Automatic Scouts of Outer Space; The Legendary Vostok

Moscow, Russia (USSR): Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1965. First Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good+. First Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Russian propaganda booklets published in English on early overviews of the Russian space program, from the mid-1960's, that describe Soviet government run satellites of the time, in detail, particularly Kosmos and Vostok. Illustrated with vintage photographs and detailed drawings.... Read More

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Home Sanitation. A Manual for Housekeepers

Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Written by the Sanitary Science Club of the Association of Collegiate Alumni, a group formed in 1883 to study home sanitation. Members apparently texted various ideas and approaches at various homes, exploring issues of cellars, drainage, plumbing, sanitation, and such work 'for women'.... Read More

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“A Calculating Machine with a ‘Memory” [cover title]. “A Marvel of Our Time: The ‘Memory’ Machine Which Can Solve the Most Complex Mathematical Problems” [internal title] [Earliest Known Photos of the “First Operational General Purpose Computer”] [PLACEHOLDER] MODEPROBLEM

London: Illustrated London News, 1949. First Printing. Staplebound. Very Good+. First Printing. Staplebound. The University of Manchester’s SSEM (Small-Scale Experimental Machine), nicknamed “Baby,” first ran a stored program on June 21, 1948, “thus claiming to be the first operational general-purpose computer.” Burton, Christopher P., “Rebuilding the First Manchester Computer,” in Rojas & Hashagen, The First Computers – History... Read More

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Mixed Lot of Lakeside Press Classics [Complete List Below]

Chicago, IL: Lakeside Press, Var. Dates. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine to Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Titles include: 1: A Frenchman in Lincoln's America - 2vol (de Hauranne, 1974) 2: Autobiography of an English Soldier in the United States Army (Ballentine, 1986) 3: Advocates and Adveraries (Rose, 1977) 4: Narratives of the American Revolution (Rankin, 1976) 5: Hell... Read More

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Relic Book from the XXXII International Eucharist Congress

Lebanon, 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. The first page is hand-signed by Superior Marionist from the Lebanon Mission, father Miguel Lafut Inderi, who certified that the relic is authentic and that it was sent by I. Mobarak, monsignor of Beruit. Relic from the Holy Land has earth from Belen, the Holy Cenacle, Gethsemani and... Read More

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Dallas in 1873:. An Invitation to Immigrants

Dallas, TX: Stone-Inge Books, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "This leather bound book is one of 35 copies printed on handmade Fabriano Roma paper and hand bound in pig skin by [Bob Inge]." (binder statement. Only a handful were printed on different paper and bound in leather. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown leather boards, gilt... Read More

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William Caxton: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Quincentenary of the Introduction of Printing into England: British Library Reference Division, 24 September 1976-31 January 1977

London: British Library, 1976. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Exhibition catalogue. Caxton, considered the first English printer, moved to England in 1476 and set up his first press near Westminster Abbey. A solid overview of Caxton's life and work. A handsome copy, increasingly hard to find in presentable condition. Minor shelf/edge... Read More

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[Wildlife] Wills's Cigarette Picture-Card album

Bristol; London: W.D. & H.O. Wills, 1929. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good+. First Edition. Staplebound. Issued as an advertising trade with Wills's Cigarettes in Bristol and London. Cigarette cards were issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and advertise cigarette brands. Between 1875 and the 1940s, cigarette companies often included collectible cards with their packages of cigarettes.... Read More

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History of York County, Maine :. With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers

Philadelphia: Everts & Peck/Lippincott Press, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Well crafted text richly illlustrated with steel-plate engravings. Overall, a handsome copy of this rather uncommon edition. Light shelf/edge wear, three tips and area of bottom board through, touch of soiling at title page, minor rubbing at spine, small nick... Read More

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Gale's Artists' Models Annual No.4

Waukegan, IL: Gale Publications, Inc, 1949. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. "Models Annual for the purpose of aiding photographers in the choice of the model..." Contains female nude models in various classic pinup poses with dramatic lighting and settings. Intended for "artists and photographers" to study the female form. Light shelfwear... Read More

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The Q Book of Punk Legends

Reading, UK: Q116, 1996. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+. First Edition. Original Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Shelfwear around edges, creasing, toning, else tight, bright, and unmarred. 8vo, 192pp. Glossy color paper wrappers.

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Pertelote:. A Sequel to Canticleer. Being a Bibliography of The Golden Cockerel Press October 1936 - 1943 April. Foreword & Notes by the Partners. Illustrations from the Books

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Unlimited edition published with the limited. Printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter. Includes work by John Buckland-Wright, Robert Gibbings, Eric Gill, Lynton Lamb, Reynolds Stone, and others. Light toning at board edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Blue cloth boards, red ink... Read More

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The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1774 [Boston Tea Party]

London: J. Dodsley, 1775. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine [Fine Textblock]. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes an extensive report on the Boston Tea Party and other events of the time in the Massachusetts colony. "The "Annual Register" was created in London in 1758 by the publishers James and Robert Dodsley, conceived as an annual publication which would review the... Read More

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Toll Gate No. 4 - Shoo! Fly!

by Abbey, E.C.

Buffalo, NY: Dr. E.C. Abbey, 1884. Trade Card. Very Good+.. Trade Card. Victorian Trade Card. Approximately 60 different images (over 100 images total) hidden within the image on the front of the card (a truly exeptional engraving). Verso includes list of hidden images and two other ads. One for a book titled, "The Sexual System and its Derangements,"... Read More

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A Guide to Occult Books and Sacred Writings of the Ages

by Abbot, A.E.

London: Emerson Press, 1966. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Staplebound. Deals with 200 subjects relating to esoteric and sacred writings of the ages. there are 1200 author entries, 1630 book entries, and 185 cross references. A reference bibliography for the occult. Light toning and creasing to wrappers, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Original pink... Read More

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Howard Pyle:. A Chronicle

by Abbott, Charles D.; Wyeth, N.C (intro)

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a handsome copy of this well-known reference. Light shelf/edge wear (focused at head, heel and tips), tips gently bumped, light toning to spine label, topstain softly sunned, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, blue cloth spine, grey paper boards, paper labels,... Read More

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Enough of Pessimism: 100 Essays:. Insights into the imperatives of science and the modern world

by Abelson, Philip H.

Washington DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1985. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Association copy. The author was editor of 'Science' magazine. Signed by the author. With laid in letter from author to a noted Harvard scientist. A very handsome copy. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ show light... Read More

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Reflections on Gall and Spurzheim's System of Physiognomy and Phrenology: Addressed to the Court of Assisitants of the Royal College of Surgeons, in London, in June, 1821 [Association Copy]

by Abernethy, John

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Completely unsophisticated copy, as issued by the press. Subsequently included in the 1825, volume Physiological Lectures and other Lectures, [London] by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green [Book 1. Physiological Lectures; Book 2. Introductory Lectures...Mr. Hunter's Opinion...Life... Read More

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New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi

by Abildgaard, Anders; Eric, Caspar; Gjessing, Signe; Lind, Cecilie; Løppenthin, Lea Marie; Nikolajsen, Rasmus

Vermont: The Bird Press, 2019. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. "With this new project, New Danish Poetry/Ny dansk poesi, I took the idea of an anthology to Susanne Jorn, Danish poet and recent winner of the Holger Drachmann literature prize, inviting her to collaborate. In response, she chose six poets who are currently... Read More

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Essai sure L'Histoire des Idées Scientifiques dans L'Islam / (The Book of the Hidden Secret)

by Ab M s J bir ibn ayy n.

Le Caire (Cairo) / Paris: Librairie El-Khandgi, 1935. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Hardcover. Ab M s J bir ibn ayy n, died c. 806 816, is the purported author of a large number of works in Arabic, often called the Jabirian corpus. The c. 215 treatises that survive today mainly deal with alchemy and chemistry, magic, and... Read More

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Colour Vision being the Tyndall Lectures delivered in 1894 at the Royal Institution. with coloured plate and numerous diagrams

by Abney, Capt. W. de W.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human... Read More

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A Dictionary of Alchemical Imagery [Alchemy]

by Abraham, Lyndy

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. Hardcover. Drawing from the unique holdings of the Ferguson Collection at the University of Glasgow, the Dictionary provides a representative selection of fifty visual images (graphic woodcuts, copperplate engravings, or hand-painted emblems), some of which are reproduced here for the first time since they first... Read More

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Intranquilo/On Edge

by Accame, Jorge (text); Pitcher, Jonathan (trans); Dennerline, Thorsten (illus)

Vermont: The Bird Press. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "The basis of this book is a dynamic text/image collaboration between writer and im- age-maker. The collaborative process consisted of texts and images sent back and forth in dialogue with one another, each element continuing on from the last. This created a freely evolving narrative that turned... Read More

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I.N.R.I., DE MYSTERIIS ROSAE RUBAE ET AURAE CRUCIS. Wherein, under the form of an admonition to an Adeptus Minor of the R.R. & A.C., is disclosed the true Symbolism of the Rosy Cross for the enlightenment of those who are worthy of the same

by Frater Achad

London: Khephra Press, 1976. First Edition (Reprint). Staplebound. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition (Reprint). Staplebound. Charles Robert Stansfeld Jones (1886–1950), aka Frater Achad, was an occultist and ceremonial magician. An early aspirant to the A A (the 20th to be admitted as a Probationer, in December 1909) who "claimed" the grade of Magister Templi as a Neophyte.... Read More

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Notes from the Shore

by Ackerman, Jennifer

New York: Viking Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by author to prior owner. Personal observation and reflection, in the tradition of Rachel Carson, over a three year period while the author lived in a small, coastal, town of Lewes, Deleware. Tight, bright and apparently unread. DJ Fine. Beige boards, beige... Read More

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