New York, (1969): The World Publishing Co. First Edition. Octavo. 201(1) pp. A series of essays selected from her monthly magazine, The Objectivist. She defines the nature of art and lays the foundation of a new, rational esthetics as revolutionary as her theory of ethics. She surveys and analyzes the..... More
Boston: Ginn and Co., 1889. Small Octavo. 346 pp., (5) pp. publisher's ads. edited with some remarks on the class-room study of Shakespeare. This edition has been enlarged with examinations of King lear, Othello, and the Merchant of Venice. This is a study guide which helps a student to learn..... More
Oakland, Ca. (1991): Grahame H. Hardy, 1949. Oblong Quarto. Second edition. Frontispiece, 58 (5) pp. Signed by both authors on the front free endpaper, decorations by E.S. Hammack with maps and lettering by Frederic Shaw. The story of the golden railroad to yesterday. The railroad which made possible the Big..... More
New York; (1998): Harcourt Brace and Co. First Edition. Octavo. . 364 pp. In 1965, there was a notorious feud between family and Robert, at which point Robert was thrown out of his family's winery. Mr. Mondavi decided he would not be defeated. With the same drive and enthusiasm, he..... More
Albuquerque: The University of New Mexico Press, 1952. First Edition. Octavo. Inscribed by Dykes to a bookseller named Bill. 186 pp. The second printing, with corrections: A richly annotated checklist of books, dime novels, and rare pamphlets written about a young avenger whose story passed myth into legend. Bound in..... More
Middletown, (Conn): For Isaac Riley, 1803. Small Octavo. xx, (7), (1)-160, (4) pp. index. 6th edition. Since the publication of the first edition, there has been added, An Analysis of the Law; a Treatise of Particular Estates, and observations on a Deed of Feoffment, and in this edition, a Translation..... More
London: For J. Walker et By S. Hamilton, 1819. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece, engraved vignette title page and regular title page, 322 pp. First published in 1726, Gulliver's Travels describes four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. He soon discovers Lilliput, a world in miniature. He is a giant to..... More
(Santa Fe, N. Mexico, 2005): Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian. First Edition. Quarto. 209 (1) pp. Laid in is a color 8" x 10" signed photograph of Charles Loloma (1921-1991). Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Wheelwright Museum May 14-October 23, 2005. Compiled and edited by Jonathan..... More
Boston, (1980): New York Graphic Society. First Edition. Quarto. . 321(1) pp., Foreword by Carl Schaefer Dentzel, illustrated in color and in black and white. This work is the only complete book about the first generation of Taos painters, ten men and one woman who belonged to the Taos Society..... More
New York; (1977): Abaris Books, Inc. First Edition. Quarto. 472 pp. translated and with a commentary by Walter L. Strauss. Original text on the left with the translation on the right. Illustrated throughout. Durer's manual was first published in 1525. It was intended to provide artists and painters with theoretical..... More
New York: Doubleday and Co., 1965. First Edition. Octavo. 118 pp. (2) pp. publisher's ads. Illustrated by Arthur King. The story was made into a television show starring Sally Field as Sister Batrille. The incredible adventures of a nun who discovers she can fly. A delightful tale of whimsey with..... More
Santa Fe, NM (1981): Sunstone Press. First Edition. Quarto. 192 pp. signed by both Gene and Phillips Koss, illustrated in black and white. When the Klosses' first moved to Taos, Gene brought with her a sixty-pound etching press which was cemented to a large rock in their camp in Taos..... More
New York: The Mystery League, Inc., 1931. First Edition. Octavo. 186 pp (1) pp publisher's ad. The story of a theft which leads to panic in New Orleans when nine valuable pages from a rare Gutenberg Bible are stolen from the Sheldon Library. They found their prime suspect murdered. As..... More
Np: (Imprenta Glorias), 1987. Limited Edition. Octavo. Printed with hand set type on hand made paper, Illustrated with silver foil cutouts by the author. Bound in blue marbled wrappers tied with blue thread, paper title label. AP (artist proof) of 20 copies designed by the author. The present copy is..... More
Np/(1985): Imprenta Glorias. Limited Edition. Octavo. Limited to only 25 copies. The present copy is AP (artist Proof) Signed and inscribed by Gloria to her close friend and book artist Joseph D'Ambrosio. Gloria Stuart printed Haiku by WR & ukiaH by GS for Ward Ritchie's 1985 Christmas. With a low..... More
New York; (1936): Covici-friede. Octavo. . 2nd edition. 269 pp. Steinbeck's first novel. It is a wild tale based on the life of the king of freebooters, Sir Henery Morgan. It differs much from his Tortilla Flat or In Dubious Battle. A very nice copy bound in dark blue cloth..... More
New York, (1985): Charles Scribner's Sons. First Edition. Octavo. 228 pp. with an introduction by James A. Michener. The first blank has a watercolor drawing of a bullfighter engaged in a bull fight signed and inscribed to a close friend by Bullfighter, artist and author Barnaby Conrad. Hemingway was to..... More
Philadelphia, (1900): David McKay. Octavo. xiii,567 pp. Portrait frontispiece, alphabetical index. This edition presents many new features. Many poems or parts of poems have been either altered or discarded for a time to appear in a new form in later editions. Each poem had been carefully compared with that appearing..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Large Octavo. 517 pp. Illustrated in black and white. From the library of Barnaby Conrad, author, artist and bullfighter who has written several books on the subject. He had drawn a full-page watercolor picture of Hemingway and had written on the black..... More
[Compton]: Greybeard Press, 1990. Limited Edition. Large Folio (21 ¼" x 19" x 1 5/8"). Limited to 75 copies. The present copy is one of only 15 copies with one original artist sketch #6 laid in. An A/P (Artist Proof) signed by Charles Bukowski and James W. Johnson). A book-in-a-box..... More
California State University Northridge Libraries: Santa Susana Press, 1984. Limited Edition. Small Quarto. From the library of Joseph D'Ambrosio. 44(1) pp. Vignette title page, an introduction by Harry Stone and published in honor of the 25th anniversary of California State University, Northridge (1958-1983). Limited to 300 copies. The present copy..... More
[Sherman Oaks, California, 1990]: Ninja Press (Carolee Campbell). Limited Edition. Limited to 137 copies. The present copy is #97 and signed by the author. 9 leaves measuring 9 ½" x 4 ¼". Ninja Press evolved from an idea and had become an important and respected artist-run private press whose work..... More
Phoenix, Arizona: Studio D'Ambrosio, 2000. Limited Edition. Limited to only 25 copies. The present copy is AP (Artist Proof) and from the library of the artist/binder D'Ambrosio. When the mountain rises from the box, and is first opened, the title page appears, and there is a preface that explains the..... More
Ditching, Sussex, nd [but 1924]: At Saint Dominic's Press. Small Octavo. From the library of Albert Sperisen and Eric Gill with their bookplates and from the library of Joseph D'Ambrosio, with a letter laid in from Albert Sperisen to Joe (Joseph)D'Ambrosio. 41 pp. Albert Sperisen was a book collector, and..... More
Phoenix, AZ: D'Ambrosio, 1996. Limited Edition. Small Octavo. D'Ambrosio, Joe. Oaxaca (Wa-ha-kao and the Saguaro (Sa-wah-row) Cactus (A Twice-told Tale). D'Ambrosio, Phoenix, AZ 1996. Limited to 125 copies. The present copy is #86 and signed by D'Ambrosio. A tale about a male Indian from Oaxaca meeting a female of the..... More