Illustrators from Lorne Bair Rare Books

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. First LEC printing. One of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator; this is copy no.310. Quarto (30cm). Calf-backed patterned boards; slipcase; 278pp; illus. Tiny flaw to leather at rear joint, else Fine in the original slipcase, slightly worn and thinly split at one joint; Very Good.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Limited Edition. Number 310 of 1500 copies printed. Tall octavo (29cm). Black cloth, backed in red leather, top edge stained red, housed in black and red marbled slipcase; black and red marbled endpapers; xii,239,[3]pp; color title page vignette, black and white wood engravings throughout, with occasional printing in red. Signed by Kredel, the… Read more about this item

Woodbridge, Suffolk & Dover, New Hampshire: Boydell Press, 1985. Facsimile Edition. One of 500 sets. Two thick octavo volumes (25cm); tan cloth, with titling and pictorial elements stamped in gilt on spine and covers; publisher's original black paper-covered slipcase; [xc],455,[3]; [xxxvi],457-990,[4]pp; illus. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine slipcase. A handsome facsimile edition of Malory's 1893 work. … Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First Edition. First printing (with "A" on veso of title page). Oblong octavo. Pictorial cloth hardcover; unpaginated [45pp]; illus. Slight bumps to board corners; tiny bit of rubbing to spine ends, still a tight, handsome copy, the text fresh and unmarked; Very Good or better, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. A late juvenile title… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1993. Eleventh Printing. Seven octavo volumes (23cm); patterned paper-covered boards and maroon cloth backstrips, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spines; publisher's matching cloth slipcase; illustrated throughout by Joan Hassall. A few tiny spots of soil to rear cover of Emma, otherwise a Fine set. Slipcase lightly shelfworn, else Near Fine. Handsome edition… Read more about this item

[West Burke, Vermont: Janus Press, for Barre Publishers], 1970. First, Limited Edition. Number 566 of 900 signed copies. Octavo (23cm). Loose folded sheets (unpaginated), printed on Japanese paper in black and red; in printed paper portfolio and slipcase, as issued. Woodcut illustrations printed from the original blocks cut by Helen Siegl. A fine copy.

San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); black glazed cloth boards, titled in white on spine, with decorative elements embossed onto front cover; dustjacket; [14],15-506,[6]pp; illus. With Thompson's bold signature in black Sharpie following the front endpaper, and inscribed and extra-illustrated by Steadman on the half-title page using a red paint pen, dated 24.10.92.… Read more about this item

[Decatur IL: ca 1944-45]. A compact and substantial archive, comprised of 30 signed original drawings, one printed poster, and a large printed sample-book of wartime production advertisements for the Caterpillar Military Engine Company (a wartime subsidiary of the Caterpillar Tractor Company) of Decatur, Illinois. Drawings are on art board, in pen-and-ink (but one, a pencil sketch) measuring about 13"… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1940. First Edition Thus. Quarto (28cm); green buckram, with title label mounted to spine; green topstain; publisher's original slipcase; xvi,316,[2]pp. Some of the usual sunning to spine, upper rear board corner gently tapped (though still sharp), else clean internally; Very Good+ or better. Slipcase lightly shelfworn, title label gently sunned, with a… Read more about this item

London: Faber & Faber, [1931]. First edition. 12mo. Sewn illustrated wrappers; [4 pp]; illus. Single poem, issued as Ariel Poems No. 35; one of 2000 copies so issued. Not issued separately in the US. Drawing by E. McKnight Kauffer. Printed at the Curwen Press. A clean, unworn copy, minimally toned on text; Near Fine. Gallup A19.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Thus. First printing. Octavo; black cloth with front cover illustration in color; 260pp; frontispiece and two unnumbered leaves of color plates; text illus. Near FIne, lacking the dustwrapper. Bookseller's ticket at rear (Traver's Bookstore, Trenton, NJ). Compellingly, the book bears the printed bookplate of "Orville Wright - McDonogh 1873" to… Read more about this item

London: A&C Black, 1906. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (23cm). Publisher's pictorial cloth, with gilt spine titles; x,281,[8]pp; frontispiece and 62 unnumbered leaves of color plates, after original paintings by Warwick Goble. A tight, straight copy, complete with all 63 plates and the folding map; very lightly rubbed at spine ends with tiny abrasion at foot of front joint,… Read more about this item

Mexico: Blas Vanegas Arroyo, 1919. Broadside, printed in black on newsprint (measuring 40cm x 60cm), with text in six columns, large engraving at center, beneath five smaller ones. Faint horizontal fold smoothed out at center, a few tiny tears along margins, expected toning; Very Good or better. Well-preserved example of this large Calavera broadside attributed to Manuel Manilla (see… Read more about this item

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1990. First Edition. First printings. Signed by Peterson on frontispiece to Vol. I (Eastern Birds). Two folio volumes; full textured leather, with titles stamped in gilt; silk moiré endpapers; all edges gilt; integral ribbon bookmarks; 336+336pp; illus. A fine set, with printed bookplate of noted zoologist James G. Mead to each volume. A lavishly-produced collection… Read more about this item

Newark, NJ: Swingshift, 1951. First Edition. Slim octavo (17.75cm); original pictorial card wrappers, stapled; 32pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, some faint stress creases to wrappers; contents clean; Very Good+ or better. Proletarian literary and art journal produced by the Writers Workshop of New Jersey, a group comprised of "working artists and writers. And when we say 'working', we… Read more about this item

New York: The Masses Publishing Co, 1916. First Edition. Large quarto (35cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 34pp; illus. Two very faint vertical bends, a few tiny tears to wrapper extremities, else an uncharacteristically fresh, very Near Fine copy. Contents include contributions by Max Eastman, Louis Untermeyer, John Reed, Austin Lewis, Sara Bard Field, and others. Illustrations throughout by Art Young,… Read more about this item

New York: Modern Age Books, 1939. First Edition. Wrappered Issue. Quarto (28cm); pictorial card wrappers; 21pp [text] + 70pp illus. Modest rubbing to joints and extremities, some faint creasing to wrappers, with a few faint scuffs to front cover; Very Good. Reproductions of Quintanilla's subtle pencil sketches of scenes from the Spanish Civil War; this was probably the most… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1982. First Edition. First printing, softcover issue. Quarto (12" x 9"); pictorial stiff card wrappers (softcover); unpaginated. Ilustrated throughout in b/w and color. Mild bumps to corners, else Fine. An attractive, well-preserved copy. There was a simultaneous hardcover issue. Ambitious collaboration between the noted Peruvian-American fantasy illustrator and his first wife, pairing the former's… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books / Peacock Press, 1973-78. Mixed softcover editions: Volume One is a Sixth Edition (1977); Volumes Two and Three are stated first printings, 1977 and 1978 respectively. Quartos (11" x 9"); pictorial wrappers (softcovers); variously paginated; chiefly illustrations. Mild soil and wear to covers, light evidence of use; uniformly complete and Very Good. Color and b/w… Read more about this item

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1991. Limited Edition. Octavo (27cm); full black leather, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; xxx,470pp; illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Paul Landacre. A Fine copy, part of the publisher's 100 Greatest Books Ever Written series.