The Rehearsal Transpros'd and The Rehearsal Transpros'd (The Second Part)
by Andrew Marvell
London: Oxford University Press, 1971. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1971 1st thus, edited by D.I.B. Smith. Tight and Near Fine (small, tasteful bookplate at the front pastedown) in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of creasing at the spine base and light soiling to the rear panel. Thick octavo, 411... Read More
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The Wooing of a Recluse
by Gregory Marword
New York: The Devin-Adair Company, 1927. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE BOOK'S PUBLISHER, HENRY GARRITY, on the half-title. A handsome copy to boot of the 1927 2nd printing. Clean and VG+ in its decorative cloth with bright gilt-lettering and design to front panel. Also including a VG copy of the onion-skin dustjacket AND... Read More
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Life and Letters of Catharine M. Sedgwick
by Mary E. Dewey, Ed
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1871 1st edition. Solid and VG in its chocolate-brown cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and rule at the front panel and somewhat rubbed lettering along the darkened spine. Internally solid and clean, save for a touch of light staining at the lower-tip... Read More
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Maryland's Revolutionary Hero: The Story of Colonel Tench Tilghman in Prose and Poetry
by Vincent Godfrey Burns (Poet Laureate of Maryland)
Washington, D.C.: New World Books, 1963. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR VINCENT GODFREY BURNS on the front free endpaper. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1963 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo, partly biography-in-verse!
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Good Friday
by John Masefield
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1955. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. The 1955 re-issue (following the 1917 original printing), WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JOHN MASEFIELD on the front free endpaper. A clean, Near Fine copy to boot. 12mo, 49 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box.
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Lollingdon Downs and Other Poems (in Dustjacket)
by John Masefield
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1917. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. The 1917 1st edition, IN THE PUBLISHER'S UNCOMMON PRINTED DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ (with light offsetting at the title page) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 53 pgs.
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The Great Introduction to the Science of Astrology
by Abu Ma'shar
Frankfurt, Germany: Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Sciences, 1985. Boards. Fine. A sharp, all-but-pristine copy of this 1985 facsimile reprint of the manuscript written in 886 A.D. Clean and Fine in its wine-red boards. Octavo, part of the "Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Sciences" series (Series C--Volume 21), published out of Frankfurt.
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Fes: Capitale Artistique De L'Islam
by Didier Madras & Boris Maslow
Casablanca: Editions Paul Bory, 1947. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A sharp copy of the 1947 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original wrappers. And in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light soiling to the rear panel and light wear along the spine crown. 12mo, 219 pgs., crisp black-and-white plates thruout.
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Guide to the Cairo Museum
by G. Maspero
Cairo: Printing Office of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, 1908. Three-Quarter Leather. Collectible; Very Good. 1908 fourth edition, translated from the original French by J.E. and A.A. Quibell. Beautifully bound in 3/4 dark green leather by Blackwell Bindery of Oxford. A bright, VG+, nicely-preserved copy in contemporary-to-the-period morocco over marbled boards. Octavo, 551 pgs. Internally immaculate as... Read More
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Man'oushe: Inside the Lebanese Street Corner Bakery
by Barbara Abdeni Massaad
Northampton, MA: Interlink Books, 2014. Pictorial boards. Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 2014 1st American edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, first-rate color photographs throughout (by Barbara Abdeni Massaad and Raymond Yazbeck). A lavish celebration of the man'oushe, the "cherished national pie of Lebanon
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The Songs of Schubert: A Guide for Singers, Teachers, Students and Accompanists
by C.E. Le Massena
New York: G. Schirmer, Inc, 1928. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1928 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine (small name tag at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping along the spine crown, the rear panel's top-edge and the tips. Octavo, with "Interpretive Suggestions" by Hans... Read More
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The Incredible Truth
by Chris Massie
New York: Berkley Books, 1959. Original wraps. Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1959 1st paperback edition. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Pocketbook, Berkley Books G256. "A man and two women enter upon an exotic design for living
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Cockle Stew and Other Rhymes
by Diane Redfield Massie
New York: Atheneum, 1967. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Fine. Diane Redfield Massie. A beautiful copy of the 1967 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (very small, neat inscription at the front free endpaper) in a crisp, price-intact ($3.95), Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout in vivid color by the author herself, Diane Redfield Massie.
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Zola Photographe
by Francois Emile-Zola et Massin
Paris: Editions "Cahiers d'Art, 1990. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the 1990 1st thus. Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 191 pgs., 480 crisp black-and-white photographs.
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Nocturnal Notebook (In Dustjacket)
by Andre Masson
New York: Curt Valentin, 1944. Original wraps. Near Fine/Near Fine. A particularly crisp, presentable copy of the 1944 1st edition, limited to 650 copies. Solid and Near Fine in its light-brown, pictorial wrappers. And in a very clean, Near Fine example of the publisher's glassine dustjacket. Quarto, 14 surrealistic drawings ("made in a few hours one night in... Read More
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Golf
by Arnaud Massy
New York: Brentano's, 1922. Cloth. Near Fine. A very impressive copy of the 1922 1st American edition, translated from its original French by A.R. Allinson. Tight and Near Fine to Fine in its red cloth. Internally immaculate as well, with no writing or markings of any kind. 12mo, includes "13 diagrams and 12 plates
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Poemes de Charles d'Orleans
by Charles D'Orleans (Henri Mastisse)
Paris: Teriade Editeur, 1950. Original wraps. Near Fine/Near Fine. Henri Matisse. Lovely 1950 collection of Henri Matisse's lithographed color pages, playfully rendered in soft blues and greens and oranges. #605 OF 1,200 COPIES SIGNED BY MATISSE at the limitation. A very sharp copy to boot, sparkling in the publisher's glassine jacket. Folio, signatures loose, as issued. The lithographs... Read More
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Corrosion
by G. Matamala
Universidad De Concepcion, 1978. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The 1978 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its original wrappers. Thick octavo, 346pgs. Text in Spanish.
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The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut
by Frederic Gregory Mather
Self-published (Printed by J.B. Lyon Company), 1913. Cloth. Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1913 1st edition. Sharp and tight in its duotone cloth (blue and mustard-yellow), with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Just a touch of very light soiling along the front panel, otherwise clean as could be. And internally, no writing or markings of... Read More
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The Shrinking Man
by Richard Matheson
New York: Fawcett Publications (Gold Medal Books), 1956. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. Mitchell Hooks. The May 1956 true 1st edition of this paperback original, which became the iconic horror film "The Incredible Shrinking Man". THIS COPY SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY THE ARTIST --MITCHELL HOOKS-- WHO ILLUSTRATED THE WONDERFUL FRONT COVER. A clean, sharp copy, with... Read More
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Varieties and Synonymes of Surnames and Christian Names in Ireland, for the Guidance of Registration Officers and the Public in Searching the Indexes of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
by Robert E. Matheson
Dublin: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1890. Cloth. Very Good. The April 1890 1st edition. Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with tiny former owner name in ink and blindstamped name at the front pastedown and front free endpaper respectively. Light spotting to the panels as well and light wear at the lower inner-hinge. Still though, crisp and... Read More
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Prehistory of the Angmagssalik Eskimos
by Therkel Mathiassen
Kopenhagen: C.A. Reitzels Forlag, 1933. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1933 1st edition. VG- in its original blue/green wrappers, with a degree of soiling near the front panel's fore-edge and light foxing at the rear panel. Quarto, 158 pgs. plus 11 plates (including 1 fold-out map at rear).
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The Eskimo Archaeology of Julianehaab District: With a Brief Summary of the Prehistory of the Greenlanders
by Therkel Mathiassen
Kopenhagen: C.A. Reitzels Forlag, 1936. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1936 1st edition. VG in its light blue/green wrappers, with very light soiling to the front panel and negligible chipping at the edges. Quarto, 141 pgs., fold-out maps (3) at rear.
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Apollinaire
by Andre Rouveyre (Henri Matisse)
Paris: Raisons D'Etre, 1952. Original wraps. Near Fine. Henri Matisse. Sumptuous 1952 biography of the poet Apollinaire, beautifully illustrated by Henri Matisse. #268 of only 380 copies issued which include 8 original Matisse lithos (2 as the front and rear card wrappers and the other 6 within the text). Bright, well-preserved and VG+, with light foxing to the... Read More
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The Crane Maiden
by Miyoko Matsutani
New York: Parents' Magazine Press, 1968. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A crisp, solid copy of the 1968 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. with several small closed tears and very light soiling at the rear panel. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout in rich color by Chihiro Iwasaki.
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