![An Oyster Is a Wealthy Beast [Limited Edition, Signed with original drawing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/217/562/1699562217.0.m.jpg)
An Oyster Is a Wealthy Beast [Limited Edition, Signed with original drawing]
by James Purdy
San Francisco: Black Sparrow Press, 1967. Very Good. [San Francisco, CA]: Black Sparrow Press, [1967]. First Edition, Limited to fifty copies bound in boards of which this is no. 26. Slim oblong octavo; publisher's grey printed paper wraparound over black cloth boards; [34]pp. Wraparound rather finger-soiled and toned, lacking original acetate dust jacket; About Very Good and sound.... Read More
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![63: Dream Palace, Selected Stories 1956-1987 [Limited Edition, Signed by Purdy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/336/286/1566286336.0.m.jpg)
63: Dream Palace, Selected Stories 1956-1987 [Limited Edition, Signed by Purdy]
by James Purdy
Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. Near Fine/Very Good +. Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1991. Limited Edition of 150 numbered copies signed by Purdy at colophon, this being #119. Octavo. 352 pp. Unprinted acetate dust jacket. Illustrated boards with title label to spine; brown endpapers. Mild scuffing to dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed along... Read More
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![[Manuscript] Demonstration de l'usage de la sphere faite par Monsieur [?Pursson] de Lorraine, dans la maison & logis de Monse. Salba Bourgoin de la Brille, durant tout le moys de mars 1620 ensamble une partie de l'usage de l'astrolabe & des principes de cosmographie le tout fait par moi [redacted] a Sainct Cere 1620](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/596/302/1694302596.0.m.jpg)
[Manuscript] Demonstration de l'usage de la sphere faite par Monsieur [?Pursson] de Lorraine, dans la maison & logis de Monse. Salba Bourgoin de la Brille, durant tout le moys de mars 1620 ensamble une partie de l'usage de l'astrolabe & des principes de cosmographie le tout fait par moi [redacted] a Sainct Cere 1620
by Anonymous [Student of Monsieur ?Pursson]
Saint Cere, France, 1620. Very Good. Saint Céré, France, 1620. Octavo (20cm); original limp parchments, remnants of ties only; [230]pp. filled to completion; seventeen original illustrations and diagrams. Binding quite worn with loss to spine foot affecting upper cover, general soil to cover, shallow dampstaining along textblock, biopredation to final two leaves with brief loss of text; overall... Read More
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![History of Propellers and Steam Navigation. With Biographical Sketches of the Early Inventors [with six-pages of manuscript notes on "Steam Boiler Trials"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/412/714/1686714412.0.m.jpg)
History of Propellers and Steam Navigation. With Biographical Sketches of the Early Inventors [with six-pages of manuscript notes on "Steam Boiler Trials"]
by Robert MacFarlane; [Charles W. Pusey]
New-York: George P. Putnam, 1851. Very Good. New-York: George P. Putnam, 1851. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's gilt-embossed pebble-grained cloth; 144pp.; illustrations throughout including frontispiece. Chipped with loss to spine ends; edgewear with exposure to corners. Binding sound. Spotting to endpapers, ownership inscription to front pastedown of C.W. Pusey dated Sept. 10, 1863 with "Wilmington, Delaware" written in pencil below; about Very Good. ... Read More
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How It Happens: Talk About the German People, 1914–1933
by Pearl S. Buck with Erna von Pustau
New York: John Day Company, 1947. Very Good/Very Good. New York: John Day Company, 1947. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); 276pp. Publisher’s dust jacket with $3 price intact; boards bound in black wax cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Dust jacket toned, especially at spine and flap folds; chipped at spine ends and corners. Front jacket panel is scuffed... Read More
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![The Fortunate Pilgrim [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/203/766/1589766203.0.m.jpg)
The Fortunate Pilgrim [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Mario Puzo
New York: Atheneum, 1965. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Atheneum, 1965. First Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket by John O'Hara Cosgrave II, red topstain; [10],301pp. Moderate rubbing to jacket extremities, rear jacket panel a bit unevenly toned, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.
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![The Fortunate Pilgrim [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/196/056/1588056196.0.m.jpg)
The Fortunate Pilgrim [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Mario Puzo
London: Heinemann, 1965. Near Fine/Very Good +. London: Heinemann, 1965. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [8],301pp. Very light shelf wear, else a Very Good to Near Fine, clean and bright copy. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.
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The Rose of Paradise
by Howard Pyle
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888. First Edition. Octavo; [vi], 231pp. Eight illustrations including frontis with tissue guard, all present. Green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Boards rubbed at corners and along joints, with some light scuffs to surface and nudging at spine ends. Small bookseller's ticket for Brentano Bros... Read More
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The Crying of Lot 49
by Thomas Pynchon
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1966. Very Good/Very Good. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1966. First Edition, stated, in first state dust jacket with two blurbs to rear for "V." Octavo; photo-illustrated dust jacket with $3.95 price intact; gray boards with yellow spine stamped in black; dark topstain; 183pp. Dust jacket shows light wear to extremities, chip and short tear... Read More
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Argalus and Parthenia. Originally Compiled in Prose by Sir Philip Sidney; and Afterwards done into Verse by Francis Quarles Esq
by Philip Sidney; Francis Quarles
London: John Wilford, 1726. Very Good. London: Printed for John Wilford, at the Three Golden Flower-de-Luce in Little Britain, 1726. Later Edition. 12mo (16.5cm.); contemporary calf recently rebacked to style, red gilt spine label, all edges marbled; [12],179,[1]pp.; copper engraved portrait frontispiece and thirty leaves of plates including added folding title page and twenty-nine plates to "illustrate the... Read More
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The Tragedy of X: A Drury Lane Mystery
by Barnaby Ross [pseud. of Ellery Queen]
New York: The Viking Press, 1932. Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1932. First Edition, stated. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's black cloth with red lettering; red topstain; 373pp. Missing dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with an inch of heavy scuffing and exposure to top edge of rear board near spine and tugging at spine ends; some general scuffing and smudging... Read More
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![The Tragedy of Errors and Others [Limited Edition, with chapbook]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/472/344/1689344472.0.m.jpg)
The Tragedy of Errors and Others [Limited Edition, with chapbook]
by Ellery Queen
Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 1999. Very Good +/Very Good. Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 1999. Limited First Edition of 250 copies, of which this is number 181. Octavo (23.6cm); illustrated dust jacket with $40.00 price intact; boards in black cloth with white lettering; 222pp. Facsimile chapbook in side-stapled paper wraps; 17pp. Jacket lightly shelfworn, with no chips, tears, or... Read More
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![The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries [with] The Case of the Three Macklins [Limited Edition, signed by publisher]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/718/885/1687885718.0.m.jpg)
The Adventure of the Murdered Moths and Other Radio Mysteries [with] The Case of the Three Macklins [Limited Edition, signed by publisher]
by Ellery Queen
Norfolk: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2005. Near Fine/Near Fine. Norfolk: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2005. Limited First Edition of 275 copies, this being number 156. Octavo (23.6cm); illustrated dust jacket with $45.00 price intact; boards in brick cloth with black lettering to spine; 294pp+6ads. Three Macklins in side-stapled red card wraps; 10pp.Jacket is clean and crisp with very... Read More
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The Last Woman in His Life
by Ellery Queen
New York: The World Publishing Company, 1970. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: The World Publishing Company, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 182pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth stamped in white and blue. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket; shelfwear to boards; binding sound; a couple stains to endpapers, else unmarked; Very Good or better.
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Weapons Systems And Political Stability: A History
by Carroll Quigley
Washington, DC: University Press of America, Inc, 1983. Very Good. Washington, DC: University Press of America, Inc., 1983. First Edition stated. Octavo (22cm). Blue publisher's binding. 1043 pp. Boards have minor shelfwear. Corners square. Binding sound. Some marks on fore-edge. Green sticker, date (Sept 21, 1983) and a previous owner's name stamped on front free endpaper.... Read More
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Twenty Sermons on the Following Subjects, Viz... Preach'd In the Parish of St. Philip, Charles-Town, South Carolina
by [South Carolina] Samuel Quincy
Boston: Printed and Sold by John Draper, in Cornhil, 1750. Very Good. Boston: Printed and Sold by John Draper, in Cornhil, 1750. First Edition. Octavo. [20], 370 pp., [1] page errata. Contemporary calf boards, recased with new leather spine, repair to tips, and new endpapers, likely 19th century. Boards bumped and worn with signs of repair along edges... Read More
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Tomorrow's Another Day
by W.R. Burnett
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 224 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$2.50" price present. Brown-orange boards lettered in gilt. Yellow topstain. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed along edges and folds with some creasing and surface scratching; spine lightly sunned. Boards show light... Read More
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![Despatches from Damascus: Gilbert MacKereth and British Policy in the Levant, 1933-1939 [Signed to William Safire]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/283/694/1279694283.0.m.jpg)
Despatches from Damascus: Gilbert MacKereth and British Policy in the Levant, 1933-1939 [Signed to William Safire]
by Michael G. Fry; Itamar Rabinovich
Tel Aviv: The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, 1985. Very Good. Tel Aviv: The Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, 1985. First Edition. Signed by co-author Rabinovich on half title to journalist William Safire with inscription "Sep 25, 93 - For Bill, Despatches or dispatches? A book that has a lot to do... Read More
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Modern Print Activism in the United States
by Rachel Schreiber [ed.]
Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2013. Near Fine. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2013. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); publisher's illustrated cloth; [xviii],252pp; illus. No dust jacket as issued. Sturdy, clean, and square, with only faint hints of shelfwear at extremities. Binding is tight and pages unmarked.
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Pictures by Arthur Rackham from The Ring of the Nibelung: A Calendar for 1977
by Arthur Rackham
La Jolla, CA: The Green Tiger Press, 1977. Very Good. La Jolla, CA: The Green Tiger Press, 1977. First Edition. Oversized folio. 12 leaves, each with a mounted color plate by Rackham. String-bound pictorial wrappers. Wraps curl and crease at edges with a few short closed tears and some light spotting. Cover wrap torn at top... Read More
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![[Broadsides] The New WRAP: Record Wrap-Up [Six broadsides from 1968-69]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/687/129/1703129687.0.m.jpg)
[Broadsides] The New WRAP: Record Wrap-Up [Six broadsides from 1968-69]
by [Radio] WRAP; Leola Dyson, Jack "Big Daddy Jack" Holmes; Jimmy "B"; Rick Foy; Soul Ranger; Maurice Ward
Norfolk, VA: WRAP, 1969. Very Good. 1. [WRAP Radio Station] Leola Dyson, Jack "Big Daddy Jack" Holmes, Jimmy "B," Rick Foy, Soul Ranger, Maurice Ward [contrs.] The New WRAP: Record Wrap-Up [Six broadside newsletters] Norfolk, VA: WRAP, 1968-1969. Four illustrated broadsides and two broadsheets (27.6x21.4cm) featuring the 30 WRAP Hits for the Week, here a broken run from March... Read More
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![A Fair Head of Angling Stories [Limited Edition, Signed Twice by Knight]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/005/846/1488846005.0.m.jpg)
A Fair Head of Angling Stories [Limited Edition, Signed Twice by Knight]
by Rafael Sabatini; Dave Hughes [fwd.]; Jesse F. Knight [ed.]
Chiloquin, OR: Paul Pursell Outdoor Books, 1989. Near Fine. Chiloquin, OR: Paul Pursell Outdoor Books, 1989. Limited Edition of 200 copies signed by Knight, this being #119. Additional inscription from Knight to previous owner, "To a Sabatini zealot who thinks as I do that Sabatini is the 20th century Dumas - with a flourish of his own! Jesse... Read More
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![Mine modeller: i mark og skov [Signed with illustration]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/054/890/1699890054.0.m.jpg)
Mine modeller: i mark og skov [Signed with illustration]
by Leif Ragn Jensen
Copenhagen, Denmark: Gronvald-Fynbos Forlag, 1971. Very Good. Copenhagen, Denmark: Gronvald-Fynbos Forlag, 1971. First Edition. Signed by Leif Ragn Jenses with inscription and an illustration of a bald eagle to front free endpaper. Oblong quarto; unpaginated. Illustrations throughout, some color. Illustrated green cloth-backed boards; no dust jacket. Soiling and rubbing to boards; binding sound; pages unmarked; Very Good. ... Read More
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Cuba and the Cubans
by Raimundo Cabrera; Laura Guiteras [trans.]; Louis Edward Levy, [ed.]
Philadelphia: Levytype Company, 1896. Very Good. Philadelphia: Levytype Company, 1896. First American Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; xvi,17-442pp.; sixteen leaves of illus. printed on rectos and versos, color folding map bound in rear, dozens of engravings in text throughout. Cloth sizing rather rubbed at margins, spine panel and gilt quite dulled, some offsetting... Read More
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![Autograph Note Signed from Ezra Pound to fellow poet Dachine Rainer; TLS from Rainer to Jackson Mac Low to verso [Single sheet]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/525/564/1699564525.0.m.jpg)
Autograph Note Signed from Ezra Pound to fellow poet Dachine Rainer; TLS from Rainer to Jackson Mac Low to verso [Single sheet]
by [Jackson Mac Low] Ezra Pound; Dachine Rainer
[St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, DC], 1950. Very Good. [St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, DC]: 1950. Single page autograph letter signed from Ezra Pound to fellow poet Dachine Rainer, dated May Day and reading "Dear Dachine / Tell Jxn Mc there is less melodic dead wood in greek. / & for him to see Sekakes." To the verso is Rainer's... Read More
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