Collection of 78 Sketches on Vintage Paper Lace Placemats
by Gunther Nentwich
Ephemera. Near Fine. Charming collection of 78 pencil and ink sketches by German artist Gunther ("G.W.") Nentwich on vintage paper lace placemats. Mostly very skillful portraits, done in an assured, fluid hand dating from 1946-1952. A number of couples, groups and locations are depicted throughout the 78 pieces, including Schrafft’s Bar (which used paper doilies in the 40s).... Read More
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New Poems (1968-1970)
by Pablo Neruda
New York: Grove Press, 1972. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the 1972 1st US edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 153 pgs., bi-lingual text (Spanish on the verso, English on the recto).
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Poesia Politica: Discursos Politicos (2 Vols.)
by Pablo Neruda
Santiago, Chile: Editora Austral, 1953. Original wraps. Very Good +. The 1953 1st ediion of this impressive compilation of Pablo Neruda's political writings, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes solid and VG+ in their light-blue wrappers, with mild creasing and wear along the spines. Brittle, lightly-browned paper, still though very presentable. 16mo (pocketsized), early Neruda, political, impassiopned, in... Read More
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Selected Writings of Gerard de Nerval (The Signed/Limited Edition)
by Gerard de Nerval
New York: Grove Press, 1957. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. #71 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY THE TRANSLATOR GEOFFREY WAGNER (WHO ALSO WROTE THE CRITICAL INTRODUCTION AND NOTES) on the copyright page. A solid copy to boot of the 1957 1st American edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($3.75), VG dustjacket, with several tiny closed tears... Read More
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Costruire Correttamente
by Pier Luigi Nervi
Milan: Editore Ulrico Hoepli, 1955. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A tight, solid copy of the 1955 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping along the panel edges. Quarto, crisp black-and-white plates thruout.
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Nicholas Needlefoot
by Phil Nesbitt
Chicago: Wilcox & Follett Co, 1944. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Phil Nesbitt. A handsome copy of the 1944 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine (one tiny bookseller tag at the front panel) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with one small closed tear along the bottom of the spine and very light wear at the spine crown.... Read More
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The Jolly Kid Book
by Gertrude Caspari (Verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit)
Chicago: P.F. Volland & Co. Pictorial boards. Very Good. Gertrude Caspari. The 1st American edition (c. 1910) of this charming German children's book. Solid and VG in its pictorial boards, with light wear at the tips and very light soiling and bubbling to the panels. Oblong octavo, wonderful, vivid color illustrations to each page by Gertrude Caspari. The... Read More
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Animal Eyes
by Katherine V. Nespojohn
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1965. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY KATHERINE NESPOJOHN on the frontis (AND ALSO SIGNED BY HER ON THE TITLE PAGE). A handsome copy to boot of the 1965 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling at the rear panel. Octavo, nicely illustrated... Read More
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Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
by Evaline Ness
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Near Fine/Near Fine. Evaline Ness. A clean, very presentable copy of the 1966 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact (and price-clipped) VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light creasing --with several tiny closed tears-- along the front panel's top-edge. Quarto, wonderfully... Read More
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Ancient Glass
by Frederic Neuburg
University of Toronto Press, 1962. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1962 1st Canadian edition, originally published in German-- same year-- as Antikes Glas. A Near Fine copy in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. Many tipped-in, high-quality color reproductions throughout. Tall octavo, 110 pgs.
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Chapbooks: a Bibliography of References to English and American Chapbook Literature of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
by Victor E. Neuburg
The Vine Press, London, 1964. 1st. Soft Cover. 1964 1st edition. Bright and VG in its original pictorial wrappers. One small, inconspicuous crease along bottom edge of the front panel and one very small closed tear along the fore-edge of the front panel as well. Octavo, 88 pgs.
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Functional Operators (2 Vols.)
by John Von Neumann
Princeton University Press, 1951. Original wraps. Very Good. A very unusual Association copy. FROM THE LIBRARY OF --AND SIGNED IN BOTH VOLUMES BY-- JACK ROTH, THE RENOWNED MATHEMATICIAN (PHD DUKE, PROF. U. OF KENTUCKY) WHO, INCREDIBLY, WAS ALSO A HIGHLY-ACCOMPLISHED ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST PAINTER AND AN IMPORTANT NEW YORK COLLEAGUE OF DEKOONING, POLLOCK, FRANZ KLINE, ETC.). A CURIOUS FIGURE... Read More
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From Telegraph to Telstar
by Marie Neurath
London: Max Parrish, 1964. Boards. Very Good +/Near Fine. The uncommon 1964 1st edition, in a bright, lovely dustjacket. Clean and VG+ (with slight bowing to the boards) in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Part of the wonderful "Max Parrish Colour Book" series, with crisp, very sharp illustrations and design throughout. (From the publisher De Gruyter Brill,... Read More
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Inside the Atom (In a Beautiful Dustjcket)
by Marie Neurath
London: Max Parrish, 1959. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp, pleasing copy of the 1959 stated 2nd edition, uncommon even as such. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. As part of the "Max Parrish Colour Book" series, the book is wonderfully illustrated and designed throughout in rich color. (From the publisher... Read More
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7 Original Julius Shulman Prints, Each Bearing the Stamp of Richard Neutra's Office
by Julius Shulman (Richard Neutra)
1948. Photograph. Fine. 7 original prints by the renowned LA-based architectural photographer Julius Shulman of his photographs of 2 mid-century houses designed by Richard Neutra. The prints, we believe, were developed in 1948 and each bears the stamp at the rear of Richard Neutra at his Los Angeles offices on Silverlake Boulevard. The 7 prints uniformly measure 8"... Read More
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Survival Through Design
by Richard Neutra
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY RICHARD NEUTRA on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1954 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its duotone cloth, with a former owner bookplate at the front pastedown. And in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with... Read More
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Signed Photograph and Letter
by Richard Neutra
1958. Ephemera. Very Good +. A pair of items signed by Richard Neutra (1892-1970), the great Austrian-American modernist architect. A portrait photo of Neutra, c. 1958, artistically rendered on a wooden laminate panel (measuring 5 1/2" wide x 9" tall), firmly inscribed by Neutra in a dark marker. The other item is a signed, typed letter, a 1... Read More
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Survival Through Design
by Richard Neutra
New York: Oxford University Press, 1954. Cloth. Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY RICHARD NEUTRA on the front lfree endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1954 1st edition. Clean, tight and Near Fine in its oatmeal and dark-brown cloth. Lacking its original dustwrapper.
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World and Dwelling
by Richard Neutra
London: Alec Tiranti, Ltd, 1962. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. SIGNED BY RICHARD NEUTRA across the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1962 1st UK edition (originally published in Germany). Tight and VG+ (very light offsetting along the edges) in a bright, VG+ example of the pictorial dustjacket, with just a touch of... Read More
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Richard Neutra on Building: Mystery and Realitie of the Site
by Richard Neutra
Scarsdale, NY: Morgan & Morgan-, 1951. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good -. A solid, presentable copy of the 1951 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (tiny stamp --Elmer Pearson-- at the front free endpaper) in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with creasing and chipping along the panel edges and light soiling to the rear panel. Oblong quarto, text by Richard... Read More
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Microspheres and Regional Cancer Therapy
by Neville Willmott and John M. Daly, Eds
Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1994. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A bright, crisp, Near Fine copy of the 1994 1st edition. Light underlining to the first 2 pages of the foreword, otherwise internally immaculate. Octavo, 245 pgs.
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Gunstock Finishing and Care
by A. Donald Newell
Georgetown, South Carolina: Thomas G. Samworth (Small-Arms Technical Publishing Company), 1949. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1949 1st edition. "A Textbook, Covering the Various Means and Methods by Which Modern Protective and Decorative Coatings May Be Applied in the Correct and Suitable Finishing of Gun and Rifle Stocks. For Amateur and Porfessional Use".... Read More
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The Hole Book
by Peter Newell
Harper and Brothers, 1936. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A pretty copy of the 1936 reissue. Still very early and still quite uncommon, particularly in dustjacket. VG+ in a bright, VG+, price-intact ($2.00) jacket. Thin octavo, unpaginated. Even the mid-30s edition, still fragile and precious, fully conveys the wonder of the Peter Newell illlustrations.
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Dorothea Lange Looks at the American Country Woman: A Photographic Essay by Dorothea Lange with a Commentary by Beaumont Newhall
by Beaumont Newhall
Fort Worth, TX and Los Angeles: The Amon Carter Museum/The Ward Ritchie Press, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very nice copy of the 1967 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one small closed tear --and just a bit of wear-- along the bottom-edge and a small closed tear... Read More
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Paul Strand Photographs 1915-1945
by Nancy Newhall
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1945. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A sparkling copy of the Nov. 1945 2nd edition (1st edition was April 1945). Limited to 2500 copies. VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket with the slightest amount of rubbing along the back panel and the faintest trace of staining along the foot of the spine.... Read More
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