Morning in Spring and Other Poems
by Ginsberg, Louis; Allen Ginsberg (Introduction)
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 125pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Light blue cloth covered boards with a black ink stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The dust jacket is in very good condition. Slightly soiled, rubbed, and darkened. The edges are lightly chipped, and there are several very small losses from the edges.... Read More
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Eros. Volume One, Number One. Spring, 1962; Eros. Volume One, Number Two, Summer, 1962; Volume One, Number Four. Winter, 1962 ( 3 volumes)
by Ginzburg, Ralph (Editor and Publisher)
New York: Eros Magazine, Inc, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 79; 81; 96pp. Thin folio [33 cm] Pictorial paper over boards. Illustrated endpapers. Very good. The covers show sporadic light soiling and rubbing. There is a loss from the head of the spine of Number Four, measuring roughly 1" deep by 1/2" wide. Missing volume three. This publication resulted in... Read More
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Castrated: My Eight Months in Prison
by Ginzburg, Ralph
New York: Avant Garde Books, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 35pp. Thin octavo [23.5 cm] Black cloth covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine and a decorative blind stamped title on the covers. Near fine. The edges of the covers are very slightly faded. The dust jacket is in very good condition, with rubbing. The edges... Read More
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Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid (Inscribed by Giovanni)
by Giovanni, Nikki
New York: William Morrow, 2013. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. SIGNED. 143pp. Tall skinny octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black paper with bluish-gray paper over boards. In the pictorial dust jacket, which is in pristine condition. Inscribed by Nikki Giovanni, in the year of publication, on the half title page. Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024) was a world-renowned poet and one... Read More
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Hound-dog Man
by Gipson, Fred
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1949. Hardcover. 247pp. Octavo [21 cm] Red cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good in a very good dust jacket. The edges of the covers are gently bumped and rubbed. The spine is slightly rolled. The pages are mildly yellowed, but very clean. The edges of the... Read More
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Devonian and Carboniferous Fossils of the Yellowstone National Park
by Girty, George H.
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1899. Compliments of the Author copy. Paperback. Good. SIGNED. Plates + 479-579pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Tan and black printed wraps. The spine has been taped with clear tape. The text block has almost completely come away from the covers. There is a former owner's small blind stamp on the front wrap and again... Read More
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A Revision of the Sponges and Coelenerates of the Lower Helderberg Group of New York
by Girty, George Herbert
Paperback. 7 plates + 261-309pp. Octavo [24 cm] Tan and black printed wraps. Good only. The majority of the paper spine is gone and the covers have been taped together. There are numerous losses from the edges of the wraps. The largest loss is from the rear wrap, near the spine, and measures 1/2 inch wide by 5 and... Read More
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When Coyote Howls:; A Lavaland Fable
by Gish, Robert Franklin
Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. NF/NF. Octavo. Bright yellow cloth spine and boards. Faint bump at the head and tail of the spine. Black endpapers. 138 pages, including a list of readings. Dust Jacket - has very slight rubbing at the head of the spine and at the tips of the corners.... Read More
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First Horses: Stories of the New West
by Gish, Robert Franklin
Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 134pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Green cloth. Near fine/Near fine.
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Will Warburton
by Gissing, George
London: Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 332; 16pp. Octavo [19 cm] Red cloth covered boards with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Good only. The spine and covers are rubbed and bumped, and the spine is heavily rolled and faded. The cloth at the spine ends is frayed, and there are several... Read More
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Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders and the Rise of Social Engineering
by Gladwell, Malcolm
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2024. Second printing. Hardcover. New/New. 352pp. Octavo [21cm]. Red boards, with title stamped in silver ink on spine. "In this provocative new work, Malcolm Gladwell returns for the first time in twenty-five years to the subject of social epidemics and tipping points, this time with the aim of explaining the dark side... Read More
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Pushing the Bear:; A Novel of the Trail of Tears
by Glancy, Diane
New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. NF/F. Octavo. Tan, granite patterned boards thirdbound in tan cloth spine. Faint bump at the tail of the spine. Map endpapers. 241 pages. Publisher's faint black remainder mark on the lower edge. Dust Jacket - has a nearly unnoticable rub at the head of the spine.
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The Mask Maker
by Glancy, Diane
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. NF/F. Octavo. Teal boards quarterbound in forest green cloth spine. Ochre colored endpapers. 141 pages. Uncommon. Dust Jacket.
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The Kosta Boda Book of Glass
by [Glass]
New York: Cederquist & Sundberg, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 304pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Black spine and boards with bold white lettering on the backstrip and front board. Speckle-patterned black and white endpapers. The extremities are a trifle rubbed and the top and fore-edges of the text block are lightly foxed. Text in Swedish, English, French, and... Read More
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A Compendium of Alchemical Processes: Extracted from the writings of Glauber, Basil Valentine, and Other Adepts
by Glauber, Johann Rudolf; Basil Valentine, et al.
York Beach, Maine; Wellingborough, Northamptonshire , England: Samuel Weiser, Inc.; The Aquarian Press, 1981. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering and ornamental designs. "Aquarian Press" on spine. Subtle wear to the boards. Light glue staining and yellowing to the endpapers, else the pages are bright. An exploration of the ancient... Read More
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Begin Again; James Baldwin's America and it's Urgent Lessons for Our Own
by Glaude Jr., Eddie S.
United States of America: Crown, 2020. Later printing. Hardcover. New/new. 239pp. [21.5 cm] Cream colored paper over boards with red text on spine. Red and taupe illustrated dust jacket. "In the story of Baldwin’s crucible, Glaude suggests, we can find hope and guidance through our own after times, this Trumpian era of shattered promises and white retrenchment. Mixing... Read More
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Rat Catching (Studies in the Art of Rat Catching)
by Glover, Crispin
Quarto [28 cm] Photocopy of a mockup photo collage. Bound with three metal rings. Seemingly the plans for the conceptual art book that Glover would publish in 1988, "Rat Catching." Glover's "Rat Catching" was based on an 1896 edition of "Studies in the Art of Rat-Catching" by H. C. Barkley. Here, in this odd mockup, one is presented with... Read More
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Arched Top Guitar Construction
by Gluck, Robert J.
Phoenix, AZ: Cactus Publishing, 1994. First edition. Spiral Bound. Near Fine. 90pp. Quarto [28 cm] Printed wraps with a black plastic spiral binding. Tradition and innovation come together in this book by long-time guitar builder Bob Gluck. Not only will you learn about many of the traditions that are associated with the arched top guitar, but you will... Read More
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Suck-a-toe
by Glusha, Laura; Sister Mary Dorothy Stirling, BSP
Glendale, California: Lauradan Publishing Company, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Laura Glusha. SIGNED. Unpaginated. Quarto [28.5cm]. Bound in a brown leatherette, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Small gilt stamped illustration of the eponymous monkey on the front board. Illustrated endpapers. Foot of spine gently bumped. Touch of soiling to fore-edge of textblock. In... Read More
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The Frankenstein Legend: A Tribute to Mary Shelley and Boris Karloff
by Glut, Donald F.; Introduction by Forrest J. Ackerman
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1973. Presumed first edition (no other printings listed). Hardcover. Very Good. 372pp. Octavo [22 cm] Yellow cloth over boards with black lettering and pictorial stamping. With minor bumping and very light soiling to the extremities. The essential Frankenstein book for fans of Shelley and Karloff.
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Northwest Mining Association Special Symposium 1994 on Economic Mineral Resources of the Goshute Indian Reservation Nevada-Utah
by Godwin, Larry H.; Bruce D. Smith
Golden, CO: U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Energy and Mineral Resources. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 157pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Turquoise blue spine and boards, with surface rubbing to the boards. A focused look at the mineral resource potential available to the Confederated Tribes. This volume presents and interprets the extensive geological, geographical and geophysical... Read More
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Goethe's Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily
by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von; Translated by Donald Maclean; Commentary by Adam McLean
Grand Rapids, MI: Phanes Press, 1993. First Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks printing. Hardcover. Very Good +. 86pp. Slim octavo [22 cm] Red cloth over boards with gilt lettering. Boards just a hair cocked. Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks #14. An allegory of transformation based on the symbolism of alchemy. Contains an extensive commentary on the Hermetic meaning of the... Read More
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The Book of the People: Popul Vuh: The National Book of the Ancient Quichè Maya
by Goetz, Delia; Sylvanus Griswold Morley (Translators); Adrián Recinos, Lucille Kaufman Weil
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club; The Plantin Press, 1954. Special edition printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club. Hardcover. Very Good. SIGNED by the illustrator. 251pp. Quarto [28 cm] Pale green cloth over boards. Spine a bit age-toned (title still bold). In the sliocase with the underlying boards exposed occasionally along the edges, and a moisture... Read More
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The Jemez Mountains Region (New Mexico Geological Society Forty-Seventh Annual Field Conference September 25-28, 1996)
by Goff, Fraser; Barry S. Kues et al.
1996. Presumed first edition (no additional printings listed). Hardcover. Near Fine. 484pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Pale blue cloth over boards, lettered and pictorially stamped in black ink. The first time that a New Mexico Geological Society Field Conference has focused entirely on the Jemez Mountain region. At the time of publication, this guidebook containing 50 papers, three detailed... Read More
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Snap Box
by Gogarty, Paul
London: Trigram Press, 1972. Limited edition. Hardcover. Sextodecimo [16 cm] Red cloth over boards titled in silver on the spine, and with a silver stamped airplane and ship vignette on the front cover. Light blue pages printed in dark blue. Very good. The covers are mildly warped. Number 82 of in the signature edition of one hundred copies, specially... Read More
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