New York: E. Weyhe, 1927. Hardcover. A Fair reference copy. While the interior is largely clean, the case spine has been previously repaired with brown packing tape. Binding is secure but delicate. The rear board bears some scuffinging. Scarce on the secondary market. xxxviii page introduction by Ernst Flemming, including..... more
Paris: Chez Laurant, ND. Paper portfolio. Four paper portfolios, each containing 20 hand colored women’s fashion designs. The portfolios correspond to different time periods: 1795–1820, 1820–1845, 1845–1870, and 1870–1900. The wrappers for each are discolored, worn, and splitting at the edges, though largely intact except for the last one which..... more
Mosco: Imprimerie d’Alexandre Semen, 1861. Hardcover. A Fair copy, the bookblock heavily foxed and split at the rear hinge. The handsome, embossed boards are soiled, and the gilt title stamping losing luster. Black and white woodcuts throughout and 13 chromolithographic and tinted inserts, one of which has become disbound. 182..... more
Daylight Books, 2020. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine, save for bumped fore corners. Without jacket, as issued. First printing. 164 pages. 8.25” x 10.25”.The Light at the End of History is a remarkable artistic survey of the United States’ nuclear history. Photographer Abbey Hepner presents a seven-part series of images..... more
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1997. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good book block and case with a slightly shelfworn jacket. The front free endpaper carries the library stamp of NCAC—National Coalition Against Censorship—from whom the book was acquired. Signed by the author and inscribed to Judy [Blume] (1938–..... more
New York: Applause, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine book block and case with very few exceptional signs of use—a couple of scuffs and one creased page. The jacket is Fine, save for sun bleaching most notable to the flap edges. Signed to fashion journalist and editor Grace Mirabella (1929–2021) who contributed..... more
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good book block and case with very minor fingersoil/scuffing on one page. Two leaves remain uncut in the upper corner. Some bleed through from the adhesive on the endpapers. Very Good jacket, unclipped, with scuffing, minor soiling, small closed..... more
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1979. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good book block and case with occasional soiling throughout. Some bleed through from the adhesive on the endpapers. Very Good jacket, unclipped and bright with chipping to the front panel; general shelfwear otherwise. Signed and inscribed to the Cahans—fashion..... more
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good Minus book block and case with splitting to the rear hinge. Toning to page edges. Jacket is intact, though bearing closed tears, wear, and toning. Signed to fashion journalist and editor Grace Mirabella (1929–2021) and husband Bill Cahan; dated 12/91. Black..... more
Tipperary, Ireland: Coracle Press, 2013. Hardcover. Fine in all regards. Without jacket, as issued. Black and white illustrations. Hand numbered 87 in an edition of 300. 51 pages. 8.25” x 10.5”.A handsomely bound collection of New Zealand artist Bill Culbert (1935–2019) sketches made with Parker 51 reservoir and cartridge fountain..... more
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1945. Unbound leaves on various stock in the original folio, all lightly discolored and chipping. Printing of 1000 with 200 “de luxe” copies; this is the regular edition. Includes leaves 12, 14, 15, and 16 in duplicate. Lacks leaf 7, Albert Camus’ Letter to a...... more
Milan: Fabbri Editori, 1992. First printing. Hardcover. Fine book block and case. Slipcase shows staining and scuffing, particularly around the edges, but the dark cloth successfully masks it to a casual observer. Limited edition; hand numbered 29. 159 pages. 12” x 12” in slipcase.From the introduction: “The fifty-nine pieces published..... more
London: Peter Davies, 1969. Hardcover. Clean and crisp in a minimally shelfworn jacket. Inscribed by the author to fashion journalist and editor Grace Mirabella (1929–2021) and husband Bill Cahan; dated 1980. Black and white illustrations and photo insert. 249 pages. 6.5” x 9.5”.American journalist and author Curtis Bill Pepper (1917–2014)..... more
New York: A Giniger Book, 1968. Hardcover. Clean and crisp; Very Good, overall. The jacket is lightly shelfworn with small closed tears and fraying at the head and foot of the spine, which is also minimally sunned. Inscribed by the author to fashion journalist and editor Grace Mirabella’s (1929–2021) husband..... more
New York: ICP/Steidl, 2006. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in all regards, save for a heavy scratch, which runs nearly the entire length of the rear board. No jacket, as issued. Stated first printing. 120 black and white photos. 149 pages. 8.75” x 11.25”.Ukrainian-born photojournalist Arthur Fellig (1899–1968), using the..... more
San Francisco: Upper Playground, 2007. First printing. Hardcover. Fine. Without jacket, as issued. Unpaginated. 6.25” x 8.5”.A collection of works by street art collaborators, Armando Lerma and Carlos Ramirez, otherwise known as Date Farmers. The duo’s style is distinctly Chicano, drawing from both Mexican and Southwestern American pop iconography. Other than..... more
New York: David Zwirner Books, 2018. First printing. Hardcover. A copy which might be described as Fine, save for occasional highlighting of text and minor shelfwear to the fore corners. No jacket, as issued. First printing. 95 pages. 9.5” x 10”,Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name..... more
Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1991. Hardcover. A Fine book block and case in Very Good jacket, bearing some small closed tears and general wear. Color and black and white illustrations. 160 pages. 8.75” x 11.25”.An attractive and thoughtful collection of America’s “weapons of the wall,” organized by message from rationing..... more
Seattle: University Book Store, 1929. First and limited printing. Hardcover. Very Good, overall. Lightly shelfworn with occasional fingersoil and penciled marginalia. Bound in navy blue cloth with gilt decoration. Without dust jacket, as issued. Limited edition 334/350. Signed by Geraldine Farrar on the limitation page. Errata slip bound in. Black..... more
New York: Miles McEnery Gallery, 2022. First printing. Hardcover. Fine. Without jacket, as issued. With the original gallery opening advertising postcard laid in. First printing. 43 pages. 9.25” x 11.75”.Cuban physicist, philosopher, and artist Enrique Martinez Celaya’s work in this exhibition catalogue (Miles McEnery Gallery, September 8–October 15, 2022) encompasses..... more
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine slipcase. Black cloth with gold stamping. Limited edition of 300 copies. Ours is hand numbered 266. Signed by both Eric Drooker (with a fish bone illustration) and Allen Ginsberg with “AH” written adjacent. Stated first printing. Black..... more
Boston: Erik Benjamis, 2012. Second edition. Paperback. A Fine copy. Issued in paperback only. Black and white photographs. Signed in pencil to the title page. Second edition, following the first which included only 12 copies. xviii + 187 pages. 5.75” x 8.25”.Published in conjunction with the author’s MFA thesis at..... more
Privately printed, 1930. Second edition. Hardcover. Limited to 300 copies, this is a Near Fine copy, signed by the author on the title page and inscribed to American painter DeWitt McClellan Lockman (1870–1957). Spine darkened. Tissue guarded illustrated inserts. 98 pages. 6.5” x 9”. Frank Gray Griswold (1854–1937), a financier enjoying..... more
New York: F. Schumacher & Co., 1924. Hardcover. Good, overall. The interior is largely clean, save for one small closed tear and a few faint, scattered marks. The gilt decorations to the front and rear boards are somewhat faded, and the case is shelfworn about the edges, particularly at the..... more
Hamburg: Snoeck, 2013. First printing. Hardcover. A Fine copy of a scarce book. Without jacket, as issued. Bilingual in German and English. Color illustrations throughout. 120 pages. 9.5” x 12.75”.A wonderful and emotive collection of works by German artist Norbert Schwontkowski (1949–2013), whose “paintings operate somewhere in the gap between..... more