Ooka: More Tales of Solomon in Kimono
by I.G. Edmonds
Pacific Stars and Stripes, 1957. 1/2 cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. Sanae Yamazaki. The 1957 1st edition of this continuation in the "Ooka" series. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG- dustjacket, with chipping at the spine ends and tips --with a couple of inches of loss-- and several closed tears along the panel edges. Still... Read More
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Building Footprints: A Selection of Forty-Five Building Plans, All Drawn at the Same Scale
by Eduardo Sacriste, Jr.
Raleigh, North Carolina: The Student Publication of the School of Design, 1959. Original wraps. Near Fine. An impressive 1959 collection of 45 building plans, issued in 25 separate, loose plates (as called for). Published by the students at North Carolina's School of Design in Raleigh, the plates are uniformly crisp and bright, and together they're housed in the... Read More
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Wethersfield (CT) Inscriptions
by Edward Sweetser Tillotson, Compiler
Hartford, Connecticut: William F.J. Boardman, 1899. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The uncommon 1899 1st edition, #217 of only 250 copies printed. "A Complete Record of the Inscriptions in the Five Burial Places in the Ancient Town of Wethersfield, including the Towns of Rocky Hill, Newington, and Beckley Quarter (in Berlin), also a Portion of the Inscriptions in... Read More
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The Botanical Register: Consisting of Coloured Figures of Exotic Plants, Cultivated in British Gardens; With Their History and Mode of Treatment (In 7 Volumes)
by Designs by Sydenham Edwards
London: James Ridgway, 1824. Full calf. Very Good +. Here offered are 7 early volumes of the 21-volume "Botanical Register", with its hundreds of exquisite hand-colored engraved botanical plates. We have Vols. II and Vols. V through Vol. X, spanning 1816 through 1824. All 7 volumes are in very solid condition, all in either the publisher's original full... Read More
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The Story of Colt's Revolver: The Biography of Col. Samuel Colt
by William B. Edwards
Harrisburg, PA: The Tackpole Company, 1953. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A nice copy of the 1953 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. Quarto, 470 pgs.
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Sandburg: Photographers View Carl Sandburg (Review Copy)
by Edward Steichen, Ed
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, 1966. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. INSCRIBED BY EDWARD STEICHEN on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1966 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 113 pgs. A Review Copy as well, with pubisher's original Review Slip laid-in.
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Complete in 8 Volumes)
by Edward Gibbon, Esq
London: John Murray, 1862. Full leather. Very Good +. The handsome 1862 John Murray edition, complete in 8 octavo volumes, all lavishly bound in a sumptuous, full dark-green leather. With gilt-bordering along the panels, finely gilt-tooled compartments and bright gilt-titling along the spines. Very minor wear to several of the outer hinges and spine ends, light scuffing to... Read More
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Warsaw Between the World Wars: Profile of the Capital City in a Developing Land, 1918-1939
by Edward D. Wynot, Jr.
Boulder, CO: East European Monographs, 1983. Cloth. Near Fine. A clean, impressive copy of the 1983 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-gray cloth, with just a touch of light creasing along the rera panel's lower-tip. Octavo, 375 pgs. Very presentable copy.
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Pedigrees of Scottish Deerhounds (Compiled by Capt. G.A. Graham of Rednock, Dursley)
by Edwin Weston Bell, Ed
Dursley, Gloucestershire, England: Whitmore and Son, 1894. Cloth. Very Good. The 1894 1st edition of this uncommon examination of the pedigrees of Scottish Deerhounds. Solid and VG in its wine-red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. A bit of scuffing and rubbing to the front panel, very light rubbing along the rear panel. Still though, well preserved... Read More
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Grandes Constructions Par Freysssinet
by E. Freyssinet (Presentees Par Jean Badovici, Architecte)
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1931. Portfolio. Very Good +. Uncommon 1931 portfolio of the work of Eugene Freyssinet (1879-1962), French structural and civil engineer and the major pioneeer of prestressed concrete. 26 plates (missing 1) featuring in black-and-white photography a number of Freyssinet's massive projects. Also includes a study of Freyssinet by architect Jean Badovici, drawings within the... Read More
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Boxiana; or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism (complete in 5 Vols.)
by Pierce Egan
London: George Smeeton. ****A CORNERSTONE OF BOXING LITERATURE**** The correct --and uncommon-- 1st edition of Pierce Egan's "Boxiana", complete in 5 volumes. 1812-1824. Bibliographically very tricky but all issue points conform to the 1st edition requirements as laid down by RA Hartley in his excellent reference on boxing literature, "History and Bibliography of Boxing Books" (#587, pgs. 144-46). Originally... Read More
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Major Byron: The Incredible Career of a Literary Forger
by Theodore G. Ehrsam
New York: Charles S. Boesen, 1951. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1951 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG to VG+ in its light-green cloth, with small former owner stamp at the half-title. And in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along... Read More
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Naked Coast to Coast
by Andrew Einhorn
Einhorn Enterprises, 2010. Pictorial boards. Fine. The uncommon May 2010 stated 1st edition of this wild nude travelogue, with sensual, high-quality photography brushing up against landmarks on each coast (such as the Statue of Liberty and the Golden Gate Bridge). Clean and Fine in its wonderful laminate boards, with provocative photos to each cover. Tall quarto, graphic, first-rate... Read More
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Did You Ever See
by Walter Einsel
New York: William R. Scott, Inc, 1967. Pictorial boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. Walter Einsel. INSCRIBED BY WALTER EINSEL (to his mother-in-law) on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1962 1st edition. Clean and VG+ (very light creasing to the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-intact ("$3.00"), VG+ dustjacket, with light,... Read More
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Will Gold Depreciate
by Paul Einzig
London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1937. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. A sharp copy of the 1937 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing and wear at the spine ends and along the top-edges. Octavo, 178 pgs. plus a list of ther titles by this author also published by Macmillan.... Read More
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Jewish Schools in Poland, 1919-39: Their Philosophy and Development
by Miriam Eisenstein
New York: King's Crown Press (Columbia University), 1950. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. The 1950 1st edition of this facinating study of pre-War Jewish education in Poland. Tight and Near Fine in its light-blue cloth. Octavo, 112 pgs.
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F.W. Murnau
by Lotte H. Eisner
Paris: Editions Le Terrain Vague, 1964. Original wraps. Very Good +. A major Association copy: INSCRIBED BY LOTTE EISNER TO KARL FREUND, THE LEGENDARY CINEMATOGRAPHER OF BOTH "METROPOLIS" (1927) AND "DRACULA" (1931). IN ADDITION TO PHOTOGRAPHING THESE 2 HIGH SPOTS OF EARLY CINEMA, FREUND ALSO DIRECTED "THE MUMMY" (1932) AND "MAD LOVE" (1935, STARRING PETER LORRE). THERE'S ALSO... Read More
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Paul Outerbridge A Singular Aesthetic: Photographs and Drawings 1921-1941
by Elaine Dines, Ed
Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Beach Museum of Art, 1981. Soft Cover. Very Good. A solid copy of the 1981 1st paperback edition. VG in bright pictorial wrappers. Light soiling to front and back panels and minor spotting along the fore-edge. Still tightly-bound and perfectly presentable. Quarto, 238 pgs. Catalogue Raisonne of Outerbridge's photographs and drawings 1921-1941. INSCRIBED BY... Read More
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The Rootomom Tree
by Meg Elbow
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lynn Munsinger. NICELY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MEG ELBOW at the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1978 1st edition. Clen and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ to Ner Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of mild rubbing at the front panel. Octavo,... Read More
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How to Get up a Minstrel Show: Giving Full and Complete Instructions by That Celebrated Minstrel and Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Fun, Press Eldridge
by Press Eldridge
New York and London: Samuel French, 1911. Original wraps. Very Good +. A surprisingly crisp, well-preserved example of the 1911 1st (and probably only) edition of this uncommon how-to on staging a minstrel show. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its stapled red wrappers. A bit of very light wear to the front panel's edges, otherwise the... Read More
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Equine Supplements & Nutraceuticals: A Guide to Peak Health and Performance (in Hardback)
by Eleanor M. Kellon, VMD
Ossining, NY: Breakthrough Publications, 1998. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. The 1998 true 1st edition, in its much less common hardback. An all-but-pristine copy. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial boards. Quarto, dozens and dozens of color diagrams and charts throughout.
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Le Corbusier
by Irta Nagy Elemer
Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1969. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. An impressive copy of the 1969 true 1st edition, in its original Hungarian. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 32 pgs. of text plus 53 crisp black-and-white plates at the rear.
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Funge, Das Ist Tempo: Die Schnellsten Wagen Der Welt Und Ihre Fahrer
by Hans Elger
Munich: Franz Schneider Verlag, 1954. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. Wonderful, very visual 1954 German study of car and land speed racing --and of futuristic car design. (Includes a tipped-in, original black-and-white racing photograph). Solid and VG in its pictorial boards, with very light creasing at the front panel. Dozens of crisp black-and-white photos thruout. Oblong octavo,... Read More
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Nylon Jungle
by Max Elgun
Hollywood: New Chariot Library, 1963. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1963 1st printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Pocketbook, New Chariot Library 6C-630. "She knew Her Love was Wrong But She Could Not Resist It
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Paul Cadmus: Yesterday & Today
by Essay and Catalogue by Philip Eliasoph
Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Art Museum, 1981. Original wraps. Near Fine. A clean, very sharp example of the catalogue based on the September-October 1981 exhibition at Miami University Art Museum of Oxford, Ohio. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Quarto, dozens of first-rate color and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
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