ROBERT INDIANA
by Indiana, Robert (art of). (Castleman, Riva) Tobin, Robert Lynn Batts (curator)
Austin: University Art Mueum, University of Texas, 1977. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Exhibition catalog for Indiana's works, which traveled to five museums between September 1977 at the University Art Museum in Austin and concluding at The Art Center in South Bend IN in July 1978. Folio-sixed, polished black cloth with silver stamped titles front cover, 59 pages,... Read More
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PICNIC
by Inge, William
NY: Random House, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG-. Inscribed by playwright Inge to "Betty Lou" (unidentified) on the ffe. Near fine book. Toned dustjacxket with some chipped corners.
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NOT "A FOOL'S ERRAND": LIFE AND EXPERIENCE OF A NORTHERN GOVERNESS IN THE SUNNY SOUTH
by Ingraham, Rev. J. H. (Confederacy)
NY: G. W. Carlton, 1880. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Publishe's green cloth, gilt title spine, tan endpapers, 526 (2). Slight edgewear to boards. A nice, unsophisticated copy.
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THE WORKOF BRUCE ROGERS: A CATALOGUE
by D. B. Updike (inroduction)
NY: Oxford University Press, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. SIGNED BY BRUCE ROGERS under the half title "alias Bruce Rogers" Dustjacket has a tanned spine and some internal tape repairs. Solid, clean book with bookplate front pasetdown.
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A Legacy To Wage- Earning Women: A Survey Of Gainfully Employed Women Of Brattleboro, Vermont and of Relief Which They Have Recieved from the Thomas Thompson Trust
by Lucile Eaves and Assocaites. Bradley Richards M.(introduction)
Boston: Women's Educational and Industrial Union, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The original edition. Gray cloth, gilt-stamped titles front and spine.
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Story Number 1 and 2
by Ionesco, Eugene
NY: Harlin Quist, 1978. 1st Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Naprstek, Joel. Failly, Gerard.. Variant editions, these the smaller format . Story 1 illustrated by Joel Naprstek, Story 2 by Gerard Failly. Both fine in near fine dustjacket.
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Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth, from Pictures, Drawings, and Scarce Prints
by Ireland, Samuel
London: R Faulder and J Egerton, 1794. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. Two volume set, volume 1 dated 1794, volume 2 dated 1799 newly rebound in quarter leather, raised spine with six compartments and gilt hand-tooled decorations, marbelized boards and new endpapers. Leaves gently toned. Gilt edged all around. xvi + 183pp, 57 illustrations, some foldouts;... Read More
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Somebody on the Phone
by Irish, William. (Woolrich, Cornell)
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1950. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/Very Good. Cornell Woolrich writing as Michael Irish. Solid copy. top edge a wee soiled, and sides a wee spotted, overall an appealing copy in unclipped dustjacket a little worm at spine tips and corner. No names, inscriptions or bookplates and desirable thus.
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WORLDS IN A SMALL ROOM
by Irving, Penn
NY: Grossman Publishers, 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Unclipped dustjacket is a bit soiled and there is some spotting top edge. No names, bookplates. A thoroughly presentable copy.
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Saxifrages or Rockfoils
by Irving, Walter and Reginald A. Malby
London: Headley Brothers. First Edition. 8vo. VG+. cloth backed boards, a wee soiled. internals quite nice, some spotting confined to prelims and rears. x + 147 + 4p pub ads. illustrated 4 color plates, 29 half-tones.
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RIP VAN WINKLE AND THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
by Irving, Washington. Boughton, George H. (illustrator)
London: Macmillan, 1893. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. Large paper edition limited to 250 copies and first edition thus bound by Maurin in blue crushed half morocco leather over blue cloth. with six compartments in gilt to spine. The covers are a wee dusty and the spine a wee sunned, else a sparkling copy inside and out.... Read More
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ON THE SLOP OF MONTMARTRE
by Irwin, William Wallace. Pontin, Marcel
NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+/NF-. Early humour from author Irwin, with 17 illustrations in duotone by Pontin. An American's view of Paris in the 1920s. Blue cloth in scarce dustjacket that is browned at edges and more so at spine, and missing a few small pieces at spine. PARIS FRANCE.
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THE UNCONSOLED
by Ishiguro, Kazuo
NY: Knopf, 1995. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. ADVANCE UNCORRETED PROOFS. Printed paper covers. As issued by Knopf marketing and publicity. Scarce, especially in as nice, apparently unread, condition. From the 2017 Nobel Laureate for Literature.
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114 SONGS
by Ives, Charles
Redding CT: C. E. Ives, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. First edition, second printing of 114 SONGS. 4to blue cloth, gilt titles spine and front. (1) (4) 259 (5). Internals fine. Neat owner name ffe. Modest wear to spine tips and shallow discooration to the top of the front cover.
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114 SONGS
by Ives, Charles
Redding CT: C. E. Ives, 1922. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. The rare first edition, first printing of 114 SONGS, 4to green cloth spine over green paper-backed boards, with title in black. (1) (4) 259 (5). Paper label on spine slightly chipped around edges. Internals fine. With the bookplate of famous bibliophiles Mr. and Mrs. S. Berkman.
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KENRO IZU: A THIRTY YEAR RETROSPECTIVE
by Izu, Kenro (photography). Greenberg, Howard (Contributor)
Portland: Nazraeli Press, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. First edition, 200 copies. This copy as new and signed by Izu and dated by him 2018 on the title page.
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CATALOGUE OF 3800 NAMED AND DATED AMERICAN SILHOUETTE PORTRAITS BY EDOUART AUGUST 1789 - 1861
by Jackson, F. Nevill (collected by)
First Edition. Hardcover. VG. Pamphlet, very good condition.
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Billy the Goat
by Jacoby, Margeurite
Cleveland: Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1929. Stiff Pictorial Covers. Near Fine. Crit. Nicely preserved, clean cooy, 12 pages (incl cover), large format, #217 of Crashtex Picture Book Series. Presumed First Edition or Early Printing.
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Extracts from the Pedigrees of James of Barrock. Containing the Descent of the following Families- 1. James. 4. Beckwith. 10. Hill. 12. Wilkinson. 13, 14. Carr and Dale. 38 Nesham. 39. Farquharson. Corrected up to June 1913
by J(ames), H. E. M. and J(ames), W. A. (compiled by)
Exeter: William Pollard & Co, 1913. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Privately printed for handy and confidential family use only." Totally pre-Heritgae DNA. Cream cloth- backed green boards with gilt crest. All sides intrimmed. With compliments card of Sir Evan James laid-in plus three full page sheets of additions and corrections. Some soiling to covers, solid binding,... Read More
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THE GOLDEN BOWL
by James, Henry
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Two volumes, smooth tan sateen cloth, gte, gilt titles to spine. Covers moderately soiled, shallow loss to head of spine Volume 1. No previous names, bookplates. SUPINO 60.1.0.
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A Comment Upon The Collects Appointed To Be Used In The Church Of England Before The Epistle And Gospel On Sundays And Holydays Throughout The Year
by James, John
London: Francis & John Rivington, 1848. Revised Edition, First Thus. Hardcover. Good. Clean copy, some "threading" to spine, original binding, with binder's ticket "S. Curtis/ Binder" lower left corner front pastdown. A nice, unsophisticated copy.
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ORBIT/ BLACK MAN/ THE LONELY ONE/ FREEDOM ENOUGH/ PRIVATE BEACH/ THREE JUSTICES/ AIR WIDOW/ THE CYCLE/ [AND] TROPIC MURDERS AND OTHER POEMS
by Janin, Covington
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A fine copy, burgundy polished woven cloth , gilt pressed titles front, apparently unused, many pages unopened. Appears to be have been issued without dustjacket. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the poet on the ffe: " For Maureen- / Because she under- / stands these things/ Covington Janin" Black... Read More
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THE BAT-POET
by Jarrell, Randall
NY: Macmillan, 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Sendak, Maurice. First edition. Near fine book in very good dustjacket.
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A Gentle Cynic: Being a Translation of the Book of Koheleth Known As Ecclesiastes by Morris Jastrow Jr.
by (Jastrow, Morris, Jr.)
San Fransciso: Grabhorn Press, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good +. Limited edition, this hand-numbered 106 of 250 copies, printed and bound at the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. Full vellum, somewhat tanned, two bands of ribbon ties, unpaginated. Illustrations by Valenti Angelo. Bookplate of an etching of a clipper ship from the library of William Searby, below which is... Read More
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Dear Judas: and Other Poems
by Jeffers, Robinson
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Copy no. 342/350. Bound with black cloth boards with vellum spine and tips. Vellum slightly yellowed, internals fine.
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