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Lakewood CO: Centipede Press, 2017. First thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo (6"x8.5"). 214pp. Black covered cloth boards. Blind stamp decoration on upper board. Silver-stamped spine. Black silk ribbon bookmark. Dustjacket art by Lisa Desimini. Signed by Bernard Taylor and LIsa Desimini. #120 of 250-edition printing. Dustjacket protected by Mylar.

Lakewood CO: Centipede Press, 2017. First thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo (6"x8.5"). 327pp. Black covered cloth boards. Blind stamp decoration on upper board. Silver-stamped spine. Black silk ribbon bookmark. Dent to tail-edge of lower cover. Dustjacket art by Lisa Desimini. Introduction by Charles L. Grant. Signed by Taylor, Desimini, and Grant. #120 of 250-edition printing. Dustjacket protected by Mylar.

Lakewood CO: Centipede Press, 2017. First thus. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo (6"x8.5"). 237pp. Black covered cloth boards. Blind stamp decoration on upper board. Silver-stamped spine. Black silk ribbon bookmark. Dustjacket art by Lisa Desimini. Introduction by Bev Vincent. Signed by Taylor, Desimini, and Vincent. #120 of 250-edition printing. Dustjacket protected by Mylar.

Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo (5.75x"x9.5"). 72pp. Sky blue cloth covered boards with only slightest shelfwear. Light foxing throughout text block, else fine. Inscribed by author. Includes two short hand written notes w/envelopes from author. Dust jacket has some shelfwear with light creasing to front flap. Foxing to interior of dust jacket.

Edmonds, WA: The Alexandrian Press, 1986. First edition thus. Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo (8.5"x5.5"). 33pp. Illustrated paper wraps; staple-bound. Light tone to spine, very light soiling to covers. Biographical sketch of the Greek philosopher, Proclus. Scarce.

Paris, France, 1937. First English edition. Softcover. Good+. 4to (14"x10.5"). 112pp +plates; 4 original lithographs. All lithographs present: "Water" by Fernand Leger, "Air" by Joan Miró, "Fire" by Abraham Rattner and "Earth" by Francisco Bores. Color (some with gilt) and B&W plates; photogravures. Missing slipcover, includes subscription card. Illustrated paper covers, by Henri Matisse. Rubbed spine extremes, 1" closed tear to tail/upper joint. Covers rubbed & toned, edgewear. Several small dampstains. Upper corners slightly bent. Paper loss to upper cover where a sticker was removed. Pages toned. Slight crack to gutter at page 24. US Issue Esquire-Coronet gold seal on title page. Text in English.

12 Bis, 2010. No additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dj. as issued. 4to. 160pp. Paper-covered boards lightly scuffed. One corner slightly bumped. TEXT IN FRENCH. A hard to find copy of this book from Charles Vess's personal library.

Bryson City, NC: Lillian Franklin Thomasson, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo. 144pp. Green cloth-covered boards with giltstamped title to upper cover & spine. No dj. Edgewear. Inscribed by Thomasson, "Herbert L. Hyde, a product of the Swain County heritage should find something of interest in this story--Feb. 5, 1966." to the ffep. Endpapers foxed, pages lightly toned.

Paris, France: ACR Edition Internationale, 2008. Later edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to (10 "x11"). 608pp. Red cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles. Corners very lightly rubbed. Dust jacket covered by protective mylar. B&W photographs & color plates throughout. Text in French.

Hapeville, GA: Hale Publishing Company, 1954. 1st ed. No add'tl ptg. ind. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG. 8vo. Illus. dj over red cloth, gilt to spine. Dj. is scuffed and rubbed at the folds with wear at the extremities and sticker removal damage on the front cover. The boards are bumped at the extremities and else fine. The bound material shows offsetting to the endpp. and 10 pp. are creased at the bottom corner. Fred Bailey Thompson is a storyteller who worked in the circus for years before sustaining heavy injury in the Hagenbeck & Wallace train wreck. He took to storytelling while convalescing in the hospital. He also served as the Georgia Division Director in the 60's. This are true accounts of circus life taken from Fred's long experience. In archival plastic.

Paris, France: ACR Edition Internationale, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to (10"x11"). 336pp. Navy cloth-covered boards with giltstamped titles. Spine slant. Bottom spine extreme bumped with boards exposed. Soiling to topedge of textblock. Slight warp to top corner of textblock due to dampness. 1" crack to top front hinge. Slight tone to pages. Photographic dj. covered by protective mylar: corners & spine extremes chipped, small closed tears. 290 illustrations, 260 of which are in color. Text in French.

New York: The New York State Institute for Glaze Research, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo (8.5"x10.5"). 468pp. Tan cloth-covered boards with black-stamped title. Title faded at spine. Foxed endpapers & textblock edges. No dust jacket; covered in protective mylar by seller. B&W photos throughout. Text in English.

Beirut: Almassar, 2000. No additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. 4to. 224pp. Black cloth covered boards. TEXT IN FRENCH. B&W photos throughout. Pictorial Dj. covered in protective mylar.

Kyoto, Japan: Indus Project, 2007. No additional printings indicated. Paperback. Very Good. Large 8vo. 137pp. Simple wraps with black lettering. Light creasing and soiling to wraps, else fine. Contains B&W and color photos.

Woburn, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No dj. as issued.. Super 8vo. 446pp. Illustrated paper-covered boards. B&W photos & diagrams throughout.

London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo (7"x5.5"). 253 + 239pp, +publisher's ads. Brown cloth-covered boards with black/red decoration & giltstamped title to spine. Heavy shelfwear: corners rubbed/soft, joints rubbed, lightly soiled, small discolored areas; sun darkened spine, spine slant (vols 1&2). Previous owner's name in pen to half title, pages toned (vols 1&2). Cloth rippling to upper cover (vol1). Crack to upper hinge & lower hinge starting (vol1). Crack to lower hinge & extensive notes to rear fep (vol2). Covered in seller's protective mylar.

Asheville, NC: Front Street, 2002. First US edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to (9.5"x12"). Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Illustrated dust jacket covered in protective mylar.