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El Segundo, CA: March Hare Books, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo, Midnight blue cloth over boards with gilt title and Oz emblem to front; gilt title to spine. 8.75 in. x 8.75 in., pp. xxxviii, 369. Illustrated with pictures of Baum's bookcovers and other Oz-related pictures. Protected in mylar..... More
Berkeley, CA: The Codex Foundation, 2008 - 2011. Softcover. Six separate staplebound pamphlets (each 7 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.) housed in a card slipcase, containing Numbers 1 through 6 in the CODE (X) + 1 Monographic Series of feuilletons, deliberations and Provocations. Monograph One: Bringhurst, Robert: "Why There..... More
New York: Print Collector's Newsletter, Inc., 1975-1991. Fifteen unique issues: Folded pamphlets, each 28 pages, with three-hole punch to left side. Very clean, with an occasional bent corner. Coffee ring to cover of Vol. VI, No. 6. Orange bookseller's price sticker to covers of Vol. XXI, No. 6 and Vol..... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art (M.O.M.A.), 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. brick-colored cloth-covered boards (11 1/4 in. x 10 in.), with midnight-blue endpapers. A lavish production spearheaded by Ms. Castleman, then Chief Curator in the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art. 264 pages..... More
New York: Derrydale Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 950 copies printed with this being number 625. 71 pages. Frontis, text drawings. Red cloth wih Derrydale oval logo in gilt on front with spine titles in gilt. Corners nudged, some light edgewear, bit of soiling to edges, cover overall bright. In..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Center for the Study of Armament and Disagreement, California State University, 1977. Staplebound Pamphlet. Two-staple pamphlet, 8.5 in. x 5.4 in., pp. xx, 71. Ivory textured cardpaper covers with dark brown title and spy design to front. Light rubbing to edges. Touch of tanning along spine. Unmarked..... More
Sausalito, California: Angel Island Publlications, Inc., 1958. Softcover. First issue of a seminal literary quarterly. Card covers (9 in. x 6 in.) with black and white photograph of a child staring at a fierce looking fish, who is staring back at her. Sewn signatures. Minor shelfwear and a small crease..... More
New York: James F. Drake, 1928 - 1930. Hardcover. Twenty-two consecutive co-bound rare book catalogues, each 48-68 pages. 12mo, 6.6 in. x 4.3 in. Olive green half calf over light green cloth ruled in gilt. Five raised bands and gilt title to spine. Light scuffing to corners, edges, gutters, and..... More
London, England: W. & G. Foyle Ltd., 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Red cloth-covered boards (7 in. x 5 in.) with gilt foil paste-on, lettered and bordered in black. Minor rubbing to extremities, corners and spinecaps. Touch of sunning to spine. In original patterned glassine wrapper with chipping to the..... More
Salinas, CA: Salinas Public Library, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.7 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 196. Limited edition #72/200, signed by both editors on the half title page. Illustrated with frontis of Steinbeck and several images of books. Off-white speckled buckram boards with dark brrown title and image of..... More
London, England: Holland Press Limited, [1930] 1985. Hardcover. Quartos. Forest green cloth over boards. Rear corner Vol. I ever so slightly nudged. Faint age-tan to text. Originally published in 1930 in two volumes, then reprinted in one abridged version in 1967. Here reprinted in its original two volumes in 1985..... More
London, England: W. & G. Foyle, Ltd., 1923. Pamphlet. 12mo. Grey cardstock with black lettering (and a large drop-cap "T" to front panel), with a 1/6 price to front. Book is inscribed Compliments "G?F" to top of front panel - arguably the publisher Gilbert Foyle of the legendary London bookselling..... More
Berkeley, CA: The Codex Foundation, 2008. Hardcover. Folio, 12.25 in. x 9.25 in., pp. 441, [3]. Richly illustrated with 735 color images. Black cloth boards with white title to front and spine. Light rubbing to dustjacket edges. Protected in mylar. From the front flap: Book Art Object is a record..... More
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Books, 1994. Hardcover. Sm. 4tos. Light blue cloth over boards with black printing to top board and spine. An Oak Knoll reprint of this seminal work, originally published in 1907 as a 2-volume set, limited to 353 copies. All plates originally appearing in the 1907..... More
Eugene, Oregon: Northwest Review, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. Staplebound. Constitutes Volume XVI, Numbers One and Two of the Northwest Review, simultaneously issued in hardcover and paperback. 200 pp. Card covers. Staplebound. A wee bit of staining to front cover. Appears to have been little-read. VERY CLEAN. Book is about..... More
Brooklyn, New York: George McKibben and Son, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Grey cloth-covered boards with red and black lettering to front board. In original glassine dustwrapper, largely intact with some edgewear and open and closed tears along edges, and one sizeable chip to bottom corner. Author was the Art..... More
Chicago, IL: Chicago LIterary Club, 1916. Earl Howell Reed. First Edition. Softcover. 12mo, 7.2 in. x 4.5 in., pp. 45. Illustrated with nineteen full-page silhouette portraits. Sage green paper wraps with dark green title and wreath design to front. Untrimmed fore-edge. Rubbing, small tears and brittleness to the edges of..... More