Rare books from Waugh Books

Boston: Little, Brown, 1961. Stated First edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. 8vo. Quarter red cloth and black boards, with gilt lettering. 337 pages. An Advance Review Copy in promotional dust-jacket. No names, remainder marks, or marks to text. Spine [blank] and flap folds of dust-jacket are slightly toned, with a tiny chip at spine tail. A Fine copy in special dust-jacket of Yates' first novel.

Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co., 1887. First edition. hardcover. Very Good. Large folio. [18" X 15"] Spine and corners rebound over original brick red boards. Original gilt titles on front cover. New gilt title on spine. New end papers. 339 numbered pages, including text, plates (with b/w lithographs depicting Kansas ranches, livestock, architecture, and other scenes), and approximately 300 hand colored maps, with 25 colored folding maps. "Compliments of The Bankers Loan & Trust Co., Kirwin, Kansas" stamped in gilt above title on front cover. Rear cover shows wear. Light damp stain to top of title page. Slight edge wear to initial and last pages. A very solid, and handsome copy of the original edition one of the grand state atlases of the 19th century. Due to size and weight, international shipping will require additional postage.

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Red-orange paper covers with black title and promotional statement on cover. 385 pages. The Advance Reading Copy of Exley's first book. Spine and corners worn. No names or marks.

New York: Knopf, 1982. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. 8vo. Quarter yellow cloth and blue boards, with blue spine lettering. 89 pages. Light foxing to inside covers and end papers. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket (with "$7.95" price intact) has slight wear at corners and spine ends, and a small chip at top of rear panel, near spine. A collectible copy of the first American edition.

Cologne: Taschen GmbH, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Shulman. Edited by Peter Goessel. Epilogue, and photography, by Julius Shulman. Oblong folio [12.5"X16.25"X1.75"]. Illustrated boards. Illustrated end papers. 440 pages, with Architects' Biographies and Index. Text in English, French, and German. Illustrated throughout with b/w and color photographic images, drawings, plans. With clear, fitted vinyl dust-cover. No names or marks. In publisher's illustrated shipping box. A crisp, as new copy, in publisher's original cardboard shipping box. A massive book. International shipping at cost.

Yosemite National Park / Boston: Virginia Adams / Houghton Mifflin, 1950. First printing. Hardcover. Very good/good +. Folio. Black card stock covers, with white lettering and EW decoration on front cover. White comb spiral binding. 79 pages, with 30 full page b/w photographic plates and excerpts from Weston's daybooks. Wear to all four corners, and scrapes at top of rear cover. Small repair to top of comb binding. Small ghost of sticker removal at top corner of Front FEP. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket (with "$10.00" price intact) is in one piece, but has loss at both spine ends, at middle of spine, and at bottom corner of both panels at spine. The dust-jacket also has a horizontal crease across middle (where it was folded and tucked inside book). Due to size, international shipping at cost.

Chicago: Dartnell Publications, 1937. First printing. Hardcover. Very good. 4to. Stiff illustrated card covers with orange comb binding. 154 pages. Illustrated throughout with color and b/w images. Corners worn. One tooth at top of comb binding is missing. No names or marks. Includes ten page reproduction of the New Bauhaus [Chicago] catalogue designed by Moholy-Nagy. Due to size, international shipping at cost.

New York: Harper & Row, 1969. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 8vo. Gray cloth, with red spine lettering. Red top stain. Gray end papers. 534 pages. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket (with "$8.95" price intact) is chipped, with small, closed tears at top of both the front and rear panels.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. Gorey. Oblong 12mo. [6.75" X 7.25"] Illustrated paper covered boards, with black and gray spine and cover lettering. [unpaginated] Limited/signed numbered: 120/250. In publisher's black slipcase. Toledano A67b. Faint darkening to gutters. Illustrated dust-jacket spine is slightly (and evenly) sun darkened. SIGNED by Edward Gorey on the limitation page.

New York: Looking Glass Library, 1959. Stated First edition. Paperback. Very good +. Gorey. 24mo. [5.5" X 4"] Illustrated stapled wrappers. [unpaginated] Toledano A5a. Slight tanning along spine. Prior owner's name at bottom of title page. No other marks. First edition of 600 copies.

New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973. Stated First printing. Hardcover. Fine. Gorey. Oblong 24mo. [4.5" X 6"] Lavender cloth, with illustrations on both front and back covers. Lavender end papers. [unpaginated] Limited/signed numbered: 2/100. In publisher's lavender slipcase. Toledano A53b. SIGNED by Edward Gorey on the limitation page.

Austin: University of Texas, 1968. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. Sm 4to. Green cloth, with silver and black spine lettering and silver decoration. Pale green end papers. 264 pages, with Navaho Pronunciation Guide, Appendices, Bibliography, and Index. Illustrated with b/w and some color photographs. SIGNED by Gilpin on the half title page. No other names. No remainder marks, or marks to text. Illustrated dust-jacket (with price clipped) has slight wear at spine ends, else Fine. A Fine, tight, signed copy, in dust-jacket, of Gilpin's stunning work.

New York: Arthur A. Levine / Scholastic, 1998. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. First printing of the first American edition. 8vo. Quarter red cloth and diamond pattern purple boards, with gilt spine lettering. Teal end papers. 309 pages. Illustrations by Mary GrandPre. The spine ends are slightly crimped, else Fine. No names or marks. The illustrated dust-jacket (with price clipped) has a 1.125" closed tear at top corner of front panel by fold flap, else Fine. With first printing points for both book and dust-jacket: Spine lacking "Year 1", and copyright page stating "J. K. Rowling"; and full number line "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 8 9/9 0/0 01 02", "Printed in the U.S.A. 23", and "First American edition, October 1998". Dust-jacket has Guardian blurb at top of rear panel, with two bar codes, and number 51696 above smaller bar code, at bottom of rear panel. A crisp, unmarked, collectable copy of the first printing of the First American edition, in first issue dust-jacket.… Read More

Zurich: Gallery Bruno Bischofberger, 1995. First printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good +. 8vo. Yellow cloth, with gilt decorations to both covers. [unpaginated] Hand made paper and hand bound. Limited/signed: one of 2000 copies; SIGNED by Clemente on the Front Free End paper. No other names, or marks to book. Dust-jacket has some slight sun fading to edges, else Fine. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Chateau de Chenonceau, France, in 1995.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. Third Printing. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 8vo. Turquoise cloth, with gilt, red, and black spine lettering and gilt facsimile signature on front cover. Black end papers. 186 pages. No names, remainder marks, or marks to text. Dust-jacket (with "$5.95" price intact, and "0369" on rear flap), designed by Paul Bacon, is lightly toned, chipped at spine ends and corners, and has closed tears at both ends of front flap fold. Some sticker remains over the printed price on the top corner of the front flap. Stated "Third printing, May 1969" on the copyright page.