London: The Nonesuch Press, 1927. First edition. Wilson, a civil servant, wrote a number of biographies of literary and historical figures; and as a civil servant, she was one of the first women in the United Kingdom to earn equal pay for her work (Wikipedia). One of 1,480 numbered copies..... Item #55262 More
Middletown, Connecticut: Robin Price, 2005. First edition. First separate publication of Bloom's short story which first appeared in Ms. magazine. Number 37 of 125 copies SIGNED BY BLOOM, TIERNEY, & PRICE. This copy additionally inscribed "this copy for Allen K. Mears" on colophon by Price who designed, letterpress printed, and..... Item #55875 More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1857 - 1858. First edition. The life of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as imagined by Brough, a writer of satires, burlesques, and radical poetry, as well as more conventional forms of prose. IN THE ORIGINAL 10 MONTHLY PARTS with woodcut illustration on front..... Item #54014 More
London: T. C. Newby, (1845). First edition. Published anonymously in 20 monthly parts issued from January 1844 to July 1845. Bound from the original monthly parts with title page dated 1845 added. Cover of Part IV, June 1844, bound in at front; illustrated with frontispiece and 39 engraved plates by..... Item #54123 More
London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1812. First edition by "One Who Thinks for Himself." Illustrated with hand colored folding frontispiece by George Cruikshank. Very good to near fine with rubbing to edges, corners have bumping and are nicked, small cracking on joint ends, Armorial bookplate of R.H.A. Bennet on front..... Item #54240 More
. London: Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1835. First edition. "A Series of Naval Tales and Sketches to Please All Hands, From the Swabs on the Shoulders down to the Swabs in the Head." Includes 8 full-page illustrations by Cruikshank plus illustrations in the text. Three-quarter red leather, marbled boards, raised..... Item #53944 More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1892. First edition. Number 188 of 520 numbered copies. Fifty-two hand-colored plates, being "Comic Designs to Popular Ballads by The Three Cruikshanks" and numerous black-and-white illustrations in the text. Quarto gilt-stamped dark blue cloth; top edge gilt, rest untrimmed. Very good or better with light wear..... Item #54565 More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. First edition. Six full-page illustrations, including the frontispiece, by Howard Chandler Christy tipped in. Small 8vo green cloth boards stamped in gilt, red, and dark green on front and spine. About very good with old damp stain along upper and outside edge of rear..... Item #55004 More
Edinburgh: W. Sutherland, 1823. First edition. Although this particular edition issued for the Caledonian is not listed in Albert M. Cohn's bibliography of Cruikshank's works, this is Cohn's own copy with his bookplate on front pastedown and penciled note, "of the greatest rarity/ have seen no other copy/ AMC." Cohn..... Item #54555 More
Santa Barbara: Capricorn Press, 1972. First edition. Designed and printed by Noel Young. #178/250 SIGNED BY ANTONIUS (Everson). Illustration in yellow, green and blue. Title page blocks cut by Graham Mackintosh. Printed on Curtis Rag paper, hand bound by Earle Grey in dark green glazed cloth stamped in gilt. In..... Item #55678 More
Northridge, Lord John Press, 1984. First edition. Letter "W" of 26 lettered, specially bound copies SIGNED BY EVERSON. (There were also 125 signed numbered copies in a different binding.) 4to gilt-stamped three-quarter brown leather with simulated wood-grain marbled paper boards. Fine. Item #55677 More
New York: Viking Press, 1982. First edition, trade issue. SIGNED BY EVERSON. Preceded by the 1981 limited edition published by Everson and his Lime Kiln Press. Fine in fine dust jacket with faint sticker shadow on front flap. Item #55685 More
Santa Barbara: Capra / Blue Oak Press, 1977. First edition. Number 96 of 100 copies SIGNED BY EVERSON. Illustrated with drawings by Richard Hotchkiss and photographs by Jerry N. Uelsmann. 8vo quarter brown cloth with natural linen covered boards and gilt-lettered spine; 44 pages plus colophon leaf followed by photo..... Item #55684 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
2008. First edition. DIGITAL ART CARICATURE. The Jeffers caricature by artist John Sherffius used on the covers of the "Big Read" teacher's and reader's guides published in 2008 by the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. The digital print is 8.5 x 11" with image of a smiling Jeffers..... Item #55975 More
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(Praha: Vydala, 1979). First edition thus: the first Czechoslovakian edition. Translated from the English by Bednar; profusely illustrated by Liesler with 33 color illustrations including 4 double-page ones as well as chapter head and tail drawings; and with epilogue by Bednarova. Author Marlan Beilke's copy with a portion of the..... Item #55489 More
(Santa Cruz): Lime Kiln Press, 1973. First edition. A previously unpublished poem unearthed by Everson that is a "stern admonition to Aldolf Hitler written in 1943" (from the prospectus). Number 124 of 200 copies SIGNED BY EVERSON AND CLOUGH, who supplied the full-page woodcut preceding the poem. Folio, quarter black..... Item #55594 More
New York: Random House, 1937. First edition, limited issue. Number 134 of 300 SIGNED COPIES. Title and cover decorations made from wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. 8vo quarter leather lettered in dark brown or black on spine; patterned paper boards. Tiny imperfection on colophon page otherwise fine in the original..... Item #55827 More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1989. First edition. One of a designated 500 copies. Though not called for, this copy SIGNED BY WARD RITCHIE, the book’s designer, at the colophon. Introduction by Dave Oliphant. “The manuscript consists of a collection of songs gathered and copied by Una Jeffers [while..... Item #72303 More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933. First edition. INSCRIBED BY KENT on tipped-in leaf, "To my friend John J. Kozoy[?]/ with all good wishes, / Rockwell Kent / Asgaard, August 5, 1965." Kent’s own writings on art illustrated with over 130 black-and-white reproductions, including 90 full-page, and a full-color..... Item #55611 More
London: A & C Black, (1926). First edition. Two poems, one each by Kipling and De La Mare, "A Rector's Memory" and "A Memory" respectively. First appearance of both poems. The book was published as a fundraiser for the "Student Welfare Scheme." Illustrated with reproductions 16 pencil drawings and etchings..... Item #53947 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. First edition, trade issue. First appearance of Kipling's introductory poem, "The Downs, The Weald, and The Marshes," followed by 24 selections from Kipling's verses, each accompanied by a full-page color Illustration by Maxwell. Small quarto gilt-stamped blue cloth; top edge gilt. Spine ends and corners..... Item #54567 More
New York: R. H. Russell, 1898 [1897]. First U.S. edition. Published in 1897 with title page dated 1898 per Richards A106. Two-page calendar for 1898 followed by twelve color woodblocks by Nicholson--one for each month of the year--with verses by Kipling on opposing pages. Each month illustrates a different sport..... Item #54572 More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, (1918). First edition. First issue without the poem by H. H. Howland on page [6]. Brief typed letter SIGNED BY LARDNER affixed to front pastedown. Measures approximately 6.5" x 4"; typed on Chicago Tribune letterhead (where Lardner worked for years) and dated simply "August 30th", it reads..... Item #55208 More