2015ref. 1404639New York: Ecco 2015. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 353 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition dust jacket. Spine is off-white with red and black lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut "$27.99" on front flap. Boards have moderate shelving wear along spine tail and denting to joints. Textblock has mild age-toning along edges and throughout interior extremities. Signed flat on title page by Joyce Carol Oates. Shelved in Room Z. 1404639. Special Collections - Upstairs. Ecco hardcover books
1984ref. 52376Northridge: Lord John Press 1984. First Limited Edition. One of an undetermined number marked "Presentation Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Slim octavo 23.5cm; letterpress-printed sheets sewn into original unprinted white card wrappers; folded patterned paper dustjacket with title label mounted to front cover; 20pp. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Slim volume collecting six poems four of which first appeared in the pages of Bennington Review Georgia Review Poetry and Southern Review. The entire run consisted of 125 copies in wrappers with 26 lettered copies bound in boards. Lord John Press unknown books
1972ref. 202731USA: Ginn & Co 1972. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Gregorio Prestopino. Very good. Ginn & Co unknown books
1966ref. 47832Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc 1966. Very good plus in very good dust jacket. Inscribed first printing of this story of a US teacher who convinces a Welsh boy who may or may not be part witch that school is worthwhile. Trina Schart Hyman the NEW YORK TIMES notes "illustrated an entire shelf of children's books and inspired many others who worked in the genre." Hyman illustrated over 150 books over her busy career for which she earned a Caldecott Medal and three Caldecott Honors. In addition to her work for children's books she served as an art director and staff artist for beloved children's magazine CRICKET from 1972-1979. 8.25'' x 6.25''. Original green cloth boards. Original unclipped $3.95 color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. 176 pages. Inscribed by Varney to front flyleaf "To Margaret Coit / With all my Love." Jacket with some edgewear; spine a bit toned with short chip to spine head slightly affecting author name. Binding with scattered soil light bumping to spine ends. Interior clean and bright. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc unknown books
1976ref. 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
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
1978ref. 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
2016ref. 1405251New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2016. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 369 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering price uncut: "U.S.A. $27.99/CANADA $34.99". Quarter bound in light blue paper with dark blue paper boards. Flat signed by author on title page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1405251. Special Collections - Downstairs. HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
ref. 234200Ecco 2016-01-19. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1x5x9. Signed. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates on the title page. First Edition First Printing. Dust jacket and book are in very good condition. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations. Minor foxing. Ecco hardcover books
1969ref. 79112London: Victor Gollancz 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine with tiny bumps on the spine and bottom edge of board in a price-clipped near fine dustwrapper with light edgewear and some minor chipping to the spine. Novel set in Roman Britain and based on the tradition that pilgrimages were made to the Scilly Isles off Cornwall to honor the mermaid goddess. Told through events in the life of the girl Astria chosen to be the mortal embodiment of the goddess. Victor Gollancz hardcover books
1982ref. 573038Logan Iowa: The Perfection Form Company 1982. Softcover. Fine. First separate edition. 12mo. 38pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Fine. Published for educational purposes with questions printed in the rear very uncommon. OCLC locates five copies. First published in Oates' 1972 collection Marriages and Infidelities. The Perfection Form Company unknown books
ref. 34308Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. Early English Text Society No 228 1953. 148 pages clothbound very good condition. . Other hardcover books
1934ref. ST15753eThe Hague: The Servire Press; New York: Gotham Book Mart 1934. FIRST EDITION. No. 631 OF 1000 COPIES on Old Antique Dutch and 29 special signed copies on Japon. 241 x 162 mm. 9 1/2 x 6 3/8". 4 p.l. first blank 77 3 pp. Plain paper wrappers in white dust jacket front cover with design by Lucia Joyce printed in blue and silver blue titling on front cover and spine ENTIRELY UNOPENED. With the very rare original glassine and housed in a slightly worn brown cardboard slipcase. With opening initial and tailpiece designed by Lucia Joyce. Slocum & Cahoon A-43. ◆Glassine a little wrinkled one corner just lightly bumped otherwise A PRISTINE COPY. This is a fragment from "Finnegans Wake" beautifully printed in Holland on thick paper using an unusually large round and vaguely Medieval typeface. Our copy could hardly be in better condition--as close to mint as one could hope to find and with all original components. Joyce's daughter Lucia 1907-82 was diagnosed with schizophrenia when in her early twenties and was permanently institutionalized by 1935. She had desperately tried and failed to become a dancer and Joyce was determined to find a new artistic outlet for her believing it would be therapeutic. He hit upon the design of ornamental capitals like this one and even went so far as to give publishers the money to pay her for her work. Gotham Book Mart unknown books
1986ref. 2343934Concord New Hampshire: William B. Ewert Publisher 1986. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 0x0x0. Azarian Mary. Signed by author. Signed by illustrator. Limited edition #45 of 100 copies. Signed by Joyce Carol Oates and Mary Azarian on limitation page. Faint stain to front panel of jacket. 1986 Soft Cover. Unpaginated. A fine press poem about the birth of Jesus Christ by the prolific award-winning American author originally published in The New York Times Magazine. This limited edition of 100 numbered copies designed by John Kristensen includes original woodcuts by Mary Azarian printed directly from the blocks. It was printed from Monotype Bembo on Lana Laid paper and handsewn in wrappers at the Firefly Press Somerville Massachusetts in November 1986. The publisher William B. Ewert of Concord New Hampshire specialized in limited edition fine press material mainly poetry and broadsides for nearly 25 years and his efforts are memorialized at the University of New Hampshire which maintains an impressive collection of his work. William B. Ewert, Publisher paperback books
1986ref. 565758Concord New Hampshire: William B. Ewert 1986. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated with two woodcuts by Mary Azarian. Small quarto. Fine in printed wrappers and fine glassine dust jacket with just a bit of wear. Number 41 of 100 copies Signed by Oates and Azarian. William B. Ewert unknown books
1986ref. 570509Concord New Hampshire: William B. Ewert 1986. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated with two woodcuts by Mary Azarian. Small quarto. Printed wrappers. Last few pages and rear wrap lightly creased small stains at bottom corner very good in a very good unprinted dust jacket with corresponding small stains and faint soil on rear panel. Number 69 of 100 copies Signed by Oates and Azarian. William B. Ewert unknown books
1986ref. 500221Concord New Hampshire: William B. Ewert 1986. Softcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated with two woodcuts by Mary Azarian. Small quarto. Fine in printed wrappers and fine glassine dust jacket with just a bit of wear. Number 41 of 100 copies Signed by Oates and Azarian. William B. Ewert unknown books
1986ref. 364893Concord New Hampshire: William B. Ewert 1986. Softcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Wrappers. Fine in a very good unprinted dustwrapper with toning at the edges. Number 15 of 100 copies Signed by the author. William B. Ewert unknown books
1977ref. 55740Portage Indiana: The Compulsive Printer 1977. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good to fine condition. 50/75. Quarto. Unpaginated 32 leaves. Original burgundy velvet clamshell with gilt relief serigraph inset housed in red paper-covered clamshell box with black lettering on red label of spine. Signed and numbered in pencil by D'Ambrosio on all three block print title pages and colophon. Here also signed by the printer Elmore Mundell. The Mookse and the Gripes is Joyce's retelling of Aesop's fable of 'The Fox and the Grapes.' It was originally published in 1939. This edition is illustrated with numerous block prints and serigraphs in color and b/w. This edition of The Mookse and the Gripes limited to seventy-five copies and five artist proofs has been set in 18 point Bulmer and printed on Rives BFK paper by the Compulsive Printer Portage Indiana on a No. 3 Vandercook proof press. All serigraphs blockprints and binding by D'Ambrosio. Cover relief-serigraph gilded with 23 K gold. The story is taken from 'Two Tales of Shem and Shaun.' This edition published by Joseph J. D'Ambrosio 3824 Alta Vista Terrace Chicago Illinois 60613. This copy is number 50/75 and signed by the artist and printer. Outer clamshell box with light wear two small closed tear at head and tail of front edge of spine. The Compulsive Printer hardcover books
1946ref. 556714London: Michael Joseph 1946. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. Black cloth gilt spine. Faint crease on the spine with slight bumping at the crown near fine in a very good dust jacket with small chips and a creased tear on the cover. Michael Joseph hardcover books
1950ref. 80781London: Michael Joseph 1950. Second impression. 307 pp. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. London: Michael Joseph unknown books
1946ref. 38216NY: Harper 1946. First American edn. 8vo pp. 309. VG in worn dj. Harper unknown books
ref. B275880-2London Carlton 1999. 128pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Boards. D.j. London (Carlton), 1999. hardcover books
2017ref. 1404037London UK: Doubleday 2017. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 324 pages. In Very Good condition with Near Fine condition dust jacket. Spine is dark blue with white and light blue lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "£14.99" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine tail moderate creasing along spine head. Textblock edges have mild age-toning fore edge has light scuff and faint gray staining; interior mildly age-toned throughout. Signed flat by Rachel Joyce on half-title page. Shelved in Room Z. 1404037. Special Collections - Upstairs. Doubleday hardcover books
2017ref. 1390962London UK: Doubleday 2017. Limited Edition #336/600. Hardcover. Octavo 324 pages. In Very Good condition with Near Fine condition dust jacket. Spine is dark blue with white and light blue lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "£14.99" on front flap. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine tail. Text block edges dyed red. Signed flat by Rachel Joyce on title page. Shelved in hallway. 1390962. Special Collections. Doubleday hardcover books
