New York: Doubleday & Co., 1972. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvi, 304 pages. First edition. Concerns the experiences of a young Doubleday enterprise. Jacket soiled. Loosely inserted in this copy is a notice from the company that this book was published to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the firm.READ MORE about MEMOIRS OF A PUBLISHER
Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1973. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 25, (7) pages. No. 5 in the Yes! Capra Chapbook series, edited by Robert Durand and Noel Young. Frontispiece and photograph following text.READ MORE about THE PLANT MAGIC MAN
West Chester, PA: Aralia Press, 1991. broadside (12 by 17 inches). bottom edge uncut. Limited to 150 copies, signed by the author. Woodcut engraving by Gary Young. A poetic work.READ MORE about FROM THE MEADOW
Winchester: St. Paul's Bibliographies, 1989. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xli, 413 pages. First edition. One hundred years after its first publication, the DNB is still a valuable source of biographical information on over 30,000 famous names. With the continuing interest in the Victorian era the contributors themselves - over 600 of them - are now of as much importance as the subjects they wrote about. This is the first guide to the contributors: authors..... READ MORE about CONTRIBUTORS' INDEX TO THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY 1885-1901
London, England: Queen Anne Press, 2017. 4to. cloth. 692 pages. Second edition featuring some textual revisions and a handsome new binding of 'racing green' cloth, as used for the publisher's limited edition 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'. Signed by the author on the title page. A comprehensive 736-page guide to the work of Ian Fleming, this bibliography is not only an indispensable source of information for collectors, enthusiasts, libraries and booksellers alike, but an entertaining and..... READ MORE about IAN FLEMING: THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Santa Barbara, CA: Capricorn Press, 1969. 8vo. cloth, paper front cover label. 65, (3) pages. Limited to 950 numbered copies, with a deluxe ecition of 50 signed by the author on colophon. This copy is a deluxe edition. Color illustration on title. Designed and printed by Noel Young.READ MORE about JOURNEY
Et aliarum vltimarum voluntatum iura, substitutionum, fideicommissorum, iuris accrescendi, Falcidie¸, Trebellianicae, legitimae, & quae eiusdem generis sunt, omnia recens regognita, & denuo in lucem edita.
Venetiis (Venice), Italy: Apud Petrum Mariam Bertanum, 1606. 8vo. later cloth boards, leather spine label. (1), (24), 618, (2); (24), 259, (1) pages. Et aliarum vltimarum voluntatum iura, substitutionum, fideicommissorum, iuris accrescendi, Falcidie¸, Trebellianicae, legitimae, & quae eiusdem generis sunt, omnia recens regognita, & denuo in lucem edita. Two volumes bound in one. Minor shelfwear to extremities. The first few signatures are becoming loose. Minor dampstaining to edges of preliminary pages. Titlepage of volume one..... READ MORE about TRACTATUS DE SUCCESSIONE TAM EX TESTAMENTO, QUAM AB INTESTATO
Sieben Märchen der Brüder Grimm. Graphik von Eckhard Froeschlin.
(Frankfurt, Germany): Edition Schwarze Seite, (2006). 38 x 29 cm. cloth boards, illustrated paper label on front panel. unpaginated (but 78 pages). Sieben Märchen der Brüder Grimm. Graphik von Eckhard Froeschlin. Limited to 30 numbered copies signed by the artist. A fine copy. Seven fairy tales by the Grimm Brothers, with seven two- or three-page color etchings and seven vignette etchings by Eckhard Froeschlin. Linotype-set in Helvetica 16p and printed by Eckhard Froeschlin on Velin..... READ MORE about SIEBEN AUF EINEN STREICH
With a Foreword by Lynd Ward.
New York: Three Mountains Press, 1977. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 111 pages including facsimiles of Ward drawings and a bibliography of the press. With a Foreword by Lynd Ward. First edition. At the very bottom of the Great Depression in the United States, a group of young men and women in and around the book business formed a cooperative corporation dedicated to publishing works of literary significance that commercially-minded publishers were neglecting and to publishing..... READ MORE about RELEVANT MEMOIR, THE STORY OF THE EQUINOX COOPERATIVE PRESS
[London]: Fulcrum Press, 1969. small 8vo. paper covered boards, dust jacket. 48 pages. First edition. Blurb by John Ashbery. Title included in Young, The male homosexual in literature. Jacket is lighhtly soiled, rubbed, and chipped, price-clipped.READ MORE about LANDSCAPES
Invocations to a distressed planet in the form of prayers to EARTH. AIR. FIRE. WATER. AETHER.
Santa Barbara, CA: Simplemente Maria Press, 2020. large square 4to. flags sewn together with ribbon, journal spiral bound, housed in a handmade paper covering, loosely inserted into a acrylic slipcase. 22 pages. Invocations to a distressed planet in the form of prayers to EARTH. AIR. FIRE. WATER. AETHER. Limited to only numbered 20 copies signed by the artist, Mary Heebner. Instructions on handling loosely inserted. Fine in fine polished, beveled acrylic sleeve. Invocations of prayers..... READ MORE about PRAYER FLAGS & A TALE OF LONGING
from "An Introduction to a History of Woodcut" - Vol 1.
New York: Marble Hill Press, (1968). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. not paginated. from "An Introduction to a History of Woodcut" - Vol 1. Limited to an edition of about 100 copies, printed as a keepsake for private distribution. Hand-set in Jessen types with Rhapsodies as the display type and printed on Strathmore papers. The woodcuts on the title page and the first page of text are reproductions of fifteenth century woodcuts. There are two..... READ MORE about GENERAL NOTES ON THE HAND-COLOURING OF FIFTEENTH CENTURY WOODCUTS
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2013. 8vo: 8.5 x 6.75 inches; miniatures: 3.625 x 2.25 inches.Clamshell box: 7.5 x 13 inches. hardcover: 8vo and clamshell box in cloth; miniatures in silk. xv, 121 pages; facsimiles: 68, 66, 66 pages. Limited edition of 500 copies of this boxed set which includes Alderson and Immel's scholarly work on the history and legacy of Tommy Thumb's Pretty Little Song Book (two volumes), and The Pretty Book, that includes..... READ MORE about TOMMY THUMB'S PRETTY SONG-BOOK, THE FIRST COLLECTION OF ENGLISH NURSERY RHYMES, A FACSIMILE...
Manchester, England: Carcanet, 1977. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 116 pages. First edition. Presentation by the author on the front free endpaper to Alan & Renee [Young], November 1977. Slightly bumped at the head of the spine and corners.READ MORE about THE GARDEN END, NEW & SELECTED POEMS
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1995. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. x, 224 pages and 18 illustrations. Reprint of the first edition. In 1938, after three years of sharing a house in London with a moody, elderly Russian who translated Chekhov, Barbara Kaye and her husband, Percy Muir, move to a Tudor cottage in northwest Essex, in joyful anticipation of having a home to themselves at last. As she handles a young daughter, domestic crises..... READ MORE about THE COMPANY WE KEPT
A Bibliographic History of the Boys' Periodical in Britain, 1762 - 1950
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and The British Library, 2013. 6.75 x 9.5 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 586 pages. A Bibliographic History of the Boys' Periodical in Britain, 1762 - 1950. This book tells, for the first time, the full history of the British boys' periodical, from its origins in the second half of the 18th century to its decline after the Second World War. It contains 100 black-and-white illustrations and 16 in color..... READ MORE about FROM THE PENNY DREADFUL TO THE HA'PENNY DREADFULLER
Göteborg: Pedagogiska Institutionen Lärarhögskolan i Göteborg [The Pedagogical Institute The Teacher's College of Gothenburg], 1969. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 145 leaves. Presentation copy to Dr. Sigfred Taubert in German on title page. An outline of research into children's/young people's literature (not including schoolbooks): Five basic questions concerning this literature, and eight basic research methods, with many variations. May also indicate actual findings, but that is not the primary concern. Bibliography. Report no. 15..... READ MORE about BARN-OCH UNGDOMS-LITTERATURFORSKNING, OMRADEN, METODER, TERMINILOGI
Moscow: Publishing House "Book" 1970. large 12mo. cloth. 519+(1). A "advisory guide to literature, for assistance in the self-education of young people." Forty writers, each with introductory essay, checklist of works, and a secondary bibliography. Concludes with a thematic index, an alphabetical index, and other materials.READ MORE about SOVYETSKIYE PISATELI
New Castle, DE and Greensboro, NC: Oak Knoll Press and Guilford College Art Gallery, 2018. 8.5 x 11 inches. full leather, clamshell box. 120 pages. This copy is bound in a full artist-binding by Monique Lallier herself. The binding is a full crushed green moracco with leather and silk onlays to create an uppercase 'M'. Decorated headbands. The front pastedowns and endpapers are handmade pastepapers. Binder's stamp '2023 Monique Lallier' on rear pastedown. The book..... READ MORE about MONIQUE LALLIER: A RETROSPECTIVE
New Castle, DE and Greensboro, NC: Oak Knoll Press and Guilford College Art Gallery, 2018. 8.5 x 11 inches. paperback. 120 pages. "Leafing through the preliminary pages of this new catalogue documenting the career of Monique Lallier, we are greeted with several photographs of the artist at work... which serves to introduce our subject and sets the tone for the rest of the catalogue -- a tone that is intimate and collegial, as if we..... READ MORE about MONIQUE LALLIER: A RETROSPECTIVE
Paris: Chez tous les Libraires, 1848. 8vo. original paper wrappers. 115 pages. St. Bride catalogue p.547. Split to the textblock between pages 98-99. Spine worn. Bottom corner folded to the first few pages. Internally foxed. Libri was an intelligent young Florentine nobleman who obtained his University degree at an early age. He left Italy for France in 1832 because of political problems and soon developed an excellent reputation as a scholar and bibliophile. In 1841..... READ MORE about REPONSE DE M. LIBRI AU RAPPORT DE M. BOUCLY PUBLIE DANS LE MONITEUR UNIVERSEL DU 19 MARS 1848
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1969. small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. 123 pages. First edition. Blurbs by James Dickey, John Ciardi. The title is included in Young / The male homosexual in literature: a bibliography. Rubbed black dust jacket with a few short closed tears.READ MORE about THE ZIG ZAG WALK: POEMS, 1963-1968
Vijfde, Verbeterde Druk.
Gorinchem, Netherlands: J. Noorduyn en Zoon, 1874. 12mo. contemporary quarter leather, marbled paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. (iv), 163+(1) pages. Vijfde, Verbeterde Druk. Dutch/English grammar manual for young students. Filled with popular phrases that were used in everyday language. With the bookplate from the reference library of the Zaehnsdorf Company with a commemorative booklabel loosely inserted. Rubbed along edges.READ MORE about ENGELSCH LEERBOEKJE VOOR EERSTBEGINNENDEN
3 volumes.
San Francisco: David Magee Antiquarian Books, 1969-1970. 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. xiv,103 (vi),103; xii,130 pages. 3 volumes. One of the 125 copies bound in this manner. Paper spine labels starting to pull away from the binding of Part Two. Spines faded. This superb collection was purchased en masse by Brigham Young University. Volumes one and two contain books on drama, fiction, poetry, literary biography, essays and children's books while volume three concerns itself..... READ MORE about VICTORIA R.I., A COLLECTION OF BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AUTOGRAPH LETTERS