Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1979. First edition. hardcover. 12mo. 99pp. Limited to 2000 copies. Fore-edge and top edge have s little foxing. Spine and edges of dust jacket toned a bit.
Davis: Library Associates, University of California. 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/4'' x 8 3/4''. 180pp. First edition. Hardcover. Limited to 325 copies.
San Francisco: Word Play Publications, 1996. Hardcover. Octavo. 192pp. A few illustrations. Boards mildly bowed, still about fine. "The object of this book is to help collectors, dealers and book scouts in their wanderings through the world of Edward Gorey"-toledano.
Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2008. Softcover. Oblong. Spiral bound photographic plates with clear plastic cover. Limited to 1,000 copies, each housed in a transparent slipcase for protection.
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 336pp. Black cloth stamped in silver, in pictorial dust jacket. Ex-library copy. Both endpapers have glue stains and remnants of library pocket removal and dust jacket cover adhesion. Library stamp on half-title and top edge. Text is clean and un-marked.....
Softcover. Quarto. 20pp. Staple-bound. Printed wrappers. Articles on "Howard the Duck" creator Steve Gerber, comic book illustrator Gene Colan, who was the featured speaker at the convention. Reproduced examples of the comic strip and other artwork.
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara County Historical Landmark Advisory Commission, 1995. Softcover. Binder containing photocopies of all proposals, correspondence, maps, etc regarding establishing historic landmark status for this Buellton adobe.
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara County Historical Landmark Advisory Commission, 1994. Softcover. Binder containing photocopies of all proposals, correspondence, maps, etc regarding establishing historic landmark status for this Montecito adobe.
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Horticultural Society, n.d. (1939). Softcover. Octavo. Staple-bound pamphlet. 16pp. in printed wrappers. Flower show program. Contains a "Where to Go and What to See" section and many ads for local businesses. Some toning to part of front cover.
Beverly Hills, CA: Petersen Galleries, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 100pp. Over 95 paintings illustrated, many in color. In dust jacket, that has one small 1/4" edge tear, and hint of wear. "Elsie Palmer Payne (1884-1971) was a genre, portrait, and still life painter whose career was overshadowed.....
London: Gay and Bird, 1899. 5" x 3". 128pp. Incl. index. Limited to 60 copies on Japanese vellum of which this is number two. Signed "Gay and Bird." Paper vellum cover with gilt titles and silk ribbon closure. t.e.g. Spine lettering a little chipped, ribbons neatly trimmed off at ends.....
Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 13.75" x 10.5" 97pp. text, in German. Frontispiece and 35 full page plates, frontise and two other plates in color, all others monochromatic; with tissue guards that are sometimes creased. Brown cloth stamped in gold. Faded at top section of both.....
London. The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, 1943-1951. Softcover. 9.75" x 6.25". Six supplemental publications of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society. Staple-bound pamphlets. Page count varies (4-10pp.); all issues intact, mild fold crease down center to all but one,1952 publication is smaller format, mostly very good Sold as a......
London. The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, 1943-1951. Softcover. 9.75" x 6.25". Eight issues of the annual report of this Anti-Slavery organization. Staple-bound pamphlets. Page count varies; all issues intact, mild fold crease down center, Paper-clip mark on 1943 issue, very good Sold as a lot: "The Aborigines' Protection.....
London. The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, 1927-1952. Softcover. 9.75" x 6.25". Fourteen issues of this Anti-Slavery periodical. Staple-bound pamphlets. Page count and condition varies from very good to poor, most covers are somewhat delicate. Sold as a lot: April, 1927- spotting to cover July, 1927- covers detached April, 1929-.....
Berlin: Amsler & Ruthardt, n.d. Hardcover. Sm. quarto. Facsimile. Nicely reproduces 37 Durer etchings (frontispiece plus 36 full-page illustrations) of the Passion of Christ. Paper vellum cover printed in black and red.T.E.G. Untrimmed. Limited to 500 copies; this is # 178.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1935. First American Edition. Hardcover. 372pp. Incl. index. Color frontispiece and line illustrations throughout the text by Biala. Tan linen cloth stamped in blue. Pictorial dust jacket printed on gold paper has light rubbing, some light edge wear and a few chips. ""When I am.....
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 564pp Incl. index. Illustrations. Bright red cloth with gilt lettering and border. Spine lightly faded and some lines of fading to the cover. Neat ownership signature on ffep. Nice clean copy. "In 1654, the Bowery's first residents settled.....
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 232pp. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering is bright. A couple minor marks to cover. Toning to the endpapers. Bright and nice with the "(1)" at the end of the last page, indicating a first edition.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 195pp. plus ads. Gilt stamped red cloth. Some fading to spine and a few small spots. T.E.G. Some light foxing throughout and one page with a closed edge tear; a couple areas where the hinges are just starting. First issue.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 438pp. plus ads. Gilt stamped red cloth has a few white spots, light fading to spine. T.E.G. Laid-paper. Front hinge cracked. Light foxing to half-title.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 279pp. plus ads. Gilt stamped red cloth. T.E.G. Laid-paper. Small split to front hinge. Ownership signature on ffep and some notations on half-title. Crisp, nice bright copy.
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 347pp. Black cloth stamped in yellow has light general wear. Dust jacket worn in several pieces, now preserved in Brodart cover. Mixed printing, parenthetical (1) at the final page and "moters" at page 135, line 14.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo.178pp. Grey laid-paper covered boards with red cloth spine. Darkening and light rubbing to boards; a couple spots on the front. Spine label a little wrinkled. Rear endpaper toned. Very good solid copy.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1974. First thus. Hardcover. Octavo.First Thus. 103pp. Preface by Professor James D. Hart. Collage illustrations by Bruce Conner. Black Cloth; gilt front cover and spine titling. One of 400 un-numbered copies printed in San Francisco at the Press of Andrew Hoyem. A reprint of.....