Chicago, IL: The Caxton Club, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. 54 pages. Nicely printed by R.R. Donnelley at the Lakeside Press. A catatalog of numerous books with some of them illustrated with facsimiles of autographs and inscriptions by the authors. A close to near fine copy in paper covered boards with vellum spine. There is some darkening to the edges of the boards and some minor internal foxing. Includes a laid in example of the original order form for the deluxe edition. Uncommon in commerce but well represented institutionally. Item #162288 More

Price: $200.00

New York: Pynson Printers, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Winter 1936. Contents include: The St. Mary's Press: A Chronology of American Printing by Lawrence C Wroth, A Scot in America by Israel B Kaplan, Mr Maude Remonstrated by J. Donald Adams, The Path of the Pioneer by Robert P. Eckertt. Jr., The 1866 Appleton "Alice" by Flodden W Heron and more. A very good plus copy with splitting to the interior at the title page, the usual darkening to the illustrated boards and overall wear to corners and edges. Item #165250 More

Price: $15.00

San Francisco, CA: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1949. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 4-31, 1949. One of 1200 copies printed at the Graborn Press. Preface by Julien Cain. Divided into three sections: I, Le Livre Illustre, 1937-1948, II, Hommage A Quelques Grand Illustrateurs Disparus, and III, La Reliure D'Arte, 1890-1948. A near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear. Item #158936 More

Price: $25.00

New York: Duschnes Crawford, Inc., 1948. First edition. Hardcover. April 1948. Contents include: Stephen Crane War Correspondent by Ames Williams, Almost Books, Frederick Goff, Reflections on Rarity by John Carter, Silhouette of a Librarian by George Boas, Holbein's Old Testament Woodcuts by Philip Hofer, This Harmless Drudge by Herman Liebert, and A Ghost from a Barber Shop by Carl Weber. A near fine copy. Item #165193 More

Price: $15.00

New York: Duschnes Crawford, Inc., 1949. First edition. Hardcover. January 1949. Contents include: Epic on an American Theme by Stephen Vincent Benet, Grabhornana by Oscar Lewis, Colored Paste Papers by Rosamond Loring, The Literature of the Gold Rush by Carl Wheat and Firsts, In a Manner of Speaking by Vincent Starrett and ilustrated by Susanne Suba. An about near fine copy with a little splitting to the top edge of the spine, some chipping and bumping to the corners and a former owner's bookplate to the front free endpaper. Item #165196 More

Price: $10.00

New York: Duschnes Crawford, Inc., 1949. First edition. Hardcover. June 1949. Contents include: On Belonging to Clubs by Christopher Morley illustrated by Richard Erdoes, On Making A Few Books by Alfred Knopf, The Typophiles by Deoch Fulton, The Frist Famout Print by A. Hyatt Mayor and more. A near fine copy with the usual darkening to the illustrated boards. Item #165245 More

Price: $15.00

Carbondale and Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. An anthology of essays edited by and with an essay by Allentuch and with additional contributions by William H. Gass, Eli Katz, Morris Golden and others. A close to near fine copy with some minor wear and Allentuck's ownership signature on the front free endpaper in an about very good dust jacket that has some chips, tears and a small faint stain to the rear panel and with a laid in order form. Signed and inscribed by Singer on the front free endpaper to Allentuck: "To Marsha Allentuck with love and gratitude for what she did (and will do) for me. Isaac B. Singer Feb 21 1970 (Pasadena, Callifornia)." Singer's inscription is perhaps prescient of the importance of this book in that he went on to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. Item #153882 More

Price: $350.00

New York: Pynson Printers, June 1931. First edition. Hardcover. June 1931. Includes an original limited edition linoleum cut by K. M. Ballantyne titled Wood Nymphs. The linoleum cut is 8.5 x 7.0 inches and it is in fine condition. Some of the articles from this issue are: Abbey at Franklin Square by W. A. Rogers, My First Novels There Were Two by Willa Cather, On First Getting Into Print, A. E. Coppard, and The Way of the Best Seller by Lillian Gary Taylor. A close to near fine copy with some light soiling to the boards but internally a clean copy. No dust jacket. Item #168552 More

Price: $20.00

Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia / Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1972. Second edition Hardcover. 420 pages. A clean and tight very near fine copy. No dust jacket as issued. Item #130871 More

Price: $20.00

London: Faber and Faber, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 494 pages. An essential reference work on the publications of Heaney who won the the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995. A very near fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Item #155306 More

Price: $45.00

Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. 369 pages. A bibliography of works from the author of "The Great Gatsby." Includes a number of illustrations. A near fine copy in cloth binding. No dust jacket as issued. Item #130219 More

Price: $30.00

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 200 pages. Preface by Priscilla Juvelis. A very informative look at these two styles of fine binding. Includes 252 illustrations of which 202 are in color. A fine and tight copy in a fine dust jacket. An invaluable reference. Item #160726 More

Price: $75.00

Dublin, Ireland: The Dolmen Press, 1978. First edition. Softcover. 43 pages. Features two essays as done for the The Dolmen Press New Yeats Papers XV. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers in a very near fine integral dust jacket. Item #170508 More

Price: $12.50