NY: Limited Editions Club, 1992. Folio. (19)ff. One of 400 copies. Signed by the author and artist. Illustrated with five illuminated lithographs by Elizabeth Catlett, printed by J. K. Fine Editions Co. of New York City. Walker's rousing poem celebrates the devotion and endurance of her people, the African Americans..... More
NY: Limited Editions Club, 2007. Folio. (vii), 54pp. One of 420 copies. Signed by the artist. Ringgold's eight serigraph prints earnestly illustrate the painful complexities of the Civil Rights Movement. In color and line they are whimsical, casting a church, a field, and a fairgound with vibrancy that clashes with..... More
Poestenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 1988. Folio. (7)ff. One of forty copies. Seventeen linecut-monoprint illustrations, appearing as rubbings or mottled silhouettes of leaves, buds, and tree branches, are printed over backgrounds of blue and green on the volume's seven sheets of heavily textured brown Japanese paper. Folded in thirds and bound..... More
Boston: Heron Press, 1989. Folio. 33pp., unbound, as issued. From an edition of 115 copies, this is one of fifteen printed on handmade paper, with an extra etching laid in, and signed by Chandler and Lewis. Illustrated with eight etchings by Chandler, one of which is a double-page fold-out. The..... More
(Chillicothe, OH: Mountain House Press, 1987). Four volumes. Unpaginated. One of 50 numbered copies printed by Dard Hunter II at the Mountain House Press. The text, written in 1915, is reprinted from the quarterly published by Alfred Fowler entitled The Miscellany, Volume II, No. 1. It was written by Dard..... More
Reading: Smart and Cowslade, 1792. Octavo. (iv), (viii), (60)pp., + two folding plates. First edition. The Preface notes that this series of versified history lessons is adapted from the Chronological and Historical Game of England, published by Dudley Adams. Once a young scholar has absorbed the mnemonic verse describing the..... More
Omaha: Abattoir Editions, 1977. Large octavo. 100pp. One of 253 copies. Illustrated with thirteen wood-engravings by Moser. Moser's eerie engravings capture the anxiety and spiritual tension of Abraham and Sarah as they attempt to interpret God's wishes. Accompanied by a suite of loose prints and a note by Smyth, these..... More
Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1960. Quarto. (x) 34pp. One of 500 copies, with hand-lettered initials by Wendy Westover, and gilt opening initial by Margaret Adams. Printed in italics using blue and black inks. A beautiful book, containing a collection of poems from 1921 to 1960. An extra poem dated November..... More
Worcester: Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1976. 12mo. (15)ff. From an edition of 400, this is one of only thirty-five bound in full leather and printed on Amatruda Amalfi paper. Illustrated with five small wood engravings by Phillida Gili, the daughter of Reynolds Stone. A comforting account of the endurance of Christmas..... More
(Mexico City: D. E. Herrero Y Cia, c. 1955). Oblong octavo. (56)pp. Tenth edition (stated). With a pedagogical outline from the Secretary of Education. Beginning with correct posture for standing and running, the text covers a wide range of topics designed to encourage good habits, understand natural phenomena, and become..... More
NY: D. Appleton & Co., (n.d.). Square octavo. 4pp., + six full-page chromolithographed illustrations. Another title from the long partnership between McLoughlin and Appleton, which began in the 1860s and enabled McLoughlin to gain a foothold in South America. This title likely appeared in McLoughlin’s “Familiar Series,” though we cannot..... More
London: J & J Wood, c. 1845. Octavo. (8)pp. (first and last text pages glued to wrapper). With cover illustration and two frontispiece engravings by W.D. Hornsby. This primer was issued as part of Wood's Juvenile Library, and contains two pages of alphabets and numbers, followed by 26 short lessons..... More
NY: D. Appleton & Co., (n.d.). Square octavo. 4pp + six full-page chromolithographed illustrations. Originally published by McLoughlin under the “Familiar Series”, the present edition was issued in a Spanish translation by Appleton for distribution in South America. This title apparently not held in any institutional collection. Minor wear and..... More
Banbury: J. G. Rusher, (c. 1830). 32mo. 16pp. Replete with etchings showing farmyard animals and children at play and at work. Each etching accompanies rhyming verses bemoaning lacksadasical or arrogant children, praising those who are and humble and hardworking, and humorously describing the quirks of various animal companions. Uncut. Bound..... More
NY: Young Scott, 1967. First edition. Signed by Gorey. A lively retelling of some of the most well-known fables from the American South. Spot of soiling to spine, else near fine in illustrated library binding, as issued. (Toledano B31a). More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1974. Large oblong octavo. (9)pp. First illustrated edition. One of 1,000 copies, signed by Gorey on the title page. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Faint toning to edges of covers, else near fine in tan wrappers. (Toledano B59c). More
1979. First edition. A set of thirteen postcards. Each card features a creature interpreting amusing adjectives starting with the letter "I", such as "Indecency", "Inquisitiveness", and "Ineptitude". Housed in an envelope, toned at edges, else near fine. (Toledano A75b). More
(Verona: Angela Lorenz, 1990). (12)ff. One of twenty-four copies signed by the artist, Angela Lorenz. A miniature book in the form of a model of an early portable sun-clock, of the sort made in ivory during the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries in Germany and Japan. Contains ten etchings reproducing..... More
NY: The Grolier Club, 2019. Quarto. 435pp. Replete with to-scale photographs of the wealth of miniature books presented in the exhibition held at the Grolier Club in the spring of 2019. Bound in black cloth over boards with dust wrapper. Fine. More
NY: Dodd, Mead, (1971). First edition. Signed by Gorey. Illustrated with color plates and black & white line drawings by Victoria Chess. Slightest rubbing to spine ends, else about fine in dust wrapper. (Toledano A25). More
NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. First edition. Signed by Gorey. A delightful comedy of errors, headed by the clumsy Flemming Flanders. Holt Library Edition, bound in pictorial boards. Faint bumps to corners and creasing at hinges, else near fine in very good dust wrapper. More
NY: Abrams, 1996. First edition. One of 300 copies, signed by Edward Gorey, Karen Wilkin, and Clifford Ross. Contains an interview with Gorey, conducted by Ross, with analysis by art critic Wilkin and 200 illustrations of Gorey's work. Fine in an illustrated dust wrapper. Housed in a black cloth slipcase..... More
San Francisco: Word Play Publications, 1996. First edition. One of 226 copies signed by Gorey and by the authors. This illustrated reference work includes ephemera and collectibles, dramatic productions, a list of pseudonyms, and more. The first true Gorey bibliography. Annotated in pencil throughout, front endpaper creased. Bound in cloth-covered..... More
San Francisco: Troubador Press, 1979. First softcover edition. Signed by Gorey. A collection of hidden picture puzzles, codes, and mazes features some of Gorey's signature characters. A near fine copy, in pictorial wrappers, somewhat rubbed. (Toledano B64a). More
San Francisco: Troubador Press, 1979. First hardcover edition. One of 750 copies containing a previoulsy unpublished drawing by Gorey and puzzle by Evans not in the wrapper edition. A collection of hidden picture puzzles, codes, and mazes features some of Gorey's signature characters. A very fine copy, still in original..... More
