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
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
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
Canton, MI: Read The Spirit Books, 2014. Trade Paperback. First Edition. xxvi, 215 pp. Clean, crisp copy.
Signed by the author on title page. Fine. More
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
London: Phaidon Press, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. 240 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
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
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
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]. Fine / Fine. More
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
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
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 276 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. Very Good / Very Good. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1987. 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. Very Good / Very Good. More
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 276 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. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Planthouse Press, 2014. Wraps. Limited Edition. Unpag. Olbong 4to. Produced in wraps with an ingenious design that incorporates Webster's illustrations in to the interior liner of the blue cloth folding box that encases the book. Published in an edition of 500 copies.
A comic narrative by Bradford accompanies a collection of Webster's childhood drawings from the 1970s, all of which were kept by his mother. We should all be so lucky! Signed in pencil by artist and author on the title page. Fine. More
Sarasota, FL: Marlin Media Publishing, 2003. Wraps. First Edition. 231 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy.
Signed by both authors on the title page. Fine. More
Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 1928. Hardcover. First Edition. xxii, 311 pp. 8vo. Burgundy cloth covered boards with gold embossed titing to cover board and spine. Minor darkening to spine. Clean and crisp within.
Describes the famous geologist's "planetesimal theory" as introduced earlier in his work "The Origin of the Earth" Very Good. More
Boyd, Connie Fox. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1960. Hard Cover. First Edition. 149 pp. 8vo. Titling on dust jacket has faded/bled at tsome point, price clipped, now in a mylar cover. Clean and tight within.
A delightful book about a unique woman and her contribution to life in the region where the atomic bomb was developed. Fine / Very Good. More
New York, NY: Viking, 1988. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. xxxi, 350 pp. 8vo. Slight scuffing to dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Dust soiling along top edge of cover boards, small blue smudge at top of half title page, clean within.
Inscribed boldly by Senator Mitchell and Senator Cohen on half-title page. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xii, 242 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by Tony Conza on the half-title page. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Viking, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. xviii, 686 pp. 8vo. Slight scuffing to the dust jacket from shelf wear. Bumping to cover boards, clean within.
Inscribed by the author on the title page. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1938. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. 270 pp. 8vo. Wear and scuffing to cover boards, corners bumped with losses. Black endpapers with Native American symbol in white on pastedown. Some age toning to interior pages and a slight lean to volume. [Purcell 46].
Designed by legendary book designer Merle Armitage (1893-1975) and published in an edition of 1,500 copies, this copy is signed by Edwin Corle but not numbered. Good. More
