San Francisco: Arion Press, 1998. Octavo. 121pp. Introduction by Thomas Pinney. One of 250 copies signed by the artist. Illustrated with 32 drawings by Vincent Perez, one facing each page of the story. A fine copy in sailcloth, housed in a very good mailing envelope with string-and-button tie. Prospectus laid in. More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1992. Quarto. 117pp. One of 400 copies signed by the author and the artist. Illustrated with five wood engravings, four of them full page, by Michael McCurdy. A fine copy in blue-green cloth with a ring of silver foil surrounding an actual buffalo-head nickel. Prospectus laid in. More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1999. Octavo. 111pp. One of 300 copies signed by the author and the illustrator. Illustrated with eight line drawings by Stan Washburn. Very fine in cloth with illustration set into a recessed panel on upper cover, and paper spine label. Housed in a cloth and paper... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2002. Octavo. One of 400 numbered copies. This edition is based on the second edition of Paradise Lost—issued in 1674 with the text divided into twelve books rather than ten as in the first edition—and also on the Baskerville edition of 1759. Edited by the eminent... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1994. Quarto. 284pp. One of 200 copies. Nabokov's novel, presented as a poem with commentary and an index, pushes the form of fiction and "metafiction", and has been widely praised as the best demonstration of his genius. Bound in purple silk with gold circular onlay and... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2013. Small quarto. 150, (3)pp. One of 300 copies. Signed by the illustrator. Hammer's twenty-four images are suitably crude, often blending rough animal imagery with "civilized" items, such as a pig's feet with glasses and a tripe with a bow-tie. With an introduction by Peter Stansky... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1995. Quarto. 430pp. One of 300 numbered copies, signed by the author. Illustrated with forty-eight vintage photographs gathered from the Museum of the City of New York, the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, and the George Eastman House. A very fine copy in patternedcloth with morocco spine... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1997. Octavo. (xxx), 154, (11)pp. One of 200 copies. Edited and with an introduction by Helen Vendler. Issued to coincide with the publication of Harvard University Press's "The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets," also edited by Vendler. Except for some slight toning to spine, a fine copy... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1988. Three octavo volumes. 624; 44; (82)pp. One of 400 copies. The text volume is printed in Caslon Old Style, the typeface of the original edition, and bound in gilt-titled green half leather with hand-marbled boards. The illustrations are photo-collages by John Baldassari, contained in a.... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996. Octavo. xvi, 108pp. One of 250 copies, each signed by the artist. Illustrated with 16 photographs of western landscapes by Kenna. A fine copy in cork covered boards and cloth spine with cork label. Prospectus laid in. More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2004. Octavo. 309pp. One of 300 copies. Signed by the illustrator, photographer Stephen Shore. Shore's photographs depict scenes from modern New York City: walkways, monuments, stoops, and balconies. These images bring the novel's Gilded Age characters into the present, suggesting that their whims and worries exist... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1998. Square quarto. 63pp. One of 300 numbered copies, each signed by the artist. Illustrated with twenty-one woodblock prints by Mel Kendrick. A very fine copy in black cloth with laser cut wood veneer mounted to the two boards, backed in black morocco. Prospectus laid in. More
South Freeport, ME: Ascensius Press, 2009. 19pp. One of fifty copies, signed by the author, James Lewis, in pencil. The story of the bookplate used by the distinguished collector Estelle Doheney. Tipped in is an example of Mrs. Doheney's bookplate, designed by Rivière & Sons: an elaborately gilt-decorated oval of... More
South Freeport, ME: Ascensius Press, 2009. 19pp. One of fifty copies, signed by the author, James Lewis, in pencil. The story of the bookplate used by the distinguished collector Estelle Doheney. Tipped in is an example of Mrs. Doheney's bookplate, designed by Rivière & Sons: an elaborately gilt-decorated oval of... More
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(Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1961). Small folio portfolio. One of seventeen portfolios distributed by Dawson's Book Shop. Contains Dawson's contents sheet, plus 20 leaves of proof, trial, and discarded sheets, which were purchased from the daughter of C. H. St. John Hornby. These are: an eight-page signature from The... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1954. First edition. Publisher’s file copy with statement stamped on front free endpaper. A science fiction murder mystery in which a robot detective is teamed with a human counterpart. Although Asimov is best known for his science fiction work, he also dabbled in mystery. A.... More
NY: Gnome Press, 1951; 1952; 1953. First editions of the Foundation Trilogy. All of the books are in first issue bindings and bright, unrestored dust wrappers. The third volume is inscribed by the author: “Best wishes / Isaac Asimov.” The Foundation Trilogy is perhaps the best-known science fiction series and... More
Richmond: Attic Press, 1978. (52)pp. One of 150 copies of this, the last miniature book produced by the Attic Press. Inscribed by Willis Shell, the proprietor of the Press, and with an ALs from him discussing the delivery of this and another of his miniature books. Illustrated by Leslie Geilberger... More
NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1957. Small quarto. (43)pp. Auction catalogue for a March 5, 1957 auction of the estate of Mrs. Edward J. Pearson. Ink and pencil markings, a dog-eared page, and wear to covers. Very good, in green wrappers. Typed letter laid in, on the stationary of booksellers Charles... More
2015. Original watercolor. Framed. (Frame measures 29 1/2 by 36 1/2 in.). Unframed prints available as well. Contact us for details. More
2014. Original watercolor. Framed. (Frame measures 29 1/4 by 36 3/4 in.). Unframed prints available as well. Contact us for details. More
2017. Archival pigment print. Hand-colored. Ed. 25. Framed. (Frame measures 29 1/2 by 37 in.). Unframed prints available as well. Contact us for details. More
2016. Archival pigment print. Hand-colored. Ed. 25. (Measures 22 by 29 1/2 in.). More
2014. Archival-pigment print. Hand-colored. Ed. 25. Framed. (Frame measures 29 by 36 1/2 in.). Unframed prints available as well. Contact us for details. More
2007. Seventeen-color screenprint. AP iv/vi. Framed. (Frame measures 29 1/2 by 37 in.). Unframed prints available as well. Contact us for details. More
