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Subject: American Art (Babbitt, B., Inv # 14861)
Babbitt, Bruce. COLOR AND LIGHT: THE SOUTHWEST CANVASES OF LOUIS
AKIN. Northland Press, 1973 (==cloth==). 1/1750cc. Cigaret burn
on bottome edge of cover, dust jacket repaired with
a square of tape. Good. $35.00.

Subject: American Art (Bolton, E., Inv # 14915)
Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. AMERICAN WAX PORTRAITS. Houghton Mifflin,
1929 (==cloth==). 1/550cc. Cover faded. Good, no dust jacket.
$45.00.

Subject: American Art (Franklin, B., Inv # 14898)
Oswald, J,. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN OIL AND BRONZE. William Edwin
Rudge, 1926 (==cloth==). 1/1000cc. very good, no dust jacket.
$50.00.

Subject: American Art (New York Historical Soc, Inv # 14907)
(New York Historical Society). THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN NEW YORK,
1726-1776: ADVRTISEMENTS AND NEWS ITEMS FROM NEW YORK CITY
NEWSPAPERS. New York Historical Society, 1938 (==cloth==).
1/400cc. Some yellowing, else very good, no dust jacket. $75.00.

Subject: Archeology/anthropology (Knights, M., Inv # 11368)
Knights, Mark. PEEPS AT THE PAST. Jarrod and Sons, 1892
(==leather==). 1/60 cc. 3/4 leather covers worn at edges. Some
foxing.
Illustrated with 17 drawings. Good. $60.00.

Subject: Architecture (Bennett, G., Inv # 17360)
Bennett, George Fletcher. EARLY ARCHITECTURE OF DELAWARE.
Historical Press, 1932 (==cloth==). Limited Edition. Spine a
little dulled. $100.00.

Subject: Architecture (Etter, D., Inv # 17377)
Etter, Don. DENVER GOING MODERN. Graphic Impressions, 1977
(==cloth==). 1/1000cc, signed by the author. $75.00.

Subject: Art Monograph (Hofer, K., Inv # 16399)
Hofer, Karl. BEGEGNUNGEN: FUNFZEHN ZEICHNUNGEN. Achivarion, 1959
(==cloth==). # 73 of a limited, signed series. Slight sehflwear,
else very good, no
dust jacket. $50.00.

Subject: Art Monograph (Lachaise, G., Inv # 15229)
Gallatin, A. GASTON LACHAISE: SIXTEEN REPRODUCTIONS IN COLLOTYPE
OF THE SCULTOR'S WORK. E. P. Dutton, 1924 (==cloth==). 1/400 cc.
Cover faded at top edge, else very good, no dust jacket. $65.00.

Subject: Art Monographs (Schutz, B., Inv # 16668)
Schutz, Bruno. NEW YORK IN ETCHINGS. Bard, 1939 (==cloth==).
1/2050cc. very good, with chipped dust jacket. $35.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Brown, J., Inv # 12452)
Brown, John. MYOGRAPHIA NOVA: OR, A GREPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF ALL
THE MUSCLES IN THE HUMANE BODY AS THEY ARISE IN DISSECTION.
Editions Medicina Rara Ltd., n.d. (==cloth==). Facsimile of 1697
edition. 1/300cc. bound in full leather. Fine. $50.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Dolphin, Inv # 12652)
Dolphin. DOLPHIN NUMBER TWO: A JOURNAL OF THE MAKING OF BOOKS.
Limited Editions Club, 1935 (==cloth==). 1/2000cc. Cover soiled
and worn. Good. $65.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Grabhorn Press, Inv # 12060)
Magee, David. NINETEENTH CENTURY TYPE DISPLAYED IN 18 FONTS.
Grabhorn Press, 1959 (==cloth==). 1/300cc. Signed by both
Grabhorn brothers. Near fine, no dust jacket. $145.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Gunst, M., Inv # 12648)
Stanford University. ARCHITECTES DU LIVRE: CONTEMPORARY CREATIVE
BOOKBINDING FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. MORGAN A. GUNST.
Grabhorn Press, 1956 (==paper==). 1/100cc. made for the joint
meeting of the Roxborghe Club of San
Francisco and the Zamarano Club of Los Angeles. Signed by Mr.
Gunst. Light soiling on cover, else very good. $65.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Haas, I., Inv # 12023)
Haas, Irvin. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIAL RELATING TO PRIVATE
PRESSES. Black Cat Press, 1937 (==cloth==). 1/250cc. Introduction
by Will Ransom. Near fine. $45.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Jugge, R., Inv # 12460)
Jugge, Richard. NOBLE HERITAGE: TWO CONJUGATE LEAVES FRO MTHE
FIRST EDITION OF THE BISHOP'S BIBLE, PRINTED BY RICHARD JUGGE,
LONDON, 1568. Southern Methodist University, 1973 (==paper==). 2
facsimile sheets nested inside boolet. Limited to 220 copies,
this out of the series. Fine in slipcase. $100.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Knopf, A., Inv # 12010)
Knopf, Alfred A. SOME RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS: AN INFORMAL TALK MADE
AT THE GROLIER CLUB, NEW YORK 21 OCTOBER 1948. The Typohiles,
1949 (==cloth==). Typophile chapbook XXII. 1250 presentation
copies. Fine. $35.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Kreidberg, M., Inv # 12161)
Kreidberg, Marjory. FRAGMENTS OF EARLY PRINTING. North Central
Publishing, 1958 (==boards==). 1/1000cc. Fold out broadside bent
at corners. very good+. $45.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Landacre, P., Inv # 12024)
Doro, Edward. THE BOAR AND THE SHIBBOLETH WITH OTHER POEMS.
Alfred A. Knopf, 1933 (==cloth==). 1/500cc. Front hinge starting
to crack. Spotting on cover. Good. $75.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Robert, M., Inv # 12038)
Robert, Maurice and Frederick Warde. A CODE FOR THE COLLECTOR OF
BEAUTIFUL BOOKS. Limited Editions Club, 1936 (==cloth==).
Translated by Jacques le Clercq. Covers shelfworn. very good.
$35.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Soemmerring, S., Inv # 12458)
Soemmerring, Samuel Thomas. ABBILDUNGEN DER MENSCHLICHEN ORGANE
DES GERUCHES. Editions Medicina Rara Ltd., n.d. (==paper==).
1/2500cc. 3 vol. Fine in slipcase. $85.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Starrett, V., Inv # 11968)
Starrett, Vincent. PERSONS FROM PORLOCK AND OTHER INTERRUPTIONS.
Normandie House, 1938 (==cloth==). 1/399cc. Fine, no dust
jacket. $50.00.

Subject: Book Arts (Starrett, V., Inv # 11967)
Starrett, Vincent. PERSONS FROM PORLOCK AND OTHER INTERRUPTIONS.
Normandie House, 1938 (==cloth==). 1/399cc. Fine in dust jacket.
$75.00.

Subject: Classics (Homer, Inv # 16447)
Homer. THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. Limited Editions Club, 1931
(==cloth==). 1/1500cc, signed by the designer, J. van Krimpen.
Spine faded,
else very good with worn slipcase. $85.00.

Subject: Gardening/horticulture (Inn, H., Inv # 12263)
Inn, Henry and S. C. Lee. CHINESE HOUSES and GARDENS. Fong Inn's,
1940 (==cloth==). 1/2000cc. Signed by Henry Inn. very good in
very good dust jacket. $75.00.

Subject: Gardening/horticulture (Lukens, T., Inv # 12280)
Sargent, Shirley. THEODORE PARKER LUKENS: FATHER OF FORESTRY.
Dawson's Book shop, 1969 (==cloth==). 1/500cc, signed by the
author. Spine faded. Cover soiled. Good+. $25.00.

Subject: History/Exploration (Burton, S., Inv # 15219)
Burton, S. Chatwood. SPAIN POISED: AN ETCHER'S WORLD. U. of
Minnesota, 1937 (==cloth==). 1/1000 cc. very good, no dust
jacket. $35.00.

Subject: History/Exploration (Firebaugh, W., Inv # 11352)
Firebaugh, W. C. THE INNS OF GREECE AND ROME AND A HISTORY OF
HOSPITALITY FROM THE DAWN OF TIME TO THE MIDDLES AGES. Frank M.
Morris, 1923 (==cloth==). #128 of 600. Signed by the author.
Illustrated by Norman Lindsay.
Covers chelfworn, a little more wear on edges. very good.
$75.00.

Subject: Illustrate/Children's (Voltaire, Inv # 16509)
Voltaire. CANDIDE. World, 1947 (==cloth==). 1/950cc. , signed by
illustrator Samuel M. Adler and Carl van
Doren, who wrote the introduction. very good with slipcase.
$35.00.

Subject: Illustrated/Children's (Angelo, V., Inv # 17097)
Khayyam, Omar. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. Limited Editions
Club, 1945 (==cloth==). 1/1500cc. Signed and hand illuminated by
Valenti Angelo. $125.00.

Subject: Illustrated/children's (Angelo, V., Inv # 16385)
Edgar, John. HYMNS TO APHRODITE. Valenti Angelo, 1949
(==cloth==). 1/150cc designed, signed and printed by Valenti
Angelo. very good+ $350.00.

Subject: Illustrated/children's (Dulac, E., Inv # 12859)
Milton, John and Lawes, Henry. MASQUE OF COMUS. Limited Editions
Club, 1954 (==cloth==). 1/1500cc. Light staining on front
endpapers. Bookplate inside
front cover. very good in worn slipcase. $85.00.

Subject: illustrated/children's (Jami, Inv # 11485)
Jami. SALAMAN AND ABSAL. F. Lewis, 1946 (==cloth==). 1/1000 cc
printed on hand-made paper. Illustrated by E. A. Cox.
Bookplate inside front cover. Spine slightly faded, else very
good+. $45.00.

Subject: Illustrated/Children's (Kent, R., Inv # 16434)
Kent, Rockwell. WILDERNESS: A JOURNAL OF QUIET ADVENTURE IN
ALASKA. Wilderness Press/Ward Richie Press, 1970 (==cloth==).
1/1500cc. Signed by Kent. Fine in slpcase. $125.00.

Subject: Illustrated/Children's (Stine, R., Inv # 15246)
Stine, Richard. SPARKS. Richard Stine, 1982 (==cloth==). 1/2000
cc. Signed by author. Inscription on front fly with pen
drawing by author. very good with lightly torn dust jacket.
$35.00.

Subject: Illustrated/Children's (Stone, R., Inv # 17230)
Melville, Herman. OMOO. Limited Editions Club, 1961 (==cloth==).
1/1500cc. Signed by engraver Reynolds Stone. $100.00.

Subject: literature (Alexander, H., Inv # 15242)
Alexander, Hartley. GOD'S DRUM AND OTHER CYCLES FROM INDIAN LORE.
E. P. Dutton and Co., 1927 (==cloth==). 1/750 cc. Signed by
author and illustrator Anders John Haugseth.
With handwritten, signed poem on seperate sheet. Cover
shelfworn
and fadedat top. very good, no dust jacket. $100.00.

Subject: Literature (Borrow, G., Inv # 15021)
Borrow, G. LAVENGRO. Limited Editions Club, 1936 (==cloth==).
1/1500cc, signed by illustrator, Barnett Freedman. Some
shelfwear,
else very good, no dust jacket. $60.00.

Subject: Literature (Erasme, Inv # 11489)
Erasma. L' ELOGE DE LA FOLIE. Gilbert Jeune/ Librairie
d'Amateurs, 1951 (==paper==). In french. 1/4500 cc. Translated
from the Latin by de Laveaux.
Illustrated in color by Dubout.Some shelfwear on wraps, else
very good. $95.00.

Subject: Literature (Fontenelle, B., Inv # 12999)
Fontenelle, Bernard de. A. PLURALITY OF WORDS. Nonesuch Press,
1929 (==vellum==). 1/1200cc. Translated by John Glanvill.
Prologue by David Garnett.
Bound in vellum. Fine in slipcase $125.00.

Subject: Literature (Gibbon, Inv # 9953)
Gibbon. GIBBON'S JOURNEY FROM GENEVA TO ROME: HIS JOURNAL FROM 20
APRIL TO 2 OCTOBER 1764. Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1961
(==leather==). Limited to 100 copies; this 64. Edited by Georges
A. Bonnard.
Bound in vellum. Fine. $225.00.

Subject: Literature (Harte, B., Inv # 12996)
Harte, Bret. THE WILD WEST. Harrison of Paris, 1930 (==cloth==).
1/840cc. Porchoir illustrations by Pierre Falke. Spine darkened,
else very good in slipcase. $100.00.

Subject: Literature (Hudson, W., Inv # 16670)
Huson, W. H. GREEN MANSIONS: A ROMANCE OF THE TROPICAL FOREST.
Limited Editions Club, 1935 (==cloth==). 1/1500cc. Signed by the
illustrator Edward A. Wilson. Ť
Introduction by William Beebe. very good, no slipcase. $40.00.

Subject: Literature (Johnson, S., Inv # 12993)
Tinker, Chauncey Brewster. THE WEDGEWOOD MEDALLION OF SAMUEL
JOHNSON. Harvard University Press, 1926 (==cloth==). 1/385cc.
Signed by printer, Bruce Roberts. Some yellowing at
edges. Cover shelfworn, else very good in worn slipcase.
$125.00.

Subject: Literature (Laboureur, J., Inv # 9880)
Cazotte, Jacques. DEVIL IN LOVE. Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925
(==cloth==). Limited to 365 copies; this #5. With six copper
engraving by J. E.
Laboureur. Pages uncut. Irridescent, marbled covers. Spine
slightly worn. very good in worn slipcase. $125.00.

Subject: Literature (Lesage, A., Inv # 12994)
Lesage, Alain-Rene. THE ADVENTURES OF GIL BLAS DE SANTILLANE.
Limited Editions Club, 1937 (==cloth==). 1/1500cc. 2 vols. Signed
by the illustrator, John Austen.
Translated by Tobias Smollett. Introduction by J. B.
Priestley.
Edges lightly shelfworn. very good in dust jacket. $75.00.

Subject: Literature (Levertov, D., Inv # 16500)
Levertov, Denise. MODULATIONS FOR SOLO VOICE. Five Trees Press,
1977 (==paper==). 1/250cc. Perfect bound. very good. $35.00.

Subject: literature (Levertov, D., Inv # 8493)
Levertov, Denise. TWO POEMS. William B. Ewert, 1983 (==cloth==).
Limited to 250 copies. With 1 wood engraving by Gillian Tyler.
Signed by poet and illustrator. Mint $75.00.

Subject: literature (McClure, M., Inv # 17227)
McClure, Michael. THE CHERUB. Black Sparrow, 1970 (==cloth==).
1/250cc. Signed by the author. $75.00.

Subject: literature (Mitchell, M., Inv # 17248)
Mitchell, Margaret. GONE WITH THE WIND. Limited Editions Club,
1968 (==cloth==). 1/1500cc. Signed by illustrator John Groth.
Introduction by HenryŤ
Steele Commager. $125.00.

Subject: literature (Morris, W., Inv # 17092)
Morris, Wright. A CLOAK OF LIGHT. Franklin Mint, 1985
(==leather==). Signed, limited first edition. $75.00.

Subject: Literature (Murdock, I., Inv # 14846)
Murdock, Iris. BOOK AND THE BROTHERHOOD. Franklin Library, 1988
(==leather==). Signed first ed. Fine. $75.00.

Subject: literature (Percy, W., Inv # 17093)
Percy, Walker. THE THANTOS SYNDROME. Franklin Mint, 1987
(==leather==). Signed, limited first ed. $75.00.

Subject: Literature (Sandburg, C., Inv # 16584)
Sandburg, Carl. POEMS OF THE MIDWEST. World, 1946 (==cloth==).
1/950cc. Fine in slipcase. $50.00.

Subject: Literature (Smollett, T., Inv # 12995)
Smollett, Tobias. ADVENTURES OF PEREGRINE PICKLE, IN WHICH IS
INCLUDED MEMOIRS OF A LADY OF QUALITY. Limited Editions Club,
1936 (==cloth==). 1/1500cc. 2 vols. Signed by the illustrator,
John Austen.
Introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Edges lightly shelfworn.
very good+ in
dust jacket. $65.00.

Subject: Literature (Walters, E., Inv # 13000)
Walters, Eurof. THE SERPENT'S PRESENCE. Golden Cockerel Press,
1954 (==cloth==). 1/290cc. Illustrated by Clifford Webb. Very
light soiling on
cover. very good. $100.00.

Subject: Literature (Warren, R., Inv # 14845)
Warren, Robert Penn. A PLACE TO COME TO. Ramdon House, 1977
(==cloth==). 1/350cc. Signed by the author. Spine faded, else
very good with dust jacket. $60.00.

Subject: Literature (Whistler, R., Inv # 12998)
Hadfield, John, ed. GEORGIAN LOVE SONGS. Cupid Press, 1949
(==cloth==). 1/660cc. Illustrated by Rex Whistler. Spine a little
shelfeworn,
else very good in slipcase. $50.00.

Subject: Medicine (Mercurialis, H., Inv # 10282)
Mercurialis, Hieronymous. DE ARTE GYMNASTICA. Scolar press, n.d.
(==leather==). Limited to 2300; this #853. Reprinted from a copy
of the 1672
edition. In slipcase. Near mint. $75.00.

Subject: Native America (Ewing, D., Inv # 14784)
Ewing, Douglas C. PLEASING THE SPIRITS: A CATALOGUE OF A
COLLECTION OF AMERICAN INDIAN ART. Ghylen, 1982 (==cloth==). Fine
in dust jacket. $150.00.

Subject: Performing Arts (Armstrong, L., Inv # 16374)
Meryman, Richard. LIFE AND THOUGHTS OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG-- A SELF
PORTRAIT. Eakins Press, 1996 (new ==cloth==). Special ed.
1/100cc. With slipcase. $112.50.

Subject: Performing Arts (Goethe, J., Inv # 9948)
Goethe. FAUST. Hyperionverlag Hans Von Weber, 1912 (==leather==).
Bound in vellum. Limited to 550 copies; this 366. 2 volumes.
Quarto size. Slight soiling on covers, else very good+.
$195.00.

Subject: Western Americana (Root, R., Inv # 10886)
Root, Riley. JOURNAL OF TRAVELS FROM ST. JOSEPHS TO OREGON.
Biobooks, 1955 (==cloth==). With descriptions of California and
its gold mines. Fine. Limited
to 500cc. $30.00.

Subject: Western Americana (Truman, S., Inv # 17228)
Mathes, Michael. MISSIONS. California Historical Society, 1980
(==cloth==). 1/950cc. Signed by the photographer, Stanley Truman.
$50.00.

Subject: Western Religion (Hudleston, D., Inv # 16666)
Hudleston, Dom Roger. LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS ASSISI.
Limited Editions Club, 1930 (==cloth==). Near fine in slipcase.
$125.00.

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