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New York: Yank, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good to Near Fine in Wraps. Hardcover. A very nice collection of this remarkable journal. Includes several of the most "significant" issues including the final issue. Each issue includes timely articles, wartime cartoons, photos and a Pin-Up Girl. A handsome set. Light shelf/edge wear, one or two show creases at corner(s), else tight, bright and unmarred. 8vo. 24pp/issue. Illus. (b/w plates).

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1881. First Printing. Hardcover. Good+/Very Good-. No DJ as Issued.. First Printing. Hardcover. Howard Pyle's first illustrated book. Noted flaws notwithstanding, this is a rather handsome copy of the very scarce and very fragile first edition of this American classic. Moderate shelf/edge wear (tips through), very minor rubbing to paper boards, minor toning at edges of boards, small scratch at rear board, water stain at upper fore-edge of text block (largely subtle and non-intrusive), two pages show small clip at bottom edge of leaf, very minor sporadic spotting (not foxed), archival repairs include added inner endpages (rear fixed to rfep), joints of two leaves professionally reinforced, brown booktape reinforcing both joints at endpages, likely rebacked, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, red cloth spine, black ink lettering and decorative elements, red and black ink lettering and decorative elements on cloth-backed pale blue paper boards, decorative endpages,… Read More

Ottawa: Jameson Books, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Very Good+ DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy of the author's first book. Signed by the author on the half-title. Signed by the author on the half-title, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows a small closed tear at the head, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, burgundy cloth spine, blue paper boards, gilt lettering. Small 8vo. 282pp.

Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Diamond shaped bookplate of Massmanns at front pastedown. Handset, printed, and bound by F. X. Harrigan. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red boards, label on front cover and spine, green endpapers, tipped in stamp frontis. 60x43mm. 7pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 89 of 100.

Portland, ME: Dresser, McLellan, & Co, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Written by a member of the Maine Historical Society. Minor shelf/edge wear, touch of sunning to spine, owner bookplate at front pastedown, light toning at text block edges, else tight and unmarred. Half bound, dark green leather spine and tips, five raised bands, gilt lettering, marbled cloth boards, marbled endpages. 12mo. 258pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ [Textblock Near Fine]. No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy of this rather scarce volume. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of toning at preliminaries, else tight, bright and unmarred. Grey cloth boards, gilt and red ink lettering, black and white ink decorative elements, decorative endpages, frontispiece, tissueguard. 12mo. 323pp plus ads. Illus. (b/w plates).

Indianapolis, IA: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. "These letters were written by Booth Tarkington in 1903 and 1904, during his first trip abroad, with his parents and his wife. They were addressed to his three nephews, John (aged fourteen), Donald (aged twelve) and Booth Jameson (aged one)." (from flap) A handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows minor shelf/edge wear, hint of toning at spine, else bright and clean. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, decorative endpages, frontispiece. 8vo. 192pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

New York: Bulletspace, etc., 1991. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Rubber Wrapper.. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. "This project is a collection of images and texts, defining and expressing the broad and essential issue of housing on the Lower East Side, and is a statement of the underlying force of ‘art as a means of resistance'. It is both a documentation and expression of social/political issues in our neighborhood, and on a larger scale to symbolize similar conflicts in other parts of the world." [Bulletspace] Printed at Bullet Space (an anarchist squatter community since 1982), The Lower East Side Workshop, Black Cat Printshop, Cooper Union, and the Brandywine Workshop. Funded by Art Matters, Artist Space, Northstar Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation. The work includes 32 silkscreened posters [on Mohawk vellum paper], all signed by the artists: Paul Castrucci; John Fekner; Stash Two; Tom McGliynn & Emily Carter; Day Gleeson & Dennis Tomas; Nadia Coen; Anton Von… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued.. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreward by Pierre Berge. Nearly entirely comprised of plate pages. A remarkable collection of images. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy pink/black/red paper boards, pink and black ribbons bound in, red endpages. Large 8vo. np. Illus. (color and b/w plates).