Woolf, Cecil [with TLS]
The Bibliography of Norman Douglas
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954

First edition. Octavo. 201 pp; frontispiece b/w photo of Norman Douglas, two additional b/w photos; appendix; index. Gilt-lettered cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, solid, unmarked copy, top corners gently bumped; unclipped jacket with minor edgewear, light hand soiling to spine. LAID IN: typed letter signed (TLS) from Cecil Woolf, dated June 15, 1954, replying to a book order.
Inventory number #014515

Runyon, Damon
Dancing Dan's Christmas
n.p.: Gianettino & Meredith Advertising, 1984

Twelvemo. 21 pp; photographic illus by william wagner. Plain maroon wrappers s in illustrated dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, light spots on rear cover of jacket. Signed on title page by Sheldon Abend, 12/25/86. Published as a Christmas greeting by Gianettino & Meredith Advertising. The story 'Dancing Dan's Christmas' was first published in the 1932 Holiday issue of Collier's Magazine.
Inventory number #014453

Mosley, Walter [Signed]
Bad Boy Brawly Brown
Boston: Little, Brown, 2002

First printing. Octavo. 311 pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a crisp unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows no wear. Signed by author on title page. REVIEW COPY with press release and publisher letter laid in.
Inventory number #014313

Mosley, Walter [Signed]
Blonde Faith [Advanced Reading Copy, Signed]
Boston: Little Brown, 2008

Advanced Reading Copy. Octavo. 310 pp. Paperback. Fine, a crisp unmarked copy. Signed by author on title page. The tenth novel in the author's "Easy Rawlins" series of mysteries,
Inventory number #014311

Gottfried, Arlene [Signed]
THE ETERNAL LIGHT
Stockport, UK: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1999

Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Full of color photographs. Color illustrated boards, no jacket as issued. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; covers bright with no wear. Signed by Arlene Gottfried on title page. The photographer's first book, she spent four months photographing the Eternal Light Community Singers of Harlem, and ended up singing with the choir for five years, and joining the church community. She died in August 2017 at the age of 66.
Inventory number #014039

Montgomery, Florence M. [Signed]
Printed Textiles : English and American Cottons and Linens 1700-1850
NY: Viking Press, 1970

First edition. Quarto. 379 pp; 30 color & 428 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, remains of removed label on front flyleaf, tiny rubbed spot on front pastedown, one corner gently bumped, barely affecting pp; clipped jacket has small chip at top of spine. Signed by Montgomery on the title page. This important reference features more than 400 examples of printed textiles from the Winterthur Museum collection.
Inventory number #013920

Robsjohn-Gibbings, T.H. [Signed]
GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPPENDALE
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947

Second edition, enlarged. Octavo. 119 pp; drawings by Mary Petty. Publisher's cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, covers clean & bright, a bit of toning at the front pastedown gutter; price-clipped jacket with closed tear at front flap fold & at top of front spine fold, 0.5 in. tear at edge of slightly darkened spine. Inscribed by author on front flyleaf, "For Robert Lukcso, With kind regards, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings"
Inventory number #013590

Ross, John
VENICE SAVED FROM THE SEA
NY: High Tide Press, 1995

Limited to 15 numbered copies and signed by Ross. Quarto. One sheet (56 cm. x 117 cm.), printed on both sides, folded in two (top to bottom), then folded again accordion style and pasted to the lower board. Turquoise cloth boards with a wave pattern, lined in blue slubbed silk, matching silk slipcase with recessed paper title label. Near Fine, a crisp, clean copy, with no markings. Slipcase shows light sunning where a smaller book rested on top. #11 of 15 copies. Conceived, designed, illustrated and printed by John Ross in the High Tide Press workshop on Rives BFK; set in Janson and printed on a Vandercook proofing press. Printed Accordion fold. Collagraph images of Venice with two three-page fold outs. When open the pages can be unfolded to show a pull-out soft ground etching of very large proportion with hand coloring. Prints done on a Brand etching press. The binding is by James Di Marcantonio.
Inventory number #013582

Robicsek, Francis [Inscribed]
THE SMOKING GODS: Tobacco in Maya Art, History, and Religion
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1978

First edition. Quarto. xxv, 233 pp; illustrated with 234 color & b/w photographs & drawings; notes; references; index. Black cloth with silver-lettered spine & silver-stamped image on cover in dustjacket. VG/VG, a crisp, unmarked copy; jacket lightly chipped on top edge, minor wear at base of spine, top edge toned. Inscribed by author on title page.
Inventory number #012847

Clark, Larry [Both copies inscribed to actor Vincent Kartheiser]
TEENAGE LUST [Together with] TULSA
NY: Larry Clark, n.d.

1979 and 1987. Quarto. Unpaginated. TULSA is the first hardcover edition (1979), there is no dustjacket and the covers are a little scuffed, internally near fine. TEENAGE LUST is the second revised edition (paperback, 1987) and is in very good condition except for a small rough chip on the lower corner of the front cover, wear to corners and some overall shelfwear and light soiling. Both copies are inscribed by Larry Clark to Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men). Both copies came from Clark's stock and were inscribed in 1997 and 1998 after shooting wrapped on the set of "Another Day in Paradise" (1998) in which a young Vincent plays the character "Bobby" alongside James Woods and Melanie Griffith. A great association set.
Inventory number #012673

Thomas, Isaiah
THE HISTORY OF PRINTING IN AMERICA: with a Biography of Printers & an Account of Newspapers
Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970

Stout octavo. xxi, 650 pp; index. Blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine in cream slipcase with paper label. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy, slipcase VG+, top & bottom lightly soiled, else unmarked. #758 of 1950 copies signed by the editor, Marcus A. McCorison. Printed by the Stinehour Press.
Inventory number #012657

Bacheller, Irving
THE STORY OF A PASSION
East Aurora, NY: Roycrofters, 1901

Octavo. 14 pp; hand illuminated in two colors and gold by Emma Straight. Red suede covers with yapp edges and silk doublures. Very good-, small dark stain on spine, edges a little worn mostly around spine ends. Copyright page reads 1899, colophon reads 1901. Signed by Emma Straight on colophon with hand-drawn Roycrofters device.
Inventory number #012519

[ROGERS, Bruce] Tory, Geofroy
CHAMP ROSE: Wherein May Be Discovered the Roman Letters that Were Made by Geofroy Tory and Printed by Him at Paris in His Book Called "Champ Fleury"
New Rochelle, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1933

Octavo. unpaginated; illustrated in red. pages uncut. Very good. light toning to covers. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Signed bookplate of American book editor, William Targ.
Inventory number #012394

Orcutt, William Dana [Presentation copy]
DAGGER AND JEWELS: The Gorgeous Adventures of Benvenuto Cellini. A Romantic Novel
NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1931

Stated first edition. Octavo. 372 pp; illustrated endpapers. Gilt decorated cloth in chipped dustjacket. Near Fine in Good+ dustjacket with a couple large chips missing from top edge of front panel and crown, heel missing small chip, back panel top edge crinkled with closed tears, and chip near spine. Presentation copy to Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Lowell of the Lowell Institute and WGBH radio & television.
Inventory number #012379

Rogers, Bruce
FINE BOOK PAGES: A Portfolio of Specimen Pages from the Distinguished Books Designed by Mr. Bruce Rogers
NY: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1928

Limited edition. Eight signatures in portfolio and slipcase. VG to Near Fine, some corner bumps on signatures, sticker residue on one signature. Complete. "A portfolio of specimen pages from the distinguished books designed by Mr. Bruce Rogers for composition on the linotype; each specimen signature being reprinted on the same paper in the same colors as the original volume. Printed by William Edwin Rudge in a limited edition of 975 copies" of which this is copy #575. Includes signed letter from the Mergenthaler Linotype Company on company letterhead from E.E. Bartlett, Director of Linotype Typography.
Inventory number #012372

[Fish, Williston]
HIS WILL
N.P.: H. Frank Smith for His Friends, 1924

Limited edition. Octavo. 8 pp. Signed and initialed by H. Frank Smith. Paper-backed boards with title label on cover. VG-, moderate loss of paper to spine ends & 2 small tears to spine edge. Freshly wrapped in acetate.l. Rare Christmas gift book of the "Last Will of Charles Lounsbury" by Williston Fish and printed by H. Frank Smith, a NY printer and typesetter. The edition is limited to 150 copies, each signed to a specific person, in this case John Clyde Oswald, president of the National Arts Club, editor of the American Printer magazine and a leading authority on Benjamin Franklin. The limitation reads "One hundred and fifty copies of His Will were printed by H. Frank Smith for his friends, to convey to them his wishes for their happiness. Christmas 1924." OCLC lists this edition in 2 libraries; however they have the name "Theodore Weicker" (president of Squibb) in the limitation instead of Smith.
Inventory number #012339

Bacon, Leonard
THE LEGEND OF QUINCIBALD
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1928

First Edition. Limited. Octavo. 76 pp. Linen-backed boards with paper spine labels. Signed and inscribed and outside numbered by the author. VG- Call number on spine in ink, plc bookplate on pastedown. call number on corner of front free endpaper, several small plc blindstamps in the text, catalog card affixed to back board with paper strap. Author dedication to the plc collection on ffep, signed and numbered 0/0 on limitation page by author. Ex library Philadelphia Library Company research library and deaccessioned in the 1930s.
Inventory number #012093

Natori, Josie Cruz [Signed]
THE ART OF NATORI
NY: Glitterati Inc, 2007

First printing. Quarto. unpaginated; full page color photographs and illustrations. Cloth in unclipped dustjacket. Near Fine in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed by the author on title page. Josie Natori is an American fashion designer.
Inventory number #011256

Vassalo, Isabelle. signed by Alexandre Bailhache, photographer
RODIN: Le Festin d'une Vie
Paris: Editions du Chene, 1997

Quarto. 191 pp; profuse color photographs & b/w illustrations; bibliography. Text in French. Hardcover with dustjacket, ribbon marker. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket with no rips or tears. SIGNED by photographer on half-title page. This book focuses on Auguste Rodin, the man: his childhood in Paris, learning the trade and his years in Brussels, attending artistic and literary circles, meeting with Camille Claudel, but also life in the villa with Rose Beuret, his girlfriend, and finally his life at the Hotel Biron, which became the Museum Rodin. By revealing aspects of both more intimate and anecdotal nature, we discover good living at family meals, lunches with friends at Meudon, his villa and lavish banquets offered in his honor. Rodin's correspondence, his notes and drafts, documents and testimonies abound with gastronomic allusions and tell us about his tastes and eating habits. Includes many recipes.
Inventory number #011207

Mercer, Judy [Signed]
FAST FORWARD
NY: Pocket Books, 1995

First edition. Octavo. 336 pp. Black cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, spine slightly cocked; unclipped jacket has minor edgewear. Signed by author and dated (7-20-95) by author on title page.
Inventory number #011169