New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1885. Hardcover. First Edition. vi, [1], 206, [2] pp ads. Green cloth covered boards with gold and dark red embossed tilting and decoration to spine and front cover board. Light scuffing to boards from shelf wear, bumping to corners. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown and second free endpaper, clean within.
Part of the "English Worthies" Series edited by Andrew Lang. Very Good. More

Kent, Rockwell. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Hardcover. Limited Edition. vii, 72 pp. 8vo. Heavy black paper dust jacket with titlinig in a deep, bright blue that matches the cloth boards, small chips at flap creases, 3/4 piece missing at top of rear panel, small 1" loss at top of rear panel fold, old tape repairs at head and foot of spine on verso and not evident on front of cover, now in mylar cover. Cloth boards in same bright blue with a black cloth spine and gold tilting to both spine and cover board. Minor scuffing to foot of boards, very clean within, text block has a deckled edge at head and foredge. Contains numerous plates of Kent's work, from paintings to advertising..... More

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1959. Hardcover. First Edition. viii, 160 pp. 8vo. Marketed as "First Limited Edition." Colorful yellow, blue, and red dust jacket with striking design by Merle Armitage; minor scuffing and sunning which slightly darkens the spine, now in mylar cover. Yellow cloth boards with blue embossed type. Yellow endpapers sport an map of Dysarts claims on the front endpapers, along with previous owner's address stamps; rear pastedown serves as the colophon for this edition. Chapter heads all designed by Armitage. [Purcell 24].
An engaging biography by Merle Armitage (1893-1975), who also provided the stunning design of this book, of Stella Dysart (1878-1966) who struck it rich in uranium in New Mexico in 1955. A controversial figure in the oil business..... More

Fresno, CA: The Academy Guild Press, 1964. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 99 pp. 8vo. Yellow dust jacket with sytlized Southwest design and Merle Armitage's monogram gracing the front panel; overall scuffing present, now in mylar cover. beige cloth boards that replicate the dust jacket cover and spine, very clean within and sporting black endpapers with a reverse printed and stylized bird on the front first free endpaper, Christ on the cross on the rear first free endpaper. [Purcell 26].
A crisp, cohesive Armitage design. According to the colophon, this edition of 1500 copies was printed in 1964; copyright page indicates printing in 1960 but a stamp on that same page designates this a "DE LUXE EDITION, 1964". You figure it out. Fine / Fair... More

Mount Vernon, NY: William Edwin Rudge, 1928-1934, 1936. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Produced in an edition of various sizes, from quartos to elephant folio, this set also contains reproductions of artwork and manuscripts. Volumes are all in Very Good condition except for Volume 6 ("The Making of the Life of Johnson" -- Boswell's most popular work.) which has paper splitting at the front and rear hinge from head of spine down to midpoint front and rear but with the spine still tight to the text block. Also contains the 1936 volume, "Boswell's Tour of the Hebridges" published by The Viking Press in the same format without the bookplate mentioned below but with the appropriate copy # (254) inscribed at the colophon. All of the slipcases present..... More

Tucson, AZ: The Southwest Center, University of Arizona, 2019. Wraps. First Edition. 222 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Brand new!
Special issue with 18 essays dedicated to the life and work of Charles Bowden (1945-2014) by family, friends, and colleagues. Bowden was a unique chronicler of the Southwest, both the beutiful and the terrifying. Fine. More

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xiv, 221 pp. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the author to the previous owner's on the title page. Elizabeth Kauffman Bush is the sister of the subject, and wife of Prescott Bush, brother of President George H. W. Bush and uncle of President George W. Bush. Fine / Fine. More

London: Jonathan Cape, 2006. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xviii, 507 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
The second volume in Callow's projected 4 volume biography of Orson Welles. Fine / Fine. More

London: John Stockdale, 1800. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. xxxi, [1], 579, [2] pp. 8vo. Recent brown three quarter leather binding with four raised bands and green patch titles with gold titling; marbled paper insets to front and rear covers. Light toning to pages, 14 plates called for and present.
Early biography of Catharine the Great, translated from the French. Very Good. More

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1949. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 245 pp. 8vo. Vibrant red, yellow, and black dust jacket resembling a sun burst with hardly any scuffing, now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with bright yellow embossed titling that matches dust jacket. [Purcell 75].
A striking touch is the staining of the head of the text block the same red that adorns the head and foot of the dust jacket. Interior somewhat subtle, for Armitage, which his trademark large, sans serif page numbers in bold at the bottom of each page. Fine / Fine. More

New Haven, CT; Portland, ME: Yale University Press/Portland Art Museum, 2008. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. xiii, 122 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy.
An exceptional catalog from the exhibition of the same name at the Portland Museum of Art and the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe. Fine. More

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xxi, 416 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
John Carter was a respected bookman: bookseller, bibliographer and writer. An illuminating biography of the man perhaps best known for his classic (and still in print) work, "ABC of Book Collectors" Fine / Fine. More