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New York:: Albondocani Press,, 1980.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine. Prospectus laid in.. Limited, signed first edition. First separate appearance of this long poem, a lovely production, hand-sewn into a wrapper of French marble paper. Limited to 300 numbered and signed copies (only 200 were for sale.)

Stamford, CT:: Overbrook Press, , 1955.. First edition -. Fine in stiff dark blue wrappers with a red panel on the front cover.. First printing, a slim chapbook. First separate printing of this address by the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court delivered on the occasion of the Second Century Convocation of Washington University, St. Louis, February 19, 1955. A very fine copy in wrappers with Christmas slip from Helen and Frank Altschul laid in. One of 750 copies. 13 pp plus colophon.

Northridge CA: Lord John Press, 1992.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in near fine slipcase with light soiling.. Signed Limited edition #5/500 Bound in decorative paper-covered boards with spine in black cloth with a black cloth slipcase.

�[�L�a� �C�r�o�s�s�e�]�: Sumac Press,, 1953.. First edition -. Fine in stapled wrappers.. First printing. A look at footnotes from the point of view of the compositor, complete with footnotes in the text. One of an edition of 450 total copies ('350 for The Typophiles'), hand set and printed at the Sumac Press. Small booklet measuring just 6 inches tall by 4 1/8 wide, 19 pp plus a colophon.

New York:: Dutton,, 1919.. NF/VG (some slight loss of paper at the ends of the spine, but overall very nice condition for a dw from this era.) Prev owner's name on ffep.. Limited, uniform edition of Merrick's works - one of 1550 copies, 1500 of which are offered for sale. The first volume to be issued in this series, with an introduction by J. M. Barrie who refers to Merrick as the "novelists' novelist."

Los Angeles:: Sylvestor & Orphanos,, 1980.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in brown cloth with acetate wrapper.. Limited, signed first edition. One of 300 signed, numbered copies (out of a total edition of 330.)

New York:: McCall's,, 1966.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine black slipcase. . First edition. An attractive 'keepsake' - The essays in this book, 'privately printed for a few special friends of McCall's', were originally published in the December 1966 issue of McCall's magazine. The seven full-page illustrations, one for each essay, are master drawings selected from museum collections and include .Angel of the Annunciation by Raffaellino Del Garbo, Study of the Madonna of the Meadow, Head of the Virgin by Leonardo and others. An appealing small volume with color lithograhy by Foote & Davis, bound in marbelized boards with a black cloth spine, gilt lettering. Unpaginated. Publisher's slip laid in. 

Tartarus Press,, 2001.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in burnt sienna wrappers with self flaps, paper label on front cover.. Limited, signed edition - first thus. The final chapter of "Corelli's Mandolin," 98 out of 100 copies SIGNED by de Bernieres on the limitation page (out of a total edition of 300 copies ) riginal Wraps. Condition: As New. First Edition. no. 130 of 300 copies printed. Hand-set in Perpetua type by Alan Anderson of the Tragara Press and printed on Zerkall paper. Color frontispiece by David Johnson. 18 pp plus colophon.

Franklin Center, PA:: Franklin Library,, 1981.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in brown leather with gold lettering and designs, all edges gilt, watered silk endpapers, ribbon bookmark bound in.. Limited first edition (undisclosed limitation) Includes a special message by the author, not found in the trade edition. Illustrated by Mitchell Hooks.

Baton Rouge, LA: : Press of the Nightowl,, 1976.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in red cloth with cream pasted-on labels.. First printing. Each story is illustrated by a linocut illustration by Margaret Agner printed directly from the block. One of 275 copies in the regular edition designed and printed by Dwight Agner with Joanna Roman and Palatino types on Ragston paper (plus 30 copies in the special edition) 48 pp plus colophon.

McSweeney's,, 2000.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in pale green stapled illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a slim booket. Short fiction inspired by Kafka's "The Trial." SIGNED by Lethem on the title page. "Part of a collaborative sequence of stories with Carter Scholz. . . the image on the cover, commissioned by Lethem, is by William Amato, a Los Angeles artist. 14 pp plus the colophon.

Berkeley, CA:: Privately Printed (Lester R. Ferris), 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in gray boards with printed title, black cloth spine, dark orange endpapes. Uncommon.. First printing. The first separate publication of this article, the last written by Morris - poet, craftsman, and Socialist - written for the May day issue of Justice in 1896. One of only 75 copies handset and printed by Lester R. Ferris on Ingres paper (out of a total edition of 100 copies) 5 pp of text plus colophon, Small format, 7 1/8 inches tall by 5 5/8 inches.

Chicago:: Chicago Literary Club, , 1917.. First edition -. Good only in printed sage green wrappers - wear to both covers, but especially the rear cover which has a large triangular chip at the lower corner. The top edges of the pages are still unopened. . First printing. One of 310 copies which were printed at the Marion Press in Jamaica, New York for the members of the club in 1917. Includes a long "Proem" and extensive notes. An association copy INSCRIBED on the cover "To Ripley Hitchcock with the compliments of James Westfall Thompson." Hitchcock (1857-1918) was an author and an editor, who edited the works of Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Stephen Crane, Zane Grey and others. Westfall was a noted historian and author himself, on the faculty of the University of Chicago at the time he gave this address. Decorative vignettes on the title page and as a tail piece. 92 pp plus the colophon.

New York:: Albondocani Press,, 1977.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in a fine dust clear acetate outer jacket.. Limited, signed first edition. One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author on the colophon page. Set in Palantino type, printed antique laid-paper and hand-sewn into wrappers of French marble paper. The press work and binding by William Raquel and Ferguson.19 pp plus colophon.

The Torch Press,, 1945.. Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in floral paper-covered boards, black cloth spine, paper label on front cover.. First printing. Two brief pieces, each preceded by a photographic plate, "Privately Printed for the Friends of May and Harry Foster at The Torch Press, Christmas, 1945." 32 pp.

West Branch, IA: : The Toothpaste Press,, (1981). First edition -. Very near fine. . First printing in wrappers. First separate publication of this short story, illustrated throughout with drawings of car parts by Robert Ferguson. One of 850 copies (out of a total edition of 900) hand-sewn pale lime-green wrappers, with French flaps. Designed by and printed by Allen Kornblum on Frankfurt White paper. Unpaginated (20 pp)

Boston:: The Berkeley Printers,, 1931.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in illustrated boards, in a somewhat chipped glassine wrapper and in the original black slipcase, which is splitting along a couple of seams, has some rubbing to corners. . First edition. The first separate book publication of this short story, a mystery with a humorous twist, lighter in tone than much of Hawthorne's work, set in the Connecticut River valley; the text of this edition is taken from the first printing of this story in the New England Magazine for December, 1834. Illustrations by Walt Harris, including the endpapers and the front cover. Printed by the Berkeley Printers, Boston, in July, 1931. Five hundred and forty copies have been printed, of which five hundred are for sale. This copy is Number 18. 39 pp

Barre, Massachusetts:: The Imprint Society, , 1974.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in quarter red cloth with gilt lettering and tan paper-covered boards in a near fine slipcase (some sunning to edges of slipcase.). Limited, numbered first edition. #561 of 1,950 copies printed from Centaur type at the Stamperia Valdonega in Verona on Magnani paper - a handsome production of this collection of 5 novellas, translated from the Italian, edited and annotated by Bumgardner. Illustrated with four full-color and full-size reproductions of 16th century manuscripts. Notes. 144 pp plus colophon.

San Rafael and Petaluma, California:: Mt. Tam Press and Anchor & Acorn Press, , 2004.. First edition -. Fine condition in stiff cream wrappers with a turquoise printed outer wrapper. . First printing. Keepsake 'specially printed for the Joint Meeting of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club in Los Angeles.' A collection of 4 poems glorifying the printer's craft and a poetic puzzle (with translation) by Franklin P. Adams. Limited edition, one of only 250 copies. Illustrated with small engravings. 11 pp plus the colophon. Slip noting that this copy was presented to the Sacramento Book Collectors Club.

Rocky Mount, NC:: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press,, 1988.. SIGNED first edition -. Very near fine in illustrated tan wrappers (hint of sunning to spine). Limited, signed first edition. #6 of only 50 SIGNED copies (out of a total edition of 581 copies.) Memories of those who influenced Price in his early years. 51 pp plus colophon.