Hunger and Revolt: Cartoons by Burck
by [CARTOONISTS] BURCK, Jacob [aka Yankel Boczkowsky]
New York: The Daily Worker, 1935. First Edition. First printing. Limited issue; no. 50 of 100 clothbound copies signed by Burck. Quarto; tan buckram with titles and decorations stamped in brown on front and rear covers; 247pp. A lovely, fine copy, free of soiling or wear. There was a simultaneous trade issue in pictorial wrappers. The very scarce... Read More
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Le Diagnostic de la Mentalité par l'Ecriture
by CARTON, Paul
Paris: Norbert Maloine Editeur, 1930. First Edition. Octavo (25cm.); publisher's tan card wrappers printed within double rules; 172pp.; facsimiles in text throughout. Wrapper and textblock extremities quite toned with several chips and small losses to wrapper margins, 1" loss at spine crown, else Good or better, internally sound. French physician's graphological study. Exceedingly scarce, OCLC noting one copy in... Read More
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![La Guerra civil en 2000 carteles: República - Guerra civil - Posguerra [Volumes I & II]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/266/659/1148659266.0.m.jpg)
La Guerra civil en 2000 carteles: República - Guerra civil - Posguerra [Volumes I & II]
by CARULLA, Jordi and Arnau Carulla
Barcelona: Postermil, S.L., 2007. Second Edition. Quarto (34cm x 26.5cm). Paper over boards (hardcover) with illustrated end papers; 640pp; illus. Very Good copy; gentle shelf wear and soiling to bottom text block; bumped corners. Spanish language only. History of the Spanish Civil War told through 2000 political posters. 2432 color reproductions; detailed indices and timeline of graphic artists, themes,... Read More
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Vietcong
by CARUSO, Bruno (1927 - 2018)
c.1968. Original engraving. Printed in black on Fabbiano mold-made paper; sheet size 50cm x 70cm (ca 20" x 27"); image area 35cm x 36cm (ca. 14" x 14-1/2"). Signed in pencil lower right; additionally inscribed, "A Giovanni i Gebbe Scianna" [i.e., Jonathan & Jean Shahn]; titled illegibly lower left. Faint foxing and soil to margins (well away from printed... Read More
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MEMORIES OF RAY
by Carver, James
San Francisco: Sore Dove Press, 2007. First edition. [20 pp.] Small chapbook, one of a stated 126 copies (an additional 26 lettered with an an original painting by Dahi laid in), all signed by the author. Introduction and cover illustration by Soheyl Dahi. This copy signed, not numbered, marked in ink "author's Copy". Affectionate memoir by Raymond Carver's younger... Read More
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![FULL CIRCLE: Raymond Carver & Our Family [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/881/095/1598095881.0.m.jpg)
FULL CIRCLE: Raymond Carver & Our Family [Signed]
by Carver, James
San Francisco: Sore Dove, 2008. First Edition. One of 126 copies, this one of 100 numbered copies, an "author's copy" - not numbered, signed. Pictorial stapled wraps, colophon sheet, in plastic C.D. holder; [Self wraps - 24pp.]. Signed by James Carver, who has has additionally signed the title page. Wrinkled, else Fine. Sore Dove Chapbook No. 17, cover painting... Read More
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Put Yourself In My Shoes
by CARVER, Raymond (story); MARIS, Marcia (illustrations)
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1974. First Edition. Wrappered Issue. Octavo (17.5cm); pictorial card wrappers; [6],7-36,[2]pp; illus. A Fine copy of this short story, issued as No.21 in the Yes! Capra Chapbook Series.
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Carnations: A Play in One Act
by CARVER, Raymond
Vineburg, CA: Engdahl Typography, 1992. First Edition. Full cloth issue, one of 124 numbered copies (of a total edition of 200), this being copy no.85. Quarto; light brown cloth, with white title label printed in black and red on spine and front cover; 35pp, [6]; illus. Fine, unread copy, without dustjacket, as issued. Posthumously-published one-act play by Carver, edited... Read More
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GRAND STREET: Vol. 4, No. 2
by Carver, Raymond; Norman Rush et al.
New York: Grand Street, 1985. First edition. With work by William Trevor, R. K. Narayan, Marilyn Hacker, Gavin Ewart, Norman Rush (prior to his first book), Susan Minot (prior to her first book), Irving Feldman and Raymond Carver (poems). Near fine in wraps.
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Winter Insomnia
by CARVER, Raymond (poems); McChesney, Robert (illustrations)
Santa Cruz, CA: Kayak Books Inc, 1970. First, Limited Edition. One of 1,000 copies. Octavo (21.75cm); variant bound in yellow pictorial card wrappers; [6],7-56pp, with front wrapper and eight prints by Robert McChesney. A Fine copy of Carver's first regularly published book, a collection of poems, many of which first appeared in the pages of Chelsea, The Transatlantic Review,... Read More
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The Rossettis: Dante Gabriel and Christina
by CARY, Elizabeth Luther
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. Reprint. Large octavo (24.5cm); dark blue decorative cloth, stamped in gilt; TEG; xi, 310pp, frontis., 30 plates. Spine sunned, gilt faded; boards gently worn and soiled, with rubbing along extremities; chipping w/ material loss at heel/crown of spine and leading corners. Bindings shaken; deckled edges; hinges cracked at pg. 196; light soiling throughout.... Read More
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Spring Song, and Other Stories
by CARY, Joyce
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1960. First American Edition. Octavo (21 cm); one quarter light green cloth, with darker green coated cloth sides, in green pictorial dustwrapper; 9-285pp. Dustwrapper spine tanned, heel and crown chipped; mild handling wear, soiling and toning, rubbing to extremities; inner flap price-clipped. Textblock slightly yellowing at margins; ownership signature on ffep, bookseller's plate on... Read More
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The African Witch
by CARY, Joyce
London: Gollancz, 1936. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20cm). Black cloth, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 448pp. Faint foxing to text block edges, else Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, priced 8/6 net on spine panel; slightly dusty and toned, with a ca. 1/2" closed tear on rear panel and a shade darkened on spine, still Very Good.... Read More
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Process of Real Freedom
by CARY, Joyce
London: Michael Joseph Limited, 1943. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo (19cm); stapled blue paper wrappers; 15pp; illus. Lightly tanned with shelf-wear and soil; Very Good. Essay explores pessimism, democracy, and perceived freedom. [85233].
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The African Witch
by CARY, Joyce
London: Gollancz, 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (20cm.); black boards embossed in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 448pp.; former owner's bookplate inside front cover; spine ends gently pushed; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped with faint soil to front panel and light toning to the jacket spine; Near Fine. Author's third novel, set in Nigeria between the wars. ... Read More
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![Profits of Manufactures at Lowell. A Letter from the Treasurer of a Corporation to John S. Pendleton, Esq. Virginia [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/537/952/1356952537.0.m.jpg)
Profits of Manufactures at Lowell. A Letter from the Treasurer of a Corporation to John S. Pendleton, Esq. Virginia [Inscribed]
by CARY, Thomas G.
Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 1845. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's cream printed wrappers; 23pp. Wrappers rather dust-soiled, tiny chips at spine ends, else Very Good and sound. Faint ink inscription to upper cover: "Hon S.P.P. Fay with the respects of the author." Letter composed by the treasurer of the Hamilton Manufacturing Company, addressed to Congressman Pendleton... Read More
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Mojave Road Guide (Tales of the Mojave Road no.11)
by CASEBIER, Dennis G.
Norco, CA: Friends of the Mojave Road Publishing Company, 1986. First Edition. Octavo. Textured green cloth hardcover; 232pp; illus, maps. Clean, tight and unmarked - about Fine. Illustrated guide for travellers on the Mojave Road, from the Colorado River to Camp Cady.
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![Notes on the Origin and History of the "Ark" [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/717/919/1156919717.0.m.1.jpg)
Notes on the Origin and History of the "Ark" [Limited Edition]
by CASE, Eckstein
Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 1902. First Edition. Limited to 130 copies of which this is no. 110. Slim folio (31cm.); publisher's black gilt-lettered morocco-backed cloth; [4],46pp. Extremities scuffed, especially at spine ends, spine leather sunned, unfortunate dampstain to top third of spine affecting textblock gutter. Good or better only. History of the Cleveland bibliophilic Rowfant Club.
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SPARTINA
by Casey, John
New York: Knopf, 1989. First American edition. An uncorrected proof copy in white wraps; his second novel, third book and winner of that year's National Book Award. Casey's also translated from the Italian Alessandro Baffo's delightful and insightful You're an Animal, Viskovitz. With slight creasing at the tail of the spine, possibly a manufacturing defect, but still very near... Read More
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![Supper At The Black Pearl [Deluxe Issue, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/944/490/1418490944.0.m.jpg)
Supper At The Black Pearl [Deluxe Issue, Signed]
by CASEY, John
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1995. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy 'P'. Octavo (23.5cm); navy blue leather and cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's matching cloth slipcase. Fine and unread, still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. The National Book Award-winning author's fourth... Read More
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America Ascendant: from Theodore Roosevelt to FDR in the Century of American Power, 1901-1945
by CASHMAN, Sean Dennis
New York: New York University Press, 1998. First Edition. Small quarto. Printed pictorial wrappers; xii,560pp; illus. Mild soil to text block edges; faint crease to rear wrapper; still better than VG.
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When Knighthood Was in Flower: The Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor
by CASKODEN, Edwin [pseud. Charles Major]
Indianapolis: Bowen Merrill Company, 1899. Nintieth thousand. Octavo (20cm). Original green cloth, stamped in gilt, white, and blue, top edge gilt; plain endpapers; [xiv],249,[15]pp; 14pp publisher's catalogue at rear; 16 plates. 1899 ownership inscription to f.f.e.p., dated from Mexico City. Signed binding, monogrammed FCH. Straight, lightly cocked and rubbed, but unfaded, internally clean: Very Good. A late... Read More
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![Los Barrios Antiguos De Tenochtitlan Y Tlatelolco [The Old Neighborhoods of Tenochitlan and Tlatelolco]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/518/519/1716519518.0.m.jpg)
Los Barrios Antiguos De Tenochtitlan Y Tlatelolco [The Old Neighborhoods of Tenochitlan and Tlatelolco]
by CASO, ALfonso
Mexico City: Imprenta Aldina, 1956. First Edition. Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's original cream card wraps, titled in black to front cover. 62pp. Strong and tight, toning to spine, some light creasing and rubbing to the corners, and some mild uniform toning; internally clean and fresh with four folds charts, plans and tables, including a striking full color map of the... Read More
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A Text-Book of Genito-Urinary Diseases, Including Functional Sexual Disorders in Man
by CASPER, Leopold; Charles W. Bonney (trans.)
Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son & Co, 1906. Octavo (24cm). Red cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt; xii,618pp; 22 plates (6 of those in color), and additional in-text illustrations. A tight, straight copy, superficial abrasions to cloth, marks to textblock edges but internally generally clean: Very Good.
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Ruins of Ancient Rome: The Drawings of French Architects Who Won the Prix de Rome 1786-1924
by CASSANELLI, Roberto, Massimiliano David, Emidio de Albentiis, Annie Jacques; Filippo Coarelli (intro)
Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002. First Edition. Quarto (37cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; 223,[1]pp; black-and-white and colorful illustrations to frontispiece and throughout text. Light dust-soil, else Near Fine. In publisher's pictorial paper-covered slipcase with cloth-covered edges, titling stamped in gilt on cover, and trivial surface... Read More
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