Recent Arrivals from W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera

Worcester, Massachusetts: Metacom Press, 1985. 6 3/4 inches. 4 gatherings of 16 leaves, printed recto only: 2 sets printed with pictures, 2 with text. Original pictorial wrappers in three folding panels, stitched. Prospectus card laid in. Lettered and signed by the artist. Fine. Letter M of 26 signed and lettered copies reserved for the use of the artist and publisher… Read more about this item

New York: The Albondocani Press, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 5 inches. [35] pp., including 14 full-page illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers, stitched. Prospectus card laid in. Numbered by the published and signed by the artist on the colophon. Fine. From a stated edition of 426 signed copies (400 numbered and for sale, 26 lettered and not for sale);… Read more about this item

Dennis, Massachusetts: Salt-Works Press, 1973. 5 1/8 inches. Brown printed wrappers, stitched. [4] illustrated leaves, printed on rectos only. Signed by the author on the front wrapper. Fine. First separate issue (together with issue in orange wrappers, with no priority between them) of a work first published the same year as part of SOMA-HAOMA, No. 3 ("Trajectories"), a collection of… Read more about this item

[New York]: The Fantod Press, 1992. First Separate Edition. 5 1/8 inches. 2 volumes. Both volumes [16] ff., including, after the title page, one illustrated phrase on each leaf, printed on rectos only, plus colophon on rear wrapper recto. Original color pictorial wrappers, stapled, in original printed envelope. Numbered and signed by the artist on the colophons. Envelope light scuffed… Read more about this item

[New York]: [s.n.], 1990. 4 x 6 inches. [12] postcards with illustrated rectos and captioned versos, plus colophon card, in original pictorial envelope. Numbered and signed by the artist on the colophon. Envelope lightly scuffed. Cards fine in a near fine envelope. Number 123 of 250 sets numbered and signed by the artist (26 otherwise identical lettered and signed sets… Read more about this item

[Albany]: [American Quarterly Journal of Agriculture and Science], 1845. First Separate Edition. Softcover. Very good. Pp. 203-214, plus frontispiece plate of mastodon skeleton. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Uneven toning in wrappers; closed tears and small chips in rear wrapper; light scattered foxing. Very good. October 1845 offprint from the AMERICAN QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE AND SCIENCE. An early… Read more about this item

Worcester, Massachusetts: Metacom Press, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 6 3/4 inches. 4 gatherings of 16 leaves, printed recto only: 2 sets printed with pictures, 2 with text. Original pictorial wrappers in three folding panels, stitched. Prospectus card laid in. Numbered and signed by the artist. Fine. Number 57 of 526 signed copies (500 numbered copies for sale,… Read more about this item

[S.l.]: A. Friedländer, lithographer, [ca. 1880s]. First Edition. Broadside. Very good. Advertising card, 11.5 x 8.6 cm., pictorical color lithograph on recto, text on verso. Light wear, staining and light scuffing on verso, evidently from early adhesive. Very good. Chromolithographic card promoting the anatomical museum of Julius Winkler in Leipzig, featuring a centerpiece of an anatomical theater (mid-dissection), surrounded… Read more about this item

New York: Albondocani Press, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Edward Gorey. 7 3/4 inches. 54,[2] pp. including six illustrations. Publisher's marbled wrappers, paper cover label. Fine. From a stated edition of 226 copies (200 numbered copies for sale, and 26 lettered and not for sale); this copy out of series and unnumbered. The first book publication of two… Read more about this item

New York: The Columbia University Press, 1905. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 110,[12] pp. Original wrappers, front and rear both printed recto and verso. Wrappers unevenly toned, lightly chipped at edges; last porton of text block light chipped at fore-edge; else very good. The first published work by Lynn Thorndike (1882-1965), best known for his exhaustive, eight-volume HISTORY OF… Read more about this item

[New York]: The Fantod Press, 1994. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 4 1/2 inches. [40] ff., printed rectos only, including [3] text and [37] pictorial pages. Original stiff pictorial wrappers. Numbered and signed by the artist in anagrammatic pseudonym on the colophon. Fine. Number 473 of the first edition, limited to 526 copies (500 numbered copies for sale, 26… Read more about this item

[New York]: Gotham Book Mart, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Edward Gorey. Booklet and cards in original two-piece box. Booklet: 4 3/4 inches, [32] pp., including portrait frontispiece; stiff pictorial wrappers, stapled. Cards: 4 3/4 inches, [20] loose laminated cards with individual pictorial rectos and uniform patterned versos. Box: 5 inches, pictorial lid, paper over card. Numbered and… Read more about this item

New York: The Albondocani Press, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 5 inches. [34] pp., including 14 full-page illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers, stitched. Prospectus card laid in. Signed by the artist on the colophon. Fine. From a stated edition of 326 signed copies (300 numbered and for sale, 26 lettered and not for sale); the present copy is signed… Read more about this item

[New York]: [s.n.], 1989. First Edition. Near fine. [13] loose pictorial cards, 4 x 6 inches, comprising [12] pictorial postcards illustrated on recto and captioned on verso and [1] colophon card signed and numbered by the artist. Contained in original colored pictorial envelope. Envelope lightly worn and rubbed. Cards fine. Number 59 of an edition of 250 sets… Read more about this item

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1981. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. 6 3/4 inches. [16] illustrated leaves, printed recto only, each cut twice horizontally to form three new leaves. Original stiff pictorial wrappers, stapled, colophon printed on recto of rear wrapper leaf. Signed and numbered by the artist on the colophon. Fine. Number 495 of the first edition, limited… Read more about this item

[New York]: [s.n.], 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. [14] loose leaves, 6 inches, comprising [13] illustrated postcards illustrated and hand-colored on recto and captioned on verso and [1] colophon card signed and numbered by the artist. Contained in original colored pictorial envelope. Envelope lightly toned and mildly worn. Cards fine. Number 9 of the first edition, limited… Read more about this item

[Farnham, England]: Ashgate, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered in silver, in color pictorial dust jacket. Light shelfwear to jacket, else fine. From the publisher: "New York City was the site of a remarkable cultural and artistic renaissance during the 1950s and '60s. In the first monograph to treat all five major poets… Read more about this item

New York: Expanding Cinema [script published by arrangement with Viking Press], 1965. First Separate Edition. 11 x 8 1/2-inch leaves in an 11 1/2 x 9-inch folder. [4],58,[3] pp. Leaves in printed blue metal tab folder. Fine. PASSAGES FROM JAMES JOYCE'S FINNEGANS WAKE was the final film produced and directed by Mary Ellen Bute (1906-1983), a pioneer in experimental film… Read more about this item

New York: Adventures in Poetry, Coach House South, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. 135,[6] pp.Original pictorial wrappers. Wrappers moderately rubbed, light creasing in upper-outer corner of front wrapper, else near fine. Published in a limited edition of 750 copies. "Larry Fagin notes that he published this book with David Rosenberg, who was then an editor at Coach… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford Uniiversity Press, 1958. xiii,[3],272 pp. Publisher's tan paper over boards, front cover pictorially stamped in black, in pictorial dust jacket. Rubbing and light scuffing to dust jacket, with small closed tears at upper edge and early pencil graffiti on rear panel and penciled price revision in front inner flap. Fine in a good to very good dust… Read more about this item