Search Results: First/Limited/Signed Editions from Leaf and Stone Books

Toronto: Simon & Pierre. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 0889242720 . 94 pp. Signed to a friend by the author on the title page, with an invitation to the book launch tucked in. Brown paper covers with b/w photo is clean and nice, slightlest bit of corner curl to top corner, small crease at bottom edge. Interior clean and bright, first few pages have a small bit of curl at top corner, otherwise very good. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 94 pages; Signed by Author .

Nova Scotia: Gaspereau Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Paperback. 1554470145 . Signed on the title page by the author. Brown French paper wraps are clean and bright, book itself is beautifully designed and executed, clean and fresh, a lovely copy in a typically beautiful Gaspereau edition. The author's 8th collection of poetry . ; 7.90 X 5 X 0.70 inches; 137 pages; Signed by Author .

Windsor, ON: Biblioasis/Gaspereau Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2004. Limited; First Printing. Hardcover. 097358811X . KB6...61, [iii] pp. Small octavo. ½ grey cloth with black/grey/white marbled hardcovers. Limitation page at the rear with Rooke’s signature, printed at Gaspereau press, 60 softcover copies and 13 casebound copies. This casebound copy unnumbered. Spine lightly sunned, small rub mark on the front pastedown. Beautiful handmade grey/gold endpapers, small pencil erasure on first blank, interior fresh and tight. A lovely copy of a very scarce book. Biblioasis No. 1. The first limited edition chapbook in this series, by the master storyteller and Governor General's Award winning author. Leon Rooke is a novelist, short story writer, playwright, editor and critic who was born in rural North Carolina, but has lived in Canada for many years. ; Biblioasis; Vol. 1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 61 pages .

London: Orion. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0575071281 . 305 pp. Octavo. Signed on the title page. Aqua black and white glossy dust jacket intact and good condition with minor wear, NOT price clipped, "autographed copy" sticker on front cover, now in Mylar. Book itself is clean and unmarked, tight, end papers bright white, text pages a bit toned but otherwise very nice. ; A St. Cyr & Kohler Mystery; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 305 pages; Signed by Author .

Plochingen: Muller und Schindler. Very Good. 1966. Facsimile. Hardcover. Hardcover slipcase, black paper katalog of 15 pp, leatherette and gilt facsimile of Civitates Orbis Terrarum II, unnumbered pages. Coloured title, 59 views, maps and plates in rich colours. A large folio in very good condition, some minor wear to the slipcase, some light pencil notations on first blank of facsimile, otherwise clean and fresh. One of the best known city books of the late 15th century. The first Latin edition was published in 1575, the German edition in 1576 -- its magnificent detailed plates took it firmly out of the medieval period and into the Renaissance. A lovely facsimile with accompanying explanatory catalog (in German) , quite scarce. "Georg Braun (also Brunus, Bruin; 1541 – 10 March 1622) was a topo-geographer. From 1572 to 1617 he edited the Civitates orbis terrarum, which contains 546 prospects, bird's-eye views and maps of cities from all around the world. He was the principal… Read More

Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771022069 . KB19...Unpaginated. 50 "psalms" of joy, praise, despair, anger and forgiveness. Signed on the title page. Octavo. 1st edition and 1st Canadian. Dark grey-blue dust jacket with gilt and red has some edge wear, slight bit of wear at top of spine, NOT price clipped. Book itself is clean, square and tight. A lovely copy, scarce signed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. 0889463069 . xiv + 288 pp. Index. Gift inscription by the author to a fellow scholar. Bright red cloth covers with gilt are clean, bit of rubbing at spine tips. Interior has inscription on first fly, the scholar has marked some pages with paper clips which have left both indents as well as rust marks on a few pages, otherwise clean and sturdy. ; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

London, Ontario: South Western Ontario Poetry. Good with no dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Original Wraps. 091913923X . 24 pp. Gift inscription from the author on the inside front cover. Original cream paper wraps, interior is clean and unmarked. The author's poetry reflects her upbringing on the Canadian prairie. This is her first book. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 24 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Viking. Good in Good dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. 067001544X . 266 pp. Index of recipes. Illustrated with photos. Gift inscription from the author to two different people on the title page. Bright yellow dust jacket has minor shelf wear, book itself is clean and nice. Entertaining memoir about growing up a baby boomer in the American Midwest, with recipes for things like corn flake crusted chicken, bread and butter pickles, Grandma Inez's cinnamon rolls and other wholesome old-fashioned treats. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 288 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: D. Appleton & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. [v] + 267 pp + ads. 1st Edition . Dark red cloth covers with black horizontal ruling, gilt to the spine. Spine head and tail are chipped and worn, library #s on spine and some wear/scarring around them, board corners bit rubbed and worn. Interior end papers have a donation card and university library plate, first free end paper has signature of A. G. Boynton, the editor of the Detroit Free Press, normal library markings including pocket, otherwise clean and unmarked. Hawley's "first important work", in general, a commentary on J. S. Mill's Principles and the arguments relating to capital and general glut ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .

London: Philip Allan. Good with no dust jacket. [1932]. First Edition. Hardcover. Xxx, 275 pp. Octavo. No date but 1932. Dark red original cloth with blind ruling, gilt to the spine. Covers are generally moderately worn, spine tips rubbed and started to fray, front cover a little forward. Interior inside front cover scar from a bookplate being removed, some small pencil notes on preliminaries, one page has a small fore-edge chip, last blank has extensive reader notes including citations in light pencil, otherwise clean and unmarked. Aged but still respectable and a very scarce true first edition. Arthur Lynch (1861-1934) was a much-published engineer/polymath/philosopher who wrote this work arguing against the Theory of Relativity shortly before his death. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 275 pages .

Shanghai: General Evangelical Protestant Missionary Society of Germany. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1902. First Edition. Hardcover. Xvi, 250, xlv pp. Frontis plate of E. Faber with tissue guard. Tall octavo. In what appears to be original 3/4 black leather with black shagreen cloth boards, gilt to spine. Spine has been repaired with original cover laid down. Interior has book plate of Sir Edmund Walker (1848-1924) a Canadian banker and cultural philanthropist who was a force behind the founding of the Univ. Of Toronto, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Art Gallery of Ontario and much more. Paper is lightly toned, a small dark smudge at the gutter at the last blank, edges are marbled, clean and unmarked inside, with solid binding. A very nice copy of this scarce title with nice provenance. 1st Edition. , printed at the American Presbyterian Mission Press. With four appendixes, including The Illegitimate States; The Illegitimate Dynasties; The six great chancellors of Ts'in; and Studies… Read More

Paris: Glady Freres. Good with no dust jacket. 1875. Hardcover. xlix + 372 pp + ads. Book plate of Anatole de Montaiglon. Bibliographical information (by Montaiglon) and variants at rear. Frontis portrait of Prevost; title page decorations and border, text cuts, plates. Dark brown leather spine with 5 raised bands and gilt, just a bit of wear, brown marbled boards, corners a little rubbed. Marbled end papers, . First title page in red and black is a bit wrinkled, otherwise clean and unmarked. A nice copy with excellent provenance. ; 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall .

Sydney, Australia: Island Press. Good. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 0909771405 . 61 pp. Black softcover. Book is in good condition, faint wear along edges. Underlining throughout. Signed by author with dedication on reverse of half-title page as well as on rear fly page. ; X X ; 61 pages; Signed by Author .

Sydney, Australia: Island Press. Good. 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 0909771405 . 61 pp. Black softcover. Book is in good condition, faint wear along edges. Very clean with no marks. Signed by author with dedication on reverse of half-title page as well as on rear fly page. ; X X ; 61 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Benjamin Decasseres At the Blackstone Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Pamphlet. Booklets 1-9 and 11 of The Decasseres Books, all published in 1936. The booklets are in fair-good condition. Booklets No. 1 and 2 have the most wear, with chipping and loss around the edges, #1 also has a sticker scar on the front cover. The other 8 booklets all have varying degrees of chipping and edgewear. Some of the books still have the loose ad flyer for the set (of 12) tucked inside the front cover. Some of the book blocks are pulling away from the interior of the spines but all are holding together well. These booklets are scarce at all, finding 10 of them at once is surprising! Benjamin DeCasseres (sometimes De Casseres) was a Sephardic New Yorker, journalist and writer, who greatly admired Nietzsche and hyper-individualism, yet who decried both capitalism and socialism. These scarce booklets put forth some of his unusual philosophy. He was read and admired by H. L.… Read More

Munchen: R. Piper & Co. Good with no dust jacket. [1912]. First Edition. Softcover. KB6 49 pp + 3 leaves of ads. Card cover with a comical illustration of King of Prussia taking snuff on horseback. Front cover detached, light general wear to the edges with a few chips, spine covering worn. Interior paper browned, as normal, some creasing to a few of the pages, clean and unmarked, quite fragile but still intact. A very scarce copy of this droll little book. The publisher remembers, "The draftsman Richard Seewald one day brought a manuscript with funny poems [...] from an unknown man named Hans Boetticher, who later became famous as Joachim Ringelnatz ." The illustrations, done in red and black, are as humorous as the poems. It was Seewald's first book, as well. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 49 pages .

Rimini: Imago. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2017. Limited Edition. Leather. 8890083190 . Limited Edition of 300 of which this is 69. Folio in blind stamped pale peach leather with clasps, in a cream linen box. Condition of the book and the box are near fine. 25.6 x 37.6 cm, unnumbered 167 ff (334 pp). A stunning facsimile edition of the Divine Comedy held at the Seminary Library at Padua, acquired by their librarian in 1720 as part of the book collection of the Paduan count Alfonso Alvarotti. It is profusely and richly illustrated in gold foil and colours, with large illuminations at the beginning of each of the three canticles, consisting of historiated initials, surrounded by a frieze of vines, flowers, and “drolleries” of human and animal figures. As well, there are large and glorious initials on many of the pages. The illustrations , which cleverly echo the part of the story they are illuminating, are unusual and a bit mysterious. The production of the manuscript has been… Read More

Albany: State University of New York Press. Very Good. 2007. Softcover. 079147092X . X + 160 pp. Notes, bibliography, and index at rear. Blue softcover. Book is in very good condition. Faint rubbing along edges/corners. Interior is very clean with no marks. Signed by author with dedication inside front cover. Very usable copy. ; S U N Y Series in Dream Studies; 8.74 X 5.59 X 0.55 inches; 172 pages; Signed by Author .

Amsterdam: Allert De Lange. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1940. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 416 pp. In German Cream dust jacket with sketches of Mexican peasants. D J is browned, chipping at edges, separating at joints top and bottom of spine, back of DJ separated, flaps present (DJ protected in Mylar). Book itself is clean, just a bit of wear at corners, interior has institutional library stamp on inside front cover and title page, pocket at rear, otherwise clean and unmarked. The mysterious German resident of Mexico, author of Treasure of the Sierra Madre, copyrighted this work in 1939 (it was first published in Sweden) , then in this official first edition in German, later published in English as "A General Comes Out of the Jungle" -- part of a series of "jungle" books, documenting the suffering of Mexican Indians in the state of Chiapas in the early 20th century who are forced to work under inhuman conditions at clearing mahogany in labour camps (monterias) in the… Read More