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With eight color illustrations from the original paintings by H. Marshall and 90 half-tone plates.
Blue cloth. A fine copy in like dust wrapper.

Northampton, MA: The Gehenna Press, 1966.
Limited edition, one of 500 Copies, printed on Fabriano Paper in Monotype Van Dijck. Illustrated with 19 Mounted Letter Press Facsimiles of Title pages in Red and Black on Paper closely Simulating those used by Mosher.
This is the printer's copy, inscribed by Baskin and presented to Stanley Clifford "with the affection of" Leonard Baskin, dated 1967. Clifford started as a hand leather bookbinder at Bennett Book Studio in Manhattan. He came to be respected as one of the finest craftsmen practicing this trade, a reputation that allowed work to follow him to Deer Isle, ME where he and fellow islander Leonard Baskin became close friends, attracted by a mutual interest in the book arts.
Ironically, an unbound copy in 20 signatures. Some staining to rear page and signature spines.

Boldly inscribed, signed and dated by John Ritter, the voice of TV's Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Fine in pictorial boards, no dust wrapper as issued.

Knopf: New York 1990. First Edition. Author's Binding, a specially bound copy in quarter leather to be presented to close associates of the author. Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, five raised bands, gilt titling. Inscribed by the poet to friends from his time at Amherst on the Frost Fellowship.A fine copy.

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul,1963. Sixth Impression. Previous owner's name in pencil, spine little slanted, boards slightly rubbed. Near fine in near fine price clipped dust wrapper with toned spine.

New Haven (CT): Yale University Press, 1982. First edition. Part of the Yale English Poets series. Fine in fine dust wrapper.

First printing of first edition and uncommon thus.
A cornerstone of legal thought, Hart's work has been hailed as "the most important work of legal philosophy written in the twentieth century". It has remained "one of the most influential texts of analytical legal philosophy", as well as "the most successful work of analytical jurisprudence ever to appear in the common law world".
A nice, unmarked and fine copy. Unclipped dust wrapper is very good indeed with a few edge tears and rubbing along top of front panel and a small, barely noticeable sticker to bottom of spine.

Limited edition, number 555 of 1100 copies.
Inscribed by Baskin on the colophon page. Additionally, though not called for, Baskin has signed the woodcut frontis. portrait of Conrad.
Marbled boards with light rubbing to the extremities. Paper label printed in red and black on front board, another copy of which is loosely inserted into the book. Housed in a sage green chemise and slipcase with a partially loosened spine label. Outside case lightly soiled and with a few marks. Overall a near fine, attractive copy.

Fyfield (UK): Oak Tree Press 2007. Limited edition 326/350 total copies. Signed by the author. Number 4 in Oak Tree's Series of First Chapters from Booker Prize winning novels. A fine copy without dust wrapper as issued.

Providence (RI): Brown University Press, 1957. First Edition. Friedrich's writings on law and constitutionalism made him one of the world's leading political scientists in the post-World War II period, and he is one of the most influential scholars of totalitarianism. Slight to toning to endpapers, still easily fine in fine dust wrapper.

Original publisher's green wrappers with Spalding advertisement on rear with additional Spalding product advertisement on the inside pages (e.g., Ty Cobb autograph bat at $1.00).
Abrasion to the front cover affecting two letters, otherwise a nicely preserved item with intact staples and still attached covers, small chip to bottom of spine, toning to covers and tanning to pages, a few minor creases.

Baseball rule book (5"x7") with "Compliments of Ford C. Frick 1940" engraved on the cover. Distributed to umpires and coaches, this copy bears the ownership signature of George L. Kelly, Hall of Fame first baseman, then a coach with the Boston Braves.
Frick was National League President from 1934 - 1951 and was the third commissioner of baseball, serving from 1951 - 1965.
Kelly batted above the .300 mark in six consecutive seasons, drove in 100 or more runs in four straight seasons and became the first player in history to hit home runs in six straight games. Kelly was a member of four National League pennant winners and two World Series champions (1921, 1922).
In 1,622 games over 16 seasons, Kelly posted a .297 batting average and was known as both a clutch hitter and an excellent defensive first baseman. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1973.
A nice, still tight copy of a fragile item intended to be used. Tiny chip to top and bottom of front cover and some slight discoloration along the edges.… Read More

Sheed and Ward: New York, 1961. First American Edition.
Küng's first book, signed by him on title page, an examination of Catholic conscience that led to Dr. Küng serving as a theological adviser during the Second Vatican Council, also known as Vatican II (he was the youngest one there). Peter Hebblethwaite, a Vatican expert, wrote that all Dr. Küng's proposals at the Second Vatican Council were accepted, some in modified form, in the council's final documents. "Never again would a theologian have such influence," he wrote.
Thomas Merton praised the work in several letters: "Kung of course I read as soon as I could get my hands on him. I thought it a noble, straight and courageous book. The vigor and honesty of the message was tremendous. But such books raise vain hopes, perhaps. The Council cannot possibly measure up to all he suggested. Yet precisely for that reason we must doggedly hope that it will". In another letter, Merton wrote "If I wanted to start copying bits of it I would end by… Read More