Wohnbauten von Heute
by Klaus Muller-Rehm
Berlin: Im Rembrandt-Verlag, 1955. Near Fine/Very Good. Berlin: Im Rembrandt-Verlag, [1955]. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); publisher's linen in photo-illustrated dust jacket; [8],220pp.; halftone photographic illus. throughout. Moderate wear and closed tears to jacket margins; a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Monograph on post-War residential German architecture, text entirely in German.
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![The Cheshire Cat's Eye: A Sharon McCone Mystery [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/344/884/1671884344.0.m.jpg)
The Cheshire Cat's Eye: A Sharon McCone Mystery [Signed]
by Marcia Muller
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. Very Good-/Very Good-. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1983]. Octavo; publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 149pp. Rather extensive glue residue to jacket and endpapers from jacket flaps having been previously pasted down, light wear and wrinkling to jacket, corners nudged, else a Good to Very Good copy.... Read More
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![Deceptions [Signed Limited Deluxe Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/432/137/1667137432.0.m.jpg)
Deceptions [Signed Limited Deluxe Edition]
by Marcia Muller
Eugene: Mystery Scene Press, 1991. Near Fine. Eugene: Mystery Scene Press, 1991. Deluxe Limited Edition, numbered 23 of 50 leatherbound copies on colophon at rear. Publisher's tan leather boards with gilt lettering. No dust jacket as issued. Boards are sturdy and square with very light nudging at spine ends. Binding is tight and pages unmarked. Signed... Read More
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![1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction [Signed by Both]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/958/721/1692721958.0.m.jpg)
1001 Midnights: The Aficionado's Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction [Signed by Both]
by Bill Pronzini; Marcia Muller
New York: Arbor House, 1986. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Arbor House, 1986. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (23.5cm); purple dust jacket with $39.95 price intact; black boards with black cloth spine and gray lettering; [x],879pp. Jacket lightly edgeworn with dust-soiling to surface and some color transfer to verso at spine ends. Boards a touch bumped at... Read More
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![Children of Ceausescu [Signed by Muller]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/621/618/1323618621.0.m.jpg)
Children of Ceausescu [Signed by Muller]
by Kent Klich; Herta Muller
New York: Umbrage Editions, 2001. Very Good. New York: Umbrage Editions, 2001. Stated First Edition. Signed by Herta Muller without inscription on title page. Quarto; unpaginated. Black and white photographs throughout, with text by Muller. Photographic boards with white, black, and gray lettering. No dust jacket, as issued. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends,... Read More
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![Passa-Tempo de' Curiosi, Nel quale si truouano compendiati, Sali Leggiadri, Motti Acuti, Facezie Piaceuoli, Burle Ridiculose E Bisticci Finissimi [WITH] Raccolta d'ingeniosissimi Proverbii a Sentenze per uso commune, satta et inquesta Forma ed Instanza de Virtuosi](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/458/933/1689933458.0.m.jpg)
Passa-Tempo de' Curiosi, Nel quale si truouano compendiati, Sali Leggiadri, Motti Acuti, Facezie Piaceuoli, Burle Ridiculose E Bisticci Finissimi [WITH] Raccolta d'ingeniosissimi Proverbii a Sentenze per uso commune, satta et inquesta Forma ed Instanza de Virtuosi
by Johann Mulmann
Lipsia [Leipzig]: Cristiano Gotze / Apresso Micaele Voigt, 1682. Very Good. First Editions. Two volumes in one; small, thick 12mo (13cm); full contemporary parchment, upper cover adorned with contemporary manuscript (see below), all edges stained red; 216, 114pp. (collated complete); blank leaves interwoven between each page in the first volume for easy note taking. Spotting to parchment, especially... Read More
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Sacred Mountains in Chinese Art
by Kiyohiko Munakata
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991. Very Good. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1991. First Edition. Tall quarto (35.5x25.5x2.5cm); 200pp, including glossary, index of artists, and bibliography. Forty-three figures; 101 plates—about a quarter of them in color. Pictorial wrappers in exceptionally heavy card; calligraphic pastedowns and flyleaves in dark goldenrod laid paper. Sewn gatherings. Textblock in heavy... Read More
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![Second to None: The Story of the 2d Maine Volunteer Infantry "The Bangor Regiment" [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/223/674/1457674223.0.m.jpg)
Second to None: The Story of the 2d Maine Volunteer Infantry "The Bangor Regiment" [Signed]
by James H. Mundy
Scarborough, ME: Harp Publications, 1992. Very Good +/Very Good +. Scarborough, ME: Harp Publications, 1992. First Edition. Signed by author on title page without inscription. Octavo. Black and white photographs, maps, and illustrations, including map endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket; blue boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket shows some light general rubbing. Boards show a touch... Read More
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![Carried Away [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/594/967/1664967594.0.m.jpg)
Carried Away [Signed Limited Edition]
by Alice Munro
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. Very Good +. [New York]: [Alfred A. Knopf], [1994]. Limited Edition, numbered 865 of an unspecified print run. Octavo (21cm);51pp. Side-stapled paper wraps. Covers light shelfworn along edges, with a faint crease at top front corner. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the author without inscription on limitation... Read More
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![Noodle [Signed by Leaf with original drawing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/311/902/1570902311.0.m.jpg)
Noodle [Signed by Leaf with original drawing]
by Munro Leaf; Ludwig Bemelmans [illus.]
New York: Frederick A Stokes, 1937. Very Good. New York: Frederick A Stokes Company, 1937. First Edition. Signed by Munro Leaf with Noodle doodle and brief inscription to previous owner. Oblong octavo. Unpaginated. Illustrations. Brown boards stamped in black and tan. No dust jacket. Light wear with minor soiling to boards. Binding is sound. Bookseller ticket... Read More
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![Wee Gillis [Limited Edition Signed by Leaf and Lawson with additional inscription by Leaf with original drawings]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/030/562/1699562030.0.m.jpg)
Wee Gillis [Limited Edition Signed by Leaf and Lawson with additional inscription by Leaf with original drawings]
by Munro Leaf; Robert Lawson [illus.]
New York: Viking Press, 1938. Very Good. New York: Viking Press, 1938. First Edition, Limited to 525 copies signed by the author and illustrator. Small quarto; original burlap over boards, green paper labels lettered in gilt mounted to upper cover and spine, pictorial endpapers; [74]pp.; illus. throughout. Wear at spine ends and corners with brief exposure, small gouge... Read More
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Chinesische Kunstgeschichte (2 Volumes)
by Oskar Münsterberg
Esslingen: Paul Neff Verlag, 1912. Very Good +. Esslingen: Paul Neff Verlag, 1910-1912. First Edition. Two volumes; oversize octavos (26cm.); recent full brown cloth, black paper spine labels lettered in tan; xiii,[3],350; xxi,[1],500pp.; color frontispiece, thirty-six color plates, half-tone illus. throughout text. Front hinge of Vol. I a bit loose, else a Very Good or better set in... Read More
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Kafka on the Shore
by Haruki Murakami
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First American Edition, stated. Octavo (24cm); illustrated dust jacket with $25.95 price intact; beige boards and blue spine with gilt lettering; [vi],436pp. Jacket lightly edgeworn with no chips, tears, or marks. Very slight twist to boards, with nudging at spine ends. Foxing to... Read More
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Masterpieces of Japanese Screen Painting: The American Collections
by Miyeko Murase
New York: George Braziller, 1990. Very Good/Very Good. New York: George Braziller, 1990. Stated First Edition. Quarto (32.5x37x3cm); 232pp, including glossary, artist biographies and index, screen index, and bibliographies. Illustrated with 7 B&W documentary photographs, 124 full-color images including the 37 catalogued screens, and 13 gatefold screen reproductions. Pictorial dustjacket. Lacquer-red spine stamping on marigold cloth. Dustjacket... Read More
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Delle Riflessioni sopra il Buon Gusto nelle Scienze e nell'Arti
by Lamindo Pritanio [pseud. Ludovico Antonio Muratori]
Venezia: Presso Niccolo Pezzana, 1736. Very Good-. Venezia [Venice]: Presso Niccolò Pezzana, 1736. Two volumes bound in one; 12mo (16cm.); full contemporary parchment, manuscript spine titling; 311,[1]; [4],335,[9]pp. Textblock significantly shaken and starting to separate from binding, parchment darkened along spine, small ink stain to textblock fore-edge, light foxing throughout, else Good to Very Good overall. ... Read More
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The Flight from the Enchanter
by Iris Murdoch
New York: The Viking Press, 1956. Near Fine/Very Good-. New York: The Viking Press, 1956. First American Edition. Octavo; pictorial gray cloth boards stamped in blue, gray topstain; pictorial dust jacket with $3.75 price intact; 316pp. Some foxing to boards and spine with spots along front spine joint, crown and tail of spine lightly bumped, spine slightly cocked,... Read More
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Sartre: Romantic Rationalist
by Iris Murdoch
Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1953. Very Good/Very Good. Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1953. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm); 78pp. Patterned dust jacket over brick cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn with heavy toning and couple waterspots to spine; verso toned and foxed. Spine slightly cocked. Endpapers toned. Opens easily between a few gatherings but binding is... Read More
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The Sea, The Sea
by Iris Murdoch
New York: The Viking Press, 1978. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1978. First American Edition. Octavo. 502pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray cloth-backed boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket toned and lightly worn along edges with a few minor nicks; spine sunned. Boards show light soiling and shelfwear to edges. Slight lean to boards but... Read More
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![The Message to the Planet [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/945/918/1688918945.0.m.jpg)
The Message to the Planet [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Iris Murdoch
London: Chatto & Windus, 1989. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Chatto & Windus, [1989]. First Edition, Limited to 150 copies of which this is no. 142. Octavo (24cm); publisher's cloth over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine, in original glassine dust jacket; [12],563pp. Front hinge just starting, textblock a bit toned, else Very Good to Near Fine. Signed by the... Read More
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The One Alone [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Iris Murdoch
London: Colophon Press / Old Town Books, 1995. Very Good +. London: Colophon Press with Old Town Books, 1995. First Edition Limited to 232 copies of which this is no. 58. Large, slim octavo (26cm); publisher's green stitched card wrappers, white paper paste-on lettered in green to upper cover; [32]pp. Very light wear to margins, else Very Good... Read More
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The Sandcastle: A Novel
by Iris Murdoch
New York: Viking Press, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Viking Press, 1957. First American Edition. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cloth-backed boards, pink topstain, in pink pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.95); [6],342pp. General wear and toning along jacket margins, spine panel quite faded, brief ink stain to bottom textblock edge, else Very Good and sound.
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![Joanna Joanna: A Play in Two Acts [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/381/541/1684541381.0.m.jpg)
Joanna Joanna: A Play in Two Acts [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Iris Murdoch
London: Colophon Press with Old Town Books, 1994. Fine. London: Colophon Press with Old Town Books, 1994. First Edition, Limited to 125 copies of which this is no. 4. Octavo; red cloth boards with white printed paper label and gilt stamped spine, gray paste downs and free endpapers; 93pp. A near Fine copy, signed by the author on... Read More
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A Treatise on the Art of Weaving, illustrated with engravings. With calculations and tables for the use of manufacturers
by John Murphy
Glasgow: Blackie, Fullarton, & Co, 1827. Very Good. Glasgow: Blackie, Fullarton, & Co., 1827. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Thick octavo; modern tan calf over marbled paper-covered boards, red gilt spine labels; [4],[2],xiv,518pp. (collated complete); engraved frontispiece and fourteen leaves of plates, one partly hand-colored, 4pp. of pictorial publisher's advertisements bound at head of volume on yellow stock,... Read More
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![The Seven League Boots [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/008/297/1717297008.0.m.jpg)
The Seven League Boots [Signed]
by Albert Murray
New York: Pantheon Books, 1995. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Pantheon Books, 1995. Stated First Edition. Octavo (24cm); 369pp. Publisher’s illustrated dust jacket with $25.00 price intact; boards quarter-bound in black cloth with gilt stamping to front panel and spine. Dust jacket bumped at spine ends and corners; curled along edges. Boards bumped; otherwise clean. Binding... Read More
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The Omni-Americans: New Perspectives on Black Experience and American Culture
by Albert Murray
New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey / Distributed by E.P. Dutton, 1970. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey / Distributed by E.P. Dutton, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 227 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$6.95" price present. Green boards with white lettering to spine; blue endpapers. Dust jacket worn and creased along edges with general... Read More
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