(N.p. c. 1915). Single page. Signed by Frost. The typescript has been copied in blue ink, with two manuscript corrections in Frost's hand. The first, a change from "need" to "wish" in the second line, appears in subsequent editions of the poem, which was first published in Frost's Mountain Interval... More
Postenkill, NY: Kaldewey Press, 2018. Quarto. (12)pp, accordion-fold. One of fourteen copies. Kaldewey's interpretation of Rilke's poem invoking the transformative power of music showcases the German text, deeply imprinted in yellow ink. The lines are paired with bright watercolors that evoke the atmospheric and affective quality of both the poem's... More
Paris: Capendu, A., (n.d.). Small quarto. (14)pp. Six full-page color plates with movable elements, plus black & white illustrations scattered throughout the text. The movable images are operated through tabs, which bring to life a band of young boys playing tricks on a giant ogre, and the ogre at the... More
London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, (c. 1900). Small quarto. (12)pp. Six full-page color illustrations, each of which is folded at the top; when unfolded, the scene changes to reveal a surprise. For example, a boy reaching for a nest is suddenly attacked by birds, hunters in a tree are hosed... More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, (1912). Quarto. (13)pp. Six full-page color plates, each of which depicts anthropomorphized animals, accompaned by lyricized fables printed on the opposing page. The fables included are "The Fox and the Stork," "The Wolf and the Lamb," "The City Rat and the Country Rat," "The... More
Paris: Capendu, A., (n.d.). Quarto. (6)ff. Six color engravings, all with movable elements. The illustrations are each titled and, along with the accompanying text below each plate, show various aspects of life in Beijing as envisioned by the French publisher. These include scenes of music and dancing, family life, and... More
Rotterdam: D. Bolle, (1917). Small quarto. (10)pp. Four movable color plates, plus black & white illustrations throughout. The movable plates provide animated illustration to four different stories among the ten in the book, and depict Sambo facing a lion, a young Indian boy cradled in the trunk of an elephant... More
London: Dean & Son, (1859). Small quarto. (8)ff. Eight hand-colored engravings, all with movable parts. These movable images are operated through paper tabs and show the titular old woman with a host of animals as she tries to tame her newly purchased pig. The text of the story lies below... More
Amsterdam: G. Theod. Bom. (1874). 12mo. (20)pp. Six movable lithographs. Each illustration operates through a flap, which, when flipped up or down, changes the image. In one, a soldier in the midst of battle changes to a cavalryman on horseback, while in another a man goes from eating a meal... More
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Prague: Artia, 1971. Small quarto. (12)pp. Six pop-up illustrations, some with movable elements. The illustrations, with accompanying Japanese text, narrate the journey of two children and their dog to the moon with a rocket of their own invention. Bound in pictorial boards with lower cover repaired. Skillful paper repairs to... More
London: Dean & Son, (1879). 12mo. 12pp. Six full-color movable plates. The corners of each plate may be flipped up or down in order to change that portion of the image. In one illustration, a strongman holds acrobats on his arms, but flipping the corners show him balancing them on... More
Hong Kong: Salesian Catachetical Centre, 1957. Octavo. (47)pp. Twenty pop-up illustrations, set oblong in the book above explanatory text on the opposing page. Imagery includes a "soldier of Christ" slaying a dragon, various authority figures in the Church, and several scenes depicting a young evangelist using the gifts of the... More
Paris: G. Mazeyrie, (c. 1940). Octavo. (16)pp. Illustrated throughout with cartoons and maps of Europe. An ABC chapbook published in Vichy France, this pamphlet encourages collaboration with Nazi Germany and hatred of the English and the Jews. For example, "A" stands for "La Perfide Albion", while "J" promotes the antisemitic... More
San Francisco: Lantern Press, 1929. Octavo. 32pp. One of 500 copies. Inscribed by the author to the binder, Caroline Weir Ely. Printed at the Grabhorn Press, with a woodcut frontispiece by Ray Boynton. A collection of poems by Wood, celebrating the spiritual and rustic beauty of the wilderness. Wood is... More
Chicago: Banghart & Fischer Craft Materials, 1912. Octavo. (8)pp., accordionfold. Each page bears four samples, each labeled with its name, size, and price per sheet. For each style, the samples of every color option are stacked atop one another and stapled to the page. At the rear is tipped in... More
Concord (NH): John F. Brown, 1837. 64mo. 16pp. Engravings throughout. Descriptions, with both moral and functional value, of various objects, including a windmill, a cannon, a tent, and a barge. In printed pale orange paper wrappers. Foxed, else near fine and very scarce. Signature of former owner on title page. More
NY: Willy Mayer & Co., (n.d.). Bowtie-shaped paper toy. Five "pages," affixed in the center by a rivet, may be rotated and shifted to overlap in such a way that one of four illustrations appears. Each page is cleverly printed in halves. Stulz Bros. was a liquor company based in... More
(N.p.): 1927. Oblong octavo. (16)ff. Fifteen watercolor images and one pen-and-ink wash, pasted in and labelled with white ink. The illustrations provide a visual narrative of the artist's travels from Lisbon to Gibraltar, adopting an impressionist style to portray scenes, such as the Tagus at night, basket sellers in Madeira... More
(N.p. n.d.). Small quarto. (11)pp. Five movable color illustrations, along with various black & white images throughout. The movable images function through pull-tabs at the bottom of each page. They depict the titular anthropomorphic wolf planning to trick a family of goats, clambering down the chimney of their home, and... More
NY: Piccolo Press, 2017. (48)pp. One of nineteen copies. Signed by Neale Albert, Gabrielle Fox, and Leonard Seastone on the colophon page. A collection of marbled papers samples created by Ann Muir. Interspersed among these are short portions of text from Edward Suzuki, Ann Muir herself, and Barry McKay. The... More
Cincinnati, OH: Fox Moon Productions, 1997. (84)pp. One of 115 copies. Gabrielle Fox's first book, and signed by her below the colophon. Fifteen illustrations of rock art figures printed in red, with a fold-out map of rock art areas in North America. According to the Introduction, the work offers a.... More
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1980. First printing of the 1980 reissue. Signed by Gorey as Ogdread Weary on the title page. Statement of edition on copyright page indicating that this is copy number 83 is a spoof; all copies are number 83. Some general rubbing to dust wrapper, small... More
Nuremberg: J.W. Spear & Sohne, (n.d.). Six pictorial game boards, each with nine corresponding tiles. Each board depicts a scene from a familiar fairytale - the evil queen offering a poisoned apple to Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood meeting the Wolf, and the witch catching Hansel and Gretel eating... More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. First trade edition. One of 1000 copies. Ballet was a subject very close to Gorey's heart, and this book was written in celebration of the New York City Ballet's 50th season. Fine in illustrated wrappers. (Toledano A53c). More
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1979. First printing of the Dodd, Mead reissue. Signed by Gorey on the title page. Minor bumps to head and tail of spine, lightly foxed, toning to spine of price-clipped dust wrappers, else near fine in pictorial boards, with a very good dust jacket. More
