Boston, Ma: Roberts Brothers, Publishers, 1871. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 376pp. Plus 4pp. unnumbered ads at beginning. With first printing issue point of "Pink and White Tyranny" being announced as "Nearly Ready" and with "now" the first word of line 5 on p. 146 (later changed to "Nan"), No signature.....
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1920. First edition thus. Hardcover. Quarto. 148pp. Tercentenary Edition, with 10 color plates chapter-head vignettes & pictorial endpapers by Wyeth. Dark grey-green cloth with mounted illustration on front cover. Gilt lettering and decorations. Spine a little faded, lettering dull. Light corner bumps / turn. A little darkening.....
Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company, 1923. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo.111pp. First edition thus, an early reprint of the 1916 Allied Fairy Book. Navy cloth decorated in slightly dull gilt. 11 color plates. Spine faded and frayed at ends; a couple minor spots on rear cover. Nice bookplate of.....
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1929. Limited edition. Softcover. Octavo. 192pp. Illustrated by Polia Chentoff. Publisher's wrappers printed in green and black, in glassine and slipcase. First edition; No. 307 of 335 copies. Small copy-number slip laid-in. Glassine is browned on spine and has a couple small tears, effect on.....
London. Chatto and Windus, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. 8.75" x 6.5". 58pp. Charming illustrated throughout in color. Pictorial tan boards. Edges stained red. Light rubbing to spine ends, spine a little darkened. Minimal off-set toning to free endpapers. A very nice copy.
Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Sq. octavo. 8.25" x 8". 48pp. Illustrations by Tasha Tudor in color and b&w. Dust jacket has light rubbing and very light edge wear.
New York. Self Published. 1939. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. 9'' X 7''. Unpaginated. August, 1939; Vol. II, No. 8. this issue contains an original color lithograph of Freeman's "Madonna of the Fire-Escape"
New York. Self Published. 1940. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. 9'' X 7''. Unpaginated. January, 1940; Vol. II, No. 3 (Special Theatre Number) Also bound-in is a small printed announcement for William Saroyan's "The Time of Your Life" which was illustrated by Freeman and a 4pp. advertising pamphlet for "Sardi's.....
1952. Typed invitation to Mrs. Eugene Twining, Zionsville Pennsylvania. " I should be happy if you would come to Welcome House tea at my home...Yours cordially, Pearl S. Buck." 10" x 7.5" laid paper. With enclosed, typed card with "Directions" to Buck's home in Perkasie. Personal stationary with address, "R.D......
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Hardcover. Sq. octavo. 16pp. Illustrated by Ynes Hogan. Copyright 1938 by Houghton Mifflin. No later printings listed. Though listed are 1907 copyright by Cone Bryant, and 1935 by Sara Bryant Borst (married name I assume). Tan cloth with title and black silhouette on front.....
New York City: Detective Story Club, Inc, 1928-1930. Softcover. Octavo. 17 staple-bound pamphlets. Continuous pagination from one issue to the next. 1-240. (12-16pp. each) This monthly publication of the Detective Story Club consisted of a general interest article and recommended books by committee members, who each would vote for their.....
New York and London: The Fountain Press & Methuen and Company Ltd, 1930. Limited edition. Hardcover. 24pp. Illustrations by Ernest Shepherd. "There was made by the Pynson Printers of New York, 842 copies of this book, 603 for distribution in America through Random House, in February 1930. This copy being.....
Wirtz International NV, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 13'' X 11''. Two volumes. Photographs by Marco Valdivia. In original slipcase that has been silverfished and stained.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California / The Grabhorn Press, 1927. Limited edition. Flexible boards-vellum. 7.5" x 5". 45 unnumbered pages. Limited Edition. No. 18 of 250 copies. Illustrations and initial capitals in red, blue, and gold by Valenti Angelo. Full vellum with linen ties, black lettering on the.....
New York. RANDOM HOUSE. 1938. First printing. Advance copy. Softcover. 8'' x 5 1/2''. 279pp. Softcover. Spine darkened. Small tears.
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum Of Art, 1965. Softcover. Octavo. 20pp. Staple-bound pamphlet. Illustrated. Printed in brown and sepia. 1965 exhibition catalogue.
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Historical Society, 2005-2006. Softcover. Octavo. Two Issues. 42pp.; 46pp. Each volume is profusely illustrated with many color illustrations of Borein's paintings and many b&w illustrations and photographs. Perfect-bound. Light edge wear, with light evidence of very small stickers having been on covers. "At.....
np: F. A. R. Gallery. 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 8 '' x 6 1/4''. 40pp. This Edition of five hundred signed copies was printed by the collotype process and hand colored in pochoir. This is number 177, signed by Marianna. Some foxing to endpapers. A very good copy in soiled.....
Santa Fe, NM: Institute of Fine Art, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Staple-bound pamphlet. 20 unnumbered pages including 8 full page plates and front and rear cover ink drawings of stagecoaches. A little toning to edges of cover.
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 144pp. profusely illustrated with color photographs by Ralph A. Clevenger.
Santa Barbara, CA: Mission Creek Studios, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 124pp. 101 plates, mostly b&w, but some in color. Light edge wear and a hint of spine fade to otherwise bright nice dust jacket. "Smile with the eyes," Edwin Gledhill frequently told his sitters. As one scholar.....
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1990. Hardcover. Thick quarto. 777pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs, drawings and maps. Grey cloth stamped in red, black and silver. Clean, crisp-unread. Very heavy book, overseas shipping not recommended.
London. Oriental Ceramic Society, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 200pp. 8 color plates and numerous b&w illustrations. "Comparatively little has been written on Chinese ivory carving, and the present catalogue fills a notable gap in the history of Chinese art..."
London: Barry Davies Oriental Art, 1996. Tall quarto. 175pp. Incl. index to artists with thumbnail photographs of signatures. 205 pieces described and illustrated in color.
Washington DC: Art in Federal Buildings Incorporated, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong octavo. 309pp. Volume one, but program ended and no other volumes were ever produced. Profusely illustrated with b&w plates. Includes numerous mural designs and architectural drawings, biographical notes, and information on the Treasury Department Art Program. Essay, "A.....