SCRAP IRONY
Houghton Mifflin: Boston, (1961). Hardcover. Illus. by Edward Gorey, 8.25 x 5.5", dec cloth, 127pp, beautiful fresh copy in lightly rubbed and darkened dustjacket (we just found this in storage). FIRST PRINTING. More
Houghton Mifflin: Boston, (1961). Hardcover. Illus. by Edward Gorey, 8.25 x 5.5", dec cloth, 127pp, beautiful fresh copy in lightly rubbed and darkened dustjacket (we just found this in storage). FIRST PRINTING. More
Longmans, Green: London, 1898. Hardcover. Illus. by H.J. Ford, 7.25 x 4.5", 424pp, aeg, recently bound in polished black leather, gilt lettering, one panel of original cloth gilt dec cover bound inside, marbled endpapers and minor foxing else in nice condition. FIRST LANG EDITION, WITH WONDEFUL FOREDGE PAINTING OF A...... More
Little, Brown and Co.: Boston, (1953). Hardcover. Illus. by Robert Lawson, 8.5 x 6.5", gilt-pict blue cloth, 152pp, spine ends a little bumped, spine a little sunned else a nice, clean, fresh copy in a sunned and somewhat worn slipcase. FIRST EDITION, "SPECIAL EDITION" LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED..... More
The Free Library of Philadelphia 1977. Illus, 10 x 7.25", stapled wraps, 12pp, staples slightly rusty else ok. LIMITED TO 600 COPIES. More
Bradbury and Evans: London, nd (c. 1865). Hardcover. Full page cartoons by John Leech, 13 x 11". Embossed gilt-lettered red cloth; aeg, 252pp, covers quite rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, top of spine torn and chipped, pp toned with some scattered finger soiling else a good, usable copy..... More
NY, nd (1870). Hardcover. Oblong 6.5 x 8", brown cloth with color label, 195pp, front inner hinge cracked, covers very darkened and rubbed. EVERY PAGE CONTAINS ONE OR TWO DRAWINGS BY LEECH. English wit and humor featuring one of his well known characters, Mr. Briggs. More
J&R Maxwell: London, nd. Illustr by John Leech, 7 x 4.5, gilt ruled polished calf SIGNED BINDING BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE FOR BRENTANO'S, 154 pp, covers worn, extremities chipping, front outer spine cracking, abrasion to lower fore-corner of front cover, teg, eps unevenly toned, contents toned with scattered spotting and..... More
Paris 1899. 16x12.5", wraps, leaves variously numbered, wraps defective, some staining to ends with most leaves nice and clean. ONE OF 200 NUMBERED COPIES, WITH 77 LEAVES, ALL PRINTED IN COLOR RESEMBLING WATER COLORS WITH PRINTED TEXT. More
Blue Ribbon Books: NY, 1933. Illustr including two adjoining pop-ups (Red Riding Hood outside the door, the wolf in bed), covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, ink name of former owner and some pencil scribbles on front fly, pop-ups a bit used (LRRH is creased, wolf head tab..... More
Blue Ribbon Books: NY, 1934. With three pop-ups and color illustr by Harold B. Lentz, 9.25 x 8, color pict boards, unpag, covers a bit darkened and worn, extremities fraying, hinges loose, pp toned, but still a very nice, complete copy with perfectly functioning pop-ups of Mother Goose riding a...... More
Quadrangle/The New York Times: (NY), (1973). Cartoons by Ellen Levine, 8.25 x 5.5", glossy pict stapled wraps, unpaginated, covers a little worn, contents nice and clean. A SCARCE title! Introduction by Naomi Weisstein. More
The Limited Editions Club/Lakeside Press: Chicago, 1937. Hardcover. Illustrations by Grant Wood, 10 x 7.75", limp cloth, 367pp, covers a little rubbed, extremities lightly bumped and worn, former owner's bookplate inside front cover (abraded) else a nice copy in a darkended, worn, torn and incomplete slipcase. LIMITED TO 1500 NUMBERED..... More
Nobrow Press: (London), (2010). Paperback. Color illus., 9.25 x 5.25", folds out to ten double-sided panels, minor edge-wear, two panels in middle stuck together at bottom of fold else a nice copy in the title wrap-around. SCARCE. More
Berliner Lithogr. Instituts: Berlin. 1879. 7.5 x 5, cloth, large folding color map of Central Europe measuring 29 x 31 inches house in original olive green cloth portfolio, paper backing of spine weak, a few short tears to map at fold lines otherwise very good. FIRST ED. More
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1915. Illustr with eight full page color plates by Charles M. Russell, 8 x 6, red cloth with color pict cover label, 236 pp, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, bottom third of spine at rear hinge stained, hinges loose, contents toned, one short foredge tear..... More
Sheldon & Co.: NY, (1856). Hardcover. Full page (or double page) maps, 10 x 7". Leather backed gilt-lettered embossed cloth, 32pp + maps, covers heavily worn, spine abraded and holed and torn, pp toned and with some spotting, maps identified in ink on reverse. Map I loose and cut into..... More
The Reilly and Britton Co: Chicago, 1909. Illustrated by John Rea Neill, 8 x 5.5, green cloth with color pict label on front cover, 208 pp with Notes, covers rubbed, extremities fraying and bumped, hinges loose, former owner's ink name at top of front fly, ink inscription of another former..... More
The PoweRoyal Company: Colorado Springs, CO, (1993). Paperback. Illus., 11 x 8.5", plastic comb bound laminated wraps, 150pp, ink ownership inscription at top of title page else a nice, clean copy of this SCARCE book. More
J.F. Dove for R. Priestley: London. 1818. 8.5 x 5.5, gilt decorated red straight grained morocco, aeg, 599 pp + index, covers quite worn, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges repaired but still weak, spine with vertical crack, two bookplates, contents toned, foxed and used. A rather worn but important book..... More
Paris 1881. 6 x 4", full blue leather, t.e.g., 135 w/table, spine faded, estremities bumped, covers a bit worn, but stillattractive, contents foxed, inner hinges splitting else vg. WITH 15 COLOR MINIATURE (1.25 X 1.75") ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLUE, RED & GOLD BY H. SCOTT & F. MEAULLE... More
Frederick Warne: London n.d. (1912). 14.5 x 12", bichrome brown cloth w/central cartouche, gilt lettering & device to spine, 105pp, 50 color plates, index, teg, ex-reference library, moderate markings, scattered light foxing throughout else very clean, nice copy. More
Cupples & Leon: NY, 1909. Color illus., 7 x 5.25", gilt-lettered and dec padded cloth covers, unpaginated, covers worn and stained, hinges very loose, ink inscription from former owner, textblock cracked, some finger soil else a decent copy with bright illustrations: full page color illus. of flowers and reproductions of..... More
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans: London, 1846. 8.25 x 5.5", full leather; aeg, 191pp, covers rubbed, extremities worn, spine a bit sunned, hinges loose, old ink inscription from former owner dated 1846, some toning and finger soiling to pp else a decent copy. WITH ORIGINAL FOREDGE PAINTING SHOWING A VIEW..... More
The Bobb-Merrill Co.: Indianapolis, (1910). Hardcover. Illus., by Howard Chandler Christy, 7.5 x 5", gilt-lettered green cloth, 370pp, covers with a hint of extremity wear, spine ends gently bumped, pp a little edge-toned else a nice, clean, bright copy in a remarkably beautiful dustjacket with a hint of extremity wear..... More
Philip Lee Warner, The Medici Press: London. 1910-1911. Four volumes, 48 tipped in color illustr plus title page illustr, vellum in dust jackets with slipcases, top ties and bookmark, 168, 179, 208, 212. Corners and spines bumped, endpapers have offsetting from ties, tiny tears to deckled edges, scattered light spotting..... More