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195601899THE BURROUGHS BULLETIN #12 Vernell Coriell 1956 first edition fine in wraps. While a good starting bibliography exists at the end of this issue this publication mostly deals with the death of ERB and prints tributes by Joe McCarthy Darrell C. Richardson Samuel Peeples Basil Wells Lex Barker Elmo Lincoln Ray Bradbury Allan Howard Johnny Weissmuller Howard Browne Buster Crabbe J. Allan St. John Philip Jose Farmer Robert C. Ruark et.al. There are also essays by ERB Stanleigh B. Vinson Ted McInerney Maurice Gardner etc. This issue also contains photos of actors who have portrayed Tarzan as well as the artwork of Rex Maxon Hannes Bok & Reg Manning. Vernell Coriell paperback
1962353173Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback issued simultaneously with a hardcover edition. Near fine with some tanning to the rear wrap. Signed by contributor Donald Barthelme an early appearance preceding his first book by two years. J.B. Lippincott Company unknown
1902838281902. Unbound. Near Fine. Three autograph letters to the same recipient Mr. Robert K. MacKay about his acquisition of the Poe set. They include 1 Three-page Autograph Letter Signed from James Murray Dewey dated 31 October 1902 telling McKay he can have a set of the Poe that had been previously been reserved for Mr. Crosby. 2 Two-page Autograph Letter Signed from Frederick S. Coburn the artist for the set making arrangements to sign McKay's Poe set. 3 One-page Autograph Letter Signed from the editor of the set Charles T. Richardson arranging to return to MacKay his signed Poe set. Each letter is in its original envelope folded as mailed. A couple tiny tears at the fold else near fine. For the group. unknown
200038758New York: AMS Press 2000. First edition 4to xiv 476 pp. Gilt titled dark blue cloth fine. New York: AMS Press unknown
19652315NY: Random House 1965. 1965. Very good. - Quarto printed wraps. Lightly rubbed with light score mark to rear wrap; rear wrap slightly darkened along spine. Unpaginated. Profuse B&W photographic illustrations by William Claxton. Very good. <p>First edition. NY: Random House, (1965). paperback
190545557London: Horace Cox 1905. Second edition first impression. 8vo. vi 116 18 pp. Publisher's pictorial grey cloth. 14 plates plus numerous illustrations set into the text. Some staining to the rear cover mostly mild rubbing to the edges foxing to the front and rear leaves. London: Horace Cox unknown
190945559London: Published by the author 1909. First edition. 8vo. 238 2 xvi pp. Publisher's grey cloth black and white illustration of a skier to the upper board early bookplate featuring an illustration of a dragon and a dragonfly with the name Garnett to the front pastedown a press cutting featuring a humorous illustration on the subject of skiing dated 1910 folded and mounted onto the front free endpaper. 20 plates plus 143 illustrations in the text. Tanning to the spine with the lettering largely but not entirely worn a few minor marks to the upper cover else very good. London: Published by the author unknown
199952876London: Royal Academy of Arts 1999. First edition 4to 302 pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth d.w. a lovely copy. London: Royal Academy of Arts unknown
1979100071<p>New York: Metromedia Inc. 1979. 1979. Very good. - Octavo 9 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover bound in color pictorial stapled wraps. The corners are lightly bumped and there are a few minor spots of foxing. 70 pages profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Very good.</p><p>"Carmelina" the musical by Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner with music by Burton Lane opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on April 18 1979 after 11 previews. It only ran for 17 performances.</p><p>Signed on the front cover by 5 members of the cast: Peter Gennaro 1919-2000 American dance choreographer Virginia Martin 1927-2009 television and Broadway actress Grace Keagy 1921-2009 stage actress Cesare Siepi 1923-2010 Italian Opera bass and Morgan Richardson a minor ensemble player.</p> New York: Metromedia, Inc., (1979). paperback
1920129424Adelaide: Rigby Limited 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Rigby Limited 1920. Octavo xiv 248 pages with 5 comparative graphs and 17 maps plus 22 plates. Original cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover expertly rebacked in matching cloth retaining much of the original backstrip including the gilt title; replacement endpapers; covers flecked with slight wear along the edges of the boards; edges and plates a little foxed; acidic paper tanned and brittle as ever with tears to eight leaves expertly sealed; nevertheless a very good copy of a notoriously poor production. <p>Dornbusch 305; Fielding and O'Neill page 229; Trigellis-Smith 241. Rigby Limited hardcover
1980129423Swanbourne: John Burridge 1980. Hardcover. Fine. Swanbourne John Burridge 1980s facsimile edition/ 1920. Octavo xiv 248 pages with 5 comparative graphs and 17 maps plus 22 plates. Synthetic cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; a fine copy. Number 119 of only 200 copies and a much better production than the original. <p>See Dornbusch 305; Fielding and O'Neill page 229; Trigellis-Smith 241 giving '1980s' as the date of this facsimile edition. John Burridge hardcover
1963164337Akron OH: Westley Temple A.M.E. Zion Church 1963. Vintage poster for a gospel concert held on Sunday November 3 1963 at the Westley Temple African Methodist Episcopal A.M.E. Zion Church in Akron Ohio. <br /> <br /> The concert was hosted by the Hampton Miracle Singers a Black gospel group based out of Akron and featured performances by the F.C. Atkins Male Chorus a group associated with the Psalmist Baptist Church of Baltimore Maryland. Both Westley Temple and Palmist Baptist continue to serve their communities today the latter now operating under the name "New Palmist Baptist Church."<br /> <br /> 14 x 22 inches. Good wavy with wear and dampstaining along the edges and old paper tape reinforcements on the verso. Westley Temple A.M.E. Zion Church unknown
195057418Seattle WA: Frank McCaffrey Publishers 1950. 8vo. 4 432 pp. Double-page colour-illustrated title numerous colour plates. Pictorial green illustrated cloth red & black lettering on spine w/ d.j. cover art by Gerald Grace slight chipping to upper fore-edge head of spine tear to back cover affecting part of author’s portrait still NF/G- copy. First edition of this excellent anthology of short stories on Alaska and the North filled with accounts of hunting for gold loneliness salmon fishing smoky places of Dawson the chechako in Skagway and the departing Sourdough. Many of these had first appeared in such magazines as Adventure Collier’s American Legion Liberty Argosy and Blue Book. Pierce 1881-1966 served in the U.S. Navy graduated from the Univ. of Washington and became one of America’s most prolific Western writers with over 1500 short stories 3 novels and 4 feature films writing under the pseudonyms of Erle Stanly Pierce and Seth Ranger as well. Scarce in original dustjacket. Frank McCaffrey Publishers, hardcover
190158801Washington: Government Printing Office 1901. Two vols. in one. 4to. 8 x 11.5 in. 94 2; 222 pp. With 11 maps several large folding double-page colour 25 photo graphic plates text illustrations diagrams. Contemporary three-quarter green morocco over green cloth marbled endpapers gilt lettering on spine scuffing edgewear rubbing still a VG copy from the library of Senator Robert Jackson Gamble 1851-1924 former US Representative and Senator of South Dakota during President Teddy Roosevelt’s administration. First edition of both these Geological Survey reports including the detailed description of Copper River District by Schrader who was the first to detail and document the mineral resources and the first published photographs of mining operations. Brooks and the other surveyors in the expeditions of 1900 which continued the 1898 explorations were grueling surveying expeditions and through their mapping were able to achieve accuracy which is still current. Government Printing Office, hardcover
1998160472New York: Gagosian Gallery 1998. First Edition. Trade softcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the half-title page by noted director John Waters: "Thanks for being a cinema terrorist / John Waters."<br /> <br /> Exhibition catalogue produced in conjunction with the 1998 exhibition of fifty-eight variations of Andy Warhol's abstract "Camouflage Paintings" produced during 1986 a year before Warhol's death. <br /> <br /> About Fine in illustrated card wrappers. Gagosian Gallery unknown
1998154279New York: Gagosian Gallery 1998. First Edition. Trade softcover. First Edition. Exhibition catalogue produced in conjunction with the 1998 exhibition of fifty-eight variations of Andy Warhol's abstract "Camouflage Paintings" produced during 1986 a year before Warhol's death. <br /> <br /> Near Fine in illustrated card wrappers. Gagosian Gallery unknown
1976153354Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art 1976. First Edition. First Edition. Trade softcover. <br /> <br /> Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Frank Stella's expressionist series "The Black Paintings" which ran from November 23 1976 to January 23 1977 at the Baltimore Museum of Art. <br /> <br /> Fine in wrappers. The Baltimore Museum of Art unknown
199260366Irvine CA: Consolidated Placer Dredging Co. 1992. 8vo. xix 1 315 1 pp. With photo plates text illustrations photo illustrations diagrams charts graphs throughout. Brown cloth gilt lettering front cover spine minor bumping at foot of spine w/ d.j. wraparound photo cover art of dredge working in a river delta minor shelfwear still NF/NF copy inscribed by author on ffep. from the library of Columbia Steel Casting Co. First edition stated & signed of the first complete text on placer mining issued for miners and mining operators since the Great Depression. He details how to explore new prospects methods of evaluation necessary equipment feasibility studies dredging or other equipment for placer mining mineral jigs and his work against the massive damage caused by illegal miners working placer deposits in South America Africa and Southeast Asia. Consolidated Placer Dredging Co., hardcover
1997137733Adelaide: Corkwood Press 1997. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide Corkwood Press 1997 first thus/ 1867. Octavo vi 54 pages plus a folding map 545 × 485mm in an endpocket. Cloth; commercial bookplate to the front pastedown; a fine copy. Number 138 of only 250 numbered copies fifty of which which were bound in full leather. A re-set reprint of the very rare 1867 Brisbane edition with a few typographical errors corrected. The map is new to this edition; it uses 'information from the chart in Jardine's Journal with more detail derived from Richardson's text'. Corkwood Press hardcover
1997146605Adelaide: Corkwood Press 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide Corkwood Press 1997 first thus/ 1867. Octavo vi 54 pages plus a folding map 545 × 485mm in an endpocket. Full leather a little rubbed; an excellent copy. Number 15 of 50 copies of the deluxe issue from a total edition of 250 copies. A re-set reprint of the very rare 1867 Brisbane edition with a few typographical errors corrected. The map is new to this edition; it uses 'information from the chart in Jardine's Journal with more detail derived from Richardson's text'. Corkwood Press hardcover
198284261Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art 1982. First edition. 4to. 103 pp w/select bibliography. Spine sunned else near fine in illustrated wrappers. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art unknown
1929227Berwyn Pennsylvania "Oak Knoll: Privately printed 1929. Very good in marbled paper boards with paper spine and cover labels; in partial glassine wrapper and good blue box with paper title label but with wear and one corner torn. First edition thus limited to 500 copies. A facsimile of Richardson's popular 1769 work this was Newton's Christmas greeting sent to friends and associates in 1929.<br /> <br /> 16mo. xv 14 166pp. Fleck 88. Privately printed unknown
197128698Eastsound:: Orcas Publishing Co 1971. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine tight copy in a Fine price-clipped dust jacket. This copy is signed by the author. Richardson has written the story of the 1859 clash between British and American forces over the ownership of the San Juan Islands instigated by the shooting death of an errant British pig by an American settler. The San Juan Islands lie 80 miles north of Seattle and the author recounts the entertaining story of their early history and the military encounter that changed their history forever. Richardson also provides detailed accounts of the major players in this international incident and the aftermath of the "war" and its effects on the islands. Orcas Publishing Co, unknown
197128973<p>Eastsound:: Orcas Publishing Co 1971. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Near Fine tight copy with brief inscription on the flyleaf and owner stamp on title page in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. This copy is signed by the author. Richardson has written the story of the 1859 clash between British and American forces over the ownership of the San Juan Islands instigated by the shooting death of an errant British pig by an American settler. The San Juan Islands lie 80 miles north of Seattle and the author recounts the entertaining story of their early history and the military encounter that changed their history forever. Richardson also provides detailed accounts of the major players in this international incident and the aftermath of the "war" and its effects on the islands.</p> Orcas Publishing Co, hardcover
192010377Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co 1920. Hardcover. Fine/very good . Square octavo 94pp. illustrated by Frederick Richardson. Copyright date of 1920 and the book may have been printed then or perhaps slightly later. A fine fresh copy in the publisher's decorative grey cloth with onlaid illustration. Very gentle foxing to endpapers else lovely. In the rare dust jacket very good or better with foxing to the rear panel and very shallow loss at the crown else quite nicely preserved. Richardson's lively illustrations appear on nearly every page. This particular edition of Peter Rabbit is genuinely uncommon and we cannot trace another copy with the dust jacket in recent commerce. OCLC records just five physical holdings most or all of these are likely missing dust jackets as well. An appealing copy for the Potter completist. John C. Winston Co hardcover
