Recent Arrivals from Yellow House Books

Octavo in wraps, 152 pp. Published in Hebrew as Koortov Shel Mavet, translated into English by Louis Williams. This novel takes place in September of 1973, but no date is given on copyright page. A glance at the volume shows it to be strangely prophetic of 9/11, not only because of the title, but also because… Read more about this item

Very good-. Limited edition, no. 90/100 with hand colored illustrations and signed by author, Julia M. Seton, and illustrator, Ernest Thompson Seton, on limitation page. Original wooden boards rebacked with leather spine and sky blue end papers. Wooden boards show some scuffs, scratches, wear, light stain and thin cracks to rear board. Leather spine with… Read more about this item

Good+, two volumes, complete. Limited edition, 'large paper edition', no 71/100, on handmade paper. One quarter leather with green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decorations. Leather spine show scuffs and wear, some wear to green cloth, mostly at corners. Brief description of book pasted on front fixed end paper. Crease along the edge of the… Read more about this item

Wrappers darkened, worn, and chipped, including large triangular chip at lower right corner on front (about 3x2 inches). Lightly bumped at bottom near spine, slightly affecting pages. Text in German. 206 pages, uncut.

Volume I has the SEAL and SIGNATURE of Hutchinson. Rebound in half leather (Sennett, NY). Marbled boards and endpapers, with gilt lettering on spine, five raised bands. Top edge gilt (dulled). Volume II chipped at top of spine, with amateur repair. Three top corners worn through to boards. Staining visible on bottom of side edge of both… Read more about this item

Front board detached, misc. flaws including rubbing and scuffing to spine and covers with some loss. Opens to title page. Shows only light foxing.  Worm hole at end of book, at top of pages, slightly affecting pages 207 - 224.  Has the bookplate of George Scott Esqr. of Woolston Hall in the County of Essex.  Solid binding. Volume two only.

Privately printed; Morrisania, NY, 1865. Limited edition, one of 250 copies signed by Dawson, this being copy #225. Quarto, 51 pages printed on heavy paper, bound in covered boards with leather spine with "Diary of David How" and "Dawson" on the spine. Printed from the original manuscript of David How, who enlisted in the Army of the… Read more about this item

Jonathan Cape, London, 1960. Second printing (first published 1954). A very attractive copy in dust jacket. Octavo, 253 pages bound in woven green cloth with burgandy lettering on spine and bird image on cover. Illustrated from drawings by Raymond Sheppard. VG+/VG+: Pages are slightly yellowed, light spotting to side and bottom page edges, but interior… Read more about this item

Dutton, NY, 1941. First edition of a relatively scarce Margot Austin title. This is a review copy, with the notice attached to the front free endpaper by a paper clip (indentations from the paper clip are visible on the fixed endpaper and on the title page). Square octavo, VG-, no dust jacket--edges are rough, corners are bumped,… Read more about this item

Boer, Munich, 1990. Slim quarto, 60 pp. The Book of Esther told in German. Illustrations in color by David Bennett. Laid in is a handwritten one-page letter from Bennett dated June 14, 2003, referring to work he has done since 1990. Also laid in are a current (June-Sept. 2003) catalogue of the artist's work at… Read more about this item

Claassen, Hamburg, 1970. Folio, cream-colored cloth with red & grey design on cover. A signed limited edition featuring text by Margarete Hannsmann and 40 original colored woodcuts by HAP Grieshaber. VG with mild soil to boards, slight rubbing to bottom corners and two tiny indentations on front cover near spine.

U of New Mexico Press, Alburquerque, 1945. The sixth in the important but rarely seen series published by the U of NM and the School of American Research. The subtitle is: Studies on the Natural History of the Rio Grande Valley in Relation to Pueblo Indian Culture. Square octavo, 182 pages. Some evocative photographs accompany this… Read more about this item

Macmillan, NY, 1924. Reprint of 1916 edition. Subtitle: "A new method of physical development for boys and girls based on the Ten Elements of Simple Tumbling and adapted from the practice of professional acrobats." An unusual book: a practical system of physical training built around the circus idea. Contents include how to prepare a show with… Read more about this item

Simon & Schuster, NY, 1956. First printing, "A" on last page. Near mint copy, signed by Bill Gottlieb, who took the photos and wrote the text and supplied family members for posing.

No date, no place, no publisher. Square quarto bound in white stiff wraps, title printed on cover. A series of 20 color photographs printed on one side with captions on facing page. Crieger poses his models against stark backgrounds, makes full use of color effects, and highlights them with erotic motifs. The impression is of Hollywood… Read more about this item

Fernand Roches, Paris, 1931. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies on handmade paper, this being copy #438. Octavo, 57 pp., plain white boards with dust jacket; tissue guard over dj; housed in a chemise and slipcase; printed label on chemise spine. Text in French. A number of gravure illustrations are scattered throughout the text, which is printed in… Read more about this item

Editions Du Scorpion, Amsterdam, 1931. First printing, one of a small number of copies, as it says on the colophon page. These timeless songs have been set to music and illustrated by Marcel Prangey, whose line drawings bring to mind Robert Lawton; however, the images in this book are definitely erotic, even shocking. Fifty-three illustrations, nicely printed… Read more about this item

Whitman, Racine WI, 1927. First printing, 29 pages. Text block sewn into cardboard covers with color illustrations. Each page of text has bright color illustrations by Harrison Cady. One of a series of Burgess books beginning with The Neatness of Bobby Coon. VG: name erased from front endpapers with a slight amount of abrasion; pages… Read more about this item

Patrick Donahoe, Boston, 1854. 4th edition of a title first published in 1845. Octavo bound in dark brown, blind-stamped pebbled boards, 208 pp. Much of the book concerns Irish history at the time of Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator of Ireland. The author was a founder of the Young Ireland Party and fled to America in 1848,… Read more about this item

Milano, Edizioni Dell'Esame, 1944. Monograph on the Italian artist and sculptor. Octavo, 217 pp., 146 reproductions. Paper-covered boards (worn, spotted and darkened) with woven cloth spine; wear along edges and corners. Front endpapers separated from top to bottom, but book still held together by three linen hinges. Back cover still tight, but endpapers beginning to… Read more about this item