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1975Best.-Nr. 268413CA: University of California Press 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Hardcover with Dustwrapper in very good Condition spine ends lightly bumped light browning of page edges dust jacket shows some light shelf rubbing with light browning of flap edges. University of California Press hardcover books
1975Best.-Nr. 56247Berkeley:: University of California Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. 0520029313 . Illustrated. First edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . University of California Press, hardcover books
1975Best.-Nr. 445057Berkeley: University of California Press 1975. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 163pp. Corners lightly bumped spine sunned very good lacking the dust jacket. University of California Press hardcover books
1975Best.-Nr. 36324Berkeley: University of California 1975. 4to pp. 163. Bibliography index. Illustrated in color and black and white. Little faded on edges of cover o/w a nice copy in dj. University of California unknown books
1977Best.-Nr. 71246NY:: New York University. Fine. 1977. Paperback. B000IVL85M . Illustrated exhibition pamphlet. First edition paperback. Fine in illustrated stapled wraps.; 34 pages . New York University, paperback books
1980Best.-Nr. 284577London: Bloomsbury 1980. hardcover. fine/fine. Many illustrations. 400pp. 4to brown cloth d.w. London: Bloomsbury Books 1980. A fine copy. Bloomsbury unknown books
1880Best.-Nr. 206913Philadelphia: Claxton Remsen & Haffelfinger 1880. Hardcover. VG: Wear to the edges and corners. Pencil notations on both end pages and surrounding blank pages- names notes and mathmatical formulas. Majority clean body pages and solid binding. A small black casebound book with gilt text on the spine. 272 pages; illustrated in black-and-white. Claxton, Remsen, & Haffelfinger hardcover books
1981Best.-Nr. 215014Oakland: Crown Point Press 1981. Staplebound. VG-: Foxing to the wraps. Solid binding and majority clean body pages. Matte paper wraps with a green textblock edge. Staplebound. 23 pages; illustrated in black-and-white. Crown Point Press paperback books
1948Best.-Nr. 134388Los Angeles: Monogram Pictures 1948. Original Pressbook for the 1948 film. Based on an original story by Harry Lewis about an innocent man Douglas who gets attacked in the street mistaken for a gangster so he conducts his own investigation. 8 pages saddle stapled 12 x 18 inches. Staples rusty a few faint creases and slight curling else Near Fine. Grant US. Okuda 583. Selby US. Spicer p .412. Monogram Pictures unknown books
Best.-Nr. 001186Harper & Row 1990 Book. As New. Soft cover. F. As New/As New. First Edition. Galley/Proof. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-06-022967-5. Harper & Row, 1990 Paperback books
Best.-Nr. 001187Harper Collins 1992 Book. As New. Soft cover. F. As New/As New. First Edition. Galley/Proof. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper Collins, 1992 Paperback books
1993Best.-Nr. 010217Harper Collins 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Presentation By Author. 1st Edition. Fine Copy In Like Jacket.First Edition First Printing.Presentation With a Santa Claus Picture." Howdy Mark ! William Joyce "93" Signed in Year of Publication. Harper Collins Hardcover books
1993Best.-Nr. 158312New York: Harper Harper's 1993. Limited Edition one of 250 numbered copies this being No. 39 SIGNED by the author. A charming and inventive story about a group of three children who travel north to Toyland at the invitation of Santa and Mrs. Claus to help save Christmas. Fine and unread in a Fine example of the publisher's red cloth slipcase. In publisher's shrink-wrap. Harper [Harper's] unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 149805N.p.: N.p. 1981. Draft script for an unproduced film. Based on the 1939 play by William Joyce Cowen and Leonore Coffee which debuted at the Morosco Theatre directed by Margaret Webster and starring Judith Anderson. The plot follows the story of Jesus' crucifixion as told through the eyes of his family. Set in Jerusalem. White untitled wrappers. Title page present dated August 17 1981 with credits for screenwriter John Gay and playwrights Leonore Coffee and William Joyce Cowen. 106 leaves with last page of text numbered 104. Xerographic duplication rectos only with white revision pages throughout dated 9/9. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus lightly soiled overall bound internally with three gold brads. N.p. unknown books
1992Best.-Nr. 34628East Rockaway NY: Cummings & Hathaway 1992. Paperback. v 187p. wraps 6.25x9.25 inches previous owner's name penned on front wrap else very good condition; signed by Coleman on the title page. A collaboration between activist scholar Williams and activist poet Coleman portraying the internment camps analytically and poetically. Cummings & Hathaway paperback books
1980Best.-Nr. 24093Bloomington IN: T.I.S. Publications Division. Very Good with no dj. First Edition. Softcover. light staining along bottom edge of front cover inside and out otherwise a nice clean copy with just minimal wear. Trade PB B&W photographs diagrams Following some brief introductory matter including a chapter on "The Social Environment of the Crime" this volume primarily reprints contemporary news accounts and other documents related to the Borden murders the trial of Lizzie Borden and her life after the trial. Also includes a transcription of Assistant Marshal John Fleet's notes of his interviews with Lizzie Bridget Sullivan and John Morse "the only known records of the police investigations in these early days following the murders." . c.1980. T.I.S. Publications Division paperback books
1976Best.-Nr. 2354232Amsterdam: Nico Israel 1976. 2nd Printing. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 13x9x1. 2nd printing. A few minor blemishes to rear jacket panel otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square pages clean bright and unmarked. 1976 Large Hardcover. 255 1 pp. A fascinating glimpse into the planning production and profitability of a printed work from the age of incunabula. The Nuremberg Chronicle is unique in that records of each of these exist and are available for scholarly study. Wilson offers a detailed study of the making of an early illustrated book taken from surviving page layouts original contracts for the illustrations contracts for printing etc. and also provides a history of the printer Anton Koberger and a list of known copies of the first Latin and German editions. Nico Israel hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 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
1984Best.-Nr. 79032Berkeley: University of California Press 1984. First edition. Folio. 229 pp w/selected bibliography & index. Very near fine in like dust jacket. INSCRIBED by the Wilsons on the second leaf “For Stan Speck / whose love and study of incunabula / has inspired out own / Adrian Wilson / Joyce Lancaster Wilson.” Berkeley: University of California Press unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 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
1984Best.-Nr. 61602Berkeley Los Angeles & London: University of California Press 1984. First edition folio pp. iii-229 1; illustrated throughout some in color; fine copy in the dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker with his ownership signature and date on front free endpaper in red ink. "The Speculum humanae salvationis occupies a unique place in the history of the book. It is the only medieval work that exists in manuscripts in blockbooks and in sixteen later incunabula" jacket blurb. University of California Press unknown books
1978Best.-Nr. 61681Amsterdam: Nico Israel 1978. Second printing small folio pp. 255 1; map endpapers 3 bifolium inserts printed in color illustrations throughout; a fine copy in original charcoal cloth stamped in white on upper cover and spine; the dust jacket with a few short tears and nicks. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy inscribed by Adrian Wilson on the half-title: "For Kim Merker / best of friends / and best of printers / Adrian Wilson October 14 1983." Mr. Wilson reconstructs "the making of the Nuremberg Chronicle; the compilation of manuscript sources by its author; the artists' first concepts for the illustrations; the patrons' agreements for financing the publication; the layouts; the printing; the advertising; the distribution and the final settlement" p.11. Nico Israel unknown books
1983Best.-Nr. 57324Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1983. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 158pp. Folio 41 cm 1/4 brown leather with tan cloth over boards. Tipped-in frontispiece of Wilson by Ansel Adams. The boards are lightly soiled. May require extra postage due to weight. Number 318 in an edition limited to 325 copies. Adrian Wilson designed and printed this attractive book with the assistance of Margery Cantor Zahid Sardar and Jim Wehlage at the Press in Tuscany Alley San Francisco. W. Thomas Taylor hardcover books
1983Best.-Nr. 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
1973Best.-Nr. 104526San Francisco: Tuscany Alley 1973. Limited. paperback. fine. A fable written and illuminated by Wilson. Slim 8vo pictorial wrappers.; uncut. San Francisco: The Press in Tuscany Alley 1973. Fine. Limited Edition printed on Ingres moldmade paper from France with linoleum blocks cut by the author. Number 50 of 275 copies signed in full by the author/illustrator. Tuscany Alley unknown books
