PUPPY TAILS
by Aldin, Cecil; Waylett, Richard
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1912. Very good plus.. Lovely US edition of these verses on the hardships of a dog's life, much scarcer than the UK edition. 10'' x 8.5''. Original green pictorial boards with red cloth spine. 16 color plates and additional black and white illustrations throughout by Aldin. Unpaginated. Emboss and ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1915. Expert archival repair to gutters of a few leaves. Occasional small touches of soil to leaves.... Read More
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THE TWINS
by Aldin, Cecil
New York and London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. Very good plus.. First US edition of a timeless tale of double trouble: twin puppies escape the house and get into outdoor mischief. 11.5'' x 10''. Original color pictorial boards with sympathetic modern rebacking. 24 full-page color illustrations and frontispiece, with puppy color pictorial endpapers. [104] pages. Corners and edges mildly rubbed. Bright.
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PUPPY-DOG FROLICS
by Aldin, Cecil
London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1928. Very good plus.. First edition of this large-format story of a white Scotty dog puppy who gets into all sorts of trouble on a farm. Cecil Aldin loved dogs both as a topic for illustration and a career, caring for hunting dogs as an official Master of Fox Hounds. The illustrations in PUPPY-DOG FROLICS were originally used in the smaller-format GYP'S HOUR OF BLISS, but they have here been re-colored and... Read More
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PICKLES
by Aldin, Cecil
London and New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Good, with rear flyleaf supplied in facsimile.. First US edition, written by Aldin for his daughter and told from Pickles the puppy's point of view, an energetically illustrated story of the trouble Pickles causes when his owners are out. 11.5'' x 10''. Original cloth backed color pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers of puppies. 24 full-page color illustrations on heavy green paper.[104] pages. Tidemark to the margins of some leaves. Repairs to... Read More
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BUNNYBOROUGH
by Aldin, Cecil
London: Humphrey Milford, 1919. Very good.. First edition of this scarce and fabulous large-format picture book, about a family of humanized rabbits and their animal friends. 11'' x 9.5''. Original quarter cloth, paper pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Aldin with 16 rich color plates on heavy stock and pictorial title page. Faint discoloration from offsetting just visible on boards (as common for this title), barely visible touchup to corners.
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THE WHITE PUPPY BOOK
by Aldin, Cecil
London and New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Very good.. Lovely copy of the diary of Snowball the puppy, illustrated in Aldin's signature lively style. 9.25'' x 8.5''. Original cloth back color pictorial boards. Twelve full-page color illustrations on thick green paper with smaller black and white illustrations throughout. [56] pages. Slight rubbing and bumping to edges with tiny bits of touch-up. Hinges neatly repaired. Bright.
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GYP'S HOUR OF BLISS
by Aldin, Cecil
London and Glasgow: Collins Clear Type Press, 1919. Very good.. Scarce and charming narrative of a mischievous Aberdeen Terrier, with wonderful full-page color images by the king of Edwardian dog art. 12'' x 9.5''. Original cloth-backed color pictorial paper boards. Yellow pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Aldin with 15 fine full-page color illustrations, 35 illustrations in blue line throughout the text, and small color illustration to title page. [48] pages. Moderate soil and rubbing to boards, with minute touch-up... Read More
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CECIL ALDIN'S HAPPY FAMILY
by Aldin, Cecil; Byron, May
London: Henry Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. Very good.. First edition thus, collecting a large group of Aldin-illustrated stories: a massive Aldin omnibus. The stories collected here feature Aldin's winning animal characters, such as Peter the Squeaker and Rags, the good pup. A book difficult to find intact, with stunning color spreads. 9.5'' x 8.25''. Original quarter cloth spine, brown paper boards with pictorial paste-on and gilt-lettering to front board. Illustrated by Aldin with 36 mounted color... Read More
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A DOG DAY : Or The Angel in the House
by Aldin, Cecil; Emanuel, Walter
London: William Heinemann, 1902. Very good.. First edition of this charming large-format Aldin production about a day in the life of a dog - with embossed "presentation copy" stamp to title page. 12'' x 10''. Original cloth-backed color pictorial boards. Illustrated by Aldin with 28 full-page color images facing each page of text. Early ink own name to front free endpaper. Wear and toning, largely at margins, to binding. Subtle repairs to spine. Hinges a bit cracked but... Read More
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DOGS OF CHARACTER
by Aldin, Cecil
London & New York: Eyre & Spottiswoode and Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Near fine.. Signed limited edition, one of only 250 numbered copies signed and with a drawing by Aldin, a lovely copy. The drawing, 2'' x 5'', is a charming picture of Cracker, Aldin's own bull terrier, sleeping on a couch. This book instructs children how to decide which breed to choose, how to train the dog, and relates stories about various dogs. Simply great. 11'' x... Read More
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THE MERRY PUPPY BOOK
by Aldin, Cecil
London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. Very good plus.. First edition of a rare Aldin title, THE MERRY PUPPY BOOK follows the spirited exploits of a variety of puppies in a variety of settings. Aldin at his best. Cecil Aldin loved dogs both as a topic for illustration and a career, caring for hunting dogs as an official Master of Fox Hounds. This book was written during his tenure as the Master of the South Berkshire... Read More
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THE MONGREL PUPPY BOOK
by Aldin, Cecil
New York: Oxford University Press, 1912. Near fine.. Beautiful copy of this puppy autobiography, versified and illustrated by the famed artist of Edwardian-era dogs. 9'' x 8.25''. Original quarter cloth with pictorial boards. 12 full-page color illustrations on green paper; numerous other line illustrations throughout. Endpapers somewhat foxed, else clean, bright, firm.
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FARM BABIES
by Aldin, Cecil
New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Very good.. First US Edition, in which Aldin illustrates Decimus Duckling's delightful and colorful jaunt through the farmyard, as Decimus introduces (and often hassles) the other young animal residents. 11'' x 8.75''. Original color pictorial boards. Pictorial farm animal endpapers. Color pictorial title page and 24 full-page color illustrations. [56] pages. Repairs to head and tail of spine with some occasional offsetting from illustrations.
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A SPORTING GARLAND
by Aldin, Cecil
London: Sands & Co, 1902. Early printing. Near fine.. Gorgeous large-format Aldin title, lavishly illustrated with Edwardian-era outdoor scenes of fishing, hunting, and shooting. The text for children is in verse in large type and deals with outdoor sports. Divided into three sections, each has a pictorial half-title, frontispiece and many fabulous, bold full page color illustrations by Aldin. Each page of text also has a color illustration. Printed on heavy coated paper, this is a stunning book.... Read More
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THE WHITE KITTEN BOOK
by Aldin, Cecil
New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Near fine.. Beautiful first US edition, a departure from Aldin's usual canine subjects. The narration and illustrations of this story are both credited to a little white kitten named Snow, who gets up to a variety of adorable hijinks. 9'' x 8.5''. Cloth backed color pictoral boards. Twelve color full-page illustrations on thick brown paper with black and white frontis and line illustrations throughout. [56] pages. Ink gift inscription dated Christmas 1911... Read More
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ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL
by Alexander, C.; Politi, Leo
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. Fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition, first printing of this classic nineteenth century hymn adapted by Leo Politi. 10.25'' x 8.25''. Original yellow cloth. In original, very slightly frayed dust jacket. Illustrated by Politi in color.
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INFOSURFING THROUGH THE NET
by Alexander, David; Preisler, Jerome
New York: Avon Books, 1995. First printing. Near fine.. Signed first edition of this early and now uncommon guide to the internet. Before content was forced upon you in an endless stream like you were some kind of fois gras goose, before your attention was extracted and exploited as if by fracking, the internet was place small enough that you might buy a book such as this for your guide. Quickly dated and likely (given format) sold predominately... Read More
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I WOULD STEAL HORSES
by Alexie, Sherman
Niagara Falls, NY: Slipstream, 1992. First Edition. Very good +.. Inscribed first printing of Alexie's second book, and arguably his most difficult to find. This poetry collection is noted on the publication page as Slipstream's fifth annual Chapbook Contest Winner. Signed and dated a month after its March 1992 publication. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled cream wraps, very faint stain to outer edge of front cover. Small corner crease. Else clean, bright interior. About near fine. INSCRIBED on title page:... Read More
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A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
by Algren, Nelson
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Very good plus in near fine dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this sometimes humorous but always grim Depression-era tale of the doomed Dove Linkhorn, a Texas drifter who lands in New Orleans - inscribed to the founder of the Lord John Press. Ostensibly about "the natural toughness of women and men, in that order" (jacket), A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE focuses more on how the lives of... Read More
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A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
by Algren, Nelson
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. First edition. Fine in very good dust jacket.. First printing of this sometimes humorous but always grim Depression-era tale of the doomed Dove Linkhorn, a Texas drifter who lands in New Orleans. Ostensibly about "the natural toughness of women and men, in that order" (jacket), A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE focuses more on how the lives of women relate to Dove Linkhorn. Nelson Algren's final commercial success. 8.25'' x 5.5''.... Read More
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CONVERSATIONS WITH NELSON ALGREN
by Algren, Nelson; Donohue, H. E. F.
New York: Hill and Wang, 1964. First edition. Fine in very good plus dust jacket.. First printing of this series of interviews with National Book Award-winning author Nelson Algren - with postcard from Algren to his friend, publisher William Targ. Nelson Algren was fascinated by the underbelly of society, a theme he returned to frequently in his works. In this revealing interviews, H. E. F. Donohue draws out Algren's personal experiences with success and the temptations that came... Read More
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Official Souvenir Program for Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston May 25th, 1965
by [Ali, Muhammad]; [Clay, Cassius]; [Louis, Joe]; [Braddock, Jim]; [Walcott, Jersey Joe]
Lewiston, Maine: Inter-Continental Inc, 1965. First edition. Very good.. Rare program for Muhammad Ali's legendary rematch against Sonny Liston, signed as "Muhammad Ali" shortly before the bout, only a year after he took the name - and additionally signed by three other heavyweight champs present at Ali's training camp: Joe Louis, Jim Braddock, and Jersey Joe Walcott. Ali's swift and crushing defeat of Sonny Liston in the first round of their second title fight in May of 1965... Read More
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THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS
by Allende, Isabel
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First printing. Very good.. Uncorrected proofs for the first US edition of Allende's debut novel, a multigenerational saga and classic of magic realism. In a later interview, Allende recalled the circumstances of her first novel's composition: "I started my first novel, 'The House of the Spirits,' on January 8, 1981 because I was living in exile in Venezuela and my grandfather was dying in Chile. And I could not return to be... Read More
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EVA LUNA
by Allende, Isabel
Helsinki: Suuri Suomalainen Kirjakerho, 1989. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. First Finnish edition of this short story collection by the renowned Chilean-American author. 8.25'' x 5''. Original dark blue glossy paper boards, stamped in light blue and silver to front board and spine. In original unclipped color pictorial jacket, no price as issued. Blue pictorial endpapers. 364 pages. Jacket with light edgewear. Book with slight spine lean, leaves with some toning to margins. Overall sharp.... Read More
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APHRODITE
by Allende, Isabel; Llona, Panchita; Peden, Margaret Sayers; Shekter, Robert
(London): Flamingo, 1998. First printing. Fine in about fine jacket.. First UK edition of Allende's illustrated memoir, an ode to sensual pleasures. 9'' x 6''. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (£16.99) green pictorial jacket. Dark green endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color. 318 pages. Jacket with a tiny crease to front panel. Book fresh and bright.
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