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David Williams, New York, 1893. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. I.P. HICKS. Builders' Guide, Comprising an Easy, Practical System of Estimating Material and Labor, New York: David Williams, 1893.12mo, pp. 160, brown cloth boards with blind-stamped framing gilt lettering on front, illustrated. Plenty of cost estimates that today's builders would fine amusing, such as: base molding, labor rate per foot, 2 cents. With a penciled estimate on the rear endpaper for an unknown project involving labor for 35 cents and 3.5 gallons of oil for $1.75.Condition of this book:Covers scuffed and discolored in spots, top edge darkened with small stains, a few leaves soiled by overall very good and sound. Shipments outside the U.S. may be subject to local taxes. Size: Duodecimo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean,… Read More

McDowell, Obolensky, New York, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Very Good. J.P. DONLEAVY. The Ginger Man, New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1958.Octavo, first American edition, preceded by London and Paris releases, pp. xvi, 327, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, stamped figure of a tarot card on front, top edge tinted red. Train-wreck protagonist lives on his own amoral terms in Dublin.Condition of this book:Fine in very good jacket with a short tear in the rear panel. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; 1950s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55361. .

Photo-Text, Chicago, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. PALTRIDGE, GEORGE H. Photographic Instruction Text, Chicago: Photo-Text Press, 1900.12mo, first and only edition, pp. 237, xvi (ads), black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and upper panel, line drawings. The title says it all: this was basic training for the aspiring professional. See Roosens/Salu 6471.Condition of this book:Boards worn, minor bubbling in lower panel.Leaves clean and tight, edges darkened. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; United States; 1900-1920; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52424. .

Delacorte, New York, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Signed by Author. ROBERT B. PARKER. All Our Yesterdays, New York: Delacorte Press, 1994.Octavo, first edition, pp. 401, paper-covered boards quarter-bound in gray cloth with red lettering lettering to spine, signed on the title page by Parker. Creator of the great Boston detective Spenser leaves him out of this saga of an Irish family.Condition of this book:Fine in fine jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0385304374. ISBN/EAN: 9780385304375. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55223. . 9780385304375

Delacorte, New York, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Signed by Author. ROBERT B. PARKER. A Catskill Eagle, New York: Delacorte Press, 1985.Octavo, first edition, pp. 311, paper-covered boards quarter-bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, signed on the title page by Parker. Spenser gets out of Boston, becomes a fugitive.Condition of this book:Fine in fine jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0385293852. ISBN/EAN: 9780385293853. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55344. . 9780385293853

Delacorte, New York, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. ROBERT B. PARKER. A Catskill Eagle, New York: Delacorte Press, 1985.Octavo, first edition, pp. 311, paper-covered boards quarter-bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spenser gets out of Boston, becomes a fugitive.Condition of this book:Fine in fine jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. ISBN: 0385293852. ISBN/EAN: 9780385293853. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55222. . 9780385293853

Delacorte, New York, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. ROBERT B. PARKER. A Catskill Eagle, New York: Delacorte Press, 1985.Octavo, first edition, pp. 311, paper-covered boards quarter-bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spenser gets out of Boston, becomes a fugitive.Condition of this book:Fine in fine jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55221. .

Watch Hill Press, New York, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Asa Cheffetz. HELEN PEARCE. The Enchanted Barn, New York: Watch Hill Press, 1929.Tall octavo, No. 82 of an edition of 100 hand-printed copies, unpaginated 4-page poem, illustrated boards, woodcut frontispiece by Asa Chaffetz, signed in pencil by Cheffetz. Printed by Frederic Warde -- see Ransom Check Lists, Warde No. 110.Condition of this book:Spine cloth worn away but binding is tight. Covers' edges chipped, leaves age-toned, woodcut fine. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Asa Cheffetz. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; United States; 1920s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not… Read More

John Murray, London, 1808. Early Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. RICHARD PEARSON, M.D. A Practical Synopsis of the Materia Alimentaria and the Materia Medica, London: Baldwin and John Murray, 1808.Octavo, new edition (Pearson used a pseudonym for a version released 10 years earlier), pp. viii, 535, 1 (ad), brown paper-covered boards half bound in brown calf with gilt lettering and rules to spine. Surprisingly rare: not in Garrison-Morton, OCLC and the NUC turn up no copies.Preface says the book is intended to give "a precise account of such substances from the Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral Kingdom, as are used either for food or medicine." Covers nutrition and remedies for various maladies.Condition of this book:Very good with a few stains to the covers and the fore edge, scattered minor foxing throughout. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining… Read More

St. Martin's, Melbourne, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. RIDLEY PEARSON. Never Look Back, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985.Octavo, first edition, pp. 310, orange cloth boards with silver lettering to spine. Author's debut thriller; he would have a long and successful career.Condition of this book:Near fine (waterstain on rear panel) in near fine jacket (spine faded, back panel ruffled). Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; United States; 1980s; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0312564759. ISBN/EAN: 9780312564759. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55244. . 9780312564759

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Fine Condition/Near Fine. PENN, IRVING. Moments Preserved, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960.Folio, first edition, pp. 183, cream-colored cloth boards with black lettering to spine, color and gravure illustration, pamphlet issued for Penn's 1960 show at Iolas Gallery is laid in here. Penn's first book and probably his most enthusiastically collected. Roth, p. 158: "Penn reinvented the classic daytime studio portrait for a more casual time, undercutting its formality but heightening its potential as a revealing performance." Also see Frizot's New History of Photography, p. 550: "The apparent simplicity of Irving Penn's compositions conceals a formal complexity. It is the result of the particular elegance of the model's outline, of the abstract interplay of lines and shapes, of empty and filled space."Condition of this book:Fine in lightly worn, bright… Read More

Godine, Boston, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Near Fine. PEREC, GEORGES. Life, A User's Manual, Boston: David R. Godine, 1987.Octavo, first English language edition, first American edition, pp. (xvii), 581, quarter-bound in black cloth over gray paper-covered boards, fine copy in near-fine dust jacket. Translated from French by David Bellos.Condition of this book:Near fine dust jacket shows light wear, no tears.All else fine. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). (xvii), 581. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; France; 1980s; Fiction. ISBN: 0879237007. ISBN/EAN: 9780879237004. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50603. . 9780879237004

Pynson Printers, New York, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Emil Ganso. The Colophon, New Graphic Series, No.1, New York: Pynson Printers, 1930.Quarto, unpaginated, printed boards. Includes an untitled Emil Ganso engraved woodcut showing a river flowing past a small town, and a linoleum cut by Hans Alexander Mueller.Condition of this book:Near fine, touch of soiling at top edge. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Emil Ganso. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; United States; 1930s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55455. .

Duschnes Crawford, New York, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Benton Spruance. The New Colophon, Part 4, New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1948.Quarto, pp. [ii], 321-428, printed boards. Includes the signed Benton Spruance lithographic proof of a sketch done at Newtown, Bucks County, Pa., measuring almost 8x11 inches.Condition of this book:Fine, tears in the parchment wrapper. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Benton Spruance. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; United States; 1940s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55459. .

Pynson Printers, New York, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: A.R. Stavenitz. The Colophon, A Book Collector's Quarterly, Part 1, New York: Pynson Printers, 1930.Quarto, unpaginated, printed boards. Includes the A.R. Stavenitz etching "Chartreuse" and an article by H.L. Mencken on the high prices fetched by his first book, which he calls "dreadful."Condition of this book:Fine, tears in the parchment wrapper. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: A.R. Stavenitz. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; United States; 1930s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55454. .

Pynson Printers, New York, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Fine Condition/Fair. The Colophon, A Book Collector's Quarterly, Part 19, New York: Pynson Printers, 1934.Quarto, unpaginated, printed boards, with original parchment wrapper and newsletter distributed with this issue. Includes the Stow Wengenroth lithograph An Eastport Wharf. Wengenroth (1906-78), a widely collected artist, was born in Brooklyn but became known for his Maine landscapes and seascapes.Condition of this book:Fine, but the parchment wrapper is torn and darkened. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; United States; 1930s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54197. .

Pynson Printers, New York, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: David B. Milne. The Colophon, A Book Collector's Quarterly, Part 5, New York: Pynson Printers, 1931. Quarto, unpaginated, printed boards. Includes the David B. Milne aquatint Hilltop, signed by Milne in pencil. The artist, a Canadian painter, print maker and writer, achieved early recognition at the Armory Show of 1913, where he had 5 paintings exhibited. The idea of using color in a drypoint, as in the print available here, was an original idea of Milne's, as the tradition practice was black and white only. Wikipedia: "He developed a method of making colour drypoints, printing one colour over another with different plates for each. Milne had first tried etching and drypoint while he was a student at the Art Students’ League and his idea of colour drypoint was unprecedented, as the tradition was to only use black and the white of… Read More

Pynson Printers, New York, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Paul Landacre. The Colophon, A Quarterly for Book Lovers, V. 1, No. 4, New York: Pynson Printers, 1940.Quarto, pp. 118, printed boards. Includes the Paul Landacre woodcut Campers measuring about 8x6 inches, with deep, rich tones. Landacre was considered the premier American woodcut maker of the modern era.Condition of this book:Fine, parchment wrapper is torn. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Paul Landacre. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; United States; 1940s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55456. .

Duschnes Crawford, New York, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Leonard Pytlak. The New Colophon, Part 1, New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1948.Quarto, pp. 107, printed boards. Includes an untitled Leonard Pytlak serigraph measuring almost 8x11 inches, commemorating 10 years of serigraphy, a stencil process that succeeded pochoir.Condition of this book:Fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Leonard Pytlak. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; United States; 1940s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55460. .

Pynson Printers, New York, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Emil Ganso. The Colophon, A Book Collectors' Quarterly, Part 13, New York: Pynson Printers, 1933. Quarto, unpaginated, printed boards, parchment wrapper. Includes the Emil Ganso woodcut Bathers, measuring about 7x9 inches on thin japan paper in rich, dark tones. Ganso was a German-born American artist whose work is widely held by museums and print collectors. He's best-known for his erotic figures.Condition of this bookNear fine, touch of soiling at top edge. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: Emil Ganso. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; United States; 1930s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already… Read More