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1965ref. 001932S. l. New Britain Conn.: The Sign of the Jaded Jester 1965. Softcover. Miniature first edition limited to 250 copies this copy #150; 2 in x 4.5 ft; vegetable parchment scroll rolled on a wooden spool with plastic stick-pins on either end; sparkly red wrap and a decorative silk ribbon attached to the beginning of the scroll; housed in a transparent pill bottle with a ruled paper label; thin vertical crack to bottle not affecting its integrity; light age-toning to label; ribbon slightly frayed at the free end; parchment fine; overall in very good to near fine condition. With a rather unique three-color printing Edison Julian I. Miniature Book News # 3: 1966 March. St. Louis Missouri. UNT Digital Library. http://digital.library.unt.edu. Web. January 12 2016 the miniature is a beautiful typographical and artistic example containing amusing and insightful book-related apothegms and epigrams including a personal favorite to wit: "On the subject of repetition.as to whether a speaker should have said 'that' or 'which' he replied: "I consider that that 'that' that that man used is correct." The compiler Walter Blumenthal 1883 - 1969 was a renowned Jewish-American scholar writer and editor. Robert Massmann was a former Director of Library Services at Central Connecticut State University who published numerous miniature books usually in very small editions for more than 4 decades. The Sign of the Jaded Jester paperback
ref. 140941961New York: Granary Books 1992. Signed Limited First Edition. Fine. First edition. An artist's book containing drawn and painted images by Timothy C. Ely set against text written by Terence McKenna with typography by Philip Gallo. From a limited edition of only 75 copies signed by McKenna and Ely. Of those 75 there were 55 numbered copies and 20 hors commerce copies lettered G-Z and this is copy letter O. Pages printed letterpress on Rives BFK in pairs on single leaves wrapped around and pasted onto thick card stock and adorned with original watercolor paintings by Ely; sewn binding with brass rods securing textblock to black embossed paper-covered boards with decorative brass piece affixed to upper board housed in original black cloth chemise case with printed paper title label to spine. Fine. In 1991 McKenna visited an exhibition at Granary Books featuring Ely's work and this collaboration would result. A fantastic push and pull of Gallo's refined typography set against Ely's abstract watercolor offering a visual landscape for the eye to wander perfectly paired with McKenna's text on broad themes such as art language history and nature. Granary Books unknown
1931ref. 50817New York: Doubleday Doran and Co. 1931. limited edition. Hardcover. Very good /fair. 9 x 12 in. 415 pp. Edition of 750 copies this is numbered 703 on the limitation pg. Gray cloth boards. Numerous color and B&W plates. Comes with a letter about the book by Harry Peters dated 1936. In it he recounts an amusing story about the first print in the book. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean no wear at all to edges. The covers have a touch of bowing due I believe more to the size and weight of the book than from wear. Binding tight and text/plates spotless. The original gray DJ is FAIR ; torn with numerous tape repairs. The original slipcase is very good - some wear and scuffing to surface wear at edges but no loss or splits. The copy number is inked on the lower end. A very nice copy with a signed letter. Art. RGR. Doubleday, Doran and Co. hardcover