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[Np: The Artist, ca. 1962].. Original watercolor on paper (13.5 x 8"; 345 x 200 mm). Signed by the artist in the left lower corner, and captioned in pencil on verso. About fine. A close-up full-body rendering of a pangolin next to a waterhole, with a suggestion of its focusing on its own reflection in the water. This watercolor was painted at the approximate time of Parker's work on the illustrations for the limited edition of Marianne Moore's EIGHT POEMS, published by the Museum of Modern Art. It is a much more detailed and finished piece than the drawings executed for that work.

[New York: Ink, Inc., June 2007].. Quarto (26.5 x 20 cm). Twenty-six loose sheets, plus justification leaf, laid into stiff wrapper with handcolored title vignette, the whole enclosed in a silk- covered clamshell box with hand colored label. First edition of this artist's alphabet, made up of 26 hand-colored prints and two hand- colored vignettes by Parker. Copy #4 of 20 numbered copies, signed on the justification leaf by the artist.

[Np: The Artist, ca. 1962].. Original watercolor on paper (13.5 x 8.75"; 342 x 222 mm). Signed by the artist in the left lower corner, and captioned in pencil on verso. About fine. A lovely rendering of a Plumet Basilisk perched on a stalk, cast against an orange sun and sky. This watercolor was painted at the approximate time of Parker's work on the illustrations for the limited edition of Marianne Moore's EIGHT POEMS, published by the Museum of Modern Art. It is a much more detailed and finished piece than the drawings executed for that work.

New York: Ink, Inc., 2009.. 309,[1]pp. Quarto. Heavy flexible wrapper, lettered in gilt, pictorial onlay. Illustrated throughout in color. Fine in slipcase with publisher's advert affixed. First edition of this wide-ranging survey of the life and art work of Robert Andrew Parker, limited to 100 numbered copies signed by Parker, accompanied by a hand-colored relief printed, numbered and signed by the artist. This is copy #10 of both the book and the print, and it is accompanied by an additional hand-colored relief print, entitled "Mornings with Gregor Samsa," signed by Parker, denoted an artist's proof ("A.P.").

[New York: Ink, Inc., February 2009].. Quarto (26.5 x 20 cm). Twenty-six loose sheets, plus justification leaf, laid into stiff wrapper with handcolored title vignette, the whole enclosed in a silk- covered clamshell box with hand colored label. First edition of this artist's alphabet, made up of 26 hand-colored prints and two hand- colored vignettes by Parker. Copy #4 of 26 numbered copies, signed on the justification leaf by the artist.

Boston & Cambridge: James Munroe and Company, 1853.. 89,[3]pp. Octavo. Sewn, with printed front wrapper (lacking the lower wrapper). Some modest foxing and smudging, a bit of edgewear and tanning to upper wrapper, faint splashmark to terminal blank verso, otherwise very good. First edition. Inscribed in the upper margin of the front wrapper: "Hon. C. H. Stedman M.D., With the Respects of the Author." Stearns' review is decidedly hostile. SABIN 36924. Library Company of Phila, AFRO-AMERICANA, 9775.

Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1892.. xvi,411pp. Large octavo. Camel tan cloth, elaborately decorated in gilt, brown, black and blue, t.e.g. Frontis, plates and illustrations. Minute tear at fore-edge of leaf vii/viii, otherwise fine and bright, though wanting the dust jacket and slipcase. The first printing of the first edition illustrated by Frederic Remington, without the "List of Illustrations" added to the second printing. While also available in "deluxe" leather and parchment bindings, this cloth binding (when in fine condition) serves the decorations far better than those alternatives. BAL 15484. HOWES P97. DYKES (REMINGTON) 888.

New York: CBS Television, [1968].. Original glossy b&w still photograph (9 x 7"; 23 x 18 cm) with lengthy attached promotional squib. Short closed tear in blank right-hand border, soft corner creases, but very good. A fine portrait of African American photographer, novelist, filmmaker and poet Gordon Parks, issued to promote the episode of the CBS program, "Who, What, When, Where, Why," hosted by Harry Reasoner, devoted to Parks under the title above. Parks assumes a casual pose leaning on a stack of his own books, with an SLR in the foreground (blurred by d.o.f.).

[Np: Maxist-Leninist Party, USA, ca. 197-].. Folio broadside (43 x 28 cm; 17 x 11"). Highly pictorial, printed in vibrant red and black. Very near fine. A striking representative example of the organizing and recruitment art for the Party, featuring a torso-up figure holding a stylized rifle, with jagged tree-trunks in the background, one of them supporting a red Soviet hammer & sickle flag. The Marxist- Leninist Party was the final incarnation of the largely-African American group organized in early 1967 as the Cleveland Draft Resistance Union. Through its lifetime it underwent several name changes, alliances and political stands, including the American Communist Workers' Movement (Marxist- Leninist), the Central Organization of US Marxist-Leninists, Marxist-Leninist Party USA and, finally, the U.S. Marxist-Leninist Organization. The Organization voted to dissolve itself in 1993.

24 Hadbury Road, Basford, Nottingham, UK, 17 April 1955.. [33] leaves. Quarto. Original typescript, with a few leaves in carbon typescript. A few paperclip rust marks and nicks, generally good to very good. Accompanied by a typed letter, signed, to "Dear Miss Marx" (i.e. Erica Marx, proprietor of the Hand & Flower Press), ca. 300 words. Accompanied by a semi-formal portrait photo of the author. Patten submits the typescript for Marx's consideration: "Here, at last, is my book. I was sorry to hear from your last letter that the position with regard to poetry is becoming difficult, and that you will have to cut your lists to three volumes per year. This, I fear, makes the chances of my collection appear rather remote, although I am able to appreciate that in such a position it is only the outstanding that will deserve publication." He continues noting the indefinite status of some of the poems and their periodical publication. He concludes, noting that his imminent National Service prospects may result… Read More

[Paris: Pauvert], 17 & 24 June, 1 July, & 1 August 1968.. Whole numbers 4,5,6 & 8 (of 12 published). Quarto. Pictorial self wrappers. Heavily illustrated. Printed on cheap newsprint and a bit tanned, several fore-corners chipped, spine of #8 worn, but intact. Edited and published by Pauvert in this ephemeral form in the context of the strikes and other events of May, featuring, in the main, satirical anti-Gaullist visuals, occasionally with text commentary. A total of 12 numbers were published.

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1946].. Cloth. Very good in moderately worn dust jacket with a chip at the crown of the spine costing 'Titus' and shallow losses along the edges of the rear panel of the jacket and along the lower flap fold. First US edition of the first volume of the Gormenghast cycle. A Burgess 99 title.

London: Printed for H. Clements, 1714.. [2],73,[1]pp. wanting preliminary and terminal blanks. Octavo. Extracted from nonce pamphlet volume Uniform tanning and damp rippling, just a sound copy. First edition of what would appear to be the author's sole separately published contribution to the genre. ESTC locates 10 copies in North America. ESTC T2351. FOXON P136. OCLC: 36293597.

[Np]: American Printing History Association, 1994.. [4]pp leaflet, contents leaf and 29 broadsides. Folio (35.5 x 27 cm; 14 x 10.5"). Broadsides printed in a variety of styles, fonts and colors, some including illustrative content. Enclosed in a linen and boards clamshell box with gilt lettered leather title-label (light stain along spine and and spine edge of rear panel). A couple of very minor corner creases, otherwise fine. First edition. Prefatory note by Michael Peich. One of 200 sets assembled after a design by Jerry Kelly -- the broadsides were themselves printed in editions of 210 copies. Prefatory essay by Michael Peich. Among the printers represented here by broadsides are Dwight Agner, Mark Argetsinger, Lowell Bodger, John DePol, Morris Gelfand, Jack Stauffacher, Tom Taylor, Steve Miller, Henry Morris, David Pankow, Gaylord Schanilec, Neil Shaver, Michael Tarachow, and others.

San Francisco, 1965.. Whole number one. Quarto. Pictorial wrapper. Illustrated. Slight tanning at edges, otherwise very good or better. Edited by Claude Pélieu and Mary Beach. Contributions by William Burroughs, the editors, et al. Inscribed briefly by Pelieu to poet/publisher James Laughlin. M&M C117.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958.. Thick octavo. Cloth and boards. Crown of spine a bit tanned, otherwise very good or better, in good, modestly darkened dust jacket with several small chips and some creased tears at the spine ends. First edition of this broad selection from Perelman's work 1930 - 1958, with an Introduction by Dorothy Parker. With a characteristic presentation inscription" "To Harry in fragrant memory of so many bivouacs over the matzo-balls at Metro -- Affectionately Sid. S. J. Perelman 14 October 1958."

New York: Simon & Schuster, [1957].. Cloth backed boards. Spine a trifle tanned, otherwise very good or better, in spine darkened Ben Shahn pictorial dust jacket with shallow loss and a short tear at the crown of the spine panel. First edition. An excellent association copy, inscribed on the front free endsheet: "To Bill, whose patience was as illimitable as his understanding - Gratefully Sid, S.J. Perelman 18 January 1957." The recipient, William Shawn, followed Harold Ross as editor at THE NEW YORKER, and all but three of the constituent pieces collected herein appeared in its pages.

Mt. Horeb: The Perishable Press, 1979.. Small oblong octavo. Pictorial wrapper. Fine. First edition. One of 150 copies printed on handmade paper. With the prospectus (folded) laid in. Paul Blackburn and William Stafford are acknowledged for their inspiration. HAMADY 93.

Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1973.. Narrow quarto broadside (34.5 x 12.5 cm). Printed in black, red and blind. Fine. First edition. One of 138 copies printed on Shadwell Paper. The barely legible colophon is printed in blind in minute type in the left margin.

[Mt. Horeb, WI]: The Perishable Press for the Woodland Pattern, 1986.. Oblong folio sheet, folded to six panels (24 x 14 cm folded). Fine. First edition. One of 275 copies printed in Vintage Sabon on Tergiverse Shadwell paper. Signed by the author.