Articles of belief: written November 20, 1728.
New York: [Celebration of Printing Week], 1966. 12mo, pp. 30; title-page vignette and wood engravings by John De Pol; very fine in original light gray paper-covered boards, gilt. More
New York: [Celebration of Printing Week], 1966. 12mo, pp. 30; title-page vignette and wood engravings by John De Pol; very fine in original light gray paper-covered boards, gilt. More
Washington D.C. A. S. F. Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1945. Staple bound booklet, 11 x 8.5 inches, pp. [4] 1-78 [2]; in pictorial paper wrappers, two inch tear to lower cover repaired with tape, corners bumped. A guide to reading Japanese terms particular to ordnance, intended for service..... More
Taipei: Hansheng Magazine, [1997]. 4to, 2 vols, pp. 168; 100; text in Traditional Chinese; text illustrations throughout, including facsimiles of 37 Dutch maps of Taiwan; pictorial paper wrappers, fine in fine pictorial slipcase. Hansheng Magazine is an award-winning project dedicated to highlighting a specific aspect of Chinese cultural arts with..... More
[New York: Maurice Martino, 1990.]. Reprint edition limited to 300 copies (originally published Copenhagen, 1938); 4to, pp. xviii, 251; frontispiece, 12 plates, and 1 illustration in the text, all in b&w; a fine copy in the original maroon cloth, stamped in gilt and black on spine. The catalogue, bibliographically detailed..... More
Providence: Sidney S. Rider, 1875. 8vo, pp. 52; inserted engraved title page and 5 engraved portraits; original stiff printed brown wrappers; a little crack at the top of the spine, the plates lightly spotted; very good. Addresses on Stephen Arnold Douglas; John R. Thomson; William P. Fessenden; Nathanael Greene and..... More
Dublin? May and June, 1901. 2 volumes, folio, containing the original manuscripts of 16 articles and 2 editorial notes, 63 and 45 pages respectively, on laid paper of different manufacturers, (one being Ravensbourne Superfine). The editorial notice in the first volume announces the debut: "It is with great pleasure that..... More
[Nashville]: Vanderbilt University Press, [1986]. First edition, wrapper issue; 8vo, pp. [8], 3-69, [1]; fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy inscribed by Buckley to Merker on the title page: "For Kim - with all best wishes & great admiration for your fine..... More
Minneapolis: Michael Tarachow and Jonathan Stevenson at the Pentagram Press, 8 March 1989. Letterpress folio broadside limited to 193 copies, approx. 15" x 7¼", printed in blue and black; fine. "An impromptu broadside to mark Jonathan's second visit: six of Goudy's types handset & printed on [blue] Magnani paper..." More
Lugduni Batavorum: Sam. et Joan. Luchtmans, 1785. 4to, pp. 678, 463; illustrations throughout; modern marbled boards with brown morocco spine, orange and gilt label; scuffing and shelf wear; ex-Knox College Library with usual markings. Contents: Bianconi, G., Epistola de Celsi aetate (pages [39]-56, preliminary sequence); Celsus, Medicinae libri octo (pages..... More
Iowa City: The Qara Press, 1960. Large 8vo, pp. [8]; printed on British hand-made paper; fine copy in original embossed wrappers flecked with gold. From the library of Kim Merker. Includes music and a libretto by Philip Bezanson and Paul Engle. Also, a list of the Friends of the Writing..... More
London: Macmillan Co.; Deighton, Bell, Cambridge, 1868-76. The first 6 volumes bound in 3 (containing 12 numbers); 8vo, recent brown cloth, leather labels lettered in gilt on spine; nice copies in matching new bindings. Contributors include Charles Taylor, J. E. Yonge, E. H. Palmer, W. W. Skeat, Oswald Cockayne, among..... More
New York: Charles Wiley, 1823. First edition, 12mo, 2 volumes, pp. [5], viii-xi, [1], 275, [1]; 329, [3]; second state of vol. 1 and first of vol. 2 per BAL; original tan paper boards, paper labels on spine; boards starting on vol. 1, upper board loose on vol. 2 and..... More
[Stinson Beach, California: Enkidu Surrogate], 1960. Edition limited to 750 copies, square 8vo, pp. 71, [1]; illustrations, text printed from typescript; original yellow pictorial staplebound wrappers (minor soiling) printed in black and green; about fine. "As produced in a dramatic reading at The Six gallery, 3119 Fillmore, San Francisco, January..... More
[New York et al. Harper & Row Publishers, 1988]. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 321, [3]; full black cloth, gilt spine; touch of spotting to fore-edge, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with old price sticker on back panel. More
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1891. First edition, thick 8vo, 970pp., 48 color lithograph plates (several species per plate), 2 double-p. sepia plates; nice copy in orig. dec. green cloth gilt, neatly rebacked with old spine laid down. More
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., [1885]. First edition limited to 1000 copies, oblong 4to, 30 tipped in caricature illustrations, each with a separate engraved key to the characters depicted; original white cloth with pictiorial only on the upper cover, gilt titling; recent rebacking in white cloth; some soiling and wear..... More
Council Bluffs: Yellow Barn Press, 1998. Edition limited to 150 copies, (this, no. 14), thin 8vo, pp. viii, 22, [2]; 3 two-color wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec; original brown cloth-backed Nepal paper over boards, printed paper label on spine; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Illustrated prospectus laid in..... More
[London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1971]. Enlarged facsimile edition, 16mo, unpaged; text printed from facsimile on rectos only; original cloth in blue pictorial dust jacket; fine. Reproduction of a miniature volume hand-written by Graves in 1922 for Queen Mary's Dolls' House. Higginson & Williams A131. More
[Colorado Springs]: The Press at Colorado College, 2005. First edition limited to 125 copies signed by the author (this, no. 25), large 8vo, pp. [6], 35, [3]; starburst pictorial title page printed in yellow, blue, green and black, with three full-page multi-color headers; original black cloth, silver title on spine..... More
Madison, WI: Perishable Press, 1967. Edition limited to 200 copies, 8vo, pp. [8], 23, [3]; portrait frontispiece, printed in red and black; purple calf-backed olive cloth-covered boards, fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Inscribed by Hamady on the flyleaf: "For Kim Merker with all best and with hope that..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1904. Small 8vo, pp. 127, [1], 32; text illustrations, some full-page; brown cloth, printed in black; boards cocked and lightly soiled, text clean, very good. According to the preface, "the first attempt to present a drawing-room conjuring entertainment in the guise of a connected story."... More
Providence: H. H. Brown, printer, Market Square, 1830. First edition, 8vo, pp. 12; wrappers wanting; very good. A short history of the association by its sitting president. Howland (1757-1854), a barber, "was prominent in virtually every aspect of the city's life during the eighty-four years he resided there, including the..... More
Edinburgh: University Press, 1808-25. First edition, 4 volumes, 4to, including the 2 volume supplement; full contemporary calf, borders bllind-tooled, gilt spines in 6 compartments; armorial bookplates on front pastedown, modern bookplate on front free endpapers; Vol. I lower cover separated, else a very good, attractive set. The standard work on..... More
Nürnberg: Zu finden in der Christoph Riegelischen Buch-und Kunsthandlung, 1785. 2 volumes in 1, as issued; small 4to, pp. [18], 472, [20]; sectional title pages, engraved frontispiece portrait, 26 engraved figures on 17 plates; contemporary and likely original paste-paper boards; edges rubbed and worn; very good. Later edition of an..... More
Munchen: C. H. Beck, 1958. 8vo, pp. [12], 130, [2]; text in German; tan printed paper wrappers; wrappers toned, underlining and marginalia in pencil, very good. This Paul Moraux's review copy, with his signature on cover and title page, solicitation by the publisher, manuscript notes, and his typed review (in..... More