Baltimore: Aquarius Press, 1969. Hardcover. Letter F of the ten copies reserved for the collaborators. There were 500 copies in the regular edition and 25 copies in the special edition. Signed by Federico Castellon and inscribed to the Baltimore art dealer Ernest Lowenstein. This was the first publication of the Aquarius Press and appeared two years before the death of Spanish American artist and lithographer Castellon in 1971. Castellon, born in 1914, was a well known painter, sculptor, and printmaker who is best known for his graphic works that incorporated the influences of surrealism. The 16 stunning color lithographs for this book are both surreal and haunting. They were drawn on the stones by Castellon and printed under his supervision on Rives BFK paper in 1968. This beautiful book was designed by Bert Clarke and the text set in Monotype Walbaum and printed by Clarke & Way in New York City. The binding is by the Russell Rutter Company. Done under the editorial direction of John Ross and Jacob Landau. Bound in brown cloth with a black spine with titling in gilt. Illustrations are protected by tissue guards. Housed in a brown paper covered slipcase with titling to spine. In fine condition. Measures 11.25 x 15 inches. PRI/062922. Fine. More

London: J. Cunningham, 1839. Hardcover. A thin octavo. Bound in brown and blue marbled paper boards with dark brown leather spine and corners. There is a two inch loss to the leather on the foot of the spine. Rubbing and wear to hinges, corners, and boards.Browning throughout interior. Dampstaining to top and middle portions of many pages. A good reading copy. 134 pages. LIT/062122. Very Good. More

London: The Fortune Press, n.d. Hardcover. Number 265 of 800 copies printed on English handmade paper. Gilbert Mauge was a pseudonym sometimes used by Edmée de la Rochefoucault (1896-1991), a French critic and women's rights activist. Bound in brown woven cloth with gilt titling to spine. Light soiling and fading to spine. Interior pages bright and clean. Very good condition. Small octavo. 68 pages. LIT/040422. Very Good. More

New York: Rider and Company. Hardcover. First Edition, third impression. With seven photographic plates produced in half tone. This exploration of the British Isles includes "ghostly phenomena of every variety - elementals, vampires, phantom motor lorries and coaches, phantom heads, headless ghosts, evil and dangerous ghosts, ghosts of various colours, frightful and frightening ghosts, benign and lovely ghosts, a formidable array of denizens of the other worlds ... [with] a touch of O'Donnell's inimitable sardonic humour" (jacket). Black cloth boards with white title to spine. Slight bumping to corners and minor wear to edges and hinges. Minor rubbing to book cloth. Even browning to interior pages. In illustrated blue, black, and red jacket with white title to spine and front panels. Browning to spine panel of jacket. Minor wear to edges of jacket including a few short closed tears. 192 pages. Horror. OCC/062022. Very Good / Very Good. More

Mad Parrot Press, 2022. Hardcover. Number 45 of 75 copies signed by the printer and binder, Chad Pastotnik. This is a marvelous edition of The Wind in the Willows, the incomparable book by Kenneth Grahame. In his introduction, Peter Hunt, author of The Making of The Wind in the Willows, writes: "It is a book which makes you feel that, though everybody in the house loves it, it is only you who really appreciate it at its true value, and that others are scarcely worthy of it." This book is beautifully produced, with fine letterpress printing on special paper, and is accompanied by artist Vladimir Zimakov's exuberant linoleum cut illustrations of the characters and their adventures. Quarter bound in green Moroccan goatskin and orange cloth. Orange titling to spine and leather and gilt illustration affixed to the front cover. Printed in the Centaur font with Arrighi for italic on special Saint Armand Canal paper developed especially for this work. There are 12 full page color illustrations and numerous text illustrations throughout. Housed in a black cloth slipcase. In fine condition. Measures 10.25 x 14.25 inches. 132 pages. PRI/050522. Fine. More