The Paper Snake by Ray Johnson - 1965

New York: Something Else Press, 1965. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ray Johnson. A lovely copy of the February 1965 1st trade edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with 2 tiny, almost microscopic chips along the rear panel's edges. Oblong quarto, filled with Johnson's wild illustrations, correspondence art, doodles, poems, etc. Astute, pithy essay on Ray Johnson by William Wilson along the dustjacket flaps.

Something Else Press, 1965. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Hardback--1965 --book excellent--dust cover has slight edge wear

(N. Y.: Something Else Press, 1965). First edition, first printing, hardback issue. One of 1840 copies printed. A compendium of Johnson's mail art as sent to Dick Higgins. Inscribed by Johnson on the title-page: "With best wishes, Ray Johnson", underscored with a drawing of a snake. Dust jacket chipped, otherwise a very good copy, uncommon signed. Oblong 4to, original pictorial cloth, dust jacket. Dust jacket chipped, otherwise a very good copy, uncommon signed.

New York: The Something Else Press, 1965. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. Ray Johnson. The February 1965 limited edition, purportedly of 197 copies. In its rich-blue, patterned boards, this is a distinctly different binding from the pictorial cloth of the trade edition. Furthermore, this copy includes an original piece of Ray Johnson art, a 7" strip of collage (with thin striped paper running vertically against a deep blue), contained within an envelope fastened to the front pastedown. The book itself --an oblong quarto-- is clean and very presentable as well. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping --and just a touch of very lght creasing-- along the panel edges.

Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.

Mr. Munchausen .Used. Noyes, Platt & Company, Boston, 1901 First Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL, . artist/author of the "Hole Book" series. Used. Very Good / No DJ if originally issued. Front cover illustration in good shape. All colour plates present and affixed to the binding. No dust jacket is included if issued. Tight binding, gutters intact. Pages are fairly bright. A nice copy. Readers should get a Bangs out of it. 180 pages plus adverts.

Cambridge Univ Press, New York, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Fine. 430pp; This book examines the work of nineteenth-century American painters within the context of French art presented at the Paris salons, annual or biennial exhibitions of contemporary art that, at the time, were the most important events in the Western art world; Lavishly illustrated with two hundred reproductions, the book also includes a list of five thousand salon works exhibited by Americans throughout the nineteenth century; DJ has very slight wrinkling along the top and bottom edges; The book itself (both the cover and the pages) are flawless; Additional shipping charges may apply; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3-5 pounds. Category: Art & Design; ISBN: 0521384990. ISBN/EAN: 9780521384995. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 102383. . 9780521384995 Additional shipping charges may apply..

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1926, Cartoons by Camillus Kessler. Quarto, cloth pictorial boards, 274 pages, no dust jacket. Platinum Age comics depicting celebrities, political humor, captains of industry (and their first jobs), economics and social strata. Cracked hinges, toning, wear to covers, clean pages.
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Freddy and the Ignormus. First Edition, Jan 1951 5th Printing thus. Brooks, Walter R. EXLIB. GOOD/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, Copyright 1941, ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE.

Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.

Franklin W. Dixon: While The Clock Ticked (1932, Grosset & Dunlap Hardy Boys), 1948 Printing Thus. BROWN BOARDS, ORANGE ENDPAPERS. QUITE RARE IN THE ORIGINAL RED DUST JACKET. HARDY BOYS #11. GROSSET & DUNLAP. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD- ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. DESCRIPTION: The book is in an original red kidnap jacket. That jacket is original, has an orange spine. Loss to top and bottom of spine. with a triangular divot out of the letter H in the word the. The front panel of the dust jacket is unclipped and has a 7575 priced front flap. Back flap a blurb for "Touchdown Pass", dating this copy to 1948. Back panel of the dust jacket states ADVENTURE STORIES FOR BOYS BY ZANE GREY. BOOK: Brown boards with two boys in 30's period clothing at center. One wears a hat and scarf. Two sets of orange and white endpapers that show the boy with the hat up a tree with binoculars gazing at a cabin on a bluff across the way. Pages and endpapers are clean and bright. Black topstain. Copyright 1932 Grosset… Read More

THE MAN WHO LOST HIS HEAD. By Clair Huchet Bishop. RARE/SCARCE. ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT MC CLOSKEY, author, Illustrator of the beloved "Make Way For Ducklings".EXLIB. GOOD+/ NO DJ INCLUDED. LIBRARY BOUND. Red Geometric pattern boards. Copyright October, 1942. STATED SEPTEMBER, 1955 5TH PRINTING THUS. SUMMARY: "It's bad news when you wake up in the morning and find you've lost your head, especially if it's an especially agreeable and handsome head, but there you go, such things happen." Claire Huchet Bishop's charming parable is illustrated by the great Robert McCloskey, whose books for children include One Morning in Maine, Blueberries for Sal, and the Caldecott Medal-winning Make Way for Ducklings."

Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 366pp + several supplementary illustrations in the back; This book is dedicated to Karolik's collection of paintings, drawings, engravings, furniture, silver, needlework & incidental objects gathered to illustrate the achievements of American artists and craftsmen of the period from 1720 to 1820. Notes on drawings and prints by Henry P. Rossiter. Comments on the collection by Maxim Karolik; Published for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Signed by author on the front endpaper; There is substantial edgewear to the cover, wear to the crease, and minor discoloration; Pages are yellowed, but are tight and clean; Additional shipping charges may apply; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 5-6 pounds. Category: Art & Design; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Read More

Freddy and the Bean Home News. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, copyright 1943, Fourth printing Thus, Jan., 1952. Exlib. No exterior marking. Good/ no DJ included. A clean, solid copy. Please also see our Freddy The Pig Catalogue.