King's Views of New York City (A Major Association Copy)
by Moses King, Ed
New York: Moses King, 1903. Cloth. Very Good. A very important Association copy -- and a significant piece of turn-of-the-century New York history. INSCRIBED BY MOSES KING (in February 1904) TO ADOLPH S. OCHS, THE PUBLISHER AND OWNER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES (1896-1935) AND A MAJOR FORCE IN THE GROWTH OF NEW YORK AS A WORLD-CLASS CITY.... Read More
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Public Works: A Dangerous Trade (The Limited, Presentation Edition)
by Robert Moses
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. Leatherette. Very Good. The 1970 limited edition, in its navy-blue leathette, with bright gilt-design and titling. Even though this is considered a Presentation edition (with seemingly almost all copies signed or inscribed by Robert Moses), this copy, curiously, is not. However, still a sharp copy, except for the ink underlining at the first half... Read More
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Public Works: A Dangerous Trade (The Specially-Bound Signed 1st Edition)
by Robert Moses
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1970. Leatherette. Near Fine/Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY ROBERT MOSES on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of the 1970 1st edition, in its pebbled, navy-blue leatherette. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine example of the unprinted mylar dustjacket, with several tiny chips along the spine ends. Thick... Read More
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Theory and Practice in Politics: The Godkin Lectures, 1939
by Robert Moses
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1939. Cloth. Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY ROBERT MOSES on the front free endpaper. A clean, solid copy to boot of the 1939 1st edition of this long lecture given at Harvard by Robert Moses as part of the Godkin Lectures. Tight and VG+ in its (fittingly) crimson cloth, with very light rubbing... Read More
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Arterial Plan for New Orleans
by Robert Moses
New York: Andrews & Clark, Consulting Engineers, 1946. Original wraps. Near Fine. Uncommon 1946 report authored by Robert Moses, who worked with the engineering firm Andrews & Clark to propose a solution to the "traffic and transportation problems in the City of New Orleans and its surroundings". Though specifics of the "Riverfront Expressway" proposal were nixed by preservationists,... Read More
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2 Pg. TLS Addressing Fire Island
by Robert Moses
1952. Letters. Near Fine. A 2 pg. Robert Moses typed letter signed, written on his personal stationary (with the Babylon, Long Island letterhead) and addressed to radio and theatre producer and director Day Tuttle. Moses here discusses the challenges and complexities of building on Fire Island and displays a firm grasp of the material, citing specific causeways, projects... Read More
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Selected Measures for the Partial Relief of Traffic Congestion in New York City
by Robert Moses
City Planning Commission, City of New York, 1946. Original wraps. Near Fine. Scarce November 1946 report, spearheaded by the Construction Co-Ordinator of the City Planning Commission of New York, the legendary Robert Moses. The report consists of research by Consulting Engineers Gano Dunn and W. Earle Andrews (of Andrews & Clark), and Gilmore D. Clarke (Chairman of Clarke,... Read More
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Instant Lives
by Howard Moss
New York: Saturday Review Press/E.P. Dutton, 1974. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. The 1974 stated 1st edition, INSCRIBED BY HOWARD MOSS IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION on the front free endpaper. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 84 pgs. Wonderfully illustrated thruout by Edward Gorey. Signed by Author.... Read More
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Ho Huai-shuo's Four Seasons Handscroll AND The Four Seasons Handscroll by Liu Kuo-sung (The Supplement) -- Complete with Both Volumes
by Hugh Moss
Hong Kong: UMBRELLA, 1990. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. The 1985 1st edition of the Supplement and the 1990 reprint of the principal text, together constituting "the third volume in an ongoing series of books exploring Chinese aesthetics through the window of the Shuisongshi shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat) collection of modern Chinese paintings." Both volumes tight... Read More
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Antony Gormley Drawing
by Anna Moszynska
London: The British Museum Press, 2002. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. An all-but-immaculate copy of the 2002 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just the slightest touch of creasing along the spine crown. Tall quarto, very sharp black-and-white and color plates throughout.
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Problems of a Little Child
by A Mother
Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1928. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1928 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (with very light bumping at the front tips) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with mild darkening along the spine. 12mo, 102 pgs.
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2 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED
by Alfred P. Sloan (Chairman of General Motors)
Original letters. (2) Alfred Sloan TLSs, both written to Edward T. Stotesbury of Philadlephia, senior partner at the Drexel & Company banking house, associate of J.P.Morgan and one of the wealthiest men in the country. Drawn on General Motors Corporation stationary and written in October of 1935 and October of 1937 respectively, both letters are clean and bright and... Read More
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Better, Rationalised Building
by J. Mouchly
Haifa, Palestine: E. Marcus, 1946. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good. Uncommon 1946 1st edition. Solid and VG- to VG in its beige pictorial wrappers, with light soiling to the front panel and spotting along the rear panel. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout, with multi-colored designs and plans.
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Paris Retraverse
by Jean Mounicq
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale Editions, 1992. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A beautiful copy to boot of the 1992 1st edition. Immaculate and Fine in a bright, Fine pictorial dustjacket. Thick quarto, rich, crisp black-and-white photography thruout of intimate Paris scapes. Also includes a Fine example of publisher's original pictorial slipcase.... Read More
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Picasso Lithographe (The Catalogue Raisonne, Complete in 4 Volumes)
by Fernand Mourlot
Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1964. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine/Near Fine. A lovely, complete set of Picasso's lithographs, in 4 uniform quarto volumes. All 4 volumes clean and Near Fine in their pictorial wrappers (which themselves constitute original lithographs), all the volumes in either the publisher's glassine (Vol. I) or mylar (Vols. II-IV) dustjackets. The set is limited to... Read More
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Briefe Und Aufzeichnungen (7 Volumes)
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Kassel, Germany: Barenreiter-Verlag, 1962. 1st. Cloth. Very Good +. The entire collection of Mozart's letters and diaries, complete in 7 Volumes. All 7 Volumes 1st editions, 1962-1975. Each volume still tightly-bound, clean and VG+ or better. A handsome, well-preserved set. Thick, uniform octavos, over 4,200 pgs. all told. The text in its native German.
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Desseins des Edifices, Meubles, Habits, Machines, et Ustenciles des Chinois
by Mr. Chambers, Architecte
London: J. Haberkorn, 1757. Full calf. Very Good. The scarce 1757 1st edition of what is widely considered the first Western study of Chinese architecture. Published out of London (though text is entirely in French) in a regal elephant folio, including its lavish 21 full-page engravings (as called for) by "Mr. Chambers, Architecte". Bound in either the publisher's... Read More
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Historical Paintings of the Slavic Nations
by Alfons Mucha
The Brooklyn Museum, 1921. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Uncommon 1921 Brooklyn Museum catalogue of Alfons Mucha's epic series of paintings portraying the "development of the Slavic nations". A VG octavo in its ribbon-tied, light-brown wrappers, with very light creasing to the front panel and a very light trace of soiling at the foot of several of... Read More
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Dodge Pickup Color History
by Don Bunn and Mike Mueller
Osceola, Wisconsin: Motorbooks International, 1996. 1st. Printer Wrapper. Collectible; Fine. A bright, Near Fine copy of the 1996 1st edition in its original pictorial wrappers. Quarto, 128 pgs.
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A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf
by John Muir
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. Pictorial cloth. Very Good. The November 1916 1st edition. Tight and VG in its light-green cloth, with mild rubbing and fading to the titling (at both the front panel and spine) and minor wear along the panel edges. Internally very clean, with no writing or markings to speak of. Octavo, top-edge gilt. 13... Read More
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Wayside Shrines
by Paul Muldoon
County Meath, Ireland: Gallery Books, 2009. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Keith Wilson. A lovely, all-but-pristine copy of the September 2009 signed/limited. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine example of the publisher's translucent dustjacket. #285 OF 400 COPIES ( 350 FOR SALE) SIGNED BY PAUL MULDOON at the limitation. Evocative paintings and drawings by Keith Wilson complementing Muldoon's... Read More
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The Star Spangled Banner: Words and Music -- Issued Between 1814-1864
by Compiled by Joseph Muller
New York: G.A. Baker & Co, 1935. Cloth. Very Good +. A very solid copy of the 1935 1st edition, limited to 500 copies. Tight and VG+ in its navy-blue cloth, with just a touch of very light soiling along the lower-edges. All-but-pristine paper title label at the spine crown. Tall quarto, dozens of illustrations throughout supplementing the... Read More
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Kosova Feniks
by Luan Mulliqi
Kosova: Onufri, 2005. Cloth. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR LUAN MULLIQI TO RENOWNED ART CRITIC DORE ASHTON. A pristine copy to boot of the 2005 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. "Presentation of 300 selected visual art works exhibited at the GAK". Limited to 2,000 copies, text in both Serbian and English.
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The Blue Book of American Shipping
by Mulrooney and Barton, Eds
Cleveland: Marine Review, 1898. Cloth. Very Good. The 1898 Blue Book of American shipping, essentially an exhaustive accounting of the year's commerical shipping activities on major American waterways. Broken down into several separate sections, including " a list of lake vessels and statistics", a "list of coast and river steamers and sail vessels and statistics", "fleet owners and... Read More
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tic, tac, and toc
by Bruno Munari
Cleveland: The World Publishing Co, 1957. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1957 1st American edition (following the 1945 original Italian edition ["Storie di Tre Uccellini"]). Solid and VG in its wonderful Munari-illustrated boards, with light foxing and age-toning at the panels and to the text. Tall quarto, beautiful Bruno Munari design and cut-outs.
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