Maine Home Cooking: 175 Recipes from Down East Kitchens.
Camden, ME: Down East, 2012. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. 283 pp. 8vo. Clean, tight copy. No dust jacket as issued.
Inscribed by author on the title page. Fine. More
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Exploring the Secrets of the Aurora.
Netherlands: Springer, 2007. Wraps. Second Edition. First Printing. xxx, 288 pp. 8vo. Slight scuffing to covers from shelf wear, clean within.
Inscribed by the author on the isndie front cover in the year of publication. Very Good. More
A Maine Portfolio.
Alpert, Michael. Rockport, ME: Maine Center for Contemporary Art, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. Unpag. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
A collection of stunning black and white photographs by a man who thinks deeply about his subjects, its meaning, and succeeds in translating it visually to the viewer. A fitting homage to Maine by one of its walking treasures. Fine / Fine. More
Frank Lloyd Wright. An American Original.
Austin, TX: Texas Quarterly, 1962. Wraps. As. 85-90 pp. 8vo. Green stiff paper wraps with two slightly rusty staples at spine, some scuffing.
An offprint of the Texas Quartely Spring 1962 Edition. Inscribed boldly on the cover, "The gillensons(?)/1963 greetings/from/Merle" Very Good. More
Merle Armitage Bibliography.
New York: E. Weyhe, 1956. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 99 pp. 8vo. Red and white printed boards. Some soiling and scuffing from use. Clean within. No dust jacket as issued. Also contains essay, "Merle Armitage" by Robert Marks. [Purcell 104].
Early bibliography of Armitage's work. This copy is inscribed by Armitage in his distinctive blue pen on the first free endpaper, "Robert D. Loken/from/Merle Armitage/1958" along with the address of Manzanita Ranch stamped in red at the lower right corner of the page. Printed in an edition of 500 copies, one of the 350 that were hardbound. Good. More
Sister: The Life of Legendary American Interior Decorator Mrs. Henry Parish II.
New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. xxiii, 337 pp. 8vo. Dust Jacket is in mylar cover.
Inscribed by both authors on half-title page. Very Good / Very Good. More
Reverdure.
Colorado Springs, CO: The Press at Colorado College, 1974. Wraps. Limited Edition. [28] pp . Oblong 4to. Brown stiff paper covers with title and author's name printed in deep brown on the cover, white stitching at spine much like a Japanese binding.
A simple, yet absolutely stunning production with the bottom of each page deckled with color illustrations that are embossed and carry both color and texture. Signed by Wendell Berry on the final page of the poem under his initials. Designed, printed, and handbound by James Trissel. Produced in an edition of 100 copies, this being #20. Fine. More
The Gift of Gravity.
Engelland, Timothy. Old Deerfield, MA/Dublin, Ireland: The Deerfield Press/The Gallery Press, 1979. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Unpag. 8vo. Dust jacket is clean and crisp, now in mylar cover. Interior without a blemish.
This publication contains two poems, "The Gift of Gravity" and "Grief." Produced in an edition of 300 copies and signed by Wendell Berry on the colophon. Berry has also inscribed this copy to a previous owner, "For Bob in San Jose-Wendell Berry-12/4/85" Fine / Fine. More
Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean: Meditations on the Forbidden From Contemporary Appalachia.
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2015. Trade Paperback. First Edition. xiii, 299 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.
Signed by editor Adrian Blevins on the title page. Fine. More
The Creators: A History of Heroes of the Imagination.
New York, NY: Random House, 1992. Hard Cover. First Edition. Sec ond Printing. xiv, 811 pp. 8vo. Price clipped dust jacketn, now in mylar cover.
Inscribed by Daniel Boorstin on the first free endpaper. Fine / Very Good. More
Blue Desert.
Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 175, [4] pp. Dust jacket crisp and in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with a slight hint of sunning along the foot of the the front and rear covers near spine. Terracotta endpapers with small blemish on first free endpaper where sticker may have been removed. [Bartholomew A8.a.1].
Signed by Bowden on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Blue Desert.
Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press, 1986. Wraps. Advance Reading Copy. ix, 181 pp. 8vo. Beige paper covers with black plastic VeloBind spine. Minor sunning along top edge of front cover has darkened it slightly. Clean throughout. [Bartholomew A8.a.1].
Signed by Bowden on the half-title page. Very Good. More
Book Collecting: The Last Refuge of the Illiterate.
Salt Lake City, UT: Ken Sanders Rare Books, 2005. Wraps. Limited Edition. 8 pp. Dark red paper covers that resemble a bookplate. Clean and crisp within.
Produced in an edition of 126 copies, 100 numbered copies and 26 casebound, this is copy #36 of the numbered edition and signed by the author at the colophon. Printed by Jason Davis at the verdant press. Fine. More
Killing the Hidden Waters.
Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 1977. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. viii, [4], 174 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket has slight wear and scuffing from shelf wear, small closed 5/8" tear at head of spine right of center, now scuffing cront and rear, 3/4" tear at base of rear panel near lower left corner, small loss at head of spine, now in mylar cover. Light blue denim colored cloth boards with black titling to spine. Small stains at head and foot of cover boards from what appears to have been tape. "Discard" stamp at along foot of text block, only indication that it may be ex-library. [Bartholomew A3.a].
Signed by Bowden on the title page. Very Good / Very Good... More
Shadow in the City: Confessions of an Undercover Drug Warrior.
Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc., 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 309 pp. 8vo. Dust jacket clean, crisp and in mylar cover.
Signed by Bowden on the half-title page. Fine / Fine. More
Shadow in the City: Confessions of an Undercover Drug Warrior.
Orlando, FL: Harcourt, Inc., 2005. Trade Paperback. First Edition. First Harvest Edition. 326 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.
Signed by Bowden on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Exodus/Éxodo.
Cardona, Julián. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2008. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 285 pp. Oblong Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
A stunning project that combines Bowden's words with soul searching photographs by Cardona. The prose can be uncomfortable, the images beautiful and unsettling at the same time. Signed by Charles Bowden on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Stone Canyons of the Colorado Plateau.
Dykinga, Jack. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1996. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 128 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. [Bartholomew A17].
Inscribed by Bowden and Dykinga on the first free endpaper. Fine / fine. More
The Secret Forest.
Dykinga, Jack W. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. Softcover. First Edition. xi, 141 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. [Bartholomew A14].
Signed by Bowden, Dykinga, and Martin on the title page. Another wonderful collaboration by Charles Bowden and Jack Dykinga pairing Bowden's amazing prose with Dykinga's unfaltering images of this fascinating place within the Sonoran Desert. Fine. More
The Secret Forest.
Dykinga, Jack W. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1993. Softcover. First Edition. xi, 141 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. [Bartholomew A14].
Signed by Charles Bowden on the first free endpaper. Another wonderful collaboration by Charles Bowden and Jack Dykinga pairing Bowden's amazing prose with Dykinga's unfaltering images of this fascinating place within the Sonoran Desert. Fine. More
Street Signs Chicago: Neighborhood and Other Illusions of Big-City Life.
Younker, Richard. Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press, 1981. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 198 pp. Dust jacket clean with bumps to top corners, now in mylar cover. Black cloth boards with bump to top corners of covers, clean and crisp within. [Bartholomew A4].
Signed by Bowden on the first free endpaper. Very Good / Very Good. More
Saints & Saint Makers of New Mexico.
Napolitano, P.G. Santa Fe, NM: Laboratory of Anthropology, 1946. Hardcover. First Edition. 139 pp. 8vo. Some sunning to dust jacket at spine and edges, now in mylar cover. Gray/green cloth boards with same titling as dust jacket reproduced on cover and spine. Hevily illustrated and clean within, housed in a custom gray cloth clamshell box. [Purcell 59].
Book is devote to santo making, the depiction of religious objects with painted panels and carved wood figures. This copy is signed at the colophn by E. Boyd and Merle Armitage. Fine / Very Good. More
Billingsgate Shoal.
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 272 pp. 8vo. Light wear and scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Light dust staining to head of text block. Clean, within.
Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Also the author's first mystery. Very Good / Very Good. More