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1983ref. 311393Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Folio. Illustrated. Quarter morocco and cloth. One of 325 numbered copies designed and printed by Adrian Wilson. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover books
1988ref. 13274LORD JOHN TEN Lord John Press 1988 first edition fine without dust-wrapper or box as issued. 1/75 deluxe bound copies SIGNED by all the contributors: Bloch Bradbury Carver Crumley Everson President Ford Harrison Oates Parker Purdy Updike Walkoski et.al. Lord John Press unknown books
2005ref. 34773San Francisco: Chronicle Books. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. On the half-title page of this copy are signed original robot drawings by Blue Sky Studio artists Michael Knapp David Lopez Munoz Vincent Mguyen Dice Tsutsumi and Peter de Seve who were some of the film's artists. Additionally this book has a special laid-in bookplate illustrated and signed by William Joyce one of the creators of the movie. The bookplate was supplied by Bud Plant for a limited number of copies at publication.; Oblong Small 4to 9 1/8" x 11 1/4"; 144 pages . 2005. Chronicle Books hardcover books
1910ref. 012561New York: Moods Publishing 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Corners worn some typical edgewear. Front hinge cracked; paper on spine largely lacking; contents Very Good. Full parchment lettered in gilt. Copy #16 of only 50 autographed copies of a total edition of 500. This copy SIGNED by the editor Edwin Markham and 22 contributors including Louis Untermeyer and Joyce Kilmer a very scarce autograph as he was killed in World War I. This anthology predates both Kilmer's and Untermeyer's first books. Moods Publishing hardcover books
1944ref. 335611london: Michael Joseph 1944. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Small 8vo terracotta cloth. d.w. London: Michael Jospeph 1944. First Edition. Fine. Cary's dark comedy & wartime story which was the basis for a Alec Guinness film. Michael Joseph unknown books
1918ref. 506607Boston: The Cornhill Company 1918. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition issue with wove endpapers. 12mo. 40pp. Green cloth stamped in gold. Small ink squiggle on front pastedown and very small chip at the corner of rear fly near fine lacking the publisher's unprinted tissue dust jacket. Slocum & Cahoon A5: issued with either wove or laid paper endpapers with no priority determined. The Cornhill Company hardcover books
1939ref. 1409564New York: The Viking Press 1939. First American Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 628 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Spin blue and red with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering price uncut: "$5.00." Tearing and chipping along edges of dust jacket with most significant material loss at head of spine. Small hole on spine. Heavy soiling to dust jacket. Bound in publisher's black cloth boards. General shelf wear. Fading to dye on top edge of textblock. Light soiling and foxing to edges of textblock. Light discoloration to endpapers. Shelved in Case 2. 1409564. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Viking Press hardcover books
1927ref. 1346050Paris: Shakespeare and Company 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good protective folder. Bound in quarter blue cloth binding with boards covered in decorative paper. Folder spine with orange lettering. Volume in age-toned paper as usual. Some shelf wear and soiling including a small stain to rear board; spine crumbled. Pages clean. CX Consignment. Shelved in Case 0. 1346050. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Shakespeare and Company hardcover books
1927ref. 140939462London: Shakespeare and Company 1927. First Edition. Very Good. First edition first printing. Bound in publisher's original pale green paper-covered boards lettered in dark green. Very Good with rubbing and wear to spine toning and light soiling to covers. A nice copy. Shakespeare and Company unknown books
1945ref. 13955Buenos Aires: Santiago Rueda - Editor 1945 First trade edition in the Spanish language first Argentine and first South American edition one of 2200 copies on papel Polar. Original golden brown cloth with spine stamped in black and gilt. Octavo. A little light spotting to covers. A very good copy of a scarce book. In very lightly chipped dust jacket with several short tears. Santiago Rueda - Editor, hardcover books
1934ref. 12475New York: Random House 1934. First American Edition Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good- in Good DJ. First American Edition Second Edition. Hardcover. DJ designed by Ernst Reichl and shows Reichl's name at bottom right corner. Noted flaws notwithstanding a presentable copy of the first "legal" publication of this 20th century classic. Bookseller ticket on rear inside boards. Gift inscription on ffep to former owner. Bound by the Modern Library H.Wolff. Light shelf/edge wear spine shows even toning wrapping around to front and rear boards near hinges spotting at front board gutter darkening toned text block else tight bright and unmarred. DJ shows toning at spine moderate chipping at head and heel front and back shows even toning circular stain on cover else clean and bright. 8vo. 768pp. Beige cloth beveled boards black and red ink lettering printed advertisement on rear dj. Random House hardcover books
1946ref. 315756New York: Random House 1946. hardcover. fine. 768 pages evenly toned as usual. Thick 8vo rebound in full red morocco with black leather spine labels. New York: Random House 1946. Reprint. A fine copy in a handsome binding. Random House unknown books
1868ref. 554278Bridgeton N.J.: Joyce Photographer 1868. Unbound. Fair. Carte d'visite. Albumen image with watercolor highlights provided by hand to the stockings belts shirts and caps. 2.5" x 3.75" on slightly larger thick card mount. Image of two seated baseball players; one with the letters "BS" on the bib front of his shirt; the other with an Old English "C" on his. Uncaptioned. Photographer name and address on verso. Only fair condition with the albumen image badly faded and the players' faces visible only with effort. Of most interest are the very early uniforms likely the carte is post-Civil War because of lack of a Civil War-era tax stamp; but almost certainly pre-1870. Joyce, Photographer unknown books
1963ref. 009060New York: Vanguard Press 1963. Book. Fine. Cloth. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR at title page. Fine in a very Near Fine dust jacket 2 small holes fore edge of front flap at fold. small paper loss at ends of same fold. Her first book uncommon in lovely condition. Vanguard Press Hardcover books
1928ref. 140944930New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1928. Signed by Robert Joyce Tasker on the half title upon his release from prison with the inscription "A new 'First Day' -- for those who know my career- a title with double meaning:- signed with sentiments rising but the situation well in hand. Robert Joyce Tasker at San Francisco!! Dec. 10 1929." An earlier handwritten note from Tasker while incarcerated is pasted onto the facing page. On pink paper it reads "You might paste this in your copy of Grimhaven-- Mr Eugene Plunkett -- signed Robert Joyce Tasker April 26th -1929- San Quentin Calif." Four newspaper articles about Tasker are pasted in at front with the former owner's explanations and notes written ink next to them. Second printing of the first edition. iv 241 3 pp. Bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt stamping. A Good only copy lacking jacket. Spine worn and frayed along ends glued down to spine offsetting from clippings. Former owner's bookplate on paste down San Francisco bookseller's ticket on rear paste down. A rare fan's copy of a popular memoir of life at San Quentin which the author was able to parlay into a successful screenwriting career. After relocating to Mexico City in 1942 he committed suicide by eating sleeping pills. A very unusual copy for being signed once while in prison once out. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
1978ref. 1395292Amsterdam Netherlands: NICO ISRAEL 1978. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Tall quarto 255 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is beige with black lettering. Dust jacket has mild soiling and staining along head of front cover an open chip along the front head joint small tears along tail edges and corners and a 1 in. closed tear along the rear head edge. Boards fully bound in charcoal cloth with mild shelving wear along spine head. Mild bending wear along tail fore corner of front free endpaper. Contains a letter from Adrian Wilson Author to William Gardiner signed in his hand bound with adhesive to the front free endpaper verso. Between the front endpapers are two letters of correspondence between Wilson and Gardiner: a carbon copy of Gardiner's letter to Wilson and Wilson's reply written entirely in his hand. Shelved in Rm. A. The Nuremberg Chronicle also known as the "Liber Chronicarum" "is after the Gutenberg Bible probably the most celebrated of early printed books. It is a compendium of history geography and the wonders of the world as viewed from medieval Nuremberg with some 1800 illustrations provided by the multiple use for different subjects of 645 beautiful woodblocks." n.b. quote from "The Nuremberg Chronicle Designs" by Adrian Wilson printed for The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles 1969. Wilson became renowned for his printing and book design work at his San Francisco printing operation The Press at Tuscany Valley throughout the 1960s and 70s. In 1967 he released influential title in the genre of Books on Books THE DESIGN OF BOOKS. Book making perforated the entirety of Wilson's life. With the help and interest of his wife Joyce Lancaster Wilson Wilson invested his attention in studying the entire production process of THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE the first known book to include a rudimentary map of Europe a plethora of woodcuts and a history of the world beginning at creation. The book that came out of it Wilson's THE MAKING OF THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE is an astute and thorough study on one of the earliest examples of exemplary book making. This particular copy includes correspondence between William Gardiner an English author and Adrian Wilson. 1395292. Special Collections. NICO ISRAEL hardcover books
1983ref. 322264Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. Publisher's quarter morocco and cloth. First edition one of 325 numbered copies. Frontispiece portrait after a photograph by Ansel Adams. Illustrations and tipped-in specimen leaves. Publisher's keepsake laid in. Folio. One of 325 numbered copies designed and printed by Wilson and associates at the Press in Tuscany Alley on Barcham Green handmade paper. Printing and publishing bibliography at its very best. W. Thomas Taylor unknown books
1958ref. 9011572Berkeley: University of California Press 1958. Hardcover. Fine condition in near fine dust jackets. 177 photogtaphic images on 67 sheets. Volume 1 is the text and volume 2 is the plates. Bound in publisher's original grey cloth with the front covers and spines stamped in red. Previous owner's bookplate in each volume. Dust jackets are price clipped and have minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. University of California Press hardcover books
1967ref. 80716NY: Vanguard Press 1967. First edition first prnt. Signed by Oates on the title page. Beginning toning on the front board topedge and spine edges and tiny soil spot on rear board; dustjacket with edgewear mostly at corners and the spine topedge and faint toning to spine. Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. Oates' second novel and the first in her Wonderland quartet. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Vanguard Press Hardcover books
ref. 576250New York: Vanguard Press 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket with the spine-lettering modestly toned. Warmly Inscribed by the author. Oates' first book a collection of short stories. An attractive copy. Vanguard Press hardcover books
2014ref. 1418594London UK: The Folio Society 2014. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Quarto sealed. In Very Good condition with a Very Good slipcase. Bound in black fabric with leather label and silver lettering. Sealed in Publisher's shrinkwrap. Shelved in Case 13. 1418594. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Folio Society hardcover books
1979ref. 68619Cambridge Massachusetts: Pomegranate Press 1979. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Printed papercovered boards very slightly rubbed else fine. One of 20 lettered artist proof copies this being copy I bound by Skip Carpenter of the Green Dragon Bindery Signed by the author and by Karyl Klopp the artist with an extra suite of plates laid into a pocket in the back pastedown. Pomegranate Press hardcover books
1964ref. 576251New York: Vanguard Press 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in about fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing and a tiny tear at the crown. Warmly Inscribed by Oates. Also laid in is a complimentary slip for the book also Signed by Oates. A book usually found much more worn. Vanguard Press hardcover books
1918ref. 5208Boston MA: The Cornhill Company 1918. First Edition/Pirate Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ. First Edition/Pirate Edition. Hardcover. Unauthorized American Edition which precedes the First Authorized American Edition. Believed to be a print run of 1000 copies. A very handsome copy of this rather scarce volume. Seldom found in such lovely condition. Hint of shelf/edge wear else tight bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards gilt lettering deckled paper. 12mo. np. 36 numbered poems. The Cornhill Company hardcover books
1950ref. 323229n.p.: n.p. 1950. 214pp. 19pp. laid-in 8pp. autograph notes. 1 vols. 4to. Standard B&P cloth-covered three-ring binder some soiling quite good. Pages starting to yellow and some pages towards the rear tearing at binding holes. 214pp. 19pp. laid-in 8pp. autograph notes. 1 vols. 4to. Portions of Joyce's book are typed out word for word nine lines per page with five blank lines separating each line of text. The space below each line is used for word by word elaboration for example some of the words in the first page alone: "riverrun": river runs Liffey rive vers Fr. un "Armorica": Brittany love Fr. America armor "isthmus": =neck G ist muss he is he must Pages numbered 13-84 correspond to the opening roughly two-thirds of Book 1 Chapter 1. There are 19pp. of duplicate pages out of the section loosely inserted with more elaboration. Pages 595-683 correspond to the Mookes and the Gripes section of Book 1 Chapter 6. Pages 853-864 corresponds to the end of Book 1 Chapter 8 the Anna Livia Plurabelle section. Pages 1237-1256 correspond to Book 2 Chapter 3 the Mullingar Inn section. Pages 2373-2393 correspond to the opening of Book 4 Chapter 1 the final chapter of the book. n.p. unknown books
