Rare books from Warwick Books

London: Secker & Warburg, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in slipcase. Limited numbered edition (this being #13) including a SIGNED and numbered original lithograph entitled "Foliate Head," an exuberant portrait suitable for framing. Book is in fine, As New condition, in a Fine slipcase with a small spot of glue on it. Maroon boards, top edge gilt; maroon slipcase, title in gilt. With color and black-and-white plates. Piper (1903-1982) is noted for his paintings, prints, opera and theater sets, and stained-glass windows. Small 4to. 224 pp. including list of illustrations and index.

Chicago and elsewhere: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good +. One paperback book, two SIGNED pamphlets, and two handwritten LETTERS by political theorist and legal scholar Carl Schmitt. "The Concept of the Political," Schmitt's most influential work, presents a critique of modern liberalism and lays out his formulation of the state of exception, whereby the head of state can transcend the rule of law in the name of the public good. (George Schwab, trans; Includes Leo Strauss's notes on Schmitt's essay) "Nehmen/Teilen/Weiden" ("Appropriation/Distribution/Production: An Attempt to Determine from Nomos the Basic Questions of Every Social and Economic Order") is a small pamphlet in German with a dated inscription by Schmitt to Harry Neumann, a conservative political scholar who taught at Scripps College and the Claremont Graduate University in California. The third book, by political theorist Ion X. Contiades, is in Greek, and is inscribed in Greek by Schmitt to Harry Neumann.… Read More

London: Archibald Constable and Co./William Heinemann, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volumes. The first two are first printings rebound in red half-leather bindings, the third, which was issued 17 years later by a different publisher, is bound in the original blue cloth with gilt insignia on front. All three books are in very good condition, the older two (1909) are Fine inside with normal usage to the boards--corners are worn down and edges have some wear,. But the binding is tight, the rough-cut paper inside is crisp, clean and unspotted, and the tissue guards over the many pictures are intact. Gilt on leather spine is bright; Five raised bands. The purview of the books is the history and career of the Life Guards, Horse Grenadier Guards and Royal Horse Guards. The books have maps and plans in the text. A handsome three-volume set. 4to. Large and heavy--about 15 pounds. Please inquire about shipping cost for priority or international shipping.

Altadena, California: Twin Palms Publishers, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket in in heavy black cloth slipcase, with an exuberant splatter painting by Chihuly on the front of the slipcase. First printing of first edition. Book, jacket, and slipcase are crisp and clean, tight and sharp. Edges of slipcase have a touch of wear. Full-page color plates throughout. Tall folio. Unpaginated. Please inquire about shipping if ordered other than domestic media mail.

Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. Eighth printing of Golden Anniversary edition (the third edition). Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Previous owner's name inked onto the front free endpaper, along with small bookstore sticker. A handsome copy of this classic kid's book. 8vo. 140 pp. In protective Mylar.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book is crisp and clean, with very light overall wear. Price-clipped dust jacket is intact, but worn. Foreword by Paul Claudel. Photo illustrations. 8vo. 447 pp. including index. In protective Mylar. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S.

New York: Macmillan, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Smerican edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Illustrated. 8vo. 214 pp. including index.

New York: Platt & Munk, 1955. Second Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. 1955 printing of book first published in 1939. Book is crisp and clean in green boards with picture of Uncle Wiggily and his friends dancing on the front. Price-clipped dust jacket is also crisp and clean. No fading to its brilliant colors. One inch loss at bottom of spine, otherwise without wrinkles or soiling or other blemishes. A handsome, collectible copy. 8vo. Unpaginated.

Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1962. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition, third printing, in a second printing dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed on front free endpage "For Bill C., With warm regards from an old Navy type." Book and unclipped jacket are fresh and bright with very light wear. The basis for the Otto Preminger film starring John Wayne. 8vo. 510 pp. In protective Mylar.

Toronto: Sumach Press, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. As New. Softcover in glossy pictorial wraps. First printing. Book is As New, crisp, clean, and unread. Includes black-and-white photos of the authors. 8vo. 229 pp.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is in Fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Illustrated throughout. One instance of faint writing on page 15, where the book's former owner is thanked in the Acknowledgments and noted it. Illustrated endpapers. 4to. 232 pp. including index. Heavy--will require additional postage if shipped outside the U.S. From the estate of Donald Skinner, Canadian military collector extraordinaire.

Newark, NJ: Charles E. Graham & Co, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lang Campbell. Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book is in Near Fine condition in red cloth boards with a pastedown color illustrated panel on front. Light wear spine ends. Binding is firm and tight. Neatly inked ownership information at top of copyright page. Interior pages are Fine, clean and unmarked; tiny hole on last page. Lushly illustrated endpapers by Lang Campbell, with his color illustrations throughout the book, including 14 full-page color plates plus the title page. Dust jacket is also red, with a pastedown color illustrated panel that repeats the picture on the board. An inch-long piece missing from bottom and top of spine, and very light rubbing at corners. No price or any other information on flaps. 4to. Unpaginated. Uncommon in any condition but very uncommon in such great condition.

Agoura, CA: Fantagraphics Books, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Five softcovers compilations in glossy pictorial wraps. All are first printings. All are crisp and clean except for half-title pages, which are filled with inked notes pertaining to incidents in the comics. No writing anywhere else. Erratum slip present in Volume Five. Oblong 4to. Books are more than six pounds packed. Shipping will be extra for priority or international shipping.

Newark, NJ: Charles E. Graham Co, varied. varied. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncle Wiggily from Auto Sled to Snowball Ride and including the hard-to-find Blunder Pup. Condition varies from very good to fair, with most of the titles in the very good range. Four titles are later editions from Whitman Publishing: Funny Auto, Make Believe Tarts, Ice Boat, and Snowball Ride. Uncle Wiggily and the Indian Hunter is the cover only, not the complete book. The bonus paperback editions are from the Platt & Munk Co.: Uncle Wiggily and the Sleds, Uncle Wiggily Learns to Dance, and Uncle Wiggily and the Peppermint. One additional hardcover title, with dust jacket, is Uncle Wiggily Goes Camping, from Whitman Publishing in 1946. A very large bundle of books. Total weight is about 12 pounds. Please inquire about shipping and for further information if needed. This collection was pieced together over a long period of time by a loving Uncle Wiggily devotee.

New York: Charles Scribner, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover in original black cloth boards. In new facsimile dust jacket. First edition, first printing, with all the first edition points (1929 on title page and copyright page, "stoppped" on page 181). Binding is straight and firm. Corners are sharp. Black cloth is sunned along edges and has light wear. Front label is darkened, the tip of one corner is folded over, and there is light wear to it. Spine label is darkened and has three vertical cracks. Pages are clean, paper is lightly tanned. From the library of writer James Alden Thompson and Margaret Carrigan Thompson, with their names inked on front pastedown and dated 1926. There is also an inked message on front free endpage that reads, "To Jim, Please read and tell me what you think of this [Ceegee?]." Small bookstore label in corner of rear pastedown page from Gelber Lilienthal Bookstore, San Francisco. 8vo. 259 pp. A nice copy.