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
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1944. First printing. Hardcover. A Very Good first printing, lacking the jacket. The yellow clothbound case is modestly soiled. A previous owner’s bookplate on the front free endpaper, and a stain from high acid paper, now gone, laid in on the half title and the..... more
Buffalo: Derby Orton & Mulligan, 1853. Fifteenth thousand. Hardcover. A Good Minus reference copy with soiling, discoloration, and minor dampstaining throughout. The text, however, is totally legible. The brown clothbound case is well-worn, exposing the boards beneath and threatening to come off the spine entirely. The block is soundly bound..... 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
Modena: Bartolomeo Solinani, 1784. First printing. Flexibound. A Very Good first (and only) printing. Flexibound in handsome bronze embossed floral papers. Heavy foxing to the endpapers, but very little to the book block, which is of sturdier stock. Speckle red stained edges. Some interior staining but largely clean and soundly..... more
New York: Cameron & Buckley, 1937. Spiral bound. A Very Good Minus copy of a scarce book. Minor soiling to the block and rubbing to the boards. The final leaf appears to have been printed on stock which is thin and holed in the upper right quadrant. Twenty four black..... more
London: Imperial War Museum, 2014. Paperback. Almost as new except for rubbing to the fore corners. Second printing. Color illustrations throughout. iv + 91 pages. 7.25” x 8.75”.After a brief forward, the Imperial War Museum presents posters from the First World War with no commentary other than credit to the..... more
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017. Paperback. Near Fine. Staplebound paperback. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. 48 pages. 8.5” x 11”.Published in conjunction with an exhibit of the same name, World War I and the Visual Arts explores the impact years of global crisis..... more
New York: Random House, 1994. Hardcover. Very Near Fine in all regards. Dogear to the jacket's rear flap. Signed and inscribed to the front free endpaper to Iris and Carl Apfel. Third printing. 388 pages. 6” x 9.5”.Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1994) is a semi-fictionalized account of..... more
New York: Sorg Publishing Co., 1923. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good Minus. Lightly shelfworn with a bump to the front fore edge. The interior is clean but toning. Some leaves unopened. A first printing inscribed by the author to Arthur Brentano, then owner of American independent bookstore chain Brentano’s. Black..... more
New York: The Viking Press, 1958. First printing. Hardcover. Book block shows some very minor, occasional soiling. Red top edge stain shows some discoloration. The unclipped jacket is worn about the edges with small chipping and closed tears; largely intact and handsome. First printing. xxi plus 233 pages. 6” x...... more
London: Leo Cooper, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good book block and case with bumping to the upper fore corners and a label torn off the front pastedown. Foxing to the top edge. Otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket’s front panel and spine are heavily sun bleached. Wear to the top edge..... more
London: Imperial War Museum, 1981. Second edition. Paperback. A Very Good copy with minimal shelfwear and slight discoloration to the paper wrappers. Previous price sticker to front panel. Color illustrations throughout. 72 pages. 8.25” x 7.5”.Art historian Joseph Darracott (1934–1998) wrote three books centering the illustrative art of World Wars..... more
London: Imperial War Museum, 1985. Second edition. Paperback. Very Good with minimal shelfwear. Previous price sticker to front panel. Color illustrations throughout. 72 pages. 8.25” x 7.5”.Art historian Joseph Darracott (1934–1998) wrote three books centering the illustrative art of World Wars I and II. While serving as Keeper of the..... more
Chicago: Benison Books, 1992. Hardcover. Fine book block and case with a Very Good jacket, showing modest creasing and closed tears. Black and white photo insert. Second printing. vii + 184 pages. 6.25” x 9.25”.An interesting account of five Jewish men who ventured into the western colonial frontier to make..... more
London: Bounty Books, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good Plus book block—clean and unmarked. Minor bumps to the corners. Dust jacket present with light shelfwear. Color and black and white illustrations. 160 pages. 9.5” x 12.25”.Doctor of history and cartoon exhibition curator Mark Bryant collects here the newspaper and magazine cartoons of..... more
London: Grub Street, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine book block and case in a Very Good jacket with minor wear and chipping. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. 160 pages. 9.25” x 12.25”.Doctor of history and cartoon exhibition curator Mark Bryant collects here the newspaper and magazine cartoons of WWII..... more
London: Grub Street, 2011. Hardcover. Near Fine book block and case. The jacket is present, unclipped, and shows minimal shelfwear. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. 192 pages. 8” x 10.25”.“This is the first ever biographical dictionary specifically devoted to international wartime cartoonists and caricaturists,” says historian and curator..... more
Bainbridge Island, WA: Fenwick Publishing Group, Inc., 2008. First printing. Hardcover. Fine, inclusive of jacket. Publisher promotional one-sheet laid in. Black and white and color photography throughout. First printing. 152 pages. 8.75” x 10.25”.In 1942, the residents of Japanese descent living on Bainbridge Island, located in Puget Sound, were exiled..... more
Chicago: The University of Chicago Library, 2014. First printing. Hardcover. A Fine copy, without jacket as issued. From a printing of 2000. Color illustrations throughout. 155 pages. 8.25” x 11.25”.En Guerre, published in conjunction with an exhibit of the same name at the University of Chicago, views the Great War..... more
London: Flame Tree Publishing, 2013. Hardcover. Very Good, overall. The book block is clean and unmarked. The jacket shows chipping around the head of the spine, which also affects the case. Otherwise, minimally worn. Color illustrations throughout. 144 pages. 8.5” x 9.25”.“The First World War saw the first real use..... more
London: Arcturus, ND. Hardcover. Fine book block and case. The jacket is intact and bears very minimal wear, most noticeable at the head of the spine. Black and white illustrations. 192 pages. 7.5” x 10”.From the introduction: “[The cartoonist's] job was to portray the mood of a nation, to put..... more
London: Arcturus, 2015. First printing. Hardcover. Fine in all regards, with dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. First printing. 192 pages. 7.5” x 10”.It is a time-honored tradition to mock the humorless, tyrannical monsters who demand adoration and praise though do nothing to deserve it. Cartoonists have long led that..... more
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1954. Paperback. A Good copy in its original wrappers. Clean and unmarked inside, though the paper wrappers are taped at the spine. ACLU library stamps to all three edges and title page, which also carries the National Coalition Against Censorship library stamp. Library..... more
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1978. Paperback. Very Good, overall. Clean and unmarked. Slight toning and rippling to page edges. No evidence of water damage/staining. Only issued in paperback. Black and white photos. 163 pages. 8.75” x 11.75”.Published in partnership with the Long Island Historical Society in 1978 when Brooklyn..... more