Southern folk ballads
Little Rock: August House, 1987. First edition, 8vo, pp. 219, [1]; full red cloth; fine in a lightly soiled dust jacket. Part one in a series on American folklore. More
Little Rock: August House, 1987. First edition, 8vo, pp. 219, [1]; full red cloth; fine in a lightly soiled dust jacket. Part one in a series on American folklore. More
New York: Knopf, 1928. First edition, one of 80 numbered copies printed on inomachi Japan vellum, signed and inscribed by Mencken, 8vo, pp. [12], 132, [2]; red paper with gilt title on cover and spin, worming to upper joint, bookplate on front free endpaper, else very good. A collection of..... More
Milano, Varese: Istituto Editoriale Cisalpino, [1969]. 12mo, pp. [4], 122, [2]; text in Greek with Italian commentary; two facsimile plates; gray cloth printed in black; ex-library with blind emboss on title page and stamp on lower endpaper; very good. Testi e documenti per lo studio dell'antichita no. XXVII. More
New York: Books International, 1959. Oblong 8vo, pp. 233, [1]; text illustrations throughout; stiff black and white paper boards; light toning to textblock edges, owner signature title and bookplate on inner cover; very good. "A compilation of the proceedings, selected papers, reports, supplementary and graphic materials prepared or assembled in..... More
Seoul: Si-Sa-Yong-O-Sa Publishers, 1983. Thick 8vo, pp. xii, 2519, [1]; text in double column, full green cloth; near fine in original plastic dust jacket and slipcase. More
Stuttgart: Verlag von Paul Neff, [1842]. 12mo, pp. xv, 224; slang dictionary text in English with some chapters in German only, partially unopened, small pea-sized hole through first few leaves (no loss to text), chipped at edges, spine with 3 vertical cracks, otherwise good in original printed green wrappers. 4..... More
Dublin: printed by P. Byrne, 1788. First Dublin edition, 12mo, pp. [2], 286; fine copy in contemporary full calf, red morocco label on spine, edges stained yellow. "Contains numbers 1-37 out of a series of 44; the remaining seven issues seemingly not printed despite 'End of first volume' on p...... More
London: printed by J, Nichols and sold by C. Dilly and C.S. Rann, 1788. 8vo, pp. [4], xi, [1], 13-443; contemporary tree calf, red morocco label on spine, edges stained blue; joints cracked, else very good. Projected and edited by Thomas Monro, who contributed a number of articles, it includes..... More
Berkeley: Rebis Press, 1972. Edition limited to 250 copies, small 4to, pp. [44]; printed, designed, and with 4 tipped in illustrations by Ed Moore and Betsy Davids; original pictorial blue wrappers, lightly sunned at the edges, else near fine. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and..... More
London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1753-56. First edition, 4 volumes in 2, folio, original calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco labels on 1 spine only; joints cracked, extremities rubbed and worn; top of one spine a bit chipped, a number of the individual issues showing previous folds; a good set of..... More
London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1755. First collected edition, 6 volumes, 12mo, contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spines, red morocco labels (2 a little chipped); joints either starting or partially cracked; a good, sound set. Originally issued in 210 weekly numbers 1753-56, The World, a popular, if short-lived weekly contained articles..... More
Edinburgh: at the Apollo Press, by the Martins, 1776. 4 volumes, contemporary full tree calf gilt-decorated spines, red morocco labels; very good set, minimally rubbed. Originally issued in 210 weekly numbers 1753-56, The World, a popular, if short-lived weekly contained articles from many luminaries of the day, and has its..... More
London: J. Dodsley, 1782. 4 volumes, contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spines, black and red morocco labels; volume designation labels missing on 3 of the volumes, and title labels missing on 2; otherwise very good and sound. Originally issued in 210 weekly numbers 1753-56, The World, a popular, if short-lived weekly..... More
Wilmington (Del.): printed and sold by Peter Brynberg, 1803. 12mo, pp. 392, [4]; 4 full-page illustrations on rhetorical gesture; later half calf over cloth, gilt-ruled spine in five compartments, gilt title in one, marbled edges, ownership signature of Sanford C. Hill on title page with a manuscript note tipped in..... More
London: 1962-1964. 8vo, complete run in 3 volumes, Vol. I, No. 1 (Spring, 1962) - Vol. 3, No. 4 (Winter 1964-65), illustrated; very good in original printed paper wrappers. Published and edited by James Moran, this periodical, devoted to the printing arts, is replete with articles by leading scholars who..... More
New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1970. 4to, pp. 47, [1]; black and white photographic illustrations, text printed in double columns; original green printed wrappers, somewhat bent out of shape, else near fine. Includes a short biographical sketch of Henry Miller. More
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1930. First edition, 8vo, pp. [18], 665; 55 illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, endpaper maps; original blue cloth, cover stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt; spine rubbed, else near fine in dust-jacket with darkened spine and a few small chips and creases at edges. An..... More
New York: [Morris & Willis], 1843. All 26 issues comprising Vol. I bound in one volume, large 8vo, pp. 416; 18 (of 26) steel engraved plates by J. G. Chapman; original half black calf over cloth, brown gilt morocco spine labels (both partially perished); ex-Hill Library with usual markings, bottom..... More
Reno, Nevada: [s.n.], 1968. 4to, 11 x 8.5 inches, pp. 55 [1]; white paper covers; near fine with light aging to paper. This is the last issue printed as Morris moved to San Francisco shortly after. His address is corrected in pen in the contents page. Includes contributions by Otto..... More
Boston: COMSEP, 1973. Approx. 11" x 8", pp. 44; printed paper wrappers; wrappers with a touch of toning, else fine. Articles on mimeo production, fanzines, poets of India, film magzines, and so on. More
Boston: COMSEP, 1974. Approx. 11" x 8", pp. 60; printed paper wrappers; wrappers lightly soiled, one book blurb in the "books received" section clipped out, else very good and sound. With an open letter to Alexander Solzhenitsyn on cover, and articles on Black writers in the 70s, A. D. Winans..... More
St. Paul: published by the editor, 1964. Staplebound pamphlet, 8.5 x 7 inches, pp. 44; orange printed paper wrappers; staining to covers; poetry by Clyde Ohio, David Whitaker, Tom Olson, Bruce Rubenstein, Tony Glover, Jon Sisson, M. Bouffant, and Lamont Cranston. Notes on the cover and contents page is in..... More
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1895-1914. First editions, 22 volumes, 12mo; original art vellum-backed blue paper-covered boards, paper labels on spines printed in red and black, volumes xi-xx and the two index volumes in the original blue dust jackets and slipcases; the spines of volumes i-x unevenly browned and the..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. First edition, large 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 485; illustrations; original boards in dust jacket, near fine. 14 academic papers arranged by chronological subject. More
Madison and Milwaukee: University of Wisconsin Press, 1965. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 280; light wear to extremities, else very good in pictorial dustjacket with a number of small tears along top and bottom edges. More