Red Mesa: A Tale of the Southwest
by Warren H. Miller
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1923. Very Good +. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1923. First Edition with "1" to final page. Octavo. 262 pp. + advertisements. Frontis. Orange cloth stamped in black. No dust jacket. Touch of edgewear to boards with mild smudging. Spine slightly cocked. Binding sound and interior unmarked; Very Good or better.... Read More
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State and Society in Eighteenth-Century France: A Study of Political Power and Social Revolution in Languedoc
by Stephen Miller
Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2008. Very Good/Very Good. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2008. First Edition. Octavo; xi, 322pp. Illustrated dust jacket over brown leatherette with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket very lightly creased near head of spine, but crisp, with no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square.... Read More
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John Dalton
by J.P. Millington
London / New York: J.M. Dent & Co. / E.P. Dutton & Co, 1906. Very Good. London / New York: J.M. Dent & Co. / E.P. Dutton & Co., 1906. First Edition. Small octavo (19cm); publisher's green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt; xii,225pp.; portrait frontispiece. Spine gilt a bit dulled, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good and... Read More
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Four Days' Wonder
by A.A. Milne
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1933. Very Good/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1933. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; 288pp. Moderate soil and wear to jacket and cloth margins, jacket spine panel a bit sunned, endpapers quite browned, else Very Good and sound. The creator of Winnie-the-Pooh... Read More
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A Short View of the Chief Arguments Against the Catholic Petition Now Before Parliament, and of Answers to Them, in a Letter to a Member of the House of Commons
by J[ohn] Milner
London: Keating, Brown and Co, 1805. Very Good. London: Keating, Brown and Co., 1805. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 53pp. Leather remnants along spine, textblock a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. One of myriad polemical tracts penned by Catholic controversialist John Milner (1752-1826), who, after receiving his clerical training in Douais, France, returned to London where... Read More
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The Separate Notebooks
by Czeslaw Milosz
New York: The Ecco Press, 1984. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Ecco Press, 1984. First Edition. Octavo (21.5 cm), [xi], 212pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with author photo on back and price intact ($17.50). Boards quarter bound in black cloth and dark orange paper with gilt stamping on spine and blind stamping on front cover. ... Read More
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![Paint, Pattern and People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850 [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/619/789/1424789619.0.m.0.jpg)
Paint, Pattern and People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850 [Signed]
by Wendy A. Cooper; Lisa Minardi
Winterthur: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2011. Very Good/Very Good. Winterthur: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2011. First Edition. Signed by both authors on titlepage. Quarto (31x24x3cm); xxvi + 278pp, including bibliography and index. Richly illustrated throughout with color photographs and historical background documentation. Illustrated dustjacket over golden ochre cloth with title blind-stamped... Read More
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Sarasoju: The Sal Tree
by Minojo [Mieko Yoshikami]; Miyuki Yoshikami [trans.]; Shuko Yoshikami [trans.]
Bethesda: Private Edition [Decatur Press], 1998. Very Good. Bethesda: Private Edition [Decatur Press], 1998. Octavo; 127pp. Celadon paper binding with black lettering on face. Haiku verses printed in three parallel formats: original Japanese script; romanized Japanese; and English. Slight fading to spine. Half-dollar-sized light water mark on back cover; goes through to back couple pages. Textblock clean, square,... Read More
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![[Vinyl Record] The World of Folk Music Starring Oscar Brand: Show #96 Guest Star Bob Dylan; Show #97 Guest Star The New Christy Minstrels](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/654/423/1606423654.0.m.jpg)
[Vinyl Record] The World of Folk Music Starring Oscar Brand: Show #96 Guest Star Bob Dylan; Show #97 Guest Star The New Christy Minstrels
by Bob Dylan; Oscar Brand; The New Christy Minstrels
[Washington, DC]: The World of Folk Music / The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Social Security Administration, 1963. Very Good. [Washington, DC]: The World of Folk Music / The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - Social Security Administration, 1963. 12" x 12" [sleeve]. Double-sided 33 1/3 RPM vinyl record with paper label in original plain... Read More
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The Sound of Waves: A Love Story
by Yukio Mishima
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. First Edition, stated. Octavo (21.2cm); illustrated dust jacket with $3.00 price intact; boards in dark green cloth with purple title and illustration panels; yellow topstain; [iv],182pp. Shallow chips, tears, and some creasing along jacket edges, with fading to spine and scattered foxing to... Read More
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![Telegraph 3 A.M.: The Street People of Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California [Inscribed and Twice Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/117/292/1615292117.0.m.jpg)
Telegraph 3 A.M.: The Street People of Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California [Inscribed and Twice Signed]
by Richard Misrach
Berkeley, CA: Cornucopia Press, 1974. Near Fine/Very Good. [Berkeley, CA]: Cornucopia Press, 1974. First Edition, Limited to 300 copies. Slim square quarto (26cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price, pictorial endpapers; [80]pp.; chiefly black and white photographic illus. Jacket uniformly toned to tan, light wear to margins and spine crown, else a Near Fine copy... Read More
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![[Drop title] The Kansas City Strike](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/960/979/1663979960.0.m.jpg)
[Drop title] The Kansas City Strike
by [Missouri - Labor History] J.D. Havens et al.
Kansas City, MO, 1900. Very Good+. Kansas City, MO: s.i., 1900. First Edition. Octavo bifolium (23cm.). Previous folds, else Near Fine. Angry open letter dated March 23, 1900, signed in print at the end of the text by five members of the city's Typothetae regarding the ongoing strike organized by the Feeders' Union, the Pressmen's Union, and... Read More
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Westways: A Village Chronicle
by S. Weir Mitchell
New York: Century Co, 1913. Very Good/Good. New York: Century Co., 1913. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white decorative dust jacket; [8],510pp. Jacket chipped and worn along extremities with shallow loss at spine crown, dark dampstaining along top- and fore-edge of front panel not affecting cloth or textblock, spine panel significantly toned, corners bumped, light soil to... Read More
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![A Red File for Callan: An Inner Sanctum Mystery [alt. title: A Magnum for Schneider]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/834/694/1450694834.0.m.jpg)
A Red File for Callan: An Inner Sanctum Mystery [alt. title: A Magnum for Schneider]
by James Mitchell
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1969. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 173pp. Light edge wear to jacket and cloth extremities, boards bowing a bit at fore-edge, brief tape residue to jacket verso, textblock margins a bit foxed, else a Very Good, bright... Read More
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![McSorley's Wonderful Saloon [Inscribed and Signed to Richard Merkin]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/133/066/1696066133.0.m.jpg)
McSorley's Wonderful Saloon [Inscribed and Signed to Richard Merkin]
by Joseph Mitchell
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943. First Edition with "I" to copyright page. Signed by Joseph Mitchell with inscription to professional dandy and New Yorker illustrator Richard Merkin with inscription, "To my colleague Richard Merkin whose work I greatly admire. Joseph Mitchell New York City April 7,... Read More
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Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1936. Second Printing with "Published June 1936" to copyright page. Octavo. 1037 pp. Gray cloth stamped in dark blue. Lacks dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with some minor fraying, a short tear with some separation to top of spine, and rubbing to spine and... Read More
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The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy. A Poem, in Four Cantos, with Notes
by John Mitford
London: Published for the Author, and Sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823. Very Good. London: Published for the Author, and Sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823. Third Edition. Octavo. 284 pp. 20 hand-colored plates including frontispiece, complete. Bound in 20th-century quarter calf over marbled boards; raised banks decorated in gilt and blind with black leather title... Read More
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The Blessing
by Nancy Mitford
New York: Random House, 1951. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1951. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 305 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark blue boards stamped in light blue, silver, and gilt; gray endpapers with flecks of gilt. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped and creased along edges with a few short tears; general rubbing and scuffing. Boards edgeworn and... Read More
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![Poems [Signed and Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/868/488/1689488868.0.m.jpg)
Poems [Signed and Inscribed]
by Adrian Mithcell
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. Very Good/Very Good. London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); illustrated dust jacket with 12s 6d net price intact; boards in patterned gray cloth and black cloth spine with gilt lettering; 61pp. Jacket rubbed along edges with a small bump and crease at bottom rear, darkening to spine, and scattered foxing, with much... Read More
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![Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War. A Memoir [Inscribed and Signed by Gbowee]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/754/388/1693388754.0.m.jpg)
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War. A Memoir [Inscribed and Signed by Gbowee]
by Leymah Gbowee; Carol Mithers
New York: Beast Books, 2011. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Beast Books, 2011. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (24cm); publisher's boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket; x,246pp.; two leaves of full color photographic plates printed on rectos and verses. A bit of shelf wear, textblock uniformly toned; overall Very Good. Inscribed and signed on half title, "To:... Read More
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Neuzeit und Aufklarung: Studien zur entstehung der neuzeitlichen
by Jurgen Mittelstrass
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co, 1970. Very Good. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; xiii,[3],651pp. Corners tapped, spine a shade sunned and slightly soiled at foot, brief dust-soil to textblock extremities, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound.
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Die Rettung der Phanomene: Ursprung und geschichte eines antiken forschungsprinzips
by Jurgen Mittelstrass
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co, 1962. Very Good. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1962. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; [8],281pp. Minor shelf wear, spine a shade sunned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound.
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![Levier-Intellectuel-Allevy. Dedie aux peuples du XIXe Siècle. Nouvel enseignement applicable a toutes les sciences [Signed by Achille Allevy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/768/261/1681261768.0.m.jpg)
Levier-Intellectuel-Allevy. Dedie aux peuples du XIXe Siècle. Nouvel enseignement applicable a toutes les sciences [Signed by Achille Allevy]
by [Mnemotechnics] Emilie, Achille and Alcide Allevy
Paris: Chez les Auteurs, 1849. Very Good. Paris: Chez les Auteurs, Rue de la Harpe, 90, 1849. First Edition. 32mo (10.5cm); contemporary crimson roan over orange moiré-patterned paper-covered boards; [10],72pp.; illus. throughout, text printed lithograph from pictorial manuscript. Margins quite worn, brief ink stain to spine foot, textblock a bit finger soiled and shaken in binding and starting... Read More
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![Guide for Civil Defense Action in the Washington Warning Area [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/808/539/1680539808.0.m.jpg)
Guide for Civil Defense Action in the Washington Warning Area [cover title]
by United States Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959. Good+. [Washington, DC]: [U.S. Government Printing Office], [1959]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's staple bound pictorial self-wrappers; 15pp.; large folding map printed in black and red bound in at center fold, text illus. throughout. Wrappers quite toned and rather soiled, brief worm-holing to upper cover, else Good to Very Good, contents... Read More
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
by Evelyn Piper [pseud. Merriam Modell]
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in black pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.95); [6],184pp. Light shelf wear to jacket and board margins, corners bumped, textblock lightly toned, else Very Good and sound. A Harper Novel of... Read More
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