMBER XVII (17) of 25 ROMAN-NUMERALED COPIES "reserved for the poet..... Item #54267 More
New York: Delacorte Press, (1992). First U.S. edition. Originally published in the UK in 1991. This wonderful story of a boy growing up with a mind of his own is beautifully illustrated by Caroline Binch. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #56050 More
![Item #71804 THE MALTESE FALCON; [Broadside prospectus]. Dashiell Hammett](/pictures/thumb/71804.jpg?v=1648766045)
[San Franciso]: North Point Press, circa 1984. First edition. 18.75 x 24.75" broadside poster advertising the availability of the trade edition issued from the Arion Press limited edition (published the previous year). Both editions were illustrated with period photographs of sites in the novel. The poster prominently features a film-noirish..... Item #71804 More
(San Francisco): Grabhorn Press, 1927. First edition thus: limited edition with two hand-colored illustrations by Angelo and SIGNED by him. One of only 240 copies. 8vo parchment backed pale blue and gold decorated paper boards, gilt-lettered spine; pages uncut. A Grabhorn "Fifty Books of the Year" selection. Small chip in..... Item #55483 More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1952). First edition. Spine ends and tips slightly rubbed, otherwise fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with a few spots of foxing, nicked tips and a few closed edge tears, with tape repair on verso. Still, a bright copy of this "wonderful blend of..... Item #35764 More
San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1975. Two volumes in one. Faithful rendering of the original Grabhorn Press editions, the first of which was published in 1940 in an edition of 210 copies, the second in 1957 in an edition of 225 copies. Printed throughout in black and red and..... Item #55728 More
London: W. & G. Foyle, Ltd., 1929. First edition. This classic work covers the origin of clothing through prehistoric dress and the primitives on to the bronze and early iron ages and into the costumes in Mexico, Central America and Peru. Illustrated with 141 figures, 12 photographic plates, and 12..... Item #52657 More
Philadephia: Macrae-Smith Company, (1927). First edition. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Illustrations in black-and-white and color by the author. Black cloth boards with gilt decoration and lettering to front and spine. A good copy with nice, bright illustrations. Spine lettering and gilt lambs on front cover fading, boards visible at corners, endpapers..... Item #52647 More
Pyle, Howard. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. First edition thus; publisher notes "For this new edition [Howard] Pyle has practically redrawn in color his own original illustrations, with results that give the volume an additional charm." Name on endpaper, light rubbing to spine ends and tips..... Item #49864 More