Card Cavalcade (7 Volumes) -- Card Cavalcade I, II, III and IV, Card Cavalcade Finale, Close-Up Cavalcade and Close-Up Cavalcade Finale
by Jerry Mentzer
Self-published, 1989. Original wraps. Very Good +. A solid example of this 7-volume set. Vols. I-III later printings; Vol. IV a 1977 stated 1st edition; Vol. V (Card Cavalcade Finale) in its purple cloth and its original shrinkwrap; Vols. VI and VII (Close-Up Cavalcade and Close-Up Cavalcade Finale) 1973 and 1977 1st editions respectively. Vols. I-III all solid... Read More
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French Verbs and Verbal Idioms in Speech (In Dustjacket)
by B. Meras
New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1909. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. The 1909 1st edition, in its uncommon printed dustjacket. Solid and Near Fine (a touch of light spotting at the endpapers and pastedowns) in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with chipping along the edges and loss to the bottom 1/4 of the spine. Still though, presentable and uncommon... Read More
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Museums of Horology La Chaux-De-Fonds Le Locle
by Catherine Cardinal and Francois Mercier
Swiss Institute for Art Research, 1993. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1993 1st edition. Near Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 128 pgs.
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Three Years in Mississippi
by James Meredith
Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1966. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY JAMES MEREDITH at the dedication page. A solid copy to boot of the 1966 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (6 pgs. of neat, infrequent underlining {in blue marker} at the preliminaries) in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with light rubbing and creasing --and a... Read More
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Love Letter from an Impossible Land
by William Meredith
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1944. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1944 1st edition of poet William Meredith's first published book. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of offsetting to the inner hinges) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.00), Near Fine dustjacket, with a bit of light soiling to the front panel... Read More
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The Athenian Calendar in the Fifth Century: Based on a Study of the Detailed Accounts of Money Borrowed by the Athenian State
by Benjamin Dean Meritt
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1928. Cloth. Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR BENJAMIN DEAN MERITT on the first blank endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1928 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Mild bumping to the lower tips and at the... Read More
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The Playbook of Troy
by Susan Meriwether
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. Pictorial boards. Near Fine. Esther Peck. A sharp copy of the 1927 stated 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial brown boards. Small, neat year-of-publication inscription on the front free endpaper, otherwise very clean. The first few pages tell the story of Troy, the remaining pages are filled... Read More
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On Art and Perfume or Did Mondrian Use Masking Tape?: Paintings, Assemblages, Objects and Prints
by Richard Merkin
Cambridge, MA: MIT Committe on the Visual Arts, 1969. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. 1969 catalogue of the Richard Merkin show at the Hayden Gallery at MIT. Uncommon in its original hardback. Bright and clean and VG+ to Near Fine. Quarto, unpaginated. Nice early tribute to this important New York artist and RISD professor.
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Schoenberg (The Signed/Limited)
by Merle Armitage, Ed
New York: G. Schirmer, 1937. Hardcover. Very Good. The uncommon 1937 signed/limited. ONE OF FIFTY SPECIAL COPIES SIGNED BY ARNOLD SCHOENBERG at the limitation. A solid copy to boot of this impressive tribute to Schoengerg, with "a Foreword by Leopold Stokowski, affirmations by Arnold Schoenberg, a bibliography of Schoenberg works, portraits by Edward Weston and George Gershwin, a... Read More
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Adventures of the Dialectic
by Maurice Merleau-Ponty
London: Heinemann, 1974. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. A handsome copy of the 1974 1st UK edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, translated from its original French by Joseph Bien.
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Twirl x Run
by Jeff Mermelstein
Brooklyn: powerHouse Books, 2009. Cloth. Near Fine. SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER JEFF MERMELSTEIN at the half-title. A near-pristine copy to boot of the 2009 1st edition, which was limited to 1,500 copies. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-brown cloth, with just a touch of light scuffing at the front panel. Tall quarto, edited by Greger Ulf Nilson.... Read More
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Water Street
by James Merrill
New York: Atheneum, 1962. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY JAMES MERRILL TO NATIONAL BOOK AWARD-WINNING NOVELIST SHIRLEY HAZZARD on the title page. A tight, very presentable copy to boot of the 1962 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel top-edges and a 3 1/2" closed... Read More
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The (Diblos) Notebook (With a James Merrill Handwritten Letter)
by James Merrill
New York: Atheneum, 1965. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1965 stated 1st edtion, SIGNED BY JAMES MERRILL on the title page. THIS COPY ALSO INCLUDES A HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM MERRILL TO THE BOOK'S OWNER, MARY BOATWRIGHT, WHO WAS MERRILL'S NEIGHBOR IN STONINGTON, CT. A warm, lovely letter, written on Merrill's personal stationary and including the original... Read More
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Selected Poems
by James Merrill
London: Chatto and Windus wit the Hogarth Press, 1961. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A near-immaculate copy of the 1961 1st UK edition (with no American counterpart) and 1st book of James Merrill's published in the UK. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with the slightest trace of minute chipping at the spine crown.... Read More
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Nights and Days
by James Merrill
New York: Atheneum, 1966. Cloth. New/Fine. INSCRIBED BY JAMES MERRILL on the half-title. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1966 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket.
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First Poems
by James Merrill
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very pleasing copy of the 1951 stated 1st edition of the poet's first commercially published book. #145 of 990 copies issued. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Truly a collector's copy.
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Samos
by James Merrill
Los Angeles: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1980. Cloth. Very Good +. The 1980 1st edition, #51 of 330 copies issued signed by James Merrill at the limitation. Tight and VG+ in its light-green cloth, with pronounced, even offsetting to the front panel. Deckled fore and bottom-edges, designed by Grant Dahlstrom and printed at the Castle Press.
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Marbled Paper
by James Merrill
Salem, OR: Charles Seluzicki Fine Books, 1982. Original wraps. Very Good +. The 1982 1st edition, limited to 200 copies signed by James Merrill at the colophon. A solid, crisp copy. Tight and VG+ in its thick wrappers, with very light creasing to the panels and light offsetting along the spine and the front panel's top-edge. Printed by... Read More
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Water Street
by James Merrill
New York: Atheneum, 1962. Original wraps. Very Good +. The 1962 stated 1st edition, in its simultaneous wrappers. INSCRIBED BY JAMES MERRILL on the half-title. A clean, solid copy to boot. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine, with one tiny closed tear and chip along the lower spine. The poet's 3rd published book of poems.
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Ideas, Etc.
by James Merrill
Brooklyn, NY: Jordan Davies, 1980. Original wraps. Near Fine. The 1980 1st edition, #70 of 200 copies signed by James Merrill at the limitation. Clean and Near Fine in its pink wrappers, with several tiny, almost microscopic scuff marks to the panels.
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Yannina (One of 100 Numbered, Signed Copies)
by James Merrill
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1973. Decorative Wrappers. Fine/Fine. A lovely copy of the signed/limited. #34 OF 100 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY JAMES MERRILL at the limitation. Clean and Fine in a crisp. Fine example of the decorative, dark-blue dustjacket. #17 in the Phoenix Book Shop's "Oblong Octavo" series.
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David Jackson: Scenes from His Life
by David Jackson (and James Merrill)
New York: Nadja, 1994. Original wraps. Fine. A pristine example of this lavish portfolio in celebratration of the 72nd birthday of artist David Jackson, who was poet James Merrill's long-term companion in Stonington, CT. Limited to only 100 copies, the 1994 portfolio consists of loose signatures (as issued) gathered into a cream-colored chemise and a bright-blue outer cloth,... Read More
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The Platonism of Joachim Du Bellay
by Robert V. Merrill
The University of Chicago Press, 1925. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The uncommon 1925 1st edition. Solid and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with light spotting to the panels and very mild offsetting at the front inner hinge. And in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine ends, the tips and the rear flap-fold. Still though... Read More
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Construction Town Planning and Housing in Turkey
by Skidmore Owings and Merrill
New York: Skidmore Owings and Merrill, 1951. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. Uncommon 1951 report issued by the renowned firm Skidmore Owings and Merrill on behalf of the government of Turkey. SOM had been commissioned by the Turkish government after the war "to investigate problems in the fields of housing, public building construction and town planning" but, as the... Read More
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The Campaigns of the First Maine and First District of Columbia Cavalry
by Samuel H. Merrill
Portland. ME: Bailey & Noyes, 1866. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. A sharp copy of the uncommon 1866 1st edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-insignia to the front panel and crisp gilt-lettering along the spine. Minor staining and foxing to the preliminaries, otherwise very clean internally. INCLUDES A LAID-IN 1964 TYPED NOTE... Read More
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