Renoir
by Adriani, Götz
New Haven / Cologne: Yale University Press / Dumont, 1996. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original navy cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in white.
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The Forest Giant
by Adrien Le Corbeau, T.E. Lawrence (J.H. Ross)
London: Jonathan Cape, 1924. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Translated from the French by Lawrence credited under pseudonym J.H. Ross. Bound in publisher's original quarter yellow cloth with green boards. Illustrated frontispiece. Sunning to spine, rubbing to corners, bump to outside edge of front cover. 5 x 7 1/4 inches. 158 pages.
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Patrick O'Brian; Critical Essays and a Bibliography
by A.E. Cunningham, editor
New York: W.W. Norton, 1994. 1st American. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. One of 1000 copies. Bound in publisher's original full blue cloth with spine stamped in gilt. 6 x 9 1/4 inches. 175 pages.
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The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation-bearers, The Furies
by Aeschylus
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1979. Fine Condition. Michael Ayrton. Translated by E. D. A. Morshead, introduced by Rex Warner, and illustrated by Michael Ayrton. Collector's edition bound in the publisher's original green composition leather with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Three raised bands on the spine. Decorations stamped in gilt on the covers and spine. All edges gilt. Silk moire end papers.
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Aesop's Fables
by Aesop
New York: Limited Editions Cub, 1933. Hardcover. fine. Samuel Croxall's translation with a bibliographical note by Victor Scholderer. With forty six Florentine woodcuts, reproduced from a rare sixteenth century Aesop in the library of Wilfred Merton and redrawn by Rogers. One of 1500 numbered copies designed by Bruce Rogers and signed by him, printed by John Johnson at the University Press, Oxford.Bound in quarter vellum and marbled paper boards. Slipcase worn at the edges. Former owner's bookplate. Publisher's... Read More
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Sport In Europe
by Aflalo, F.G., editor
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1901. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Illustrated from drawings by Archibald Thorburn, E. Caldwell, and E.F.T. Bennett and from photographs. Bound in publisher's original green cloth stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Some foxing mostly to title page. Front inner hing weak, some wear at extremities otherwise, in very good condition. Better than it sounds.
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Film Writing & Selected Journalism; includes Agee on Film, Uncollected Film Writing, The Night of the Hunter and Journalism and Book Reviews
by Agee, James
New York: Library of America, 2005. fFirst edition. paperback. Fine condition. Advance Uncorrected Proof bound in publisher's original black and white wrappers. Very scarce.
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family and Shorter Fiction
by Agee, James
New York: Library of America, 2005. 1st. paperback. Fine condition.. Advance Uncorrected Proof bound in publisher's original black and white printed wrappers. Very scarce.
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Mercury, A Short Story
by Agee, Jonis; drawings by Robert Ferguson
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine Condition. One of 50 copies signed by the author and the artist. Hand-bound in green cloth by Constance Sayre at the Black Oak Bindery with an illustration on paper, of a Mercury automobile's grill, pasted onto the front cover.
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well, We'd Mortaged Everything / But The Baby..." (broadside)
by Agee, Jonis
Hungry Mind / Midnight Paper Sales, 1997. broadside. Fine. One of 90 numbered copies signed by the author. Printed at Midnight Paper Sales on the occasion of the author's reading at the Hungry Mind in Minneapolis on November 8, 1997. 15 x 11 inches. Fine. Hungry Midnight no. 14.
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The Weight of Dreams
by Agee, Jonis
New York: Viking Press, 1999. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine.. Review copy with publisher's release letter laid-in.
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Two Poems
by Agee, Jonis
N.p., Pentagram & Markesan, 1981. One of 187 copies, signed by the poet. Printed wrapper. Fine.
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Sweet Eyes
by Agee, Jonis
New York: Crown, 1991. 1st. Paperback. Fine. Uncorrected proof bound in publisher's original blue wrapper printed in black.
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Mercury, A Short Story
by Agee, Jonis; illustrated by Robert Ferguson
West Branch: Toothpaste Press, 1981. Paperback. Fine Condition. One of 850 copies from a total edition of 900. Handsewn into Strathmore Brigadoon wrappers and printed on Frankfurt White paper.
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Well, We'd Mortgaged everything but the baby... (broadside)
by Agee, Jonis
St. Paul, MN: Ruminator Books, 1997. Fine. One of 90 numbered copies signed by the author. Part of the Hungry Midnight Broadside Series, printed in two colors on heavy cream paper for the occasion of the author's reading at Hungry Mind Bookstore in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 8, 1997. This project was a collaboration with Midnight Paper Sales and each broadside is illustrated by its proprietor, printer and renowned wood engraver, Gaylord Schanilec. 11 x 14 3/4... Read More
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South of Resurrection; A Novel
by Agee, Jonis
New York: Viking, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper covered boards, spine stamped in gilt. Publisher's promotional material laid in.
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Masterpieces of American Modernism from the Vilcek Collection
by Agee, William C. and Lewis Kachur
London: Merrell, 2013. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards, spine and cover stamped in gilt. Profusely illustrated throughout.
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A Christmas Story
by Agner, Margaret
Dwight Agner, 1968. Softcover. Fine. Bound in publisher's original grey wrappers with cover stamped in black and red. 4 1/2 x 8 inches. 5 pages.
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Fort Gibson; Terminal on the Trail of Tears
by Agnew, Brad
Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original tan cloth, spine stamped in black. Some sunning to dust jacket, otherwise fine.
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Siva Mahadeva; The Great God
by Agrawala, Vasudeva
India: Veda Academy, 1966. 1st. Hardcover. Very good. Bound in the publisher's original cloth over boards, cover and spine stamped in brownish red. Rubbed at the edges and extremities. With frontis, line drawings, and 32 black & white plates.
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Book Collecting 2000; A Comprehensive Guide
by Ahearn, Allen and Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2000]. 1st. Hardcover. Fine condition / Fine condition dust jacket. Bound in publisher's original paper boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Book is fine in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by both Allen and Patricia Ahearn. Signed by Author.
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Book Collectiong; A Comprehensive Guide, 1995 Edition
by Ahearn, Allen and Patricia
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original paper covered boards, spine stamped in gilt.
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Book Collecting 1995; A Comprehensive Guide
by Ahearn, Allen and Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original paper boards with the title stamped in gilt on the spine. Signed by both Allen and Patricia Ahearn on the title page. Signed by Author.
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Collected Books; The Guide to Values
by Ahearn, Allen; Ahearn, Patricia
New York: Putnam, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine.
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Islamic Surveys; A History of Islamic Italy
by Ahmad, Aziz
Edinburgh: At the Univerity Pres, 1975. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Number 10 of the Islamic Surveys Series. With 8 half-tone illustrations and a map.
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