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Pore Lil Mose: His Letters to His Mammy 1st Edition
Pore Lil Mose: His Letters to His Mammy 1st Edition
by R.F. Outcault
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No place Brooklyn: no publisher Grand Union Tea Co. no date 1902. Oblong folio 26.5 x 37. Unpaginated. First edition. Original pictorial wrappers staple-bound. Professionally repaired: recent burgundy cloth backing paper repairs to the corners of the... (read more)

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Basket of Poses Signed
Basket of Poses Signed
by George Chappell
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Albert & Charles Boni 1924 NY. 4to 109pp boards red and black patterned. Tipped in signature of Rockwell Kent on ffep. DJ chipping at edges some slight soiling. Top-edge stained red. Good/Fair... (read more)

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Peter Arno's Parade Limited Signed Edition
Peter Arno's Parade Limited Signed Edition
by Peter Arno
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New York: Horace Liveright, (1929). Quarto, 23 x 30 cm. Unpaginated. Limited edition, number 57 of 160 copies, signed by the artist, with 2 special color illustrations (a frontispiece and an endpiece). Original black cloth over beveled boards, front... (read more)

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The Adventures of Meng & Ecker 1st Edition
The Adventures of Meng & Ecker 1st Edition
by David Britton and Kris Guidio and M. Butterworth
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Manchester: Savoy Books, (1997). Quarto, 21 x 30 cm. Unpaginated. First edition, hardcover issue. Original glazed pictorial paper over boards. No dust jacket. Black & white illustrations throughout. Binding lightly rubbed. Corners bumped. Very good... (read more)

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The Utter Zoo 1st Edition
The Utter Zoo 1st Edition
by Edward Gorey
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New York: Meredith Press, (1967). Octavo, 16 x 17 cm. Unpaginated. First edition stated. Original illustrated paper over boards. Black & white illustrations throughout. In a dustjacket with 2.95 price present. Dustjacket rubbed, soiled and edgeworn. Free... (read more)

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The Sad Book, 1st Edition
The Sad Book, 1st Edition
by Robert Crumb and John P. Gibbons
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Cleveland: American Greetings Corp. (1967). Duodecimo 16.5 x 15 cm. Unpaginated. First edition R. Crumb's first book. Original glazed pictorial paper over boards. Color illustrations by Crumb throughout; text by John P. Gibbons. No dust jacket. Binding... (read more)

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Strange Surprising Adventures of the Venerable Gooroo Simple, and His Five Disciples, Noodle, Doodle, Wiseacre, Zany, and Foozle 1st Edition
Strange Surprising Adventures of the Venerable Gooroo Simple, and His Five Disciples, Noodle, Doodle, Wiseacre, Zany, and Foozle 1st Edition
by Alfred Henry Forrester as Alfred Crowquill
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London: Trubner & Co. 1861. Octavo 12.5 x 18.5 cm. 223pp. First edition in a custom signed binding by Bayntun: full red morocco elaborately decorated in gilt with a pictorial design on the front board composed of variously colored leather inlays. All... (read more)

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E. D. Ward a Mercurial Bear Signed Edition
E. D. Ward a Mercurial Bear Signed Edition
by Edward Gorey as Dogear Wryde
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New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1983. Decimo-sexto, 17 x 12 cm. Unpaginated. Staple-bound pamphlet in printed wrappers. Signed by Edward Gorey (as Dogear Wryde) on rear wrapper. Wrappers slightly soiled. Small blue inkstain to textblock at fore-edge... (read more)

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