Reminiscences of the Santiago Campaign
by John Bigelow, Jr.
Harper & Brothers Publishers: New York and London, 1899. Very Good -. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. First Edition. Octavo; [vii], 186pp +4 ads. Folding map. Publisher's brown illustrated cloth. Boards edgeworn and soiled, with rubbing down joints and bumps to spine ends. Front and back hinges cracking near tail, but binding is holding.... Read More
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![These United States [Signed by Bowden, Benedict, Barthelme, Hansen, Williams, & Alexie]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/156/443/1605443156.0.m.jpg)
These United States [Signed by Bowden, Benedict, Barthelme, Hansen, Williams, & Alexie]
by John Leonard [ed.]; Sherman Alexie, Stephen Barthelme, et al [contribs.]
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press / Nation Books, 2003. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press / Nation Books, 2003. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (23.5cm); [xx],523pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $25.00 price intact; white and blue paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket rubbed along edges with nudging at spine ends, a thin vertical... Read More
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Salt Winds and Gobi Dust
by John W. Thomason, Jr.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Octavo. 326 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with "$2.50" price present. Orange boards stamped in black. Dust jacket lightly worn and creased along edges with a few minor chips. Corners of boards slightly bumped. Binding is... Read More
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![The Phoenix Book Shop: A Nest of Memories [Limited Edition, Signed by Wilson, Baraka, di Prima, and McClure] [Inscribed and Signed by John LeBow]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/852/503/1702503852.0.m.jpg)
The Phoenix Book Shop: A Nest of Memories [Limited Edition, Signed by Wilson, Baraka, di Prima, and McClure] [Inscribed and Signed by John LeBow]
by John Ashbery, Amiri Baraka, Diane di Prima, Michael McClure et al; Bob Wilson, Kenneth Doubrava, and John LeBow [eds.]
Candia, NH: John LeBow, 1997. Fine. Candia, NH: John LeBow, 1997. First Edition, Limited to 200 signed copies of which this is no. 162. Octavo (23cm); publisher's cream side-stitched card wrappers; 42pp.; photographic frontispiece. A Fine example. Inscribed and signed on half title page, "To Jack + Kathy, From the publisher + a fellow artist +... Read More
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![Friends' Miscellany: Being a collection of essays and fragments, biographical, religious, epistolary, narrative, and historical... [Vol. V]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/146/851/1539851146.0.m.jpg)
Friends' Miscellany: Being a collection of essays and fragments, biographical, religious, epistolary, narrative, and historical... [Vol. V]
by John and Isaac Comly [eds.]
Philadelphia: Printed for the Editors by J. Richards, 1834. Very Good-. Philadelphia: Printed for the Editors by J. Richards, 1834. First Edition. 12mo; full contemporary sheep, gilt-lettered spine label; iv,380pp. Front cover surface a bit mottled from biopredation, spine label chipped at extremities, some light foxing throughout textblock, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else a Good... Read More
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![Genus Amazona [Inscribed and Signed by John Stoodley and contributor Risa Teitler]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/306/485/1582485306.0.m.jpg)
Genus Amazona [Inscribed and Signed by John Stoodley and contributor Risa Teitler]
by John and Pat Stoodley et al.
Lovedean, Portsmouth, England: Bezels Publications, 1990. Very Good+/Very Good+. [Lovedean, Portsmouth, England]: Bezels Publications, [1990]. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; x,135pp.; color photographs throughout. Light shelf wear, ownership signature of the inscribee Isabel Taylor on front flyleaf, else Very Good or better. Inscribed and signed in year of publication by John Stoodley and... Read More
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![Who Knows What Constitutes A Life [Limited Edition, Signed by Ashbery and Murray]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/956/558/1699558956.0.m.jpg)
Who Knows What Constitutes A Life [Limited Edition, Signed by Ashbery and Murray]
by John Ashbery; Elizabeth Murray [illus.]
Calais, VT: Z Press, 1999. Fine/Fine. Calais, VT: Z Press, 1999. First Edition, Limited to 26 signed copies of which this is an hors series copy. Octavo; publisher's stitched wrappers in green dust jacket with printed paper paste-on to upper panel; [8]pp.; original color print signed by Murray bound in. A Fine example, also signed by Ashbery on... Read More
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![Fragment [Limited Edition, Signed by Ashbery and Katz]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/820/560/1699560820.0.m.jpg)
Fragment [Limited Edition, Signed by Ashbery and Katz]
by John Ashbery; Alex Katz [illus.]
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. Very Good. Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First Edition, Limited to 250 hardcover copies of which this is no. 160. Large, slim octavo; publisher's red linen over pictorial paper-covered boards, printed paper spine label; 57pp.; illus. throughout. Boards a bit scuffed with brief exposure at bottom fore-edge corners, faint... Read More
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![[Sammelband] Correspondence Between the Hon. John Adams, Late President of the United States, and the late Wm. Cunningham, Esq. beginning in 1803, and ending in 1812 [WITH] A Review of the Correspondence Between the Hon. John Adams, late president of the United States, and the late Wm. Cunningham, Esq](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/247/925/1530925247.0.m.jpg)
[Sammelband] Correspondence Between the Hon. John Adams, Late President of the United States, and the late Wm. Cunningham, Esq. beginning in 1803, and ending in 1812 [WITH] A Review of the Correspondence Between the Hon. John Adams, late president of the United States, and the late Wm. Cunningham, Esq
by John Adams, William Cunningham and Timothy Pickering
Boston / Salem: E.M. Cunningham / Cushing and Appleton, 1823. Good. Octavo (21cm.); later half calf over purple paper-covered boards, gilt spine. Leather quite dry and flaking, rear joint cracked, light foxing to textblock, else a Good copy, internally clean and sound. Contents as follows: 1. John Adams and William Cunningham. "Correspondence." Boston: Published by E.M. Cunningham,... Read More
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![Photography's Beginnings: A visual history featuring the collection of Wm. B. Becker [Inscribed and Signed by Becker]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/944/527/1534527944.0.m.jpg)
Photography's Beginnings: A visual history featuring the collection of Wm. B. Becker [Inscribed and Signed by Becker]
by John B. Cameron and Wm. B. Becker; H.K. Henisch [intro.]
Albuquerque / Rochester, MI: University of New Mexico Press / Oakland University, 1989. Very Good/Very Good. Albuquerque / Rochester, MI: University of New Mexico Press / Oakland University, [1989]. First Edition. Oblong quarto; publisher's cloth in glossy black photo-illustrated dust jacket; 176pp.; photographic illus. throughout, many in color. Dust jacket a bit dust-soiled and wrinkled at extremities, a... Read More
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Observations on the Correspondence between Mr. Adam and Mr. Bowles, with the Correspondence Subjoined
by John Bowles, Esq
London: F. and C. Rivington, 1804. Very Good. London: F. and C. Rivington, 1804. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 48pp. Light wear and foxing, otherwise in sound and Very Good condition. Correspondences between John Bowles and a Mr. Adam expounding Bowles' fierce disapproval of the late Duke of Bedford (mainly for not displaying model Christian observance to Bowles'... Read More
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![The World Ransacked for All Its Wonders" - Show Herald for John B. Doris' Inter-Ocean Circus, Museum & Menagerie - 1886 Season [Binghamton, NY stand]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/842/888/1352888842.0.m.jpg)
The World Ransacked for All Its Wonders" - Show Herald for John B. Doris' Inter-Ocean Circus, Museum & Menagerie - 1886 Season [Binghamton, NY stand]
by [John B. Doris Inter-Ocean Circus, Museum & Menagerie]
St. Louis: Great Western Printing Co., Show Printers and Engravers, 1886. St. Louis: Great Western Printing Co., Show Printers and Engravers, 1886. Two-sided herald (10.5" x 28") printed in black on yellow newsprint. Text on bottom of each side reads "Black on Yellow, Car No. 1 Great Western Printing Co., Show Printers and Engravers, St. Louis. No. 4," with... Read More
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Manuscript Agricultural Ledger, 1740-1749
by John Borham Jr.
London, 1740. Very Good. London? 1740-1749. Tall, narrow folio (40.5x16.5cm.); full parchment retaining original brass clasps; [2],169,[2]ll. filled to completion with manuscript accounts, text ruled in red throughout. Parchment unevenly browned and a bit scuffed at extremities, a number of surface scratches, some cracking at head of a few gatherings, occasional finger soil to textblock, else a Very... Read More
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![Doodle Soup [Signed and Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/942/114/1717114942.0.m.jpg)
Doodle Soup [Signed and Inscribed]
by John Ciardi [auth.]; Merle Nacht [illus.]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Very Good/Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (23pp); 57pp. Publisher’s illustrated dust jacket with $11.95 price intact; boards bound in purple cloth with silver stamping to front board and spine; cream-colored endsheets. Merle Nacht’s whimsical black-and-white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket bumped and toned with significant creasing and wrinkling at front panel; front... Read More
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Constable's Skies
by John Constable; Frederic Bancroft [ed.]
New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 2004. Fine/Near Fine. New York: Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 2004. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 188pp.; full color illustrations throughout. Light shelf wear else Near Fine.
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Mystery Book Magazine - Summer 1949
by John D. MacDonald; Bruno Fischer; Fredric Brown; et al.
Chicago: Best Publications, 1949. Very Good. Springfield, MA: Best Publications, 1949. Octavo; 162pp. Pulp magazine. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers trimmed along fore-edges and bottom back, with shallow yapp edges remaining along top edges and bottom front. A few shallow chips and tears along edges remain, with a decent bump and scuff to front over lower staple and a... Read More
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden
by John Dryden; Bliss Perry [ed.]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press, 1909. Very Good+. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press, 1909. Cambridge Edition. Octavo (21cm); contemporary three-quarter green calf over marbled paper-covered boards, two green gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, spine in six compartments ruled in gilt, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; 1054pp.; portrait frontispiece. Brief scuffing to leather margins, spine very... Read More
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Profiles in Courage
by John F. Kennedy; Allan Nevins [fwd.]
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1959. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, [1960]. Later printing with code "B-K" indicating publication the year of Kennedy's election (February 1960) to copyright. Octavo. 266 pp. Black and white photographs. Printed dust jacket with $3.95 price present. Blue and black boards stamped in gilt. Light edgewear, creasing,... Read More
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![The Beggar's Opera [Limited Edition, Signed by Illustrator]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/059/675/1621675059.0.m.jpg)
The Beggar's Opera [Limited Edition, Signed by Illustrator]
by John Gay; A. P. Herbert [pref.]; Mariette Lydis [illus.]
Paris: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club by G. Govone, 1937. Very Good +. Paris: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club by G. Govone, 1937. Limited Edition, Signed by illustrator Mariette Lydis and numbered 849 of 1500 copies on colophon at back. Large octavo (25 cm); [180]pp. Fifteen (15) lithographic plates full-page... Read More
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John Heartfield
by [John Heartfield] Peter Pachnicke and Klaus Honnef [eds.]
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1992. Fine/Very Good. New York: Harry N. Abrams, [1992]. First American Edition. Folio (32cm); publisher's cloth in glossy pictorial dust jacket; 342pp.; illus. throughout, many in full color. Light shelf wear, jacket spine panel sunned, else Very Good or better.
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![Succeeding Against the Odds [Signed by Johnson]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/328/765/1693765328.0.m.jpg)
Succeeding Against the Odds [Signed by Johnson]
by John H. Johnson; Lerone Bennett, Jr.
New York: Warner Books, an Amistad Book, 1989. Very Good -/Very Good -. New York: Warner Books, an Amistad Book, 1989. First Edition. Signed by John H. Johnson with brief inscription to previous owner at front free endpaper. Octavo. 372pp. Printed dust jacket; blue cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dust jacket edgeworn and creased; dampstaining... Read More
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The Face in the Pool: A Faerie Tale
by J. Allen St. John
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1905. Very Good. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1905. First Edition. Quarto. 156 pp. 4 color plates, complete; black and white illustrations. Brick cloth stamped in white, black, green, and gilt. No dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn with light general chewing. Binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate to front free endpaper.... Read More
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![Letters of John James Audubon 1826-1840 [Two volume set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/341/613/1593613341.0.m.jpg)
Letters of John James Audubon 1826-1840 [Two volume set]
by [John James Audubon] Howard Corning [ed.]
Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 1930. Very Good. Boston: The Club of Odd Volumes, 1930. Limited Edition of 225 copies. Two tall octavo volumes. 277, 278 pp. Blue paper-covered boards with cloth spines and decorative gilt medallions to front. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Boards lightly edgeworn with brief exposure to corners; soiling along top edge of volume... Read More
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The Selected Letters of John Keats
by John Keats; Lionel Trilling [ed.]
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1951. First Edition with "FSY" symbol on copyright page. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.50); [6],282pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins with shallow dampstaining at spine ends and foxing to verso, spine panel dulled to tan, textblock... Read More
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![The Letters of John Keats [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/434/298/1575298434.0.m.jpg)
The Letters of John Keats [Limited Edition]
by John Keats; Jno. Gilmer Speed [ed.]
New-York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1883. Very Good. New-York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1883. First Thus, Limited to 279 sets printed on Holland paper of which this is no. 160. Three volumes; octavos; publisher's buff paper-covered boards, black spine titling; frontispieces at head of each volume, that of Vol. I printed in color. Ex-Darrow Gibbs School Library with... Read More
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