The CUSTODIAN Of CHAOS. Pomes.
London, Ontario: Applegarth Follies, (1975). 1st Printing. 71, [3] pp. Illustrations by Susan Porter O'Shea. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4" Grey paper covers printed in white. More
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MOVEMENTS Of LIFE.
Richmond [British Columbia]: Crestwood Press, [1970]. 1st Printing. SIGNED by the author on p. 1. 53, [1 (blank)] pp. Image of author to front cover. 10" x 7-1/2" White glossy stock paper covers printed in black. OCLC records only 5 institutional holdings of this work of poetry, none in the..... More
ARE WORDS THINGS? A Poem
Vancouver, Canada: A Pacific Trans-Power Publication, 1971. 1st Vancouver edition, and Second edition overall, #450 / 1000 cc. Unpaginated. Photographic image to front cover. 7-3/8" x 8-3/4". White glossy stock paper covers printed in black. More
MOVING OUTWARD.
Toronto: New Press, 1970. 1st Printing. Unpaginated. Drawings by Robert Markle 8" x 7-1/2" White glossy stock paper covers printed in black. More
NOTHING SPEAKS For The BLUE MORAINES
Delta, British Columbia: The Sono Nis Press, (1973). 1st Edition. 175, [1] pp. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Silver binding with blue spine lettering. Photographic eps. Silver dust jacket. More
UP - TO - DATE SMALL HOMES.; Price $1.00
Shreverport, La. Published by United Home Building Plan Service, (n. d.). 1st printing (presumed), ca early 1940s. Unpaginated, though 24 pp, each page depicting a different house plan. Short paragraph of descriptive text for each. Each plan illustrated with a b/w halftone photograph, with accompanying architectual plan / footprint. 10-1/2"..... More
PORTRAIT Of The OLD WEST. With a Biographical Check List of Western Artists.; Foreword by R. W. G. Vail. Director, New York Historical Society.
New York: McGraw - Hill, (1952). 1st edition. 232 pp (including Index). Illustrated, much in color. 4to. 11-1/8" x 8-1/4". Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
ADVENTURE In PUBLISHING: The House of Ward Lock 1854 - 1954.
London: Ward Lock & Co., 1954. 1st Edition. 108 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
AWAKE In Th RED DESERT. A Recorded Book
Vancouver, B. C. Talon Books, (1968). 1st printing. Limited to 500 cc. Unpaginated, though ~ 60 pp. Text printed on a section of green paper, then a section of white, then another section of green. Illustrated, with collages by Martina Clinton & Bill Bissett. 9-13/16" x 7-1/8". Yellow paper wrappers..... More
The IMMORTAL CHILD. A Christmas Letter to an Unknown Friend.
Montreal: Privately Printed, 1941. 1st Edition. Limited to 270 cc. 24, [2] pp. Frontispiece drawing by Adam Sherriff Scott. 10-7/8" x 7". Patterned paper boards with printed title label to front board. No slipcase. More
The 20th CENTURY BOOK. It's Illustration and Design.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1984). 1st printing of the 2nd edition. 271, [1 (blank)] pp. Index at rear. Fully illustrated with much in color. 11-3/8" x 3-1/2". Brown glossy stock paper covers, with front cover printed in color. More
AMERICA. A Government Publication.
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1972. 1st printing. Limited to 1000 cc. Unpaginated, though 84 pp. Cover, collages & other illustrations supplied by Ken Coupland. 8" square. Wraparound full color photographic cover. Short 5-line poem by Ginsberg, entitled "Coleman's America", to inside front cover. More
KERDRUC NOTEBOOK
Cambridge: Rampant Lions Press, 1972. 1st edition. Limited to 200cc. 47, [1] pp. 8vo. Brown cloth binding. Grey paper dust jacket, printed in orange & black. More
9142 -- SHIPPING GREEN TURTLE, Key West, Fla., U. S. A.
Meadville, Pa / St. Louis, Mo. Keystone View Company, (1898). Domed b/w images of 7 men on a dock, with a dozen or so sea turtles being gathered. Oblong format: 3-7/16" x 7". Pink mount, slightly bowed, with publisher imprint to either side, caption under right image. Rounded corners. Blank..... More
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN BOOKBINDING. An Exhibition Organized by the Grolier Club.
New York: The Grolier Club, (1990). 1st Edition. Unpaginated. Useful "Index to Binders" at rear, with short bio for each individual. Profusely illustrated, with much in color. Square 8vo, 8" x 8". Maroon wrappers printed in white. More
PROMENADE CAFE. ENGLISH GRILL. Rockefeller Center. New York City. Monday, August 6, 1951.
[New York]: 1951. 1st Printing. Single sheet, printed both sides, folded horizontally to form a 4 panel menu. Printed in red & black. Rear panel with address blank, "Address menu and give it to your waiter. We will be glad to mail it for you. Your Hose The Union News..... More
The PEERLESS COOK - BOOK. Valuable Receipts for Cooking. Compact and Practical.
Boston: Published by Redding & Co., 1886. 1st Edition (Axford, p. 317). Not in Bitting, Cagle, nor Wheaton & Kelly. 128 pp. Numerous adverts for "Redding's Russia Salve". 6-3/8" x 4-1/2". Original publisher's printed blue paper wrappers. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Author better know for her earlier..... More
GOOD BOYS. Price One Shilling.
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge. Printed by Edmund Evans. (n. d.). Ca 1866. Not found in Topp. 14, [2] pp. Illustrated with 8 full-page colored lithographs. 8-3/8" x 6-5/8". Original publisher's glazed green boards in "yellowback" style, with red & black printing. Yellow eps. Rear board with adverts for Routledges'..... More
VACUUM TUBES In WIRELESS COMMUNICATION. A Practical Text Book for Operators and Experimenters.
New York: The Wireless Press Inc. 326 Broadway, (1919). 1st Edition thus. 202 pp. Text followed by blank "Memoranda" pages, then 4 pages of adverts. Illustrated from b/w photographs. Numerous drawings, schematics & graphs. 8vo. Red cloth binding with black stamped lettering. No dust jacket. More
A CONQUEROR Of SPACE. An Authorized Biography of the Life and Work of Lee DeForest.
New York: Horace Liveright, 1930. 1st Edition. [8], 296 pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gold stamping. No dust jacket. de Forest "was an American inventor, self-described 'Father of Radio', and a pioneer in the development of sound-on-film recording used for motion pictures. ... His most famous invention, in..... More
TOUTE La T. S. F.
Paris: Societe Parisienne D'Edition, 1928. 1st Edition. 329, [1] pp. Illustated with drawings & schematics. 8vo. Black cloth spine [later?] over green diamond cloth boards. More
WWI NURSE'S POCKET DIARY. September 9, 1918 - July 20, 1919.; With Associated Ephemera & Momentos.
1918. 96 leaves of lined paper, of which 84 have some entry and/or momento affixed, of this latter which includes, but is not limited to: a cigarette from a soldier had returning from the front, wine bottle tops, a piece of German Gas mask, soldiers insignia, deck chair ticket stub..... More
For The NEW YEAR. Poems.
New York: Atheneum, 1984. 1st edition. [14], 65, [3] pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with silver stamping. Yellow topstain. Black dust jacket lettered in blue. Winner of the 1984 Walt Whitman Award, with Academy of American Poets "Complments" card laid-in. More
GENTLE ENCHANTER. Thirty-Four Poems.; With Translations and an Introduction by Brian Hill.
Chester Springs: Dufour Editions, 1961. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher. 79, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Dust jacket. More
The HEATHEN CHINEE.
Boston: James R Osgood and Company, Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871. 1st separate book edition, and 1st illustrated edition, printing B (BAL 7248g / 7425). 21, [1 (blank)] pp. P. 21 an advert. Illustrations by S[olomon] Eytinge Jr [1833 - 1905]. 12mo. 7" x 4-1/2"..... More