The Stratford Press, 1940. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 7 pages. Title page with portrait of Johannes Gutenberg, from an engraving, 1584. Printed on the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing. 9 x 13. Limited to 700 copies. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in gray wrappers (paperback).....
1916. Ephemera. Typed letter signed, dated April 28, 1916, on letterhead of America: National Catholic Weekly. Tierney writes accepting a paper from O'Day for publication but requesting eliminating the verse at the end as he has not previously published any poetry. Tierney was the editor from 1914-1925. Near fine. Previously.....
Duncan H. Olmsted, 1980. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 38 mimeographed pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback), stapled.
Arion Press. Andrew Hoyem, 1990. Trade Paperback. 8 unnumbered pages. 6 B/W Diebenkorn illustrations, reduced size, pp. 4-5. First edition (first printing) of prospectus only. A near fine copy in red wrappers (paperback).
Christie's, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. Estimate List at rear. First edition (first printing). Very good copy. Rear cover with 2 inch split. Prices realized and buyers name written in pencil for many of the offered items.
Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 334 pages. 'Here is an affectionate and humerous look at those books and hardback heroes that at one time occupied the imagination of so many American children: the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Dr. Fu Manchu, the Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift - even.....
Chez H. Matarasso, 1949. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 224 pages with index. Text in French. The definitive bibliography of Gide's work. First edition (first printing).Limited edition, #533/1800 copies. Very good in wrappers (paperback). Tanning to spine.
A, Edward Newton and Library of Congress, 1926-1940. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Each pamphlet, except last, privately printed by Newton for his friends. Most with frontis illustration. The last published by Library of Congress following Newton's death with tributes from Archibald MacLeish, Chauncey B. Tinker, Christopher Morley, William M. Scott.....
Random House, 1976. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 271 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Workman Publishing Company, October 2018. Hardcover. "The ultimate literary bucket list." --The Washington Post "If there's a heaven just for readers, this is it." --O, The Oprah Magazine Celebrate the pleasure of reading and the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that's as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising.....
1995. Art - Original. Drawing in pencil on single sheet, 8.75 x 10.6 inches. Sheet removed from previously bound volume of drawing paper. Eric Korn (1933-2014) was a writer, literary critic, broadcaster and antiquarian bookseller. Signed by the artist (name not recognized by this cataloguer). Near fine copy.
Whitman Products Ltd., (n.d. but 1960s?). Hardcover. 6 by 8-1/4 inches. A catalog of samples of 'the cover material with a leather effect.' A near fine hardcover copy. Rear hinge cracked.
Swann Galleries, 1978. First Edition. Trade Paperback. An catalog of 493 items. Illustrated in black-and-white. First edition (first printing). Very good in color illustrated wrappers (paperback). Two small, faint stains on the cover. With 2-sided photocopied sheet of prices realized at auction laid in (folded twice).
Mercer & Aitchison, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 167 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Indiana Historical Society, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 314 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy; no dust jacket. Front cover slightly splayed, soiled. Bookplate on the front pastedown reads: 'The Bibliographical Library of William P. Wreden.' Wreden was a San Francisco Bay Area antiquarian bookdealer. 'Among both librarians.....
R.R. Bowker Co., 1942. Hardcover. 553 pages. 4-1/2 by 7-1/4 inches. First edition published in 1929. A very good copy. Shallow crease down center of the cover and one rear corner bent but flat. Small ink stain on the bottom corner of a few pages not affecting text.
Alfred A. Knopf, [1926]. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 16 pages. A promtional piece by the publisher. 'An English Opinion.' by Alexander Porterfield. Frontipiece photograph of Cather by Nicholas Muray. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
California Library Association. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom, 1969. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 17 pages. Publication pays tribute to the memory of 'this esteemed California librarian, teacher, and historian, whose many services to our Club both as director and editor or co-editor of several of its publications are recalled with gratitude.....
1973. Ephemera. Madden, born 1933, is a poet, novelist and playwright who was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for the novel, 'The Suicide's Wife,' in 1978. Single sheet, 8.5 x 11 inches, dated Sept. 22, 1973, stamp with address of Madden upper right, addressed Dear Norm. About 270 words. Letter.....
Burndy Library, 1954. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 48 pages. Burndy Library Publications in the History of Science and Technology, Number 11. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in black wrappers (paperback).
Kenneth M. Johnson and Harold A. Wollenberg. Printed at Cranium Press, 1974. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded into quarters, 7 x 10 inches when folded. 4 pages. A keepsake for the Roxburghe-Zamarano Twelth Joint Meetin in Los Angeles, September, 1974. Inside page reproduces an advertisement for 'A Solid.....
Dawson's Book Store and Nakao Shosen-Do, 1964. Poster. Poster, 4.1 x 8.5 inches, printed in black and red on white. Makao Shosen-Do was a dealer in Japanese books and prints. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
deVoid, n.d. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 48 pages folded accordian style. 4.7 x 6 inches, A Santa Cruz-based literary magazine. Issue #3. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in orange illustrated wrappers (paperback). In paper bag with 'deVoid / 3' printed on front of bag.
Malborough Graphics, Ltd., n.d., ca 1971. Photograph. Photograph, 6.3 x 9.65 inches, printed in black and gray on white. 'Kenneth Koch Peasant Print by R. B. Kitaj' printed across bottom of photograph. On rear pasted label from Malborough Graphics: 'R. B. Kitaj / Screenprint 1971 / 37 x 255/8 in.....
Martinus Nijhoff, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 434 pages. Remains the definitive bibliography of Swift's writings. Signed by the author on limitation page. Limited edition, #315/315 signed and numbered copies. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in blue cloth covers with blind ruling to covers and gilt insignia and.....