Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Wilber, Richard. Bestiary. Pantheon Books, 1955.
Price: US$220.41 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed and numbered
Seller: Imaginal Books, Sardent, France
Richard Wilbur. A Bestiary. Pantheon Books, New York, 1955.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarto. 12 1/2" x 9". Blue cloth. 75pp Designed and printed at the Spiral Press by Joseph Blumenthal and has been limited 750 copies of which this is #767. Signed by Richard Wilbur and Alexander Calder. There is some fading to lettering on spine. Slipcase with paper title label. Slipcase is bumped at top and bottom of spine and edges.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Wilbur, Richard. Bestiary (Signed). Pantheon, NY, 1955.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A clean, snuggly bound limited edition (#495 of 750), signed by author and illustrator on colophon. In archival quality polyester cover.
Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. One of 750 numbered copies signed by Wilbur and Calder. Ownership inscription; fine in a lightly used publisher's slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Calder, Alexander. First edition, signed issue, limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by Richard Wilbur and Alexander Calder [total edition of 800 signed copies]. Printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral Press, 'on a specially made Curtis Rag paper'; profusely illustrated by Alexander Calder. 74, [4] pages. 4to. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED BY ALEXANDER CALDER & R. WILBUR. An attractive publication, nicely printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral Press, 'on a specially made Curtis Rag paper'; profusely illustrated by Alexander Calder. A fine copy in publisher's unprinted glassine dust jacket and publisher's cardboard slipcase box; the fragile glassine jacket has several large chips on the spine, and a few short creased tears and small chips to extremities (seldom seen in any jacket, due to fragile glassine). The publisher's box has a few slight nicks at tips of two corners, with light tanning and foxing to the publisher's cover label, else the box is quite fresh and bright Printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral Press, 'on a specially made Curtis Rag paper'; profusely illustrated by Alexander Calder. 74, [4] pages. 4to First edition, signed issue, limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by Richard Wilbur and Alexander Calder [total edition of 800 signed copies].
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$513.31 + shipping
Description: pp. (vi), 74, (4). Illustrated with 56 letterpress printed wire form drawings of animals and human nudes by Calder, accompanied by Wilbur's literary selections. One of 750 hand-numbered copies on uncut Curtis Rag paper, signed by Wilbur and Calder in the colophon. Original silver-gilt stamped cloth; card slipcase with pasted-down title label. Some wear to edges of slipcase, otherwise good.
Seller: Tim Byers Art Books, Richmond, United Kingdom
Wilbur, Richard & CALDER, ALEXANDER.. A Bestiary.. New York (Pantheon Books), 1955.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: 74, (4)pp. Prof. illus. with line drawings by Calder. Lrg. 4to. Cloth, embossed with a design by the artist. Publishers dec. slipcase (slightly rubbed). One of 750 hand-numbered copies on uncut Curtis Rag paper, signed by Wilbur and Calder in the colophon, from the edition of 825 in all, printed at the Spiral Press by Joseph Blumenthal. A fine copy.
Seller: Ars Libri, Ltd. (ABAA), Charlestown, MA, U.S.A.
Richard Wilbur, Alexander Calder. Bestiary. Pantheon Books New York, 1955.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED BY CALDER AND WILBUR; Fine, limited edition, hardcover with original slipcase (in poor condition) #452 of 750 copies; illustrations by Alexander Calder
Seller: Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Compiled by Richard Wilbur. Illustrated by Alexander Calder. Folio. Dark blue cloth stamped in silver with design by Calder on front cover. A fine copy in publisher's unprinted glassine dust jacket and publisher's cardboard slipcase box, the box has a few tiny spots. Nicely printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Spiral Press on a specially made Curtis Rag paper, Signed issue limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by both Richard Wilbur and Alexander Calder.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is one of 50 copies on luxurious Rives-mould made paper, but lacking the original drawing. Book is fine, bound in quarter-morocco and signed by Wilbur and Calder. Paper slipcase has a small (half inch) paper tear, otherwise fresh and near fine. Lovely book on fine paper.
Seller: Blue Sky Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Wilbur, Richard & Calder, Alexander. A BESTIARY. Pantheon, 1955.
Price: US$2687.50 + shipping
Description: A BESTIARY, Pantheon, 1955, lst ed., a fine copy in like slip-case. Illustrated by Calder. Of 875 copies, this is 1/50 on Rives-mould made paper out of series and SIGNED by the author/compiler and the artist. There also was an accompanying original SIGNED drawing with this issue which alas is lacking.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.