Inaugural Address of Augustus P. Martin, Mayor of Boston, Before the City Council, January 7th, 1884
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The City of Boston. 1st. Full-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. INSCRIBED BY AUGUSTUS P. MARTIN, THE MAYOR OF BOSTON, ON JULY 25TH, 1884. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of this bound 1884 Inaugural Address. Tight and VG in its full, dark-brown morocco, with bright gilt-lettering, insignia and rule at the front panel. 5 raised bands, 6 gilt-decorated... Read More
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Diagrams and Specifications for Diesel and Electric on the New York Central System
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New York: New York Central System. Printer Wrapper. Collectible; Very Good. 1st edition, thick, brick-sized, 64mo. Oblong, 271 pgs. A bright, VG+ copy in its original light-blue wrappers, without spine as issued. Strong steel screws the binding.
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The Flight of Captain Charles A. Lindbergh from New York to Paris May 20-21, 1927
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Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1927. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. (Facsimile of Presentation Copy). "Presented by the Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg, June 11, 1927, to Captain Lindbergh in commemoration of his epochal achievement". 1927 1st thus, in its original wrappers. A VG copy , with light soiling to the panels. Internally very clean, with no... Read More
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New Chatterwell Stories
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New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1893. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. An unusually bright and clean copy of the 1893 1st thus. Solidly VG+ to Near Fine in its wonderful pictorial boards. Rubbing to the gilt-lettering along the spine, otherwise very well-preserved. Still tightly-bound and internally immaculate. Quarto, 280 pgs., beautiful chromolithographed frontispiece.
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Saludos Amigos
Walt Disney Productions, 1962. Spiral bound wraps. Very Good +. A very sharp copy of this 1962 Disney pop-up book, with text (apart from the title) exclusively in French. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its spiralbound card wrappers. 8 separate colorful, Disney-related pop-ups, all in very sharp condition and all working superbly. Oblong quarto, published as... Read More
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Frederick Sommer
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Philadelphia College of Art, 1968. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. The catalogue of the exhibition of photographs held at Philadelphia College of Art, November 1968. Crisp and VG+ in its dark wrappers. Tall quarto, 27 pgs., nicely-reproduced black-and-white photos.
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Wallace Nutting Catalogue--Seventh Edition
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Framingham, MA: Wallace Nutting, 1928. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Wonderful 1928 Wallace Nutting furniture catalogue, with hundreds of crisp, black-and-white photos of the offerings of the day. A VG- copy in its orignal wraps. Light soiling and staining to the panels, light fraying along the stapled spine and small former owner signature at top of front panel.... Read More
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Original 1886 Photograph of Franz Liszt in His Study
Weimar, Germany, 1886. Photograph. Very Good +. Impressive original photograph of Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt (1811-1886) in his study, at his writing table, in Weimar, Germany. Handsome scarlet-red mount, decorative gilt-frame. Stamped in block on the photograph by Weimar photographer Louis Held and inscribed in the original matting by Liszt's long-time housekeeper Pauline Agel. The photo... Read More
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Chic: La Revista De Lujo (3 issues--April 1921, April-May 1923)
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Havana. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Wonderful Cuban magazine (issued monthly) devoted to the Arts and to sophisiticated, luxurious living. 3 issues (April 1921, April-May 1923) bound together in quarto cloth boards. The contents of each issue are clean and well-preserved, the pages bright white. Lavishly illustrated, with tasteful, artistic ads thruout, offering a glimpse of upper class... Read More
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The Barnard College Mortarboard 1906 (The Barnard College Yearbook)
New York: Columbia University, 1905. Boards. Very Good +. A tight, well-preserved copy of the Mortarboard, Barnard College's 1906 yearbook. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its limp beige cloth. Small, neat former owner student name at the front free endpaper, otherwise very clean. Square octavo, dozens of wonderful period ads at the front and rear. A... Read More
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Screen Pioneer (Japanese Film Magazine)
Japan. Magazines. Very Good. Lovely Japanese film magazine (circa late 1920s), paying tribute --largely through admiring photographs-- to Western cinema as well as its own nascent film industry. Several bright chromolithograph protraits in addition to dozens and dozens of black-and-white ( anumber of them gravures). A bright, presentable copy, with just a bit of light chipping and rubbing... Read More
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The Aircraft Year Book (1953): The Thirty-Fifth Annual Edition
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Washington, D.C.: Aircraft Industries Association of America, Inc, 1953. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1953 Aircraft Year Book, the 35th annual edition. Tight and VG (with light soiling at the inner hinges and a small stamp at the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light creasing at the front flap-fold and light chipping... Read More
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The Dissenting Opinions of Mr. Westbrook Pegler
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New York: Charles Scribner, 1938. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY WESTBROOK PEGLER IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1938 1st edition. Tight and VG (with offsetting to the gutters and light foxing at the pastedowns) in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine... Read More
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Official National Basketball Association Guide 1959-1960
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St. Louis: The Sporting News, 1959. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. A crisp, clean copy of the 1959-60 season of the Official National Basketball Association Guide. Digest-sized and published by the Sporting News out of St. Louis. Bright and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Small former-owner stamp at title page, otherwise clean as could be. A soaring,... Read More
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Cahiers de L'Association Internationale pour L'Etude de DADA (#1)
Paris: Revue de L'Association Pour L'Etude du Mouevement Dada, 1966. Original wraps. Very Good +. An impressive Association copy: INSCRIBED BY MICHEL SANOUILLER (A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS JOURNAL AND ONE OF THE LEADING SPECIALISTS OF THE DADA MOVEMENT) TO PRE-EMINENT LITERARY SCHOLAR AND YALE PROFESSOR HENRI PEYRE on the title page. A solid copy to boot of... Read More
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The Works of George Santayana (14 Volumes--The Triton Edition)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1936-37 signed/limited, the Triton edition. Only 940 sets signed by Santayana at the limitation of Vol. I, THIS SET BEING A PRESENTATION COPY--1 OF ONLY 20 ISSUED. Clean, solid and VG in its oatmeal-cloth over navy-blue boards. Bright gilt-emblems at each front panel, gilt top-edges. Clean,... Read More
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Leoncio Martinez
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Caracas, Venezuela: Edicion Planeada, 1976. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. 1976 1st edition of this monograph on Venezuelan artist Leoncio Martinez. "Geniale e Ingenioso--La Obra Lieteraria y Grafica del Gran Artista Caraqueno. En Una Seleccion de Aquiles Nazoa". A solid, VG+ copy in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket. Quarto, 159 pgs., vivid color reproductions thruout. Text in... Read More
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James Rosenquist
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Floriad State University Gallery & Museum, 1988. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The catalogue of the March-April 1988 exhibition at Florida State University's Gallery & Museum. Bright and VG+ (with light rubbing at the panels) in its red wrappers.
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Franco Albini 1930-1970
New York: Rizzoli, 1981. Illustrated Wraps. Very Good. The 1981 1st edition. Though published out of New York by Rizzoli, the text is entirely in Italian. A very serviceable copy. Solid and VG in its pictorial white wrappers, with light soiling and creasing along the panels. Small, neat former owner name as well at the front free endpaper.... Read More
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Siqueiros
Mexico: Galeria De Arte Misrachi, 1965. Boards. Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY THE GREAT MEXICAN SOCIAL REALIST PAINTER AND MURALIST DAVID ALFARO SIQUEIROS (1896-1974) on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1st Mexican edition -- translated from its original English into Spanish by Emma Gutierrez Suarez-- of this impressive monograph on Siqueiros's... Read More
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Collected Studies on the Pathology of War Gas Poisoning
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New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1920. 1st. Original Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1920 study of poison gas and its effects on the soldiers. An IMMACULATE copy-- AND in the original light-brown dustjacket. Bright and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, 165 pgs. 41 vivid color plates illustrating the effects of "chemical warfare" on the body.... Read More
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El Jardin De Las Caricias
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Buenos Aires: Guillermo Kraft Ltda, 1939. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1939 1st Spanish edition, translated from the original Arabic by Franz Toussaint. Clean and VG in its decorative pictorial boards, with very light fraying along the spine and at the spine ends. Light, inoffensive foxing as well to the endsheets and at the edges.... Read More
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Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
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New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1928 1st thus--with the magnificent Harry Clarke illustrations. Solid and VG, in its gilt-decorated front panel and spine. Light foxing to the preliminaries, former owner name at the half-title, very light soiling to the panels and at the spine crown. And in a bright, price-clipped,... Read More
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United States of America Before the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Matter of McKesson & Robbins, Inc.: Testimony of Expert Witness
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Washington: US Gov't Printing Office, 1939. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of this 1939 Securities and Exchange Commision report. VG in its beige wrappers, with light soiling to the wrappers. Octavo, 638 pgs.
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Link-Belt Tipples and Equipments for Coal Mines
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Philadelphia: Link-Belt Company, 1913. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Link-Belt Company Catalogue #165, "tipples and equipments for coal mines". VG in its pictorial gray wrappers, with light creasing at the corners. Light, forgivable soiling at a number of the pages. Octavo, crisp black-and-white photos thruout.
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