Worcester, MA: J. Nancrede, 1797. First American Edition. Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (also called Bernardin de St. Pierre) (1737 -1814) was a French writer and botanist. He is best known for his 1788 novel Paul et Virginie, now largely forgotten, but in the 19th century a very popular children's book. In this work he argues that plants should not be classified not just by their florifications but by the relations of their several parts to the rest of nature. Bound in full brown leather with red title label to spine. Leather is torn, rubbed, abraded, and bumped. Front board is loose but holding. Interior pages are browned throughout and frontis is dampstained. Red accession stamped on title page and remains of book label to front pastedown. Frontis plate plus three fold-out plates numbered III, IV, and V as called for in Evans. A good only copy of this scarce item. NATURE/032621. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2020. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This is one of a series of lovely unique works by Satin, each signed by her. Each book is created with Cordenons paper, a fine paper that has been manufactured in Italy since 1630. This book uses various papers, strips from maps, sequins, crystals, and monofilament to create precise and inventive designs on the cover and each page. In a white gauze bag. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [8 pages]. ARTISTSB/032521. Fine. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2020. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This is one of a series of lovely unique works by Satin, each signed by her. Each book is created with fine acid-free paper. This book uses various metallic papers, postage stamps, small blue and purple plastic shapes, sequins, crystals, and monofilament to create precise and inventive designs on the cover and each page. In a white gauze bag. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [8 pages]. ARTISTSB/032521. Fine. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 1996. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, The Victoria and Albert Museum, and the National Institute of Design (India). She has created more than 250 bookworks to date. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This work from Claire beautifully exemplifies this conceptual approach to creating her books. The title of the book - Tetrahedron - describes a solid having four plane triangular faces - a triangular pyramid. The shape is associated with fire and perpetuates balance and stability [Wikipedia]. The book is a powder coated aluminum black screen with gold and silver ink/handwritten script (reassembled text from the book “M” by John Cage). Includes fine wire; brass filings from grinding keys Signed by the artist inside a miniature gold book attached to the complex wire structure emerging from the "spine" of the book. In fine condition. Measures 7 x 12 x 1.5 inches. Fine. More

New York: Collins and Hannay, 1825. Hardcover. First Edition. Scarce. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793 –1864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist, noted for his early studies of Native American cultures, as well as for his 1832 expedition to the source of the Mississippi River. In this earlier work, Schoolcraft describes a trip with General Cass, via the Wabash and Ohio Rivers to Illinois and Missouri, returning by the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers to Peoria and Chicago [Howes S193]. He writes extensively about the Native American tribes of the region. Bound in three quarter red leather with giilt titling and with marbled paper boards. Leather is scuffed, rubbed, and bumped. Marbled paper covers are scuffed as well. Indication that there was library label to spine and label removed from rear free endpaper. No other ex-library signs. Text pages are browned with scattered foxing, not affecting legibility. With two fold out maps, one of the area traveled and the other a color plate with a geological sketch of the lead mines. Both have a section separated along one of the folds. Both detached sections are laid in. There are also plates of Mt. Joliet, Fossil footprints, and Rock Fort. A prevous owner, Edward W. West stamped the title page and the back of the maps with his name. Not quite very good but a nice copy. Octavo. 459 pages. TRAVEL/051021. Very Good -. More

New York: Viking Press, 1954. Hardcover. Later printing. "A story about the boy Jansi who lives wiht his mother and father, the "Good Master," on a farm in Hungary; about his cousin Kate who comes from the city to live with them, and wholse headstrong ways and tempers are set right by the kindly understanding of the Good Master; about Kate and Jansi's races on horseback across the plains, their fun at the fair, their trouble with the gypsies; about the shepherd who made wood carvings, and wholse tales kept the children listening till sundown - a colorful story of the customs and people of the great Hungarian plains" (jacket). Light blue cloth boards with dark blue title to spine and front cover. Fading to spine panel and minor wear to corners. Clean, bright interior with illustrations. In blue dust jacket wiht white title to spine and front panels. Chipping to hinges and edges of jacket, which is now protected with a removable jacket. 210 pages. CHILD/022521. Very Good / Very Good. More

Moscow: Emil Goozairow, 2020. 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. Emile has created several iterations of this particular scene from Hamlet, with most being in miniature. This larger scale format allows the viewer to more fully examine and appreciate Emile's delicate linework and technique. Each spread features Emile's elaborate illustration, which is composed of an entangled web of Shakespeare's text from the scene. Facing this "encrypted" text is the full text written out in clearly readable sentence format. Attractively bound in a Japanese stab style with covers bound in red and grey felt. Both covers feature a polymer clay sculptural element, which has been hand painted. The clay on the front cover says "William Shakespeare" and the clay on the back cover says "Emile Goozairow." A wonderful and imaginative interpretation of this famous soliloquy. In fine condition. [18 pages.] Measures about 8 x 5.75 inches. ARTB/021921. Fine. More

New York: St. Martin's/Marek, 1984. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed and Inscribed by the author. Black cloth backed black paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Light wear and rubbing to boards. Clean interior. In black dust jacket with gilt title to spine and front panels. Jacket has chipping, closed tears, and wear to edges. 277 pages. LIT/031221. Near Fine / Very Good. More

London: Joseph Smith, 1873. Hardcover. Scarce comprehensive bibliography of books written by authors opposed to Quakerism and the Society of Friends. The works cited date from the 1600s. It excludes negative books written by former members of the Society as they were incuded in Smith's Catalogue of Friends' Books. Bound in three quarter brown leather with red and blue marbled boards and gilt titling to spine. Some scuffs to leather and paper boards. Interior is clean and in very good condition. May be ex-library with a stamp rubbed out on title page and remnants of something glued to rear free endpaper. Very Good. More

London: The Mining and Geographical Institute, [c. 1897]. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author: ""To Mother and Father/Best love from /your son Arthur E. I. Sola./Feb 1898." The book is also dedicated to his parents. First edition of this interesting work about mining for gold in the Klondyke region of northwest Canada. The author spent four years there and has much advice for would-be prospectors. He provides information on routes, mining regulations, methods of mining, occurrence of gold; advice on clothing, staking claims, the Indians, game, etc., and provides a narrative of his personal experiences. In addition to his practical tips and information Sola also cautions new prospectors of the difficulties involved and how much of the territory had already been mined. Bound in publishers original green cloth with three quarter leather spine and edges to covers. The gilt cover titling also includes a bright gilt vignette of a skeleton holding a bag of gold. Ex-library. Covers are worn, rubbed and bumped and appear to have had library stickers removed from front and back, leaving glue remnants. Call number written in white ink on front cover leather. Interior text pages and plates are clean with light aging to margins. With 26 plates and three maps. Plates include a photo of McGinty, the favorite dog of the camp! A solid copy of this scarce title in good plus condition. Small quarto. 102 pages including advertisements. CANADA/033121. Good +. More

London: Printed at the Chiswick Press for George Allen, 1897. Hardcover. One of 1000 sets on paper (there were an additional 28 on vellum).A magnificent edition of The Faerie Queene with Crane's glorious illustrations. Walter Crane (1845-1915) was renowned as an illustrator, artist, decorator, and designer during his career. This was Crane’s most elaborate and extensive commission as a book illustrator. It was inspired by the revival of the private press, particularly the Kelmscott Press, as well as by the transition from Art Nouveau to Arts and Crafts, and by the importance of the illustrator in book production, bound white cloth, with gilt spine lettering plus a large Art Nouveau design in gilt stamped to the front boards. This was originally issued in 19 parts, and all of the original salmon colored pictorial front wrappers are bound in. There are 88 mostly full page (one double page) black on white and white on black illustrations and 132 head or tail pieces, all from woodcut designs by Crane. The boards show very light wear and spines are slightly darker than covers. The texts are very tight throughout with front hinge to volume I somewhat cracked. Pages with some light aging to the margins and just a few have a light speckle. All volumes are in very good or better condition. 1546 pages. PRI/ 042821. Very Good. More

London: Jacob Tonson, 1714. Hardcover. First Edition of this uncommon book. It offers early descriptions of the people, customs, economy and trade, militia, as well as the government and democratic institutions. The appendix is an Account of the Allies of the Switzers. viii], 247 pp. Bound in contemporary full brown leather with double gilt rulings and raised spine bands. Binding is chipped, bumped, and rubbed. Hinges are quite weak but boards are still partly attached. Staining and browning to pastedowns and endpapers but text pages are mostly clean with occasional spotting along margins and page edges. With wood-engraved vignette on title page. Very good. Measures 7.5.x.4.5 inches. 247 pages. TRAVEL/040621. Very Good. More

New York: The Phoenix Bookshop, 1974. Hardcover. Near fine in red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Remnant of removed tape to front endpapers, else clean and bright. 227 pages. BOB/022621. Near Fine. More