Brown cloth boards under illustrated dust jacket, 8.5" x 5.75", 370 pp. Fading to spine panel of DJ, price-clipped, light rubbing to edges. Owner's inscription in pencil to front endpaper--erasable, but I left it in case you like the history. View More...
Miniature hardcover; one of 75 copies; 3 x 2.25 inches; v, 46, [1] pages; signed by the author on colophon. Bound in decorative paper with title on paper label pasted to spine, hint of wear at extremities, else fine. Beach-La-Mar is an English based pidgen, spoken by some in the South Pacific. It was once more widely used, primarily by the islanders dealing regularly European and English speaking merchants. View More...
Undated, but listed in Catalog of Copyright Entries for 1935. Hardcover with dust jacket. Oblong, 9 x 10.75 inches; unpaginated; color illustrations throughout. Blue cloth boards with large paste-down illustrations to front and rear, sewn binding; boards edge worn with a bit of fraying at extremities, occasional smudges and mild handling wear to pages, binding sound. Dust jacket worn and grubby with tide marks along fore edges, split along spine, now housed in protective mylar cover. Bimbo is a little circus monkey who has his favorite jacket stolen by the circus strongman. He asks all of his ... View More...
Miniature hardcover in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering, 2 1/2 x 2 inches, 75 pages, black and white illustrations by Ron Tully throughout, blue marbled enpapers, no notable flaws. This book is set in 10 pt Egmont and printed on acid-free Ragston paper in an edition of 300 copies, of which this is no. 58. Initialed on the colophon page by the author. From the text, "Simply stated, printers and publishers of miniature books are possessed people whose every waking moment is spent trying to solve unsolvable problems." Humorous and personal memories of working in the miniature book world by Jo... View More...
Miniature hardcover; one of 250 numbered copies, this being 188; 2.75 x 2 inches; [1], v-vii, 9-24, [1] pages; frontis illustration of Lamb at his desk. Red leather boards with gilt titles to spine, boards show faint wear with tiny nicks at edges and corners, silver Lilliput booksellers label in rear with old price in Japanese Yen. Collects letters from Charles Lamb to various literary figures relating to his love of books. Printed and with introduction by Wallace Nethery. View More...
Miniature hardcover bound in denim cloth; one of about 75 copies, this being number 39; signed by the author; 2.5 x 2.5 inches; unpaginated. Book is in fine condition with no notable flaws. From the introduction: "This is a Country-Western type ballad, and is intended for singing, rather than for reading. It may be sung to any tune which suits the singer's fancy. It should be sung in the manner of a country "shout" with strained vocal chords and strong nasal intonation... View More...
Reprint; 8.5 x 5.75 inches; 191 pages; illustrated; signed by the author on front free end paper and inscribed thus: "Best wishes to Beth, Dan and John. Walt Morey 1989." Blue boards with black bear on front, boards edge worn, unmarked pages are clean, crisp and bright, binding straight and sound. Bright, crisp dust jacket with very light wear at extremities, 6 inch long scratch to front panel, spot of light soil at top rear corner. View More...
Two volumes, miniature hardcovers in marbled paper backed in leather decorated in gilt, 2 x 2 inches, 76 and 75 pages, marbled endpapers, tiny silver Lilliput bookseller's label on rear paste-down, gilt on spine dulled, otherwise no notable flaws. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is number 30. Essay discussing the impact of Defoe's work on world history including the French Revolution, major reforms in British government, and maybe the American Revolution. View More...
Miniature hardcover; one of 150 copies; 2.75 x 2 inches; 21, [1] pages; illustrated. Bound in green leather with gilt titles to front boards, no notable flaws. Early writing on Charles Lamb and his farce, "Mr. H. in America. View More...
First edition, signed by Lynd Ward on blank preliminary page, price of $2.75 present on front flap, date on title page, 4to, 85 pages, alternating pages of text and illustrations throughout; spine ends a touch pushed, dust jacket edge worn with a couple of tiny tears at top edge and one half inch chip out at head of spine, gold award sticker on front cover. This was Lynd Ward's first book as both author and illustrator, and it earned him the 1953 Caldecott Medal. With scant text, the pictures tell most of the story, and tell it well. Ward created the illustrations with casein paint, an ancient... View More...
First edition stated, signed by Cheever on tipped-in leaf. Full black cloth in red dust jacket, grey endpapers, 8.25" x 5.75", 275 pp. Slight rubbing to rear panel of jacket. View More...
Revised and enlarged edition. Hardcover, full red cloth with gilt lettering to front cover & spine, edges untrimmed, 8.5" x 5.75", 429 pp. Nice contemporary bookplate, contemporary gift inscription. Symons' classic overview of the Symbolists. View More...
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