Serette David (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Hardcover book, 8" x 9.5", text is near fine (light crease to first few preliminary pages) otherwise fine; covers are near fine - light soiling, no dust wrapper was issued; 934 black-and-white illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Solid VG hardcover. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. Stated first edition. Light tan buckram cloth with brown cover and spine lettering. 934 numbered photos of shaker smalls. A very clean and tight copy with no marks or inscriptions.

HC. over 900 B&W ill. (illustrator). unpaginated ISBN 0913823007 With PRICE-GUIDE Laid-In. "About the book itself, it should be understood that it was started as a scrapbook for my own enjoyment and as an occasional illustrator of some collecting point to friends. The pictures were taken, processed and arranged almost as you see them here during my ten year stay at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community." NO DUSTJACKET AS PUBLISHED. good, tan cloth (hardcover) light soil to cloth, no DJ as pub.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition Thus, Limited. First edition thus, hardcover in navy marbled boards, illustrations throughout, signed by Serette at the end of the introduction, and numbered 41/100 on the limitation page. The book has a mild lean to the binding, and a slight lift to the front cover, but is otherwise a bright, clean, Very Good+ copy. Miniature book, measures 1.75" x 2.25".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 1st. First printing. About 200 pp., 934 items catalogued and photographed, index, quarto format in beige linen, no dust jacket as issued. No owner's name, no wear, tears or soiling to contents or covers. A lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 1st Edition. Brown lettering on tan linen covered boards. 10-1/4" X 8-1/4", 926 photo illustrations of Shaker Smalls. Price guide included in a pocket on the inside of the back cover.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. This is a near fine, or better, hardcover first edition copy bound in tan linen, no DJ. Laid in is a price guide to items in the book. Also laid in is the first issue of the Shaker Smalls Newsletter. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good, bound in full tan cloth. Edge wear and toning to covers. Glue residue on front cover (below title) and fore-edge of pages, but doesn't affect volume. Weak toning to page edges. Illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. Small 4to 10 1/4" h x 8 1/4" w. First Edition is stated. Signed by the author on colophon page.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. First edition thus, hardcover in brown cloth, limited to 350 copies. The book has a tiny lean to the binding, but is otherwise a clean, solid, Near Fine copy. Miniature book, measures 1.75" x 2.25".

Second edition, first U.S. printing; limited to 100 copies of which this is numbered 18. Unpaginated. 6 cm. x 4.75 cm. 48mo. A Little Story for Little Children. Fully illustrated hand-stitched wrappers with red and silver print, a fine copy. Housed in envelope with illustration pasted down down to front. A fine charming alphabet miniature Unpaginated. 6 cm. x 4.75 cm. 48mo Second edition, first U.S. printing; limited to 100 copies of which this is numbered 18.

Wraps. Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition. One of 200 copies. Bound in a matchbook cover. Wraps. Approximately 2 inches tall. A humorous sketch of Francis O'Brien, a founding member of the ABAA and a prominent book dealer in Maine. David Serette, a Maine printer often publishing as the Yellow Kid Press, and primarily producing miniature books. In the 1970s Serette was a member and printer at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker community but left, publishing an apostate, anti- Shaker magazine that lampooned and critiqued the community and Shaker practices. GOOD+ condition. Toning to the covers. Light bumping and scuffing along the extremities. Faint crease/wrinkle to the first page.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. #37 of an unstated number printed. Wraps. Housed in original cardboard jewelry type box with Dave Serette label on the cover. Miniature book measuring 2 1/8 by 1 3/8 inches. Unpaginated. Illustrations throughout. A flipbook published by David Serette, a Maine printer often publishing as the Yellow Kid Press, and primarily producing miniature books. In the 1970s Serette was a member and printer at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker community but left, publishing an apostate, anti- Shaker magazine that lampooned and critiqued the community and Shaker practices. VERY GOOD+ condition, with very light fading and curling along the bottom edge. Box with some foxing and staining.

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine in Wraps. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition Thus. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. "By D. Serette, Boss Printer. 1982 Note: Only 75 sets of signatures survived to be bound. DWS." It appears that while 750 were printed in the original run (as a forerunner to Serette's Cherubikon), they were not bound until 1982. The contents are the same as Cherubikon, but organized differently. Based on 17th Century woodcuts given to Serette by Fred Anthoensen (Southworth/Anthoensen Press). Seldom found with its original sleeve. A very handsome copy of this rather scarce volume. Upper tips gently bumped, else tight, bright and unmarred. Original folded sleeve shows light shelf/wear and soiling, else bright. Mustard yellow wraps, black ink lettering and decorative elements, printed endpages, frontispiece. Small 64mo. (1 5/8 x 1 15/16). 28pp. Illus. (color plates).