Dailey William Victoria (23 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1978, Los Angeles, PB (paper wraps) 161 items, catalogue 10, VG.

Paper wrappers. Condition: A very good copy. First edition. 96 pp. Illus. with b/w in-text reproductions. 8vo. 679 items.

Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Unpaged. Illus. with b/w in-text reproductions. 8vo. 917 items. Raoul Dufy collection, author bibliographies, book binding, lettering & calligraphy, papermaking, sale catalogues, type specimen books, bibliography & reference works, addenda, Roxburghe Club books. A very good copy with crease to corner of front wrapper and title.

Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Unpaged. Illus. with b/w plates and in-text reproductions. 8vo. 194 items listed. A very good+ copy with a nick at the spine head.

Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Unpaged. Illus. with b/w in-text reproductions. 8vo. 200 items listed. A very good+ copy with darkening around wrappers' edges.

PB. unpaginated 977 items, with a couple items tick marked. good, wraps (softcover) - couple items tick marked.

Stapled. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Catalogue 27, Willliam & Victoria Dailey, Antiquarian Books & Fine Prints. 34 black & white prints. Bound with 2 staples. Art Catalog.

Stapled paper wrappers. Condition: A near fine copy. First edition. Unpaged. Illus. with b/w in-text reproductions. 8vo. 103 items listed.

Wrappers. Condition: Fine. Unpaginated (c. 144 pp.), 8vo, printed wrappers. Catalogue offering 977 books covering bibliography, typography and the book arts; the Roxburgh Club (London); dictionaries; William Blake; and more. Occasional illustrations. Fine copy.

Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. 80 pp. Illus. with b/w plates and in-text reproductions. 8vo. 280 items. A very good copy with minor writing.

Stapled paper wrappers. Condition: A near fine copy. First edition. 64 pp. Illus. with b/w in-text reproductions. 8vo. 241 items listed.

8vo; stapled stiff covers; softcover; black and white illustrations; a book seller's catalogue of bibliographies which includes: Raoul Dufy Collection, Author Bilbiographies, Book Binding, Lettering & Calligraphy, Papermaking, Sale Catalogues, Type Specimen Books, Bibliography & Reference Works, Addenda, and Roxburghe Club Books; lightly edgworn covers and slightly sunned pages else a very good clean tight copy.

No binding. Covers scuffed. Corners slightly bumped. Pages slightly tanned otherwise contents are tight and legible. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.

Unbound. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Catalogue Twelve. 66 French & English works from 1825-1925. Front cover has name in pencil. Bound with 2 staples. Very nice copy. Art Catalog.

Unbound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Catalogue Ten. In four sections: George Cruikshank, Victorian Drawings & Prints, Publishers' Bindings & Color Printing, Illustrated Books. Front cover has name in pencil, back cover has date stamp. Bound with 2 staples. Pages are clean. Art Catalog.

8° broschur. Condition: Sehr gut. 35 Seiten, mit Abbildungen Ausgetragenes Bibliotheksexemplar, Buch ist in einem sehr guten Zustand, Papier in sehr gutem Zustand. B02-02-05D Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 200.

Condition: Good. Auction Catalogue. 8vo., 14 pp., Very Good, Paper wraps, some staining, shelf wear.

Wrappers. Condition: Good. William and Victoria Dailey, Antiquarian Books & Fine Prints, Published 1979. Wraps, [68] pp (unpaginated); 22 cm; staple bound; color illustrated front wrapper and color frontispiece, illustrated throughout with black-and-white reproductions of book covers, plates, and wood engravings. In Good condition. Tan illustrated wrappers, color illustration of a peyote cactus in flower on the front, staple bound; a few small nicks and light bumping to edges and corners, mild to moderate shelf wear with scuffing to edges and spine and color loss along the edges and spine. Binding tight. Pages mildly toned but otherwise unmarked. An antiquarian bookseller's catalogue devoted entirely to rare and important psychoactive drug literature from 1700 to the present, comprising 287 numbered entries with detailed bibliographic descriptions. Compiled by Michael Horowitz, with a foreword by ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson and a dated introduction (Elk, California, December 11, 1979). Described in its own introduction as the first antiquarian bookseller's catalogue devoted to the subject. Entries span opium, hashish and cannabis, cocaine, peyote and mescaline, and LSD, and include works by and items signed or inscribed by figures such as Albert Hofmann (the chemist who first synthesized LSD), Aleister Crowley, Charles Baudelaire, and William Burroughs. Heavily illustrated throughout with reproductions of book covers, plates, and wood engravings.

8vo, printed wraps. Fourteenth catalog from the firm, who made some of the best catalogs of the era in a variety of subjects, no invaluable references. Offers over 1000 carefully described entries, Includes some alchemical and occult works, periodicals, type specimen books, etc. Some minor fading to the spine else fine.

4to. Pamphlet. First edition. One of the earliest catalogs on psychoactive drugs by these scholars on the subject. They previously did the landmark Phantastica catalog in conjunction with Michael Horowitz before he started Flashback Books. Some overall wear and one inch split to spine extremities, very good minus, but presentable and a useful reference. Scarce.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 242 pages. 8.50x0.61x5.50 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Condition: Good. 8vo. [ca. 200 pp.] Soft Covers. Black and White Plates. Near Fine. Keim, Mayeaux, Wright, et al.

Limited Edition, one of 80 unnumbered copies in wrappers of a total edition of 100. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 5/8 in.). (4), 14 pp., letterpress in 12 point Centaur with title in Goudy Bold and black letter with bright red vignette, printed on Beckett laid paper. Sewn plum wrappers printed in black. Four delightful (and quite amusing) short stories of eroticized bibliomania: A Unique Copy by Chiron (Michael Horowitz); Scout-Out At Acres-Of-Books by Zaldie Waples (William Dailey); The Book Scout's Bad Day by J.N.-A. Pichauld (David Sachs); and Libros Encantados by V. Verseau (Victoria Dailey). Sachs' pseudonym slyly refers to the Fortsas Hoax of 1840, a great literary prank. Designed and printed by William Dailey at his Press of the Pegacycle Lady. Mild edgewear, corner crease, one loose string (binding remains firm) otherwise a Fine copy of a nearly impossible to find legendary title by four California rare book trade notables.