God Bless You Mr. Rosewater; or, Pearls Before Swine
by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. First Edition. Octavo. 217pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $4.95 price present. Gray cloth spine over colored paper-covered boards; "Examination Copy" stamped on front free endpaper. Damage to rear panel and flap affecting text with a few adjacent tears; general rubbing; foxing,... Read More
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![The Icon: The Byzantine Tradition in Europe, Russia, and the Near East Through Seven Major Epochs [Jacket title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/179/242/1715242179.0.m.jpg)
The Icon: The Byzantine Tradition in Europe, Russia, and the Near East Through Seven Major Epochs [Jacket title]
by Kurt Weitzmann, Gaiane Alibegasvili, Aneli Volskaja; et al.
New York: Dorset Press, 1987. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Dorset Press, 1987. First Thus. Large quarto (31.5cm); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; [4],419pp.; full color photographic illus. throughout. Light shelf wear and dust-soil, very brief white paint residue to bottom board edges, else Very Good and sound.
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Heart of a Lion: The Life, Death and Legacy of Hank Gathers
by Kyle Keiderling; Bo Kimble [fwd.]
New York: Morning Star Books, 2010. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Morning Star Books, 2010. First Edition. Quarto. 402; [2]pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket; red cloth boards stamped in gilt. Creasing to edges of dust jacket; a few minor smudges. Boards show light shelfwear; binding sound; pages unmarked; a Very Good or better... Read More
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Happy Days: 1880-1892
by H.L. Mencken
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 315 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price present. Oatmeal boards stamped in red and blue. Gray topstain. Dust jacket chipped along edges with some general rubbing and smudging. Corners of boards slightly bumped and a... Read More
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![Bible Studies for Every Day in the Year [Salesman's Dummy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/671/025/1632025671.0.m.jpg)
Bible Studies for Every Day in the Year [Salesman's Dummy]
by Reverend J. L. Sooy
Philadelphia: J. H. Moore & Company, 1892. Very Good +. Philadelphia: J. H. Moore & Company, 1892. Salesman's dummy copy. Octavo (25 cm); mixed pagination + 2pp ads + 16 unused order pages; illus. throughout; 52 plates. Boards full bound in burnt orange cloth with gilt, silver, and black stamping. Orange speckled page edges. Green starburst endsheets. Board... Read More
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A Century Recalled: Essays in Honor of Bryn Mawr College
by Patricia Hochschild Labalme
Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1987. Very Good/Very Good. Bryn Mawr: Bryn Mawr College Library, 1987. First Edition. Octavo; xiv; 233pp. Plain white dust jacket over red cloth boards with black title square to spine and gilt lettering. Jacket clean with a few shallow chips and tears along edges. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound... Read More
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Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier Desgrieux
by L'Abbé Prévost; John Lemoinne [intro.]
Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1890. Very Good-. Paris: Calmann-Lévy, n.d., ca. 1890. Nouvelle Édition. 12mo (18cm.); contemporary grey felt boards, grey paper spine label lettered in gilt, decorative endpapers; [4],xx,299pp. Boards a bit rubbed and darkened at extremities and spine, front free endpaper separated but present, textblock a bit brittle and toned due to inferior paper stock. About Very Good... Read More
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LaChapelle Land: Photographs
by David LaChapelle
New York: Simon & Schuster / Callaway, 1996. Very Good. [New York]: Simon & Schuster / Callaway, 1996. First Edition with full number line. Large quarto (36cm); publisher's glossy pictorial paper-covered boards in pictorial lidded box; 152pp.; full color photographs throughout with LaChapelle Land map laid in. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped, moderate wear to box, else... Read More
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![Tomorrow's Tomorrow: The Black Woman [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/511/207/1721207511.0.m.jpg)
Tomorrow's Tomorrow: The Black Woman [Signed]
by Joyce A. Ladner
Garden City, NY: Anchor Books / Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1972. Very Good. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books / Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. First Paperback Edition. Signed by Joyce Ladner without inscription at title page. Mass market paperback 17.75cm); photo-illustrated wraps; 296pp. + advertisements. Wear and creasing to edges and joints; soiling and light spotting to rear... Read More
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Tomorrow's Tomorrow: The Black Woman
by Joyce A. Ladner
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1971. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1971. First Edition, stated. Octavo (21.5cm); photo dust jacket with $6.95 price intact; boards in light blue cloth with silver lettering to spine; [xxvi],304pp. Jacket shows a few closed tears and creases along edges and chipping at spine ends, with some smudging and soiling... Read More
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Le Destin de la Pensee et "La Mort de Dieu" selon Heidegger
by [Martin Heidegger] Odette Laffoucriere
La Haye / The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1968. Very Good. La Haye / The Hague, Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. 267 pp. Blue cloth boards with spine stamped in gilt. Text in French. No dust jacket. Boards show light shelfwear with some minor fading and dust soiling along edges. Binding is sound. Previous... Read More
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![[Doctoral Thesis Draft] The Negro Miner in West Virginia: Dissertation](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/876/592/1621592876.0.m.jpg)
[Doctoral Thesis Draft] The Negro Miner in West Virginia: Dissertation
by James Tamplin Laing
Columbus, OH: Ohio State University, 1933. Very Good. [Columbus]: Ohio State University, 1933. Thick quarto (29cm.) postbound in original black textured cloth boards; [3],520,[4]ll. printed from typescript; five map illus., some with ink-drawn additions, two hand-drawn graphs in pencil or ink, one original snapshot photo mounted in. Cloth worn with large split along rear spine edge, losses at... Read More
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Beef, Iron and Wine
by Jack Lait
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916. Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916. First Edition. Octavo. 316 pages. Dark red boards stamped in gilt. Lacks dust jacket. Light wear to edges of boards and some chewing along edges of rear panel. Three stain rings from a glass to front panel. Binding... Read More
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![The Angry Angel [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/027/141/1638141027.0.m.jpg)
The Angry Angel [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed]
by Lajos Zilahy; Thomas L. Harsner [trans.]
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1953. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Prentice-Hall, [1953]. Special Presentation Edition Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 963. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards, green topstain, in pictorial dust jacket; [6],375pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a number of small chips and closed tears, most notably at spine crown, spine panel verso spotted,... Read More
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Menus Made Easy; or How to Order Dinner and Give the Dishes Their French Names
by Nancy Lake
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1901. Very Good +. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1901. Thirteenth Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's royal blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, black and brown, with blue paper pictorial paste-on depicting a menu to upper cover, floral endpapers; xii,237,[1],[2](ads)pp. Minor rubbing to spine ends and margins, corners nudged, spine cloth a shade toned... Read More
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![Touch of the Marvelous [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/918/564/1699564918.0.m.jpg)
Touch of the Marvelous [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Philip Lamantia
Berkeley, CA: Oyez, 1966. Fine. [Berkeley, CA]: Oyez, 1966. First Edition, Limited to 50 specially bound copies of which this is no. 22. Small, slim octavo; publisher's brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [8],64pp.; author portrait frontispiece tipped in. A Fine copy. Signed by the author on colophon tipped in rear.
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![Erotic Poems [Signed by publisher Bern Porter]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/287/868/1699868287.0.m.jpg)
Erotic Poems [Signed by publisher Bern Porter]
by [Bern Porter] Philip Lamantia
Berkeley, CA: Bern Porter, 1946. Very Good -. Berkeley, CA: Bern Porter, 1946. First Edition. Octavo; original striped boards with red lettering; no dust jacket, presumably as issued; 42pp. Spine backing separated but present, with chips and exposure along joints; fragile though binding remains sound; Porter's address written to rear pastedown, else unmarked. Good to Very Good. Signed by... Read More
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The Prose Works of Charles Lamb
by Charles Lamb
London: Edward Moxon, 1836. Very Good-. London: Edward Moxon, 1836. Reprint. Three volumes; octavos; publisher's brown cloth, printed spine labels. Extremities rather scuffed with shallow chips at spine ends, corners softened, spine labels browned and chipped, 19th-century bookseller description crudely taped to Vol. I front free endpaper, contemporary ownership signature of a George G. Washington to Vol. II... Read More
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Pinocchio
by Pierre Lambert
New York: Hyperion, 1997. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Hyperion, 1997. First U.S. Edition. Large square quarto. 235 pp. Bright high-quality color illustrations throughout, many with a glossy varnish. Illustrated dust jacket with $150.00 price present. Blindstamped black boards with silver lettering to spine. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges with some creasing, predominantly to... Read More
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The Image Multiplied: Five Centuries of Printed Reproductions of Paintings and Drawings
by Susan Lambert
London: Trefoil Publications, 1987. Very Good/Very Good. London: Trefoil Publications, 1987. First Edition. Square quarto; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 216pp.; illus. throughout, some in color. Light shelf wear, some soil to textblock margins, old price sticker to rear jacket panel, else Very Good and sound.
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The Image Multiplied: Five Centuries of Printed Reproductions of Paintings and Drawings
by Susan Lambert
New York: Abaris Books, 1987. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Abaris Books, [1987]. First American Edition. Square quarto (24.5cm); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 216pp.; illus. throughout, some in full color. Light shelf wear, rear corners bumped, else Very Good.
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The Emigrants
by George Lamming
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1954. Very Good/Very Good. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1954. First American Edition. Octavo; 282pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.75 price intact; tan boards stamped in red and white. Light chipping to edges of dust jacket with mild rubbing and toning. Boards show mild shelfwear; dust soiling along top and... Read More
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Art of the Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention
by Frederick Lamp
New York and Munich: The Museum for African Art and Prestel Verlag, 1996. Very Good/Very Good. New York and Munich: The Museum for African Art and Prestel Verlag, 1996. First Edition. Tall Quarto (31x24x2.5cm); 267pp, including glossary and bibliography. A pristine invitation card for the Baltimore opening of the Baga show, in its envelope, is laid in. ... Read More
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Der Weg der Phanomenologie: Das problem einer ursprunglichen Erfahrung
by Ludwig Landgrebe
Gutersloh: Gutersloher Verlagshaus, 1963. Very Good. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 1963. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 208pp. Spine a bit sunned and gilt rather dulled, textblock a shade toned at extremities, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good, internally clean and sound.
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Savannah and the Civil War at Sea
by Mills Lane
Savannah, GA: Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, 2001. Near Fine/Near Fine. Savannah, GA: Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, 2001. First Edition. Large, slim square quarto; publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; [90]pp.; illus. throughout, some in color. Light wear, else Very Good to Near Fine.
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