Castle & Knight & Troubadour; In an apology and Three Tableaux
Chicago: Blue Sky Books, 1903. Second edition. Hardcover. 65 pages. 21 x 13 cm. Mostly unopened. Almost as new copy. More
New Arrivals
The First Six Books Of The Elements Of Euclid In Which Coloured Diagrams And Symbols Are Used Instead of Letters For The Greater Ease of Learners By Oliver Byrne
London: Pickering, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. 268 pages. 25 x 20.5 cm. The stark use of primary colors was envisaged by Byrne as a teaching aid. "Each proposition is set in Caslon italic, with a four line initial engraved on wood by Mary Byfield: the rest of the page is... More
Agent's Sample Book
New Haven: E. H. Pardee, ca 1880's. Hardcover. 15.5 x 10 cm. More than 25 leaves with over 70 mounted, mostly chromolithographs, embossed color card samples with prices written in pencil. The images carry the Victorian sentimentality of the time; with inscriptions -- "Hope sustain thee ever, Love and best... More
Tennessee's Partner; Including An Introduction By William Dallam Armes, The Frontispiece In Photogravure From A Painting By Albertine Randall Whelan
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1907. Hardcover. 38 pages. 17 x 12.5 cm. Western Classics NO. 3. BAL 7542. "Presumably a special binding prepared for presentation purposes." Beveled edges, bright, very clean copy. More
Heart And Soul
Portland: Thomas Mosher, 1900. Second edition. Hardcover. 55 pages. 15 x 11 cm, Limited ediiton, one of 450. Printed in red and black. More
Bradley His Book, Volume I, Number 1
Springfield: Will Bradley, May 1896. Penfield, Edward. First edition. Original Wraps. 26.5 x 12.5 cm. The first few issues were published without Bradley's consent or approval, and were never received by regular subscribers. BAMBACE A51. In this issue original art, color and black and white lithographs by Edward Penfield (Woman... More
The Sermon On The Mount From The Gospel of St Matthew
Flansham, Bognor Regis, Sussex: Pear Tree Press, 1930. Hardcover. 20 pages. 15 x 12 cm. Limited edition, copy 175 of 200, designs engraved on wood by Gabriel Pippet, the text set by Cyril Edwards. Text printed in orange and black, initial letters, decorated endpapers. More
Our Ladies Tumbler A Twelfth Century Legend Done Out Of Old French Into English
Portland: Thomas Mosher, 1897. Hardcover. 32 pages. 21 x 13 cm. Limited edition, copy 45 of 50 on Japan vellum. A brilliant copy, almost a new. More
Hymn On the Morning Of Christ's Nativity
Np: Old Bourne Press, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. XXVII pages. 14.5 x 18 cm. Limited edition, one of 200 copies, mostly unopened, decorated endpapers. Guthrie later founded the Pear Tree Press with this effort noted as RANSOM 5 (listed under Pear Tree Press). Interior bright and clean. More
The House Of Life
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1894. Hardcover. 119 pages. 21.5 x 16 cm. Limited edition, one of 500 on French handmade paper (of 550 total), contains three borders, 114 initial letters designed by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. First complete edition. More
The Valley Of Dreams
Edinburgh & London & Boston: T.N. Foulis & Alfred Bartlett, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 123 pages. 20.5 x 14 cm. Signed presentation copy an eight line poem from the author to Percival G. White signed Haydenville Dec 5/05. Frontispiece decorated in gilt frame with a host of additional colors. Sands... More
Father Jerome's Beautiful Book
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. Hadaway, W.S. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 20 x 11.5 cm. Text printed recto only with decorations by W. S. Hadaway and printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge. Bookplate of "Collection Of Merrymount Press Books Made By Max Farrand." Very fresh, bright copy with... More
Midsummer Eve.; With drawings by James Guthrie
Harting, Petersfield, Hampshire: Pear Tree Press, 1905. Guthrie, James. First edition. Hardcover. 35 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Limited edition, one of 120 copies, RANSOM 8. "My first attempt to do a 'pictorial' work in typography." Printed in grey, old gold and Venetian red. Toning to front cover extremities. More
Tell Me A Riddle
New York: Delacorte Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 116 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Limited edition, copy 35 of 100 signed by Olsen. Her first book, written when she approached her fiftieth birthday. Bright, very fresh copy. More
Yankee Doodle An Old Friend in a New Dress
NY: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1881. Pyle, Howard. First edition. Hardcover. 32 pages. 26 cx 23 cm. Seven color plates, the balance illustrated in blue ink. This is the first book illustrated by Pyle. This and the "Lady of Shalott," worked simultaneously by Pyle: both were early American experiments in... More
The Knave of Hearts by Louise Sanders
Racine: Artists And Writers Guild, (1925). Parrish, Maxfield. Stiff Boards. 28 pages. Folio, 32 x 26 1/2 cm. Fifteen full-page color plates and eight color illustrations in the text. Susan Meyer, AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS p.120, notes, "Only a mind rich in fantasy could have produced the unforgettable creatures populating his... More
The Golden Key; Decorations By Charles Van Sandwyk
Olympia, Washington: Pegana Press Books, 2015. Van Sandwyk, Charles. Hardcover. 44 pages. 23 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 55 of 80 printed in Goudy types with Hahnemuhle and Canson Papers. Frontispiece is colored and signed by Van Sandwyk, and with a letterpress illustration of "The Old Man of the... More
Late 20th Century
Np: Np, Nd. leather_bound. 25 x 30 cm. Blank book interleaved with tissue guards. Full green morocco by Dan St. John in Art Deco motif, offset marbled cover medallion in swirls of green and yellows, two matching morocco onlay orbs, vertical gilt double-rule. Endpapers by Chena River Marblers (Dan & Regina... More
Late 20th Century
Np: Np, Nd. leather_bound. 25 x 30 cm. Blank book interleaved with tissue guards. Full brown morocco by Dan St. John in Art Deco motif, offset marbled cover medallion in swirls of copper, gold and browns, three rays of matching morocco onlay rays extending around a flat spine. Endpapers by... More
Carl Rungius: The Complete Prints A Catalog Raisonne
Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Co. 1989. Rungius, Carl. First edition. Hardcover. 203 pages. 28 x 36 cm. Forty six plates and 87 figures. An American painter of big game animals of western North America, first in Wyoming, then Alberta and the Canadian Rockies. Signed presentation copy, " Nov. 12 1992... More
Peter Hurd The Lithographs
Lubbuck: Baker Gallery Press, 1969. Hurd, Peter. Second edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 30.5 x 23.5. Introduction by Andrew Wyeth. Edited with a Foreword by John Meigs. 50 plates. More
The Etchings of Edward Borein; A Catalogue of his work by John Galvin Compiled with the assistance of Warren R. Howell In Collaboration with Harold G. Davidson
San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1971. Borein, John Edward. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 30.5 x 24 cm. 318 plates. Index of Titles. More
Spirit of the River by Russell Banks
Las Vegas: Rainmaker Editions, 2002. Moser, Barry. First edition. Hardcover. 53 pages. 24 x 16.2 cm. Limited edition, copy 29 of 399 signed by Banks and Moser. With three illustrations printed from the original blocks and designed and engraved by Barry Moser. Paper is Magnani, manufactured by Cartiere Enrico Magnani... More
Les Aventures De Tom Sawyer; Traduit Ave L'Authorisation De L'Auteur Par William-L. Hughes
Paris: Bibliotheque Nouvelle De La Jeunesse, [1884]. Sirouy, Achille. First French Edition. Hardcover. 238 pages. 23 x 19 cm. Illustrated by Achille Sirouy. Preface by Twain in French. Text block firm, Interior contents clean and fresh, covers lightly soiled. Sirouy was an engraver, lithographer, painter and illustrator. More
The Fables of La Fontaine
New York: Viking Press, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 342 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 373 of 400, a signed presentation copy in blue ink on free front endpaper, "For Mary K. Woodworth from M.M. and the pelican! Who is fond of both Miss W. and the regal... More