The Best of Art Young by Young, Art; Introduction by Heywood Broun - 1936

Patavi (Padua): Petri Mariae Frambotti 3rd edition with large additions.., 1685. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates (frontis of 3 male figures & Minerva on architectural stage + 50 plates & 2 text illustratations by Ruffonus, Gio. Georg or unsigned.. Three Books in One quarto vellum-spined thin pasteboard covers (tips bumped covers damp marked). Engraved title + printed title with woodcut PFM printer's mark (Minerva with owl) +3 full page plates preceding dedication leaf +[6]ppprelims +261p; Titlepage to "Pars Altera Libri Quatuor" with larger PFM Minerva printer's mark signed DR +[6]pp prelims +213pp + [21]pp indices +"Analecta de Re Vestiaria sive exercitationes ad Albert Rubenius Commentarium, accessit dissertatio De Veterum Lucernis" with repeat of printer's mark of 1st titlepage +[10]pp prelims + 155pp +Titlepage to De Veterum Lucernis with printer's mark +39pp +[16]pp index + multi folding copy of a Latin inscription. Neat early MS note in Latin on flyleaf about placing of 2 plates.The plates… Read More

Blakeney, Glos: England: Scorpion Press 1995, 1995. 1st ed. Fine in unprinted acetate dust jacket as issued. Red goatskin with various colors mixed into charcoal patterned marbled paper sides, red top edge and charcoal end papers. LIMITED EDITION, one of 15 LETTERED DE LUXE COPIES, This being LETTER "K". SIGNED BY ALL 28 CONTRIBUTORS which include H.R.F. Keating, Michael Lewin,. Susan Moody, Candace Robb, Reginald Hill, Margaret Yorke, Liza Cody, Lindsey Davis, Charlotte & Aaron Elkins, John Harvey, H.R.F. Keating, Peter Lovesey, Susan Moody, Peter Robinson... Ian Rankin signed some of the books in the manner of "Knots and Crosses" a reference to his first novel and that each one is different. The signature pages are continued at the rear of the book. An unusual and desirable item. From the beginning Scorpion Press decided to include four elements: all books were autographed by the author (or authors); additional material was commissioned about the author; print runs… Read More

SIGNED BY MS. OBAMA + BONUS PHOTO! This is the Deluxe Limited Edition with slipcase issued by Crown for the holidays. Includes a lovely bonus 5x7 color portrait photo of Ms. Obama. This copy is brand new and unread. IMPORTANT: international buyers please request a shipping fee quote prior to purchase. Signed by author.

Madison, Wisconsin: Evanescent Press, 1977. #13 of 60 copies printed. Signed by printer Lee Ruelle. Maroon Tri-fold Hardback cover.. Signed by Author. Numbered. Linen Cloth Hard Cover. Fine. Private Press.

Editions En Langues Etrangères, 1963. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A nice association copy, inscribed by the author to noted american poet and anti-war activist Denise Levertov. In 1971 Denise travelled to Moscow for the International Writer's Conference, and there she meet the Vietnamese novelist Nguyen Cong Hoan, whom she was particularly pleased to meet (according to her diary); and whom said to her, 'We are of one heart.' She would later dedicate her poem 'Modes of Being' to him. The inscription is Dated 1/11/72 and signed by Hoan. 267pp., with author's biography, and editors notes. Illustrated cover with flaps, and 6 b/w drawings throughout. Moderate shelfwear, else a nice copy overall.

Patavi (Padua): Petri Mariae Frambotti 3rd edition with large additions.., 1685. Hardcover. Good. Copperplates (frontis of 3 male figures & Minerva on architectural stage + 50 plates & 2 text illustratations by Ruffonus, Gio. Georg or unsigned.. Three Books in One quarto vellum-spined thin pasteboard covers (tips bumped covers damp marked). Engraved title + printed title with woodcut PFM printer's mark (Minerva with owl) +3 full page plates preceding dedication leaf +[6]ppprelims +261p; Titlepage to "Pars Altera Libri Quatuor" with larger PFM Minerva printer's mark signed DR +[6]pp prelims +213pp + [21]pp indices +"Analecta de Re Vestiaria sive exercitationes ad Albert Rubenius Commentarium, accessit dissertatio De Veterum Lucernis" with repeat of printer's mark of 1st titlepage +[10]pp prelims + 155pp +Titlepage to De Veterum Lucernis with printer's mark +39pp +[16]pp index + multi folding copy of a Latin inscription. Neat early MS note in Latin on flyleaf about placing of 2 plates.The plates… Read More

Blakeney, Glos: England: Scorpion Press 1995, 1995. 1st ed. Fine in unprinted acetate dust jacket as issued. Red goatskin with various colors mixed into charcoal patterned marbled paper sides, red top edge and charcoal end papers. LIMITED EDITION, one of 15 LETTERED DE LUXE COPIES, This being LETTER "K". SIGNED BY ALL 28 CONTRIBUTORS which include H.R.F. Keating, Michael Lewin,. Susan Moody, Candace Robb, Reginald Hill, Margaret Yorke, Liza Cody, Lindsey Davis, Charlotte & Aaron Elkins, John Harvey, H.R.F. Keating, Peter Lovesey, Susan Moody, Peter Robinson... Ian Rankin signed some of the books in the manner of "Knots and Crosses" a reference to his first novel and that each one is different. The signature pages are continued at the rear of the book. An unusual and desirable item. From the beginning Scorpion Press decided to include four elements: all books were autographed by the author (or authors); additional material was commissioned about the author; print runs… Read More

SIGNED BY MS. OBAMA + BONUS PHOTO! This is the Deluxe Limited Edition with slipcase issued by Crown for the holidays. Includes a lovely bonus 5x7 color portrait photo of Ms. Obama. This copy is brand new and unread. IMPORTANT: international buyers please request a shipping fee quote prior to purchase. Signed by author.

Madison, Wisconsin: Evanescent Press, 1977. #13 of 60 copies printed. Signed by printer Lee Ruelle. Maroon Tri-fold Hardback cover.. Signed by Author. Numbered. Linen Cloth Hard Cover. Fine. Private Press.

Editions En Langues Etrangères, 1963. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A nice association copy, inscribed by the author to noted american poet and anti-war activist Denise Levertov. In 1971 Denise travelled to Moscow for the International Writer's Conference, and there she meet the Vietnamese novelist Nguyen Cong Hoan, whom she was particularly pleased to meet (according to her diary); and whom said to her, 'We are of one heart.' She would later dedicate her poem 'Modes of Being' to him. The inscription is Dated 1/11/72 and signed by Hoan. 267pp., with author's biography, and editors notes. Illustrated cover with flaps, and 6 b/w drawings throughout. Moderate shelfwear, else a nice copy overall.