Marguerite Duras: A Life
by ADLER, Laure
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1998. hardcover. fine/fine. GTranslated by Anne-Marie Glasheen. Illustrated. viii + 424 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1998). Ownership signature, else a fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
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African Majesty: The Textile Art of the Ashanti and Ewe
by ADLER, Peter & BARNARD, Nicholas
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995. First. paperback. fine. 131 illustrations in color. 192 pages. 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. (New York): Thames and Hudson, (1995). First softcover edition. Fine.
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Reckless Disregard: Westmoreland v. CBS et al; Sharon v. Time
by ADLER, Renata
New York: Knopf, 1986. First. hardcover. near fine/very good(+). 243 pages. 8vo, black cloth backed boards, sunned dust wrapper. New York: Knopf, (1986). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper.
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Canaries in the Mineshaft: Essays on Politics and Media
by ADLER, Renata
New York: St. Martin's, 2001. First. hardcover. very good(+)/very good. 390 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w.; black remainder mark bottom edge, dust wrapper lightly rubbed. New York: St. Martin's Press, (2001). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.
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The Working Press; Special to the New York Times
by ADLER, Ruth, ed
hardcover. Foreword by Theodore M. Bernstein. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1966).
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Contemporary Art in New Mexico
by ADLMANN, Jan & MCINTYRE, Barbara
New South Wales: Craftsman House, 1996. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Double-page title page image; illustrated profusely in color and black and white. 226 pages, short 4to, neon orange boards with silver stamping, dust wrapper. New South Whales: Craftsman House in association with G+B Arts International. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
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Don't Stop Saving Food
by US Food Administration
New York: M.B. Brown Printing and Binding Company. Original poster. Color lithograph. 21.5 x 14 inches. WWI era slogan. This poster is vivid blue with white text. Good condition, with collection inventory number in margin.
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Baghdad City
by IRAQ TOURISM ADMINISTRATIVE
Baghdad: Summer Resorts and Tourism Service. Map. Lithograph. Measures 16 3/8" x 19 1/2" This city plan of Baghdad was issued in the 1960s by the Summer Resorts and Tourism Service of Baghdad. With the Tigris River transecting the map, and grid lines outlining separate neighborhoods, the map shows bus routes, railways, filing stations, airlines offices, mosques &... Read More
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Save Food and Defeat Frightfulness; "America, the hope of all who suffer - the dread of all who wrong.
by US Food Administration
Cincinatti, New York: Strobridge Litho Co. PAUS, Herbert Andrew. Original poster. Color lithograph. Page measures 35 1/2" x 56 1/2". Homefront poster from World War I encouraging Americans to save food. This vividly colored lithograph depicts a Red Cross nurse, a wounded soldier, a mother and infant, and other people in need standing in front of a Iron... Read More
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Keep the Home Front Pledge, Pay no more than Ceiling Prices, Pay your Points in full
by Office of Price Administration
Government Printing Office, 1944. Fred Cooper. Poster. Color lithograph. Measures 27 3/4" x 19 7/8" This original World War II-era poster was part of an anti-inflation campaign initiated by the Office of Price Administration, designed to encourage American citizens to support the war effort. During the previous world war, the US experienced an inflation rate of 62%. When... Read More
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Why is it necessary to eat less Meat and less Wheat Bread
by United States Food Administration
United States Food Administration, 1917. Original Poster. Lithograph. Measures 29" x 21". All-lettered poster has a two-column article with lengthy text, explaining the need to conserve meat, wheat, fats, sugar, and coal. Some crumpling and foxing at edges. Otherwise in good condition. Print is clear and red color is vivid.
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Collection of six signatures and autographed notes
by (UNITES STATES REAR ADMIRALS)
1898. unbound. Small but interesting collection of six items, autographed by American Naval Officers who achieved the rank of Rear Admiral during the 19th century. Includes: Joseph Smith (1790-1877), flag captain to Commodore Hull during the War of 1812 (signature with rank); Louis Kempff (1841-1920), Civil War, Spanish-American War, and Boxer Rebellion service (signed naval card); William Colgate Eaton... Read More
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Diamond Jubilee in Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary. October 27 to November 3, 1940
by ADOLPHUS, Gustavus
New York: Church of Gustavus Adolphus, 1940. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated. 63 pages with text in English and Swedish. Slim 8vo, original blind-stamped blue cloth with gilt crest (spine ends worn; small stain in gutter of title page). New York: Church of Gustavus Adolphus, [1940]. First edition. A very good copy of thgis uncommon church history. ... Read More
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Quasi una Fantasia: Essays on Modern Music
by ADORNO,Theodor
London: Verso, 1992. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Translated by Rodney Livingstone. 336pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. London & New York: Verso, (1992). First English language edition. Fine.
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Toulouse-Lautrec: Das gesamte graphische Werk, Bildstudien und Gemalde
by ADRIANI, Gotz
Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 2005. paperback. near fine. TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 465 pages with text in German. Thick 4to, matte pictorial wrappers. Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, (2005). Near fine.
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Toulouse Lautrec: The Complete Graphic Works - A Catalogue Raisonne
by ADRIANI, Gotz
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1988. hardcover. fine/near fine. LAUTREC, Toulouse. Translated from the German by Eileen Martin. With 421 illustrations, 78 in color. Large folio, orange cloth with gilt lettering at spine and cover emblem, pictorial d.w. New York: Thames & Hudson, (1988). First American edition. A fine copy. The Gerstenberg Collection.
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In Allahs Sonnenland
by ADRIAN, Walter
Aarau, 1957. hardcover. very good. Illustrations & Map. 8vo, cloth Aarau, (1957). Very good.
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Wild Adventures
by WILD ADVENTURES
London: Thomas Nelson, 1857. hardcover. very good(-). Engraved title vignette, numerous charming engravings of animals throughout (5pp. of illustrations with 5 vignettes per page), gilt-bordered pages, 11pp., slim folio, tinted pictorial cloth-backed bds., tissue guards; (spine worn, corners and edges bumped, some light foxing). London: Thomas Nelson, 1857. Scarce. Very good (+). Includes a paragraph of descriptive... Read More
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Seasons of Sand
by AEBI, Ernst
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 236 pages. 8vo, blue cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1993). First Edition. Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper.
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Korea
by AEPLI, Martine
Morocco: Souffles, 1988. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated with color photographs. 139 pages. 4to, white boards with red lettering, d.w. Morocco: Souffles, 1988. Front hinge damaged, still a very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Calligraphies by Kwon Ok Yon. Forword by Kim Jeong Ok. Introduction by Thierry Audric.
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Prometheus Bound & Prometheus Unbound
by AESCHYLUS & SHELLEY, Percy Bysse
Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Limited. hardcover. fine. Translated by Rex Warner. With a Preface by Rex Warner and Drawings by John Farleigh. With 16 illustrations. 161pp. Tall 8vo, gilt-stamped cloth' publisher's board slipcase. Haarlem, Holland: The Limited Editions Club, 1965. A fine copy. One of 1500 numbered copies.
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Fabulae Aesopiae, Curis Posterioribus, Omnes Fere, Emendate: Accesserunt Plus Quam CLXX Novae
by AESOP
Mannheim: Academicis, 1768. hardcover. very good(+). Edited by Franc. Josephi Desbillons. Illustrated with fine copperplate engravings. 2 volumes bound in 1, very thick small 8vo, 3/4 vellum (corners a bit tattered), 615 pages, top edge red, rubricated edges. Mannheim: Academicis, 1768. a Very good (+) copy.
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Fables of Aesop.; According to Sir Roger l'Estrange
by AESOP
Paris: Harrison, 1931. Limited. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Calder, Alexander. Illustrated with fifty drawings by Alexander Calder. 124pp. Tall thin 8vo, original boards with blue printed d.w (wrappers slightly foxed); uncut edges, 2-piece red board slipcase is broken. (Paris): Harrison of Paris, (1931). A near fine copy in a good slipcase. From a total edition of 615... Read More
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Aesop's Fables
by AESOP
London: Heinemann, 1912. First. hardcover. very good. Arthur Rackham. Translated by V.S. Vernon-Jones. Introduction by G.K. Chesterton. Color frontispiece and 12 other color plates protected with lettered tissue, plus numerous black & white drawings, all by Arthur Rackham. 224 pages. 8vo, black-lettered green cloth with inset pictorial label. London: William Heinemann & New York: Doubleday Page, 1912. First... Read More
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Fabulas de la Vida del Sabio y Clarisimo Fabulador Isopo, con las Fabulas, y Sentencias de Diversos, y graves Autores:; Ahora de nuevo corregido, y enmendado, con las anotaciones
by AESOP
Madrid: Antonio Perez de Soto, 1745. hardcover. good. Title page woodcut vignette. [10], 3-175 leaves. Thick 12mo, full contemporary vellum; well-worn and crinkled but sound, with marginal stains on first 20 leaves. Madrid: En la Officina de Antonio Perez de Soto, 1745. Overall a good solid copy.
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