Mimi's Dada Catifesto (In a Lovely Dustjacket)
by Shelley Jackson
New York: Clarion Books, 2010. Pictorial boards. Fine/Fine. Shelley Jackson. A pristine copy of this wonderful 2010 play on the Dada Manifesto for children. In a gorgeous dustjacket. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated in rich color by the author herself.
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The Bird's Nest
by Shirley Jackson
New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, 1954. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. An especially crisp, clean copy of the 1954 1st paperback edition. Clean, tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Pocket-sized, Ace Star 06235.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs
New York: Random House, 1961. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. The 1961 stated 1st printing of this magnum opus of author and activist Jane Jacobs (1916-2006). A very impressive copy to boot. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just the slightest hint of light creasing along the top-edges. Thick octavo, the book which thrust... Read More
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Portfolio of Dermochromes (3 Volumes)
by Professor Jacobi
New York: Rebman Company, 1909. Boards. Near Fine. A handsome example of the 1909 3rd Revised and Enlarged English language edition, complete in 3 quarto volumes. The set consists of "243 colored and 2 black and white illuatrations on 132 plates". All 3 volumes clean and Near Fine in their dark bevelled boards, with a touch of very... Read More
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The Kestrel House Mystery
by T.C.H. Jacobs
New York: The Macaulay House, 1933. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1933 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (small former owner name at the front pastedown) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine crown, light soiling to the rear panel and light creasing and chipping along the panel edges. 12mo,... Read More
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Defects and Transport in Oxides (In Dustjacket)
by Edited by Martin S. Seltzer and Robert I. Jaffee
New York: Plenum Press, 1977. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The 1977 1st edition. Solid and VG (light soiling and grooving at the panels) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with mild soiling and grooving as well at both covers. Still though, very presentable. Thick octavo, "A volume in the Battelle Institute Materials Science Colloquia
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The Ghost of PEG-LEG PETER and Other Folk Tales of Old New York
by M.A. Jagendorf
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1965. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1965 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by Lino S. Lipinsky.
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Les Mysteres De La Chambre Noire: Le Surrealisme et La Photographie
by Edouard Jaguer
Paris: Flammarion, 1982. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. 1982 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 223 pgs., text in French.
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Album--Daughters of the Utah Pioneers and Their Mothers
by James Thomas Jakeman
Salt Lake City: The Western Album Publishing Company, 1915. 1/4 leather. Very Good. The very scarce 1915 1st edition. Oblong quarto in its 1/4 burgundy (or wine-red) leather over matching cloth. Bright gilt-titling at the front panel, decorative floral endpapers and pastedowns. Corners of the covers gently rubbed, small losses from ends of leather backstrip; still though, solidly... Read More
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Homogeneous Hydrogenation
by B.R. James
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1973. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very solid copy of the 1973 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of wear at the spine crown and very light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 525 pgs.
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The Flying Shoes
by Cynthia Jameson
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1973. Decorative Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. Lawrence Di Fiori. A solid copy of the 1973 1st edition, in its original dustjacket. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling --and a touch of streaking-- to the panels and a number of small chips at the... Read More
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One for the Price of Two
by Cynthia Jameson
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1972. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A sharp copy of the 1972 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by Anita Lobel.
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The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures
by James B. Pritchard, Ed
Princeton University Press, 1958. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1958 1st American edition. Crisp and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light creasing and several small closed tears at the rear panel's lower-edge. Octavo, 380 pgs., including 197 plates at the rear.
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Instructions to the American Delegates to the Hague Peace Conferences and Their Official Reports
by James Brown Scott, Ed
New York: Oxford University Press, 1916. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1916 1st edition. Bright and fresh and Near Fine in its red cloth, with unflecked gilt-titling at the spine. Tall octavo, 138 pgs.
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National Magazine; or, a Political, Biographical, Historical and Literary Repository (The 1st Issue, Signed by James Lyon)
by James Lyon (Publisher, Editor and Founder)
Richmond, Virginia: James Lyon, 1799. Original wraps. Good +. The June 1st, 1799 maiden issue of "National Magazine", which represents the first magazine ever published in Virginia, the first magazine printing of the Virginia Constitution and Kentucky Resolutions, and "an extraordinary contemporary resource for the anti-Federalist, Jeffersonian, Strict Constructionist philosophy of the Virginia School, a philosophy that Virginians... Read More
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The Walsingham Letter-Book or Register of Ireland --May, 1578 to December, 1579
by James Hogan and N. McNeill O'Farrell, eds
Dublin: Stationery Office for the Irish Manuscripts Commission, 1959. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1959 1st edition of this "collection of documents relating to Ireland in the years 1578 and 1579". Solid and VG in its wine-red cloth, with bright-gilt lettering along the spine. Very light spotting to the panels, otherwise clean as could be. Octavo, 279... Read More
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Portrait of a President
by Marquis James
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1937. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. An exceptionally bright, crisp copy of the 1937 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine (light spotting along the front panel's lower-tip) in a gorgeous dustjacket: clean, price-intact ($5.00), easily Near Fine. Thick octavo, truly a collector's copy. The 1938 Pulitzer Prize winner --along with James's companion... Read More
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Eastern Shore, Virginia: Raised-Panel Furniture 1730-1830
by James R. Melchor, N. Gordon Lohr and Marilyn S. Melchor
Norfolk, Virginia: Chrysler Museum, 1982. Original wraps. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1982 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto, dozens and dozens of crisp black-and-white (and several color) illustrations supplementing the text.
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The Letters of William James (2 Vols.)
by William James
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1920. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. An exceptionally bright and clean example of the 1920 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes tight and Near Fine to Fine in crisp, easily Near Fine dustjackets. Octavos, top-edges gilt, lovely frontispiece photographs of William James. Edited by his son Henry, "these letters, covering the writer's... Read More
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Between Two Worlds: Vladimir Kandelaki
by Janet Koridze, Ed
Merrick, NY: Cross-Cultural Communications, 1998. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the 1998 1st edition of this uncommon monograph on Russian artist Vladimir Kandelaki. Clean and Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with one small closed tear along the spine crown. Tall quarto, high-quality color reproductions thruout. And a text by Norton Dodge, Thora Jacobson,... Read More
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L'Evolution de la Memoire et de la Motion du Temps
by Pieere Janet
Paris: N. Maloine, Editeur, 1928. Original wraps. Very Good. The 1928 1st edition. Solid and VG in its tan wrappers, with light wear along the spine ends and very light offsetting to the panels. Light pencil notes to the front free endaper and former owner signature as well. Still though, very presentable. Thick octavo, intermittent uncut pages. ... Read More
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Air War and Emotional Stress: Psychological Studies of Bombing and Civilian Defense
by Irving L. Janis
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1951. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A clean, well-preserved copy of the 1951 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket with light fading along the spine. Octavo, 280 pgs. Fascinating study commissioned by the Rand Corporation on the emotional and psychological toll inflicted on populations subject to wartime bombing.
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Le Verre et L'Art de Marinot
by Guillaume Janneau
Paris: H. Floury, 1925. Cloth. Very Good +. Maurice Marinot. A handsome copy of the 1925 1st edition of this examination of the French painter --and major artist in glass-- Maurice Marinot (1882-1960). Clean and Near Fine in its rebound gray cloth, with the lovely original front wrappers bound-in. Internally very clean, with no writing or markings to... Read More
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Rolling Stone (Issue #5, February 10th, 1968 -- with 2 Separate Strips of Jim Morrison on the Front Cover)
by Jann Wenner, Ed
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Press, 1968. Original wraps. Near Fine. A clean, well-preserved example of this very uncommon early issue, issue #5, with 2 rows of Jim Morrison photos (taken by Baron Wolman) serving as bookends on the front cover. Evenly folded for shipping purposes but, happily, no shipping label. A bright, crisp copy, legitimately approaching Near Fine.... Read More
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Rolling Stone (Issue #7, March 9th, 1968 -- with Jimi Hendrix Cover)
by Jann Wenner, Ed
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, 1968. Original wraps. Very Good +. A well-preserved, very presentable copy of the uncommon March 9th, 1968 issue, issue #7, with the Jimi Hendrix action photo ("Jumping Jimi" -- taken by Baron Wolman) gracing the front cover. Evenly folded for shipping purposes but, happily, no shipping label. A crisp, bright, VG+ to Near... Read More
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