Négociations de la France dans le Levant, ou, Correspondances, mémoires et actes diplomatiques das ambassadeurs de France à Constantinople et des ambassadeurs, envoyés ou résidents à divers titres à Venise, Raguse, Rome, Malte et Jérusalem en Turquie, Perse, Géorgie, Crimée, Syrie, Égypte, etc. et dans les états de Tunis, d'Alger et de Maroc. (4 volumes,. complete)
by E. Charrière
Paris: Imprimerie Imperiale, 1848. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Complete 4 volume set in original paper-backed boards 1848, 1850, 1853 and 1860. Large 4to. cxxxv, 663 (1); xi, 823, (1); lxiv, 951, (1); 787. Spines cocked, covers soiled and stained. Internals quite nice when high quality paper is present; parts of Volume 111 are tanned heavily (pulp content). Side... Read More
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THE CANTERBURY TALES
by Chaucer, Geoffrey. Szyk, Arthur (illustrations)
NY: Limited Editions Club, 1946. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine. About as nice as one would expect to see, in decorated slipcase as issued. Designed by George Macy with decorated initials and headings by Charles E. Skaggs and illustrated with full-page color plates by Arthur Szyk, signed by Szyk on the colophon. Limited to 1500 copies. ... Read More
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THE WAPSHOT CHRONICLE (with) THE WAPSHOT SCANDAL (2 titles)
by Cheever, John
NY: Harper & Brothers, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. Cheever's two Wapshot titles, both first editions, absent any names, bookplates or inscriptions, both dustjackets unclipped. Chronicle, 1957, dustjacket is moderately worn/chipped about the edges, and the spine a wee sun-faded with some shallow chipping at ends. Scandal, 1964, dustjacket has some incidental wear spine head,... Read More
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NOTE-BOOK OF ANTON CHEKHOV
by Chekhov, Anton. S. S. Koteliansky and Leonard Woolf (translated by)
NY: B. W. Huenbsch, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Ownership copy of Dr.Louis Aronson and his wife Dr. Emma Aronson, he a prominent neurologist and psychiatrist, with their bookplate on the front pastedown and with Louis' name and NYC address on the front cover. 8vo, 146pp, blue paper over boards, black cloth spine. Cocked and browned spine, soiled... Read More
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LES PENSEES DE MOMO
by Chevalier, Maurice. (Dietrich, Marlene)
Paris: Presses de la Cite, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Presumed first edition of a book of sayings composed by French actor and singer Maurice Chevalier. Copy owned by the legendary Marlene Dietrich, inscribed to her by Chevalier on the half title: "Pout toi - Merveilleuse Marlinou que ne sont pour le reste de ma... Read More
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Rock Gardens and Rock Plants: Report of the Conference Held By the Royal Horticultural Society and the Alpine Garden Society at the Greycoat Street Hall, May 5, 6 and 7, 1936
by Chittenden, F. J. (editor)
London: The Royal Horticultural Society, 1936. First Edition. Red Cloth. Near Fine +/No Dj. Edges and corners sharp. Minor bump to bottom spine end. Binding tight, text clean. Some black and white photographs. Model copy.
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Eleil Saarinen: Finish American Architect and Educator
by Christ-Janer, Albert. (Pelli, Cesar). (Saarinen, Eero)
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984. First Edition Thus. Soft cover. Near Fine. Firs paperback edition 1984 of the revied edition 1979 after the firts 1948. Ownership copy of architct Cesar Pelli (1926-2019) with his signature and sate 10/99 in his hand upper right corner ffe. An importanmt ownership copy in that Pelli worked for the Saarinens early... Read More
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Contemporary American Erotic Photography: Volume I: Prestige Collection
by Chris Callis, Phillip Dixon, Jeff Dunas, Robert Farber, Larry Dale Gordon, Mitchel Gray, Art Kane, Antonin Kratochvil, Stan Malinowski, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ken Marcus, Richard Noble, Peter Strongwater. (photograophs by)
LA: Melrose Publishing, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/Near Fine. An apparently unused copy, fine in fine dw.
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Christo: Collection on Loan from The Rothschild Bank AG, Zurich
by Christo. Adler, Sebastian, J. (introduction by)
La Jolla CA: La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Almost As New. Stiff pictorial wraps. Exhibition catalogue orgnazied by the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art November 21, 1981 - January 3, 1982.
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Christo & Jeanne-Claude: Verhulter/Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971 - 1995 (An Update on the Project)
by Christo
Koln: Benedickt Taschen, 1996. First Edition. Stiff Pictorial Wraps. Fine. An update on the project. In German and Englsih. 96p. Illustrated.
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The Youth's Instructer and Guardian, Volume 3, Numbers 7-12
by Methodist Episcopal Church
Np: Published for Methodist Episcopal Church (printer not identified), 1825. First Editions. Half Leather. Good+. Six monthly issues, July 1825 to December 1825, Volume 3, Numbers 7 - 12, pp 217 - 428, 429-432 (contents) issued by the Methodist Episcopal Church bound in one volume, 12mo, half-leather over marbelized paper-covered boards. Worn but firmlly bound, with scattered foxing.... Read More
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Youth's Instructer, and Sabbath School and Bible Class Assistant Volume 2, Numbers 7-12
by Methodist Episcopal Church
Np: Published for Methodist Episcopal Church (printer not identified), 1830. First Editions. Half Leather. Good+. Six monthly issues, October 1830 to March 1831, Volume 2, Numbers 7 - 12, pages 217 - 432, issued by the Methodist Episcopal Church bound in one volume, 12mo, half-leather over marbelized paper-covered boards. Worn but firmlly bound, with scattered foxing. Contemporary bookplate... Read More
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Le Pistole di Cicerone ad Attico, fatte volgari da M. Matteo Senarega
by CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS
Venice: (Aldus), 1655. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Small octavo, contemporary full vellum, blue-stained edges, original spine labels, 399p + blank. Free front endpaper with some loss from indelicate erasure on the verso of some of the notations in Latin. Very nice copy indeed.
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HANSOM FILMBILDER (TONFILMSERIE)
by (German/international cinema)
(Germany): Hansom Co, 1930. Presumed First or Early Edition. Soft cover. Fine. A German cigarette card album from the Hansom company, printed stiff paper covers, oblong 9" x 12," 37 pages, with glassine guard sheets, containing all 168 tipped-in cards in fine condition, plus 3 full page photos. Cards for German and international movie stars including: Luis Trenker,... Read More
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Michel Ciry
by Ciry, Michel (art and journals of). Droit, Michel (introduction by)
Neuchatel: Ides et Calendes, 1977. First Edition. Cloth Boards, Gilt Title Spine. Fine/Fine. Beautifully produced book combining French artist Ciry's journal writings with his paintings, most in color. Laid in are three b&w photographs each with either the artist's signature or handwritten notes on their versos. One is photograph of the artist, the other b&w reproductionsof canvases that... Read More
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Dedication of the Monument at Andersonville, Georgia, October 23, 1907, in Memory of the Men of Connecticut Who Suffered in Southern Military Prisons, 1861-1865
by (Civil War, Connecticut)
Hartford: Published by the State (Connnecticut), 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. The actual, original edition, published in 1908, large 8vo, blue, ribbed cloth, gilt-pressed titles and vignette to front and titles to spine. Two frontispieces of sepia photographs of the Union soldier sculpture monument (one of his face in close-up) separated by tissue guard. 73pp. Laid-in... Read More
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THE CRAIG CLAIBORNE JOURNAL Vol 1, No. 1
by Claiborne, Craig
NY: Clairborne-Franey, Inc, 1973. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Single copy of the very first issue of Claiborne's short-lived newsletter of recipes, food philosophizing, and charming anecdotes that Claiborne started with his longtime friend and former chef at Le Pavillon, Pierre Franey, when he left The New York Times as its food critic in 1971.
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The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
by Clarke, Adam
Phildalephia: Thomas Cowperthwait, 1845. New Edition, Improved. Hardcover. Very Good. Original binding, full claf, leather spine labels. Calf worn, soiled and darkened, but book remains firmly bound, remarkable for its almost unweildy thickness - 455p + 546pages. Leaves toned uniformly and spotted here and there. Frontispiece map of the Mediterranean world showing important sites in the New Testament.... Read More
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A Critical Digest of Some of the Newer Work Upon Homosexuality in Man and Woman
by Dr. L. Pierce Clark
Utica NY: State Hospital Press, 1914. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. Booklet, paper covers, glues spine, 59 pages, rear cover detached, paper over spine and edges chipped, leaves undamaged. Leon Pierce Clark (1870 - 1933) was an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. He was the president of the American Psychopathological Association (APPA) during 1923 and 1924. This pamphlet... Read More
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HOME CANNING IN WARTIME: A VICTORY GUIDE TO CANNING, PRESERVING, PICKLING AND DRYING
by Elsie Clarke
NY: The World Publishing Company, 1943. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Good+. Uncommon US wartime home economics publication. Red plastic spiral, pictorial covers, soiled. 123 pages, leaves toned, as expected (cheap, pulp, wartime, stock).
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Baxter Colour Prints
by Clarke, H. George
London: Maggs Bros, 1919. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. Significant toning. Pieces missing spine and corners.
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Journal of Contemporary Art Vol. 5 No. 1
by Clark, Larry et al (interview of)
NY: Journal of Contemporary Art, 1992. Trade Paperback. NF. Spring 1992 edition. Includes 20 page interview of photographer Larry Clark by German artist Jutta Koether.
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INTO SIAM UNERGROUND KINGDOM
by Nicol Smith and Blake Clark
Indianoplis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG+. Memoir by Nicol Smith, WWII OSS officer, about organizing Thai patriots in the underground movement against Japanese occupation. A hard-to-find title: Smith's books on operations in Burma more common. Illustrated: endpaper maps, lots of b&w photos. Near fine copy, no owner names or markings, in unclipped dustjacket lightly worn. ... Read More
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Pot Luck
by Clark, Roland; Holman, John P. (Introduction by)
West Hartford, VT: The Countryman Press, 1945. Rust Cloth. Near Fine +. Illustrated By the Author. Color illustrations throughout. Edges and corners sharp. In G+ paper-board publisher's slipcase with worn corners and edges, tear to paper title pasted on front panel, and seperated left edge rear panel. Text clean, binding tight.
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Roland Clark's Etchings
by Clark, Roland
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1938. Limited. Red and Cream Cloth. Fine. Red and coarse-weave cream cloth binding, in a red cloth case. 718 of 800 copies. Edges and corners sharp, previous owner name blind-stamped at ffe, in a good slipcase with edges and corners worn, left and bottom panel of lid separated at corners, and mild scuffing... Read More
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