A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST
by Anderson, Poul
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of Anderson's alternate-history Shakespearian fantasia with elves, warmly inscribed to fellow science fiction writer Reginald Bretnor and screenwriter Rosalie (Bodrero) Bretnor. 8'' x 5.5''. Original blue cloth. In original unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket by Tim Lewis. 207, [1] pages. Inscribed by Anderson on... Read More
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KIT BRANDON: A Portrait
by Anderson, Sherwood
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First printing. Very good plus in very good jacket.. First edition of this novel set during prohibition and starring the runaway daughter of a moonshiner. 7.5'' x 5''. Original black cloth, lettered in white to front board and spine. In original price-clipped teal pictorial jacket. Machine deckle fore-edge. [10], 374 pages. Jacket... Read More
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A STORY TELLER'S STORY
by Anderson, Sherwood
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1924. First printing. Very good in very good jacket.. First edition of the great American writer's memoir, from the library of radical journalist and novelist Josephine Herbst. 8'' x 5.25''. Original pebbled brown cloth. In original unclipped (no price) tan dust jacket. 442 pages. Ownership signature of Josephine Herbst to front free endpaper. Light... Read More
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TAR: A Midwest Childhood
by Anderson, Sherwood
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1926. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. First edition of Anderson's partly fictionalized memoir of country life. 8'' x 5.5''. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt and blue to front board and spine. In original unclipped ($3.00) pictorial jacket. Black topstain. Deckle edge. xviii, 346 pages. Last few leaves... Read More
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TADAO ANDO
by Ando, Tadao; Aurora Cuito
Düsseldorf: teNeues, 2003. Fine in fine jacket.. First edition of this charming multi-lingual tour through the Japanese autodidact architect's work, pairing vibrant photographs of his projects with informational text in English, French, German and Italian. 8.75'' x 6.5''. Original black paper boards with white-lettered front board and spine. In original color typographic jacket, no price (as issued). Black... Read More
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Tadao Ando | The Colors of Light | Richard Pare
by Ando, Tadao; Pare, Richard; Heneghan, Tom
(London): Phaidon, 2000. Fine.. Lovely reissue of this compact collaboration, with vibrant color photographs of Ando's work, shot by Pare. 6'' x 5.25''. Original grey cloth, silver-lettered front and spine, blind-stamped design and publisher name to front board. Illustrated throughout in color. 284 pages.
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SCHOOL LAW [Cover Title, 1890s Teaching Notebook]
by Andrews, Esther Alice
[New York State], 1897. Very good.. Detailed student notes, apparently from a teacher's training course, on the laws governing education in New York state in the late 1890s, with briefer sections of notes on the geology and geography of New York; one page is dated 1897. Includes sections on Corporal Punishment ("If a teacher wishes to punish a... Read More
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GEORGE ANDREAS: Works on Paper
by Andreas, George; King-Hammond, Leslie
(McClean, VA): Galerie Moderne / Andreas Studio, 2001. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of this vibrantly illustrated collection of Andreas's enigmatic drawings, featuring an interview with the artist. 11.25'' x 11.25''. Original glossy off white pictorial paper boards. In original white pictorial jacket, no price (as issued). Black endpapers. Illustrated throuhgout in color and black... Read More
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COLOR ME RIGHT....THEN FRAME ME IN MOTION
by Andrews, Malachi
(Germantown, TN): Seymour-Smith inc, 1989. First edition. Very good.. First printing of this booklet presenting an Afro-centric perspective of athleticism by track star, kinesiologist, and educator Malachai Andrews. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original pictorial wrappers. 80 pages. Wrappers with some rubbing and soil, bit of dampstain to rear wrapper. Interior clean.
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COLONEL BOGEY'S SKETCH BOOK
by André, R.
London: Longmans, Green, & Co, 1897. Very good plus.. First edition of this tongue-in-cheek history of golf, beginning with the prehistoric Golfosaurian, moving onto the missing "link" Golfolinkius Anthropomorphus, and so on. Filled with humorous parodies about golf (e.g. "A Lay of Link Lunacy"), humanized golf clubs, and depictions of golfing animals, including the Putting Pachyderm. The illustrations... Read More
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BONE HUNTER
by Andrews, Sarah
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 1999. Very good plus in near fine dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this scientific mystery, in which geologist Em Hansen must turn sleuth when she is accused of the murder of a notorious paleontologist. Sarah Andrews was a trained geologist who worked with Amoco and the USGS. Her 11 Em Hansen mysteries... Read More
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A FALL IN DENVER
by Andrews, Sarah
New York: Scribner, 1995. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed review copy of this oil field mystery in which talented geologist Em Hansen must contend with on-the-job misogyny and an executive's suicide – or was it murder? 8.5'' x 5.25''. Original two-toned boards. Original unclipped ($20.00) color pictorial dust jacket. 286 pages. Signed by Andrews to title page.... Read More
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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE EMINENT THESPIAN: From the Diaries of John H Watson, MD
by Andrews, Val
(Romford, Essex): Ian Henry Publications, 1988. First edition. Fine in fine jacket.. First printing of Andrews's Sherlockian pastiche, in which the American actor and playwright William Gillette meets the man he famously impersonated. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original black cloth with silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped (£8.95) pictorial dust jacket by Lesley Williams. 110 pages. This copy from the... Read More
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SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SANDRINGHAM HOUSE MYSTERY
by Andrews, Val
London: Breese Books, 1998. First printing. Fine.. First paperback edition of Andrews's eleventh Sherlock Holmes pastiche mystery. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original black and sepia pictorial wrappers. 112 pages. This copy from the library of noted Sherlockian, BSI member since 1973, and retired US magistrate judge Andrew Peck. Original price sticker to rear wrapper. Minimal edgewear. Sharp.
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SINGIN' AND SWINGIN' AND GETTIN' MERRY LIKE CHRISTMAS
by Angelou, Maya
New York: Random House, 1976. First printing. Fine in a fine jacket.. First edition of the third book Maya Angelou's series of literary autobiographies, covering her first marriage and the beginning of her stage career. A large portion of SINGIN' AND SWINGIN' AND GETTIN' MERRY LIKE CHRISTMAS is devoted to an account of Angelou's travels through Europe with... Read More
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ON THE PULSE OF MORNING
by Angelou, Maya; [Clinton, Bill]
New York: Random House, 1993. First printing. Fine.. Inscribed first edition of Angelou's poem for the 1993 inauguration of President Clinton. With her recitation of "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration for President Clinton's first term, Angelou became the second-ever poet to read a poem at a presidential inauguration, preceded by Robert Frost at Kennedy's inauguration... Read More
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I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS
by Angelou, Maya
New York: Random House, 1969. First edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing of the transformative autobiography that traces Angelou's struggles and triumphs growing up as a Black girl. The first of five literary autobiographies by Angelou, CAGED BIRD focuses on the author's inner experiences, contrasted with the pains and oppressions of her environment –... Read More
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ANNO'S ITALY
by Anno, Mitsumasa
(New York and Cleveland): Collins, 1980. Fine in fine jacket.. First US edition of this wordless tour through the landscape and art of Italy, the second of the great Japanese illustrator's picture books documenting his European travels and influences. 9.5'' x 9''. Original glossy pictorial boards. In original unclipped ($8.95) pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color throughout. Unpaginated.... Read More
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ANNO'S JOURNEY
by Anno, Mitsumasa
(New York): Collins World, 1978. First printing. Fine in fine jacket.. First US edition of this classic wordless picture book by the award-winning Japanese illustrator, a densely detailed record of his journey through the towns and countryside of Northern Europe — a beautiful copy. 9.75'' x 9''. Original pictorial boards. Pale green endpapers. In original corner-clipped pictorial dust... Read More
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MY ABC AROUND ME
by [Anonymous]
(New Delhi): (S. Chand & Company), 1970. First printing. Near fine.. Scarce illustrated ABC of everyday objects from noted Indian textbook and educational publishing house S. Chand. S. Chand & Company was founded in the late 1930s as part of a national effort to support Indian authors and reduce dependence on imported books from the UK. Among this... Read More
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WEIHNACHTEN [CHRISTMAS]
by A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn; [Ebner, P.]
Wien [Vienna]: A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn, 1925. Near fine.. Scarce trade catalogue for children's books, toys, games, and educational novelties meant for the Christmas market. Founded in Vienna in 1793 as a publishing house, A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn had become a multimedia outfit by the early 20th century, producing various educational toys in addition to books.... Read More
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LINWEAVE MILANO
by Applegate, Asher T.; [Linweave]
(Springfield, MA): (Linweave), 1962. Near fine with near fine brochure.. Trade catalogue from the Linweave Paper Company, with additional sample brochure, presenting the Linweave Milano line in the early-sixties, ersatz-European palette of White, Ivory, Citron, Spice, Aqua, and Woodash. 11'' x 8.5''. Original gilt-stamped grey cloth backed in black cloth. Salmon ("Spice") endpapers. Illustrated with lithograph, letterpress, silk... Read More
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THE GOLDEN ASSE OF LUCIUS APULEIUS
by Apuleius, Lucius; De Bosschère, Jean; Adlington, William
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1923. Near fine.. Luxurious limited edition of Adlington's Apuleius, lavishly illustrated in De Bosschère's best sub-erotic Beardsleyite manner. Scarce and beautiful edition of the picaresque ancient Roman novel, adorned and illustrated with tasteful wickedness by the great Belgian artist, whose interest in the occult and the erotic was perfectly matched to... Read More
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DIANE ARBUS: An Aperture Monograph
by Arbus, Diane; Arbus, Doon; Israel, Marvin
(New York): Aperture, 1972. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. First edition of this famous posthumous monograph, with introductory text edited from tape recordings, interviews, and writings of Diana Arbus. The first issue, with the suppressed "Two Girls in Identical Raincoats, Central Park, N.Y.C. 1969," of Arbus's iconic photobook. As Andrew Roth wrote of... Read More
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ADVENTURES OF SAMUEL AND SELINA
by Archer, Jean
London: Grant Richards, 1902. Very good.. First edition of number Thirteen in the Dumpy Series, a story of the on-again, off-again relationship of two stick people. 5'' x 3''. Original green publisher's cloth binding. Illustrated in color throughout. 95 pages. Mild wear and soil to spine and edges of boards. Occasional light soil to margins of leaves. Sound... Read More
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