First Edition. The first survey of the work of one of the great bookbinders of the late 20th century, finely bound in full goatskin by the artist, with a geometrical inlay pattern, a leather chemise with laid down fiery marbled paper on the front and back, a slipcase covered in.....

Two ephemeral pieces from the Society of Foliophiles, a company that produced collections of printed and manuscript leaves for Jazz Age book collectors. The two pieces are: 1) A leaf from a French Missal, Paris, 1858, with a decorative border, mounted on blue paper with a letterpress caption. In an.....

First Edition. The sequel to the Private Papers of a Bankrupt Bookseller, a very plausible first-hand account of a bookseller in difficult financial straits. The book purports to be papers found after the unlucky booksellers' demise. The author was in fact a member of local government in Scotland at the.....

First Edition. A short memoir of a bookish trip to the UK by the proprietor's of the Bayberry Hill Press. They visited the widow of the founder of the Ashendene Press and met various booksellers. Published in an edition of just over 80 copies. Illustrated from drawings by Richard Brzozowksi.....

First Edition. An annotated bibliography of accounts of the discovery of the Americas before Columbus. The list is organized by discoverers, with sections for Chinese, Northmen, Arabs, Welsh, Venetians, Portuguese, Poles, and Martin Behaim. Scarce. 20 pages. First edition (first printing). A good copy in canvas wrappers. The front wrapper.....

First Edition. A brief biography of this influential comic book author and artist, with a detailed bibliography of his many uncredited works for Disney's Donald Duck and other comic books. A key book on comics history. 228 pages. Illustrated with black-and-white halftone photographs. This is the scarce hardcover issue (the.....

First Edition. 12 by 12 inches. 114 pages. First edition (first printing, with numberline ending in 1). A near fine copy (minor corner wear).

First Edition. A yymposium by Robert A. Heinlein, John Taine, Jack Williamson, A. E. Van Vogt, L. Sprague de Camp, Edward E. Smith, and John W. Campbell, Jr. Each author contributes a short essay on science fiction writing. First edition (stated). A near fine copy in a near fine dust.....

First Edition. xiii, 521, 15 pages. Pacific Linguistics, Series C, no. 64. First edition (first printing). A near fine hardcover copy in a near fine, slightly spine-faded dust jacket.

First Edition. A classic study of Keats's annotations in his copies of Shakespeare and a foundational work in the study of marginalia. "Spurgeon describes the two texts of Shakespeare marked by Keats, transcribes (mostly accurately) the markings on five plays, lists what she considers to be parallels between The Tempest.....

First Edition. The first survey of the work of one of the great bookbinders of the late 20th century, finely bound in full inlaid goatskin by the artist. This is one of 26 folio-sized, lettered deluxe copies, signed by Miura, and originally published at Y900,000 (about $9,000 at the time).....

First Edition. xiv, 209 pages. Essays on books and writers by the leading author on book collecting. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

189 pages. 8 by 11-1/4 inches. Furtwanger Beiträge zur Uhrengeschichte, neue Folge, Band 3. Exhibition catalog of rare German clock books. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs of title pages and representative plates. With bibliographic information and one or two paragraphs of description. Text in German. Uncommon. First edition (first printing). Near.....