![The Man Who Loves Salmon [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/617/961/1405961617.0.m.jpg)
The Man Who Loves Salmon [Limited Edition, Signed]
by ALEXIE, Sherman (poems); TETERS, Charlene (illustrations)
Boise: Limberlost Press, 1998. First Edition. Cloth Issue, one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author and illustrator, this being copy no.5. Octavo (24.5cm); black cloth, with typograhic and pictorial labels mounted to spine and front cover; red tissue flyleaves; [24]pp; pictorial frontispiece and front cover by Charlene Teters. A Fine copy of the National... Read More
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![The Business of Fancydancing: The Screenplay [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/608/961/1405961608.0.m.jpg)
The Business of Fancydancing: The Screenplay [Signed]
by ALEXIE, Sherman
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 2003. First Edition. Octavo (23.75cm); light blue cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; [6],7-157,[3]pp. A Fine copy without dustjacket, as issued. Signed by the author on the title page. Screenplay for Alexie's 2002 film of the same name, which shares the same title as his 1992 literary debut.
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![The Summer of Black Widows [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/592/961/1405961592.0.m.jpg)
The Summer of Black Widows [Limited Edition, Signed]
by ALEXIE, Sherman
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1996. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 50 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.22, with an additional note by Alexie reading "Daredevil. The Incredible Hulk." Octavo (23.5cm); cream cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-139,[5]pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $22.00). Sharp copy of the National... Read More
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![Old Shirts & New Skins [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/575/083/1476083575.0.m.jpg)
Old Shirts & New Skins [Signed]
by ALEXIE, Sherman (poems); WOODY, Elizabeth (illustrations)
Los Angeles: American Indian Studies Center, UCLA, 1993. First Edition. Second Issue, measuring 6 7/8" x 9 7/8". Octavo; original pictorial card wrappers; x,94pp; illustrated throughout by Elizabeth Woody. Signed by the author on the title page. A Fine copy of Alexie's third book of poems and prose poems.
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Islamic Architecture of The Indian Subcontinent
by ALFIERI, Bianca Maria
London: Laurence King Publishing, 2000. First U.K. Edition. Quarto. 31cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 320pp. Very light wear and scuffing to extremities; internally clean and fresh; in a bright, strong dustjacket. A near fine copy with some very light wear. A lovely piece of coffee table book presentation, beautifully photographed by Federico... Read More
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Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail
by [ALFRED JACOB MILLER] TYLER, Ron (ed); Karen Dewees Reynolds & William R. Johnston (catalogue)
Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1982. First Edition. First printing. Maroon cloth hardcover; dustjacket; x,480pp; illus. Tight, square, Near Fine copy in crisp, clean dustwrapper with a single short tear at upper front panel, still Near Fine. Catalog for a 1982 exhibition of Miller's works. Includes Catalogue Raisonné.
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The Western Boy; or, The Road to Success
by ALGER, Horatio, Jr.
[New York: G.W. Carleton & Co, 1878]. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm.); original brown pictorial cloth embossed in black, decorative spine in black and gilt with the mysterious "American News Co." at spine foot; 258pp.; illus. title page. Spine a bit cocked, shallow losses to ends; additional rubbing to extremities; soiling to textblock throughout. About Very Good. First serialized in... Read More
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Military Life in Algeria
by [ALGERIA] CASTELLANE, [Louis Charles] P[ierre], Comte de
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1853. First English Language Edition. Octavo (19cm). Two volumes rebound in half brown sheep and marbled paper boards, all edges sprinkled blue; plain endpapers; [ii],303,[1]pp; [ii],307,[1]pp. Tight and sound but lightly rubbed, with leather over spine dried and cracking, title pages and final leaves browned from endleaves, else clean: around Very Good. First... Read More
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![The St. Petersburg Muraqqa: Album of Indian and Persian Miniatures from the 16th through the 18th Century and Specimens of Persian Calligraphy [Two Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/631/204/1715204631.0.m.jpg)
The St. Petersburg Muraqqa: Album of Indian and Persian Miniatures from the 16th through the 18th Century and Specimens of Persian Calligraphy [Two Volume Set]
by AL-HASANI, Imad; Francesca von Habsburg (intro); Yury A. Petrosyan, Stewart Cary Welch, (et al) (contributors)
Milano and Lugano: Leonardo Arte / ARCH Foundation, 1996. First Edition thus. Two Volume set in publisher's slipcase and cardboard box. Quarto (34cm); publisher's slipcase; publisher's cardboard mailing box; [n.p.]; [6],7-154,[2]pp; full page colorful and small black-and-white illustrations. Cloth volume is Fine. Softcover volume has trivial surface wear to extremities, else Near Fine. Publisher's slipcase has light shelf-soil with... Read More
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Zizwe: A Little African Boy Born in a Foreign Land. An African Tale
by ALHAMISI, Ahmed Akinwole Ato; Kwadwo Oluwale Akpah, photo
Detroit: Wakweli Publications, [1974]. First Edition. Small quarto (21.5cm.); original yellow pictorial staplebound wrappers; unpaged; printed on yellow cardstock. Fine. Distributed by the Broadside Press. Folktale translated from the original Swahili by N. Mwakikagile.
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![The Religion of the Slaves: A Study of the Religious Tradition and Behaviour of Plantation Slaves in the United States, 1830-1865 [Folklore Fellows FF Communications, Vol. XCII, no. 217]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/076/699/1329699076.0.m.jpg)
The Religion of the Slaves: A Study of the Religious Tradition and Behaviour of Plantation Slaves in the United States, 1830-1865 [Folklore Fellows FF Communications, Vol. XCII, no. 217]
by ALHO, Olli
Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1976. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cream card wrappers printed in red and black; 334pp. Some wrinkling to wrappers, spine ends bumped, else Very Good, internally clean and sound.
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THE HOLLINS CRITIC Vol. XLIII, No. 2
by Ali, Agha Shahid; Dillard, R. H. W. (ed.)
Hollins College, VA: Hollins University, April 2006. First Edition. Stapled self-wraps with drawing of the poet Ali on the front cover. 24 pp. Much of this periodical is devoted to an essay on Agha Shahid Ali by Amy Newman; published after his death. Includes additional work including poems by Carol Ann Davis and Dara Weir. Fine, with original subscriber... Read More
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Radio Daily Presents the 1943 Radio Annual
by ALICOATE, Jack (ed)
New York: The Radio Daily, 1943. First Edition. Octavo. Embossed cloth-covered boards, printed in colors with "Victory" motif; 1024pp. Mild external wear; internally complete, clean and unmarked - a Very Good copy. Early and important issue of this massive annual directory for radio industry insiders, issued beginning in 1938 through the mid-1960s (with a title change to "Yearbook... Read More
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Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties
by ALI, Tariq
New York: Verso Books, 2005. Reprint. Octavo. Pictorial glossy card wrappers; 403pp. Clean, tight and unmarked copy, about Fine. Reprint, with new Preface, of Ali's autobiography originally published London, 1987.
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![The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home; War Abroad [Signed, Uncorrected Proof]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/349/842/1689842349.0.m.jpg)
The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home; War Abroad [Signed, Uncorrected Proof]
by ALI, Tariq
London and New York: Verso, 2010. Uncorrected page proofs, softcover. Octavo (19cm); pictorial paper wrappers; 148pp; illus. Signed by author with 2010 date on title page. Light soil to covers and right edge of textblock, else Near Fine. Explores the first 1000 days of the Obama presidency, with a focus on economics, Yemen, and healthcare. Text also... Read More
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![Night of the Golden Butterfly: Islam Quintet 5 [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/805/869/1690869805.0.m.jpg)
Night of the Golden Butterfly: Islam Quintet 5 [Signed]
by ALI, Tariq
London and New York: Verso, 2010. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); green paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 275pp. Signed by author with 2010 date on title page. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $23.95), with trivial surface wear, else Near Fine. Final volume in Ali's Islam Quintet, which explores the history between Islam and the... Read More
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A Scientific Approach to Black Liberation: Which Road Against Racism and Imperialism for the Black Liberation Movement
by ALKALIMAT, Abdul
Nashville: Peoples College, 1974. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); bright red pictorial staplebound wrappers; [2],28pp.; illus. Fine. Text of a speech presented at a conference of the African Liberation Support Committee. Published by the Peoples College, a black nationalist "think tank" founded by the author in the early '70s.
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The Quirt and the Spur: Vanishing Shadows of the Texas Frontier
by [ALLAN W. ECKERT] RYE, Edgar; James M. Day, introd
Austin: Steck-Vaughn Company, [1967]. Facsimile reprint. Octavo; pictorial cloth hardcover, xvi,363pp. From the library of American naturalist, historian and novelist Allan W. Eckert, with stamps to that effect on front free endpaper and bottom edge of text block. Tight, straight and clean – a Near Fine copy, without dustwrapper, probably as issued. An attractive facsimile reprint of... Read More
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Stirring Adventures of the Joseph R. Brown Family
by [ALLANSON, George G.]
Wheaton, MN: The Wheaton Gazette, [1947]. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). Nested bifolia, not sewn, in toned paper wrappers; [20]pp; numerous black and white halftones. Lightly rubbed and toned, but otherwise Very Good. Narrative of the Brown family's captivity during the Dakota War of 1862. VAUGHAN Narratives of North American Indian Captivity 42. [62127].
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Colonial Homes in North Carolina
by ALLCOTT, John V.
Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1975. Reprint. Octavo (23cm). Taupe printed paper wrappers; [xii],103,[1]pp; black and white illustrations. Lightly rubbed and faded around edges, else Very Good. First edition published in 1963.
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Legends of Old Hawaii as Told by Tutu to Her Grand-children
by ALLEN, Betty
Honolulu: Tongg, 1944. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm). Pictorial paper-covered boards, backed in brown cloth; 92,[2]pp; in-text illustrations throughout. Three pages with pencil annotations. Tight and square, rubed, corners bumped, occasional minor smudges: around Very Good. [62180].
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Poland 1976: State Capitalism in Crisis
by ALLEN, Bruce
Edmonton: Black Cat Press, 1979. Octavo (21cm). Pictorial staple-bound wrappers; 12pp. Near Fine, with old price sticker affixed to front wrapper. On the June, 1976 Protests in Poland, interpreted here as a model for "anti-authoritarian revolutionaries everywhere.
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Modern Discoveries In Medical Psychology
by ALLEN, Clifford
London: Macmillan, 1949. Second Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 236pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in lightly chipped and worn dust jacket; ownership inscription to front endpaper. Text clean, fresh and unmarked. Ownership inscription ("Allen Kahn, M.D.") to front free endpaper.
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A Textbook of Psychosexual Disorders
by ALLEN, Clifford
London: Oxford University Press, 1962. First Edition. Octavo (25.5cm.); publisher's cloth in decorative price-clipped dust jacket; xii,408pp. Some light wear to jacket extremities, small dampstain at spine foot not affecting cloth, else Very Good and sound.
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REGIONS WITH NO PROPER NAMES
by Allen, Dick
New York: St Martin's Press, 1975. First Edition. Blue cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 81 pp. Poet's second collection; he was a professor at The University of Bridgeport. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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