Lorne Bair Rare Books

Slim quarto (28cm); original printed wrappers, stapled; 16pp; illus. Two old folds from mailing smoothed out, a rectangular patch of toning on front cover, else clean throughout; Very Good+. Debut issue of this magazine published by the Chicago-based Inter-State Narcotic Association (ISNA), an organization active in producing anti-marijuana and narcotics.....

More info about The Narcotic Review: To Suppress the Use of Habit Forming Drugs - Vol.1, No.1 (November, 1935

First printing. Octavo (25cm). Publisher's red blind-stamped cloth, decoratively titled in gilt on spine; xii,[13]-309pp; 4pp publisher's ads; illus. A brilliant copy, unfaded and practically free of wear save a bit of rubbing at crown of spine. Pale yellow coated endpapers darkened from binder's adhesive, else equally fine internally, with.....

More info about Virginia Illustrated: Containing a Visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the Adventures of Porte...

Octavo (20.5cm); light green cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 309pp; black and white illustrations throughout. Inscribed by author on half-title page: "This is Karl Burkhardt's book, inscribed with the good wishes of his friend, the author - Stephen W. Meader".....

More info about Blueberry Mountain [Inscribed

Oblong Quarto. 23.5cm. Publisher's heavy burgundy cloth boards titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board, with an oval photographic image of Lartigue laid on to the front board. 126pp; [2]. Light bumping to spine ends and some minor scuffing to extremities, some scratches and shelfwear to the.....

More info about The Boyhood Photos of J.H. Lartigue; The Family Album of a Gilded Age

Octavo (20cm x 13.5cm); folded paper, with green pictorial cover; 4pp. Author's signed bookplate laid in. Tiny crease to upper front corner, else Near Fine. In unaddressed original mailing envelope, with light tanning and soil. Copyright printed on final page/rear panel (and not handwriting variant of presumed proof copy). Single.....

More info about The Lovelorn Astronomer: A New Poem [Signed Bookplate

First Printings. Three octavo volumes (23.5cm); grey and black cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver and gilt on spines; dustjackets; [viii],[3]-159,[9]; [ii],[6]-139,[1]; [6]-282,[6]pp. Odd Number and Misterioso have been signed by the author on the title page. Books are about Fine. Dustjackets are all unclipped, showing mild surface wear.....

More info about Pack of Lies Trilogy: Odd Number [Signed], Rose Theatre, Misterioso [Signed

Original printed broadside, with text offset printed in black on beige stock, measuring 28cm x 45.25cm (11" x 17.75"). A few old folds smoothed out, some very subtle toning to extremities, with a brief notation written at upper left margim; Near Fine. Broadside printed by the Alameda County Committee of.....

More info about Broadside: Of the People, For the People, By the People

Octavo. 18.5cm. Publisher's second issue green lavishly embossed cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. 438pp. Recased (or repacked) in original binding, light scuffing and rubbing to extremities, minor bumping to spine ends, bright and handsome; internally clean, yellow coated endpapers and contemporary ownership to front.....

More info about The Coral Island

First printing. 12mo. Black publisher's cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; fore- and bottom edges uncut; 142pp. Minor thumb-soil to prelims; spine gilt perished, cover gilt slightly dulled; a Very Good copy. First published book by the San Francisco bohemian poet and playwright; Sterling.....

More info about The Testimony of the Suns and Other Poems

Volumes 1 Number 1-2 to Volumes 5 Number 1-2 (10 total), all softcovers. Quarto (27.5cm); orange and brown pictorial paper wrappers, many stapled with additional black band to spine; 60pp; 61pp; 62pp; 160pp; 97pp; 53pp; 129pp; 91pp; 112pp; 53pp. This set is from the library of noted poet, translator, and.....

More info about Journal of Mayan Linguistics [Volume 1-5, Number 1-2; 10 Total

First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in black and green on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-34,[1]pp. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Marquez, with his ink name on the upper front endpaper, and his holograph notations and.....

More info about Natives of My Person [Inscribed to Roberto Marquez

Octavo (23cm). Publisher's green cloth gilt; dustjacket; top edge gilt; x,190pp; frontispiece and nine unnumbered leaves of halftone plates; two folded facsimiles; text illus. Offsetting and slight foxing to prelims and back-matter, else a tight, clean, Very Good or better copy in the scarce original dustwrapper, rubbed at folds with.....

More info about The Ballantyne Press And Its Founders 1796-1908

First printings. Twelve small 12mo volumes (18cm). Uniform tan pictorial cloth, with titles and decorations stamped in black and white; all edges gilt; variously paginated, most volumes ca. 110-125pp + publisher's ads. A uniformly clean and well-preserved set, ranging from Very Good to Fine; a few pages roughly opened; one.....

More info about Complete "John Henry" Series in Twelve Volumes: John Henry (1901); Down the Line with...

Octavo. Stapled wrappers; 94,(2)pp; illus. Covers worn, chipped at corners and with partial splits at bound edge; contents complete and generally clean; Good or better. Includes transcripts of the various addresses delivered at the dedication of the Monument; illustrated with halftones of the monument and principal figures. Most notably, this.....

More info about Commemorative Exercises at Unveiling and Dedication of the Ft. Meigs Monument September 1, 1908...

One of 100 copies, specially bound and signed by both Miller and Perlès. Large octavo. Quarter gray cloth of black cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; unpaginated [48pp]. A fine, apparently unread copy. In the original dustwrapper, reproducing a painting by Miller; Fine. A color photo-facsimile of the original pamphlet, issued by Bern.....

More info about What Are You Going To Do About Alf? [Signed, Limited Edition

Seven octavo issues (22.75cm); original printed wrappers; [1]-160; [ii],160; [1]-160; [1]-60; 160; [1]-164; 136pp; text is entirely in French. Light wear to extremities, touch of dust-soil to wrappers, several tiny edge tears and attendant creases, though clean internally, with the majority of the pages unopened; Very Good+ to Near Fine.....

More info about Revue de la Pensée Juive: Revue Trimestrielle - Nos.1-7

Small 8vo. Light red cloth in dustjacket. The poet's rare first book inscribed: "for Barbara 11-30-58" and signed in full by the author. Bookplate of Barbara H. Mallon on front paste down. 49 pp. Light soiling, else Near Fine in a dampstained dustjacket with minimal wear and two closed tears.....

More info about OMMATEUM, With Doxology [Inscribed

First impression. Small, slim octavo. Cream cloth spine over patterned paper-covered boards; dustjacket; 79pp. A fine copy, free of any notable wear. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, else bright and clean, very Near Fine. Small bookseller stamp ("The Book Shop / Port-of-Spain") beneath imprint on title page. The St. Lucian.....

More info about In A Green Night: Poems 1948-1960

Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's ribbed red cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 368pp. Very light scuffing and bumping to the cloth, mainly confined to the spine ends, a little soiling in places; internally clean with a lengthy inscription from the author to Garland Quarles on.....

More info about The Wings of The Morning, Or...] The Evolution of The Conception of God; Reviewing the Sources of...

Folio. 32.5cm. Disbound, with slight residual crust of old calf to spine region. 18pp. Some old ink spots to title page, which effectively comprises the front wrap, strong and durable, toning to the extremities of both outer wraps and a little internal thumbing, otherwise clean and fresh, woodcut head and.....

More info about The State Dunces. Inscribed to Mr. Pope

Six black-and-white photographic views (collotypes) on card stock, 3-1/2" x 5-1/8" or the reverse. Views captioned in image; versos printed for mailing, with publisher's imprint at left margin. Original printed publisher's envelope included, 3-5/8" x 6" with gummed flap, printed in black on pink stock. Minor soil to card versos;.....

More info about Six Original Postcard Views of the Washington, D.C. Suffragette's Parade, March 3rd, 1913

Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's bottle green pebble garin cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. 540pp.; 4pp. ads to rear. Strong and solid, darkened to the spine with some rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners, a few light spots and scrapes elsewhere; internally clean, yellow.....

More info about Life in Utah; Or The Mysteries and Crimes of Mormonism. Being an Exposé of the Secret Rites and...

First printing. Deluxe issue, letter "A" of 26 signed, lettered copies, from a total edition of 426 hardcover copies and an unspecified number in wrappers. Octavo. Pictorial paper-covered boards backed with patterned cloth; 230 pp. A tight, Near Fine copy in the original unprinted mylar dustwrapper with some mild surface.....

More info about Imagoes

Original lithograph, 63 x 41 inches, printed in black and red on white stock. Professionally conserved, backed on rice paper with minor areas of cleaning and restoration; Near Fine. Signed in matrix, lower right. A spectacular and large performance poster by the noted Art Deco designer and illustrator Major Felten.....

More info about Original Lithographed Performance Poster for [Ted] Shawn and His Dancers, c.1930s