Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co., n.d., [ca. early 1950s]. 9" x 7", pp. [10], 13-312; illustrated throughout in black & white; original tan cloth stamped in black on spine, pictorial pastedown on upper cover; the book is fine but the unclipped dust jacket has several shallow tears at the extremities..... More
[West Chester, Pennsylvania]: Aralia Press, 1988. Edition limited to 125 copies printed on Ingres Laid from Spectrum types; 8vo, pp. [20]; title page printed in blue and black; fine copy in original printed brown wrappers. From the library of Kim Merker. Issued as Number One in the Aralia Chapbook Series..... More
Chicago: Walter M. Hill, 1942. Small 8vo, pp. 109; decorative title page designed by Axel T. Bay; original blue cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label, spine a bit toned, else a fine copy. Author inscription signed "the Writer". Printed by the Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. More
Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, [1944]. First edition, 8vo, [4] & 92pp., a near fine copy in the jacket. More
Macedon, N. Y. published by the author, 1872. First edition, 8vo, pp. [13], 14-384; original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; very good, sound and bright copy. Wright II, 239. More
[St. Paul]: Bieler Press, 1983. Edition limited to 250 copies signed by the author; 12mo, pp. [8]; single sheet folded to make 8 pages; original baby blue printed wrappers; fine. Originally published as a broadside in 1975, the Bieler Press's rare first publication. Smith, Bieler, 29. More
[St. Paul]: Bieler Press, 1983. Edition limited to 250 copies signed by the author; 12mo, pp. [8]; single sheet folded to make 8 pages; original pink printed wrappers; fine. Originally published as a broadside in 1975, the Bieler Press's rare first publication. In our experience the pink wrappers are less..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1862. First edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [1], 419, [1], 16 (ads); original brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine; spine sunned else very good. A collection of articles from the New York Ledger and the New York Independent. With the ownership signature of W[atson] C. Squires, the governor of..... More
New York: 1875. Fifth edition at the top of the front wrapper, 8vo, pp. 34; original printed wrappers; removed from binding; front wrap loose, but present. In 1875 Beecher was tried for adultery based on the confession (asserted, recanted and re-asserted) of Elizabeth Tilton. More
[New York: De Vinne Press], n.d., [ca. 1912]. 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 233; title within red ruled border; handsomely printed on handmade paper; full brown crushed levant by the Bagle Art Bindery, double gilt rule on covers enclosing a central double gilt-ruled panel, floral elements in the corners, gilt decorated..... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, [1931]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 235, [1]; fine copy in publisher's red cloth stamped in black on upper cover and spine, in a very good, unclipped dust jacket which shows 3 very small chips and some sunning to the spine. More
Champaign, Illinois: privately printed, 1969. Edition limited to 25 copies, "hand printed from Bulmer type, on Shinsetsu paper and bound in boards by Tom Nitz as part of the Graduate Graphic Design Program, University of Illinois," oblong 8vo, pp. [16]; printed in red, gray, and black; fine copy in unadorned..... More
[Port Townsend, Washington]: Copper Canyon Press, [1994]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [14], 11-80, [6]; fine copy in the dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy signed by Bell on the title page and additionally inscribed to Kim Merker on the half-title: "To Kim - Old friend with..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1984. First edition, 8vo, pp. [12], 3-52, [2]; fine copy in the dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy signed by Bell on the title page and additionally inscribed by him to Kim Merker on the half-title: "To Kim - with love - Marvin..... More
[Port Townsend, Washington]: Copper Canyon Press, [1990]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [14], 9-83, [5]; fine copy in the dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy inscribed by Bell to Kim Merker on the half-title: "To Kim - Gratitude and love - Marvin, Sept. 1990." More
Mt. Vernon, Iowa: The Hillside Press, Cornell College, 1966. Edition limited to 350 copies, 8vo, pp. [3]-15, [3]; original printed blue-gray wrappers; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Apparently, this is Bell's first stand-alone publication. Only the first 25 copies of the edition were numbered. This copy is boldly..... More
[Winona, Minnesota?]: Gendun Editions, 2004. Edition limited to "approximately" 150 copies signed by Bell, square 4to, pp. [30]; fine in original maroon cloth, printed paper label on spine. from the library of Kim Merker. "Handset from Perpetua types ... printed on Foxfire & Somerset papers by ZCLC in the Spring..... More
Iowa City: Stone Wall Press, 1966. Edition limited to 270 copies, this one of an unstated number of "reviewer's proof" copies; 12mo, pp. 8vo, pp. 77, [3]; original light gray wrappers with a printed label on the upper cover noting author, title, publisher and price. From the library of Kim..... More
Iowa City: Stone Wall Press, 1966. Edition limited to 270 copies, 12mo, pp. 8vo, pp. 77, [3]; fine in original gray cloth, and without the publisher's slipcase which was apparently not with all copies. From the library of Kim Merker, with his initials in pencil on the front free endpaper..... More
Iowa City, Iowa: The Hundred Pound Press, 1965. Edition limited to 50 copies (this copy unnumbered); 12mo, pp. [16]; unopened; fine copy in original printed tan wrappers. From the library of Kim Merker. Bell's first book. "Set up in Garamond type and printed on Carousel Text paper by Stephen Tudor..... More
[La Crosse, Wisconsin]: Sutton Hoo Press, 2000. Edition limited to "about 100 copies printed from handset Lutetia and Romulus Open types by C. Mikal Oness in the spring of 2000. Lee Hemmersbach and Toni Vanderboom assisted" (colophon); square 4to, pp. [20]; fine in original brown cloth, printed paper label on..... More
Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1980. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [8], 467, [1]; original full red gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. More
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. Fourth printing, 8vo, pp. [6], 536; original black and gray cloth stamped in orange on upper cover and spine, top edge stained orange; dust-jacket chipped at top of spine, along top edge, and at top outer corner (never any loss of letterpress), else very..... More
New York: Viking Press, [1968]. First edition, 8vo., fine in near fine jacket. More
New York: Viking Press, 1937. First edition, 8vo, pp. 151; illustrated throughout; near fine in lightly soiled and shallowly chipped dust jacket (no loss of any letterpress). Bemelmans, better known as a children's author, here recounts his experiences as a German in the American army during WWI. More
