Tales from a Century Before: An Episodic Account of a Journey Undertaken in Youth.
Santa Monica, CA: Waverly Books, 2014. Trade paperback. First Edition. 171 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
Biography, Autobiography
Charles Darwin.
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
Eisenhower: Soldier, General of the Army, President Elect 1890-1952; Eisenhower: The President (2 Volumes).
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983/1984. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printings. 637, 750 pp. 8vo. Volume I dust jacket has minor scuffing with very light scuffing from shelf wear, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Volume II also has very light scuffing from shelf wear, is price clipped, , now in mylar cover. Light wear to boards and spine of each volume, Volume I has a Simond & Schuster remainder mark stamped in black at the foot of the text block. Both are clean and tight within.
Scarce as a set, Ambrose's definitive biography of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Very Good / Very Good. More
Accent on America.
Armitage, Merle. New York: E. Weyhe, 1944. Hardcover. Limited Edition. First Printing. 403 pp. 8vo. Bright red dust jacket with significant fading, small chips and tears, tape repairs on verso, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with dust jacket replicated in red on cover board and spine, slight scuffing. Red endpapers with Armitage's "MA" monogram printed on the front pastedown, "E W" on rear pastedown with a drawing compass assumed to be the symbol of E. Weyhe. Folded promotional flyer for the edition laid in. [Purcell 13].
A collection of autobiographical essays connecting Armitage to artists and celebrities of the time as well as some depth on his work as a designer. Printed in a limited edition of 1,675 copies, this copy is inscribed..... More
Rockwell Kent.
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
Igor Strawinsky.
New York: G. Schirmer Inc., 1936. Hardcover. Limited Edition. v, 245 pp. 8vo. Terracotta dust jacket with vibrant blue printing, which is replicated on the cover boards. Dust jacket has split at spine with a 1" loss at foot, remaining rear panel and flap present and now encased in mylar cover. Scarce with any semblance of a dust jacket. Interior quite clean and includes 8 photographic portraits by Edward Weston. [Purcell 40]. Fine / Fair. More
Stella Dysart of Ambrosia Lake: Courage, Fortitude and Uranium in New Mexico.
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
Merle Armitage Bibliography.
New York: E. Weyhe, 1956. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 99 pp. 8vo. Red and white printed boards. Some soiling and scuffing from use. Clean within. No dust jacket as issued. Also contains essay, "Merle Armitage" by Robert Marks. [Purcell 104].
Early bibliography of Armitage's work. This copy is inscribed by Armitage in his distinctive blue pen on the first free endpaper, "Robert D. Loken/from/Merle Armitage/1958" along with the address of Manzanita Ranch stamped in red at the lower right corner of the page. Printed in an edition of 500 copies, one of the 350 that were hardbound. Good. More
Pagans, Conquistadores, Heroes, and Martyrs.
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
By His Own Labor: The Biography of Dard Hunter.
Hunter, Dard. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. xxv, 332 pp. 97 plates. 4to. Dust jacket has sunning to spine, now in mylar cover. Light dust staining to head of text block, clean within. Very Good / very good. More
Robert Moses and the Modern City: The Transformation of New York.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 336 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
The catalog produced to supplement three exhibitions on Robert Moses that took place in New York in 2007: "Remaking the Metropolis" at the Museum of the City of New York; "The Road to Recreation" at the Queens Museum of Art; and "Slum Clearance and the Superblock Solution" at Columbia University. Fine / Fine. More
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour of the Hebrides To Which Are Added Anecdotes by Hawkins, Piozzi, Murphy, Tyers, Reynolds, Steevens, &c. and Notes by Various Hands (10 Volumes).
London: John Murray, 1835. Three Quarter Leather. As. 8vo. Brown three quarter leather bindings with marbled paper inset to cover board with matching endpapers. Light scuffing overall, wear and slight loss at corners and bottom edge, minor chipping to head and foot of spine. Five raised bands to spine with gilded decoration filling panels without title patches, titled on burgendy in gold, volume number on black in gold. Top edges gilt. Clean within, each title page sporting both and engraving and an engraved frontispiece. Red silk ribbons present in each volume, some are detached but laid in. Very Good. More
Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle In the Collection of Lt-Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham (19 Volumes).
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
Julia Morgan, Architect.
New York: Abbeville Press, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 271 pp. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
The first heavily illustrated monograph of Julia Morgan's (1872-1957) work which goes well beyond her most famous work for William Randloph Hearst, San Simeon, and captures the full range of her abilities as an architect. Fine / Fine. More
The Adventures and Misadventures of Peter Beard in Africa.
Beard, Peter. Boston, MA: Bulfinch Press/Little, Brown and Company, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition. 199 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Grant Dahlstrom Master Printer: A Tribute on His 75th Birthday.
Los Angeles, CA: The New Ampersand Press, 1977. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 36 pp. 4to. Black cloth spine with printed paper label affixed, paste paper covers. Interior clean and crisp with a photo portrait by Jim Wood of the subject tipped in at frontispiece.
Produced in an edition of 300 copies, this being #256. Fine. More
America's First Frogman: the Draper Kauffman Story.
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
Orson Welles: Hello Americans.
New York: Viking Press, 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
Biblio: The Intimate Confessions of a Used-Book Dealer.
Niles, MI: Ralph A. Casperson Books, 1997. Trade paperback. First Edition. 271 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with minor sunning to the spine.
Autobiography of Southwestern Michigan's legendary bookseller, Ralph Casperson (1919-2009). Very Good. More
History of Catharine II. Empress of Russia.
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
Success: It's a Beautiful Thing. Lessons on Life and Business from the Founder of Blimpie International.
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xii, 242 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by Tony Conza on the half-title page. Fine / Fine. More
Igor Stravinsky.
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
Franklin Gilliam: Texas Bookman.
Dallas, TX: Book Club of Texas, 2014. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 59 pp. 8vo. Gray cloth boards with gold embossed logotype of the subject of the volume on the cover, gold titling to spine. No dust jacket, as issued.
An illuminating look at the life of Franklin Gilliam, longtime proprietor of the Brick Row Bookshop and Franklin Gilliam Books. Inscribed to a previous owner by the editor, John Crichton. Published in an edition of 350 copies. Fine. More
Georgia O'Keeffe andthe Camera: The Art of Identity.
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
Charlotte Haxall Noland 1883-1969.
Middleburg, VA: Foxcroft School, 1971. Hardcover. First Edition. 100 pp. 4to. Green cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Clean within.
Highly illustated biography/memoir of Foxcroft School founder and longtime headmistress, Charlotte Haxall Noland. Fine. More