New York: Underwood Typewriter Company, 1930. Poster, 12.5x25." Glossy paper, printed in green and brown. Wear and a few tears at folds, some soiling. Very good. Uncommon, interoffice newsletter for the historic Underwood Typewriter Company in New York. Headshots of all the best salesmen from the Spring Sales Contest, with.....
Welllpinit: Sherman Alexie, 1991. Manuscript. Computer printed manuscript, 8.5x11," [77]pp, printed recto only. Cover page, table of contents. Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Alexie in pencil on the cover page. Velobinding with glossy, red covers. Binding is starting to separate with a few of the plastic pins broken off.....
New York: Charles Scribner and Company, 1867. First edition thus, New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 8vo, 596 pp. Vignette engravings and facsimile manuscripts throughout, title page printed in blue and black. Full brown, blind decorated morocco, spine lettered and dentelles in gilt, g.e., marbled endpapers. Signed, "By Wm. Smith, New.....
Bristol: Douglas Cleverdon, Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. First edition. Number 235 of a limited edition of 260, signed by Eric Gill. 8vo, 26pp. 6 copper plate etchings. Original black buckram, spine lettered in gilt, untrimmed page block. Some rubbing and light soiling to boards, clean internally. Nearly fine...
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Speen; Ditchling: Rene Hague & Eric Gill; Douglas Pepler, 1916, 1918, 1930. First editions. (Amnon) Limited to 225 copies for private distribution. 12mo, [8]pp, plain blue card wrappers. Frontis engraving by Gill. (Adeste Fideles) 8vo, [8]pp including printed wrappers, string bound. Eight engravings by Gill. (Apline Gallery) 12mo, [2], 11.....
Columbus: A. R. Harding Publishing Co., 1907. 8vo, 333pp plus [11] pgs. publisher's ads at rear. Illustrations throughout. Likely a later state with the latest advertised title, "Camp and Trail Methods," having been published in 1910. Illustrated blue cloth boards show moderate to heavy wear along the edges with some.....
New York: Horace Liveright Inc., 1929. First edition. 8vo, 315pp. Purple cloth with gilt lettering and purple design on spine, illustrated jacket. Near fine copy ownership inscription to ffep. Jacket very good with a split at lower corner of front panel and some wear at spine ends. Jazz age inspired.....
Newark: The Prudential Insurance Co. of America, 1920. Typewritten Manuscript, Carbon Copy. 4to, 26x19.5cm, [28] leaves, including title, printed recto only, plus five blank leaves at rear. Blind ruled, rust colored cloth stamped in gilt. Mismatched endpapers. Near fine with some rubbing and light soiling to boards, clean internally. Typescript.....
Seattle: John Davis & Company, [1915]. Oblong 12mo, 5.5x8," [48]pp, photos (2 in color) and captions, plus general facts of the city. Illustrated tan wrappers with images of a totem pole and bow (in place of string tie). Very good with light wear to edges. Clean internally save a few.....
Hampton Falls: Donald M. Grant, 1996. Limited to 2000 copies signed by King and illustrator, Don Maitz, this being #124. Fine condition in fine clamshell case, in shrink wrap opened along the top and foredge. Errata sheet laid in.
New York: Viking, 1993. First edition. 8vo, 305pp. Quarter black cloth over paper boards, stamped in red and gilt, illustrated jacket. Signed and inscribed by King to the former owner, "All the best," Bangor, ME, and dated 6/19/93. Fine, unread copy in like jacket. Beautiful inscribed first printing of this.....
New York: Viking, 1993. First edition. Thick 8vo, 816pp. Quarter blue cloth, black paper boards, stamped in gilt. Illustrated jacket by Rob Wood. Signed and inscribed by King to the former owner and dated 10/21/93 on the title page. Nearly fine copy with lightly bumped upper corner and minor smudging.....
Hampton Falls: Donald M. Grant, 2002. Limited to 1520 copies signed by King, Straub, and the illustrator, Rick Berry, this being #374. Fine condition in fine clamshell case in shrink wrap. (Images from the publisher's website).
El Paso: 1949. Single sheet, Lea's monogram stationary with El Paso address. 26 lines, dated 25 Sept '49, boldly signed in black ink. Transmittal folds else nearly fine. Beautiful letter of correspondence to "Allen," likely a friend of Lea's who once lived in El Paso: "You can be sure that.....
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. First American edition. 8vo, 179pp. Illustrations by Ilon Wikland. Publisher's light blue cloth stamped in blue, top edge of page block stained red, in illustrated jacket. Very good with some toning and rubbing to spine, a couple spots of foxing to foredge of page.....
N.p: Vandal Publications for Gear, 1966. Poster poem, offset lithograph, 58x45cm. Very good with pinholes and wear at corners, some toning to edges, and a few light scuffs and smudges. Psychedelic poster-poem from one of the pioneers of the genre, English poet Christopher Logue (1926-2011). Logue produced the first of.....
New York: Random House, 1965. First edition. Dust Jacket for first edition of The Orchard Keeper. Very good with a strip of adhesive to front panel, some light fading to spine, a few edge tears, and chipping to rear flap. Original price of $4.95 in tact. Dust jacket only for.....
Portland: Portland Realty Board, [1930]. Newspaper, 12x17," single sheet, [4]pp. Good condition with heavy wear at folds and some edge tears, otherwise complete. Farcical, perhaps interoffice publication from the Portland Realty Board. Contains jokes both local and political, and writeups on employees of the company. We have not found mention.....
Portland: Closset & Devers, [ca.1905]. Single sheet label/packaging, very thin tissue paper, printed in brown and yellow with text and floral design, 34x34cm. Nearly fine with some bends to corners, creases from folding, and a few spots of soiling and foxing. Incredible survivor, an advertising piece of packaging from Closset.....
El Paso: El Paso Public Library Association, 1977. First edition. 8vo, [16]pp. Decorated beige wraps, saddle stitched. Signed and inscribed by Lawrence Clark Powell, Carl Hertzog, Paul Horgan, José Cisneros, and Tom Lea on the copyright and dedication pages. Very good with some rubbing and wear along spine and light.....
Los Angeles: The Bookman Press, 1954. First edition, limited to 150 copies. 16mo, [8]pp including wrappers. Signed by Powell on the front cover. Very good in saddle stitched ivory paper wraps which show some toning and light wrinkling. Printed in a small limitation for the first joint meeting of the.....
Tacoma: Central News Co., [1905?]. First edition. Oblong 12mo, 11.6x16.5cm, [14]pp. Photographic illustrations. Original illustrated wraps serving as a mailing envelope, closing with a red seal still attached. Very good with toning and chipping to edges of wrappers. Uncommon souvenir/viewbook of Tacoma consisting of 10 photographic views of the city.....
New York: Doubleday, 1955. Mixed set, vol 1, Special Kansas City Edition, limited to 20,615 copies. Vol 2, book club. 8vos, 596 and 594pp. Black cloth boards stamped in silver and blue in jackets. Volume 1 signed and inscribed to the former owner by President Truman and dated in the.....
Boston: The Shortstory Publishing Co., 1895. First edition. 8vo, 64pp., advertisements. Original illustrated wrappers. Good condition with wear along spine, covers split at edges and with some chipping and toning. A few smudges, else clean and complete internally. Scarce second issue of this American literary magazine which published strange tales.....
Boston: The Shortstory Publishing Co., 1896. First edition. 8vo, 64pp., advertisements. Original illustrated, card wrappers. Good with chipping at lower edge of front wrapper and first few pages. Pencil marks to front cover. Rear wrapper shows light scuffing and chipping. Small edge tear to final 20 or so pages, else.....
