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NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959. First edition. String bound wrappers. Published NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1959. 4to. wrappers, 8 3/4" x 12", unpaginated, 125 items catalogued, illustrated with b/w plates. Tan wrappers with brown cover titles. Mild bump/waviness to upper corner, light splash stain, else very good. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.… Read more about this item

NY: Philmac Typographers, 1939. First edition. Published NY: Philmac Typographers, 1939. 4to. stapled wrappers, 7 1/2" x 10 1/2", 16pp., includes 2pp, type specimens and 15" x 21" fold-up of Lincoln's Gettsyburg Address in 2-color specimen. 2-color ads throughout, including Viking Press, "John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath". Very good. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.… Read more about this item

NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1994. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1994, first printing. 4to., 10" x 11 1/4", 264pp., 224 illustrations, 76 in color. Salmon cloth with blue spine titles, blue endpapers. "Celebration of the illustrative book as an art form: Illustrations include page spreads from 140 volumes, many in full… Read more about this item

London: Bracken, 1984. First edition thus. Reprint of the 1896 Bell edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Bracken, 1984. 12mo., 243pp., illustrations throughout. Mild toning to the paper, else fine in mylar sleeved, fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 12mo.

NYPL / De Vinne Press, 1901. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: NYPL / De Vinne Press, 1901. 8vo., 84pp., illus frontis and one plate. Green cloth with gilt cover titles and design. 1901 postcard attached to front pastedown. Very good plus, clean, bright, unmarked, no foxing. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: Atlantic Monthly Pr, 1990. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Atlantic Monthly Pr., 1990, first printing. 4to., 9 1/2" 12", xi+180pp., 52 full page color illustrations. Introduction by Handasyde Buchanan. Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles. Fine in near fine dust jacket with sun fade. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.… Read more about this item

NY: Hudson Hills, 2003. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Hudson Hills, 2003, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/2", 224pp., 105 color plates, 57 b/w illustrations. Inscription on half title, else fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

Westminster and NY: Charles J. Sawyer Ltd. and E.P. Dutton, Westminster and New York, 1927. 2 volume set. First edition, limited to 2000 sets. Hard covers in original cloth and dust jackets. Published Charles J. Sawyer Ltd. and E.P. Dutton, Westminster and New York, 1927, first printings. 8vo., 6 1/2" x 9 1/4", xvi+366; viii+422pp., illustrated with numerous facsimilies and… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Harvard Univ East Asian Research Center, 1974. Original wraps. Published Cambridge: Harvard Univ East Asian Research Center, 1974, second printing. 8vo. wrappers, 7" x 10", xxi+213pp. Slight sun fade to spine, name on front cover, else near fine, bright, crisp. . Soft Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Madison, Ohio: Sunrise Pub Co, 1994. First edition. Trade softcover. Published Madison, Ohio: Sunrise Pub Co., 1994, first printing. 4to. wrappers, 8 1/2" x 11", xiv+325pp., illustrated with drawings. Publishers described include: Outing, Forest and Stream, A. R. Harding, Angler's Club of New York, Boone and Crockett, A. S. Barnes, Wildlife Management Institute, Greenberg, D. Van Norstrand, Abercrombie and Fitch,… Read more about this item

Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 1960. First edition, limited to 350 copies. Published Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 1960, first printing. 8vo., ix+79pp., illustrated. Near fine in very good slipcase. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine. 4to.

Garden City: Swirbul Library Gallery, 1976. First edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies, #146. 8vo. printed stapled wrappers. Published Garden City, NY: Swirbul Library Gallery, Adelphi University, 1976. xvi+33pp. Fine.. 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1986. First edition. Original printed wrappers. Published Cambridge: Harvard College Library, 1986. 4to., wrappers, 8 1/2" x 11", 76pp., illustrated with b/w plates. Fine. . 1st. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

Roslyn: Life Communications Publication, 1978. First edition. Original printed wrappers. Published Roslyn, NY: Life Communications Publication, 1978. 4to. wrappers, with die cut cover, 12pp., illustrated with sepia photographs plus six plates in pocket. Very good. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1992. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1992, second printing (1997). Square 4to., 10 1/4" x 10 1/4", 223pp., iillustrated with color photos, b/w designs. Very good in very good dust jacket.. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Santa Barbara: Abc-Clio Inc, 1986. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Santa Barbara: Abc-Clio Inc, 1986, first printing. 4to., 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", x+333pp. Fine.. 1st. Hard. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

Millwood, New York, U.S.A.: Kraus Intl Pubns, 1982. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Kraus, 1982, first printing. Small 4to., xv+227 pp. Fine.. 1st. Hard. Fine/No Jacket. 4to.

NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977. Trade softcover. Published NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977. 4to. wraps, 7 7/8" x 10 3/4." 112 pp., illustrated with photos. Near fine.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, first printing, limited to 1,000 copies. 8vo., xxxii+507, illustrated with 32 plates, some in color. Red cloth with gilt tiles. Minor fox spotting along top edge. Near fine.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Limited Edition.

Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 1937. First edition. Hard cover. One of 1,000 copies. Published Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 1937. 8vo., xii+219+index+42 plates. Intro by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Maroon cloth with gilt titles. Some darkening to pastedowns, else very good, clean. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.. Limited Edition.