The Heroine in Bronze or a Portrait of a Girl by Allen, James Lane - 1912

New York: Seaver Books, Henry Holt and Company, 1988. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title page. Jacket is unclipped, without chipping. Almost imperceptible minor flaw in cloth at rear edge of spine. Top of spine very slightly wrinkled. All corners fine. Classified by the author as "autofiction". 531pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. 1/4 Red Cloth Over Boards. Nearly Fine/Fine. Octavo.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. paperback. 8.27 x 11.69 inches. paperback. 128 pages. "Spellerberg has become an important new authority on implements designed to do controlled damage to paper. In the process, he's turned what most people thought they knew about these objects, particularly about page turners, on its head." - Ben Marks, Collector's Weekly "The book is illustrated with paper-knives and paper-folders of every design... There are cutters in the form of a stockinged leg, a hammer, a cricket bat, a ruler (with postal information, and an alligator." - J.C, TLS "As its subtitle notes, this is indeed a study, implying thoughtful, balanced and well considered [writing] rather than a mere price guide or pictorial history... You'd never think such a narrow subject (!) could be so deeply explored, but Spellerberg does so in a lively yet scholarly fashion." - William Butts, Manuscripts "Well-researched and eloquently presented... Readers are provided with a dazzling array… Read More

Random House/Children's television Workshop, 1977. 1981 reprint. Paperback. Condition: Fine. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting. All pages clean and unmarked

Jovis, 2006. Hardcover. New. Hardcover New.

NY: Rider and Driver Publishing Co, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 4to, brown pebbled cloth, gilt-stamped titles and pictorial pastedown front cover, 399 pages, copiously illustrated. Printed at the Brooklyn Eagle Press, Pages 1- 16 are advertisements for all manner of product and services to horse riders and drivers, the rest an annual compilation of all aspects that relate to the sport. Laid-in is a collection of contemporary news clippings, mostly from NYC dailies, about horses. RIDING CARRIAGES.

Berlin, Propyläen-Verlag, n.d. (1923?). 57pp. text + 55 full-page facsimiles (several in colour) and 18 facs. of initials in the text. Sm. folio. Halfcloth (rebacked).

Boston: Little, Brown, 1959. First Edition. 2nd State. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. First Edition, second state, with the dedication page tipped in. Just a bit of rubbing to the jacket spine, else both the volume and jacket are near fine in all respects.

Chicago: J. Martin Miller, 1899. Unknown. Map. Very Good. [Map copyright 1899, printing date of Atlas later] [19.875x15.125in]; Colored map of Alaska with steamer routes from Portland and Seattle, insets of the Klondike Region on the Upper Yukon and Western portion of Aleutian Islands; On verso index of places and names with two large black and white images; Age toning to all edges, water stain marks on bottom, slight printing offset of colors, small chips and closed tears to lower edge;.

Des Moines: Successful Farming, 1930. Paperback. Good. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". 78pp. Wear to black paper wraps with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Tear to bottom corner at rear cover. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Toning to endpapers. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this work on masters of dairying, including chapters on Stephen Moulton Babcock, Wiliam Dempster Hoard, Clarence Henry Eckles, Carl Gustaf Patrik De Laval, Elmer Verner McCollum, Louis Pasteur, Theophilus Levi Haecker, Gail Borden, William Arnon Henry, and Otto Frederick Hunziker.

London: Unit Editions, 2021. 1st ed. Paperback. New/no dj as issued. A long overdue book examining the extraordinary life and work of artist/designer Ed Fella. Ed Fella is revered by many of the leading names in contemporary design. Now, at long last, there is a book that charts Ed's journey from the commercial design studios of 1950s Detroit to his current position as a widely celebrated artist/designer. Ed Fella: A Life in Images makes extensive use of his vast treasure store of visual delight: it showcases flyers, posters, original sketches, drawings, Polaroids and collages, as well as items from Ed's collection of vernacular design. The book makes unrestricted use of Ed's vast archive. David Cabianca, the book's co-author and its instigator, has surveyed the archive in depth. He writes: "Ed Fella's archive is legion. It branches into numerous streams while sustaining a robust trail of examples along the way. Fella's archive exhausts the possibilities one might find in graphic design. Ed Fella… Read More