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[Original Press Kit from the Ground-Breaking Ceremony for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]
by [Architecture]: [Washington, DC]
Washington, DC: [Kennedy Center], 1964. First Edition. Near fine.. An apparently complete press kit from the December 2, 1964 ground-breaking for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Highlighted by four photographs of intricate architectural models of the interior and exterior, the kit also contains dozens of pages of information provided to the press by the... Read More
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NAT, NAT THE NANTUCKET CAT GOES TO THE BEACH
by Arciero, Susan; Barnes, Peter W.; Barnes, Cheryl Shaw
Alexandria, VA: VSP Books, 2001. Second printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed early printing of this charming story of the experiences of a grey tabby cat who heads to the beach one warm summer day. 11'' x 8.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($15.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Signed by... Read More
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TIM AND GINGER
by Ardizzone, Edward
London: Oxford University Press, 1965. Fine in very good jacket.. First edition of the eighth story of Tim's adventures. Quarto. Original pictorial boards. In original dust jacket. Illustrated by Ardizzone in color and black and white throughout.
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LUCY BROWN AND MR. GRIMES
by Ardizzone, Edward
London New York Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1937. Very good plus in good dust jacket.. First US edition of Edward Ardizzone's second book, the story of a lonely girl who befriends a lonely old man — a rare title in the original dust jacket. LUCY BROWN AND MR. GRIMES is a companion in size and format to Ardizzone's... Read More
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TIM ALL ALONE
by Ardizzone, Edward
London & New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. Fine in very good dust jacket.. First American edition, in which Tim returns home to find his family gone, and he has many adventures before he is reunited with them at last. A Kate Greenaway Medal recipient. Quarto. Original red cloth. In original dust jacket. Features color illustrations on every... Read More
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SHIP'S COOK GINGER: Another Tim Story
by Ardizzone, Edward
New York: Macmillan, 1977. Fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition, first printing of this Tim story in which Tim and Ginger must assist on a ship when the crew comes down with food poisoning. 10'' x 7.25''. Original pictorial boards. In original unclipped ($7.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color or line on every page.... Read More
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TIM'S LAST VOYAGE
by Ardizzone, Edward
London: Bodley, 1972. About fine in near-fine jacket.. First edition of the tenth and final story of Tim's adventures. 10'' x 7.5''. Original pictorial boards. In original dust jacket. Illustrated by Ardizzone in color and black and white throughout. [48] pages. Ink gift inscription on second blank. Just a touch of rubbing to extremities of book and jacket.... Read More
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THE YOUNG ARDIZZONE: An Autobiographical Fragment
by Ardizzone, Edward
(New York): The Macmillan Company, 1970. First printing. Fine in very good plus jacket.. First US edition of this memoir by the beloved artist, with his own illustrations. 9.75'' x 5.5''. Original olive-green cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Ardizzone throughout. 144 pages. Light edgewear to boards, very faint pen marking to... Read More
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SPRING-SUMMER 03'
by Armani, Giorgio; Roversi, Paolo
(Milan): (Giorgio Armani), 2003. First edition. Fine in near fine slipcase.. Original lookbook from Armani's 2003 spring-summer collection. Featuring dramatic black-and-white photography by Paolo Roversi, the collection covers both women's and men's lines, as well as accessories such as glasses, bags, shoes, etc. Also includes a full-color section featuring looks from runway shows. Opulent. 10.5'' x 7.25''. Original... Read More
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TRUE
by Armantrout, Rae
(Berkeley, CA): Atelos, 1998. First printing. Very good plus.. Warmly inscribed first edition of this memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Language poet. 8'' x 5.5''. Original tan and red pictorial wrappers. 70 pages. Inscribed by Armantrout on half-title: "For Ellie and David, / in friendship / Rae." Light wear to wrappers, faint sunning to spine. Interior clean. ... Read More
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VERSED
by Armantrout, Rae
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2009. Near fine.. First edition, uncorrected proof copy, of Armantrout's Pullitzer prize-winning double collection of poetry, scarce in this format. 9'' x 6''. Original color pictorial wrappers. x, 126 pages. Touched of edgewear else sound, clean.
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KID
by Armitage, Simon
London: Faber and Faber, 1992. First printing. Fine.. Warmly inscribed first edition of the UK poet laureate's Forward Prize-winning poetry collection — from the library of noted book collector Rolland Comstock, with an additional note to Comstock from the author laid in. This collection includes "Looking for Weldon Kees," and the following related remarks in Armitage's attached note... Read More
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Autographed Brochure for The Sands Las Vegas
by [Armstrong, Louis]; [Armstrong, Lucille]; [Merrill, Robert]
Las Vegas: The Sands Hotel, 1954. Very good.. Autographed promotional brochure for The Sands in Las Vegas, advertising the hotel's luxurious accommodations as well as Robert Merrill & Louis Armstrong's nightly performance in the iconic Copa Room — with inscription by Louis and Lucille Armstrong. 5'' x 6.25''. Original folded cardstock with black and white floating profiles of... Read More
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HOLMES' RANGE
by Armstrong, Walter P.
(New York): Magico Magazine, 1993. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of this collection of Sherlockian scholarship, pastiche, and poetry, written over the course of five decades by a member of the Baker Street Irregulars. 9'' x 6''. Original purple boards with gilt-lettered spine. In original dust jacket. 90 pages. Though no provenance markings,... Read More
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MOSTLY DEAD THINGS
by Arnett, Kristen
Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books, 2019. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first edition of this bizarre story of a family of taxidermists coming to terms with the suicide of their patriarch and with their own secrets — as issued with slipcase from the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's... Read More
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YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
by Arnold, Alan; Columbus, Chris
(London): Severn House, 1986. Fine in near fine jacket.. Scarce first hardcover edition and first UK edition of this novelization of the 1985 film of the same name, following Holmes and Watson at boarding school. 7.75'' x 4.75''. Original blue paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (£8.50) color pictorial dust jacket. 207, [1] pages. Though no provenance... Read More
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THE BLACK & WHITE BOOK
by Arnold, Charlotte Vimont
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1915. Fine.. First edition of this book of simple verses illustrated with silhouettes, the publisher's vault copy. Oblong octavo. Original black cloth stamped in white. 32 pages. Printed on coated paper and illustrated by the author on every page with silhouettes. Publisher's vault copy, so stamped.
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BRIGHT BEFORE US
by Arnold-Ratliff, Katie
Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books, 2011. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed special first printing of this fraught character study of a young teacher trapped by his past mistakes — part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only... Read More
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OLLIE FORGOT
by Arnold, Tedd
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1988. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this silly story of a forgetful boy who gets into increasingly absurd trouble thanks to his leaky memory. Tedd Arnold would go on to write and illustrate the wildly successful FLY GUY series. 8.5'' x 10.5''. Original color pictorial boards.... Read More
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TAMBOURS ET TROMPETTES
by Arnoux, Guy
Paris: Devambez, 1918. Near fine.. Stunning limited first edition portfolio of large plates hand-colored in pochoir, one of only 500 numbered copies, issued triumphantly at the end of World War I. Each plate portrays a different historical scene or military figure, incorporating a martial instrument such as a drum or a horn. Executed in great detail detail, with... Read More
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ON MY WAY: Poetry and Essays 1912-1947
by Arp, Jean
New York: Wittenborn, Schultz, Inc, 1948. First edition. Very good.. Collected writings by the great Dadaist painter and sculptor, with two original woodcuts. The sixth volume in the series "The Documents of Modern Art", directed by Robert Motherwell. In addition to Arp's own writings, ON MY WAY includes a preface by Motherwell and biographical essays by C. Giedion-Welcker... Read More
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LITTLE DEVIL'S ABC
by Asch, Frank
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. Fine in near fine jacket.. Uncommon first edition of Asch's devilish illustrated alphabet book. 8 x 5.5''. Original pictorial periwinkle cloth. In original unclipped ($6.95) pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color throughout. Unpaginated. Cloth lightly sunned at spine, offsetting to endpapers. Minor edgewear to jacket with a few tiny closed tears. ... Read More
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THE VISUAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION
by Ash, Brian; [Farmer, Philip José]
New York: Harmony Books, 1977. First edition. Very good plus.. First softcover edition of this pictorial checklist of SF, warmly inscribed by subject and contributor Philip José Farmer. Comprehensive visual encyclopedia of the state of the genre circa 1977, signed by SF author Philip José Farmer. The first edition offers a time capsule of the unwary world as... Read More
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POETS AND THE PAST
by Ashton, Dore; Barbara Howes; James Wright; Louise Bogan; Theodore Roethke; John Malcolm Brinnin; I.A. Richards; William Carlos Williams; W.S. Merwin; Stanley Kunitz; C. Day Lewis; St.-John Perse; William Jay Smith; Richard Wilbur; Jean Garrigue; Octavio P
(New York): (Andre Emmerich Gallery), 1959. Very good.. 15-times signed limited first edition of this anthology of modern poetry written in response to Pre-Columbian sculpture, with leaves autographed by every contributing poet. For this project, Ashton selected and sent an individual photograph to each participant, soliciting a wide variety of poetic responses limited only by the title of... Read More
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BOTTOMS UP
by Leonard Wolf & Associates
New York: Leonard Wolf & Associates, Inc, 1949. About fine.. First edition of this cocktail book created to advertise a liquor company based in Great Neck, NY, the setting of THE GREAT GATSBY a generation before. This book contains recipes that all use the products for sale at Town and Country Liquors, Inc., with the company's full contact... Read More
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