Pomegranate. A group of nine items (one of which is a 3-volume boxed set, and two that include two copies), all still in their original shrink wrap and in as-new condition. The books are all published by Pomegranate between 2006 and 2015. The titles represented here are: 1. The..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's, 1979. Folio. 21ff. First edition, first printing. The sets and costumes of the Broadway production of Dracula, which were designed by Gorey, and for which he won a Tony Award. Printed on cardboard, with instructions for cutting out and assembling the stage set, with furniture and characters..... More
London: J.H. Mason, 1935. Quarto. 42pp. One of 130 copies. Translated and privately printed by J.H. Mason, who conceived of this volume shortly after he began working as compositor for the Doves Press around 1900. It marks the only title he published under his own name. Mason commissioned Vivien Gribble..... More
1993. A small oblong dos-à-dos flip book, which shows, as might be expected, an elephant floating when opened from one side, and a rock dancing when turned over and opened from the other. Bound in off-white wrappers. Small tear at spine on Floating Elephant side, else fine. (Toledano A108b). More
(N.p.): Fantod Press, 1993. First edition. Two miniature books bound as one, consisting entirely of line illustrations. Fine in printed wrappers. (2 1/4 by 2 3/4; 57x70mm). (Toledano A109a). More
1989. Second printing. One of 500 sets. A set of twenty cards that can be "read in 2,432,902,069,736,640,000 different ways." Housed in plastic box, as issued, which is split at corners and has tape residue on the front. (Toledano A95a). More
A group of five books about the life and work of Edward Gorey: 1. Floating Worlds: The Letters of Edward Gorey & Peter F. Neumeyer. Petaluma, CA, Pomegranate, 2011. First edition. Fully illustrated in color. Bound in printed paper over boards, dust jacket. Fine. 2. Ascending Peculiarity: Edward..... More
Andoversford: Whittington Press, (1989). Folio. (xi), 18pp., (8)ff. From an edition of 120 copies, this is one of forty deluxe copies signed by Bawden and McKitterick. Contains sheets or half-sheets of seven original wallpapers and whole sheets of the "Riviera" and "Facade" papers which are housed in the accompanying portfolio..... More
(London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1950). Octavo. 40pp. From an edition of 500, this is one of 100 specially bound copies with an extra engraving. Illustrated with five copperplate engravings by John Buckland Wright, plus an elaborate title-page spread. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in gilt-stamped plum vellum boards. Minimal fading..... More
(N.p. c. 1890). Two sheets torn from schoolbooks, on each of which has been drawn an original work by a student of a late nineteenth-century "Indian School." One sheet, printed with an excerpt from Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico, shows two Native Americans looking out over a field of buffalo..... More
Karlsruhe and Leipzig: Verlag der Quelle, (1910). Quarto. (11)ff., unbound. One of 120 copies. Signed in blue pencil by Wolf, who with the same tool has marked the first sheet's text with indications for word spacing. Ten two-color woodcuts of dragons have been printed on thin yellow paper and then..... More
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893). Quarto. 455pp. One of 300 copies on paper. Printed by William Morris in red and black with floral woodcut initials throughout. A historical novel about the witch hunts in Northern Europe around 1500. Morris called it an "almost faultless reproduction of life in the past, not..... More
Paris: A. M., (c. 1875). Two boxed sets of materials for two types of Froebel gifts: braiding with raffia and basket-making. Le Tressage en Raphia comes with multi-colored strands of raffia, as well as tissue papers in green, red, blue, and white, and an illustrated sheet showing the various projects..... More
Berkeley, CA: Royal Chicano Air Force, 1977. Poster. A provocative border of chains circling outstretched hands provides sharp visual contrast to the two quotations set within it. The first quotation cites the United States Constitution's 13th Amendment, which abolishes slavery, and the second pulls from Abraham Lincoln's 1862 Emancipation Proclamation..... More
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1939. Four quarto vols. (26); (28); (24); (26)pp. A collection of four children's titles, each robustly illustrated with vibrant color images. The titles are: 1. Historia del General San Martin. An approachable retelling of José de San Martín's heroics in the liberation of Argentina from the..... More
Lakeville, CT: Lakeville Journal, 1959. Large bifolio, printed on both sides. The recto shows Van Doren's poem set at the center of a red and tan checkered border, adorned with six of Lathrop's illustrations of wintry mice and squirrels. The verso, printed in red, displays five Christmas messages from local..... More
(Havana): 1893. Broadside dinner menu printed on yellow silk with hand-embroidery at head. Mounted at top to larger, folded piece of red silk, hand-embroidered with "Mr. R. A. C. Smith." The menu begins with a statement announcing the dinner's honoree: "The Phoenix Tourists, / - to - / Mr. R...... More
Philadelphia; New Haven: Smith and Peck; Durrie and Peck, 1844. 191pp. Second edition of Smith/Durrie and Peck's adaptation of Defoe's classic novel, which was so popular that the firm reprinted the edition every year from 1843 until at least 1862. Entertainingly illustrated with engravings on every other page. Bound in..... More
Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1973. Folio. (68)ff. According to the Gehenna Press bibliography, from a planned edition of 400, including 150 deluxe copies with extra suites and 250 regular copies, only the latter regular edition copies were ever realized. However, this copy, oddly, is marked at the colophon with Roman..... More
NY: Dial Press, 1963. Uncorrected long galley proof copy. Baldwin's seminal non-fiction text on race in America, here in a rare pre-publication format. The book contains two essays, "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to My Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation" and "Down at the Cross: Letter from..... More
Claremont, CA: Scripps College Press, 2010. Slender quarto. Unpaginated. One of 109 copies, signed by all the artists, who at the time were students at Scripps College, and by Kitty Maryatt, their supervisor. Clever structural use of red, green, tan, and gray papers, paired with original text and typography, evoke..... More
Pasadena, CA: Archetype Press, 2008. 16mo. 16 folios, each one folded to make 8 pages. One of 50 copies. Frontispiece photograph by Alyssa Stefek. Each sheet has been designed by a student of the Art Center College of Design, under the direction of Gloria Kondrup. Each one presents lyrics from..... More
Llandogo, UK: Old Stile Press, 2000. (26)pp. One of 200 copies, signed by the author, designer, and printer Nicolas McDowall. Calligraphy by Nigel Cann, and binding by The Fine Bindery. A collection of haiku, one for every month. Stab sewn handmade papers, and housed in a paste paper chemise with..... More
Old Stile Press, 1995. (9)ff., accordionfold. One of 240 copies, signed by the illustrator on the title page. Illustrated with an expansive woodcut by Julian Schwarz extending across eight spreads, one of a series of three such sets made by him. Printed by Nicolas McDowall at the Old Stile Press..... More
St. Louis, MO: United Toy Manufacturers, Inc., 1919. Oblong 24mo. 16pp. Illustrated throughout in both black-and-white and color are the offerings for United's 1919 line of wooden toys, among which are scooters, wagons, hobby horses, and even a merry-go-round. Tipped-in at the rear is the dealer's price list. Staple-bound in..... More
