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Chicago: Frederick J Drake, 1909. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Poor. 231, Viii, (100) + Ads At Rear. Disbound, String Binding Intact But Lacking Covers, Informally Wrapped In Correspondence Paper Of The Wendt Studios, With Handwritten Title By Julia Bracken Wendt And Part Of The Wendt's Bookplate. Julia Bracken Wendt, (1870-1942) A Notable American Sculptor, Illinois. Unsupported At Home Following The Death Of Her Mother When She Was Nine Years Old, She Ran Away From Home At Thirteen. By Sixteen She Was Working As A Domestic Servant For A Woman Who Recognized Her Talent And Drive, And Paid To Enroll Her In The Art Institute Of Chicago. There She Studied With Lorado Taft And By 1887 She Had Advanced To Become His Studio And Teaching Assistant. In 1893, During The Columbian Exposition She Was One Of Several Women Sculptors Nicknamed The White Rabbits Who Helped Produce Some Of The Architectural Sculpture That Graced The Exposition Buildings. She Was Awarded A Commission To Produce Illinois Welcoming The Nations, A Sculpture For The Fair. The Work Was Later Cast In Bronze And Unveiled At The Illinois State Capitol.In 1906 She Married Painter William Wendt And Moved To Los Angeles, California Where She Continued Her Success. In California She Taught At The Otis Art Institute And, With Her Husband, Was Instrumental In The Founding Of The California Art Club In 1909, Which Was Developed On The Premise Of Allowing Women And Sculptors Into The Membership. Wendt Was A Member Of The National Sculpture Society And Exhibited And Was Featured In Both The 1923 And 1929 Exhibitions And The Resulting Catalogues. Her Work Can Be Found In: Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Chicago Historical Society, The Civil War Monument, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee, The Laguna Art Museum, Harvard University Portrait Collection,Old Los Angeles City Hall (Now Located In The Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles County), Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, California, As Well As In Numerous Private Collections. Exhibitions: World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893; Annual Exhibition, Palette Club, Aic, 1895; Annual Exhibition Of Works By Chicago Artists, Aic, 1899-1910 (9 Times); St Louis/Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904 ; Chicago Municipal League, 1905 ; Pan-California Expo, San Diego (Ca), 1915 ; California Art Club, 1918 ; Solo Exhibits With Husband, Aic, 1909-21 ; National Sculpture Society, 1929 National Sculpture Society, Los Angeles (Ca) Museum. Awards: Commission, "Illinois Welcoming The Nations" For Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892 ; Commission, Exposition Park, Los Angeles (Ca). Commission, Battle Monument, Missionary Ridge (Tn) ; Sculpture Prize, Chicago, 1898; Municipal Art League Prize, Chicago, 1905 ; Gold Medal, Pan-California Expo, San Diego (Ca), 1915; Harrison Prize, Los Angeles (Ca), 1918

Boni & Liveright Publ,NY, Modern Library. HB NODJ, Undated, Probably circa 1920s, Brown LEATHER with Gold Gilt design & Lettering on Front & Spine, Cover light wear rub, & tiny chips Extremities, Interior nice tight clean light FoX, few dogeared pgs, light wear, VG+/VG, NODJ, 275 pgs, Spine gilt slight rub, 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 in. . Full-Leather.

New York: Star Dist, 1970. Paperback. 190p., illustrated with explicit drawings, very good first printing PBO in camp pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Rough Trade RT-433.

Judy Publishing Chicago, 1950 HBDJ, Clear TAPED Mending TO Extremities & Spine DJ which light Soiling Wear, 1950, 3rd edition, Limited 5,000 COPIES, GOOD-/VG-, AS-IS, Salmon Orange Illustrated Cover with Boston on Front lettered in Black, Interior relatively nice Clean light FoX, Wear, few pencil marks BUT THERES Cutout from Title page at btm of 1 in X 3 1/2 in. & from next page 6 there small cutout of a picture 1 1/4 X 1 1/4 in. , 160 pgs. Hardcover. Good/Very Good.

Times-Mirror Printing & Binding House, 1930. Paperback, Small Phamphlet Like Booklet approx 7 X 4 inches, 1930, 1st edition,Minor Wear, 47 pgs, Index, VG+/VG, SOFTCOVER. First Edition. Soft Cover.

Whitman Publ, Wisc., 1962. HARDBACK NODJ Issued, 1962, 1st Edition, VG+/VG, NO JACKET, AS-IS, Interior Nice Tight Clean light Wear FOX, 210 Pgs + ADS. First Edition. Hard Cover.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Xvii, 180 Pp. Green Cloth, Gilt, With Embossed Gilt Angel On Front Cover. Top Edge Gilt, Deckled Edges. First Edition. Wear And Bumping And Fading To Cloth, But All Gilt Brilliant, No Fraying Or Stains. Bookstore Stamp On Front Pastedown, No Other Marks. Pages Clean, Slightly Aged, No Foxing.

New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, and Auckland: Bantam Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0553097105 . A sharp first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with small closed tear to lower front corner and minor edgewear; byThe story of Romeo and Juliet is one of love and tragedy. Romeo is in love with Juliet, but she is married to another man. Romeo convinces Juliet to elope with him, but they are caught and killed.; 8vo; FSA .

1913. NEW JERSEY TITLE GUARANTEE AND TRUST CO. ... The New Jersey Title Guarantee and Trust Company of Jersey City, N.J., on its Twenty-Fifth Birthday .... [N.p., 1913]. 78 p. Illus. Plates. Embossed wrappers. A very handsome production, illustrated with early views of Jersey City and Hudson County.

New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1998. Original Paper Wrps. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 24 leaves (48 pages), with 20 black and white rich photographs. A pristine copy with no flaws and signed by Eric Fischl.