Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

Paper Airplanes 1911 and 1973

[Paper Airplane Press] Koelewyn, Arie

Philadelphia: Paper Airplane Press, 1977. Original Wrappers. Octavo. [2], 12, [2] pp., illus. Limited edition, number 15 of 25 copies; there is another lettered edition (A-Y) that was for private distribution. In stiff wrappers with printed paper title label; offsetting from the adhesive is starting to tone the label; contents.....

The Headlong Career and Woful Ending of Precocious Piggy

Hood, Thomas | illustrated by his son, Tom Hood

London: Griffith and Farran, 1859. Hard Cover. Octavo. [19], [1 (ads)] l., illus. First edition. In publisher's pictorial boards; composed of of 20 leaves including a leaf of advertisements at the rear, all are printed on one side only; hand coloring to the illustrations. This copy has been skillfully rebacked.....

Books Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon & Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell -- Spring 1930

[Shakespeare Head Press]

Oxford: Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press for Basil Blackwell, 1930. Original Wrappers. Octavo. [16] pp. Stapled pamphlet, though the staples have been removed and there is some discoloration from the staples in the central folio, so it was perhaps a wise decision to remove them. An uncommon list of.....

Rope

[Artist's Book] Goodale, Rebecca | with text by Judson Merrill

Freeport, ME: Rebecca Goodale, 2021. Hard Cover. 5-3/4" x 6-3/4." 18 pp. (including pastedowns), illus. Limited edition, number 3 of 9 copies. Signed by Goodale and Merrill. Vertically oriented accordion binding with gray cloth over boards and title stamped in silver on the upper cover; all housed in clamshell with.....

The Marriage of Cock Robin & Jenny Wren

[High Noon Press]

Lexington, KY: High Noon Press [King Library Press], 1956. Hard Cover. 12mo. [20] pp., illus. Limited edition, number 48 of 140 copies. Bindings vary, here in patterned paper over boards with pictorial pastedown on the front cover. Spine just a trifle darkened, but generally, a bright fresh copy with a......

Poe's Phantasia: A Selection of Poems and Stories . . . with a Companion Volume, The Raven

[Design Binding] [Brandes, Robin] Poe, Edgar Allan | illustrations by...

San Francisco: Arion Press, 2022. Full Leather. Large quartos. 171, [1]; 27 pp., illus. Limited edition, number 52 of 250 "Fine Press" copies (50 Deluxe copies were also issued). Both volumes finely bound by American design binder, Robin Brandes. Phantasia in black, straight-grained goatskin with crimson doublures and gray suede.....

Bluegrass

[Larkspur Press] Taylor, Richard | illustrations by Crews McCulloch

Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 1975. Hard Cover. Octavo. [8], 72, [4] pp., illus. Limited edition, number 96 of 200 copies bound in boards and signed by Taylor; an additional 300 copies were issued unsigned in wrappers. Blue cloth with printed paper title label on the spine; dust jacket. Top corners.....

Albino Bestiary: A Remembrance

[Artist's Book] Goodale, Rebecca

Freeport, ME: Rebecca Goodale, 2012. Hard Cover. 13-3/4" x 12-1/2" x 3-1/2." 24 pp., illus. Limited edition, number 5 of 5 copies. Signed by Goodale at the colophon. An interesting structure, with cloth covered boards opening in alternating direction forming an elaborate compound dos-à-dos binding with 12 openings. Each opening.....

Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

Paper Airplanes 1911 and 1973

The Headlong Career and Woful Ending of Precocious Piggy

Books Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford-upon-Avon & Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell -- Spring 1930

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The Marriage of Cock Robin & Jenny Wren

Poe's Phantasia: A Selection of Poems and Stories . . . with a Companion Volume, The Raven

Bluegrass

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