London: The Argonaut Press, 1927. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Argonaut Press Edition. Faux vellum spine, red cloth covered boards with gold embossed emblem of a ship on the sea on front boards. Light scuffing to boards, small stain at base of spine. Interior clean and crisp, with some pages uncut. Limited edition printed on Japon Vellum in an edition of 975 copies, this being #825. Very Good. More

Sauvage, Sylvain. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Limited Edition. First Limited Editions Club Edition. viii, 190 pp. 4to. Green cloth board with an illustration of two main characters on cover board, titling in gold to cover and spine. Clean and crisp within. Black paper covered slipcase in Good condition with some chipping and losses at spine and top joint, original paper label on spine.
Designed by Edward A. Miller and illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage. Produced in an edition of 1500 copies, this is copy #1478 and signed by Sylvain Sauvage at the colophon. Very Good. More

Mt. Kisco, NY: Moyer Bell Limited, 1988. Trade paperback. As. xvii, 284 pp. 8vo. Very light scuffing, clean within.
George B. Hartzog, Jr. (1920-2008) was the seventh Director of the National Park Service and served from 1964-1972 until he was dismissed under pressure from President Richard Nixon over a dispute over Hartzog's cancellation of a special use permit of a friend of Nixon's. Outspoken, Hartzog led the NPS through a great deal of expansion, including many urban parks. Fine. More

New York: Hastings House Publishers, 1945. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. Unpag. 47 Plates. Folio. Dust jacket has chips and tears, losses at corners, head and foot of spine now in mylar cover. Rust cloth boards with black embossed titling to cover and spine, slight sunning to spine, evidence of water staining at head of front board. Previous.
An interesting work of photography by Henry Inn, which could be somewhat serious due to its introduction by a sociologist detailing Hawaii's multi-racial background gong back for generations; or as cheesecake with all the photographs depicting pretty young women with their ethnic background listed on the facing page. Nevertheless, significant in that this copy is signed by the author to Eliot Elisofon (1911-1973): "To Eliot Elisofon ALhoa..... More

Van Der Zee, James. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 159 pp. 4to. Light age toning to dust jacket from age, small 5/8" tear at upper right corner of front panel, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Clean within. New York Times obituary of James Van Der Zee laid in, dated May 16, 1983, the day following his death.
James Van Der Zee (1886-1983) was a ground breaking African-American photographer who chronicled the Harlem Renaissance and daily life in New York's African-American community. Inscribed in black ink by Van Der Zee on the title half-title page, "Truly Yours..James Van Der Zee 1880-1900-1977+ Lenox Mass & N.Y.C." A separate dedication signature appears below his in blue ink and dates Oct..... More

Herriman, George. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Hardcover. As. xv, 477 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has light chips and tears, spine is faded from sunning, beginning to split at lower left hinge along spine, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with gray printed title block on spine. Clean, crisp copy.
White wrote a 7-page introduction to this edition [HallB8], xxvii-xxiv, that is missing. Small typed note, laid in, signed by White "EBW," indicates that "My introduction has been clipped from this book. I probably used it as copy when I was putting together 'The Second Tree from the Corner.'" This would make sense in that "Second Tree was published in 1954, but in 1952 White also published "Charlotte's Web."..... More