Illustrated Books from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co. | printed at the Lakeside Press (Chicago), 1937. Hard Cover. Good binding/Poor dust jacket. Octavo. xxxi, [1], 822, [6] pp., illus. Self-styled, "De Luxe Edition." Here signed by Kent on the front free endpper. As issued, in publisher's cloth with Kent illustration in gilt on the front cover. Spine partially sunned;… Ler mais sobre este item

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1981. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Folio. [4], xv, [1], 576, [4] pp., illus. Limited edition facsimile, one of 750 copies. In publisher's cloth with cloth slipcase. Spine is just a trifle sunned else fine; slipcase with minor rubbing and light soiling but is in very good or better condition. Not… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Quarto. viii, 400 pp., frontis, plates, facsimile. Pulitzer Prize edition. First edition, thus; limited to 770 copies signed by Rawlings and Wyeth on the limitation page. As issued, in full cloth; all plates present as called for; this limited edition included 2 illustrations and a two-page facsimile… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. Hard Cover. Good binding. 12mo. 229, [3] pp., illus. As issued, in publisher's decorative cloth. Binding with light wear to the spine end, but quite bright; endpaper has separated at the hinges, but they remain fairly stable; booksellers's ticket and owner name on the front endpaper esle clean. An attractive copy. Uncommon… Ler mais sobre este item

London: J. Gleave, Printer, 1816. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Octavo. [8], 168 pp., 9 colored plates. First edition. Modern leather binding. Variant title page and front matter. Binding is fresh and without notable wear; contemporary owner name on the title page; contents are generally toned. A presentable, untrimmed copy with all nine plates sensitively colored by hand.… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Jonathon Cape and Harrison Smith, 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. Second printing. As issued, in cloth-backed patterned paper over boards with printed paper title label on the spine and publisher's dust jacket. The binding is remarkably fresh and bright; a very slight forward lean; small closed tear to the final blank leaf;… Ler mais sobre este item

Berkeley, [CA]: Sand Dollar, 1970. Original Wrappers. Near Fine binding. 12mo. [36] pp., illus. Limited edition, numbered 27 of 50 copies on handmade paper and signed by Whigham and Miller; this the deluxe edition from the full edition of 350 copies. As issued, in stiff, illustrated wrappers. Three striking, full-page drawings by Miller, one quite erotic. A lovely… Ler mais sobre este item

Lexington, KY: Gravesend Press | printed by Philip Reed, 1951. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small octavo. [8] vii, [1], 16, [2] pp., illus. Limited edition, one of 500 copies. As issued in paste-paper over boards bound by Elizabeth Kner with printed paper title label on the front cover; partially unopened. 16 in-text engravings from Bewick's blocks printed… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: La Guilde du Livre Lausanne, 1949. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 74, [4] pp., plates. Limited edition. In paper vellum over boards. Corners are bumped; binding is lightly rubbed, nevertheless, a presentable copy of this French translation of Poe's classic. Here presented with Poe's poem in English followed by opposite page translations by both Baudelaire and… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Random House, 1937. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. Illus. First edition. As issued, in printed cloth, lacking the rare dust jacket. Very light shelfwear, including some minor fraying at the spine end; contemporary owner name on the front pastedown else clean throughout. Spiegelman, in his introduction to the Library of America's works of… Ler mais sobre este item

Chicago: American Colortype Co, 1920. Original Wrappers. Good binding. 3" x 2.5." As issued, in self-wrappers and all housed in publisher's lidded box. Each are 12 pages with four color illustrations and an illustrated cover. Generally in very good condition or nearly so, but a few of the title have some pencil scrawl on the backs or in… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Circle Press, 1990. Unbound. Very Good binding. 8" x 6." Numbered 188 of an unlimited edition. As issued, 6 folded cards in heavy paper portfolio, printed in blue. Porfolio is a bit worn, but has kept the contents fresh and nearly fine. A wonderful artist's book composed of six bifolium cards of blind embossed "drawings" depicting a… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Editions Galilee, 2000. Original Wrappers. Near Fine binding. Octavo. 90, [12] pp., frontis, plates, orig. watercolor portrait. Limited edition, number 21 of 70 copies with original watercolor portrait by Francois Martin laid in. As issued, in printed wrappers with glassine jacket and publisher's "scribble" device above the imprint as seen on other title from this press. A… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1930. Vellum Binding. Very Good+ binding/near Good dust jacket. Folio. [10], 124 pp., frontis, illus. Limited edition, number 359 of 450 copies. Signed by Adams. As issued, in vellum-backed marbled paper boards with glassing jacket and box. The binding is very bright and well preserved; contents are clean; glassing wrapper is worn at the… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Harrison of Paris | Minton, Balch and Company, 1931. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto. 236, [4] pp., illus. Limited edition, number 322 of 660 copies from the full edition of 700. In original cloth with much of the original slipcase present. Binding is quite bright but with a touch of sunning to the spine; offsetting… Ler mais sobre este item

Philadelphia: Centaur Press, 1926. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo. 74, [2] pp., illus. French fold. Limited edition, number 328 of 500 copies. Signed by Coppard and Esherick. As issued, in linen-backed boards with printed paper title label, glassine wrapper, and slipcase--both hand-numbered 328. Binding is exceptionally nice, clean throughout; glassine is chipped with some loss to the… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Small quarto. x, [2], 199, [1] pp., plates. In publisher's cloth with pictorial pastedown on the front board; vignette title page, illustrated endpapers, and 8 color plates inserted, all present as called for. Light wear to the binding; previous owner name and pencil scrawl on the… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: The Colophon, Ltd, 1931. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Quarto. Illus. Limited edition. Bound as issued in printed paper over boards, Ballantyne's striking linocut "Wood Nymphs" is present and in nice condition. Light soiling to the binding to the binding; early library stamp on the top of the title page and the top margin of… Ler mais sobre este item

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 1967. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Quarto. xix, [1], 423, [2] pp., plates, illus. Limited edition, number 1845 of 2000 copies. As issued, in publisher's cloth with dust jacket; color reproductions of 78 plates. Previous owner name, otherwise a very clean copy in a sharp dust jacket.

Broadside. Print. Image is 8" x 6" on and 11" x 7.5" sheet. Printed in black on cream paper, recto only. No date but Patri was active from the 1920s-1970s but this is early- to mid-20th century. A powerful print of a soldier holding a rifle behind a group of men, all looking over their shoulders with anger. One… Ler mais sobre este item