Berlin: Jüdischer / Juedischer, 1903. Hardcover. In German. SCARCE. In gray paper covered boards titled in black with gray linen spine. Minor browning to board edges. Minor fraying and rubbing to spine. The front free endpaper has been removed otherwise internally clean. Thin quarto. 136 pages. GERLANG/121521. Very Good. More

Moscow: Emile Goozairow, 2016. Emile Goozairow is a Russian artist who paints and draws, produces movies, and creates exceptional miniature handmade books that are printed on rare types of paper and published in limited editions. His techniques create unique designs that often are made with natural materials alone or in combination with relief decorations made from metal or polymeric clay. He creates books that he describes as "pop up," “kinetic carousel," “liporello” or “3D origami.” He also writes fairy tales, stories and mystical scenes. The Money Book is an inventive and unusual miniature book from Emile. The book consists of old Soviet bank notes from 1961 in denominations of 1, 3, 5, 10, 25 rubles. The binding is painted in red, orange, and green acrylic on canvas. A small coin is affixed to each cover, and the book is held closed by a brown cord that attaches to a button. When the book's "pages" are turned, the rubles open up in the form of "paper mills" or "paper flowers." In fine condition. Measures: 65x40x20 mm. ARTISTSB/102021. More

London: Richard Bentley, 1861 & 1862. Hardcover. Mary Delany (1700 - 1788) was an English artist known for her botanic paintings, paper cuts, paper-mosaics, and needlework - as well as for her lively correspondence. A member of the "bluestockings", she advocated for women's rights and is known for writing "Why must women be driven to the necessity of marrying? a state that should always be a matter of choice! and if a young woman has not fortune sufficient to maintain her in the situation she has been bred to, what can she do, but marry?". She was forced to marry a 60 year old man when she was only 17 due to the unfortunate financhial situation of her parents. All volumes are bound in matching three quarter green leather over marbled paper covered boards with title and volume numbers to spine. Full marbled edges with matching marbled endpapers. Sunning to spines, minor cracking to leather along spines, chipping to some title labels, wear to edges of boards, pulling to leather on some corners, and rubbing to boards. Bookplate of Richard Edwards to front pastedown of all volumes. The interiors are clean overall with minor foxing mostly to margins, light dampstaining to top margins of some pages in several volumes, and occasional finger smudges / spots of soiling. Very occasional pencil notation to margin. Slight bowing to some boards. All volumes include frontispieces and additional plates. Fold-out of family tree is present in final volume. Lacks plate of Catherine Hyde, which is supposed to be bound in across from page 4 in the first volume. All other plates are present; although, some are bound out of order. Volume I is 621 pages; Volume II is 635 pages; Volume III is 635 pages; Volume IV is 695 pages; Volume V is 586 pages; Volume VI is 602 pages. ENG/122021. Very Good. More

Portland, OR: Anne Greenwood. Number 10 of the 12 deluxe copies. The Lunar Maria (pl.) or Mare (sing.) are large dark basaltic plains on the Earth’s Moon formed by ancient volcanic eruptions. These plains Oceanus (Oceans), Mare (Seas), Lacus (Lakes), Palus (Marshes), and Sinus (Bays) were named by Giovanni Battista Riccioli in 1651 after states of mind and conditions of water. I have editioned three decks of 44 oracle cards named after the Lunar Maria: one wool hand-embroidered original, twelve cotton digitally printed, finished w/ hand-stitching, and 100 paper digitally printed. All the decks include a letterpress printed, hand-bound booklet, and indigo dyed bag and cloth with machine stitched text. The booklet describes how to use the cards and includes 44 poetic fragments that correspond to each basaltic plain and embroidered image. The booklet was designed, printed and bound by Daniela Del Mar. This project was conceived in the midst of studying magical tools and practices with Colette Gardiner in her Blue Iris Mystery School in Portland, Oregon, working as an artist-in-residence at the Icelandic Textiles Center in Blönduós, Iceland and learning from Carmen Spagnola's Numinous School of Intuition Development. The combination of these experiences helped me further understand, connect and embed my ancestry, place and natural world within my art practice. Ten percent of all sales from this deck, and funds generated from any readings will be donated to The Chúush Fund: Water for Warm Springs which directly benefits the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon as they work to restore their access and infrastructure for clean water. Edition size: 12 5.5”x 7.5”x 2” finished bag w/ contents, 4”x 5.5” cards & booklet, 20”x 20” cloth. In fine condition. ARTB/080221. More

Size: 11.25 x 14 when closed. More

UK: Fine Press Book Association, 2003. Hardcover. Deluxe edition issued in hardcover with jacket. In original grey cloth covered slipcase with grey printed paper covered side panels. With supplemental portfolio of printed pieces. The portfolio for this issue includes pieces from the following presses: Edwin Smith (courtesy of the Rampant Lions Press), Old Stile Press, Libanus Press, Gwasg Gregynog, Simon King Press, Old Forge Press, Gordon Gumn, Piccolo Press. Clean and bright. 64 pages. BOB/102721. Near Fine. More

Jersey City, NJ: Harsimus Press, 2017. Hardcover. Number 28 of 40 copies, signed and numbered by the book artist. This beautifully produced book by Barbara Henry explores the possibility of life on other planets. It recounts the discovery of a mysterious manuscript and note found on a beach in Maine by a woman named Sonia Duracote. While on a walk she finds a "strange bundle" that turns out to be a book written in the strange alphabet of a language she had ever seen before. After bringing it home, Sonia fell asleep and had a vivid dream in which she is visited by an extra-terrestrial who communicates with her through telepathy. He explained that the beautiful indecipherable text was not language as she understood it but prompts and symbols that evoke sights and sounds without ever becoming words. Following the text of Sonia's story, there is a separate section that has copy of the manuscript on a translucent paper with the text composed in Kliluk, a monotype font designed by book artist Barbara Henry for creating asemic texts as well as for decoration. Asemic means with out semantic value, a purely visual set of characters that look like language. The font is named for a lake in British Columbia that dries in summer into a series of mineral stained pools resembling polka-dots, said to be a terrestrial analog for ancient Martian lakes [artist's statement]. Bound in light blue cloth with title labels to front cover and spine. Hand set in foundry and monotype. The text is printed on Zerkall Book paper and the manuscript is printed on white Linen Wrapper from Canal Paper in Montreal. In fine condition. Measures 9.75 x 10 inches. Unpaginated. PRIVATE/111721. Fine. More

New York: T.H. Morrell, 1866-1867. One of 60 copies of the quarto edition. According to penciled notes on the free front endpaper of Volume I, this was the publisher's own copy, with occasional annotations throughout by the author. There are also two letters tipped in from the author to the publisher at page 100 of Volume I. This is a monumental history of New York City theatre by Joseph Ireland (1817-1898). Joseph Norton Ireland, one of the major early historians of the American theater, entered his father's business after graduating from high school in his native New York. Leaving the company in 1855 and retiring to Bridgeport, Connecticut, Ireland devoted the rest of his life to studying and writing about the stage. His history is organized chronologically by theatre season and then by theatre. It compiles a prodigious amount of information about every performance at the major New York theatres, its dates and its cast. He writes about how well the performances and the actors and actresses were received. In addition, Ireland offers detailed personal and professional information about the performers and other important theatrical figures of the time. His comments are entertaining as well as enlightening. He also provides interesting details about the exterior and interior appearance of the important theatres of the time. Ireland's occasional annotations to the text in Morrell's copies appear to be to update information about various performers for later editions of the book. Many are about the deaths of actors that occurred after the book was published. Others offer a more detailed biography, news of a marital separation, or a date correction. Bound by Oldach & Co. in brown leather with spine with raised bands and gilt titling. Leather in corners and along spine is somewhat rubbed and scuffed, particularly on Volume II. Because of the volumes' size, the hinges are weak or partly cracked and have been reinforced with tape along the newer pastedowns and first free endpapers. Interior pages are clean and bright with slightest aging to margins. Overall in very good condition. Volume I: 663 pages; Volume II: 746 pages including index and list of subscribers. Measures 9.5 x 12 x 3 inches. DRAMA/110421. More

Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1899. Hardcover. Beautifully bound in blue cloth with gilt titles and floral decoration to boards and spines of both volumes. MInor wear to edges of boards and spine ends. Occasional spots of soiling to margins, but clean and bright overall. Filled with photographic illustrations. An attractive set. 303 pages in Volume I. 318 pages in Volume II. TRA/102021. Very Good. More

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. Hardcover. First edition of this engaging account by King of his experiences climbing and exploring in the Sierra Nevada [Howes K- 148]. Clarence Rivers King (1842 – 1901) was an American geologist, mountaineer and author. He was the first director of the United States Geological Survey from 1879 to 1881. He is well known for his organization of one of the principal post–Civil War geological surveys of the American West, the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. The fact that, at the age of 25, he was given complete command of a five-year mapping project from the Sierra Nevada across the Rocky Mountains attests to a remarkable personality. His survey volume, Systematic Geology, ranks as one of the great scientific works of the late nineteenth century. His popular classic, Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada, begins with a summary of the geological history of the Sierras and then recounts King’s experiences between 1864-1870 in the range, both as a member of the Whitney expedition and as a mountain climber. Highlights include his ascents of Mount Tyndall, Mount Shasta, and Mount Whitney; survey of Yosemite Valley; and field trips in the Merced Valley. King provides anecdotes of the mountains’ people and natural history along the way [Wikipedia, Geological Society]. Bound in publisher's brown beveled cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Covers are bumped, with wear to spine edges and slight abrasion to rear cover. Hinges are quite tender and front free endpaper detached. Rear free endpaper partially torn along hinge. Interior pages are tight and clean. Small illegible signature on title page.Evidence of label removed from front pastedown, and a handwritten label in its place states: "This book belonged to Carl Schurz whose library I acquired September 5th 1924. Paul Steinbrecker." This is perhaps the Carl Schurz who was a senator and Secretary of the Interior in the nineteenth century. Despite flaws still very good. Small octavo. 292 pages. TRAVEL/083021. Very Good. More

Parma, Italy: Alberto Pazzoni and Paolo Monti, 1696. Hardcover. Quite scarce. Annibale Leonardelli (1623-1702) was an Italian Jesuit priest and biblical commentator. He was the author of several works on religion and morals. Bound in contemporary vellum. Binding is soiled, bumped, and missing a piece along the bottom of the front cover, revealing the board underneath. Brown leather spine label with titling. Marbled endpapers missing front free endpaper. Half title page has tear along right edge. Text pages are browned and spotted, not affecting legibility. A good copy of an uncommon book. In Italian. Measures 3 x 5.75 inches. 480 pages including index. ITALLANG/073021. Good +. More

London: Richard Bentley, 1866. Hardcover. A detailed and comprehensive account by the author of his observations and findings while traveling in the Pacific Northwest. John Keast Lord (1818–1872) was an English veterinarian and traveller, known as a naturalist, journalist and author. When British Columbia was formed into a colony, after the gold discoveries on the Fraser River in western Canada in 1858, Lord was appointed naturalist to the commission which was sent out to run a boundary line along the 49th parallel north of latitude, separating the new colony from United States territory. He was for some time resident on Vancouver Island; the collection (mammals, birds, fishes, insects, and other) made by him went to the British Museum.His travels in northwest America and California were also reported in The naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia, with interesting descriptions of animals and birds and a list of his zoological collections [ Dictionary of Canadian Biography]. The descriptions and narrative are interesting indeed. Lord writes of everything from skunks and their odor, the ogress legend, a horse fair, insect-catching birds, much about Indians, the octopus, taking a bath, the miners' ball, a tobacco substitute, and so much more. Lord had a colloquial and very readable style making this work still enjoyable today. In a once lovely full brown leather binding by Riviere and Son. Rubbed, scuffed, bumped, and worn, with spine of Volume I with a repaired tear and the front board of Volume II detached. Evidence of labels removed from front covers. Interior pages are brittle, and there are some tears and chipping, including to the title page of Volume II and its detached frontispiece. Frontis of Volume I is also detached and title page is missing. Despite this, the text is complete and quite legible. Date stamp "May 20 1909" on first page of each volume. Good minus condition. Octavos. Volume I: 358 pages; Volume II: 375 pages. TRAVEL/102121. Good. More

Antwerp. Hardcover. Two volumes only of a four volume set. Collection of sermons and homilies written in Latin by the Italian Joseph Mansi (Giuseppe), in the late sixteenth century. Bound in full brown leather with gilt ornaments to covers and spines. Covers are bumped, and worn, spines with six compartments faded, and joints and hinges cracked. Marbled endpapers. Interior pages generally nice with some creasing and browning. Folio volumes. Volume I: 875 pages plus unpaginated indexes; Volume II: 913 pages plus unpaginated indexes. REL/081621. Very Good. More