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ref. 36848Easthampton MA: Cheloniidae Press 1990. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 21 of 100 xxi/c copies in the deluxe edition signed and numbered by illustrator and book designer Alan James Robinson. There were also 26 copies bound in quarter leather. This magnificent book was undertaken by the press as a celebration of its tenth anniversary. It is one of the great achievements of Robinson's Cheloniidae Press one of the most respected American private presses. Founded in 1979 the press went through several incarnations during its existence. The constant throughout was the artistry of Alan James Robinson who became famed for his superlative wood engravings and etchings of animals birds the sea and more. The original text for this edition was written by Arthur F. Kinney who was then the Thomas W. Copland Professor of Literary History at the University of Massachusetts and an extensive publisher and lecturer on Shakespeare. From the prospectus: this book "focuses on popular bird and animal lore and the way Shakespeare turns it into lines of haunting and indelible beauty by describing the familiar and unfamiliar ideas about many creatures and by showing how Shakespeare used these ideas to shape character and plot in his plays.Shakespeare's imaginative use of observed detail and magical fantasies is matched by the intricate and mysterious wood engravings of Robinson." Beautifully bound by noted binders Claudia Cohen and Sarah Creighton in full rust morocco with the title stamped in gilt on the front panel within a blind rule at the outer edge of the covers raised bands and leather hinges. Illustrated with 54 wood engravings depicting the birds and beasts found in Shakespeare's plays and poems plus two portraits of the Bard: one etching and one wood engraving. The book is accompanied by an additional suite of 56 signed and numbered prints from the illustrations. There is also an original watercolor of a Barnacle goose that is not known or called for in the prospectus. They are housed in a linen covered portfolio. The prospectus is also included. There are beautiful hand marbled endpapers by Faith Robinson. The book was printed on special Cheloniidae Rag paper carrying the press watermark that is the exact size of the First Folio of 1623. The type is Centaur and Arrighi set by M&H Type in San Francisco with additional hand composition by Arthur Larson. The book was letter press printed by master printer Harold Patrick McGrath. Housed in a custom clamshell box in near fine condition covered with beige linen with a brown leather spine label. The book is In fine condition. Book is 10.5 x 16 inches. Box is 11 x 17 inches. iv 87 single fold pages. PRI/102423. Cheloniidae Press hardcover books
ref. 36224Freeville NY: Carol Schwartzott 2007. Hard Cover. Fine in very good box. Hard Cover. 5 of 25 copies signed and numbered by the book artist. This is a particularly beautiful version of the famous Rubaiyat. In her artist's statement Schwartzott writes that as a collector of Rubaiyats she began to toy with creating her own version in 2006. "The book is divided into seven segments each separated by a divider of hand-marbled Japanese paper. The first contains the title page and introduction and the last an artist's statement bibliography and colophon. The remaining five are dedicated to the seventy-five quatrains of FitzGerald's first edition. Each contains a vellum window reminiscent of a Persian archway that opens to reveal my version of a miniature painting." Bound in light blue Japanese cloth with an intricate wood cut out to front board. The pristine interior was laser printed with archival ink onto Mohawk Via vellum and Moab Entrada paper. The prints were then finished with color pencil paint gold and silver leaf. Housed in clamshell box covered in the same cloth as the book. There is a light crease to the upper left corner of the box otherwise in fine condition. Unpaginated. ARTB/122122. Carol Schwartzott unknown books
ref. 009472Teramachi Nijo Kyoto Japan: Yamada Unsodo Book. Very Good. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 37 pages held together with 2 brads top end. 35 pages with tissue guards over multiple lovely woodblock prints either 96 or 102 depending on how one repeated image is counted. With an additional full page black and silver woodblock print on rice paper 9" x 12 1/2" laid in. No date in English circa 1902-1905. Laid into original folio black paper covered boards printed in silver Art Deco design with title artist and publisher printed in English front and back. Front and back pages printed in Japanese. Very Good cloth at spine torn at top and bottom edges rubbing to boards at edges. Some tissue guards creased or torn the woodblock prints are all bright and Fine. Kamisaka Sekka 1866-1942 was aan important early 20th c. Japanese artist known as the father of modern Japanese design and the last great master of the Rinpa traditional school of art. RARE one copy found in current commerce lacking the additional woodblock print and 8 copies found at WorldCat. Yamada Unsodo Hardcover books
2004ref. RALDCAT00tmGreen Cat Press 2004. Fine. Aldiss Brian W. The Cat Improvement Co. Broadside. Eddington design Patrick. Salt Lake City: Green Cat Press 2004. #84 of 85 printed on white paper. Illustrated. 15 x 37 cm on 28 x 47 cm white paper. Broadside. Signed by author. Book condition: Fine. Signed by Aldiss and Eddington. Green Cat Press unknown books
2009ref. RGIRAHO00tmGreen Cat Press 2009. Fine. Giralt Alicia. Ahora Llueve / Now It Rains. Broadside. Makov design Susan. Salt Lake City: Green Cat Press 2009. #36 of 60 on white paper. Illustrated. 23 x 31.5 cm on 29 x 36 cm white paper. Broadside. Signed by author. Book condition: Fine. Signed by Giralt and Makov. Green Cat Press unknown books
2006ref. RVAULAK00tmGreen Cat Press 2006. Fine. Vause Mikel. A Lakeland Walk. Broadside. Makov design Susan. Salt Lake City: Green Cat Press 2006. #6 of 50 on white paper. Illustrated. 24 x 33 cm on 35.5 x 38 cm white paper. Broadside. Signed by author. Book condition: Fine. Signed by Vause and Makov. Green Cat Press unknown books
2004ref. RBRAONC00tmGreen Cat Press 2004. Fine. Bradbury Ray. Once the Years Were Numerous and the Funerals Few. Broadside. Makov design and illustration Susan; Eddington design and illustration Patrick. Salt Lake City: Green Cat Press 2004. #32 of 70 on eggshell paper. Illustrated. 19 x 35 cm on 28 x 47 cm eggshell paper. Broadside. Signed by author. Book condition: Fine. Signed by Bradbury Makov and Eddington. Green Cat Press unknown books
2001ref. RNORBRE01tmRed Butte Press 2001. Fine. Nordan Lewis. Breakdown. Makov design and illustration Susan; Eddington design and illustration Patrick. Salt Lake City: Red Butte Press 2001. #27 of 50 signed. 3pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Brown 1/4 cloth with marbled paper. Signed by author. Book condition: Fine in protective plastic cover. Contains three illustrations with story. Red Butte Press hardcover books
2001ref. RNORBRE00tmRed Butte Press 2001. Fine. Nordan Lewis. Breakdown. Makov design and illustration Susan; Eddington design and illustrator Patrick. Salt Lake City: Red Butte Press 2001. #50 of 50 signed. 3pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Brown 1/4 cloth with marbled paper. Signed by author. Book condition: Fine in protective plastic cover. Contains three illustrations with story. Red Butte Press hardcover books
1815ref. 832561815. DESIGN Matsuoka Tokikata; Honma Hyakuri. SHOKUMON ZUE. 7 vols. privately published by Hyakuri apparently from 1815-25 as a completion of work begun by Tokikata in the late 18th very early 19th century. 19.3 x 26.9 cm string-bound Japanese-style fukuro toji with printed paper title labels - all bindings match. Hundreds of beautiful color textile designs reproduced in color woodcut. Nobleman Ladies Ceremonial dress Brocades Imperial costumes all are covered. Important and quite scarce as few sets were produced. Some worming otherwise the overall condition is very good. unknown books
1959ref. 25608New York: Simonm and Schuster 1959. Laminate boards. Very Good . A very presentable copy of the 1959 1st edition of this formidable collaboration between Truman Capote and James Baldwin. Solid and VG in its white laminate boards with very mild rubbing at the panels. Lacking the publisher's unprinted glassine dustjacket but including a sturdy VG example of the printed card slipcase with a bit of spotting to the rear panel and a touch of light wear at the spine ends. Folio beautifully designed by the great art director Alexey Brodovitch of Harper's Bazaar fame. Simonm and Schuster unknown books
ref. B233939-2Champaign-Urbana University of Illinois 1983. 46pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Wraps. Champaign-Urbana (University of Illinois), 1983. paperback books
ref. B233939-3Champaign-Urbana University of Illinois 1983. 46pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Wraps. Champaign-Urbana (University of Illinois), 1983. paperback books
2007ref. 25371GUN 2007. Photograph. Fine. Very creative 2007 Martin Parr vehicle SIGNED BY HIM AS WELL on the verso of the outer case. 27 photographic cards plus instructional booklet and decorative chemise. All in prisitne condition all contained within a laminate bright-orange slipcase. The photos were taken "one rainy Manchester afternoon in 1972" the idea being to match the couples from the 18 photographed people to test one's skills against the often mysterious agents of love. The photographs each measures a square 7 3/4" x 7 3/4" and the 3-dimensional box measures 8" x 8" x 2 1/3 GUN unknown books
1978ref. 24945St Paul MN: Truck Press 1978. A lovely copy of the 1978 1st edition limited to 70 copies each signed by Philip Gallo and each "printed on Arches and printed and bound by hand at the Hermetic Press in Miineapolis". Tight and Fine in its cloth-backed mocha boards. Square 16mo wonderful letterpress alphabet designs. Truck Press unknown books
1984ref. 24990New York: The Stone Street Press 1984. Wrappers. Fine. Malachi McCourt. A lovely copy of this 1984 fine press poetry offering. SIGNED BY MALACHI MCCOURT who translated designed and illustrated this volume. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its light-green hand-sewn wrappers. The Stone Street Press unknown books
1986ref. 24991New York: The Stone Street Press 1986. Wrappers. Fine. A lovely copy of this 1986 fine press poetry offering. #428 OF 495 COPIES OF THIS STATED 1ST EDITION SIGNED BY MALACHI MCCOURT who translated designed and illustrated this volume. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its hand-sewn beige wrappers. The Stone Street Press unknown books
1974ref. 13406Providence Rhode Island: Burning Deck Press 1974. Original wraps. Fine. Linda Lutes. A pristine copy of this 1974 poetry portfolio issued in a tiny edition of 75 copies by Burning Deck Press of Providence. This is a Proof copy INSCRIBED BY THE DESIGNER AND ILLUSTRATOR LINDA LUTES TO NEW YORK PERFORMANCE ARTIST AND POET CARL MORSE. 8 loose signatures as issued laid into a printed off-white chemise. Both the chemise and the plates are in immaculate condition. The 7 poets featured are: Michael Benedikt William Bronk Michel S. Harper Edwin Honig Rochelle Owens Diane Wakoski and Rosemarie Waldrop. Burning Deck Press unknown books
1999ref. 50142Zurich Switzerland: Galerie Hauser & Wirth 1999. Fine/Fine. Zurich Switzerland: Galerie Hauser & Wirth 1999. First Edition. Quarto 30.5cm; publisher's card wrappers in glossy pictorial dust jacket; 147pp.; color illus. throughout. Fine condition. Bilingual text in German and English. Collection of autobiographical stories accompanied by the paintings by the late American artist Mary Heilmann 1940-2026. Galerie Hauser & Wirth unknown books
1953ref. 50129New York: Stinson Records 1953. Later repressing. Vinyl album. vg-. Square Quarto 11 1/4". Original illustrated album cover with white lettering on cover. Protected by modern mylar. Striking modernist cover design with photomontage of bayonette. Cover design credited to "Nils" possibly Nils Borg. 10" vinyl record album 33 1/2 RPM Long Play containing the Stinson Records repressing of the album original issued as "Songs of the Lincoln and International Brigade" in a three record album released in 1944. The original album was produced by Moses Asch for his Asch record label and contained songs performed mostly in Spanish a few in English by members of the Almanac Singers including Pete Seeger Bess Lomax Baldwin Hawes and Tom Glazer. These were tunes sung by the antifascist volunteers during the Spanish Civil War. The original record set consisted of three 78 records and a total of 6 songs. This single 10" album reissue combines 4 of those tracks and adds an additional 6 tracks originally comprising the 1940 record "Six Songs for Democracy" Keynote Records July 1940 performed by German singer and actor Ernest Busch 1900-1980 along with a chorus of members of the International Brigades during the Spanish civil war in 1938. The Busch recordings comprise the A side of this record and the first song on the B side. The final four tracks on the B side are the Seeger recordings. 10 Tracks: Side A: - Band 1: The Peat-Bog Soldiers - Band 2: Hans Beimler - Band 3: Song of the International Brigades - Band 4: Freedom - Band 5: Song of the United Front. Side B: - Band 1: The Four Insurgent Generals - Band 2: Cook House - Band 3: Spanish Marching Song - Band 4: Quinte Brigada - Band 5: Quinte Regimento. The Abraham Lincoln Brigade was an international brigade of volunteers for the Republican cause during the Spanish civil war with the album containing "the songs of the men who left home and safety behind them in 1937 to fight Fascism" in Spain. The record label originally had an association with Moses's Asch's Asch and then Folkways label's. Stinson was initially known for its release of recordings made in the Soviet Union. It issued recordings by folk and blues music including recordings by Woody Guthrie and Josh White and was known for an association with leftist politics. Back cover with listing of folk music recordings released by Stinson Records. A scarce pressing of a historically important record. Album cover wear along edges with minor scuffing and lightly rubbing. Bottom edge mostly split. Vinyl with some light scratches. The record is somewhat noisey with some pops but is still listenable overall. Missing original inner record sleeve. Cover and record in vg- condition overall. Cover protected in modern mylar. Stinson Records unknown books
1975ref. UB-17888Cincinnatti: Cal Kowal 1975. First Edition. Very Good. First Edition. Photographic essay documenting Joseph "Mr. Spoons" Jones the Cincinnati street and bar performer who spent over three decades playing spoons in the bars of Over-the-Rhine - including Aunt Maudie's - while supplementing his income selling handmade paper corsages. Kowal's black-and-white photographs capture Jones performing including a striking image of him posed at a pool table with spoons arranged to spell out "SPOONS." Text includes biographical and anecdotal matter under headings "Bar Hopping · Spoon Flopping · Street Troubadour" and "Livelihood" along with a Shakespeare epigraph from A Midsummer Night's Dream "Wilt thou heare some musicke.let us have the tongs and the bones" IV.i.33 printed against a black page with a white photogram-style fern/leaf motif echoed from the covers. Rear free endpaper carries contact information stamped in black "TO RENT MR. SPOONS / CONTACT LOU / AT: JIMMY SKINNERS MUSIC CENTER / ON VINE ST." with a phone number added by hand in blue ink. The same leaf bears a printed dedication to "Joe's amicable family" special thanks to Noel Martin and the Cincinnati Art Museum and the production credits above. Signed: Inscribed in ink by the subject Joseph Jones: "With luck from Mr Spoon Joseph Jones." Additionally inscribed below by Dick Robbins: "With the wish that you always get what you want and want what you get" signed with a small hand-drawn spoon beneath his signature. Robbins' identity/relationship to the subject or production has not been established through outside sources - he does not appear in the book's own credits or in available secondary accounts of Jones/Aunt Maudie's; the inscription itself is the only evidence of his connection to this copy. Bound in at rear is a sleeve containing a 45 rpm single. Vetco Records 5825 Vine Street Cincinnati Ohio 45202 ℗ 1975 catalog/matrix no. 741278. Labels credit "Jimmie Skinner Music. Pub." Side 1 / "Jimmie Skinner Music Pub." Side 2 and bear the artist name "MR. SPOONS." Side 1: "Spoon Rag" 2:04 / "Spinning Spoons" 1:50 Side 2: "Spoon Tapping" / "Dueling Spoons" - label scuffed/worn on this side obscuring the catalog number and partially obscuring both track titles; readings above are my best guess from what's legible and should be confirmed by ear or under raking light before going to print. Vinyl Condition: Vinyl/playing surface clean and bright on both sides with light handling marks only; appears playable. Side 2 label scuffed and abraded in an arc near the spindle hole affecting legibility of two track titles and the catalog number; Side 1 label clean and fully legible. Record is taped into a die-cut pocket at the rear of the book. Book Condition: mild wear and rubbing to extremities with chipping/bumping at the corners of the front panel; scattered brown foxing/spotting to the rear free endpaper and adjoining leaves. Spiral binding remains tight and intact. . Cal Kowal unknown books
1901ref. 1717801901. NAKAMURA Gyokushu. Miyama no shiori. 2 volumes. 250 x 160 mm. Kyoto: Honda Unkido 1901. An exquisite collection of designs probably created as patterns for kimonos. In fine condition and extremely rare. Some of the plates have a distinctly modernist feel. There is some soiling but the stunning plates are immaculate. OCLC lists The National Diet Library and the Wolfsonian. unknown books
1888ref. 221661888. Original patent documentation for Edmond Verstraete's innovative 1888 railway car design an uncommon surviving artifact from the era of rapid industrial expansion and technological advancement in American rail transport. Verstraete Edmond. Railway Car. Washington D.C.: U.S. Patent Office July 24 1888. Patent No. 386512. First edition. 2 printed lithograph sheets measuring 9" x 7". Signed by inventor and witnesses. Includes two detailed mechanical drawings by Verstraete with formal submission details signed by the inventor and his attorney. This patent filed during a period when the U.S. railroad network was transforming American commerce and mobility documents Verstraete's reconfiguration of the passenger car interior and structural layout. The diagrams show side and overhead views of a self-contained passenger railcar marked by articulated platform entries segmented internal seating and a defined vestibule region. Of note are the annotated elements marked "x" in red ink labeled as "Lower entries" and "Passengers" likely indicating areas of operational focus or examiner queries. The first sheet offers a longitudinal cross-section while the second presents a plan and elevation revealing design emphasis on safety comfort and structural balance. The late 19th century witnessed a proliferation of railway car patents as inventors sought to enhance efficiency passenger experience and operational safety in the context of growing urban transit systems and long-haul travel routes. Verstraete's work fits within this inventive surge paralleling the emergence of Pullman cars electric trolleys and elevated rail networks. As cities like New York Chicago and San Francisco expanded rail-based infrastructure designs such as this laid the groundwork for more integrated mass transit and intercity rail travel. Light toning minor smudge at lower margin of first sheet archival notations in red and pencil at margin; "EXAMINER" hand-stamped at top. Overall very good condition. A scarce and compelling primary document reflecting the ingenuity and regulatory mechanics of the Gilded Age railroad boom ideal for researchers in industrial history transportation technology and the evolution of public transit. unknown books
1967ref. 40294New York: Daylark Press / Doubleday and Company 1967. Good. New York: Daylark Press Distributed by Doubleday and Company 1967. Second Edition see note. Narrow oblong octavo; publisher's blue staplebound card wrappers; 7ll. featuring eighty-four 84 slogan stickers. Wrappers rather worn with small pinhole to upper cover some light foxing and soil to contents. Good and complete overall. Humorous and often quite tasteless collection of joke slogan stickers: "Nasser Had His Nose Bobbed" "Rape Is Inconsiderate" "I Can't Relate to Trees" "Feed Twiggy" etc. Though the copyright states "Second Edition" we find no examples of a first in retail or OCLC which lists just three examples as of April 2026 at Cornell Harvard and U. Washington. Daylark Press / Doubleday and Company unknown books
1928ref. 1723681928. SOVIET PROPAGANDA DESIGN. Za oboronu SSSR For Defence of the USSR. 48 pp. illustrated with 32 full page plates printed in red and black. Small folio 275 x 200 mm. bound in publisher's wrappers illustrated by Czech artist P. Skala. Moscow: Izdatel'stvo AKHRR: Shkola FZU pri 1-i Obraztsovoi tipografii 1928. A remarkable collection of Soviet imagery intended as instruction for decorating workers' clubs reading huts and use during rallies. The illustrations include fully decorated interiors concepts for 'hands-on' attractions such as a 'rayok' or Russian peep show shooting galleries and quiz shows. Most of the imagery is in the constructivist style but also includes numerous caricatures of western fat cats fascists and even a Ku Klux Klan member which would have been inspiration for costume design. Rare OCLC finds just one copy at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. The leaves with illustrations have an even toning from the printing process else a fine copy with the errata slip and unusually printed on fine thick paper. unknown books
