Gone: Site-specific Works by Dorothy Cross
by Robin Lydenberg
McMullen Museum of Art (Boston College), 2005. Original wraps. Fine. SIGNED BY ARTIST DOROTHY CROSS on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the catalogue based on the April-July 2005 exhibition at Boston College's McMullen Museum. Tight and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, first-rate color reproductions thruout.
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The Temple of Glass
by John Lydgate
Cambridge, England: Cambride University Press, 1905. Collectible; Very Good. 1905 facsimile, limited to only 250 copies and based on the 1477 William Caxton printing. Handsome dark-green boards backed in an elegant vellum. Quarto, unpaginated. Attractive former-owner bookplate to front pastedown.
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Educating the Child at Home: Personal Training and the Work Habit
by Ella Frances Lynch
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1914. Cloth. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the scarce 1914 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its blue boards, with bright, unflecked titling at the front panel and spine. 16mo, important early work on home schooling, part of the Harper & Brothers "Books for the Household" series.
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Broad Bait!
by Jack Lynn
Chicago: Novel Books, 1962. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1962 stated 2nd printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Small former owner stamp at the bottom of the title page. Pocketbook, Novel Books 5083. "He was tall, dark and a Fed, sure -- but that didn't explain why there was a new... Read More
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3 Passionate Sisters!
by Jack Lynn
Chicago: Novel Books, 1962. Original wraps. Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1962 1st printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Pocketbook, Novel Books 6023. "Three 43-23-33 23 year old triplets who looked exactly alike outside -- but inside one was going wild for men, one for women, and one for incredible torture orgies! But which... Read More
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The Autobiography of Billy McCune
by Billy McCune (Introduction by Danny Lyon)
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER DANNY LYON (WHO WROTE THE MOVING INTRODUCTION) on the title page. A sharp, near pristine copy to boot of the 1973 stated 1st printing. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, a gripping account of a life caught in the unforgiving... Read More
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Pictures from the New World (The Signed/Limited Edition in Slipcase)
by Danny Lyon
Millerton, NY: Aperture, Inc, 1981. Cloth. Fine. A pristine copy of the 1981 signed/limited. #325 OF 400 COPIES SIGNED BY DANNY LYON AT THE LIMITATION AND INCLUDING THE PUBLISHER'S SLIPCASE. Tight and Fine in its russet cloth. Oblong quarto, crisp black-and-white reproductions. And in a matching cloth slipcase. Lacking the signed print that accompanies a number of the... Read More
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The Paper Negative
by Danny Lyon
Bleak Beauty, 1980. 1st. Soft Cover. SIGNED BY DANNY LYON on the half-title. A Fine copy to boot in wraps of the 1980 1st edition. Quarto, 63 pgs. Signed by Author(s).
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Sept Causes Celebres
by Maast
Paris: Fontaine, 1946. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. The 23rd volume in the wonderful "L'Age D'Or" series, issued out of Paris in 1946. Clean and VG+ (with very light wear at the spine crown) in its dark-gray, pictorial wrappers. 64mo (miniature), 26 pgs.
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Orfevrerie Francaise des XVI/XVII/XVIII Siecles: Catalogue Raisonne des Collections du Musee des Arts Decoratifs et du Musee Nissim de Camondo
by Gerard Mabille
Paris: Musee des Arts Decoratifs/Flammarion, 1989. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1984 catalogue raisonne. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, 237 pgs.
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Tara: A Pagan Sanctuary of Ancient Ireland
by R.A.S. Macalister
London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The 1931 true 1st edition, with BOTH the letter 'A' and the Scribner colophon at the title page. A presentable copy to boot in its pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG (ink name at the front free endpaper, light offsetting to the endsheets) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light... Read More
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Black and White
by David Macaulay
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990. 1/4 cloth. Fine/Fine. David Macaulay. SIGNED BY DAVID MACAULAY on the front free endpaper. An immaculate copy to boot of the 1990 true 1st edition (and 1991 Caldecott winner). Tight and Fine in its 1/4 cloth over light-gray boards. And in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Tall, thin quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by David... Read More
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Animals Observed: A Look at Animals in Art
by Dorcas MacClintock
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (The Macmillan Company), 1993. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY DORCAS MACCLINTOCK on the half-title. A pristine copy to boot of the 1993 stated 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout in crisp black-and-white and color.
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The Saeboard Parish
by George Macdonald
New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1876. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome copy of this 1876 sequel to "Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood". Bright and VG+ in its beautiful dark-green, decorative cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and design along the spine. Light foxing at several of the preliminaries (including the title page and frontispiece), otherwise very clean.... Read More
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Card Mastery
by Michael Macdougall
Brooklyn, NY: D. Robbins & Co, 1975. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of this 1975 printing out of Brooklyn by D. Robbins at "House of E-Z Magic". Clean and Near Fine in its red pictorial wrappers. 12mo, with over 100 figures (close-ups) complementing Michael Macdougall's text.
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Some Experiences in Hungary: August 1914 to January 1915
by Mina Macdonald
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1916. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. the 1916 1st edition. Clean and solid and G+ in its dark cloth, with bright paper spine label. 12mo, 135 pgs.
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The Murderer and His Victim
by John M. Macdonald
Springfield, IL: Charles Thomas, 1961. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. The 1961 1st edition of this scholarly study in true crime by the formidable Charles Thomas Publishers of Springfield, IL. Solid and VG to VG+ (light offsetting along the pastedowns and endsheets) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with mild offsetting at the rear flap. Thick octavo, 420... Read More
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Vida y Obras de Autores Mexicanos
by Dr. Raymond L. Grismer and Mary B. Macdonald
Havana, Cuba: Editorial "Alfa, 1945. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR RAYMOND GRISMER TO "PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE" on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1945 1st edition of this uncommon study of 20th century Mexican literature. Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with mild darkening along the... Read More
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Ports and Terminal Facilities
by Roy S. MacElwee
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1918. Cloth. Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1918 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with light rubbing to the gilt-titling along the spine and very minor spotting at the rear panel. Octavo, over one hundred photographs and illustrations throughout.
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Lectures on Ten British Mathematicians of the Nineteenth Century
by Alexander Macfarlane
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1916. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1916 1st edition. VG in its light green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. One minor stain to the rear panel and a small former owner signature at the front pastedown, otherwise very clean. Octavo, 148 pgs.
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The Book of LOVAT Claud Fraser
by Haldane Macfall
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good. Uncommon monograph on British artist Lovat Fraser (1890-1921). #73 OF ONLY 150 COPIES ISSUED, EACH SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR HALDANE MACFALL at the limitation. Solid and VG in its illustrated boards, with light soiling to the front panel, a tiny former owner bookplate at the front pastedown and mild... Read More
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The Cellini Plaque
by Harold MacGrath
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1925. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1925 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine crown, light creasing to the spine base and light wear along the front flap-fold. 12mo, 252 pgs.
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The Chronicle of Clemendy
by Arthur Machen
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1926 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ in a crisp, price-intact ("$2.50"), VG dustjacket, with fading along the spine, a 1" chip at the rear panel's top-edge and very light chipping to its bottom-edge. 12mo, 308 pgs.
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My 66 Years in the Big Leagues: The Great Story of America's National Game
by Connie Mack
Philadelphia: Universal House, 1950. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A rarity in baseball literature: SALESMAN'S SAMPLE-- ALSO KNOWN AS SALESMAN'S DUMMY-- OF CONNIE MACK'S LEGENDARY BIOGRAPHY. Probably less than 50 copies printed. A clean, bright, Near Fine example--in its truncated form. Bright red pictorial cloth, octavo, tight binding. A handsome, streamlined edition intended to spur on advance orders. ... Read More
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Basic Musical Library, P Series, 1-1000
by Larry F. Kiner and Harry Mackenzie
Greenwood Press, 1990. 1st. Hardcover. A Fine copy of the 1990 1st edition. Without dustjacket as issued. Octavo, 326 pgs., review copy with review slip laid-in.
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