Promotional Poster: Daniel Defoe's ROBINSON CRUSOE
by Wyeth, N. C. (Illustrator)
New York: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1983. Poster. Fine. Poster. First Printing. 22" x 28". SCARCE. Original publisher's promotional poster, 22"w x 28" h, for the book published 1983, featuring Wyeth's wonderful illustration. Fine, as issued. An uncommon poster, well suited for framing, distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1983. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. h..
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Promotional Poster: Robert Louis Stevenson's KIDNAPPED
by Wyeth,N.C. ( Illustrator)
New York: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1982. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 22" x 28". SCARCE. Original publisher's promotional poster, 22"w x 28" h, for the book published 1982, featuring the Wyeth illustration titled "At Queen's Ferry". Near Fine, small faint creases. An uncommon poster, well suited for framing, distributed in short supply at the ABA trade show in 1982. All posters shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. h..
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Trivial Breath
by Wylie, Elinor
New York: Alfred A.Knopf, 1928. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. First trade edition, with "in" for "an", page 13, line 9. Dustjacket has tiny tears at tips and at head of spine..
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Indiana University Its History from 1820, When Founded, to 1890, with Biographical Sketches of Its Presidents, Professors and Graduates, and a List of Its Students from 1820 to 1887
by Wylie, Theophilus A.
Indianapolis, IN: William R. Burford, 1890. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine, cloth a bit faded at spine. 472 pages bound in the original dark blue cloth with gilt titles at spine. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, an excellent source of early Indiana University history and also a great genealogical source book. SCARCE in such lovely collector's condition..
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The Swiss Family Robinson: or Adventures of a Father and Mother and Four Sons in a Desert Island ( The Two Parts Complete in One Volume )
by ( WYSS, Johann David )
Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, 1860. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Seventh Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very Good, some internal toning, gilt titles dulled, prior owner bookplates front paste down and his penciled name rear paste down, rubs to cloth at corners. With preface to Seventh Edition, map and illustrations. 394 pp, 2 pp Notes, 20 pp publisher's ads..
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When Red is Black
by Xiaolong, Qiu
New York: Soho Press, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First printing, with complete number line. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Fine in Fine dust jacket. The author's 1st Inspector Cho mystery, "Death of a Red Heroine", won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel..
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Graduale Sacrosanctae Romanae Ecclesiae :de Tempore et de Sanctis ; SS. D.N. Pii x. Pontificis Maximi jussu restitutum et editum ; cui addita sunt festa novissima.
by Pope Pius X
Romae: Typis Vaticanis,, 1908. Book. Near Fine. Morocco. Thick 8vo. Finely bound in 20th c. red morocco, gilt at spine,, with prior owner name in gilt bottom corner front cover and in ink front end page and with original wrappers bound in. Full-color frontispiece of Pope St Gregory the Great (with tissue covering) and with headpiece engravings in black and white of all the major feasts. Pope Pius X's facsimile signature at half-title page. Near Fine, a few pages... Read More
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Le Yaouang Galerie Maeght (Exhibition Poster)
by Yaouang, Le
Paris: Galerie Maeght Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 25 1/4"h 19 1/2"w. Original offset lithograph poster, 25 1/4"h 19 1/2"w, no date, for the 1970 exhibition. Maeght Editeur - Arte paris. Near Fine, faint creasing. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube..
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A Little Book of Drawings By Jack B. Yeats: Gathered from 'A Broadside'
by YEATS, Jack B.
Dublin: The Cuala Press Ltd., 1971. Book. Very Good. French Wrappers. Limited Edition, Revised. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of 1000 copies, this copy not one of the 200 that were hand-colored. Bound in illustrated pale grey French wrappers, Very Good, 1/4" tear and creasing at top edge rear wrapper, even toning at edges. 16 unnumbered pages with 11 illustrations in the text, printed in red and black..
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The Post Car ( Handcoloured Print )
by YEATS, Jack B. (1871-1957). CUALA PRESS.
Dublin: The Cuala Press Ltd. Print. Near Fine. No Binding. SIGNED BY ARTIST. First Edition. 11 1/4" x 14 3/4". Near Fine, slight soiling, mainly marginal, no date. SCARCE. SIGNED in the print and handcoloured by Jack B. Yeats, brother to William Butler Yeats and a highly regarded artist in his own right. Overall print size 11 1/4" x 14 3/4", image size 8 1/4" x 11 3/4"..
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The Tower
by Yeats, W.B.
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1928. Book. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing, one of 2,000 copies of the first printing. Near Fine, tiny rubs at bottom corners, the decorative gilt cover and spine, by artist Thomas Sturge Moore. are fresh and bright. Lacking the dust wrapper, although original flaps of wrapper are present and laid in. A lovely copy..
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Publisher's Promotional Poster for MIND FIELDS the Art of Jacek Yerka, The Fiction of Harlan Ellison
by Yerka, Jacek: Ellison, Harlan
No Place: Morpheus International, 1989. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 19" x 25". Original publisher's promotional poster, 19" w x 25"h, featuring the same vivid artwork by Jacek Yerka as the book's dust jacket. Beneath the artwork is the quote by Harlan Ellison -" Like a hungry beast in a sacred jungle, I have been given the honor of stalking through Jacek Yerka's divine imagination, describing what I see. Together, we will draw blood." Near Fine, faint creasing at... Read More
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Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook (Publisher's Promotional Poster)
by Yolen, Jane; Illustrated by Rosekrans Hoffman
Homesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 1992. Poster. Near Fine. Poster. First Printing. 22" h x 17"w. Publisher's promotional poster, 22" h x 17"w. Featuring charming illustrations by Rosekrans Hoffman. Near Fine, faint creases. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube..
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The Best of Art Young
by Young, Art; Introduction by Heywood Broun
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1936. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY ARTIST. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SCARCE, especially so SIGNED BY ARTIST Art Young at front end page "Art Young August 1938 Bethel, Conn". Near Fine, prior owner name, end papers darkened at gutters, in a Very Good dust jacket, moderate wear and small chips at edges of front panel and spine ends. 3 preliminary leaves xi-xix pages, 1 leaf, 23-186 pages, frontispiece... Read More
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Marzilian and Other Poems ( with 2 Page ALS)
by Young, Ella
Oceano, CA: Harbison & Harbison, 1938. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited and Numbered, Signed 1st Edition, #293 of 500 copies, SIGNED in pencil on the Limitation Page, additionally SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -"To Helen and Karl Klein with Good Wishes from Ella Young 16 July 1945". Laid in is a 2 page letter handwritten in ink by... Read More
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Voltairiana. In Four Volumes ( Four Bound in Two )
by Voltaire; Selected and Translated from the French by Mary Julia Young
London: Printed by D. N. Shury for J. F. Hughes, 1805. Book. Very Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. RARE. Twelvemo printing, 6 3/4" x 4 1/2", four volumes bound in two. In contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, the backs with red morocco labels lettered in gilt and richly ornate gilt tooled decorations, marbled end papers, top edges gilt. Very Good Plus, 3/8" chip to top edge of rear cover Vol. I &... Read More
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The Paintings of Recent Famous Painters No.s 1 & 2 ( Two Volumes )
by Edited By I-Ran Yu
No Place: China Painting Association, 1974. Book. Near Fine. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. First Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Both volumes Near Fine, small marginal stains first 3 pages of No. 1..
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Tremor; Selected Poems
by Zagajewski, Adam;Gorczynski, Renata
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. With a Preface by Czeslaw Milosz. Near Fine, top edge slightly dusted, prior owner name under front flap and on rear pastedown along spine have both been covered with black marker, in a Fine dustjacket. His 1st book to be translated in English, Scarce..
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WE
by Zamyatin, Yevgeny; Translation by Bernard Guilbert Guerney and Introduction and Bibliographical Note by Michael Glenny
London: Jonathan Cape, 1970. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First British Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine, small corner and edge bumps, prior owner bookplate and blindstamp at front end pages, two small spots fore edge. In a Very Good dust wrapper, small chips and rubs at spine ends and corners. A science fiction classic, one of the the grandfathers of the satirical futuristic dystopia genre, WE was banned in Russia in 1921and first published in English... Read More
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(Ephemera) Remembering Jake Zeitlin (Dinner Invitation of The Rounce & Coffin Club) Together with Jacob Israel Zeitlin, 1902-1987 (Memorial Service Program)
by (Zeitlin, Jacob)
(Los Angeles): The Rounce & Coffin Club/ Patrick Reagh and Bonnie Thompson Norman, 1987. Book. Near Fine. One Sheet Illustrated. First Printings. Remembering Jake Zeitlin (Dinner Invitation) Rounce & Coffin Club invitation for dinner Nov. 12, 1987, one sheet, oblong fold, 6' x 8 1/2", printed by The Tiger Press. Together with Jacob Israel Zeitlin, 1902-1987 (Memorial Service Program) Sunday, September 13,1987 Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles. "Printed with deep regard and affection by Patrick Reagh and Bonnie Thompson... Read More
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(Ephemera) A Gateway to Dreams; Being First Editions of Modern and Older Authors and Americana Including the Two Greatest Histories of the Indies. Catalogue No. 4,
by Zeitlin, Jake; Foreword by Paul Jordan Smith
Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin, Books, 1930. Book. Near Fine. Stapled Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. 7 1/2" x 4 5/8". SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at top of front wrapper -" J Zeitlin to Gary". Association Copy, from the collection of Gary Steigerwald, who worked for Zeitlin in the 1970s. making this signature from that time period. Foreword by Paul Jordan Smith. 46 unnumbered pages. No Date, (1930). Near Fine, light soiling. SCARCE, particularly so SIGNED.... Read More
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For Whispers and Chants (Association Copy)
by Zeitlin, Jake; Illustration by Valenti Angelo
San Francisco: The Lantern Press, 1927. Book. Very Good. Paper Covered Boards. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Tall 8vo. #172 of 450 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press on Ingres paper, there were an additional 50 copies, #ed 1-50, printed on Van Gelder hand made paper and signed by the author. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at front end page -"For Gary, Here's to the future Jake May 20, 1976" . Association Copy, from... Read More
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(Ephemera) The Fifth Catalogue: being a List of some Modern FIRST EDITIONS and Examples of Modern FINE PRINTING. September:MCm Xxx
by Zeitlin, Jake;
Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin, Books, 1930. Book. Near Fine. Stapled Wrappers. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. 7 1/2" x 5 1/2". SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at top of front wrapper -" To Gary, Jake". Association Copy, from the collection of Gary Steigerwald, who worked for Zeitlin in the 1970s. making this signature from that time period. Prepared by Marjorie Butler and William Blaine Wootten, with typography designed by Mr. Wootten. Near Fine, light soiling. SCARCE, particularly... Read More
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(Ephemera) A Handful of Choice English First Editions newly arrived at Jake Zeitlin: Books. April, 1935
by Zeitlin, Jake;
Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin, Books, 1935. Book. Very Good. Two Sheets, Folded. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at top of front wrapper -" J Zeitlin to Gary". Association Copy, from the collection of Gary Steigerwald, who worked for Zeitlin in the 1970s. making this signature from that time period. Two sheets, folded to make 8 unnumbered pages, listing 13 titles. Very Good, small pencil notes in margins p.1and... Read More
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The Many Faces of Jake Zeitlin. A Photographic Essay. (Association Copy)
by [ZEITLIN, JAKE]. BLANCO, Amanda (Photographer); Ritchie, Ward
Northridge, CA: Santa Susana Press, 1978. Book. Fine. Unbound. Signed by Author(s). Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. #11 of 36 copies, with twelve original mounted photographs by Amanda Blanco (each numbered and signed on the mount by her) PLUS an addtional larger version of photograph #12, titled "Zeitlin explains a detail to Gary Steigerwald and Jonathan Hill", 7 1/4" x 8 3/4" signed in pencil to mat board "To Gary Steigerwald ... Read More
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