Rare books from The Wild Muse

London: J.S. Virtue & Co. Full tooled leather. Published London: J.S. Virtue & Co., n.d. (c.1880's) Folio, 10 1/2" x 13 1/2". 136 pp.+2pp index, title page printed in black and red, all edge gilt, illustrated with 5 full-page steel engravings on heavy card stock, one vignette, and over 100 wood engravings. Bound in tooled full leather, covers with center panel bordered by intricate, Middle-Eastern gilt cross design; paneled spine with gilt designs and raised bands. Some foxing to endpapers, but text pages are clean and bright, old, amusing bookplate of "ne obliviscaris", beneath a wing-eared boar head, on pastedown, covers scuffed along the edges with a few chips, outer front hinge cracked, but cover remains tight. All plates present, internally very good, Very good minus.. Hard. Very Good Minus/No Jacket, As Issued. Folio.

Elmsford, NY: Westchester County Historical Society, 2003. SIGNED First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Elmsford, NY: Westchester County Historical Society, 2003. Thick, square folio, 11 1/4" x 11 1/4." xii+480 pages, 615 illustrations, 360 in color. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, burgundy end papers. Inscribed by author on title page. A very fine copy in very fine dust jacket.. Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

NY: Scarecrow Press, 1964. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Scarecrow Press, 1964, first printing with errata slip laid in. 8vo., 236 pp. Beige cloth with black titles. Very slight soil to the cloth, else near fine with no wear.. 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo..

New Haven, CT: T. Dwight & Son, 1843. Full Leather. Volumes 2, 3 and 4 of the Four Volume 1843 edition (Lacking Vol 1). Published New Haven, CT: T. Dwight & Son, 1843. 8vo., 6" x 9." 558, 560, 552 pp. Bound in full calf with black leather spine labels. Leather scuffed, endpapers foxed along the edges, moderate uniform background toning in text block, else very good, pages clean, crisp, bindings tight.. Hard. Very Good. 8vo.

Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1972. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press, 1972, first printing. Oblong 4to., 7 1/4" x 10 1/4." 124 pp., illustrated with over 170 photographs. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1955. SIGNED first edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Harper & Brothers, 1955, first printing. [Hanrahan A18]. 12mo., 5 3/8" x 6 3/4", unpaginated 24pp., color illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Sendak's first all-color illustrated book. Black cloth and pictorial paper covered boards, floral design decorative endpapers in color. Inscribed by Sendak to 5 year-old Sing-Si Schwartz on half-title. (Sing-Si later became a fine-arts photographer, and presumably photographed the laid in Sendak illustrations) : "Jul 70' , For Sing-Si, hello: Maurice Sendak" Laid in is a 1955 publication notice of the book in "The Villager", Greenwich Village, NY, Dec 15, 1955 featuring a photo of Sendak holding a dog. Three 4" x 6" duotone prints of Sendak's illustrations for the book laid in. Book is fine with no wear, dust jacket very good, $2 price on flap, mild age toning, darkening fade along the spine with… Read More

Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publication Association / H.J. Smith & Co., 1889. First edition. Leather and cloth Salesman's Sample. Published Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publication Association / H.J. Smith & Co., 1889. 8vo., approximately 100pp., contains sample chapters, b/w and full color illustrations, 3 backstrip and 3 binding style samples - 2 leather, 1 cloth, subscription ledger, 8 page brochure "How To Sell Our Glimpses of Fifty Years" laid in. Leather backstrip chipped, missing center portion, edges rubbed, else very good, with text block and samples near fine. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo. Salesman's Dummy.

Geneva: Skira, 1955. Hard cover. Published Geneva: Skira, 1955. 4to., 9 3/4" x 11 1/4", 149pp., numerous tipped-in color plates throughout. Text in French. Green cloth with yellow titles. Very good. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987, first printing. 4to., 9" x 11 1/4", xxxiii+353pp. illustrated with maps and hundreds of b/w color plates. Inscribed by author to her parents, thanking them for sustaining her through the 22 years of work that went into the book. Copy of full page letter from author to publisher laid in. Offset from paper clip on title page. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

NY: Random House, 1993. Second Edition, thumb indexed. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Random House, 1993. Thick folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/2", xxxix+2478pp., plus 32pp. of full color maps, illustrated throughout with b/w reproductions. Grey cloth with silver titles. Fine, crisp in fine dust jacket. . Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

NY: Harper and Brothers, 1851. First American edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published NY: Harper and Brothers, 1851, first printing with errata slip tipped in. 8vo., 5 1/4" x 8", 379pp. plus 12pp. publisher's ads. Blind embossed brown cloth with gilt design and titles. Fraying at the crown, light wear at the tips, occasional foxing, else very good, pages bright, binding strong and tight. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

NY: Herman Miller Lot of 21 late 1960's, early 1970's Herman Miller publications all in very fine, as new condition. In original 10" x 13" Zeeland, Michigan, Herman Miller envelope. Includes: Action Office Acoustic Handbook 8 1/2" x 11" wrappers, 60pp., b/w illustrated booklet; The Morrison / Hannah Collection. Knoll International. 8 1/4" x 11 5/8" wrappers, 18pp. full color with fold-out; Eames Celebration - Reprinted from Architectural Design, September, 1966. 9 3/8" x 12" wrappers, 44pp., illustrated in b/w and color; Haller Program 24" x 30" full color, 2 sided, 6 panel foldout poster; Haller Program 8 1/2" x 11" wrappers, 12pp. self cover, full color booklet; Herman Miller Environmental Enrichment. 1972. 24" x 37" full color 8 panel foldout poster of Alexander Girard's designs; Herman Miller Library Group Catalog Brochure. 1968. Designed by Tomoko Miho. 8 1/2" x 11" wrappers, 24pp., full color catalog… Read More

NY: The Metaphysical Publishing Company, 1895. Broken run of bound volumes as originally published of the first five years publication of The Metaphysical Magazine. Includes 8 volumes from January, 1895 through December 1899: Includes Volumes 1,2,4,6,7,8,9,10, containing 49 issues of the magazine. (Volumes 3 and 5 lacking.) Volume 1: Jan-June 1895, vi+568pp. Six issues printed on laid paper; Volume 2: July-Dec, 1895, vi+512pp., +Announcement and 1pp. ad. Six issues printed on laid paper; Volume 4: July-Dec, 1896, 480pp. Six issues on laid paper; (page 235-236 lacking. Supplied in facsimile); Volume 6: Published as "Intelligence", June-Nov, 1897, 480pp. Six issues on laid paper, illustrated with plates and reproductions; Volume 7: Published as "Intelligence", Dec, 1897-Mar, 1898, 352pp. Four issues on wove, illustrated with plates and reproductions. Lacking the title page. (supplied in facsimile); Volume 8: Resumes publishing as "The Metaphysical Magazine". Apr-Dec, 1898,… Read More

Pune, India: Rajneesh Foundation, 1976. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published: Pune, India: Rajneesh Foundation, 1976, first printing. 8vo., x+275pp. +5pp. publisher's ads, illustrated. Gold metallic cloth with gilt titles, decorative endpapers. Minor foxing along edges. Very good in very good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New Orleans: Diboll & Gelpi, 1931. Published New Orleans, : Diboll & Gelpi, 1931. 15 1/4" x 19 3/4" inches, printed in brown ink in reverse type and images, halftones, with white border. Poster is flat mounted on old corrugated board backing, unframed. Signed in pencil at bottom left margin: "To Karen and Doug, for SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE, Collins Diboll." The poster features numerous vignettes of human activity - eating, drinking, travel, sports, music, dance, entertainment and merrymaking, framed by inner and outer borders of humorous verse: "I used to know a clever toast but now I cannot think it, so fill your glass to anything and damn your souls I'll drink it." "Some are fond of drinking and others of high position, but we're for toleration and down with prohibition." The large central image is a navigational clock, with compass points at center and "Bonum vinum laetificat cor hominis" (Good wine gladdens a person's heart), with… Read More