![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 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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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 Mask of Command: A Study of Generalship
by John Keegan; Lawrence Freedman [intro.]
London: The Folio Society, 2019. Near Fine. London: The Folio Society, 2019. First Thus. Large octavo; 400pp. Photographs and illustrations. Dark blue cloth decorated in gilt and orange; red endpapers. Housed in publisher's slipcase. A few minor smudges to boards; binding sound; pages unmarked; slipcase unmarked and sound; Near Fine.
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The Wren; or, the Fairy of the Green-House, Consisting of Song, Story, and Dialogue. Founded Upon Actual Incidents, and Put Together for the Amusement and Instruction of Three Little Boys During the Confinement of Their Mother
by John Lee [illus.]
London: John Marshall, 1787. Very Good -. London: Printed and Sold by John Marshall, at No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard, in Bow-Lane, and No. 17, Queen-Street, Cheapside, n.d. [but 1787]. First Edition. Small square 12mo (11cm); publisher's Dutch gilt paper-covered boards; 79pp. (collated complete, first and final leaves used as pastedowns); woodcut frontispiece, vignettes throughout. Boards rubbed along margins,... Read More
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![En Flagrant Delire [Inscribed and Signed by Mizrahi and Rochefort]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/146/563/1699563146.0.m.jpg)
En Flagrant Delire [Inscribed and Signed by Mizrahi and Rochefort]
by John Lennon; Rachel Mizrahi and Christiane Rochefort [trans.]
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1965. Very Good. Paris: Robert Laffont, [1965]. First French Edition. Octavo; publisher's glossy white photo-illustrated paper-covered boards; 84pp.; illus. throughout by Lennon. Light wear to board margins, top textblock edge a bit foxed, else Very Good and sound. First French edition of John Lennon's first book, an illustrated poetry collection originally published in English... Read More
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Rolling Stone, No. 22, November 23, 1968
by [John Lennon] Jann Wenner [ed.]
San Francisco, CA: Straight Arrow Publishers, 1968. Near Fine. San Francisco, CA: Straight Arrow Publishers, 1968. First Edition. Tabloid format; photo-illustrated self-wrappers; 31pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Toning to wrapper edges, else Near Fine. Early issue of Rolling Stone featuring an interview with John Lennon illustrated with the famous nudes portraits of him and Yoko.
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![A Point Which Moved [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/492/953/1565953492.0.m.jpg)
A Point Which Moved [Signed]
by Margaret G. St. John
Ipswich, UK: East Anglian Magazine, Ltd, 1960. Very Good/Very Good. Ipswich, UK: East Anglican Magazine, Ltd., [ca. 1960]. First Edition. Signed by Margaret G. St. John with brief inscription to previous owner at half title. Octavo. 44 pp. Black and white illustrations. Printed dust jacket. Dark blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket chipped with a several closed... Read More
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Generally Human Concerning Wine
by Margaret G. St. John
Ipswich, UK: East Anglian Magazine, Ltd, 1960. Very Good/Very Good. Ipswich, UK: East Anglican Magazine, Ltd., [ca. 1960]. First Edition. Octavo. 63 pp. Two color plates. Printed dust jacket. Dark blue boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed along edges. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. Collection of... Read More
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![South and East [Limited Edition, Signed by Masefield and Parsons]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/436/446/1489446436.0.m.jpg)
South and East [Limited Edition, Signed by Masefield and Parsons]
by John Masefield; Jacynth Parsons [illus.]
London: The Medici Society, 1929. Very Good +. London: The Medici Society, 1929. Limited Edition of 260 copies signed by Parsons and Masefield, this being #133. Octavo. 24 pp.; a few pages unopened. Six color plates. Full vellum stamped in red. Top edge gilt. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Corners bumped with some very light general spotting... Read More
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![Sparrow 1 - 72: Autograph edition limited to 50 copies [cover title] [72 Pamphlets Bound in Six Volumes, complete; Signed by contributors]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/739/563/1699563739.0.m.jpg)
Sparrow 1 - 72: Autograph edition limited to 50 copies [cover title] [72 Pamphlets Bound in Six Volumes, complete; Signed by contributors]
by John Martin [Ed.]; Charles Bukowski, Diane Wakoski, David Antin, Robert Kelly, Michael McClure, Tom Clark, Clayton Eshleman, Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Larry Eigner et al [contributors]
Los Angeles and Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1973. Very Good +/Very Good +. Los Angeles and Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1973-1978. Autographed edition, limited to 50 copies of the complete set of 72 poetry pamphlets, all published. Six tall octavo volumes; original variously-colored cloth, printed paper paste-ons to each cover, in original clear acetate dust jackets. Light... Read More
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Stable Secrets; or, Puffy Doddles, His Sayings and Sympathies
by John Mills; E. Evans [illus.]; Phiz [pseud. Hablot Knight Browne] [illus.]
London: Ward and Lock, 1863. Very Good. London: Ward and Lock, 1863. First Edition. Slim octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards by Little Brown & Co., gilt spine in six compartments, expertly recased with spine laid down, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, original brown pictorial cloth spine and upper cover bound in rear; 112pp.; frontispiece... Read More
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The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton
by John Milton; Horace E. Scudder [ed.]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press, 1899. Very Good+. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press, 1899. 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; 417pp.; portrait frontispiece. Light rubbing to edges, spine very slightly... Read More
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Poems and Translations
by John M. Synge; W.B. Yeats [intro.]
New York: John Quinn, 1909. Very Good -. New York: John Quinn, 1909. Limited First U.S. Edition, one of 45 copies bound in paper and cloth of a total run of 50 copies. Octavo. 44 pp. Original cloth-backed paper covered boards with paper title label to front upper cover. Boards worn along edges with exposure and general... Read More
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![The Real Lessons of the Vietnam War: Reflections Twenty-Five Years After the Fall of Saigon [Signed by Moore]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/928/293/1606293928.0.m.jpg)
The Real Lessons of the Vietnam War: Reflections Twenty-Five Years After the Fall of Saigon [Signed by Moore]
by John Norton Moore & Robert F. Turner [eds.]
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2002. Very Good/Very Good. Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 2002. First Edition. Signed by John Norton Moore at front free endpaper with inscription, "To William McNair with great respect for his superb service to the Nation and his leadership for democracy and the rule of law. John Norton Moore 4/16/03." Octavo. 507 pp.... Read More
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Raggedy Ann in the Magic Book
by Johnny Gruelle; Worth Gruelle [illus..]
New York: Johnny Gruelle Company, 1939. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Johnny Gruelle Company, 1939. First Edition. Octavo. Unpaginated. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards. Dust jacket heavily chipped and creased with a few longer closed tears most notably near spine at top and bottom. Faded at spine... Read More
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The Undertaker's Garland
by John Peale Bishop and Edmund Wilson Jr.; Boris Artzybasheff [illus.]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. Very Good/Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1922. First Edition. Small octavo; publisher's black cloth, purple gilt-lettered paste-ons to upper cover and spine, purple topstain, in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); 192pp.; half-tone frontispiece, full-page illus. throughout. Jacket significantly worn and rather soiled, splitting along flap folds and spine... Read More
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John Piper: Paintings, Drawings & Theatre Designs 1932-1954
by John Piper; S. John Woods [ed. & intro.]
London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1955. Very Good. London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1955. First Edition. Folio. 160pp. Illustrations throughout, some color. Terracotta boards stamped in green; no dust jacket. Ex-library with usual markings. Light wear to edges; institutional stickers to spine and front panel. Spine gives a little with touch of separation but overall binding sound. Regular... Read More
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Fragments of American Life: An Exhibition of Paintings [Signed by Delaney and Jones]
by John Ralph Willis and Anne Jones Willis; Jacob Lawrence, Joseph Delaney, Lois Mailou Jones et al [artists]
Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976. Very Good. Princeton, NJ: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976. First Edition. Slim oblong quarto; publisher's tan pictorial card wrappers; 75pp.; halftone illus. throughout. Very light shelf wear, old ink manuscript price to upper cover, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the artists Joseph Delaney and Lois Mailou Jones... Read More
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![Being & Race: Black Writing Since 1970 [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/877/561/1608561877.0.m.jpg)
Being & Race: Black Writing Since 1970 [Signed]
by Charles Johnson
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988. Near Fine/Very Good. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988. First Edition, with full numberline. Octavo; publisher's cloth in black dust jacket retaining original price; x,132pp. Light edge wear to jacket margins, corners nudged, else a Very Good and sound copy. Signed by the author on title page.
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![Lyric Poetry After Auschwitz: Eleven Submissions to the War [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/740/558/1699558740.0.m.jpg)
Lyric Poetry After Auschwitz: Eleven Submissions to the War [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed]
by Kent Johnson
Austin, TX: Effing Press, 2005. Very Good+. Austin, TX: Effing Press, [2005]. First Edition, Limited to 314 copies. Octavo (21cm); publisher's white pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 40pp.; illus. Light wear and soil to wrappers, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. Poetry collection written in response to the Iraq War... Read More
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The Fortunes of Garin
by Mary Johnston
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. Very Good/Fair. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; [8],375pp.; color frontispiece. Jacket exceedingly worn, front flap separated and laid in, horizontal tear across entire upper panel coupled with large loss at bottom fore-edge corner affecting the "ston" in "Johnston," additional small losses to spine... Read More
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![Who's Who in the Major Leagues (1935 Edition) [with] Who's Who in the American League [and] Who's Who in the National League [Two volumes in one]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/618/921/1561921618.0.m.jpg)
Who's Who in the Major Leagues (1935 Edition) [with] Who's Who in the American League [and] Who's Who in the National League [Two volumes in one]
by [Baseball] Harold "Speed" Johnson
Chicago: B.E. Callahan, 1935. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago: B.E. Callahan, 1935. First Edition, clothbound issue. Tall octavo. 128; 112 pp. Black and white photographs. Illustrated dust jacket with $1.00 price present. Red cloth stamped in gilt. Dust jacket chipped along edges with general soiling and scuffing and bleeding along spine and rear joint. Boards edgeworn with... Read More
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