![[Fasti] P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum Libri Diligenti Emendatione](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/947/353/1638353947.0.m.jpg)
[Fasti] P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum Libri Diligenti Emendatione
by Ovid; Antonio Constanzo and Paolo Marsi [commentary]; Bartholomaeus Merula [ed.]
Venetiis [Venice]: In aedibus solertissimi uiri Ioannis Tacuini de Tridino, 1520. Very Good. Venetiis: In aedibus solertissimi uiri Ioannis Tacuini de Tridino, 1520. Folio (30cm.); full modern dark brown blind-embossed calf to style, spine in seven compartments, new endpapers, all edges stained red; [10],187ll. (collated complete); title page printed in red and black within decorative border, six woodcut... Read More
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Fastorum (Libri VI, Expurgati), Tristium (Libri V), Ex Ponto (Libri IV) [Fasti, Tristia, and Epistulæ ex Ponto
by Publii Ovidii Nasonis [Ovid]
Bononiæ [Bologna]: Typographia Instituti Scientiarum, 1788. Fair. Bononiæ [Bologna]: Typographia Instituti Scientiarum, 1788. 16mo (6" x 3.5"); 430pp. Stained brown paper-covered boards with green paper spine. Boards lightly warped with a number of chips and scrapes to paper. Front hinge cracked and book falls open easily to between a few gatherings, with binding feeling as if it's loosening... Read More
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![The Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man [Inscribed and Signed to Manly Wade and Frances Wellman]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/114/869/1671869114.0.m.jpg)
The Ballad of the Flim-Flam Man [Inscribed and Signed to Manly Wade and Frances Wellman]
by Guy Owen
New York: Macmillan Company, 1965. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Macmillan Company, [1965]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth, red topstain, in black decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($4.95); [8],277pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few short closed tears and tiny chips, none approaching text, spine cocked, endpapers unevenly foxed, else Very Good and sound. ... Read More
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Joannis Oweni, Alias Audoeni, Oxoniensis Angli, Epigrammatum Libri X.
by John Owen
Coloniae: Ex Officina Metternichiana, 1747. Very Good. Coloniae: Ex Officina Metternichiana Sub Signo Gryphi, 1747. "Editio Nova Catholica." 12mo (14cm.); full contemporary paneled pig, unadorned spine in four compartments, all edges stained red; 213pp. Binding rather dust-soiled, moderate wear to margins, small ownership signature to title page snipped out slightly touching text on verso, else a Very Good,... Read More
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Picture Magazine Issue #8
by Don Owens [ed.]
Los Angeles, CA: Picture Magazine, 1978. Very Good. Los Angeles, CA: Picture Magazine, 1978. First Edition. Oversized folio (48cm); publisher's photo-illustrated staple bound card wrappers; [24]pp.; chiefly photographic illus., many full color. Light wear and wrinkling to wrapper margins, else Very Good.
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Red Men and White
by Owen Wister; Frederic Remington [illus.]
London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co, 1896. Very Good +. London: Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1896. First UK Edition. Octavo. 280 pp. Black and white illustrations by Remington, including loose tissue guard to frontis, complete. Red cloth stamped in black and gilt. Light edgewear to boards; touch of soiling and rippling to spine. Binding sound. Bookseller ticket to front... Read More
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1000 Island House, Alexandria Bay, Jefferson County, N.Y. [Cover title: This Way For the 1000 Island House, Alexandria Bay, N.Y.]
by O.G. Staples [owner]
New York: O.G. Staples, 1890. Very Good. New York: O.G. Staples, n.d., ca. 1890. Oblong octavo (13.5x18cm); publisher's photo-illustrated mint green stitched wrappers; [32]pp.; halftone illus. throughout, as well as floor plans and pictorial advertisements in rear. Light wear and soil to wrappers, else Very Good and sound. Uncommon promotional pamphlet to the 1000 Island House luxury... Read More
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![B.P. Grimaud's Playing Cards [Advertising Display]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/650/417/1651417650.0.m.jpg)
B.P. Grimaud's Playing Cards [Advertising Display]
by B.P. Grimaud
Lorraine, France: B.P. Grimaud, 1920. Very Good. Lorraine, France? B.P. Grimaud, ca. 1920. Advertising display (ca. 16x25cm.) comprised of stiff die-cut card stock to which are fitted, like the pieces of a puzzle, seven fanned out playing card samples. Dark soil spot affecting two cards, light wear from handling, else a Very Good, bright and sound example. ... Read More
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Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue
by Frank L. Packard
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. Very Good. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. First Edition with GHD symbol on copyright page. Octavo; 301 pp. Light blue cloth binding with text in navy blue on cover and spine. Title and author lettering on cover is bright. Cloth binding has some rubbing and toning on... Read More
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The Devil's Mantle
by Frank L. Packard
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. Very Good/Good. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. First Edition. Illustrated John Drew dust jacket; book in red cloth-covered boards with lettering stamped in black. Jacket front is clean and bright, chipped on spine and missing title and author text. Large chip on back, measuring 2.5" x 2", but majority... Read More
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The Hidden Door
by Frank L. Packard
Garden City, NJ: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1933. Very Good/Good. Garden City, NJ: Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1933. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 300 pp. Dust jacket with original $2.00 price intact; illustration by Edwin Georgi. Black cloth binding with illustration and text stamped in bright red/orange. Unusual cover art -- an image... Read More
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Early California Hospitality: The Cookery Customs of Spanish California, with Authentic Recipes and Menus of the Period
by Ana Begue de Packman
Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1938. Very Good. Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1938. First Edition. Octavo; 182pp. Three illustrations including frontis. Orange buckram with black lettering and rules to spine. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at corners and spine ends, with dulling and soiling to spine and a few stray scuffs to cloth. Inch split... Read More
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A Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Ship Oswego, on the coast of South Barbary, and the sufferings of the master and the crew while in bondage among the Arabs; interspersed with numerous remarks upon the country and its inhabitants, and concerning the peculiar perils of that coast
by Judah Paddock
New-York: Captain James Riley, 1818. Very Good. New-York: Captain James Riley, 1818. First American Edition. Octavo; modern calf over marble paper-covered boards, black gilt spine label, retaining front free endpaper; xvi,[17],332pp. (collated complete). Textblock a bit shaken and rather foxed and damp stained, contemporary ownership signature of a Jacob Shotwell dated 1820 at head of title page, else... Read More
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![Great Balls of Fire [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/720/567/1699567720.0.m.jpg)
Great Balls of Fire [Inscribed and Signed]
by Ron Padgett
New York: Holt, Rinehart Winston, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1969]. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth, decorative endpapers, in matching blue decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($5.95); [8],86pp. Moderate edge wear to jacket and cloth margins, soiling to jacket panel, light foxing to textblock margins, else a Very Good and sound... Read More
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![Dawn Powell: A Biography [Inscribed and Signed by Page]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/969/270/1700270969.0.m.jpg)
Dawn Powell: A Biography [Inscribed and Signed by Page]
by [Dawn Powell] Tim Page
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1998. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Henry Holt and Company, [1998]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; xv,[1],362pp.; eight leaves of photographic plates printed on rectos and versos. Light wear and a few bumps to jacket and board margins, faint surfaced scratches to... Read More
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A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North-America. In which the mistakes of the Abbe's account of the Revolution of America are corrected and cleared up
by Thomas Paine
London: J. Ridgway, 1795. Very Good+. London: J. Ridgway, 1795. Reprint. Slim octavo (21cm.); modern brown cloth, gilt-lettered morocco spine label; vi,[7]-60pp. (A-G4 H2, collated complete). Textblock a shade toned, occasional light soil, else a Very Good or better example. Later appearance of Paine's oft-reprinted 1782 pamphlet addressed to the French Abbe Raynal, whose critical "Revolution of... Read More
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Letter Addressed to the Addressers, on the Late Proclamation
by Thomas Paine
London: H.D. Symonds / Thomas Clio Rickman, 1792. Very Good +. London: Printed for H.D. Symonds, in Paternoster Row, and Thomas Clio Rickman, No. 7, Upper Mary-Le-Bone Street, 1792. Early printing. Octavo (21cm.); modern brown cloth, gilt-lettered morocco spine label; 78,[2]pp. (A-E8, lacking half title, otherwise collated complete). Textblock a bit toned, else Very Good or better. Bound... Read More
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![No Fury [alt. title: Murdered One by One]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/807/969/1563969807.0.m.jpg)
No Fury [alt. title: Murdered One by One]
by Francis Beeding [pseud. John Leslie Palmer]
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1936. Very Good. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1936. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's light blue cloth lettered in black; 328pp.; five leaves of illus. Slightly sun faded spine, cover with some fading and soiling, tapped corners. Clean interior with sound binding and no signs of foxing. By Francis Beeding (pseud. John Leslie Palmer)... Read More
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![Murdered One by One [alt. title: No Fury]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/368/970/1563970368.0.m.jpg)
Murdered One by One [alt. title: No Fury]
by Francis Beeding [pseud. John Leslie Palmer]
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937. Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's black cloth with red spine titling, black lettering on a field of red to front cover; 314pp. Some fading and soiling to covers, corners tapped, light scuffing to spine ends. Light internal soil. Very Good and sound. ... Read More
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A Pentaglot Dictionary of the Terms Employed in Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Practical Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics, Medical Jurisprudence, Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Medical Zoology, and Chemistry in two parts
by Shirley Palmer
London: Longman and Co., Paternoster Row; Dulau and Co., Soho Square; J.W. Parker, West Strand; H.C. Langbridge, Birmingham, 1845. Very Good -. London: Longman and Co., Paternoster Row; Dulau and Co., Soho Square; J.W. Parker, West Strand; H.C. Langbridge, Birmingham, 1845. First Edition. Octavo. 655, [1] pp. Contemporary cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine; light yellow endpapers.... Read More
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![Catharine Weed Barnes Ward: Pioneer Advocate for Women in Photography [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/508/831/1565831508.0.m.jpg)
Catharine Weed Barnes Ward: Pioneer Advocate for Women in Photography [Limited Edition]
by Peter E. Palmquist
Arcata, CA: Peter E. Palmquist, 1992. Very Good+. [Arcata, CA: Peter E. Palmquist, 1992.] First Edition, Limited to 300 copies. Slim octavo; publisher's glossy pictorial card wrappers; 96pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Minor wear to extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine.
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![Shadowcatchers: A Directory of Women in California Photography Before 1901 [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/007/750/1546750007.0.m.jpg)
Shadowcatchers: A Directory of Women in California Photography Before 1901 [Limited Edition]
by Peter E. Palmquist
Arcata, CA: Peter E. Palmquist, 1990. Very Good+. [Arcata, CA: Peter E. Palmquist, 1990.] First Edition. Quarto; publisher's glossy pictorial card wrappers; x,10-272pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light wear and dust-soil to extremities, else Very Good or better.
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![Die deutsche Plastik des elften bis dreizehnten Jahrhunderts: Textband [German Sculpture of the Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries: Text Volume]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/396/998/1340998396.0.m.jpg)
Die deutsche Plastik des elften bis dreizehnten Jahrhunderts: Textband [German Sculpture of the Eleventh to Thirteenth Centuries: Text Volume]
by Erwin Panofsky
Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1924. Very Good. Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1924. First Edition. Quarto; xi + 186pp, including List of Plates and errata. Twelve full-page B&W plates in collotype; a few smaller diagrams, details, and floorplans in line drawings embedded in text. Black cloth with gilt lettering in Fraktur on spine and front panel. Tissue guards printed... Read More
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Arts in the '20s: Architecture and Decorative Arts in Europe
by Roberto Papini
London: verbavolant, 2005. Very Good/Very Good. London: verbavolant, 2005. First English Language Edition. Folio. 480 pages. 796 duotone illustrations and 12 color illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket over brown boards with silver and black lettering to spine. Jacket is lightly wrinkled along spine and bumped at top front corner, with a few inoffensive stains/markings to front panel. Boards... Read More
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![The Love Run [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/181/293/1447293181.0.m.jpg)
The Love Run [Signed]
by Jay Parini
Boston: Little, Brown and Company / An Atlantic Monthly Press Books, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown and Company / An Atlantic Monthly Press Books, 1980. First Edition, stated. Signed by Parini with brief inscription to previous owner on front free endpaper. Octavo. 220 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $10.95 price present. Black and gray boards stamped... Read More
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