![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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![William Everson: A Collection of Books and Manuscripts [Limited Edition, Signed by Everson]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/863/425/1717425863.0.m.jpg)
William Everson: A Collection of Books and Manuscripts [Limited Edition, Signed by Everson]
by Ralph B. Sipper; William Everson [pseud. Brother Antoninus][pref.]
Santa Barbara: Joseph the Provider / Books, 1987. Very Good. Santa Barbara: Joseph the Provider / Books, 1987. Limited Edition of 100 numbered hardbound copies with the first 25 signed, this being number 7. Octavo (23cm); acetate jacket; printed paper-covered boards and wine cloth spine with mounted paper spine label; 52pp. Small chip to cloth on front panel,... Read More
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Genre Theory and Historical Change: Theoretical Essays
by Ralph Cohen; John L. Rowlett [ed.]
Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2017. Near Fine/Near Fine. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2017. First Edition. Octavo. 401pp. Touch of rubbing to edges of dust jacket. Boards show mild shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Near Fine.
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A Sermon Delivered at the Ordination of Rev. Chandler Robbins, over the Second Congregational Church in Boston, December 4, 1833
by [Ralph Waldo Emerson] Henry Ware, Jr.
Boston: James W. Burditt, 1833. Very Good. Boston: James W. Burditt, 1833. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); removed; 32pp. Light foxing throughout, else Very Good and fresh. Contents include the second appearance of Ralph Waldo Emerson's early hymn "We love the venerable house," first published as a broadside and preceding "Nature" by three years. SABIN 101395; STREETER 4182.... Read More
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Medieval Political Philosophy: A Sourcebook
by Ralph Lerner and Muhsin Mahdi [eds.]
New York: Free Press of Glencoe, 1963. Very Good-. [New York]: Free Press of Glencoe, [1963]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's black decorative cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in silver foil, red topstain; xii,532pp. Corners bumped, spine rather faded, light dust-soil and surface scratches, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper and occasional underlining and marginalia throughout, else... Read More
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![The Winooski: Heartway of Vermont [Richard Spong's copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/409/364/1279364409.0.m.jpg)
The Winooski: Heartway of Vermont [Richard Spong's copy]
by Ralph Nading Hill; George Daly [illus.]
New York: Rinehart & Company, 1949. Very Good/Good. New York: Rinehart & Company, 1949. First Edition with encircled R on copyright. Ownership signature of journalist and author Richard Spong on front free endpaper (acquired from his estate). Octavo; xii, 304 pp. Two-color illustrated title page spread, with map and black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket... Read More
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A Dog of Flanders: Being a Story of Friendship Closer Than Brotherhood
by Ouida [pseud. Maria Louise Ramé]
East Aurora, NY: Elbert Hubbard / Roycroft Shop, 1906. Very Good +. East Aurora, NY: Elbert Hubbard / Roycroft Shop, 1906. First Thus. Octavo; publisher's limp reverse calf, blind-embossed upper cover lettered in gilt, yapp edges, moiré silk endpapers; [4],90pp.; printed letterpress in red and black. Damp stain at bottom fore-edge corner of final third of textblock very... Read More
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The Nagapattinam and Other Buddhist Bronzes in the Madras Museum
by T.N. Ramachandran
Madras: Udhaya Printers for the Director of Museums, 1992. Good. Madras: Udhaya Printers for the Director of Museums, 1992. Third printing (initially published 1954; reprinted 1965, 1992). Quarto (28x22.5x1.5cm); xi + 152pp + unpaginated appended portfolio of 30 B&W plates on coated paper. Card wrapper with cover photo and green lettering around sewn textblock. Wrapper shows moisture... Read More
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Ramon Guthrie Kaleidoscope
by [Ramon Guthrie] Dilys Laing, Philip Booth, Alexander Laing et al. [contribs.]
Hanover, NH: Privately Printed / Stinehour Press, 1963. Very Good/Very Good -. Hanover, NH: Privately Printed / Stinehour Press, 1963. Limited Edition of 100 copies, this being #22. Octavo. 149 pp. Frontispiece. Printed dust jacket. Gray and green boards stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket heavily chipped with a few short tears. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding... Read More
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![The Life of Langston Hughes [Two Volume Set] [Signed by Rampersad]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/402/268/1699268402.0.m.jpg)
The Life of Langston Hughes [Two Volume Set] [Signed by Rampersad]
by [Langston Hughes] Arnold Rampersad
New York: Oxford University Press, 1986. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986 & 1988. Mixed Printings (Vol. I a reprint, Vol. II a first). Two volumes; octavos; publisher's cloth-backed boards in photo-illustrated dust jackets (Vol. I price clipped); vii,[3],468; [10],512pp.; half tone photographic plates throughout. Dust jacket flaps yellowed, endpapers unevenly toned, light dust-soil to... Read More
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![The Face That Must Die [Signed by Campbell and Bloch]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/693/546/1392546693.0.m.jpg)
The Face That Must Die [Signed by Campbell and Bloch]
by Ramsey Campbell; J.K. Potter [illus.]; Robert Bloch [intro.]
Santa Cruz, CA: Scream / Press, 1983. Near Fine/Very Good. Santa Cruz, CA: Scream/Press, 1983. Stated First Edition (First Thus.) Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; [2],xxxv,[1],213pp.; photographic illus. throughout. A hint of wear with very faint rippling to jacket, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Signed by Campbell and Bloch on half... Read More
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The Farmer's Meditations, or Shepherd's Songs
by Thomas Randall
Limerick, ME: Wm. Burr, Printer, 1833. Very Good. Limerick, ME: Wm. Burr, Printer, 1833. First Edition. 16mo. 255pp. Bound in contemporary calf. Front hinge starting but form; mild scuffing. Binding sound. Lacks front free endpaper. Mild spotting and marginal chipping; overall Very Good and sound. At times poetic and sentimental, these poems from the Eaton, New Hampshire farmer... Read More
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The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1943. Near Fine/Very Good +. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers, 1943. Early Printing in Second Issue dust jacket with $3.00 price to front flap. Octavo (21cm); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 753pp. Light wear to jacket margins, spine panel very lightly sunned, corners nudged, else a Very Good or better,... Read More
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The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. Very Good -/Very Good -. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. Later printing with no edition statement to copyright page. Octavo; 753pp. Second-issue dust jacket with $3.00 price intact and author photo with blurbs on back. Bound in red cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. Dust jacket rather chipped with several closed tears. Boards worn along edges with split... Read More
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The Fountainhead
by Ayn Rand
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. Very Good/Good. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. Early Printing, with "refrred" on p. 321, smaller "G" on p. 381, "Domininque" on p. 480," and "weight" on p. 651. Page number on p. 9 complete and unbroken. Octavo; 753pp. Second-issue dust jacket with $3.00 price intact and author photo with blurbs on back. Bound in blue cloth-covered... Read More
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![Hide & Seek: A John Rebus Mystery [Signed bookplate laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/349/975/1659975349.0.m.jpg)
Hide & Seek: A John Rebus Mystery [Signed bookplate laid in]
by Ian Rankin
New York: Otto Penzler Books, 1990. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Otto Penzler Books, 1990. First American Edition, with full numberline. Octavo (21.5cm); [viii],210pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $21.00 price intact; boards in blue paper and black cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is clean and crisp with very faint rubbing along bottom edge and a... Read More
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![Mortal Causes: A John Rebus Mystery [Signed bookplate laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/522/548/1663548522.0.m.jpg)
Mortal Causes: A John Rebus Mystery [Signed bookplate laid in]
by Ian Rankin
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First US Edition with full numberline. Octavo (24cm); [viii],278pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $22.00 price intact; boards in sea green boards with black cloth spine and gilt lettering. Jacket is clean and crisp with some faint dust-soiling to surface. Boards are sturdy and... Read More
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The World's Body
by John Crowe Ransom
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. Good +/Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 350pp. Boards in blue cloth with gray stamping, wrapped in publisher's price-clipped light blue jacket. Jacket generally scuffed and rubbed with minor chips and tears at margins and minor loss to head of spine and rear joint. Toning to... Read More
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The Successors of Genghis Khan
by Rashid Al-Din; John Andrew Boyle [trans.]
New York: Columbia University Press, 1971. Very Good. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971. Third Printing. Octavo. 372pp. Blue boards stamped in gilt; map endpapers. No dust jacket. Boards bowed at fore-edge; faint staining to same; rubbing to edges. Binding sound and pages unmarked; still a Very Good copy.
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Mafia: Roman aus dem modernen Sicilien
by Emil Rasmussen
Berlin / Charlottenburg: Axel Juncker Verlag, 1912. Very Good. Berlin / Charlottenburg: Axel Juncker Verlag, 1912. Third Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's illustrated oatmeal cloth with black lettering; blue topstain; 394pp+5ads. German text in gothic type. Boards a bit bumped at corners and spine ends, with a couple dark brown waterspots near fore-edge and some stray smudges to cloth.... Read More
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Gilbert & George: Post-Card Sculptures and Ephemera, 1969-1981
by Gilbert & George; Carter Ratcliff
New York: Hirschl & Adler Modern, 1990. Very Good. New York: Hirschl & Adler Modern, 1990. Quarto (27x22.5x0.5cm); 400, including biographical dates and exhibition and performance lists. Twelve full-page color reproductions of the postcard configurations of G&G. Laid taupe-gray card covers stamped in black and carmine red, with deep French flaps, saddle staple bound over textblock. Covers... Read More
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King Fisher Lives
by Julian Rathbone
London: Michael Joseph, 1976. Very Good/Very Good. London: Michael Joseph, 1976. First Edition. Octavo. 206 pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in silver. Price-clipped dust jacket edgeworn with slightly heavier wear to spine ends; mild general scuffing. Boards show light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Top edge of text block shows light dust soiling, else interior unmarked. Very... Read More
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