New York: Free Press, 2012. Illustrated in black and white. 202 pages, 8vo, blue cloth-backed blue boards, dust wrapper. New York: Free Press 2012. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Villard, 1998. First Edition. Heavily illustrated in color. 237 pages, tall 4to, black cloth backed black boards, black pictorial d.w. New York: Villard, 1998. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Putnam, 1976. Illustrated in black and white. 204 pages, 8vo, black cloth, price clipped chipped d.w. New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1976. First American edition. A very good(+) copy in a good dust wrapper. More
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2006. Illustrated in black and white. xxii + 381 pages, 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2006). First American edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Amsterdam: Nicolaas Visser, 1690. Map. Engraving with extended publisher margins, and no centerfold. Image measures 18 1/4 x 21 5/8", Sheet measures 20 7/8 x 24 3/4". Page number written in ink upper right margin. Striking map of Zeeland, the westernmost province of the Netherlands. Showing the islands of Walcheren, Beveland, Schouwen and Tholen within the Scheldt estuary, and Flanders in the south. The map illustrates polders, topography, roads, town and fortified Cities. The title cartouche credits Nicolas Visscher, and..... More
New York: Workman Publishing, 1980. Heavily illustrated in black and white. 224 pages, thin 8vo, glossy plaid pictorial wrappers (lightly edgeworn and with a shallow bend at lower corner). New York: Workman Publishing, 1980. First edition. A very good copy. More
New York: Putnam, 1924. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. 4to, handsomely rebound in 3/4 yellow morocco, balck & white patterned boards. New York: Putnam, 1924. First Edition. Spine and edges are slightly sun-darkened, else a fine copy. More
New York: Ink, Inc., 2009. 26 small 4to sheets, loose as issued, in a pictorial paper folder within a pink silk cloth clamshell case, slightly bumped at corner and with small stain on cover. (New York: Ink, Inc. 2009). Limited First edition. Fine in a very good(+) slipcase. Twenty-Six copies were printed in February 2009, hand-colored and signed by the Artist. This is copy number 9, and includes an additional signed note on the verso of an original watercolor... More
San Francisco: Arion, 2005. Ninety three color photographs by Diana Michener on 12 gate-folded plates. Large 4to, (13 x 10 inches), gilt cloth with color photographic panel; publisher's cloth & board slipcase. San Francisco: Arion Press, 2005. Limited Edition. A fine copy. The 72nd publication of the Arion Press, limited to 400 copies, each signed by the photographer. An opulent production befitting the fantastical nature of the book. More
Hartford: O. D. Case, 1867. Numerous woodcut illustrations, some with tissue guards. Includes the scarce colored folding map "Map of the Seat of War" 28 1/2 " x 38" (map is loose, fragile and overall in very good condition but torn along some of the many folds). 2 volumes. Very tall thick 8vos, handsomely bound in older 3/4 brown blind stamped morocco with red leather spine labels; marbled boards and edges. Hartford: O. D. Case, 1867. A very good(+) copy..... More
Westminster: Folio Society, 2007. Translated by Richard Aldington and illustrated with aquatints by Buckland-Wright. 710 pages. Thick tall 8vo, handsomely bound in publisher's full red leather with gilt and black-stamped pictorial designs, t.e.g. Westminster: Folio Society, (2007). Limited edition -- one of 1750 numbered copies. A fine copy, preserved in a green cloth clamshell case along with a slim pamphlet "The Happy Art of Narration: Readings of Boccaccio and the Decameron" More
1773. Partly-printed DS, signed "Jonth. Trumbull", one page, 13 ¼" X 8", May 25th, 1773, as Governor of Connecticut, appointing Ebenezer Walker as Captain of the fifteenth Company of Trainband, in the fifth Regiment in the Colo...in His Majesty%u2019s Service. Countersigned by George Wyllys as Secretary of the Colony, whose signature is below the red wax seal that remains intact. The document is set into a grey mat with two diamond-cut openings, accompanied by a small steel engraving of the..... More
1810. Partly-printed DS, 7" X 2 ½", a check drawn on the Bank of the United States, Philadelphia, September 14th 1810, to Doctor Benjamin Rush, for the sum of One hundred & Seventy One Dollars, boldly endorsed on the verso: "Benjamin Rush", set into a deep rose diamond-cut mat with two openings, accompanied by an original 1813 steel engraving by Delaplaine, after a painting by Sully, and placed into double-sided glass - within a gold wood frame. Condition: Minor bleeding..... More
A.L.S. "Saml. F.B. Morse", 8vo. 1 page, no place - no date, written below a short A.L.S., whereby a Mr. Reid declines to send tickets to Morse's friend and business partner, C.A. McCormick, in full: "Dear Mr. Reid: I know you must be exceedingly preoccupied at the moment, but if it be possible to furnish 3 tickets for Mr. McCormick's family which by some unfortunate miscarriage he did not receive, I should be greatly pleased. Mr. McCormick will of course..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1980. Numerous photographs in color and in black & white. 222pp., 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (chipped). New York: 1980. First edition. A fine copy in very good dust wrapper. Inscribed on the flyleaf: "The book that may get me banned from the U.S.A. - at least the theaters." More
New York: Doubleday, 1978. 286 pages, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, 8vo, green cloth-backed red boards, d.w. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1978. First Edition. Fine. Inscribed book by the American choreographer. Doubleday Review Copy notice pasted onto inside front cover. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1968. Illustrated. 302 pages. 8vo, red boards, d.w. Boston: Little Brown and Company, (1968). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Inscribed by the choreographer on the verso of the half title. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1962. Black & white illustrations by Milton Johnson. Slim small 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. Boston: Little Brown, (1962). A fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. Signed by the author on the fly-leaf. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1973. Illustrated. 345pp. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (chipped). Boston: Little, Brown, (1973). A fine copy a slightly worn dust wrapper. Presentation by the choreographer on the fly-leaf. More
New York: Doubleday, 1981. 288pp. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1981. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Presentation by the choreographer on the fly-leaf. More
Philadelphia: Hubbard, 1879. Profusely illustrated with woodcuts. Tall thick 8vo, 599 pages, full tan calf with black leather spine labels, marbled page edges; lightly rubbed at extremities. Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros. 1879. Very good(+). More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 16" x 13 1/8". This mid 19th century map of North America features the Republic of Texas the year prior to its annexation in 1845. Shows the entirety of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America until "Nueva Granada" which is now Colombia. Published by Chapman and Hall for the S.D.U.K. The map is in good condition. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was formed..... More
Philadelphia: O.W. Gray & Son, 1886. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 16.25" x 26". This lovely 1886 map of Texas by Frank A. Gray depicts the state of Texas in beautiful detail. Includes parts of the Indian Territory part of present day Oklahoma. The map depicts counties, towns, cities, railways, rivers, mountains, and other important topographical features throughout. Includes seven insets depicting a Hypsometric sketch of Texas and the Indian Territory, maps of Austin, Matagorda Bay, the..... More
New York: Horizon, 1981. With an Essay by James Agee. Illustrated with 68 plates. Slim square 4to, gray cloth, d.w. New York: Horizon, 1981. First edition thus, with 24 additional images. Stated first printing of the enlarged edition "with a corrected text and 24 additional photographs." More
Madison: U. Wisconsin Press, 1951. Offset mimeograph. 392 pages. 4to, blue printed wrappers. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1951. Third printing. The text block is fine, but the binding is worn and the spine held together with tape -- a good usable copy. Reproduces the previous mimeographed version in which a few corrections have been inserted. More
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