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Macmillan, New York. 1928. 1st ed.. Inscribed by Garland, with added signature of Rudy . CONDITION: Good. Covers: front hinge cracked, light surface wear, a little more so at top of spine. Newspaper review affixed to ba ck free end paper has browned and left image transfer on facing p age. Signed by Garland on front pastedown; two photographs of Ga rland and company on the half-title, along with a guest pass to t he Regent’s Park Zoological Gardens signed by Rudyard Kipling w ho, as a member, gave Garland admittance. Another photo of Garlan d on the verso and a fourth affixed to a blank page facing page 2 05. Unknown whether the extra items were added by Garland or anot her. .

NY: Dodd, Mead & Company. 1931. 8vo, marbled boards, black cloth spine lettered in gold, t.e.g, r ibbon place marker. 1st ed. Limited to 1000 copies. An essay publ ished in tribute to McCutcheon who was a noted collector of first editions and a lover of fine books. Introduction by William Dana Orcutt who designed the .

1st ed. 8vo, ¼-parchment backed marbled boards. 70 pp. Limited to 500 copies. With eleven collotype facsimiles.
CONDITION: Near Fine, some fading to board extremities

1st Edition. 64 pp. each, several full-page illustrations.
Rollo to Rebecca [Spring]Juvenile Temptations [Summer]A Paper Menagerie [Autumn]The Children's Hour [Winter]#####
Selections of classic and modern children's literature, table and board games, card games, jig-saws and picture cubes, optical toys, and mechanical and novelty books. 491 items in all. Limited to 500 copies issued to annual subscribers.
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CONDITION: The first three are very good-near fine -- clean, tight copies with only very minor edge-wear. The fourth is similar internally, but covers are lightly toned, with a small bit of rubbing in lower front.

8vo, wrappers. 84 pp. Pristine copy; 1st edition of this indispensable reference for Hammett and Chandler collectors. limited to only 500 copies. As-new.

Ground breaking bibliography in the field of detective fiction; the first bibliography of the detective short story. One of 1060 copies of which 1000 were offered for sale. Several closed tears in dust jacket edges and spine; otherwise a nice clean copy.

Book Club of California. Fine. 1993. 1st thus.. Inscribed by author Gary Kurutz . 1st ed. thus, small 4to, 57 pp. One of 390 copies with a tipped in original leaf from the 1914 First Edition of Cowan's work. The Book Club of California, publication 201. Gray cloth boards and paper cover, printed title label on front cover. Pristine copy; g ray cloth backed boards with black titles in a fine mylar jacket. This copy inscribed by Kurutz on the front end paper. Prospectus laid in. .

NY: Robert T. McBride & Company. 1927. First edition. 12mo stapled slate blue wrappers. Simultaneously p ublished in hardcover. 32 pp. biographical and bibliographic stud y by the noted critic. Published for free distribution to promot e the Kalki Edition of Cabell's works. .

Paris: Dorbon Aine. 1928. 1st ed,. 8vo, softcovers rebound in gray cloth. Classic reference on the art of the woodcut, with emphasis on the revival of the art in We stern Europe during the first quarter of the 20th century. 239 wo odblocks, 9 in color. 177 original illustrations. No. 18 of 1000 copies; a prior owner has neatly written in pencil which woodcuts are originals and which previously published; owner's inked name on front flyleaf, otherwise a fine copy in original paper wraps, subsequently rebound in gray cloth. .

Paris: : Chambre Syndicale des D’Art. Good. 1925. 1st ed.. Première Année 1925, Deuxième Année 1926-1927, Troisième Ann ée 1928-1929. First editions. All three years published. 4to [1 0”x12.5”], paper wrappers in printed dust-jackets. Unpaginate d, but approx.. 200 pp. each volume. The first volume is limited to printing of 2000 copies and the third volume 1800; the second volume has no designation. Plain sewn wrappers, with volume 1 in library binding with original wrappers bound in. A remarkable p ublication consisting of announcements of limited edition illustr ated books to appear between 1925-29, accompanied by samples from the works. More than 20 Parisian art publishers represented. Pro fusely illustrated, with most images color. Extensive examples of book design, including covers, title pages and text pages, and t he work of numerous artists, including… Read More

London: The Studio. Good+. 1928. 1st ed.. Quarter vellum, gilt, 4to., vii, 186 pages. Illustrated with one and two color facsimiles and tipped-in color plates and samples. Printed at the Curwen Press. Includes essays on book design in a variety of countries by a variety of authors. Profusely illustrat ed with samples. Good+. A clean, tight copy overall but with some were to edges and corners and a 1" closed tear in the vellum on spine. Prior owner's signature inside front hinge; bookseller lab el inside back cover .

Heian / Dohosha, South San Francisco . Fine.. 1979. 1st ed.. textiles, fabric, design . 1st ed. Folio, red cloth, 248 pp.; 236 color plates and15 in b/w of fabric designs -- plus bibliography. An Important publication on Peruvian textiles from a private collection. A fine copy in VG -near fine d/w and slipcase. The book itself is as-new. The dust jacket has some light edgewear, especially at top of spine. The c ardboard slipcase has a few nicks and very small stains. .

Brooklyn, NY: Merganthaler Linotype Co. Fine. 1930. 1st thus.. 12mo. One of 400 copies printed in Linotype Granjon on Kelmscott hand-made paper. Quarter parchment with marbled paper-covered boa rds." Reprint of the original which was published in Frankfort in 1568. Six engraved illustrations representing the printing trade s: the printer, bookbinder, type-founder, papermaker, draughtsman and woodcutter as well as the original verses by Hans Sachs, a p opular Nuremberg poet. With an additional leaf loosely laid in sh owing the text of two short letters to the publisher explaining t he disposition of two copies of this book to the Bodley library. Pristine copy. .

The famed bookseller's first two catalogs, Feb-March 1885. (1) Catalogue of the Historical and Bibliographic Works of Mr. Henry Stevens of Vermont (2) A Catalogue Of Books And Pamphlets Relating To New Hampshire…
5-5/8"x8.75", printed, stitched wrappers. 12 pp., 40 pp.
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CONDITION: Covers are Fair; well worn, toned and with numerous small edge chips. One cover partially detached, vertical fold on both. text blocks GOOD – clean and crisp with no marks, corners chipped.
Henry Stevens emigrated from his native Vermont to London and became a legendary bookseller. He supplied the great libraries and collectors of the world with Americana and other remarkable rare books. One of the indispensable reference works in the field is his 1926 catalog "Rare Americana, A Catalogue of Historical and Geographical Books, Pamphlets, and Manuscripts Relating to America". These two catalogs published in February and March, 1885 are the first catalogs issued by the firm after Stevens was joined by his son. These… Read More