Akron: University of Akron Press, [1994]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 112, [2]; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in original green cl;oth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; without a dust jacket, as issued. From the library of Kim Merker. Miller was Merker's early partnet at the Stone..... More
New York &London: W. W. Norton, [2000]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, [2], 380; 32 illustrations and 5 maps; fine copy in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. While Merker rarely signed his books, this one haas his ownership signature on the front free flyleaf..... More
Marpurgi: K. Euker, 1936. 8vo, pp. 97, [1]; paper self wrappers backed in green tape; cover lightly soiled, owner's stamp on upper cover, small chips to spine, very good. A dissertation on the language of Martianus Minneus Felix Capella. More
Rome: Angelo Signorelli, 1952. 8vo, pp. 126, [2]; gray printed paper wrappers, bound in to red buckram; signature of G. J. Toomer on free endpaper, fine. More
New York: New Directions, [1956]. Second printing, 8vo, various paginations; very good, sound copy in publisher's cloth and a rubbed but unclipped dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. More
Amsterdam: N. V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1933. First edition, large 8vo, pp. viii, 67, [1]; 7 folding plates; gray paper wrappers, paper label on upper wrapper; plates foxed, small chip at spine, very good. More
Council Bluffs, IA: Yellow Barn Press, 1998. Probably the fifth edition, per the colophon, limited to 150 copies (this, no. 12); 12mo, pp. [28]; linocut frontispiece and 7 text illustrations by Bill Jackson; original brown cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. This..... More
Baltimore: Contemporary Poetry, 1944. First edition, 8vo, pp. 55, [1]; tan cloth boards, fine, dust jacket in fragments and laid in. Volume 1 of the Contemporary Poetry Library series. More
New York: The Typophiles, 1993. 8vo, pp. 63, [1]; 18 pages of color facsimiles of specimen pages; blank covers in orange printed wrappers; spine sunned, else fine. Published an exhibition held at ITC Center. From the library of Kim Merker. More
Wymondham: Brewhouse Press, [1964]. 8vo, pp. [12]; text illustrations by Rigby Graham; illustrated blue paper wrappers detailed in gilt; fine. Tichbourne wrote his letter while waiting for execution after a failed attempt on Queen Elizabeth's life. From the library of Kim Merker. More
Cleveland: [W. Thomas Taylor], 1988. Edition limited to 1100 copies, 8vo, pp. [8], 40, [8]; gray printed wrappers, fine. From the library of Kim Merker. More
New York: E. P. Dutton, [1989]. First American edition, 8vo, pp. xiii, [1], 338; many illustrations; fine in an unclipped dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. While Merker rarely marked his books, this one bears his ownership signature on the front free endpaper: "Kim Merker / 16 April..... More
[London & New Castle]: British Library and Oak Knoll Press, 1996. First American edition, wrapper issue, large 8vo, pp. x, 262; illustrated throughout; wrappers curled and the book has been read; good and sound. From the library of Kim Merker. Merker did not mark his books much at all, but..... More
[Winona?], Minnesota: Gendun Editions, [2005]. Edition limited to 125 copies (this, unnumbered), signed by Van Someren; square 12mo, pp. [38]; circular decorations throughout printed in blue, yellow, red, green and black; original navy blue cloth, printed paper label on upper cover; fine copy. From the library of Kim Merker "Impossible..... More
[Columbia, Missouri]: Sutton Hoo Press, 1995. Edition limited to 50 copies printed from American Uncial by Chad Oness; oblong 16mo, pp. [12]; fine in original gray wrappers with a vignette illustration printed in red. From the library of Kim Merker. Google has its limits and there are a gazillion Ralph..... More
Montreal: published by the author, 1981. Staple bound pamphlet, 8.5" x 11"; mimeo typescript duplicated in double page, pp. [70]; yellow covers; light soiling to covers, text clean, very good. The sixth edition of a series Moser printed and distributed privately amongst mathematicians. It includes new problems as well as..... More
New York: The Typophiles, Inc., [1969]. First edition, 12mo, pp. vii, [3], 23, [3]; fine in original yellow embossed wrappers printed in black. From the library of Kim Merker. An address by Warde to the Society of Designer-Craftsmen, May 12, 1969. Foreword by Charles Antin. Issued as Typophile Monograph No..... More
1982. Edition limited to 110 copies signed by the author and printer (this, no. 7); 12mo, pp. [12]; woodcut title page by Cheryl Miller; a so-called "standing book" with an accordion pleated cover; illustrated slipcase designed by Betty Lou Chaika with printed paper label on spine; one thread in stitching..... More
Cambridge: privately printed, 1953. First edition limited to 450 copies, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 101, [1]; printed in red and black; original terracotta cloth, gilt-stamped spine; binding slightly skewed and with light wear at the spine ends, otherwise very good and sound, but without the slipcase. From the library of..... More
Bovey Tracey, Devon: The Flyfisher's Classic Library, 1994. 8vo, pp.xxxii, 246; 8 color plates; original red morocco-backed red cloth, gilt-stamped spine and upper cover, publisher's slipcase; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. A handsome facsimile edition of a work first published in London, 1848. Two thousand copies were prinrted..... More
Iowa City, Iowa: Polyeidus Press, [1975]. Edition limited to 30 copies, 16mo (5" x 4¼"), pp. [6] plus 20 original photographs in mounts (each approx. 1¼" x 2"); original white linen over boards stamped in black on upper cover; some spotting of the binding, but otherwise fine. From the library..... More
[Oxford]: Oxford University Press, 2009. 8vo, pp. xiv, [2], 422; blue paper covered boards; boards a touch cocked, else fine. "This book includes descriptions of the mathematics and history behind Catalan numbers as well as short biographies of the prominent mathematicians who have worked with the numbers, including that of..... More
n.p. published by the Author, 1922. 8vo, pp. 21, [3]; 4 text illustrations demonstrating magical devices; printed paper wrappers, fine. Most of the effects in the book are not original at the fundamentals, but have been enhanced by electrical methods. More
[Toronto: Magicana, 2008]. First edition limited to 500 copies per the publisher, 4to, pp. 189, [1]; full blue cloth, fine in fine dust jacket. A surprise gift for Slaight, it includes 62 of his magic effects, a biographical profile by David Ben, and a satirical article by Mike Close... More
Chicago: published by the Author, [ca. 1952]. 8vo, pp. 63, [1]; pictorial paper wrappers; spine rubbed, jacket corner creased, very good. About 50 card effects with contributions from Ed Marlo, Al Leech, Don Alan, Jacob Daley, et al. More
