The Macmillan Co.: NY, 1938. Hardcover. 7.5 x 5", cloth, 85pp, covers a bit rubbed, extremities fraying, some scratches to front cover, spine label a bit browned, endpapers toned. SIGNED BY THE ABBEY PLAYERS (on the unevenly toned front fly): MAUREEN DELANY, MAY CRAIG, AIDEEN O'CONNOR, EILEEN CROWE, ARTHUR SHIELDS..... More
Random House: NY, 1934. Hardcover. 8.5 x 6", black cloth, 57pp, covers rubbed and a bit dusty, top edge of back cover with some paper adhesion, endpapers unevenly toned; still a good copy of the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED "For Veronica Hutchinson..." AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GERTRUDE..... More
Random House: NY, (1934). Hardcover. 8.25 x 6", rough cloth backed pict boards, 264pp, covers rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped, spine label browned and chipped, pp toned. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED "For Veronica Hutchinson...Cleveland Dec 22/'34" AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, GERTRUDE STEIN. More
Maeght Editeur: Paris. 1966. Illustr. By Steinberg, photographs by D'Inge Morath, oblong 10.75 x 12.5, color pict boards, unpag, cover edges a little worn, some minor soiling to text block corners else a very nice copy in a chipped acetate cover and the original worn, lightly waterstained cardboard slipcase with..... More
Random House: NY, (1936). Hardcover. 7.5 x 4.5", green cloth, 625pp, covers rubbed, spine darkened, extremities fraying, bottom edges of covers with some adhesion marks, eps toned (especially front endpapers from old newspaper clippings). INSCRIBED ON FRONT ENDPAPERS "To Veronica Hutchinson with our best wishes, The Abbey Players" AND SIGNED..... More
Harcourt, Brace and Co.: NY, (1934). Hardcover. Photos, 8.5 x 6", blue cloth, 310pp, covers rubbed and darkened along edges, spine toned, spine ends bumped, extremities fraying, pp toned, frontis detached (but present); still a good used copy of the Third Printing from October 1934. INSCRIBED "En souvenir of the..... More
Reynal & Hitchcock: NY, (1943). Hardcover. Illus. by Mary Shepard and Agnes Sims, 7.75 x 5", pict cloth, 239pp, covers rubbed with some light staining at bottom edges, extremities lightly bumped and worn, endpapers unevenly toned, small dark stains on foredge and bottom edge of textblock but still a decent..... More
10" tall, made by Tasha when her children were very young. Hand painted paper mache` head, jointed wooden arms and legs with painted stockings and boots, hand sewn floral print dress and red cape. The Tudor family enjoyed staging marionette shows for their friends and even performed for schools, libaries..... More
np, nd. One page, 6.25 x 4, on plain lined paper, boldly written to (Noah) Brooks, dated May 19: "Very much obliged. Will you please endorse this check over to Tommy or cash it & pay him? It is 15 folios -- for long jobs I have alsways paid 8..... More
American Publishing Co: Hartford, Conn. 1869. Illustr, 8.5 x 5.5, 651 + ads, vg. FINELY BOUND BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE IN FULL CRUSHED BROWN MOROCCO, GILT STAMPED SPINE, ALL EDGES GILT, MARBLED END PAPERS, FIRST ED, FIRST ISSUE. A beautiful copy. More
C. G. and J. Robinson: London 1793. 9 x 5", 3/4 leather w/marbled boards, raised bands, i-xxxix, 41-391pp, later covers & eps, worn, scuffed, outer hinges worn, corners bumped, pencil notes inside, name stamp on title, ink notes, soiling, spotting, creasing. Vaughan, an MP in England, was a sympathizer of..... More
New York, 1950. Two pages, 12 x 9, torn roughly at top (from tablet?), written in black ink on both sides, folds, toning, loss of some letters from one page, in Hungarian. WITH TWO ORIGINAL INK ILLUSTRATIONS OF DOGS BY MARCEL VERTES: One of a dog, with a halo, tearing..... More
Albert & Charles Boni: NY, 1927. Hardcover. Illus. by Amy Drevenstedt, 8.25 x 5", pict cloth, 235pp, covers rubbed and finger soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, pp toned, a couple of tiny spots on edges of textblock else a decent copy of the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED BY THE..... More
Dodd, Mead: NY, 1885. Lithographed decorative borders throughout (headpieces), 10 x 7.5, bound by GAZ in full brown levant morocco tooled in gilt, raised spine bands, gilt inner dentelles, decorative color pastedown, moire silk free endleaves, top edges gilt, (2), 336, (2) pp, joints and extremities a bit rubbed else..... More
Routledge: London, (1942). Hardcover. Frontis illus. by author, 6.5 x 4", cloth backed boards, 90pp, covers rubbed and darkened at edges, spine sunned with several small holes in cloth, pp toned. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR/ARTIST AND DATED "Dublin February 25, 1944" BELOW ORIGINAL INK ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT APPEARS..... More