Fifty-five rare books from the botanical library of Mrs Roy Arthur Hunt.
Ann Arbor: Clements Library, 1949. First edition, 4to, pp. [8], 55; illustrations; original green wrappers, yapp edges; wrappers faded, edges worn, internally near fine. More
Ann Arbor: Clements Library, 1949. First edition, 4to, pp. [8], 55; illustrations; original green wrappers, yapp edges; wrappers faded, edges worn, internally near fine. More
New York: Geo. A. Leavitt, 1884. 8vo, pp. viii, 434; fine in recent mustard cloth, printed paper label on spine. Includes a 4-p. account of Murphy and his library, and more than 3100 lots. Mackay 3051. More
New Haven: [Officina Bodoni for Yale University Library], 1967. Edition limited to 300 copies (this, no. 125), 8vo, pp. 27, [5]; color frontispiece after William Blake, 9 illustrations on rectos and versos of 8 plates; reproductions in collotype and offset by Meriden Gravure; fine copy in original brown morocco-backed tan..... More
London: The Unicorn Press, 1931. First edition limited to 1000 copies, this one of 950 on antique laid paper, thin 8vo, pp. 78, [2]; original red cloth stamped in blind and gilt, lettered in gilt on spine, the boards very slightly bowed, the spine a little faded, and a few..... More
New York, London, Sydney: Interscience Publishers, [1964]. 8vo, pp. viii, [4], 340; illustrations, charts and graphs throughout; full blue cloth; owner's signature on upper pastedown, else fine in a toned and torn dust jacket. "Every known class of synthetic fiber for the papermaking industry has been covered here by experts..... More
New York: The Bauer Type Foundry, 1937. 8vo, pp. [16]; 4 wood engravings by Karl Mahr, 3 full-page; brown pastepaper covered boards, fine in a lightly worn slipcase. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1935. First edition, 8vo, pp. 157; frontispiece portrait, 9 illustrated plates; ex-libris American College of Surgeons, with bookplate on front pastedown, rubber stamp on title page and rear pastedown, and white ink call number on spine; near fine copy is original blue cloth, gilt spine..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1935. First edition, 8vo, pp. 157; frontispiece portrait, 9 illustrated plates; some minor wear, but overall a fine copy in original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. The annotated bibliography describes 100 editions and translations of Syphilis and is followed by a section listing biographies and..... More
Cedar Rapids, IA: privately printed for the friends of the Torch Press, 1946. Edition limited to 400 copies, small 8vo, pp. 37; portrait frontispiece of J.M. Barrie, facsimile; original brown cloth-backed purple boards, paper cover label printed in brown and black; fine. More
Cedar Rapids: privately printed at the Torch Press, Christmas, 1950. First edition limited to 400 copies, 12mo, pp. 67, 2 plates; fine in original black cloth over blue paper-covered boards, paper label on upper cover, glassine slightly chipped and torn at top of spine panel. "A hundred great books about..... More
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1938. Edition limited to 250 copies printed at the Merrymount Press, 8vo, pp. [4], 28, [4]; pictorial title-page, 4 plates; orig. red cloth, gilt-titled spine, t.e.g., negligible wear, generally a fine copy. This copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Mr. Roy J...... More
Cedar Rapids, IA: Friends of the Torch Press, 1936. Edition lmited to 400 copies, 8vo, 56; frontispiece; quarter red cloth over patterned paper-covered boards, paper spine and cover label; lightly toned; near fine in the original, heavily chipped glassine wrapper. A discursive survey of a personal collection of descriptive material..... More
Leicester: printed by Will Carter at Cambridge for the Twelve by Eight Press, 1965. First edition, number 124 of less than 400 copies, pp. [6], 19; 9 plates with color illustrations by Rigby Graham; linsom vellum boards stamped in gilt, cardboard protective sleeve stamped in gilt; fine with a printed..... More
Leicester: printed by Will Carter at Cambridge for the Twelve by Eight Press, 1965. First edition, number 312 of less than 400 copies, pp. [6], 19; 9 plates with color illustrations by Rigby Graham; linsom vellum boards stamped in gilt, without the cardboard protective sleeve, otherwise fine. Signed by Mason..... More
Worcester, Mass. Davis Press, 1924. 8vo, pp. 119, [1]; 62 text illustrations; original green cloth gilt, fine. A series of lessons that instruct the reader on how to make pamphlets, boxes, portfolios, pencil cases, etc. More
[Washington, D.C.]: Folger Shakespeare Library / Harry N. Abrams, Inc., [1992]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 271, [1]; 244 illustrations including 14 full-color plates, fine copy in fine dust jacket. More
[New York]: Holland Press, [1963]. Reprint of the 1929 first edition, 12mo, pp. 228; near fine in original olive cloth, spine and front cover stamped in brown and white. Includes a subject index. More
London: C.W. Beaumont, 1966. 2 vols., first edition, limited to 525 copies, of which 25 were not for sale, 8vo, pp. 279, [280]-594, [3]; light bumps and rubbing to cloth, else very good in original blue cloth gilt. With subject indexes. More
New York: Grolier Club, 1952. Edition limited to 750 copies, oblong 8vo, pp. [3], 40; plus 51pp. reproducing 24 lithographs, with descriptive comments; a tiny black smudge on fore-edge of front cover, else fine in orig. gray cloth gilt. Political caricatures, originally published from August 1832 to August 1834, by..... More
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1985. Edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 100, [2]; title page printed in red and black, illustrated throughout with type specimens, photographs, and facsimiles; fine in a fine dust jacket. This copy with 4-p. prospectus laid in. The essays are by James M...... More
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1985. Edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 100, [2]; title page printed in red and black, illustrated throughout with type specimens, photographs, and facsimiles; fine in a fine dust jacket. The essays are by James M. Wells, John Schappler, Greer Allen, Herbert Pinzke..... More
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1985. Edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 100, [2]; title page printed in red and black, illustrated throughout with type specimens, photographs, and facsimiles; fine in a fine dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy with a special presentation card..... More
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1985. Edition limited to 1000 copies, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 100, [2]; title page printed in red and black, illustrated throughout with type specimens, photographs, and facsimiles; fine in a dust jacket with a tiny break at the top of the spine. From the library of..... More
Boston: Twayne, [1989]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 211; fine in original green cloth, dust-jacket. Fifteen major French women novelists are discussed, beginning with Colette and Simone de Beauvoir. More
[London]: Sotheby & Co., 1960. 8vo, pp. 103, [1]; illus.; some pencil notations, else very good copy in original green wrappers with the prices realized. More