Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity
by Kruse, Zack
Jackson, MS: Uiversity Press of Mississippi, 2021. First printing. Paperback. New. 275pp. Octavo. Illustrated wraps. As the cocreator of Spider-Man and sole creator of Doctor Strange, Steve Ditko (1927–2018) made an indelible mark on American popular culture. Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity resets the conversation about his heady and powerful work.... Read More
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Fienka
by Krymov, V. (Vladimir)
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1949. First English-language edition. Hardcover. Good/poor. 299pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Orange cloth over boards, with a severe slant to the spine. The spine and the neighboring area of the top front board are faded. The jacket is present, but torn in half and now tucked into the book. From the collection of... Read More
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The Poppy War
by Kuang, R.F.
New York, NY: Harper Voyager, 2024. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Jungshan. 564 pp. Octavo [23.5 cm]. Black paper over boards. Copper foil illustration stamped on front cover and title stamped on spine. Orange sprayed textblock edges with flame design on the fore-edge. Orange satin ribbon page marker attached to head of spine. Illustrated dustjacket. Collector's edition with illustrations."Rin's... Read More
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The Religious Architecture of New Mexico in the Colonial Period and Since the American Occupation
by Kubler, George
Colorado Springs, CO: The Taylor Museum, 1940. Limited Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 232pp. Quarto [30 cm] Red and black printed wraps. With the folding map mounted to the rear flyleaf, in pristine condition. Subtle creasing and wear to spine and wraps. Two very minor stains on the rear wrap. One of 750 copies. A study by George Kubler,... Read More
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The Story of a Glass Sculpture: "Hope and Healing" September 11, 2001
by Kuhn, Jon; Text by James Yood
Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Stratford Books, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. Slim quarto [27 cm] Blue cloth lettered and pictorially stamped in silver and gilt. Near fine condition. Very minor wear to the spine ends and corners of the covers. Signed by Jon Kuhn on the title page. "My first conversation with Jon was late in the day on September... Read More
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The Abduction
by Kumin, Maxine
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 216pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/2 light gray cloth with dark gray paper covered boards. Very good. The edges of the spine and covers are gently bumped. There is a light moisture stain that extends across the top edge of the spine and the front cover, and the top... Read More
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Through Dooms of Love
by Kumin, Maxine
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 278pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light blue cloth covered boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the spine and covers are gently faded and bumped. There is a small stain on the bottom right corner of the front board. The pages are... Read More
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Banksy & Friends On Your Bike: A Graffiti Tour of East and London
by Kurtze, Mark
Oakland, CA: Corporate Forms Party Ltd, 2022. Second edition. Paperback. New. 60 pp. Octavo. [22 cm]. Illustrated wraps.
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U.S.A. Through Windows of Planes and Busses
by Kurushima, H.; Howard R. Driggs (Introduction)
1953. Paperback. SIGNED. 369pp. Duodecimo [18.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. Insignificant spine lean. The covers have several very faint tiny stains. There is a small glue stain on the verso of the front cover. There are numerous very small light stains on the top and fore edges of the text block. With the fold-outs at the center and... Read More
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Webster-Man's Man [Webster Man's Man]
by Kyne, Peter B.; Illustrated by Dean Cornwell
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. SIGNED. 384pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] Gray spine and boards, with gilt stamped titles. The extremities are moderately rubbed and bumped, and the frontispiece tissue-guard and title page are prominently foxed. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letter press printer, John Ruyle. Inscribed by the... Read More
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All the Young Men
by La Farge, Oliver
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/good. 272pp. Octavo [21 cm] Bluish-gray cloth over boards. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with large strips of adhered paper backing the reverse. A volume of short stories from the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "Laughing Boy.
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The Enemy Gods
by La Farge, Oliver
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Donation edition photographically reproduced from uncorrected galley proofs. Paperback. Large octavo [23.5 cm] Yellow and black printed wraps. Good. The wraps are partially detached. The wraps are also lightly soiled, chipped and creased. The pages are yellowed. There are small losses from the paper at the ends of the spine. Oliver La Farge is most... Read More
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The Fables of La Fontaine (inscribed by the translator with photograph)
by La Fontaine, Jean de; Translated by Marianne Moore; [Lila Hotz Luce Tyng]
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First trade edition, inscribed association copy. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. SIGNED. 342pp. Large octavo [24 cm] Blue cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip and La Fontaine's initials stamped in blind on the front board. The extremities are gently bumped and rubbed, and the cloth at the head of... Read More
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Come to the Utah Covered Wagon Days. Salt Lake City. July 22, 23, 24
by [Label]
Ephemera. Very Good. 4.5 cm by just over 6.5 cm. Vintage label.
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Our Own Green Confusion
by La Belle, Christine
New Rochelle, N.Y.: The Elizabeth Press, 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 59pp. Slim quarto [27 cm] Yellow paper covered boards with black ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. The top edge is trimmed, and has the publisher's yellow stain. Other edges untrimmed. In a plain stiff card slipcase. The book is in very good condition. There is... Read More
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Like a Rolling Stone: 40 anni di cantautori americani da Bob Dylan alle nuove generazioni
by Labianca, Ermanno
Firenze and Milano: Giunti, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. 240pp. Quarto [28 cm] Black cloth-effect paper over boards with white ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Italian text. Profusely illustrated. Very good. The extremities are bumped. In a very good dust jacket, with light surface and edge wear. A book featuring artists such as Beck,... Read More
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White Collar: A Novel in Linocuts
by [Labor] [Unionism] Patri, Giacomo
[San Francisco, CA], 1940. Second handmade edition. Paperback. Very Good +. Quarto [26.5 cm] in textured black wraps with the image of the man with the "white collar" printed in white on front wrap. Metal comb binding. The leaves are of a fine thin paper tissue. Covers professionally and very expertly reattached. Corners of wraps and spine ends... Read More
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O. C. Seltzer: Painter of the Old West
by Ladner, Mildred D.; [O. C. Seltzer]
Norman and Tulsa: University of Oklahoma Press - Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. 224pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Muted yellow cloth spine and boards. Very light bumping at the head and tail of the spine and just a trace of rubbing at the tips of the corners. The top edge of the text... Read More
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A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest
by Laennec, R. T. H.
Birmingham, AL: The Classics of Cardiology Library, 1986. Collector's Edition. Leather bound. Very good. 437pp. Octavo [22 cm] Decorative gilt-stamped maroon leather with raised spine bands, all edges gilt, bound-in pagemarker ribbon. Publisher's notes tucked in. Light rubbing to the boards. Special edition privately printed for the members of the Classics of Cardiology Library.
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The Sale of an Appetite
by Lafargue, Paul
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1904. First edition in English. Hardcover. Good +. 56pp. Octavo [21 cm] Tan cloth over boards, with black ink stamping and a pictorial label on the front board. There are several small stains on the boards, and the front board is subtly dampstained. The front pastedown has a small label, along with... Read More
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Laughing Boy
by La Farge, Oliver
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 302pp. Octavo [19.5 cm] Thickly woven yellow cloth covered boards with brown ink stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Publisher's brown top stain. The boards are lightly soiled, and the spine is darkened (Title still bold). There is a brief contemporary inscription at the head of... Read More
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A Pause in the Desert: A Collection of Short Stories
by La Farge, Oliver
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 235pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] 1/4 red cloth with yellow cloth over boards. Publisher's red topstain. The spine ends are moderately bumped and rubbed. In a price-clipped dust jacket, with subtle soiling to the panels, and a light amount of rubbing and chipping to the edges. Jacket art... Read More
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Canyon of Dreams; Stories From Grand Canyon History
by Lago, Don
Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press, 2014. First edition. Paperback. New. 368pp. [23 cm] Illustrated wraps. The Grand Canyon—long recognized as one of North America’s premier natural wonders—has stirred human imagination and creativity, leaving an indelible mark on all who have encountered its spectacular vistas and intricate landscapes. Stories of the canyon’s early inhabitants to its... Read More
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The Act of Marriage: The Beauty of Sexual Love
by LaHaye, Tim and Beverly
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1978. Thirteenth Printing. Hardcover. 294pp. Octavo [21 cm] Light orange brown cloth covered boards. Very good. The spine and a bit of the front cover are damp stained. The spine is slightly rolled. The dust jacket is in very good condition. The edges are creased, rubbed and chipped. There are a couple of... Read More
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Roman Stories
by Lahiri, Jhumpa; Todd Portnowitz (Translator)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. First American edition. Hardcover. New/New. 204pp. Octavo [21.5cm]. Light blue boards with title stamped in copper on spine. "These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri’s adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz. Stories steeped in the moods of Italian master Alberto... Read More
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