Boston: David R. Godine, 1982. First Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth. Dust jacket. 9 original monotypes by Michael Mazur. 365 pp. Signed by Mazur on title page. Minor wear to jacket. Light soiling along top edge. An excellent copy. This is a first edition of the Howard translation of Baudelaire's classic..... More
Paris: Editions "TEL" [1931]. First Edition. Wraps. Folio. 15"x11". Mixed pagination. 42 helio-engravings and 2 pages of text in French and English loose as issued in brown paper wraps. Wraps are a bit curled and ragged around the edges. Pen notation at top right of front cover. Water stain on..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Unpaginated. Very minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. This is a first edition children's book written and illustrated by Edward Gorey. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Brown cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Black and white photographic plates. 272 pp. Ex library. Jacket has very light edge wear. Library stamps on top, right, and bottom block edges. Stamps and library markings on front free endpaper and title page. Stamp..... More
Tokyo: 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. In Japanese. Quarter cloth over cream boards. Dust jacket. Photographs and illustrations throughout. 206 pp. Minor wear to jacket. 1/2" closed hole through front hinge. Otherwise excellent. This is an uncommon history of phallic art in Japan. Title on cover is in English, but text..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1931. Cloth. Large folio. Publisher's cloth. Hand-pressed paper. Very many lithographs throughout, many in color, including several pastedowns. 415 pp. Boards need to be re-glued to block. Cloth at header and footer of spine torn. Ex-library with mark on spine, bookplate inside front cover, and card pocket..... More
New York: Dial, 1960. Leather bound. 4to. Original slipcase. Soft calf with gilt lettering on spine and cover, blind-tooled design on cover. Gilt top edge. Illustrated plates throughout. 254 pp. Slipcase has some minor sunning and a few chips to edges. Book is fine. Signed on colophon by McCracken. Rice..... More
San Francisco: City Lights, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. 4to. Illustrated wraps. Profusely illustrated. 120 pp. Minor wear to edges, with a bump along top rear cover and along left edge of rear cover. Interior is excellent. This is a scarce collection of surrealist art in popular culture, featuring multiple essays..... More
New York: Bodyscope Publications, 1933. First Edition. Wraps. Very large folio. 20"x16". Wraps. 2 double-sided, full color anatomical panels with rotating volvelle wheels inside. Rotating the wheels shows different body systems and text through the multiple windows in the panels. Split at spine, so book is in 4 separate pieces..... More
New York: Knopf, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Unpaginated. Wear to jacket edges. Several closed tearsand a 1/2" chip at top front jacket cover. Mild sunning to jacket spine. This is a first edition children's book written by Muriel Spark and illustrated by Edward..... More
44Flood, 2014. Hardcover. 4to. Slipcase. Boards. Full color. Unpaginated. This is the "Kraken Edition" limited edition of the cosmic horror graphic novel by the artist and author of 30 Days of Night. This edition was originally a Kickstarter reward which includes a signed bookplate, 3 signed prints, and a bookmark..... More
Boulder, CO: self-published, 1949. 3rd printing. Cloth. Large 4to. Publisher's cloth. Many illustrated plates by Wolle throughout. 544 pp. Ex-library, but only indications are an unobtrusive mark on spine, bookplate on front free endpaper, and card pocket on rear free endpaper. Sunning to spine, leaving title quite faded. Hinges overopened..... More