New York: New York Public Library, 1986. Edition limited to 222 copies printed at the Kelly-Winterton Press; 8vo, pp. [26]; 4 tipped-in facsimiles; original cream paper spine over maroon paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. More
[New York]: Siamese Banana Press, [1972]. First edition of Auster's first book, 4to, [31] leaves printed from typescript on rectos only; original pictorial wrappers by George Schneerman, side-stapled; lightly toned; very good. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press. Drenttel..... More
Iowa City: The Prairie Press, [1967]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 46, [2]; fine copy in original gray cloth-backed red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; small hole in price-clipped dust jacket at the joint on the front panel. From the Library of Kim Merker. More
[Iowa City?]: Alt Heim Press, [1977]. Edition limited to 140 copies printed on Japanese Etching paper from handset Bembo types by Sue Kreutner, signed by the author; 8vo, pp. [28]; illustrations by Jamie Evrard; printed in red and black; fine copy in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on upper..... More
St. Louis: G. I. Jones and Company, 1880. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 271; frontispiece portrait, 3 plates; original dark blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine and decorative gilt-stamped front cover; worn and stained with spine ends chipped away, the gilt dulled on spine, a good, sturdy utilitarian copy. Bailey (b. 1841)..... More
Boston: Richard G. Badger, 1907. First edition, 12mo, pp. 75; title-page vignette in printed in red; original cloth decorated in red and green, original glassine wrapper; spine a bit discolored and the glassine with some chips and tears, else near fine. More
London: Sylvan Press, 1945. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 162-[163]; frontispiece and illustrations throughout; slight foxing to front endpapers, vertical crease near gutter through most of text block, else very good in green dust jacket printed in brown with some soiling and tattering at edges. Contributions from 16 writers including..... More
Norfolk, Ct. New Directions, 1941. 8vo, 32pp., title-page vignette printed in ochre; fine copy in orig. printed blue paper-covered boards. Printed at Hawthorn House, Windham, Conn., with decorations by R.J. Holden. Not in Ransom, Selective Checklists. More
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[Charlestown, Mass. Allen & Watts, 1824.]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 60; stitched, as issued; uncut, but a compromised copy, with half the first leaf torn away, with considerable loss of text on recto and verso, including the imprint; stitching loosening. American Imprints 15155 locates only the Harvard copy. OCLC adds..... More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Company, 1890. First edition, with McClurg only in the imprint; 8vo, pp. [7], viii-xii, 13-280, [8]; original pictorial brown cloth printed in black; gilt lettering on front cover and spine; corners and spine extremities scuffed, front hinge starting; otherwise, very good. Frederic Homer Balch (1861-1891)..... More
Boston: E. P. Guild & Co., 1896. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 5-312; largely unopened; 52 illustrations on 43 plates; a fine copy in original blue cloth, gilt-stamped on upper cover and spine, t.e.g. More
Boston: From the ... North American Review, 1824. First edition, 8vo, pp. 24; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; outer margin foxed; all else very good and sound. Bancroft had studied for some time in Germany, had in fact met Goethe, and was instrumental in introducing German literature and educational theory..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1900, 1901. Second state, small 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 313, [3]; photographic author portrait frontispiece and tissue guard detached but present, full page illustrations throughout, title page printed in orange and black; original brown decorative cloth stamped in white, t.e.g.; spine a bit browned..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1896. First edition, sm 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 176, [2] 6pp. advertisements; 1 frontispiece, 11 plates and 12 in text; blue green cloth, gilt lettering; slightly worn, spine faded; else very good. BAL 728. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. First edition, sm. 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 171, [1], 4pp. advertisements; frontispiece and 9 plates; yellow pictorial cloth, brown slightly worn spine, top edges stained orchid; else very good. BAL 744. More
New York: Macmillian Co., 1914. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [3], 200, [2], 5pp. advertisements; blue cloth, gilt letters, presentation copy by author "To Geo. H. Picard, with the cordial regard of a wanderer on the lower slopes of Parnassus, his friend John Kendrick Bangs ,April3:1914";l slightly worn else very..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. First edition, sm 12mo, pp. [6], 184, [1]; slight rubbing, but a very good copy in original green pictorial cloth with a presentation from Bangs on the front free endpaper reading: "To my old friend Col. Annuar* [?] from his young friend John Kendrick..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. First edition, first state, sm. 8vo, pp. [xii], 265, [1], 6pp. advertisements; frontispiece and 18 full-page illustrations, plus title-page and numerous text vignettes throughout by H. W. McVickar; a good copy in original yellow pictorial cloth stamped in black, red and gilt. BAL 722..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. First edition, sm. 8vo, pp.[vi], [2], 202, 4pp. advertisements; frontispiece and green decorative cloth, with gilt letters, spine worn; else good. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. First edition, sm. 8vo. pp. [vii], 185, [1], 6pp. advertisements; frontispiece and 35 plates by Edward Penfield; green-blue pictorial cloth, top edge stained orange, slightly worn spine, flyleaf excised; else good. BAL. 739. More
Bowling Green, N.Y. Contact II Publications, [1981]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3]-22; fine copy in decorative wrappers. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press. More
Buffalo: Courier Co., 1882. 8vo, pp. vi, [ix]-xii, [2], 17-360; photogravure frontispiece portrait and 40 wood-engraved plates; publisher's brown pebble-grain cloth, gilt stamped on spine and upper cover; some minor rubbing, but generally very good, sound, and bright. This copy inscribed on the flyleaf: "Given to Mrs. Elizabeth Spicer -..... More
New York: A. T. Goodrich & Co., 1819. First edition, 24mo, pp. 60; extra engraved title-p.; original black calf-backed marbled boards, scuffed and rubbed, small pieces missing from the spine extremities; good and sound. American Travellers Abroad L-31: "Twenty-five letters from Greece and Turkey describe life and sights in the..... More
[Tuscaloosa], Alabama: Gorgas Oak Press, 1977. Edition limited to 75 copies (this, no. 67), 8vo, pp. [30]; title page printed in red and black; original brown paper-covered boards on which a facsimile of one of the letters printed in white; generally a fine copy. From the library of Kim Merker..... More
