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Durham, NC: Fine Books Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo (23 x 16 cm). 81/307 246 pp. Brown/green cloth covers with gilt titles to upper and spine. Signed by author on colophon, rest of text block tight and unmarked. In tan cloth slipcase.

New York, NY: Bauman Rare Books, 2015. First Edition. Soft cover. New. 4to (28 x 23 cm). In Shrink wrap. Red paper covers with gilt titles to upper. Upper right corner open with corner rubbed. Rest of text block tight and unmarked.

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Christie's, 2007. First Edition. Near fine. 8vo ( 26 x 18cm). 3300+pp. Seven volumes plus index volume (with prices). In (several torn) glassine DJs. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles to upper and spine. 8vo (27 x 22cm). Two volumes. Green cloth covers with white titles to upper and spine. Text blocks tight and unmarked.

London, Boston, New York: Various, 1935. Soft cover. Very good. 8vo( 21 x 15cm) Various paginations. Collection of catalogues from various American and British booksellers.

New York: Henry Holt, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. 4to (29 x 22 cm). 175 pp. Purple covers with gilt titles to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ in Mylar.

Durham, NC: Fine Books Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo (23 x 16 cm). 81/307 209 pp. Brown/green cloth covers with gilt titles to upper and spine. Signed by author on colophon, rest of text block tight and unmarked. In tan cloth slipcase.

New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good +. 8vo (24 x 16 cm). 105/250. 360 pp. Blue cloth covers with silver gilt titles to spine. Signed on colophon (Fine Books and Collections magazine with Oak Knoll Press edition) by author, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ, and blue cloth slipcase.

New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1950. First Edition. Very good. 4to (26 x 17cm). 888pp. Red cloth covers, spine fading, black titles to upper and spine. Inscribed by author to Blanck on the front free endpaper: "To Jacob Blanck / "FIRST IN BIBLIOGRAPHY" // Sincerely // Joseph Nathan Kane". Bookplate (3 x 2cm) of Blanck to paste-down endpaper. An errata slip regarding the first Air Mail ever flown has been typed on a separate slip of paper and is affixed at the left margin of page 15, presumably by Jacob Blank, stating that the "fact" provided in the text lacks authenticity). The slip shows some typewriter key damage. Another slip regarding the first use of the Dollar sign appears to have been clipped from another publication and is affixed to the left margin of page 167 -- the slip provides further information on the matter and contains a short note in pencil -- also presumably by Blanck. The entry for "lithograph" on page 264 has beside it an "o" added in pencil to refer to a note in the bottom… Read More

New York: Sotheby's, 2008. First Edition. Very good. 4to (29 x 23cm). 391pp. Tan cloth covers with gilt tiles to upper cover and spine, pasted reproduction of page from incunabula to upper cover.

New York: Grolier Club, 2018. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo (29 x 22cm). 208 (page 207 of this edition printed as 270) pg. 4/50 of limited edition hand bound by Judi Conant in quarter leather with French marbled paper sides, blue paste-down endpapers, slipcased and signed by the author & designer. This book is a companion volume to the 2018/2019 Grolier Club exhibition in celebration of a thousand years of French book arts.

Chapel Hill, NC: Fine Books Press, 2012. First Edition. Soft cover. Very good +. 8vo (21 x 14 cm). 633 pp. Glossy bronze covers with green/white titles to upper and spine. Signed on title-page by author, rest of text block tight and unmarked.

New York: Heritage Press, 1946. Later printing. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo (19 x 14 cm). 1531-2077 pp. Red paper covers with brown cloth spine. Gilt titles to spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Slip case poor.

Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1898. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo (22 x 18 cm). 97 pp. 1/450 copies on Van Gelder handmade paper. Blue paper covers with paper title label to (faded) spine. Wear to edges, corners and upper hinge. Text block tight and unmarked. Bishop 147.

Paris, France: Librairie Morgand, 1899. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio (47 x 31 cm). vii, 328 pp. 344/350. Text in French. Creme leather covers. Dark brown leather label to spine with gilt titles. Upper hinge splitting, 11cm to head and 5cm to tail. Wear to edges and corners. Text block (and illustrations ) tight and unmarked, foxing to first blank page from free endpaper both front and rear. A complete bibliographical account of each book in the Dutuit collection with remarkable color plates of some of the more impressive bindings.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 8vo (21 x 15 cm). 312 pp. Green cloth covers with yellow pictorial paste-downs to upper and spine. Text block tight and unmarked. Unclipped DJ with corners of flaps cut but price still present to upper corner of front flap. In Mylar.

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1950. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio (34 x 24cm). xiv, 61 [3]. 176/300. Blue printed cloth covers. Corners bumped. Pictorial endpapers reproducing the map from the Nuremberg Chronicle. Title and first text page in red and black. Printed at the Plantin Press.

New York: Sotheby's, 2008. First Edition. Very good. 4to (30 x 23cm). 224pp. Dark green cloth covers with gilt tiles and pasted copy of A. Lincoln letter to upper cover, gilt tiles to spine, 2 small stains and full length line to upper cover.

Cleveland, OH: World Publishing, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo (25 x 17 cm). 137/250. 616, [3] pp. Red/black covers with gilt titles to upper and spine. Signed by authors on colophon, rest of text block tight and unmarked. Green slipcase with wear to edges.

New York: Orlin Tremaine, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo (8" x 5-1//2"). 160pp. Red cloth covers. Upper cover missing 3/4 x 4" piece to fore-edge side, spine faded, wear to edges and corners. Author's inscription (1944) on free endpaper, rest of text block tight and unmarked.

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1976. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo (28 x 21cm) Nine specimens. 118/200 Quarter bound tan paper covers with titles, brown cloth spine blank. Stains to upper cover.