Art & Illustrated Books from Wayside Books

Kansas City, MO: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. Very good. Quarto, 107 pages. Minor wear to covers and edges. Address label on the front flyleaf. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minimal wear. This is a large or heavy book and may require additional shipping charges to mail outside of the… Read more about this item

Mindelheim, Germany: Three Kings Press, 1970. Limited Edition. Staplebound. Very good. Duodecimo, pp. 32 pages. Fine press copy 20 of a limited edition of 50 copies. Signed by the engraver under George Washington's linocut opposite the title page. Staple-bound paperback with minor wear to the covers. In 1783, General George Washington wrote this letter to Annis Boudinot Stockton,… Read more about this item

Four Ducks, 1974. Limited Edition. Staplebound. Very good. Britton, Clark. Octavo, pp. [24]. "Stagolee" had a print run of 100 copies, and this is number 23 and is signed by both Britton and Jackson. Staple-bound paperback. Very minor wear to covers. Clark V. Britton, Jr. (1930 - ) is a professor-emeritus in art and design at Wichita State… Read more about this item

Unicorn Press, 1971. Staplebound. Very good. Octavo, pp. [12]. Staple-bound paperback with small bend on cover at back. "The Mirror" was published in 1971 by the Unicorn Press, using Hosho paper in a print run of 180 copies. Sixty of these were signed by Haines, and this copy is one of them, being number 21. John Meade Haines (1924… Read more about this item

Portland: Trace Editions, 1983. Limited Edition. Staplebound. Very good. 16mo, pp. [16]. Staple-bound paperback. "Four Poems of Departure" was published in an edition of 500 copies, with ink drawings "from an anonymous suite entitled Pilgrims (after Michaux)." There is also an unattached bookplate signed by Wright. Charles Wright (1935 -- ) was born at Pickwick Dam, Tennessee, and… Read more about this item

Prairie Village, KS: The Crabtree Press, 1963. Staplebound. Very good. Duodecimo, pp. [4], 5-17, [3]. Staple-bound paperback with minor cover wear. Christopher Columbus Brown (1834-1904) worked as an attorney in Illinois. Brown was acquainted with Abraham Lincoln from Lincoln's lawyer days. In "Lincoln as Seen by C. C. Brown," Brown relates several anecdotes concerning Lincoln, including a legal… Read more about this item

Candia, NH: LeBow, 1994. Limited Edition. Staplebound. Very good. Knapp, Dina. Octavo, pp. [16]. "Lethe, Cupid, Time, and Love" is published in an edition of 200 copies. This is number 146, and is signed by Dufresne. Staple-bound paperback. John Dufresne (1948 --) is an American author, born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He graduated from Worcester State College in 1970 and the University of Arkansas in… Read more about this item

Council Bluffs, IA: The Yellow Barn Press, 1992. Limited Edition. De Pol, John. Sextodecidmo, pp. [12]. Fine press limited edition; one of 320 copies. A Benjamin Franklin letter of July 31, 1786 to his friend Benjamin Vaughan, in which Franklin describes the effects of lead exposure he had personally observed. This edition was printed at the Yellow Barn Press… Read more about this item

New York: The Typophiles, 1944. Staplebound. Good +. Duodecimo, pp. [8]. Staple-bound paperback. Wear to covers and edges, including a tear at bottom spine. Pages appear clean and unmarked. Frederic William Goudy  (1865 - 1947) was a prolific American printer, artist and type designer, and whose self-named type continues to be a popular type in America today. "The Type Designs"… Read more about this item

Durham: Black Cygnet Press, 1998. Limited Edition. Staplebound. Good. Tournor, Sister Margaret. Octavo, pp. [16]. One of 150 limited edition copies. Staple-bound paperback. Stain on title label on front cover; no other writing or marks observed. Alfred David Burnett (1937-2023) was a British poet and librarian. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland but his childhood was spent in… Read more about this item

Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +/very good. Quarto, 192 pages. English language edition. Navy cloth-covered boards with gilt accents. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minor wear. This is a large or heavy book and may require additional shipping charges to mail outside of the United States. Translated by… Read more about this item

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1975. First Edition. Cloth. Good +/fair. Hull, Marie. Quarto, pp. [4], 5-95, [1]. Red cloth-covered boards with gilt accents and light bumping. Firm binding; no loose pages. Lightly tanned pages. Dust jacket with sunning, rubbing, chips and tears; now encased in a clear, protective cover. This is a large or heavy book and… Read more about this item

South Brunswick, NJ: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1971. Reprint Edition. Cloth. Good +/good. Grey, Zane. Octavo, 277 pages. Blue cloth-covered boards with light bumping. Firm binding; no loose pages. Tanned pages and edges; some small marks on top edge. Dust jacket with sunning, chips and tears, plus some loss at bottom spine; small stain on spine. Dust jacket… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Collectible Good/good +. Octavo, pp. [8], 3-121, [1]. Stated first printing. Blue boards with taupe spine and gilt accents; fading at board edges. Signature on title page, although the authenticity as Mr. Wolfe's cannot be verified (and seems a bit suspect); no other writing or marks… Read more about this item

New York: Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc, 1980. Cloth. Very good/good. Moser, Barry. 4to, pp. [8], v-xv, [5], 3-360, [6]. Mauve cloth-covered boards with plum spine and gilt accents; Orange title sticker on front and a brown ribbon market. Dust jacket with sunned spine and a little sticker residue. Cloth-covered slipcase with minor fading at edges. Very good condition. This… Read more about this item

New York: M. Barrows and Company, Inc, 1947. First Edition. Cloth. Collectible Good/fair. Saunders, F. Wenderoth. 8vo, 327 pages. Stated first edition. Blue cloth-covered boards with black accents; bumped boards. Firm binding; no loose pages. Lightly tanned edges and pages, including uneven tanning inside covers. Dust jacket with rubbing, sunning, chips and small tears; some stains, particularly at… Read more about this item

Kansas City, MO: Mid-America Arts Alliance, 1984. Cloth. Very good/good +. Layton, Elizabeth; Burdick, Suzanne (photography). 4to, 50 pages. Second printing. Taupe cloth-covered boards with white accents and light bumping. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minor wear. Dust jacket with small stains at bottom back; dust jacket now encased in a clear, protective… Read more about this item

New York: Phaidon, 2016. Paperback. Very good +/very good. 4to, 158 pages. Paperback with dust jacket. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minimal wear. This is a large or heavy book and may require additional shipping charges to mail outside of the United States.

Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company, 2006. Hardcover. Very good/very good +. Hudson, Grace. 4to, 159 pages. Light brown cloth boards, with sunning along the bottom edges. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minor wear.

New York: Thames and Hudson, 2020. Paperback. Good +. 8vo, 328 pages. Minor wear to covers and edges, including a few small marks and a small tear at top front cover.