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/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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![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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![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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![Commentaire Sur La Republique: Tome I Dissertations I-VI (Rep. I-III); Tome II Dissertations VII-XIV (Rep. IV-IX); Tome III Dissertations XV-XVII (Rep. X) [Three volume set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/947/064/1544064947.0.m.jpg)
Commentaire Sur La Republique: Tome I Dissertations I-VI (Rep. I-III); Tome II Dissertations VII-XIV (Rep. IV-IX); Tome III Dissertations XV-XVII (Rep. X) [Three volume set]
by Proclus; A.J. Festugiere [trans.]
Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1970. Near Fine. Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1970. Three tall octavo volumes. Printed wraps. Text in French. Light rubbing to edges of wraps; mild creasing to spine. Bindings are sound and, aside from ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper of each volume, pages are unmarked. A near fine set of a scarce... Read More
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![[Paper bag] The Gipsy Compound Condition Powders](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/374/215/1674215374.0.m.jpg)
[Paper bag] The Gipsy Compound Condition Powders
by C.H. Proctor
Marlboro, MA: C.H. Proctor, 1890. Near Fine. Marlboro, MA: C.H. Proctor, n.d., ca. 1890s. Pictorial broadside printed on front panel of unused brown paper bag (38x25.5cm.). Edges toned, a few nicks and smudges, else a Near Fine example. Paper bag promoting the condition powders "For Horses, Cattle, Poultry, and Swine" invented by C.H. Proctor of 13 Brown... Read More
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![The Sioux Spaceman [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/053/403/1564403053.0.m.jpg)
The Sioux Spaceman [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Andre Norton; Lin Carter [profile]
Boston: Gregg Press, 1978. Near Fine/Fine. Boston: Gregg Press, [1978]. First Gregg Press Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket by Jack Gaughan; 133,[11]pp.; pictorial title page. Minute wear to jacket extremities, else a Near Fine copy. Bookplate signed by Norton laid in. Final installment in the publisher's series "The Space Adventures of Andre Norton,"... Read More
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Collection of Five Italian-Language Noir Novels
by [Gialli Proibiti]
V.p.: v.i., 1960. Very Good/Very Good. Collection of five small octavo volumes. Moderate wear and light chipping to wrapper and jacket margins, rather long closed tear to top edge of upper jacket panel to the novel "Il Diavolo a Quattro," else a Very Good, bright and sound collection comprising: 1. Henry Kane. "Il Diavolo a Quattro: Romanzo"... Read More
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Obra Revolucionaria
by Ernesto Che Guevara; Roberto Fernandez Retamar [prologue]
Mexico: Ediciones ERA, 1969. Very Good-/Very Good-. [Mexico]: Ediciones ERA, [1969]. Third Edition. Small quarto; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 662pp. Jacket quite chipped and worn at margins with several closed tears and wrinkling, boards bumped and rubbed with brief exposure at spine ends and corners, ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Good to Very... Read More
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![A Killing in Xanadu [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/030/380/1689380030.0.m.jpg)
A Killing in Xanadu [Signed Limited Edition]
by Bill Pronzini
Richmond: Waves Press, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. Richmond: Waves Press, 1980. Limited First Edition of 150 copies, this being number 118. Octavo (25.5cm); debossed paper dust jacket over side-stapled black paper wraps; [iv],20pp; frontis. Front and back covers toned along top 1.5", with some rubbing and light creasing along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. ... Read More
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![Scenarios: A "Nameless Detective" Casebook [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/202/724/1693724202.0.m.jpg)
Scenarios: A "Nameless Detective" Casebook [Signed]
by Bill Pronzini
Waterville, ME: Five Star, 2003. Near Fine/Near Fine. Waterville, ME: Five Star, 2003. First Edition. Signed by Pronzini without inscription at title page. Octavo. 293pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Glossy illustrated boards. Very mild rubbing to edges of jacket; top of spine gently tugged; binding sound and pages unmarked; Near Fine.
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Some Remarks on the Advantages of Prosser's Patent Railway Guide Wheels on Either Iron or Wooden Rails
by [Railroads] [Thomas Prosser]
London: J. King, Printer, College Hill, City, 1845. Very Good. London: J. King, Printer, College Hill, City, 1845. First Edition. Octavo. 8 pp. Vignette illustration. Original peach wrappers. Light soiling and wear; stitching largely perished. Ink inscription to front wrapper, "Geo. Downs Esq. with J. Wilson's [?] compliments." Overall Very Good; scarce.
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![What'll You Take For It? Back to Barter [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/021/006/1604006021.0.m.jpg)
What'll You Take For It? Back to Barter [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Annie Proulx
Charlotte, VT: Garden Way Publishing, 1981. Very Good. Charlotte, VT: Garden Way Publishing, 1981. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo; publisher's green pictorial card wrappers; vi,138pp.; illus. throughout. Light shelf wear to wrapper margins, faint ghost sticker to upper cover, else Very Good and sound overall. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Uncommon guide to bartering,... Read More
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The Royal Hunter: Art of the Sasanian Empire
by Prudence Oliver Harper; Jens Kroger, Carol Manson Bier, and Martha L. Carter [contrs.]
New York: Asia Society / John Weatherhill, 1978. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Asia Society / John Weatherhill, [1978]. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket, photo-illustrated endpapers; 175pp.; photographic illus. throughout, some in full color. Light shelf wear, brief foxing to jacket verso, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Distributor sticker of... Read More
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![Pop Touched Me: The Art of Rob Pruitt [Inscribed and Signed with original drawings]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/186/242/1701242186.0.m.jpg)
Pop Touched Me: The Art of Rob Pruitt [Inscribed and Signed with original drawings]
by Rob Pruitt
New York: Abrams, 2010. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Abrams, 2010. First Edition, with full numberline. Quarto; publisher's cloth in tan pictorial dust jacket; 218pp.; full color illus. throughout. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, with dampstaining over tail and sunning to spine; bump to bottom edge of rear board, some brief cockling to textblock from exposure to... Read More
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The Corinthians: A Kodachrome Slideshow
by Ed Jones and Timothy Prus
London: Archive of Modern Conflict, 2009. Near Fine. [London]: Archive of Modern Conflict, [2009]. First Edition. Small square quarto; publisher's red and tan die-cut boards; [200]pp.; chiefly color photographs throughout. Just About Fine. Photo-essay of vernacular kodachrome snapshots taken between 1947 and 1974.
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A Soldier's Experience in Southern Prisons
by C.M. Prutsman
New York: Andrew H. Kellogg, 1901. Good. New York: Andrew H. Kellogg, 1901. First Edition. Slim 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's blue decorative cloth, upper cover stamped in dark blue, floral endpapers; 80pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Extremities scuffed and corners bumped, spine rather toned, front free endpaper and frontispiece separated but present; a Good copy overall. Ownership inscription... Read More
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Vanity Fair, September, 1928
by [Covarrubias] Conde Nast Publications
New York: Conde Nast Publications, 1928. Very Good. New York: Conde Nast Publications, 1928. First Edition. Large, slim quarto; publisher's bright pink pictorial wrappers illustrated by Eduardo Benito; 120pp.; illus. and pictorial advertisements throughout, many in color. Moderate wear and dust-soil to wrapper margins, chips at spine ends, coin-sized paper scar to upper cover slightly touching illustration; overall... Read More
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Vanity Fair, November, 1928
by [Covarrubias] Conde Nast Publications
New York: Conde Nast Publications, 1928. Very Good. New York: Conde Nast Publications, 1928. First Edition. Large, slim quarto; publisher's pictorial card wrappers illustrated by Vladimir Bobri; 164pp.; illus. and pictorial advertisements throughout. Moderate wear to wrapper margins, top two inches of spine starting to separate; overall Very Good, internally clean and sound. Single issue from... Read More
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The Life of Mahomet; or, The history of the imposture which was begun, carried on, and finally established by him in Arabia; and which has subjugated a larger portion of the globe, than the religion of Jesus has yet set at Liberty. To which is added, an account of Egypt
by Isaiah Thomas [publisher]
Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas. Jun, 1802. Very Good-. Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, Jun., 1802. First American Edition. 12mo; full contemporary calf, gilt-ruled spine; viii,[13]-154,[2]pp. (collated complete despite error in pagination, with final leaf of publisher's ads bound in rear). Leather scuffed at margins, front joint starting to crack, spine gilt dulled, endpapers rather ragged and significantly filled with... Read More
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![A Letter from Texas [Limited Edition, Signed by Stanley Marcus and W. Thomas Taylor]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/178/899/1600899178.0.m.jpg)
A Letter from Texas [Limited Edition, Signed by Stanley Marcus and W. Thomas Taylor]
by Townsend Miller; W. Thomas Taylor [design]; Stanley Marcus [publisher]
Dallas: Somesuch Press, 2001. Very Good. Dallas: Somesuch Press, 2001. Limited Edition, numbered 99 of 350 copies and signed by designer W. Thomas Taylor (as "Tom Taylor") and publisher Stanley Marcus on colophon. Octavo; [15]pp. Publisher's map-decorated paper with silver lettering and red cloth spine. Boards are clean and sharp. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. ... Read More
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Motive Volume 2
by Sayuri Kanyama [publisher]
Osaka, Japan: Korinsha Press Co, 1997. Very Good. [Osaka, Japan: Korinsha Press Co., 1997.] First Edition. Large, slim folio (36.5cm); publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers; [60]pp.; chiefly halftone photographic illus. Moderate rubbing to wrapper margins with light creasing, else Very Good. The second of just two issues published of this periodical showcasing the works of Japanese photographers.... Read More
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Grand Army Sentinel: The Soldier Paper of the South, A Semi-Monthly Magazine. Vol. II, Number 15. Nashville, Tenn., February 5, 1886
by [Tennessee] Sentinel Co. Publishers
Nashville, TN: Sentinel Co. Publishers, 1886. Very Good -. Nashville, TN: Sentinel Co. Publishers, 1886. First Edition. Quarto. [209]-224, [4] pp. advertisements. Illustrated red wraps. Chipping to edges of wraps and binding holding. Wraps and pages brittle and delicate. Interior shows intermittent chipping though text unaffected; mild toning and unmarked. Nearly Very Good. Scarce southern newspaper... Read More
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The Council of Dogs
by Benjamin Warner [publisher]
Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner / Brown & Merritt, 1809. Very Good-. Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, No. 147 Market-Street. Brown & Merritt Printers, 24, Church-alley, 1809 [but 1821]. Small quarto (13cm.); slightly later straight-grained gilt-tooled brown morocco, marbled endpapers; 16pp.; engraved frontispiece and seven leaves of plates (collated complete). Dark tide mark affecting textblock as well as plates, stock... Read More
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Collection of Four Titles in The Fireside Series
by F.E. Longley [publisher]
London: F.E. Longley, 1878. Very Good. London: F.E. Longley, n.d., ca. 1878. First Edition. Four volumes; slim 12mos (15cm); publisher's uniform pictorial paper-covered boards printed chromolithograph with publisher's device discretely mounted to each volume; illus. throughout, including advertisements at front and rear of volume. Moderate wear to margins, bottom inch of spine of "Random Sketches" and "Robert Vincent's... Read More
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