Send Another Coffin
by F.G. Presnell
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939. Very Good/Good. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1939. First Edition. Octavo; [vi], 278pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact; black cloth with blue lettering and rules. Jacket shows a number of sizeable chips and tears along edges, with the top 1.25" of spine lost and some general smudging, creasing,... Read More
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![[Display Placard] War Is the Health of the State](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/707/934/1689934707.0.m.jpg)
[Display Placard] War Is the Health of the State
by [Anarchism - Black Mountain Press]
Corinth, VT: Black Mountain Press, 1970. Near Fine. Corinth, VT: Black Mountain Press? ca. 1970. Stiff card broadside placard (17.5x30cm) printed in red on yellow stock. Just a hint of wear to margins, brief ink note on verso ("Anarchist 1970"), else a Near Fine, bright example. Placard attributed to the 1970s anarchist printing house the Black Mountain... Read More
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![He Is Nothing But a Little Boy [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/857/584/1588584857.0.m.jpg)
He Is Nothing But a Little Boy [Limited Edition]
by Black Cat Press
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1933. Very Good+. Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1933. First Thus, Limited to 75 copies of which this is no. 29. Small, slim 16mo; publisher's pictorial silver-grey cloth stamped in red, silver endpapers; unpaginated; two-toned frontispiece. Tiny soil spot to spine, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy.
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![Full Moon and Other Plays [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/503/904/1637904503.0.m.jpg)
Full Moon and Other Plays [Inscribed and Signed]
by Reynolds Price
New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1993. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1993. First Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [12],300pp. A hint of shelf wear, spine very slightly cocked, else a Near Fine example. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on title page. Uncommon collection of three... Read More
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![Permanent Errors [Signed bookplate tipped in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/882/169/1655169882.0.m.jpg)
Permanent Errors [Signed bookplate tipped in]
by Reynolds Price
London: Chatto & Windus, 1971. Very Good +/Very Good. London: Chatto & Windus, 1971. First UK Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 253pp. Publisher's cream illustrated dust jacket with price intact (£1.75p/35s). Boards full bound in magenta cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Red endsheets. Dust jacket toned, creased, and lightly torn at margins with bumping to extremities. Spine sunned... Read More
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![Ghost Stories [Flaxman Low]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/403/644/1441644403.0.m.jpg)
Ghost Stories [Flaxman Low]
by E. & H. Heron [pseud. of Hesketh V. Prichard and Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard]
London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1916. Fair. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1916. Reissue of the 1899 Edition (sometimes seen described as a Second Edition or Impression), containing only the first six of that edition's twelve stories. 12mo; 117pp + publisher's imprint & 2pp ads. Publisher's blue-gray cloth with dark blue/black lettering, Boards heavily rubbed and pushed along edges, corners,... Read More
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An Easy and Compendious Introduction for Reading All Sorts of Histories. Contrived in a more facile way then heretofore hath been published; out of the papers of Mathias Prideaux
by Mathias Prideaux and John Prideaux
Oxford: Leon. Lichfield / James Good, 1672. Very Good. Oxford: Leon. Lichfield, Printer to the University, and are to be sold by James Good, 1672. "Fifth Edition, Corrected and Augmented, and three usefull Indexes added." Small quarto (20cm.); full 19th century parchment, maroon gilt-lettered spine, all edges stained red, later marbled endpapers; [8],256,[2],257-350,[38],57,[1],58,[3]pp. ([*]4 A-3B4 3C2 A-H4). Minor... Read More
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![The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/845/823/1700823845.0.m.jpg)
The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military [Signed]
by Dana Priest
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2003. Near Fine/Very Good+. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [2003]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in glossy unclipped dust jacket; 429pp.; half tone photographic illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, else Near Fine. Signed and dated by the author in year of publication on title page. ... Read More
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The Periodic Table
by Primo Levi; Raymond Rosenthal [trans.]
New York: Schocken Books, 1984. Very Good/Near Fine. New York: Schocken Books, 1984. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 233 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed and toned along edges. Boards show light shelfwear and spine ends nudged with a touch of fading to crown. Binding is sound. Mild foxing along top... Read More
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![Half Hours in Woods and Wilds: Adventures of Sport and Travel [Inscribed from Aileen Wyndham Quin to Prince Adolphus]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/736/680/1680680736.0.m.jpg)
Half Hours in Woods and Wilds: Adventures of Sport and Travel [Inscribed from Aileen Wyndham Quin to Prince Adolphus]
by [Prince Adolphus, Marquess of Cambridge]
London: Daldy, Isbister & Co, 1878. Very Good. London: Daldy, Isbister & Co., 1878. Reprint. Octavo; contemporary full black blind-embossed morocco, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, gilt-tooled turn-ins, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; xi,[1],308pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout, many full-paged. Leather a bit rubbed at margins, brief exposure at corners, spine leather slightly sunned, textblock uniformly toned, else Very... Read More
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Biblia Veteris & Novi Testamenti, iuxta vulgata editionem, ad Hebraica vertiste candori pristino restituta
by [Bible in Latin] Johann Schott [printer]
Argenorati [Strasbourg]: Ioannem Schottum [Johann Schott], 1535. Very Good. Argenorati [i.e. Strasbourg]: Ioannem Schottum [Johann Schott], 1535. First Thus. Thick octavo (6.75" x 5"); full contemporary parchment, faint manuscript spine titling, all edges stained dark red; [26],1008 [i.e. 1009],[11]pp. ([*]8 a-z8 A-2S8 2T4).; contemporaneously hand-colored title page printed within engraved border, hand-colored full-page woodcut facing p. 804, woodcut... Read More
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Plan of the City of Boston
by Charles Stimpson [printer]
Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1832. Good +. Boston: Charles Stimpson, 1832. First Edition. Hand-colored map (22x36cm) folded down into original gilt-tooled maroon morocco binding (8x6.5cm). Map quite fragile with extensive splitting and occasional old tape repairs along verso folds though image is complete; light rubbing to leather margins, else a Good, still bright example of this scarce little map... Read More
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The Last Days of Pompeii [Limited Edition, Signed by Craemer & Mardersteig]
by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton; Edgar Johnson [intro.]; Kurt Craemer [illus.]; Giovanni Mardersteig [printer]
Verona: Limited Editions Club / Officina Bodoni, 1956. Fine/Very Good. Verona: Printed for the Members of The Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni, 1956. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies of which this is no. 1495. Large octavo; publisher's decorative cloth in pale blue-grey dust jacket, yellow topstain, housed in original paper-covered slipcase; xx,[2],512pp.; two-toned illus. throughout.... Read More
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![Gerardi Joanni Vossii De Artis Poeticae Natura, ac constitutione liber [WITH] Poeticarum Institutionum [WITH] De Imitatione cum oratoria, tum praecipue poetica; deque récitation veterum](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/985/834/1689834985.0.m.jpg)
Gerardi Joanni Vossii De Artis Poeticae Natura, ac constitutione liber [WITH] Poeticarum Institutionum [WITH] De Imitatione cum oratoria, tum praecipue poetica; deque récitation veterum
by Gerardus Joannes Vossius; House of Elzevir [printer]
Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium [Elzevir], 1647. Very Good. Amstelodami [Amsterdam]: Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1647. First Editions. Three volumes in one; full contemporary gilt-ruled calf, gilt spine in five compartments; leaf (r)1 in "Poeticarum Institutionum" bound out of order, else collated complete; title pages printed in red and black. Recased with original spine laid down, corners and spine... Read More
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![Historie of the Life and Death of Sir William Kirkaldy of Grange, Knight wherein is declared his many wise designs and valiant actions, with a true relation of his heroic conduct in the Castle of Edinburgh which he had the honour to defend for the Queen of Scots [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/572/314/1593314572.0.m.jpg)
Historie of the Life and Death of Sir William Kirkaldy of Grange, Knight wherein is declared his many wise designs and valiant actions, with a true relation of his heroic conduct in the Castle of Edinburgh which he had the honour to defend for the Queen of Scots [Limited Edition]
by Harold Murdock; D.B. Updike [printer]
Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, 1906. Very Good. Boston: Club of Odd Volumes, 1906. First Odd Volumes Edition Limited to 114 copies. Tall octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers; xi,[1],130pp.; four leaves of plates, including folding maps and facsimiles, woodcut illus. adorning title page and colophon. Moderate wear to board extremities... Read More
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Andachtsubungen eines wahren Christen
by Joh. Bapt. Oettl [printer]
Munchen [Munich]: Joh. Bapt. Oettl, 1805. Very Good. München: Joh. Bapt. Oettl, 1805. 12mo (15cm); full contemporary straight-grained crimson goat elaborately gilt-tooled, enhanced with rather oversized steel clasp, green gilt spine onlay, all edges gilt with stippled designs along fore-edges, pink and gilt decorative endpapers; 383,[25]pp.; steel-engraved frontispiece and twenty-three plates including fourteen of the stations of the... Read More
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[Broadside] Thanksgiving at Snake Butte [Signed Limited Printing]
by James Welch; Sandy Tilcock [designer and printer]
Eugene, OR: Lone Goose Press, 1994. Fine. Eugene, OR: Lone Goose Press, 1994. Signed limited edition broadside of 85 copies of which this is no. 38. Sharp corners, excepting the uncut bottom of the handmade paper. A Fine copy of Welch's poem, best known from his first collection Riding the Earthboy 40.
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![Scenes Beginning with the Footbridge at the Lake [Limited Edition, Signed by Laurence and Both Greens]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/075/567/1699567075.0.m.jpg)
Scenes Beginning with the Footbridge at the Lake [Limited Edition, Signed by Laurence and Both Greens]
by Lary Laurence; Sam Green [binder]; Sally Green [printer]
Waldron Island, WA: Brooding Heron Press, 1992. Very Good. Waldron Island, WA: Brooding Heron Press, 1992. First Edition, Limited to 26 handbound lettered copies of which this is copy N. Slim octavo (26cm); publisher's black silk over pictorial paper-covered boards, printed paper spine label; [30]pp. Front cover and spine significantly sunned, though contents remain clean and sound. Very... Read More
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Ero, e Leandro: Poema
by Niccolo Viviani; Giambattista Bodoni [printer]
Parma: Nel Regal Palazzo / Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1794. Very Good. Parma: Nel Regal Palazzo / Co' Tipi Bodoniani, 1794. First Edition. Slim octavo; 20th-century paste-paper boards stamped in gilt, red leather spine ties; [8],40pp. Light wear and dust-soil to boards, textblock a bit foxed, else Very Good and sound.
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The Gray Mare. Or Johnny, the Miller, and Beautiful Kate
by Solomon Howe [printer]
Enfield, MA: S. Howe, 1838. Very Good. Enfield, [MA]: S. Howe, [1838]. Printed broadsheet with verse printed in two columns with woodcut at title. Edgewear and spotting; minor creasing; Very Good. Humorous verse about a young man who lost a bride when he would not marry her without receiving a mare as well. Replied Kate, "And... Read More
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Beatissimi Leopoldi Austriae Principis Sacro-Politica. Nec-non S. Guilielmi Ducis Aquitaniae, Comitis Pictauiensis, & Ducis Burgundiae prolis, Admiranda Conversio, ac stupenda Poenitentia
by Samuel Buirette; Widow of Marcus Wion [printer]
Duaci [Douai]: Typis Viduae Marci Wion, 1653. Very Good. Duaci [Douai]: Typis Viduae Marci Wion, sub signo Phoenicis, 1653. Small octavo (16cm.); full contemporary parchment, manuscript spine title, all edges stained blue; [16],238,[2]pp. (collated complete); woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. Parchment a bit dust-soiled, spine darkened, small worm-holes to binding and rather extensive worm-holing to early leaves... Read More
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Das Neue und Verbesserte Gesangbuch, worinnen die Psalmen Davids samt einer Sammlung alter und neuer Geistreicher Lieder, sowohl für Privat und Hausandachten
by [Hymnals] [German-American Printing]
Philadelphia: G. und D. Billmeyer, 1814. Very Good. Philadelphia: G. und D. Billmeyer, 1814. Reprint. 12mo. [iv], [1], 2-148, [vii], [1], 2-585; [9] pp. register; [1], 2-26 pp. catechism. Contemporary sheep with two metal clasps; five raised bands. Light wear to edges; minor scuffing; chipped at spine ends. Binding sound. Allentown bookseller's ticket in German to front pastedown;... Read More
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![Hot Off the Press: Prints & Politics [With original print by Eric Avery]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/811/346/1687346811.0.m.jpg)
Hot Off the Press: Prints & Politics [With original print by Eric Avery]
by Linda Tyler and Barry Walker [eds.]; Eric Avery [original print]
Albuquerque, NM: Tamarind Institute / University of New Mexico Press, 1994. Fine/Fine. Albuquerque, NM: Tamarind Institute / University of New Mexico Press, 1994. First Edition Stated. Quarto (26.5cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket and printed wrap-around band; ix,[1],139pp.; black and white illus. throughout. Just About Fine. Laid in original print by Eric Avery titled "Heartland... Read More
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![Hot Off the Press: Prints & Politics [With original print by Eric Avery]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/381/468/1697468381.0.m.jpg)
Hot Off the Press: Prints & Politics [With original print by Eric Avery]
by Linda Tyler and Barry Walker [eds.]; Eric Avery [original print]
Albuquerque, NM: Tamarind Institute / University of New Mexico Press, 1994. Near Fine. Albuquerque, NM: Tamarind Institute / University of New Mexico Press, 1994. Stated First Edition; wrapper issue (published simultaneously with hardcover edition). Octavo (25cm); 139pp. Publisher's stiff pictorial wrappers with promotional band intact; without dust jacket, as issued. Black-and-white images throughout. Wrappers lightly bumped at edges,... Read More
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![A Date Book by Artists of the Washington Printmakers Gallery [Signed by All Twelve Contributors]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/053/042/1708042053.0.m.jpg)
A Date Book by Artists of the Washington Printmakers Gallery [Signed by All Twelve Contributors]
by Washington Printmakers Gallery
Washington, DC: Washington Printmakers Gallery, 1997. Very Good+. Washington, DC: Washington Printmakers Gallery, [1997]. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's grey spiral-bound pictorial card wrappers; [28]pp.; twelve original prints mounted in, all signed with limitation in pencil. Light dust-soil to wrappers, brief scribble in red pencil to rear cover, else a Very Good to Near Fine, unused example. Beautiful... Read More
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