Cambridge: University Prints, [1960s]. spiral bound. Oblong 12mo. Spiral bound. 173 illustrated plates in color and black and white. This is an academic supplement from a Harvard University art history class in the 1960s. It features reproductions of all the pieces that would be referenced in the course. More
This is a unique collection of paper ephemera regarding an 1895 celebratory dinner honoring Stephen Crane, whose The Red Badge of Courage was at the time a modest success in its second printing. The event was hosted by Elbert Hubbard, the influential publisher, editor, and founder of the Roycroft arts..... 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
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Albany, NY: Joel Nunsell, 1867. 2nd edition. Boards. 8vo. Contemporary boards. Hand-pressed paper. Deckle edge. Printer's device on title. 204 pp. plus errata leaf. Front board detached. Rear board split but attached. Interior is excellent. Tight and clean. Pasted inside the front boards is an envelope containing a 4-page manuscript..... More
Potage, IN: self published, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. Blue cloth with pastedown on spine. 187 pp. plus indices. Minor shelf wear. Red mark on top edge of text block. Not in OCLC. No other copies for sale online at time of listing. This is an index of the personal..... More
Putnam, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Association copy. This is first edition of Paretsky's Chicago police thriller inscribed to and previously owned by (famous/infamous) Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan: "Lisa Madigan, you really are the best thing that's happened to Illinois probably since Lincoln. Good wishes always, Sara Paretsky, 06.06.2011." This..... More
Paris: La Veure Estienne, 1742. Full calf. In French. Full calf. Raised bands. XLVIII, 548pp. Binder's copy. Boards detached, and binding is split at pp. 218/219. Edges scuffed. Mild soiling to endpapers. Armorial bookplate of John Lord Sheffield, Sheffield Place, Sussex pasted inside front cover. Interior very clean. This is..... More
Chicago: Newberry Library, 1968. First Edition. Boards. 4to. 11"x8.75". Decorative boards with blue cloth spine stamped with gilt lettering. Many illustrative plates. 56 pp. Top right corner of front cover is bent, else fine. Presentation copy. This copy is inscribed by Wells "For Paul, with thanks." This copy also comes..... More
London: J. Johnson, 1792. 2nd edition. Leather bound. 8vo. Contemporary embossed calf. Marbled edges. [xix], [1], 452 pp. Boards are detached, and top layer of leather missing from spine. Text block is near fine, with no foxing and only a few dark spots of tanning in margins. Pages are bright..... More