Essais Philosophiques
by Adam Smith; Dugald Stewart [precis]; P. Prevost [trans.]
Paris: H. Agasse, 1797. Very Good+. Paris: H. Agasse, 1797. First French Edition. Two volumes bound in one; octavo; 19th-century calf over papier-peint boards, gilt-tooled spine; [4],316; [4],283,[1]pp. (collated complete with half titles). Small abrasions to boards somewhat clumsily repaired, else a Very Good or better, internally clean and exceptionally fresh copy. First appearance in French of... Read More
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Interiors 1973-1974 [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Robert Adams
Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2006. Near Fine. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2006. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Large, slim quarto (36.5cm); publisher's sage green cloth and paper chemise printed in pale yellow; [27]ll. laid in, loose as issued, including twenty-four duotone plates (collated complete). Two faint pencil marks across upper cover, else a Near Fine example, contents... Read More
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The Gorgeous Hussy
by Samuel Hopkins Adams
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. First Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's red gilt-lettered cloth; [4],549pp. Light wear to cloth margins, spine gilt rather dulled, else a Very Good, still quite attractive copy, albeit lacking the rare jacket. Historical comic novel adapted into the 1936 film of the same title directed by... Read More
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Play It As It Lays: A play based on the novel by Joan Didion
by Joan Didion; Max Ember [adaptation]
New York: Max Ember, 1970. Very Good. New York: Max Ember, ca. 1970s. Quarto (29.5cm); post-bound mottled grey card wrappers; [1],68,50,26ll. printed mimeograph on rectos only. Light wear and toning to wrapper margins, chiefly at spine foot, front wrapper separating from metal binding clasp and first leaf slightly askew, uneven toning to textblock; overall Very Good and sound. ... Read More
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China Doll
by Shuji Terayama; Kazuo Uemura [adaptation]
Tokyo, Japan: Terayama World Co, 2003. Very Good. [Tokyo, Japan: Terayama World Co., 2003.] Large slim folio (42.5cm); publisher's pictorial boards; 27pp.; chiefly illus. Light wear and scuffing to boards, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Text entirely in Japanese. Uncommon graphic novel based on the erotic 1981 Japanese-French film "Fruits of Passion," directed... Read More
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Why a Rich Yankee Did Not Settle in California
by Addison Awes, Jr.
Boston: Cubery and Company, 1900. Very Good. Boston: Cubery and Company, 1900. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth, green floral endpapers; [4],114pp.; two photographic frontispieces, six leaves of plates, text illus. throughout. Light wear and a few small white smudges to cloth, boards slightly bowed and spine cocked, endpapers toned, else Very Good. The author's account... Read More
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![Wayward Child: A Personal Odyssey [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/174/776/1600776174.0.m.jpg)
Wayward Child: A Personal Odyssey [Inscribed and Signed]
by Addison Gayle, Jr.
Garden City, NY: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1977. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Anchor Press / Doubleday, [1977]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in black pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($7.95); [10],182pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins with subsequent wrinkling, corners nudged, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on... Read More
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![Tall Mountains and Flowing Waters: The Arts of Uragami Gyokudo [Inscribed and Signed by Addiss]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/510/566/1699566510.0.m.jpg)
Tall Mountains and Flowing Waters: The Arts of Uragami Gyokudo [Inscribed and Signed by Addiss]
by [Uragami Gyokudo] Stephen Addiss
Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1987. Fine/Very Good+. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, [1987]. First Edition. Small quarto; publisher's linen in pictorial dust jacket; ix,[1],163pp.; illus. throughout. Very light curling and shelf wear to jacket margins; Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author to American poet Ken Irby on front free... Read More
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Lottie Eames; or, "Do Your Best, and Leave the Rest
by Adelaide F. Samuels; Miss L.B. Humphrey [illus.]
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1873. Near Fine/Very Good-. Boston: Lee and Shepard, copyright 1873 but ca. 1920 reprint. Octavo (19cm); publisher's cloth in grey pictorial dust jacket; 221,[5](ads)pp.; frontispiece, six leaves of plates. Dust jacket margins rather chipped and worn with long closed tear at top edge of upper panel touching text without loss of meaning, rather extensive... Read More
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The Thing Around Your Neck [Signed]
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First North American Edition, stated. Octavo (22cm); embossed dust jacket with $24.95 price intact; orange boards and brick spine with gilt lettering; [viii],[218]pp. Jacket faintly shelfworn with a bit of dust-soiling to rear panel. Boards are square with bumping at spine ends. Binding... Read More
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Black Powder Long Arms & Pistols - Reproductions & Replicas
by Dennis Adler
Minneapolis, MN: Blue Book Publications, Inc, 2009. Near Fine/Near Fine. Minneapolis, MN: Blue Book Publications, Inc., 2009. First Edition. Oblong quarto. 208pp. Color and b&w photographs and illustrations. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Glossy photo-illustrated boards. Light rubbing to edges of dust jacket with mild dust soiling. Tight in binding and interior unmarked; Near Fine.
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![America's Most Influential Journalist: The Life, Times and Legacy of Thomas Nast [Signed by Adler]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/629/388/1691388629.0.m.jpg)
America's Most Influential Journalist: The Life, Times and Legacy of Thomas Nast [Signed by Adler]
by [Thomas Nast] John Adler
Sarasota, FL: HarpWeek, 2022. Very Good. Sarasota, FL: HarpWeek, 2022. First Edition, Limited Issue of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, this being letter R. Quarto. 722pp. + endnotes. Black and white illustrations. Glossy illustrated boards. Light edgewear to boards and corners bumped. Binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good and sound copy.
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A Lion Is in the Streets
by Adria Locke Langley
[New York]: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1945. Very Good +/Very Good. [New York.]: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1945. First Edition. Octavo. 482 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.00 price present. Illustrated boards. Dust jacket worn along edges with some toning and some slight chipping. Boards show light wear to edges. Binding is sound. Bookseller... Read More
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Optic Nerve #9
by Adrian Tomine
Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2004. Very Good/Very Good. Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly, 2004. Second Printing. Signed by Tomine without inscription on front cover. Side-stapled (10” x ~6.5”); 32pp. Covers are clean and crisp with very faint rubbing at spine ends. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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![Whisky [Limited Edition, Signed by Thomson, Morley, and publishers]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/534/502/1609502534.0.m.jpg)
Whisky [Limited Edition, Signed by Thomson, Morley, and publishers]
by Aeneas MacDonald [pseud. George Malcolm Thomson]; Christopher Morley [literary advisor]
Near the Cathedral, Garden City, NY: Henry & Longwell, Publishers in Petto, 1930. Very Good +/Very Good. Near the Cathedral, Garden City, [NY]: Henry & Longwell, Publishers in Petto, 1930. First Edition, Advanced Limited Issue of the first chapter only of Thomson's classic work on whisky. From a run of 307 copies privately printed, "300 for gainful traffic... Read More
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Study of Iodized Daguerreotype Plates
by Irving Pobboravsky; Burt Carroll [advisor]
Rochester, NY: Graphic Arts Research Center / Information Service / Rochester Institute of Technology, 1971. Very Good. Rochester, NY: Graphic Arts Research Center / Information Service / Rochester Institute of Technology, 1971. First Edition. 60 pp. Charts and graphs. Illustrated wraps. Ownership inscription of photography historian and expert Larry Schaaf facing title page. Mild wear and creasing to... Read More
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![Aesop's Fables [Signed by Artzybasheff]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/772/856/1486856772.0.m.jpg)
Aesop's Fables [Signed by Artzybasheff]
by Aesop; Boris Artzybasheff [ed. & illus.]
New York: Viking Press, 1933. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Viking Press, 1933. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's cloth, red topstain, in cream pictorial dust jacket, custom cloth slipcase; xii,86pp.; woodcut frontispiece and illus. throughout, pictorial endpapers printed in red. Dust jacket verso reinforced with archival paper, heavy color touch-ups to extremities, especially along top margin of front... Read More
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![Italy's Aggression Against Greece: Diplomatic Documents [Spine title: Greek White Book 1940]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/502/816/1621816502.0.m.jpg)
Italy's Aggression Against Greece: Diplomatic Documents [Spine title: Greek White Book 1940]
by Royal Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Athens, 1940. Very Good-. Athens: ["Hellenic Publishing Company"], 1940. First Edition. Slim quarto; publisher's printed card wrappers; [6],139pp.; black and white photographs throughout. Wrappers a bit worn at spine ends, soil to wrappers including old ring stain and a couple splashes to upper cover, else a Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Warmly inscribed and... Read More
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Sets in Motion: Art Direction and Film Narrative
by Charles Affron; Mirella Jona Affron
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995. Very Good. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1995. First Edition. Large octavo; publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers; xiv,[2],252pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Corners a bit bumped, old price sticker to rear cover, else Very Good, internally clean and sound.
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Original Group Photograph of the Girls' Basketball Team, Webster High School, Minden, Louisiana, 1931
by [African-Americana - Louisiana] [Webster High School]
Minden, LA, 1931. Very Good. Minden, LA: 1931. Original black and white photograph (15.5x25.5cm.) depicting the girls' basketball team alongside their coach Mr. Russ, each player identified in ink manuscript along bottom of image. Photograph slightly curled with very small flaw at bottom of image, else Very Good overall. Misidentifying manuscript label mounted to verso, identifying the team... Read More
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Appleby Talks About Crime
by Michael Innes [pseud. of John Innes Macintosh Stewart]; John Cooper [ed.]; Margaret Macintosh Harrison [afterword]
Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 2010. Near Fine/Near Fine. Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 2010. First Edition, stated. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated dust jacket with $28.00 price intact; oatmeal cloth with red lettering to spine; 179pp+10ads. Jacket clean and crisp with faint shelfwear. Boards are sturdy and square. Light rubbing to top edge of a couple pages. Binding is sound and... Read More
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No Good From a Corpse [Signed Limited Edition]
by Leigh Brackett; Ray Bradbury [intro.]; Michael Connelly [afterword]
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1999. Fine/Near Fine. Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1999. Limited Edition of 200 copies, this being #111, from a total limited run of 1200. Signed by Ray Bradbury and Michael Connelly on limitation page. Large octavo. 564 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Bound in quarter morocco with hand-made paper covered... Read More
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![Ghoul Warning and Other Omens [Signed by Lumley and Carson]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/076/837/1669837076.0.m.jpg)
Ghoul Warning and Other Omens [Signed by Lumley and Carson]
by Brian Lumley; David Carson [illus.]; David A. Sutton [afterword]
Fareham, UK: Spectre Press, 1982. Very Good/Very Good. Fareham, UK: Spectre Press, 1982. First Edition, clothbound issue. Signed by Lumley and Carson at front free endpaper without inscription. Octavo. 40pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards. Light wear and creasing to edges of dust jacket. Top corners of boards bumped. Binding sound and pages unmarked;... Read More
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![The Kelmscott Chaucer [spine title: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/219/107/1700107219.0.m.jpg)
The Kelmscott Chaucer [spine title: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer]
by Geoffrey Chaucer; William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones [design and illustration]; William S. Peterson [afterword]
London: The Folio Society / Cambridge University Press, 2008. Near Fine. London: The Folio Society / Cambridge University Press, 2008. Facsimile Edition. Folio [42.5x31cm]; 559pp. Illustrations and decorative elements throughout, printed in red and black on Oxenford twin-wire laid paper. Full red-brown cloth decorated in gilt; top edge gilt; reading ribbon.; gray endpapers. Housed in publisher's slipcase. A... Read More
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![Apes of God [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/951/561/1699561951.0.m.jpg)
Apes of God [Limited Edition]
by Wyndham Lewis; Paul Edwards [afterword]
Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. Very Good/Very Good. Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1981. First Black Sparrow Edition, Limited to 250 deluxe copies of which this is no. 151. Large, thick octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket with price sticker cancel to front flap; 639pp. Very light shelf wear, jacket spine panel toned... Read More
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