Three brief typed letters signed (in full) written in response to fan letters; Ossining, September 26, 1977 - November 16, 1978
by CHEEVER, John
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Usual folds, else fine. 3 pages, 8vo and 4to, single-spaced, two on his letterhead, one with envelope. Cheever answers two lengthy and rather mawkish letters (each one page, 40, single-spaced) from Norman Wilner, a teacher of comedy writing: "... I am anxious about my work and its reception," Cheever writes on Sept. 26, 1977, "and if you can put down 'Falconer' [recently published] on page twenty-three long enough to write, stamp and mail... Read More
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Strangely Familiar: Acrobats, Athletes, and other Traveling Troupes
by CHELBIN, Michael
New York: Aperture, 2008. First edition. A fine copy. 11.5 x 9.75 inches. 112 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original boards, with plate mounted on front cover.
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The Battle of Dorking. Reminiscences of a Volunteer
by [CHESNEY, Sir George Tomkyns]
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1871. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Some light wear at spine and front fore-edge, covers a bit faded. A very good copy. Small 8vo. 64 pages, plus ads. Original purple pictorial wrappers. First separate edition of perhaps the single most influential future war story: "Before Chesney there had been little effective method in the few tales of the war-to-come that had appeared. After Chesney there were very few of these tales that did... Read More
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Gladstonian Ghosts
by CHESTERTON, Cecil
London: The Lanthorn Press for S. C. Brown Langham & Co, 1905. First edition. 8vo. 230 pages. Original blue cloth (hinges cracked, wear at ends of spine, rubbing to covers). Provenance: Thomas Huws Davies (signature on front free endpaper, pencilled notes on five pages). A good copy with notes by the Welsh secretary to the Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Wales, Thomas Huws Davies, often argumentative with Chesterton's political stance.
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Fruit Among the Leaves: An Anniversary Anthology
by CHEW, Samuel C.
New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1950. A fine copy. 8vo (9.5 x 6.5 inches). 335 pages. Original green cloth; blue slipcase. First edition. This volume was issued to celebrate the one hundred and twenty fifth anniversary of the foundation of D. Appleton and Company, and The Century Company's eightieth anniversary.
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Landscapes of the Mind
by CHIARENZA, Carl
Boston: David R. Godine, 1994. A near-fine copy with some light shelfwear on jacket and cover. 12 x 12 inches. 159 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. "Abstract photographs focus on texture and are accompanied by a brief description of the artist's career and background.
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Holocaust Project. From Darkness into Light
by CHICAGO, Judy
New York and London: Penguin Books, 1993. A very good plus copy with some light shelfwear to the wrappers, internally clean and bright. Oblong (23 x 27 cm). Photographs by Donald Woodman. Original printed wrappers. First edition, inscribed by Judy Chicago on the half-title: "For Jessica – with all good wishes for a better world, Fondly, Judy.
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An Old Dirt Trail, A Dead Oak Tree, A Big Rock on a Hill
by CHIEPPO, David
Winterthur, Switzerland: Kunstmuseum Winterthur & Nieves, 2008. Some minor rubbing to edges; generally a clean copy. 10 x 7.75 inches. Profusely illustrated in color. Original printed wrappers. First edition.
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Gazetteer & Business Directory of Madison County, NY for 1868-9
by CHILD, Hamilton
Syracuse, NY: The Journal Office, 1868. Hinges cracked but holding, owner's name on front pastedown, some wear to extremities and a few stains to cloth. 8vo. 235 pages. Folding map (with stitched repair to tear). Original brown embossed cloth, gilt-lettered on front cover. Contains a long business directory of the communities of Madison County, New York, an index to advertisements, a history of the county including a section on newspapers, a gazeteer of towns in the county, and... Read More
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Chu Ta Selected Paintings & Calligraphy
by CHU TA
Poughkeepsie and New York: Vassar College Art Gallery / The New York Cultural Center, 1972. A fine copy. 8vo. 60 pages. 51 black-and-white illustrations. Printed wrappers. Scarce catalog for the exhibition held at Vassar College Art Gallery, 2 December 1972 to 28 January 1973, and The New York Cultural Center (in Association with Farleigh Dickinson University), 28 February to 14 April 1973.
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A group of Board of Education pamphlets and statements regarding New York City schools, 1859-1866
by [NEW YORK CITY]
From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Scuffed at joints and edges, but very sound and internally fine. 8vo. Contemporary black half morocco, with leather label of the compiler of the volume, Henry C. Boyd: "STATEMENTS / HENRY C. BOYD / March 14th 1859 to June 27th 1866." Several pages have annotations in pencil or ink by Boyd. Bound in are three leaves filled on both sides by him with numbers (regarding attendance, expenses, etc.; and there is evidence of... Read More
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The Care of Books. An Essay on the Development of Libraries and their Fittings, from the earliest times to the end of the Eighteenth Century
by CLARK, John Willis
Cambridge: University Press, 1901. A few trifling marks to covers. 8vo (26 x 17.5 inches). Profusely illustrated. Blue cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. Edith Diehl's copy, with her morocco book label. A fine association copy: Edith Diehl (1876-1953) was an American bookbinder and author of 'Bookbinding, its Background and Technique' (Rinehart and Co., 1946), the classic text and manual on the history and craft of bookbinding.
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The Last Gas Station and Other Stories
by CLARK, Tom
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1980. Fine. 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards; acetate wrapper. Number 142 of 250 numbered and signed copies.
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The Battle of Base-Ball. Including "How I Became a Big-League Pitcher" by Christy Mathewson
by CLAUDY, C[arl] H[arry]; Christy MATHEWSON
New York: The Century Co, 1912. First edition. Ghost shelf label on spine and old number stamp (ex-library) on preliminaries, light general wear, spine slightly faded, several leaves at center of volume crimped at top and with short associated tear. 8vo. 377 pages. Frontispiece with tissue guard, black and white photographic illustrations. Publisher's decorated beige cloth. Provenance: L. R. Burnett (signature dated 5-20-[19]12 on front free endpaper). An exceedingly scarce history of baseball from the early 20th century.... Read More
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Francesco Clemente: The Book of the Sea
by CLEMENTE, Francesco (artist); Marina WARNER (text by)
London: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First edition. Generally a clean copy. 10 x 10 inches. 90 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original cloth. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at Gagosian Gallery in 2002.
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![Clemente [Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 8, 1999 - January 9, 2000]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/962/569/1445569962.0.l.jpg)
Clemente [Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, October 8, 1999 - January 9, 2000]
by CLEMENTE, Francisco
New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, 1999. A fine, well-preserved copy. 11.5 x 10 inches. 501 pages. Deluxe issue in an embroidered binding designed by Clemente. Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Oct. 8, 1999-Jan. 9, 2000 and at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Feb. 14-June 4, 2000. "Clemente [is] the first comprehensive retrospective of the artist's work in all mediums." Foreword by Thomas Krens. Essays, text and... Read More
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
by CLEMENS, Samuel L. (“Mark Twain”)
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1889. First edition, second state without small S-like ornament between "THE" and "KING" in caption on page [59]. BAL 3429. A very good copy, front hinge tender, light edgewear, corners somewhat bumped, front cover generally bright with gilt and decoration well-preserved in a chemise and quarter morocco slipcase. A few edge-tears to sheets but generally clean, unmarked throughout. 8vo. xiv, [2], [17]-575 pages, 2-page publisher’s advertisement at end. Without the extremely... Read More
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Uncommon, Scarce and Rare Books Relating to American History During the Discovery and Colonial Periods Together with Other Americana from the Library of William L. Clements
by CLEMENTS, Williams L.
Bay City, Michigan: Privately printed, 1914. First edition. Light chipping to wrappers, generally fine. Folio (12 x 8.5 inches). 22 leaves, untrimmed with deckle edges preserved. Original gelatin silver print photograph of the interior of Clements's library mounted as frontispiece (4 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches). Sewn in printed wrappers. The scarce privately printed catalogue of William L. Clements's library, with a photograph showing the books in situ in his home. Clements (1861-1934) formed one of the great... Read More
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Twenty-eight Years in Wall Street
by CLEWS, HENRY
New York: Irving Publishing Co, 1888. A fine copy, the spine ends gently rolled and a few small spots of wear to the joints, unobtrusive pencil note on flyleaf verso by a former owner. Thick 8vo. 684, [1], xx, [1] pages. Frontispiece and nearly 50 plates. Publisher's gilt-lettered and -decorated bevelled green cloth. A fine copy, the spine ends gently rolled and a few small spots of wear to the joints, unobtrusive pencil note on flyleaf verso by... Read More
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Chuck Close: Life and Work 1988-1995
by CLOSE, Chuck; John GUARE
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995. Some light toning to sheets and jacket, leaned, moderate shelfwear, a few pale stains on jacket. 11.25 x 9.25 inches. Cloth; dust jacket. Inscribed by the artist on front free endpaper. First Edition. "In December 1988, at a high point of his career, a collapsed spinal artery left the painter Chuck Close paralyzed from the shoulders down. He was famous by then for his monumental portraits that deconstructed the conventional notions of... Read More
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Chuck Close
by CLOSE, Chuck (artist)
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2002. Slightly leaned, sheet edges slightly toned. 12.25 x 10 inches. 224 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed in 2002 by author on title-page. "The most comprehensive assessment of Chuck Close's work yet published, this volume accompanied a mid-career retrospective exhibition that opened at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, on February 25, 1998. A leading figure in the New York art world since the early 1970s, Close has... Read More
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Saint Andrews Golf Club 1888-1938
by GOLF; SAINT ANDREWS GOLF CLUB
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY: Self-published, 1938. Wrappers with a few small spots and some light soiling and edgewear, internally clean and unblemished save the library markings to the preliminaries. 8vo (9 x 6.25 inches). 146, [4] pages. Color frontispiece, black-and-white plates. Original salmon printed wrappers. Provenance: Hastings Historical Society (label on front pastedown, donor's name in ink on-half-title). Sold on behalf of the Society to Benefit their annual fund. SCARCE FIRST EDITION, one of only 400 privately-printed copies, most of... Read More
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The Sermon on the Mount; Introduction, parallel texts, and commentaries by Rowan A. Greer
by LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1977. Limited edition, number 605 of 1600 copies. Slightest wear to glassine and rubbing to spine, otherwise fine.. Folio. Original black morocco-backed patterned boards; original glassine; publisher's slipcase.
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Selections from His Writings and Including a Portion of an Hitherto Unpublished Notebook; Edited and Prefaced by Gerald M. Stevenson, Jr.
by COBDEN-SANDERSON, Thomas James
Iowa City: Qara Press, 1961. First edition, number 16 of 190 copies on Curtis Rag. A near-fine copy. 4to (25.5 x 18.8 cm). 33, [1] pages. Two small mounted portraits of Cobden-Sanderson in text. Original grey paper-covered boards, printed paper spine label, binder's ticket of Boxwood Bindery, Lexington, Kentucky on rear pastedown (spine and board edges toned). Hand set and printed by Gerald McMonies Stevenson, Jr. as a part of Special Projects in Typography in the School of... Read More
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London. A Paper read at a Meeting of the Art Workers Guild
by COBDEN-SANDERSON, T. J.
London: Doves Press, 1906. Vellum slightly cockled and with some pale spotting. 8vo. 8 pages. Text printed in red and black. Original limp vellum, stamped signed by the Doves Bindery on rear turn-in. One of 300 copies. "Three words in italic, possibly the first use of italic at the Doves Press" (Marianne Tidcombe).
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