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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Paperback Edition. Considered "China's greatest novel,'' this is a greatly expanded & completely rewritten version translated by Chi-Chen Wang. Of special interest to Edward Gorey completist collectors, this is another Anchor paperback for which he did the typography (NOT the cover illustration; this is by Seong Moy). Preface by Mark van Doren. 329 pages + lists of other Anchor titles in rearFirst Anchor Edition. Mass market paperback is downgraded to only Fair (& priced accordingly): heavy edgewear, soiling tanning, spine slant & creasing. But if you need it to complete your collection of these Gorey tertiary titles.it looks nice protected in its Free mylar collector bag! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Mass Market Paperback Edition. A new translation by Charles S. Singleton of Castiglione's classic work begun while he was attached to the court of the Duke of Urbino in 19th-century Italy. "It remains the most vivid picture ever set down of Italian court life during the Renaissance." An obscure Gorey collectible for the completist, this is another Anchor mass market paperback (for which he did the typography (NOT the cover, which, together with the 32 internal illustrations, is by Eugene Berman). From 1959, this book is in VG condition: generally quite clean but with irregular toning & tanning. Pages creamy white & unmarked save for former owner's name & date stamps, gift inscription, to half-title page. Binding straight & strong, pages creamy white & unmarked. Mild rubbing to extremities. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward; Berman, Eugene (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Mass Market Paperback Edition. Analysis of the social, moral, & political life of seventeenth-century France, focusing on the reign of King Edward XIV, in 304 pages with. 16 pgs of illustrations. Another Anchor paperback (A122) for the Gorey completist, though he did only the typography here; cover art by Jullian Philippe. The First Edition from 1953, this book is in VG+ condition: exceptionally clean, pages white & unmarked, very mild tanning & light soil to outside edges of text block & spine, which also shows creasing. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays before 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward; Philippe, Jullian (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Mass Market Paperback Edition. Another unusual tertiary collectible for Edward Gorey fans, this Anchor paperback (A-143) is one for which he did only the typography; cover art by Leonard Basking. Orig. published in 1956, this is the First Mass Market Paperback Edition from1958, in 232 pages. Autobiographical work in which the renowned critic offers "a symphonic mediation" on a wide range of topics from the perspective of turning 60. Condition is VG+: completely clean save for some light surface darkening, binding straight & strong, pages lightly tanned, heavier around edges, but unmarked. Virtually no edgewear save for slight corner creasing. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward; Baskin, Leonard (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: VG-. First Paperback. Contains "The Birds, The Frogs, The Clouds, The Wasps," & "Lysistrata." Contains Rogers' complete, unabridged translation & original introduction & notes. 343 pages. Of special interest to Edward Gorey completist collectors, this is another Anchor paperback (A57) for which he did the typography (NOT the cover illustration; this is by Antonio Frasconi). The First Anchor Edition from 1955, this mass market paperback is in VG- condition: very clean, pages white with very mild tanning, darker to outside edges of text block; completely unmarked save for old price stamp to ffep. Very slight rubbing & heavy toning to exterior; nicely protected in new clear mylar collector bag free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward; Frasconi, Antonio (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Thus. Another of the Anchor mass market paperbacks (#A12) so highly prized because the late, great illustrator Edward Gorey had a hand in their artwork. On this one, his contribution is unattributed, but verified per Toledano's bibliography. In 253 pages with Index & list of other Anchor titles in rear.Orig. published in 1931, this edition with the Gorey art came out in 1953; this is the FIRST PRINTING of that edition (First, thus). Condition is VG+: clean & tightly bound, but glued binding is fragile. Very slight rubbing to extremities, heavier at corners. Pages modestly tanned but completely unmarked, with a few very light pencil brackets on a couple of pages only. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback Original (PBO). Selections from what Jung referred to as "some of most difficult essays" are included here (see titles on back cover), focusing on his writings on the function & origin of symbols. Never before published , this is an Anchor Paperback Original (PBO) from 1958, notable because it contains the typography of the late, great Edward Gorey Leonard Baskin did the cover art. In 363 pages. Condition is VG: completely clean inside & unmarked save for former owner's stamp to first page. Light soil & darkening to exterior. Very minor edgewear. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag FREE! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward; Baskin, Leonard (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Mass Market Paperback Edition. A Scotsman traces the history of American politics from the days of Jefferson through the contemporary (Eisenhower) administration. Orig. published in 1954, this is the First Mass Market Paperback edition from 1960, and another Anchor paperback (A198) for the Gorey completist, though he did just the typography here; cover art by John Rombola. In 514 pages. Condition is VG: very clean with a stain on one page, slight darkening to exterior page edges. One page has 1 sentence underlined in pen & former owner's name in pen on first page. The chapter on "The President & Congress" is about half underlined, but in pencil, so easily erasable. Else, completely clean with very mild edgewear & lightly bumped corners, just the shadow of light creasing to spine. Protected in new clear mylar bag free! bright & clean & Brand New (unopened) as when it came from the publisher! Pages show whisper of tanning to edges, but unmarked. A hint of toning to back cover; nicely protected in new mylar collector bag FREE! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward; Rombola, John (illustrator). …

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition. Examines the reaction against Romanticism expressed in the "mechanical materialism" of this scientist, sociologist, & artist with the release of each of their groundbreaking works in 1859. This is another Anchor mass market paperback (A127) with Typography by the late, great Edward Gorey, cover art by Leonard Baskin. Orig. published in 1941, this is the First Anchor edition from 1958. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally bright & clean, pages show a whisper of tanning, but completely unmarked. Binding strong & straight--feels never opened. Nicely protected in a new mylar collector bag Free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward; Baskin, Leonard (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: VG-. First Mass Market Paperback Edition. Compendium of Freud's most definitive work in psychoanalysis, in 294 pages + lists of other Anchor titles in rear. Orig. published in hardcover in 1937, this is the First Anchor paperback edition from 1957. You're buying this, though, because you're a Gorey completist, as i's another in the series of mass market paperbacks he did for Anchor while he was struggling to make it as an illustrator in his own right. It is Anchor A115, & Gorey did only the typography here; cover art by Leonard Baskin. Condition is VG- (minus): generally quite clean, pages off white with slight scattered underscoring in pencil, some pen, & some marginal annotations--unobtrusive, for the most part. Front cover shows light edgewear, heavy crease to bottom outer corner, spine fading & that wraps onto each cover. Nicely protected in new mylar collector bag. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays before 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward; Baskin, Leonard (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Paperback Edition. Considered "China's greatest novel,'' this is a greatly expanded & completely rewritten version translated by Chi-Chen Wang. Of special interest to Edward Gorey completist collectors, this is another Anchor paperback for which he did the typography (NOT the cover illustration; this is by Seong Moy). Preface by Mark van Doren. 329 pages + lists of other Anchor titles in rear. First Anchor Edition (A159)from 1958. Mass market paperback in colorfully decorated yellow wrappers is in Near Fine condition: exceptionally clean & bright, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked save for former owner's name in neat pen to half-title page. Very shallow diagonal crease to outer-upper edge of front cover beneath price sticker; no spine creasing. Nicely protected in its Free mylar collector bag! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Mass Market Paperback Edition. In addition to being a esteemed 19th-century poet, Baudelaire was also considered one of that era's important art critics. Here, his most important writings on art are translated into English for the first time in this First Anchor mass market paperback edition (A84) from 1956. You're buying this, though, because you're a Gorey completist, as this is another in the series of mass market paperbacks he did for Anchor while he was struggling to make it as an illustrator in his own right. He did only the typography here; cover art by Leonard Baskin, in 370 pages + 79 black-and-white illustrations in a 64-page center section, list of other Anchor titles in rear. Condition is VG: very clean, pages off-white with just a hint of tanning, but completely unmarked. Front cover shows heavy tanning & rubbing to extremities, slight paper loss at all corners. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand! Same Day Shipping on all orders received Weekdays before 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Gorey, Edward; Baskin, Leonard (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Kurt H. Volk, New York, December, 1947. 105 pages. Illustrated: typefaces, borders, spacing, breaking. 8.5 x 5.5", cloth. Tips worn, cloth bit pitted, lacks ruler, upper hinge little loose, 2 bookplates, endsheet pencil note, else G.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. TYPOGRAPHER VOLUME XX, NUMBER 1 DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF FREDERIC W. GOUDY 1865-1947. SPRING 1960. Rochester, New York: Rochester Institute of Technology. 52 pages, gray printed wrappers, Very Good condition.

Condition: Very Good. 12 pages. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited edition, 379/1000. Signed by the typographer. Leather spine, marbled boards, 21 pages, plus signature facsimile section of many attendees. Flaking on the leather spine, a few dents to the edges, corners lightly rubbed and bumped. Slipcase is missing parts of the upper and lower strips, edge worn.…

16 pages plus covers. Oblong staple-bound paperback: H 17.75cm x L 24.75cm. Dark pink paper covers with some creasing and soiling; tearing along spine fold. Interior pages have some foxing and light soiling as well as creased corners plus several short tears. Pages 1-3 have dual English-German text "Columbia Zither. No. 2 1/2. Compiled and arranged by S.G. Cook" with remaining pages 4-16 being musical scores of English-titled songs (no lyrics) with notes number-coded for right (upper) and left-hand (bass or lower) play; page 16 cites "C.F. Loveland, Music Typographer, Boston." Songs are: "Nearer, My God, To Thee;" "Last Rose of Summer;" "When Other Hearts;" "Old Folks at Home;" "Love's Dreamland - Waltz;" "Star Spangle Banner" [sic]; "Pretty Girl;" "Forsaken;" "Flower Song;" "If the Waters Could Speak;" "Love's Old Sweet Song;" "Constancy Waltz;" "Believe Me If All Those Endering Young Charms" [sic]; "She's the Idol of my Heart;" and "May Day Polka." This publication may well have been an instruction manual shipped with the instrument. This particular title is unrecorded by OCLC but they do cite what would seem to be a similar 24 page item "Self Instructor for the Guitar Zither, No. 2 1/2, Columbia Zither, No. 3 1/2, and Zitho-Harp" published in New York by J. Schick and copyright 1898.…

Condition: Fine. - The approximately 2 inch high by 3 inch wide book label of pressman Fridolf Johnson is signed within its decorative green border "P. J. Conkwright". Near fine. After receiving a B.A. in history from the University of Kentucky, graphic designer and typographer P. J. Conkwright [1905-1986] joined the staff of the University of Oklahoma Press where he also received his M.A. in English and history with an emphasis on American printing history, which was the subject of his thesis. In 1939 he became the art director for the Princeton University Press and later taught design until his retirement in 1970. At Princeton he brought innovative and modern design to the conservative academic audience of university books and transformed the university into a center for innovative design. He had fifty books selected for AIGA's "Fifty Books of the Year" contest and received the AIGA Gold Medal in recognition of his work in 1955.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 3 vols. 8vo. Comprising: Max Rychner, Lennartz. Erinnerungen an einem Arzt, pp. 53, Baskerville type; E.R. Curtius & Max Rychner, Briefe, pp.51, Perpetua type; Carl J. Burchhart, Ein Vormitag beim Buchhandler, pp. 43, Walbaum type. Printed letterpress by Offizin Benteli or Stampfli & Cie. Handsomely produced in uniform black cloth coloured title panels. Caflisch's greetings cards laid in.…

HARDCOVER. Condition: Fair. 1st edition, limited. Unpaginated. Octavo in boards. Color illustrations. Light soiling to boards; interior unmarked. musty scent. Signed by illustrator on title page. Hand-numbered 97 of 100 copies on colophon.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 124pp. Photographs and illustrations throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (75/3).

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. 69, [1] pages illustrations 24 cm. Woodcuts by Mallette Dean. "750 copies issued by W.M. Roth and J. Swinerton from the Colt Press ; typography by Jane Grabhorn"--Colophon. Black cloth-backed red boards, paper spine label, illustrated paper cover label. Limited to 750 copies. Story of perhaps the most celebrated dancer and actress of San Francisco's Barbary Coast.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 480 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Gill, Eric (British sculptor, typographer, and author, 1882-1940) Correspondence. Sculptors, British 20th century. Designers, British 19th century. Art, British 20th century. 1 Kg. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Trade paperbacks. Both volumes are scuffed and darkened from age. Underlings are present. Bindings are good. Edward Gorey, typographer (illustrator).

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 480 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Gill, Eric (British sculptor, typographer, and author, 1882-1940) Correspondence. Sculptors, British 20th century. Designers, British 19th century. Art, British 20th century. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-backed colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 14 leaves, 78 pages, 3 leaves ; 21 cm. Notes; Typeset by the Ballantyne Press in Edinburgh, the book was apparently printed by its ostensible publisher, Valentine, in France to avoid possible legal action from the "Baronet," Sir William Eden (see Nigel Thorp, ed., Whistler on art, 1994, p. 164 for a letter to Sidney Pawling of the Heinemann ?rm). Typography and cover design by James McNeill Whistler. Partly also in French. Subjects; Whistler, James McNeill 1834-1903 Trials, litigation, etc. Eden, William Sir 1849-1915 Trials, litigation, etc. Eden, William Sir 1849-1915. Whistler, James McNeill 1834-1903. Trials (Fraud) France. Contracts France. Painters United States. Contracts. Trials (Fraud). 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Publisher: Kurt H. Volk, 1947, Good, HB, 105 pp., cover/corners & spine ends have wear. Book.

1st edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth-backed colour-printed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 14 leaves, 78 pages, 3 leaves ; 21 cm. Notes; Typeset by the Ballantyne Press in Edinburgh, the book was apparently printed by its ostensible publisher, Valentine, in France to avoid possible legal action from the "Baronet," Sir William Eden (see Nigel Thorp, ed., Whistler on art, 1994, p. 164 for a letter to Sidney Pawling of the Heinemann rm). Typography and cover design by James McNeill Whistler. Partly also in French. Subjects; Whistler, James McNeill 1834-1903 Trials, litigation, etc. Eden, William Sir 1849-1915 Trials, litigation, etc. Eden, William Sir 1849-1915. Whistler, James McNeill 1834-1903. Trials (Fraud) France. Contracts France. Painters United States. Contracts. Trials (Fraud). 1 Kg.…