Cambridge, MD: Tidewater Publishers, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. Includes 101 reproductions from photographs. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Light wear to edges. Slight browning to end pages, else is clean and bright. Light blue and white illustrated dust jacket with blue title to front and spine panels. Minor rubbing to dust jacket. 392 pages. MD/071619. Very Good / Very Good. More

Japan: Kototsubo, 2019. Number 8 of 18 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artist Miyako Akai. and author Larry Seidman. This exquisite miniature book is a collaboration between Larry Seidman and Miyako Akai, both members of the Miniature Book Society. Larry, a Virginia pediatrician, wrote the poem, and the description and discussion of the book. Miyako , an award winning miniature book artist, made the book and translated the English text to Japanese. Larry described the project of making this book as a spiritual journey and dedicated it to his mother, who died at age 96. Larry writes in the colophon: "For the past 20 years I have shaped citrus peels in my kitchen. Working with pink grapefruit peels takes patience and cooperation to turn them inside-out into boxes without breaking, like working with a bonsai tree. They are shaped with rubber bands on a wooden form and dried hardening slowly; then the “pith” is sanded, trimmed and the two halves nested into each other. A thin layer of coconut oil is applied for a hand-rubbed finish which brings out the “grain” of the skin with tones of pink, orange and yellow. This helps the box to remain supple and flexible. The smell of citrus can be heightened by scratching the inside of the box. {I have looked] through many hundreds of orange and yellow jingle shells found at the shore of Sunken Meadow Beach, Long Island, New York. They protect the vulnerable mollusk inside. They are like little jewels that glow in the light and sound like coins when jingled together. Miyako Akai writes: "The grapefruit peel boxes have a pleasant smell. They have the feel of natural “fruit leather”. I tooled the gold leaf decoration [on the top] to make the boxes more beautiful, so that people will appreciate the skin on the inside of the peels. The many jingle shells look like the inside segments of lemon and orange citrus fruits, but they are actually the outside of shells. I put them together and bound them in one gold yarn to make a book. Because I think that many things are connected and a book is one connection. There are three books: first the poem printed on translucent pastel colored Japanese papers- next the shell necklace book - and the final colophon. The box is the cover of the book. Shells are pages of the book. Materials are shells + peels devoid of original living source. Where has the inside of them gone? When your fingers touch the outside of them, you will feel something, that is your “inside-out”. The round outer box is 3 inches in diameter. A beautiful work in fine condition. ARTISTSB/111119. More

Bombay: Asia Publishing House, (1966). Hardcover. SCARCE. 8vo. Blue cloth covered boards with silver title to spine. Soiling to exterior and minor fading to spine. Ex libris with number to foot of spine, as well as copyright and dedication pages, Columbia University book plate to front paste down, and spot to rear paste down where pocket used to be. Minor yellowing to edges of pages. Text is clean and bright. Illustrated. IND/092419. Very Good. More

Rutland, VT: Shattuck Gallery, 2010. Number 2 of 4 copies. This powerful work addresses the issues of women's rights and empowerment. The production comprises a number of stiff paper female figures of various ethnicities and garb, eleven small white paper books by and about women, and a blue scarf printed with women's names. They are housed in a cork covered closet/box with a title label to top. States the book artist Shattuck: "Through the process of making and dressing cutout women figures, stories unfold. These figures, represented globally, bring light to the silent crimes they endure. “Rape is the culture of silence”, quotes President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. In India, bride burning takes place approximately once every 2 hours. In Asia alone, one million children are working in the sex trade. Violence and abuse towards women takes place everywhere. This installation of women who stand on a named scarf celebrate their dignity while telling stories of hope." printed on Epson Radiant White Watercolor paper, cotton, vellum, Canson Mi Teintes, and cork paper. Box measures 12 x 7 x 7 inches. In fine condition. ARTISTSB/070119. Fine. More

Solomons, Maryland: The Calvert Marine Museum Press, 1981. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Occasional light foxing to margins of a few pages. Else is clean and bright with illustrations throughout. Index, 257 pages. MD/081619. Very Good. More

London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2005. Paperback. Quarto. First paperback edition. Illustrated glossy paper wrappers with blue spine panel titled in white on spine and in blue on front cover Very good condition, clean and bright inside and out. Extensive study of this landscape artist by the former director of the Harvard University Art Museums. Fully illustrated. Includes a presentation inscription on the front free endpaper signed "Seymour," possibly by the author. 278 pages. ART/083019. Very Good. More

Chicago: Starshaped Press, 2019. Hardcover. Number 6 of 50 copies. Signed and numbered by the book artist. This powerful book was created by book artist and printer Jen Farrell to describe the pain and anguish she experienced as Jo, her young daughter, was treated in 2018 to stem the growth of tumor nodules around her right lung. She writes: "While the treatments were challenging, the fallout that followed over the winter was unbearable. The chest pressure, pneumonitis and inability to breathe sent us to the hospital repeatedly, with unsatisfactory results. By ‘unsatisfactory’ I mean punching-a-hole-in-the-wall angry at the lack of understanding about why Jo had these side effects and the weeks, sometimes months, it took to get appointments with specialists. I sought solace in songs that directed my frustration away from people around me. One of these was Black Star’s Respiration, with lyrics that expressed a metaphorical difficulty to breathe in an urban environment. Many of the words applied to our reality; rewriting the lyrics was an outlet for acknowledging the trauma....Respiration is a rewrite of the song, but in this case applied to watching my child struggle to breathe." The book unfolds as a poster measuring 20x14 inches that folds down to approximately 5x 7 inches within red paper covered boards. The covers are printed in two colors on Mohawk Keakolour and the interior text is printed on Fabriano Tiziano paper with ‘fuzz’ in the texture as a nod to the scarring fuzz in Jo’s lungs. The book is accompanied by a white folded paper reference guide to the lyrics with notes on Jen's rewrites. In fine condition. Fine. More

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. In blue cloth covered boards with illustrated color dust jacket with white title to front and spine panels. Interior is clean. Index. 320 pages. MD/071619. Very Good / Very Good. More

Philadelphia: George Barrie, (1878). Hardcover. Illustrated profusely with 48 plates and many wood engravings including images of the buildings of the exhibition (in the introduction). Folio in brown cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Wear to edges of boards, hinges, and corners. Heavy rubbing to book cloth on both covers and on spine. Foxing to margins of most pages. Minor dampstaining to margins of a few pages, which does not affect the images on the plates. Clean overall. Text in English. 138 pages plus plates. This is a heavy, folio sized book and it may require an extra shipping fee. ART/062019. Very Good. More

Chiapas, Mexico: Taller Leñateros, 2005. Taller Lenateros, or The Woodlanders' Workshop, is a community of Mayan artists who produce handmade paper, artists' books, silkscreen and wood block prints, pansey graphs, natural dyes, and magic spells. The society was founded in 1975 by poet Ambar Past, and continues to flourish while offering training and employment to men and women who have no education and no career. Inspiration for many of the projects comes from dreams, nature, and Mayan history and tradition. Thirty years in the making, this book was created by 150 Mayan women. The collection of spells, hymns, and incantations was originally captured on tape in the Tzotzil language (a Mayan dialect), and was then transcribed and translated by Ambar Past. The opening essay is written by Past with excerpts from many Mayan songs interspersed. Included are over 50 poetic incantations, 40 silk-screened illustrations, notes about the creators, and more. It was featured in the 2007 ‘Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists’ Books exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Unpaginated. Bound in brown handmade paper covered boards with a large relief face depicting the Mayan goddess of the wilderness filling the front cover. The endpages are also handmade. Housed in a silkscreened box with white title to spine and black illustration of a face to front panel. The box was made from recycled cardboard, corn silk, and coffee. ARTB/110608. Fine in Fine Box. More

Mexico: Taller Leñateros, 2010. In Spanish and Mayan. Third edition. Taller Lenateros, or The Woodlanders' Workshop, is a community of Mayan artists who produce handmade paper, artists' books, silkscreen and wood block prints, pansey graphs, natural dyes, and magic spells. The society was founded in 1975 by poet Ambar Past, and continues to flourish while offering training and employment to men and women who have no education and no career. Inspiration for many of the projects comes from dreams, nature, and Mayan history and tradition. Thirty years in the making, this book was created by 150 Mayan women. The collection of spells, hymns, and incantations was originally captured on tape in the Tzotzil language (a Mayan dialect), and was then transcribed and translated by Ambar Past. The prologue is written by Juan Banuelos. Included are 45 poetic incantations, 40 silk-screened illustrations, and more. The English / Mayan version of the book, titled "Incantations of Mayan Women" which includes a few more poems than the Spanish version, was featured in the 2007 ‘Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists’ Books exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Unpaginated. Bound in brown handmade paper covered boards with a large relief face depicting the Mayan goddess of the wilderness filling the front cover. The endpages are also handmade. Housed in a printed cardboard box with white title to spine panel. Minor wear to edges of box. 191 pages. ARTB/070110. Fine. More

Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1978. Hardcover. Size: Quarto. A comprehensive history of Green Spring Valley, Maryland that contains information on the area's history, its houses, and its residents. In near fine green cloth covered boards with gilt titles to both spines. The interiors are very clean and bright with many photographic illustrations. Bookplate to endpapers of both volumes featuring a ship. In very good green dust jackets with white titles to spines and front panels. Minor wear to edges of jackets including closed tears to the edges, minor fading to spines, and two small open tears to spine panel of jacket of first volume. Volume I, 448 pages; Volume II, 154 pages. MD/072519. Near Fine / Very Good. More

New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885. Hard Cover. FIRST EDITION, first state in uncommon variant binding of blue cloth. It has been rebacked with the original blue cloth boards attached and title strip laid down. The author and title are in black and gilt on the spine and front board. The cover also has a blind-stamped illustration of Huck in black and gilt. Minor wear to corners, darkening to board edges, and rubbing to boards. There is a photo-gravure portrait bust of Twain with facsimile signature, frontis illustration, and 174 text illustrations by E.W. Kemble. Lacks tissue guard between frontispieces. Light dampstain to corner of photo-gravure page. The interior is clean overall with occasional foxing and occasional spots of soiling, mostly to margins. Modern endpapers. Altogether a desirable copy of this milestone of American literature. 366 pages. LIT/092519. Near Fine. More