Libro Illeggible N.Y. 1 (In the Publisher's Original Shipping Carton)
by Bruno Munari
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1967. Original wraps. Near Fine/Near Fine. Bruno Munari. Another brilliant Bruno Munari design in book form, in this case a clever, wordless artist's book issued in 1967 by MoMA New York. "This is a unique book designed by Bruno Munari especialy for the Museum of Modern Art. It is one of... Read More
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Jimgrim and Allah's Peace (in Dustjacket)
by Talbot Mundy
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1936. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1936 1st edition under this title, in its wonderful pictorial dustjacket. Solid and VG+ in its yellow cloth, with a villainous portrait to the front panel. And in a bright, price-intact ($2.00), VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends, mild foxing along the... Read More
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Palaeolithic Man and Terramara Settlements
by Robert Munro
Oliver and Boyd, 1912. 1st. Hardcover. A nice copy of the 1912 1st edition. VG+ in a chocolate-brown cloth with bright gilt lettering on spine. Thick octavo, 507 pgs.
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The Lake-Dwellings of Europe: Being the Rhind Lectures in Archaeology for 1888
by Robert Munro
London: Cassell & Company, 1890. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1890 1st edition. Clean and tightly-bound and VG+ in its original maroon cloth with bright gilt-lettering to spine. One very small tear at spine crown, inner hinges mildly starting, very light scuffing to back panel. Still, a perfectly presentable and well-preserved copy. Thick quarto, 600 pgs.
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Norwegian Wood (The Signed/Limited Edition, in 2 Volumes)
by Haruki Murakami
London: The Harvill Press, 2000. Original wraps. Fine. The lovely signed/limited edition, issued in 2 volumes and published by Harvill Press of London in 2000. #361 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY HARUKI MURAKAMI at the limitation (and including his chop block to the right of his signature). Both volumes clean and Fine in their original wrappers -- Vol.... Read More
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Scenes De La Vie De Boheme
by Henry Murger
Paris: Editions Nilsson. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1st edition in its dark cloth, with somewhat-chipped, pasted-on illustration to front panel. Circa 1920. Solid and VG, with half a dozen or so very attractive tipped-in aquatints by Jean Dratz. Octavo, 250 pgs.
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The Art of Ting Shao Kuang
by Anna Manzoni Macdonnell and Tetsuro Murobushi
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1989. Cloth. Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY TING SHAO KUANG on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1989 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Square quarto, first-rate color reproductions throughout, including large fold-out plate in the body of the text.
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English & Scottish Wrought Ironwork: A Series of Examples of English Ironwork of the Best Periods, Together with Most of the Examples Now Existing in Scotland--with Descriptive Text
by Bailey S. Murphy
London: B.T. Batsford, 1904. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. The 1904 1st edition of this massive examination of English & Scottish wrought ironwork. An imposing elephant folio, solid, well-preserved and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with lovely gilt-flourishes and titling along the front panel and spine. A bit of separation and weakness at the front outer hinge, light bowing... Read More
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Ulster Folk of Field and Fireside
by Mivhael J. Murphy
Dundalk, Ireland: Dundalgan Press, 1983. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp copy of the 1983 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 224 pgs. Very light, inconspicuous tape at rear panel.
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Puddings and Dainty Desserts
by Thomas J. Murrey
New York: White, Stokes & Allen, 1886. Pictorial boards. Very Good. Precious 1884 American recipe book on puddings and dainty desserts. Tight and VG in its pictorial boards, with offsetting along the front panel's top-edge and, otherwise, very mild soiling to the panels. Light staining along the inner hinges as well. 16mo, 53 pgs. followed by publisher's ad... Read More
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The Peabody Museum Collection of Navigating Instruments
by Peabody Museum
Peabody Museum, Salem, MA, 1963. Hardcover. The 1963 original edition, limited to 1000 copies. VG without dustjacket as issued. Minor spotting along cloth edges and a touch of foxing to endpapers. Still, perfectly presentable. Quarto, 154 pgs.
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The Original Program for House of Flowers
by Truman Capote (Book) and Harold Arlen (Music)
New York: Passantino, 1955. Original wraps. Near Fine. A wonderful piece of theatre history, the original 1955 program for Truman Capote's "House of Flowers". THIS COPY IS NOT ONLY SIGNED BY TRUMAN CAPOTE (on the title page, next to his printed name) BUT IS ALSO INSCRIBED BY HAROLD ARLEN, WHO WROTE THE MUSIC FOR THE PLAY, TO PEARL... Read More
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The Flying Adventures of Lindbergh (With Spaces for the Lindbergh Postage Stamps)
by Virginia T.H. Mussey
New York: Harper & Brotherts, 1933. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good. The 1933 stated 1st edition of this uncommon "stamp story and album for collectors". No. 2 in the "Harper Stampography" series. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG example of the scarce pictorial dustjacket, with mild fading at the spine and very light chipping along... Read More
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Animals in Motion: An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Progressive Movements
by Eadweard Muybridge
London: Chapman & Hall, 1902. Cloth. Very Good. A very presentable copy of this early London edition (1902) of Eadweard Muybridge's seminal study of animal locomotion, captured through the use of the period's most recent strides in the nascent field of photography. Solid and VG in its wine-red cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine.... Read More
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Lawn Tennis: Its Principles & Practice (2 Copies)
by A. Wallis Myers
Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott and Seeley, Service & Co, 1930. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. Wonderful tennis bookends: The 1930 1st American AND 1st British editions. Both copies solid, clean and VG in their beige cloth, with bright, VG pictorial dustjackets. Thick octavos, 430 pgs. all told, crisp black-and-white photographs thruout. In fact, other than the... Read More
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Preventing Losses in Factory Power Plants
by David Moffat Myers
New York: The Engineering Magazine Co, 1915. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1915 1st edition. Tight and VG in its russet cloth, with faded gilt-lettering along the spine and neat former owner name and address at the front free endpaper. Thick 12mo, fold-out maps (all clean and intact) thruout.
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Mexico's Modern Architecture (Introduction by Richard Neutra)
by I.E. Myers
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co, 1952. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1952 1st edition. Clean and VG+ (light wear at the spine crown) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with chipping along the spine (3" of loss) and much less so at the panel edges. Quarto, crisp black-and-white photos throughout. Partially... Read More
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Divine Images and Human Imaginations in Ancient Greece and Rome
by Edited by Joannis Mylonopoulos
Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2010. Laminate boards. Near Fine. A very presentable copy of the 2010 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its blue-green laminate boards. Octavo, 86 black-and-white figures at the rear. Part of Brill's "Religions in the Graeco-Roman World" series.
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Baseball: A Comprehensive Bibliography + Supplement 1 & Supplement 2
by Myron J. Smith, Jr.
Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 1998. Cloth. Near Fine. Handsome copies of Baseball: A Comprehensive Bibliography plus its 2 supplements (Suppement 1: 1985-May 1992 and Supplement 2: 1992 through 1997). All 3 volumes clean and Near Fine to Fine in their dark-green cloth. Uniform octvos, without dustjakets, as issued.
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Mary (in Russian)
by Vladimir Nabokov
Ann Arbor and New York: Ardis Publishers and McGraw-Hill, 1974. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1974 1st thus, the 1st appearance of "Mary" as published in The States but with Nabokov's text completely in its native Russian exclusively. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light rubbing to the front panel and one... Read More
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Unsafe at Any Speed
by Ralph Nader
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1965. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY RALPH NADER on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1965 correct 1st printing, the stated 1st printing. Tight and VG (foxing along the fore and bottom-edges and at the preliminaries) in a bright, price-intact ($5.95), VG dustjacket, with light creasing and several small closed... Read More
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Gego 1957-1988: Thinking the Line
by Nadja Rottner and Peter Weibel, Editors
Ostfildern, Germany: Haje Cantz, 2006. Original wraps. Fine. A pristine copy of the 2006 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its gray pictorial wrappers. Quarto, crisp black-and-white reproductions.
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Kieff (Grediaga): Polished Bronzes 1970-1972
by Paul T. Nagano
Kieff Grediaga, 1972. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED BY KIEFF GREDIAGA on the verso of pg. 3. A solid copy to boot of this 1972 monograph on the artist's polished bronzes (1970-1972). Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light rippling to the front panel. Quarto, crisp black-and-white (and color) reproductions thruout.
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Theatre Festivals of the Medici 1539-1637 (In Dustjacket)
by A.M. Nagler
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1964. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The 1964 1st American edition, translated from its original German by George Hickenlooper. Solid and VG (former owner bookplate at the front pastedown, ink name and address --and one small stain-- to the front free endpaper) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with soiling to the panels... Read More
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Geza Nemeth
by Katalin S. Nagy
Budapest: Kormendi Galeria, 1995. Hardcover. Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY GEZA NEMETH on the title page. An immaculate copy to boot of the impressive 1995 monograph on this important Hungarian artist. Tight and Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Quarto, lovely color reproductions thruout.
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