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 front..... More
New York: Random House, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated boards. Pop-up illustrations and flaps on every page, designed by Ib Penick. Unpaginated. Very minor shelf wear. A thumb-sized dab of grey paint on cover. One tab on p. 5 is unglued, which does not affect the motion of..... 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 on..... More
This is a lot of four Parisian souvenirs which belonged to (and bear the authentic bookplate of) influential American landscape designer Warren H. Manning (1860-1938). Mr. Manning is best remembered as the pioneering voice behind the "wild garden" movement, which emphasized cultivating pre-existing plants and natural landscaping, rather than the..... 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 on..... 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 paper..... 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. Wrap..... More
New York: Harcourt, 1975. First Edition, 2nd printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange quarter cloth over yellow boards. Dust jacket. 241 pp. Inscribed with a full signature on half-title: "To Charley and Family [?] / With Love / Andy Warhol." Around the title, Warhol has drawn his iconic Campbell's soup can. On the..... More