Recent Arrivals from Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA

Chicago: John Rudolphy, 1877. First Edition. Hardcover. Good nice tight copy in original cloth.. Quarto. 7.5 x 10.5 in. 407 pp. Uncommon.

(Yadkinville, NC): William E. Rutledge, 1981. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine in original black boards.. Quarto. 8 x 10.75 in. 184 pp. 'Second Printing, Revised and Updated.' Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs. Scarce.

Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology, 2000. Paperback. Fine.. 46 Vols. in 45. A large set. May require additional postage.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939. First Trade Edition. Near fine in original blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine.. Octavo. 7 x 9.5 in. xxxi, 660; xii, 655; xiii, 673; xii, 515 pp. With black & white illustrations throughtout; each volume with photographic frontis. Inscribed at half-title to legendary record producer Jack Kapp: "Jack Kapp /… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1972. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. About fine in original pictorial boards and near fine pictorial dust jacket, with original $4.95 price intact on upper-front flap and with the library price clipped from the lower front flap, as issued.. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. [xiv], 170 pp. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of black… Read more

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1984. First Thus. Fine in gilt-decorated maroon "genuine leather " all edges gilt with ribbon marker.. Thin quarto. 8.25 x 10.25 in. viii + [ii], 61 + [1] pp. Fully illustrated with color artwork by Michael Hague. Signed by Michael Hague with original ink drawing of Mother Goose opposite title page.

No place, No Date. Fine.. Mounted photograph. 5.75 x 7.75 in. total. Inscribed on the mount by Thomas Mann to Robert W. Smith-essayist, author, book collector, and martial arts master.

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1937. First University of Oklahoma Press edition. Near fine in original green cloth, with printed paper spine label, and very good pictorial dust jacket.. Octavo. 5.5 x 8 in. 199 + [1] pp. Complimentary copy, with publisher's printed slip laid in. Cf. Howes M-276. Inscribed by Grant Foreman on front free endpaper… Read more

[Prague]: (Artia), 1964. First Edition. Near fine in original white cloth, blocked with a design in black, and very good pictorial dust jacket.. Quarto. 9.5 x 11 in. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs. Inscribed by Josef Sudek on half-title in year of publication. Scarce signed.

Foster City, CA: IDG Books Worldwide, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in original glossy wrappers.. Thin octavo. 5.25 x 8.25 in. 118 + [2] pp. Signed by Tim O'Brien on title page. Very scarce signed.

Barnet, 1965. First Edition. Near fine in original stapled, mimeographed wrappers.. Thin quarto. 9 x 11.5 in. [v], 7 pp. Containing the complete 'Dead Star' MS by William Burroughs. Numbered 83. Signed in red at bottom of last page by W.S. Burroughs. Maynard & Miles C-122.

New York: Criterion Books, 1957. First Edition. Very good in original green cloth and good worn dust jacket.. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. viii, 248 pp. Designed, with black & white illustrations, by Jerome Kuhl. Inscribed by Elizabeth Lawrence in year of publication on front free endpaper: "4/15/57 / For Linda, / whose own / bulbs have /… Read more

[Minneapolis]: The Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger Editions, 1981. Near fine.. Broadside. Approx. 14 x 10.5 in, bottom edge deckled. Limited edition, numbered 40 of 90 copies and signed by Toni Morrison. Scarce.

[New York, 1949. Hardcover. Some wear to head and foot of spine, scuffing to label. All etchings in fine state.. Twenty-five copper plate etchings, each signed and numbered by Bernard Lamotte. All laid into original cloth clamshell case, with a large gilt-lettered morocco title label. Limited edition, numbered 4 of 100 sets. Scarce.

[Lexington]: (King Library Press), 2006. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy of a lovely production published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Jonathan's Greene's influential Gnomon Press.. One of 75 copies. An 11.5 x 17.5 inch portfolio containing six broadside poems signed by each poet, excepting James Still who was deceased. Each broadside is hand printed at… Read more

New York: G. Schirmer, 1941. Early printing. Paperback. Near fine in original printed wrappers. The score is signed: "Samuel Barber / March '78.". Quarto. 9 x 12" single sheet laid into a printed folio, entitled Samuel Barber Four Songs for Voice and Piano, as issued. The text of the song is taken from a lyric by Agee that… Read more

(Washington DC): (U.S. Government Printing Office), 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in original vellum-backed marbled boards with gilt-lettered morocco spine label in original blue slipcase.. Small quarto. 7.25 x 10.25 in. [10] pp. Printed beautifully with large calligraphic typeface, title printed in red, capitals in red and blue, pages ruled in red. Limited edition, numbered 61 of 100… Read more

Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1942. Paperback. Very good.. Thin octavo. Staple-bound. On offprint reprinted from the Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol. 30, No. 6, June, 1942. An early work by Skinner preceeding his famous Walden Two by six years. Signed: "With the compliments of B.F. Skinner" on the outer wrapper. Rare.

New York: powerHouse Books, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in full black cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket. Presented in publisher's near fine black cloth slipcase.. Quarto. 9 x 11.25 in. 142 + [2] pp. Fully illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs. Limited edition, numbered 44 of 100 copies and signed by Ralph Gibson… Read more

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine pictorial dust jacket.. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 751 pp. Winner of Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Signed by McCullough on title page.