Chicago: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2011. First editions. Three volumes, large 8vo. A total of approximately 230 pages, with approximately 112 b&w plates after photographs. White stiff wrappers with black cloth dust jacket titled in silver ink. All three volumes are fine, as new and housed in a matching black cloth..... More
Cobden, Illinois: Anna Press / Chicago, Illinois: 2054 Press, 2012. Swedlund, Charles A. First edition. Large 8vo., 60, [2] pp., 26 circular b&w plates from photographs. Photo illustrated stiff wrappers, of which the front wrapper is slightly curled at the fore edge. Near fine. Signed in ink by the photographer..... More
[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]: The University of Southern Mississippi, 1981. Sendak, M. Medallion in silver pewter with portrait bust of Maurice Sendak. Verso legend "Awarded by the University of Southern Mississippi, 1981" Issued in honor the artists' contribution to children's literature. Fine in sealed plastic bag as issued. More
19 ring binders and bound notebooks of varying sizes, containing thousands of pages of notes, figures, graphs and formulas, in holograph, typescript and printed form, pertaining to all aspects of the chemical analysis of various clays, and the manufacture of ceramics, with particular attention to porcelain and its glazes, and..... More
Chicago: Stephen Daiter Gallery, 2011. First editions. Three volumes, large 8vo. A total of approximately 230 pages, with approximately 112 b&w plates after photographs. Printed stiff wrappers. Very good. With texts by Stephen Daiter, Keith F. Davis, and Paul Berlanga. Issued as the catalogue for an exhibition held at the..... More
[Honolulu]: Bishop National Bank of Hawaii, 1958. Adams, Ansel. First edition. Oblong folio, 103 b&w photo-plates on glossy stock. Stiff wrappers, which are agetoned and moderately soiled. The first few leaves show thumbing. Lacking the Japanese paper dust jacket, while retaining a portion of the mailing carton. Since this was..... More
Talllulah Falls Georgia: The Ashentilly Press, 1958. Limited edition. Octavo, 45 pp., illustrations and capitals in red. Illustrated self wrapper. Toned and light creases to the wrapper tips. Very good. This copy is signed by W. Stanton Forbes and marked "Limited edition" in his hand. More
[New York: The Harbor Press, 1936]. First edition. 12mo., 12 unnumbered pp. Printed in black type with illustrations in orange. Stitched wrappers. Slight dusting and wear. A very good copy. The colophon reads: Written by Charles M. Adams, designed by John S. Fass, set into types at the Harbor Press..... More
Pittsburgh: Caliban Book Shop, [2017]. Deluxe Edition. Broadside, 11 x 17 inches. Letterpress in black and orange types. This is the deluxe edition, limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by the author. Fine, as new. "Yale historian Timothy Snyder, best known for his works on the history of genocide in..... More
Waterbury, Connecticut: American Office Print, c. 1850s. Hayden. Broadside, printed recto only, 10 x 12 inches, text in a variety of type styles and decorations, with a decorative border. Fine, bright, as new. Itinerant photographers would post these broadsides to announce their arrival in a town, ready to photograph people..... More
Oak Hill, West Virginia: Photo Views Company, c. 1930-1940. ( Original gelatin silver panoramic postcards, 11 x 3 3/8 inches. All with captions identifying the scene. The verso is blank, save the imprinted, "POST CARS / MESSAGE/ ADDRESS. All near fine. Include views of: New River Canyon, Scene from Hawks..... More
1980. Sendak, M. Postal card, 5 x 2 15/16 inches, illustration by Maurice Sendak, advertising the play by Sendak, with music by Carole King. The verso, which is printed in the style of a postcard and lists the theater location. Fine. More
Harper & Row, [circa 1961]. Sendak, M. Bookmark, 8 x 3 1/2 inches, color illustration by Maurice Sendak. The verso lists five titles by Else Homelund Minarik, which are illustrated by Sendak, as well as several other books from the publisher. Fine. More
[circa 1989]. Sendak, M. Bookmark, 8 x 2 3/8 inches, color illustration by Maurice Sendak. More
[Columbus, Ohio]: The Logan Elm Press, 1980. First edition. Broadside, 19 x 9.5 inches on handmade laid paper, illustrated with a woodcut and printed in colors. Elijah Pierce (1892-1984) Baptist preacher, barber and one of the most celebrated American wood carvers of the twentieth century. He was born in Mississippi..... More
New York: Alfred Stieglitz, 1904. . Hand-pulled photogravure, 7 9/16 x 5 7/8 inches [19.21 x 14.92 cm] printed on a copper plate paper, tipped to an art paper, which is tipped to the origial laid paper stock, 11 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches [29.85x 20.96 cm]. Archivally matted on..... More
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1976. Tress, Arthur. First edition. Small square 4to., (10) pp., 72 full-page b&w photos, many small format photos. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Subtle crease to the upper, otherwise very good. Includes essays "Tress' Vaudeville" by Duane Michals and "Arthur Tress" by Michel Tournier. More
Cleveland: Thos. T. Sweeny, 1879. Sweeny, Thomas T. First edition. Miniature panoranic albumen photograph, 5 in x 1/12 in, on a slightly larger paper, mounted on card stock with printed description on the reverse. Mild dusting; very good. More
New York: Pantheon Books, 1991. Friedlander, Lee. First edition. Oblong 4to., [6] pp., plus 84 full-page b&w photo-plates, [10] pp. afterword. Fine in dust jacket with one short closed tear at the lower tip. More
[New York]: Albondocani Press and Ampersand Books, 1974. Dunn, Robert. First edition. 12mo. [4] pp., stapled Illustrated stiff wrappers, with partial mailing envelope. Cover drawing by Robert Dunn. Fine. Issued by the author and publisher as a holiday greeting in an edition of 400 unnumbered copies, nore of which were..... More
New York: November 16, 1955. Single page, 8 1/2 x 11, 5 paragraphs, addressed to Mr. Hubbell, SIGNED in ink. Admiral Byrd states that he is about to embark on a new U.S. Navy expedition to the Antarctic - he then appeals for funds for the IRC of which he..... More
Boston: Trustees of the Public Library of the City of Boston, 1983. First edition. Oblong small 4to., 52 pp., 24 full-page b&w photographs. Pictorial stiff wrappers. A fine copy. Delivered on the occasion of the eighth Bromsen Lecture, May 3, 1980. 2000 copies. More
Tokyo: Goro International Press Co., 1986. Tress, Arthur. First edition. Square 12mo., unpaged, 37 full-page color plates, with text in both Japanese and English opposite. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. In the publisher's plain envelope. A colorful and fanciful dramatic version of the creation myth, or genesis, which unfolds from a teapot..... More
Stuttgart: Verlag von W. Nitzschke, [c1870]. Lossow, Heinrich. Third ed. Illustrated issue. Oblong 4to., (3), 62 pp., 4 illustrations, which are color-printed with secondary hand-coloring. Cloth-backed illustrated paper over boards, rubbed on extremities; dampstained along edges mostly affecting the blank margins, occasional foxing, else very good. Illustrated by Heinrich Lossow..... More
