Osceola: MBI Publishing, 1993. Hardcover. 4to. Blue faux leather with silver lettering and decoration on spine. Many black and white photographs. 608 pp. Minor shelf wear. Small ding on bottom left front cover. This is a scarce retrospective of the history of the Ford Motor Company with many photos. More
London: Waddington Graphics, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. 4to. Blue wraps. Color plates. Unpaginated. Shelf wear to edges and covers. This is a scarce art book by American abstract minimalist artist Frank Stella. More
New York: Walter J. Black, 1903. Full leather. 8vo. Flexible leather with gilt lettering and embossed decorations. 1003 pp. Significant rubbing to leather. Paste beneath front cover is loose. Several pages are creased. Minor offsetting throughout. This is a handsome Walter J. Black edition of the complete short stories of Guy de..... More
New York: Benziger Brothers, 1901. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 6.75"x5". Tan cloth with green decorations. 148 pp. plus 17 pp. of advertisements. 2" scratch on spine. Previous owner's information in pencil on front free endpaper. Tight and clean. This is a very scarce religious juvenile novel about an orphan called Nan Nobody..... More
New York: Vanguard, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black boards with silver lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Many pen illustrations by Searle. 106 pp. No jacket. Edges are rather scuffed, particularly at header and footer of spine. Discolorations to endpapers and a stain around border of title page. Tight..... More
New York: Harper Collins, 2001. 1st paperback edition. Paperback. 8vo. Pictorial wraps. 259 pp. Minor edge wear. Inscribed by author on half title. This is a signed copy of the autobiography of Sonny Barger, founder of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang. More
Boston: Small, Maynard and Co., [1912]. Boards. 8vo. 6.75"x4.5". Cloth spine with decorative paper-backed boards. Pastedown on front cover. Gilt top edge. Color frontispiece and several black and white illustrated plates throughout. Hand-pressed paper. 142 pp. Edges rather worn. Discolorations on boards. Sticker residue on front free endpaper. Pasted-in frontispiece coming..... More
Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1918. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 7"x4.5". Grey cloth. 458 pp. Several scuffs and stains to covers. Front hinge overopened. Pen notes by previous owner inside front cover and on front free endpaper. Occasional pencil notations throughout. Tight binding. This is a very scarce first edition anthology of..... More
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1911. Cloth. 8vo. 7.25"x5". Green decorative cloth. 363 pp. plus advertisements. Edges scuffed. Endpapers a bit soiled, and previous owner's initials written in pencil inside front cover. Minor offsetting throughout. Occasional notes in pencil. Tight binding. This is a second printing of the Longmans' English Classics edition..... More
Paris: Éditions Xavier Barral, 2009. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Black cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Black silk ribbon attached. Color photographic plates. 293 pp. Minor edge wear to jacket. This is a finely printed showcase of antique and contemporary jewelry, presented by Van Cleef and Arpels. More
Singapore: National Gallery Singapore, 2015. First Edition. Cloth. 4to. Green cloth. Color plates. 307 pp. plus errata. This is an exhibition catalog from the inaugural show at the National Gallery Singapore. More
Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial wraps with French flaps. Color plates. 323 pp. This is an exhibition catalog with essays for the 2019 shows in Washington DC and Los Angeles featuring ancient to contemporary Japanese art with animals. More
New York: Knopf, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 8vo. Black cloth with copper lettering on spine and cover. Dust jacket. 318 pp. "Signed Copy" sticker on front jacket cover. Minor shelf wear to jacket. White scuff on bottom edge. Slight lean to spine. Signed by Toni Morrison on her own..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 763 pp. Minor edge wear to jacket. 1" dark scuff on right edge of text block. This is a first printing of Stephen King's novella collection, including The Langoliers. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue quarter cloth over gray boards. Dust jacket. 280 pp. Minor jacket wear. This is a first printing of Ann Beattie's first novel. More
London: HarperCollins, 2006. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Decorative endpapers. 518 pp. Signed by author on title page. This is a signed first edition of the bestselling historical novel. More
[Portland]: Jordan D. Schnitzer Family Foundation, 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Decorative boards. Transparent jacket. Color plates. 259 pp. Mild scuffing to outer wrap. This is a retrospective of Bochner's 50+ year career as a conceptual art pioneer. More
Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 2007. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Navy cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Pictorial dust jacket. Photographic plates and facsimiles of documents. 681 pp. Minor edge wear to jacket. This is a comprehensive history of the X-15 flight program written by NASA historians. More
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1906. Cloth. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering on spine and cover. Illustrated plates. 388 pp. Minor scuffing to edges. Frontispiece loose and laid in. Tight and clean. This is a scarce early illustrated edition of Twain's classic adventure novel. More
John Bourne, 1988. 3rd impression. Pamphlet. 8vo. Staple-bound. Decorative wraps. Illustrations by Kang. 39 pp. Sticker from London shop on front cover. Minor edge wear. Tight and clean. This is a scarce pamphlet for tourists with descriptions and illustrations of traditional Chinese customs. More
New York: Random House, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Black quarter cloth over black boards. Pictorial dust jacket. 372 pp. Jacket edges are a bit scuffed, and there is a crease on top left corner of front jacket cover. Autograph sticker on front jacket cover. Signed by author on title page. This..... More
Bowling Green: Bowling Green University Press, 1982. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Yellow cloth. Pictorial dust jacket. Photographic plates. 269 pp. Mild shelf wear. This is a scarce biography of forgotten 19th-century Scottish physician Dr. Joe Bell, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's inspiration for Sherlock Holmes. More
New York: Charles L. Webster, 1894. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. 6"x8". Gray cloth with gilt lettering and illustrations on cover and spine. Variant binding A. Illustrated plates by Dan Beard. 219 pp. plus advertisements. 1/8" tear on left edge of spine and some minor scuffing to header and footer. Brown discoloration..... More
New York: Heritage Press, 1937. Cloth. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Green stained top edge. Illustrations by Kent. 527 pp. Sandglass newsletter laid in. Slipcase not present. Minor soiling to endpapers. Tight and clean. This is a Heritage Club limited edition printing of Waltman's classic..... More
