Lea, Tom; Craver, Rebecca (Editor); Margo, Adair (Editor)
El Paso, TX, 1995
El Paso, TX: Texas Western Press/The University of Texas at El Paso, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Catalog from an ehibition of the work of legendary artist, author, and illustrator Tom Lea (1907-2001). x, 185 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Lea, Tom (Artist); Hinshaw, Glennis (Editor); Lovelace, Lisabeth (Editor); Connally, Frank (Introduction)
El Paso, TX, 1999
El Paso, TX: El Paso Public Libary, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Lea, Tom. Catalog from an ehibition of the work of legendary artist, author, and illustrator Tom Lea (1907-2001) that was held at the El Paso Public Library December 1971-January 1972. First Printing. x, 54 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy.
Reese, William S.
New Haven, CT, 2017
New Haven, CT: William Reese Company, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. From the publisher's website: "The latest bibliographical list from the William Reese Company, this work describes 250 classic works of Western Americana. Based on nearly fifty years of experience, it spans the whole of early literature of the American West, from Cabeza de Vaca to J. Frank Dobie, and everything in between. It is arranged chronologically and indexed by author and title. An essential reference guide for any collector or student of Western Americana." vii, 321 pp. 4to. Terra cotta cloth covers, faux leather spine with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Clean, crisp copy. No dust jacket, as issued.
Wick, Peter A.; Juvelis, Priscilla (Preface); Fleming, John F. (Preface); Garvey, Eleanor (Introduction)
Boston, MA/New York, NY, 1983/1985
Boston, MA/New York, NY: Priscilla Juvelis/John F. Fleming, 1983/1985. First Edition. The two volumes represent two complete collection of breathtaking design bindings offered by legendary booksellers John Fleming and Priscilla Juvelis with 219 items in the original catalog and 57 items in the second. Each volume signed by Priscilla Juvelis on title page. Unpag. 4to. Volume I, from 1985 is bound in red cloth with gold embossed titling to cover and spine. Volume II is in wraps with an image from item #28, Henri Matisse's "Jazz" reproduced on the cover. Clean crisp copies with tipped in color plates illustrating the volumes offered for sale. Volume II has the original price list laid in at rear.
Popper, Karl; Schlipp, Paul Arthur (Editor)
La Salle, IL, 1974
La Salle, IL: Open Court, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Volume XIV, Books I & II of the Library of Living Philosophers. xvi, 670, xii, [671]-1323 pp. Wear and scuffing to dust jackets, now in mylar covers. Gift inscription to previous owner on first free endpaper of Volume I, Volume II is ex-library with library stamps and card pocket on rear first free endpaper.
Fessenden, Francis
Boston, MA, 1907
Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Printing. viii, 374, vi, 367 pp. 4to. Red cloth publisher's bindings with gold embossed titling to spines, top edge of text blocks gilded. Bumping to corners, slight wear overall, small losses at head of spines. Hinge at rear gutter of Volume I paper has split, still tight to boards with mull intact. "With the Compliments of/James Fessenden" tipped onto half-title page in Volume I.
Romieu, Emilie; Romieu, Georges; Tapley, Roberts (Translator)
New York, 1931
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Third Printing. xi, 230 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has chips, tears, small losses at edges, fading along top edge as well as spine, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine, slight sunning along top edge of front board. Endpapers have darkened from age, interior clean.
Erickson, Milton H.; Haley, Jay (Editor)
New York, 1967
New York: Grune & Stratton, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. viii, 557 pp. 4to. Wear and scuffing to dust jacket, fading, losses at edges, 2" piece missing from head of spine, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with staining at edges of front boards, entire spine. Pervious owner's signature on first free endpaper, clean within.
Helmholtz, Herman Von; Southall, James P. C. (Editor)
New York, 1962
New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Dover Publications Edition of the 1924 first English Publication of the Third German Edition of Helmholtz's "Handbuch der Physiologischen Optik". Complete in three volumes and bound as two. First Dover Publications Edition. xxi, 482, vi, 479, xiv, 734 pp. 6 Plates. 8vo. Scuffing to dust jackets from shelf wear, sunning to spines, now in mylar covers. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine, previous owner's date of acquisition in blue ink on front pastedown of each volume, clean within.
Taylor, Geoffrey Ingram; Batchelor, G. K. (Editor)
Cambridge, England, 1958
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. x, 593 pp. 4to. Ex-library with dust jacket showing some wear and scuffing, call number written on spine, acquisition date stamped on front panel, now in mylar cover. Green cloth boards with gold embossed titling to spine, call number in white ink on spine, little indication of ex-library within save for card pocket still affixed to rear pastedown.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Boston, MA, 1851
Boston, MA: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Issue of this important work in American Letters. First issue (BAL Binding A) with battered last letters ("t" & "h") on sentence 1 & 2 on p. 149. Catalog dated March 1851, BAL's Catalog B, with last entry on p. 3: "...Poems of Many/" First Printing. vi, [2], [9]-344 pp. 8vo. 12mo. Brown cloth publisher's binding with gold embossed titling to spine. Wear and scuffing to boards, fraying at head and foot of spine, 7/8" tear starting at head of spine on rear hinge, corners bumped with small losses consistent with use over time. Titling along spine has some fading, somewhat bright overall. Yellow endpapers with 4 pp. catalog inserted at front endpapers with light water staining along head of prelims. Light spotting within. Previous owner's name and date of acquisition in pencil on page preceding title page, "April 26th, 1851". Overall, quite tight to boards. [BAL 7604].
Ciccarello, Lisa; Gendron, James; Kendal Frey, Emily; Dunbar, Donald; Dickman, Michael; Haley, Jamalieh; Lichtenstein, Jesse; Bucko, Kate; Cottrell, Chris; Mains, Joseph; Schomburg, Zachary
Portland, OR, 2009
Portland, OR: Poor Claudia & Tale City Press, 2009. Limited. Wraps. Fine. A mixture of poetry and essays signed by all contributors and the illustrator on the inside front cover flap. Clean, crisp copy. Of the 850 copies printed, this is #506. Unpag. 8vo. Green paper wraps, clean and crisp.