Books and Manuscripts

New York, etc, 1924-62. Group of six first and/or limited editions. See list below.

1. Shephard, Esther
Paul Bunyan
New York, (1924). First edition. 8vo. Original yellow cloth covers, stamped in navy blue; top edge stained blue; two dust-jackets (issued with duplicate). A near-fine copy.

2. Kent, Rockwell
N by E
New York, 1930. First and limited edition, one of 900 numbered copies signed by Kent, this copy noted "PRINTERS" instead of a number on colophon. 4to. Original blue cloth, stamped in silver; top edge stained silver, other edges trimmed; clear acetate dust-jacket; in board slip case with paper spine label and matching number ("PR.").

3. Armitage, Merle
Rockwell Kent
New York, 1932. First and limited edition, #338/550 numbered copies. 8vo. Original quarter black cloth, stamped in gilt, over blue paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt; all edges untrimmed; printed dust-jacket. A near-fine copy. Laid in is a 1937 T.L.s by Kent's secretary, Frances Singer to John I. Scull, and a 1937 T.L.s by Carl Zigrosser to same recipient, asking for the loan of a Kent watercolor he owned, for its inclusion in an American Artists Group publication.

4. Boccaccio, Giovanni
The Decameron
Garden City, 1949. First and limited edition, #384/1,500 numbered copies signed by Kent. 4to. Original red cloth covers, titled in gilt; top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed; clear acetate dust-jackets; in printed paper-covered board slip case. A fine copy.

5. Kent, Rockwell
It's Me O Lord
New York, (1955). First edition. 8vo. Original navy blue cloth covers, stamped in gilt; top and bottom edges trimmed, fore-edge untrimmed; illustrated dust-jacket. A fine copy.

6. Kent, Rockwell
Greenland Journal
New York, (1962). First edition. 8vo. Original green cloth covers, stamped in silver; printed endpapers; all edges trimmed; illustrated dust-jacket, spine slightly faded. A near-fine copy.

From the library of bibliophile and long-standing Grolier Club member David Allen Fraser (1911-2003).