LETTRE A MON PEINTRE: RAOUL DUFY
Oury, Marcelle; Dufy, Raoul Sumptuous tribute to Dufy, with texts and lithographs by Darius Milhaud, Jean Cocteau, Jacques Villon, Georges Bracque, Marc Chagal, André Lhote, Charles Lapicque, André Marchand, Jean Lurçat, Max Jacob, Jean Renoir, and Dufy himself, printed by Fernand Mourlot. 12'' x 9.5''. Text in French. Unbound sheets in paper folder, both in white leatherette chemise with gilt-lettered spine, the whole enclosed in outer slipcase with color lithographs mounted to front and back. Edition of 6200 copies, of which 5000 numbered copies were printed on vélin Arjomari; this copy no. 1859. 27 lithographs, including 8 double-page spreads, by Fernand Mourlot. A few very small touches of soil to pages; lithographs fine. Moderate wear to chemise, scuffing to extremities with small tear to corner. Moderate wear to slipcase with minor soil to extremities and some old cello tape to interior (oddly not a repair). Near fine in very good plus chemise and slipcase.- $1,000
- $1,000
H.C. WESTERMANN: Exhibition Catalogue and Catalogue Raisonne of Objects
Rooks, Michael; Warren, Lynne; [Westermann, H.C.] Scarce first edition of this heavily illustrated catalogue of a retrospective exhibition for the American sculptor, with critical essays by Rooks, Warren, Robert Storr, and Dennis Adrian. 12'' x 9''. Original dark orange cloth. In original unclipped ($95.00) dust jacket. 780 illustrations, including 220 in full color. 398 pages. Light edgewear to jacket, minor soil to fore-edge and rear jacket panel.- $400
- $400
SISTERS OF THE DREAM
Sojourner, Mary Inscribed first edition of the first novel by the NPR commentator and environmental activist, an narrative of Hopi women from the 12th to 20th centuries linked through time in dreams. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original gilt-lettered black and maroon cloth. In original unclipped ($19.95) dust jacket. 363, [1] pages. Inscribed by Sojourner on front free endpaper: "Cindy - I know you'll find sisterhood in these pages - may you also find beauty & hope! Blessings, Mary Sojourner." Minor jacket edgewear and creasing.- $25
- $25
LEGEND OF THE GIANT PANDA
Curtiss, A. B.; Golino, Mirto Inscribed first printing of this charming tale of how Giant Pandas got their black patches. Poet and therapist A. B. Curtiss often attends events with a large stuffed bear in tow - her ursine inclinations have translated into a number of attractive bear-themed picture books. 12.5'' x 9.25''. Original color pictorial boards. Original price-clipped color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Inscribed by Curtiss to title page. Jacket with mild edgewear. Tight.- $20
- $20
EXPRESSIONS OF DEPRESSION
Cober, Alan E.; Hess, Richard; Mihaesco, Eugène; Otnes, Fred; Jampel, Judith; McLean, Wilson; Bearden, Romare; Siegel, Anita; English, Mark; Folon, Jean-Michel First edition of this themed portfolio, a collection of 10 pieces by prominent artists depicting various feelings of ennui. In styles ranging from Magrittian surrealism to disturbing collage, this collection of artwork visualizes the dark feelings that can afflict humanity, beautifully presented. 17'' x 12''. Original black-and-white pictorial card portfolio. 10 loose leaves (as issued), each with color illustration loosely laid in. Artist bios in English, French, Spanish, and German. Ink gift inscription to inner front flap of portfolio. Portfolio with light edgewear and mild soil, one tiny closed tear. Leaves with occasional tiny shallow creases, one or two spots of faint soil. Illustrations bright and clean. Near fine in very good plus portfolio.- $150
- $150
BAY AREA HOUSES
Woodbridge, Sally; Gebhard, David; Meadors, Randolph; Campbell, Floyd; Baer, Morley; Sturtevant, Roger Inscribed first printing of this compendium of San Francisco homes, from the classic designs of the late 19th century to boundary-pushing mid-century modern structures. 11'' x 8.5''. Original coarse light brown cloth boards with brown stamping. Original price-clipped yellow and black pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. 330 pages, including index. Inscribed by Sally Woodbridge to title page "for André - Enjoy!" dated 3/3/08. Jacket with light edgewear, more pronounced with chipping to corners and spine ends; some sunning to spine, 1.75" closed tear near front hinge. Binding with mild edgewear, textblock with a bit of faint foxing. Interior clean. Very good plus in very good dust jacket.- $50
- $50
THE SONG OF SOLOMON
Raban, Zeev Beautiful postwar edition of "The Song of Songs" illustrated by one of the leaders of the Bezalel School, published in Israel. SONG OF SOLOMON, first published in 1923, is a fantastic example of the aesthetic goals of the Bezalel School. Founded as a Jewish counterpart to the English Arts and Crafts movement and other artistic collectives with strong social components, the Bezalel School was concerned both with creating beautiful objects and with establishing the decorative identity of the coalescing Israeli state. Raban taught at the school beginning in 1914, and his blend of Art Nouveau and Middle Eastern styles left an indelible mark on Israel's visual arts. A beautiful copy. 13.25'' x 9.25''. Original textured calf boards. Illustrated with 26 tipped-in color plates and various other black-and-white illustrations. Text in English and Hebrew. [60] pages. Rear board with faint gilt offsetting. Pastedowns with a touch of rippling to edges. Colors bright.- $150
- $150
MONTGOMERY’S CHRISTMAS ANNUAL 1953: Shots from the Canon
Montgomery, James Fourth of Montgomery's privately printed Sherlockian booklets, reprinting Claude Ralston's turn-of-the-century "Sherlock Holmes" song along with Montgomery's own assorted notes and essays. 9'' x 6''. Original saddle-stapled pictorial wrappers designed by Bruce Montgomery. Black and white illustrations. 26 pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Some foxing and soil to wrappers. Pages toned.- $100
- $100
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BIRDY EDWARDS: Three Days With the Molly Maguires
Kennedy, Bruce; Douty, Robert Watson Scarce pamphlet exploring the historical and geographic background of Doyle's THE VALLEY OF FEAR. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original black and white pictorial wrappers. 32 pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Light soil to rear cover.- $25
- $25
GENERAL GRIVAS ON GUERRILLA WARFARE
First edition in English of this reflection on the tactics and methods used by General George Grivas in the the liberation of Cyprus and elsewhere - a rare title, particularly in dust jacket. General Grivas's skills in guerrilla warfare were honed in WWII as the leader of Organization X, a small resistance force composed of Greek army officers who interfered with the actions of the Axis occupiers. After the war, he set his sights on the British colonial forces who occupied his native Cyprus, eventually facilitating the island's independence. This account of Grivas's successes and strategies is rare, especially with original dust jacket present as in this copy. An important work of revolutionary literature. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original brown cloth boards. Original unclipped ($3.95) dust jacket. xii, 110 pages. Small bookseller's label to front flyleaf, Savile Book Shop Washington, DC. Jacket with light chipping to corners and spine ends, some sunning to edges; tiny hole to spine, a bit of rubbing. Binding with mild bumping to corners and spine ends, a touch of shelfwear. Sound and clean overall. Near fine in very good dust jacket. THE SUN STOOD STILL: And Other Dud Dean Stories
First printing of this privately printed limited edition collection of these stories by Maine sportsman and Congregationalist minister Arthur MacDougall, originally published in Field and Stream - inscribed by the author. 7.25'' x 5''. Original orange cloth stamped in black. In original unclipped ($1.90) dust jacket. 179, [1] pages. Numbered and inscribed on front free endpaper by Macdougall: "No. 242 / Bingham on the Kennebec. May 10, 1939. - Arthur R. Macdougall Jr." Minor soil to jacket; several small closed tears and scuffing to jacket spine. DUD DEAN YARNS
Uncommon limited edition collection of Macdougall's classic "fish-yarn lore of the upper Kennebec." With a contemporary review laid in, lauding DUD DEAN YARNS as a Maine book "with a Maine Setting, written by a Maine Man; Printed in Maine on Maine Paper and Bound in a Maine Bindery." 8'' x 5''. Original brown cloth. In original unclipped ($2.50) dust jacket. 181, [1] pages. Edition of 900 copies; this copy stamped no. 99 on front jacket panel and numbered in pen on front free endpaper. Minor soil to jacket. 70 YEARS BY GAS LAMP: The Illustrious Clients’ Sixth Casebook
Sixth collection of Sherlockian writings by the Illustrious Clients, with contributions from Steven Doyle, Patricia Ward, Andrew G. Fusco, Leslie S. Klinger, and others. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original glossy wrappers. 245, [1]. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
Rare piece of Danish Sherlockiana, inscribed to English actor, playwright, and medical practitioner Eric Jones Evans. 8.5'' x 5.75''. Text in Danish. Original black and white pictorial wrappers. Black and white illustrations by Lauritzen. Edition of 500 copies. Inscribed by Lauritzen on front free endpaper: "To Eric Jones-Evans with all good wishes from Henry Lauritzen." Though no additional provenance markings, this copy subsequently from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Minor edgewear. LAS OBRAS DE JOSE GUADALUPE POSADA GRABADOR MEXICANO
Second facsimile reprint of the scarce original 1930 monograph on the Mexican artist, reproducing 406 of his engravings, with an introduction by Diego Rivera. 13.25'' x 9.25''. Original red and cream pictorial wrappers by Posada. Black and white plates throughout. Text in Spanish and English. 208, [6] pages. Minor edgewear, faint creasing to wrappers. PISH, POSH SAID HIERONYMOUS BOSCH
Signed first printing of the hilarious story of Hieronymous Bosch's long-suffering housekeeper, who must wrangle his bizarre beasts when they spring to life. Leo and Diane Dillon were a pair of "the world's pre-eminent illustrators for young people, producing artwork [.] that was a seamless amalgam of both their hands" (NEW YORK TIMES). Their artistry twice earned them Caldecott Medals - Leo was the first Black US American to receive the award - and netted them numerous other honors through their long careers, including a Hugo Award and three Coretta Scott King Awards. 12'' x 10.75''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($18.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Signed by Willard and Leo and Diane Dillon to title page. Jacket with a touch of rubbing. Bright and clean. RAGS
Complete 13-issue run of this groundbreaking countercultural fashion magazine, one of the first to document vernacular fashion. Founded by ROLLING STONE veteran Baron Wolman, with editors Mary Peacock and Daphne Davis (of HARPER'S BAZAAR and VOGUE), and artist Barbara Kruger serving as art director for most of the run, RAGS's blend of DIY anti-fashion, politics, art, and music helped define the look and feel of the early 1970s and paved the way for vanguard punk and hip-hop styles. OCLC locates some two dozen holdings, but with many major institutions lacking; complete runs (a rare trial dummy issue preceded) remain uncommon, and especially in collectible condition as here. Like ROLLING STONE, it was printed on newsprint, so issues are rather ephemeral. Though it lasted little more than a year, the magazine's cult influence has endured: from i-D, PURPLE, and THE FACE to Bill Cunningham and the Sartorialist, RAGS remains an underground favorite. Original stapled pictorial wrappers. Most issues 60-80 pages. Heavily illustrated throughout. Mild toning overall, some soil, wear to a few of issues. Overall, clean and sound. A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST
First edition of Anderson's alternate-history Shakespearian fantasia with elves, warmly inscribed to fellow science fiction writer Reginald Bretnor and screenwriter Rosalie (Bodrero) Bretnor. 8'' x 5.5''. Original blue cloth. In original unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket by Tim Lewis. 207, [1] pages. Inscribed by Anderson on front free endpaper: "To Reg and Rosalie Bretnor with thanks for wonderful hospitality. Poul Anderson 21/7/78." Minor scuffing to boards at extremities. Offsetting to endpapers. Light edgewear, faint chipping and soil to jacket. MANSTYLE: The GQ Guide to Fashion, Fitness, and Grooming
From the twentieth century's best decade and the gentleman's most quarterly publication comes this first edition - the scarce simultaneous hardcover issue - of the Manguide to Manfashion. Any good guide to style ought to be a handbook of hell and a descent into madness all in one, and where GQ's rather staid copy sometimes fails, the photography and the polyester blends of MANSTYLE never, ever do. Once, a man kept his waistline where he kept his waist, or several latitudes higher; once, he boasted a mustache above his tennis whites and a sea-captain's beard above his double-breasted dinner jacket and evening flares; once, he wore seventeen different vests in seventeen different beiges in a single night; once, he unbuttoned his shirt down to his navel, to be alluring, and masked his eyebrows beneath a thicket of feathered hair, to be mysterious. Once, it was 1977. 11'' x 8.5''. Original full brown cloth. In original unclipped ($14.95) color photographic jacket. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white. 150 pages. Some wear to top edge of the jacket, scuff to rear panel, and some foxing to underside top edge. Book has some foxing to prelims and last few pages. Mild toning overall. Else clean and sound throughout. Very good in a very good jacket. BIG AND BAD
Signed first printing of this reimagining of the story of the Three Little Pigs, in which the pigs and their animal friends band together to get revenge on the Big Bad Wolf. Twice nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, Etienne Delessert has a knack for creating stories and illustrations that are at once strange and delightful. His art has also appeared in animated form on SESAME STREET and in the psychedelic Swiss cartoon series YOK YOK. 12'' x 9''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($17.00) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. 32 pages. Signed by Delessert to title page. Jacket with a hint of edgewear. Bright. LOS DIBUJOS DE GOYA
First edition thus, featuring the drawings of Goya beautifully reproduced in a two-volume set, with introduction and notes by Prado Director Francisco Javier Sánchez Cantón. Two volumes, 13.75'' x 9.5'' each. Text in Spanish. Original quarter beige cloth with red boards; plates mounted to front covers of both volumes. Vol. I: plates 1-215; vol. II: plates 216-466. Ink owner name. Light wear and scuffing to boards. DRUNKARD’S WALK
Signed first hardcover edition of this early Pohl novel of mental health and number theory, originally published in paperback by Ballantine and serialized in Galaxy Magazine. 8'' x 5.25''. Original tan cloth. In original price-clipped dust jacket designed by W.I. Van der Poel. 160 pages. Signed by Pohl on half-title page. Evidence of owner label removal on front pastedown, offsetting to endpapers. Some wear to boards, light creasing and tiny bit of chipping to jacket. Minor soil to rear jacket panel. Very good plus in very good jacket. BORN TO TROT
Signed first printing of this racing horse story from the author-artist pair behind the Newberry Honor-winning MISTY OF CHINCOTEAGUE. Marguerite Henry found her writing niche in wholesome horse tales early in her career, and began her fruitful professional relationship with illustrator Wesley Dennis in 1945. BORN TO TROT was their eighth collaboration. 9.5'' x 7''. Original brown cloth. Lacking original dust jacket. Color pictorial endpapers of a busy stables scene. Illustrated in black and white and color. 224 pages. Signed by Henry to half-title page, below a crossed-out signature of one of the subjects of the book (Gib White). Binding with mild wear, a couple tiny spots of soil. Interior clean and bright.