THE GHOST'S TATTOOS
Oakville: Mosaic Press, 1989. Octavo; G+; Paperback; Spine, black with white print; Cover has slight edgewear, slight shelfwear; Text block clean and tight; 95 pages, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w). More
Oakville: Mosaic Press, 1989. Octavo; G+; Paperback; Spine, black with white print; Cover has slight edgewear, slight shelfwear; Text block clean and tight; 95 pages, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w). More
D. A. Talboys: Oxon, 1838. New Edition. Octavo; 850 pages; G; 3/4 bound in brown leather with patterned paper boards and gilt lettering on ridged spine; Rubbing to bottom corners, rubbing along edges, wear along joints, splitting to rear joint at head edge, half of spine label missing, cracking to spine leather; Textblock has age toning and foxing to pages, bookplate on front pastedown, splitting to interior hinges; Text in latin; RWO. More
Firenze (Florence): G. Barbera, 1887. 1887 Reprint. 16mo, 659 pages; VG-; 19th century half maroon red leather rebinding, boards in brown and yellow marbled paper; spine paneled, with gilt lettering in second panel and date at tail of spine; mild shelf wear and scuffing; corners slightly bumped; some wear to crown of spine; upper edge gilt; engraved frontispiece; all text in Italian; very mild pencil marks throughout; shelved Case 3. More
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1873. 12mo; G; dark green spine with gilt text; no jacket; original publisher's cloth exterior has some rubbing wear; some frays to spine edges; fore corners worn; beveled edges; front and spine decorated with black and gilt; text block has all edges gilt; gift inscriptions to front endpaper; interior pages have some incidental marks; previous bookshop's small sticker to rear pastedown; pp 306. More
Charlottesville, VA: Artist's Proof Editions, 2012. Limited Edition, #11/100. Octavo, 41 pages; VG; full ecru linen binding; spine unmarked; protected with a mylar wrapper; signed flat at title page by Mary-Sherman Willis; contains black and white illustrations; hand-numbered 11 and initialed at back pastedown by Colin Willis; pages clean; shelved Case 0. More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1928. 12mo; G+; 1/2 bound black spine with black text to paper label; cloth exterior shows mild shelf wear; minor edge wear; good intact binding; no jacket; text block has age toned modestly; previous owner's information to ffep; pp 69. More
Stuttgart: Walter Hadecke Verlag, 1922. 187/250. Octavo; G+; black spine with gilt text to red block; in one volume; leather binding; raised bands to spine; slight scuffing to exterior, mostly to spine; some rubbing to edges; tight binding; strong boards; text block exterior head edge gilt; fore and tail edges have slightly age toned; interior pages very good; fold out at rear; limited, numbered copies; this is 187 of 250; ribbon marker; pp 414; text in German NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, in bookcases next to 7's Ephemera section. More
Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, 1983. First Edition. Booklet [5.5 x 9]; G/paperback; ivory beige spine with black text; stated first edition; covers have modest sunning; small chips to spine edges; slight edge wear otherwise; binding good; textblock has very mild tone; pp 52 NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #7. More
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1949. Small Octavo; G+/fair; dark beige spine with maroon text; dust jacket shows noticeable wear; some chips to edges; slight, general age toning to exterior; light ink to flaps; mylar wrap to jacket; cloth exterior has mild wear; slight edge wear; previous owner's information to front pastedown; newspaper clipping laid in to rear endpaper; light offsetting to rear endpapers; good, intact binding; textblock mildly toned; few notations to inside; pp 88; signed by author. More
Francestown: The Golden Quill Press, 1974. Octavo; VG-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, cream with blue print; DJ has light edgewear, small sticker on front, slight smudging/shelfwear; Boards in blue cloth with gold print, clean and tight; Text block clean and tight; Inscribed in ink by the author on the front flyleaf; 256 pages. More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. First Edition, Eighty-Sixth Thousand. Octavo, 176 pages; VG; bound in unsigned three-quarters leather, paneled spine with gilt titling and tooling; top edge gilt; some mild shelfwear and rubbing; shelved front case. More
Washington: University Press of America, 1983. Octavo; 81 pages; VG-; Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine; Boards have slight cocking to spine, slight rubbing to corners, minor shelfwear; Textblock has slight creasing to title page; RWO. More
Cranbury, London, Mississauga: Associated University Presses, 1989. Octavo; VG-/G; grayish beige spine with black text; dust jacket exterior has mild shelf wear; minor edge wear; creased front flap; cloth exterior shows minimal wear; tight binding; strong boards; textblock exterior edges have minimal wear; interior clean; illustrated; pp 717. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. Octavo; G/Fair; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, blue with black print; DJ in mylar, edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning, small surface tears on spine and front fore edge; Boards in grey cloth with grey and green print, toning to spine, peripheral toning, slight wear to spine caps, else clean and strong; Text block has grey tinted top edge, bookplates on front pastedown, else clean and tight; xxxvii, 279 pages, frontispiece (b&w) + miniature pamphlet laid in (The Legends of the Eight Immortals (Chinese Classics in Miniature) / Kuan Yin; Quon-Quon Company, Los Angeles, 1944) NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #4. More
New York: The Eakins Press, 1968. Octavo; G+; Paperback; Spine, white with blue and red print; Cover has light edgewear, slight curling to fore edge; Text block clean and tight; 287 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1937. First Edition. 10mo; G+; 1/4 bound black spine with no discernible text; first edition with F-M (June, 1937) designation to copyright page; no jacket; cloth shows mild sunning to spine and edges; tight binding; strong boards; textblock has modestly age toned; deckled fore edge; some offsetting to endpapers;. More
Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran and Company, Inc., 1935. Reprinted. 12mo; G+; navy blue spine with gilt text; reprinted; no jacket; cloth exterior has mild, faint smudges; minor bumping to corners; slight edge wear otherwise; tight binding; straight boards; text block exterior head edge colored blue; other edges have slightly age toned; some shadow toning to endpapers; light damp stain to rear endpaper fore edge; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece; minor, sparse ink to p 2; otherwise light interior tone; pp 125; signed by author. More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1885? Octavo; 477 pages; G-; Bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering and detailing; Gilt Textblock; Boards have rubbing to corners, bending and tearing along spine edges, cocking to spine; Textblock has bookplate and sticker on front pastedown, ink stamp on front endpaper, slight foxing to some pages, slight age toning; RWO. More
New York: Thomas Y. Cromwell, 1880. Octavo; 594 pages; G-; Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and detailing; gilt textblock; Boards shaken, rubbing to corners and edges, bending along spine edges; Textblock has title page detached from binding, bookplate and sticker on front pastedown, ink stamp on dedication page, scratching along edges; RWO. More
Wausau: The Philosopher Press, 1902. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; 39 pages; G+/G+; Brown spine with no text; Dustjacket protected by covering, slight chipping along head edge, bending along head edge; Boards strong, slight bumping to corners, slight bending along spine edges; Textblock has deckled edges; First Edition Limited to 527 copies; RWO. More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1856. Octavo; 307 pages; G; Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine; Boards have bumping to corners, sunning to spine, spots of fading on front cover, rubbing to edges; Textblock has age toning to pages, foxing to some pages, white marks along hinge between front endpaper and pastedown; RWO. More
Portland, OR: Great Fainting Spells, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 124 pages; VG-; softcover; spine blue, pink, and green, with white lettering; mild shelf wear and scuffing; corners slightly bumped; inscribed in pencil by Schlesinger at title page; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1924. Octavo; 140 pages; G-; Bound in green cloth with Dark green lettering; Boards have rubbing to corners, tearing and splitting along spine, bending along spine edges, sunning to spine; Textblock has age toning, previous owner's name in pen on front endpaper, stickers on front and rear pastedowns; RWO. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920. Octavo; 134 pages; G; Bound in orange cloth with Black lettering on spine and front cover; Boards have heavy rubbing to corners, bending and fraying along spine edges, section of spine near head edge; Textblock has light age toning to pages, writing in pencil on rear endpaper; RWO. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong Octavo, 30 pages; VG/VG; spine beige with green and brown titling; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$5.50', very mild wear; name stamped to front pastedown; shelved case 14. More
Londini: C. Bathurst, W Strahan, J.F. &. C. Rivington... [et al.], 1788. Decima Quinta. Octavo, [36], 631, [1], [124]; G; rebound in off-white cloth, older labels to spine, some rubbing and shelfwear to boards; textblock with yellowing throughout; ink ownership names to title page, following page; title page with significant wear, entirely backed; following two leaves with reinforcement to the upper and upper-fore edges; small closed tear with signs of small old tape to last leaf; shelved case 3. More
San Francisco: Gay Sunshine Press, 1980. First edition. Octavo; 1st edition; G; Paperback; Spine, black with red and white print; Cover has mild edgewear, mild shelfwear; Text block clean and tight; Signed in ink by Ginsberg on the title page; 239 pages, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #4. More
n.p. n. publ. 1845. Octavo; fair; 1/2 bound black leather spine with gilt text; bound periodicals in one book; scratched marbled boards; some rubbing wear to edges; straight boards; no jacket; textblock exterior edges have age toned modestly; marbled endpapers; three plates at front; previous owner's name to first plate; three closed chips to second plate; interior pages have some foxing; slight cracking to gutter to pp 478-479; illustrated; few plates with tissue guard; pp 480. More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1895. Riverside Edition. Octavo, 6 vols.; VG-; contemporary 3/4 brown leather bindings, boards in brown marbled paper; spines paneled, with gilt lettering and design; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners slightly bumped; mild wear to joints of all vols.; mild wear to crowns and tails of all vols. spines; upper edges gilt; all vols. with previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown; mild age-toning to textblocks; pages clean; shelved above Ancient Greek. More
London: E. Curll, 1714. 12mo., [2], 33, [1] pages; G+; disbound; roughly cut along gutter edge, partially detached from itself; mild rubbing and wear throughout, slightly more prominent along wraps; shelved case 0. More
Salzburg: Otto Muller Verlag, 1958. Oblong Octavo; Good; yellow spine with black and blue text; no jacket; cloth exterior shows slight shelf wear; small chips to spine edges; otherwise edges have minor wear; text block edges have mild toning; interior good; unpaginated; text in German. More
New York: Paragon Book Reprint Corp. 1971. 2 Volumes; Quartos; 183/94 pages; G+; Bound in green cloth with black lettering on spine; Minor wear to edges, slight rubbing and bumping to corners; Textblocks have bookplats on front endpapers, price sticker from previous store on front endpaper; Shelved China. More
London: Cambridge University Press, 1975. Quarto; 2 volumes in slipcase; VG-/G; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with black print; Slipcase in brown cloth, mild wear to edges, tear to front corner of top panel, light rubbing to top panel, else light shelfwear; DJs have light edgewear, slight smudging/shelfwear but clean and bright; Boards in brown cloth, clean and strong; Text blocks have name in ink on half-title page (vol. 1), else clean and tight; CONTENTS: Vol. 1. Catalogue (xxviii, 922 pages) — Vol. 2. Indexes (302 pages). Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller if you have any questions. This book is shelved on the sales floor, aisle 10, at the top of the shelf. More
West Chester University: Aralia Press at West Chester University, 1991. Booklet [7.5x12]; VG-/paperback; beige spine with black text to paper label; covers in handcrafted flax wrappers; intact binding; clean exterior; textblock exterior edges have mild toning; slight offsetting to endpapers interior pages clean; illustrated; unpaginated NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Oversized Ephemera Case. More
Barcelona: Ediciones Experiencia, 2002. First Edition. Small Quarto; G+/paperback; white spine with black text; first edition; covers show slight handling wear; few, minor smudges to exterior; small chip to front head edge; otherwise minor edge wear; French flaps; textblock exterior edges have slight shelf wear; interior pages clean; closed tear to p 37 to fore edge; illustrated; pp 137. More
New Haven: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1949. Softcover Octavo; 22 pages; G+; minor wear to ages, fading along edges of front cover, some pages uncut; RW; Shelved Room A. More
Paris: 2004. Octavo; VG-; Paperback; Spine, green without print; Cover quarter bound with green cloth to spine and white paper with green print, slight stain on rear, else clean and bright; Text block has author stamp and author’s inscription in ink on front flyleaf; Text in French; 25 leaves. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. First PB Edition. Octavo; VG-/paperback; black pictorial spine with white text; first PB edition; covers have minimal wear; mild lean to spine; text block exterior edges show minimal wear; previous bookshop's stickers inside rear cover; interior clean; illustrated; pp 456. More
William J. Clark, 1913. Limited First Edition: 18/50. Octavo, 64 pages [on 128 uncut leaves]; G-; Softbound in full black leather, with gilt lettering to spine and front cover; Covers show significant wear to edges (board exposed), light plus wear to joints and spine, and light wear overall; Textblock has moderate plus age-toning to deckled edges, light wear to endpapers, and a former owner's inkstamp on ffep; Author's signature ("Harold E. Porter") appears on limitation page (succeeding titlepage), which also notes that this is number 18 of 50 printed copies; RWO. More
Birmingham, UK: Printed by John Baskerville: For J. and R. Tonson, 1761. Octavo, 3 vols., xl pages, 360 pages, [xii] pages, 516 pages, [xii] pages, 516 pages; G+; contemporary full tree calf bindings; spines with red and dark brown morocco labels and gilt lettering and design; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; joints of all vols. starting; some wear to crowns and tails of all vols. spines; some leather rust; all vols. with marbled endpapers; previous owners' bookplates at front pastedown and free endpaper of all vols.; pages clean; shelved above US History--1700s. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966. Second Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 3 vols.; VG/VG-; spine yellow, with navy lettering and design; dust jackets protected with mylar coverings; mild shelf wear and scuffing; all vols. with price '£7.7 net' uncut'; pages clean; shelved Poetry. More
Boston, MA: Little, Brown, and Company, 1982. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 119 pages; VG-; softcover; spine gray, with blue and tan lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped; some sunning to spine; signed flat by Starbuck with date at title page; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. More
Londres [i.e. Paris?]: 1757. Issue of only 200 copies. 12mo, 3 vols. In Good condition. Contemporary leather-covered boards retained, with late 19th century rebacking. Spine light paneled leather, with red leather labels with gilt lettering, and gilt design. Marked shelf wear and mild soiling. Corners of all vols. markedly bumped, with boards exposed. vol. 1 front board literally hanging by a thread. Some wear to crown and tail of vol. 1 spine. Vol. 1 back joint starting. Vol. 2 with board exposed at top of joints; small chip in leather at back board with interior of board exposed. Vol. 3 joints starting, with large chips missing at tops of joints. All vols. edges dyed red. All vols. with previous owners' bookplates at front pastedown, vol. 3 with previous owner's bookplate at front free endpaper. Vol. 1 with previous bookseller's description pasted at back pastedown, previous bookseller's description loose within, and previous bookseller's description pasted at second back free endpaper. All poem text in English and French facing text, with introductions and notes in French. 14 engraved black and white plates by Hogarth, including 3 fold-outs. Pages clean. Shelved Room G. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 152 pages; VG/VG-; black spine with off-white/grayish lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; marked shelfwear and rubbing to the jacket; marked soiling to the jacket, particularly to the back; significant rubbing and chipping to the center of the front of DJ; three small, closed tears to the front near the spine; small, open tear towards the bottom of the front cover; two long creases running the length of the spine to either side of it; marked chipping and creasing to the head and tail of the spine; one long crease at the fore edge of the front jacket flap; marked chipping and creasing to the corners of the jacket flaps; minor soiling to the edges of the text block; minor age-toning to the front and back paste downs and endpapers; inscribed and dated by Rubin on a tipped-in page; shelved in Poetry. More
Dublin: Thomas Ewing, 1769. 12mo; 1/2 bound beige and brown decorated spine with gilt text; leather spine and corners; maroon and beige marbled panels; one or two chips to edges; some rubbing wear to edges; no jacket; textblock exterior edges colored red; slight foxing to some pages; broken rear hinge; light pencil to rear pastedown; illustrated; pp 213. More
Valencia: Imprenta de Ildefonso Mompié, 1817. 18mo; Fair+; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print on red banner; Boards in stained brown leather, mild wear to spine caps, and corners, scuffing/surface tears to edges, large library label on front; Text block has spotting to top edge, cracked hinges front and rear, library number on front pastedown, remains of torn away labels on endpapers, excised name in ink inside front flyleaf, moisture stain to top and fore edge of pages; Text in Spanish; 127 pages. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #4. More
Cincinnati: Ticknell & Grinne, 1856. Second Edition. 12mo; G; dark brown spine with gilt text; second edition; no jacket; cloth shows modest rubbing wear; minor chips to spine edges; rubbed fore corners; raised bands to spine; blind-stamped borders and illustration to front and rear; text block exterior edges have age toned moderately; mild offsetting to endpapers; gift inscription to front endpaper; numbers 156464 stamped to verso to title page; noticeable foxing to several pages; p 11-14 loosed from binding, but present; bookplate adhered to rear pastedown; pp 144. More
Cambridge MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1977. Octavo; VG-/G-; teal blue spine with white text; volume 7, odd volume; dust jacket exterior shows slight whitish scratches; some chips to edges, more so to tail edge; cloth exterior has lightly sunned head edge; mild lean to spine; textblock exterior edges show light tone; frontispiece; interior clean; illustrated; pp 282. More
Washington, DC: The Argonne Hotel Press, 1999. Octavo; Softcover; G; Very Thin Black Spine with no writing; Wraps have slight shelfwear, spine has creasing throughout, small price sticker to back cover; Textblock has medium stain to end page; Number 76 of 500 Special Edition copy; Inscribed to previous owner on title page; 48pp. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #7. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1923. Limited edition. Octavo; Limited edition, 288/400; Poor+; Hardcover; Spine, brown with black print on paper title label; Boards in clear plastic sleeve with label taped to spine and vendor label on front flap; Boards quarter bound with brown cloth to spine and grey paper to boards, wear to spine caps, edges, and corners, shelfwear to cloth, smudging/shelfwear to paper; Text block has gilt top edge, with broken hinges is separated from cover, light tanning to endpapers, intermittent spine breaks; Signed in ink by the author on the limited edition page; xv, 390 pages. More