FIRST EDITION
One Life at a Time, Please.
New York: Henry Holt, 1988. Black cloth backed red boards, small 8vo, d.w. New York: Henry Holt, (1988). First Edition. Fine. Signed and dated by the author on the fly leaf. Santa Fe, 11/26/88. More
Ragged Dick; Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks
Boston: Loring, 1868. 8vo, original embossed green cloth, spine title in gilt. Boston: Loring, (1868). First Edition.; First state with "Fame and Fortune" announced for December, and Dick standing alone on the engraved half-title. Good copy of a book frequently found in deplorable condition. The book is cocked; some blistering and staining on covers; repair to inner front hinge; pencillled bibliographic notes on endpaper, but altogether attractive. More
Strong and Steady; or, Paddle Your Own Canoe
Boston: Loring, 1871. 5 illustrations, including frontispiece; yellow tinted end-leaves. 8vo, green cloth, stamped in gilt & blind; edges rubbed; light shelf-wear. Boston: Loring, (1871). Early edition Third title in the Pluck and Luck series. More
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
New York: Knopf, 1965. Translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby. Interesting illustrations by Emil Antonucci. 97 pages. Thin 8vo, decorative boards, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1965. First American Edition. More
Dark Laughter.
New YorkB: Boni & Liveright, 1925. 317 pages. Large 8vo, original vellum-backed black boards (spine sun-darkened and foxed, as usual; contemporary ownership info on front pastedown; wrinkle on front flyleaf). New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Limited First Edition. A very good copy. Number 80 of 350 signed copies. More
Hollywood Babylon II
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1984. Black & white photographic illustrations throughout. Large 8vo, white cloth-backed black boards, d.w. (lightly edgeworn, large chip at tail of spine). New York: E.P. Dutton, (1984). First edition. Boards sunned at top edges. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror: Poems
New York: Viking, 1975. 83pp., coth backed boards, d.w. New York: Viking, (1975). First Edition. Review copy, with publicity photo and broadside. Autographed by Ashbery on the title page. More
A Writer's Capital
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1974. 160 pages. 8vo, blue cloth, dust wrapper. Wrapper has small chip on top right front cover, otherwise in near-fine condition. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, (1974). First Edition Author signature-- presentation copy. More
Observations.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Profusely illustrated with fine photographs by Avedon, many full-page. Comments by Capote. 151 pages. Thin folio, glossy white printed boards. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First edition. Fine copy with glassine dust wrapper, in the publisher's printed board slipcase, which is near fine, but tanned at edges. More
Observations.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Profusely illustrated with fine photographs by Avedon, many full-page. Comments by Capote. 151 pages. Thin folio, glossy white printed boards are worn, acetate dust wrapper. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. First edition. A near fine book in a good slipcase. More
The Book of Jamaica
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1980. First edition. 326 pages. 8vo, tan cloth, dust wrapper. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1980). A near-fine copy. Author signature-- presentation copy. More
Searching for Survivors
New York: Fiction Collective, 1975. 153 pages. Slim 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Fiction Collective, 1975. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, inscribed by the author on the half title page. More
Searching for Survivors
New York: Fiction Collective, 1975. 153 pages. Slim 8vo, red cloth, d.w. New York: Fiction Collective, 1975. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper, inscribed by the author on the half title page. More
Success Stories
New York: Harper, 1986. First edition. 183 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Harper & Row, (1986). A fine copy. Author signature. More
The Story of Little Black Sambo.; The Dumpy Books for Children, No. 4.
London: Grant Richards, 1901. 27 color illustrations. [14], 113 pages consisting of 56 single-sided pages, with text pages facing the illustrations so there are back-to-back blanks throughout. 16mo, pale green cloth with decorative stripes (cloth fingered and spine browned; inner hinges partially cracked but holding; several pages with minor staining). London: Grant Richards, 1901. Sixth edition. A very good copy, preserved in a lovely custom clamshell box with Sambo inlaid in colored leather on cover. More
Oaxacan Wood Carving: The Magic in the Trees
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993. Color photographic illustrations throughout. 107 pages. Thin 4to, black cloth with red inlaid lettering, d.w. (slightly edgeworn). San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1993). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Photography by Vicki Ragan. More
The Ghost Road
New York: Dutton, 1995. 278 pages, 8vo, black boards with a black cloth spine, dust wrapper. New York: Dutton, (1995). First American Edition. More
Secrets and Surprises: Short Stories
New York: Random House, 1978. First edition. 307 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Random House, (1978). A fine copy. Author signature. More
Odd Fish: Being a Casual Selection of London Residents Described & Drawn By Stacy Aumonier & George Belcher
London: W.M. Heinemann Ltd., 1923. Illustrated in black & white. 77 pages. 8vo, brown cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering. London: W.M. Heinemann Ltd., (1923). Corners bumped and small tear at front of spine, lightly dust-soiled. A very good(+) copy. More
Malerei der Renaissance in Italien: Die Malerei der Fruh-und Hochrenaissance in Oberitalien
Athenaion, 1927. 13 mounted plates, 10 color. 274 pages, 4to, gilt pictorial blue cloth. Wildpark-Potsdam, 1927. First Edition. Near Fine. History of Early and High Renaissance painting in Northern Italy. In Handbuch der Kunstwissenschaft, "one of the most scholarly series ...written by recognized authorities and containing bibliographies". Chamberlin 444. Lucas, p. 82. More
Sacred Mountains of the World
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1990. Color illustrations throughout. 291 pages. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (price clipped, tiny water stain at the top edge). San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, (1990). First edition. Author's inked dedication and autograph on title page. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Fringilla, Or, Tales in Verse; With Sundry Decorative Picturings by Will H. Bradley.
Cleveland: Burows Brotheres, 1895. Text throughout printed in black & red, some pages within highly decorative borders. [2], 131 pages, 8vo, linen- backed blue holland boards, pictorially stamped in black & red. Cleveland: Burrows Brothers, 1895. First edition. Bradley's masterpiece of American Art Nouveau book design. Number 8 of 40 copies on Japan Paper. Enclosed are 3 portraits of Blackmore & Bradley, on Japan Paper and each numbered 8. Bookplate. More
First Editions of various George Borrow Titles, Bound as Matching Set:; The Zincali, The Bible in Spain, Lavengro, The Romany Rye, Wild Wales, Romano Lavo-Lil.
London: John Murray, 1841. 14 volumes. Frontispiece portraits. 12mo, handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf in 3/4 dark blue morocco; gilt-tooled spines with red floral designs and raised bands; lightly shelf-worn. London: John Murray, 1841-1874. First editions. A near fine set. The collection comprises: The Zincali (2 volumes, 1841), The Bible in Spain (3 volumes, 1843), Lavengro (3 volumes, 1851), The Romany Rye (2 volumes, 1857). Wild Wales (3 volumes, 1862), and Romano Lavo-Lil (1874). More