Spearhead
by ABZUG, Martin
New York: Dial Press, 1946. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 272pp. Jacket extremities chipped and worn, bottom inch of spine starting to separate, a numer of shallow closed tears and tiny losses at edges, red portion of spine quite sunned, brief residue from previously removed sticker to upper jacket flap, else About Very Good... Read More
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Bericht Uit Psychopolis 3 [1970]
by [VRIJE ACADEMIE]
The Hague: Vrije Academie / Psychopolis, [1970]. First Edition. Tabloid (ca 60cm x 40cm); on newsprint, unpaged [46pp], chiefly illus. Vertical and horizontal folds (as issued?); some puckering to paper at intersection of folds; mild toning to fold-lines and extremities, but still a complete, well-preserved copy, easily Very Good. Annual "catalogue" for this experimental art academy in The Hague,... Read More
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The Freedom of Information Act: First Casualty of the "War on Drugs
by FUND FOR OPEN INFORMATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY
New York: Fund for Open Information and Accountability, [1987]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's red pictorial staplebound wrappers; 16pp.; text in double columns. Small soil spot to upper cover, light wear, else Very Good or better. "An analysis of the FOIA Amendments attached to the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986" (upper cover). Wisconsin Historical only in OCLC as of... Read More
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Christmas in Biafra and Other Poems
by ACHEBE, Chinua
Garden City: Anchor Books / Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1973. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (20.75cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [7],8-92,[4]pp. Trivial wear and dustiness to wrappers, hint of sunning to spine; Near Fine. Collection of early poetry by the celebrated Nigerian author, comprised of the 23 poems written for the Nigerian release of Beware, Soul Brother... Read More
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Dallas Yesterday. Foreword by Willis M. Tate. Biographical Sketch by Paul Crume
by ACHESON, Sam (Lee Milazzo, ed)
Dallas: SMU Press, 1977. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 403pp. Fine in jacket. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in. Collection of Acheson's (1900-1972) articles in the Dallas Morning News.
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Bringing It Into Focus
by [ACHTENBERG, Roberta]
[San Francisco: Roberta Achtenberg for Mayor, n.d. but 1995]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); single leaf folded into 8-panelled brochure; photographic illus. throughout. Rather cockled from exposure to damp, else Very Good overall. Promotional pamphlet issued during Roberta Achtenberg's unsuccessful bid for Mayor of San Francisco in 1995. Upper cover adorned with blurry photograph of a magnifying glass, opening up... Read More
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A Society for the Special Study of Political Economy, the Philosophy of History, and the Science of Government, Proposed by a Citizen of Boston
by A CITIZEN OF BOSTON" [FOSTER, William]
Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1857. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); tan wrappers printed within double rule; 19pp. Extremities toned and very slightly chipped, faint ring stain to upper cover, else Very Good and sound. Prospectus for a Society in Boston that the author proposed would supplement the foundations of the Smithsonian Institute and the diffusion of human knowledge. Contents... Read More
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WIFE OF LIGHT: Poems
by Ackerman, Diane
New York: Morrow, 1978. First edition. Quarter cloth in dust jacket; small 8vo. 64 pp. First printing of the poet's second collection. Very light foxing at top edges, slightly rubbed complete (not price-clipped) dust jacket Excellent copy of a scarce book issued simultaneously in paper.
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ORIGAMI BRIDGES
by Ackerman, Diane
New York: Harper Collins, 2002. First edition. Uncorrected proof copy in yellow wrappers. Publisher materials laid in. Near Fine.
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Upstart. Nos. 1-2 (January & May 1971)
by ACKERMAN, Frank (et al, eds)
Cambridge: University Radical Union, 1971. First Edition. Two issues in original staple-bound printed wrappers. Quartos; 77+64pp. Uneven fading to wrapper edges, else fine. Organ of the University Radical Union, an unaffiliated "radical socialist" collective of students and faculty at Harvard University. Contributors to these first two issues include Cynthia Fredrick, Richard Lichtman, Michael Reich, Frank Ackerman, others. The journal... Read More
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Algeria; A Series of Invocations Because Nothing Else Works
by ACKER, Kathy
London: Aloes Books, 1984. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's original pink decorated card wraps. 29pp. Some minor creasing and scuffing to the edges and extremities, a touch of sunning around the spine area; internally clean. A very good copy. A short piece originally published as a short form story entitled "Girl Gangs Take Over The World." Published immediately... Read More
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Blood and Guts in High School
by ACKER, Kathy
New York: Grove Press / Evergreen, 1989. Second Evergreen Edition. Octavo (23.25cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers; [ii],[6],7-165,[7]pp; illus. Trivial wear to extremities, else Fine. A sharp copy of Acker's best-known novel, written in the 1970's, and first published by Pan Books in London in 1984.
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Top Stories #9; New York City in 1979
by ACKER, Kathy
Buffalo, NY: Top Stories, 1981. First Edition. Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's illustrated stiff card wraps. [24pp]. Light wear to extremities, a couple of small scratches to the front panel; internally clean, ink stamp of "Top Stories" NYC address to copyright page. A very good, clean copy. An early piece of searing Acker prose, dealing with themes of abuse,... Read More
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The Psychodynamics of Family Life: Diagnosis and Treatment of Family Relationships
by ACKERMAN, Nathan W.
New York: Basic Books, [1958]. Thirteenth Printing. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in orange pictorial dust jacket; xvi,379pp.; illus. Light wear to jacket extremities, a few small closed tears, dampstaining and faint soil to spine foot and rear panel, else Near Very Good and sound overall.
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Country Life [Inscribed]
by ACKROYD, Peter
Ferry Press, 1978. First Edition. One of 350 limited copies (26 of which were signed and contained holograph poem), softcover. Octavo (25cm); staple-bound pictorial paper wrappers; 33pp. Inscribed and signed by author on title page "Peter Ackroyd / To Howard, from his friend the doctor 9.ix.78". Light shelf-soil and foxing, with light creases to edges and margins, and crease... Read More
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Notes for a New Culture
by ACKROYD, Peter
London: Vision Press, 1976. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (22cm). Black cloth hardcover, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 152pp. Signed by the author on a laid-in bookplate. A Fine copy in the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced £3.40 at base of front flap), lightly rubbed and a shade sun-faded on spine; Very Good+. The Whitbread Award-winning author's uncommon second... Read More
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Ouch [The Curiously Strong, v.4 no.2]
by ACKROYD, Peter
London: The Curiously Strong, 1971. First Edition. First printing. Small quarto. Side-stapled mimeographed sheets with printed card covers; [15]pp, printed recto-only. Mild corner-creasing; still a clean, Very Good or better copy in the original wrappers. A generic bookplate hand-signed by Ackroyd has been loosely laid-in by a previous collector. Ackroyd's somewhat uncommon first book, a poetry collection;... Read More
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ENGLISH MUSIC
by Ackroyd, Peter
New York: Knopf, 1992. First U.S. Edition. In illustrated wraps, in matching publisher's cardstock slipcase. 8vo; 400 pp. Originally published in Great Britain, this is the first American edition, as stated. Signed on free endpaper. Slipcase rubbed; corners worn. Paperback appears unread. Fine in very good slipcase.
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First Light
by ACKROYD, Peter
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); Blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine. 328pp. Near Fine copy with subtle toning to text edges. Unclipped dustjacket is Fine, with U.K. and Canada prices both unclipped. Author's fifth novel, about an archeological dig gone awry.
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ENGLISH MUSIC
by Ackroyd, Peter
New York: Knopf, 1992. First American edition. The signed advanced review copy in purple wrappers in the matching slipcase. Distributed primarily to booksellers for promotional purposes. Ackroyd has won the Whitbread Prize for both fiction and biography. A fine copy in a rubbed (unlike many of these Knopf ARE's these were not shrink-wrapped, some rubbing is all but inevitable),... Read More
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ENGLISH MUSIC
by Ackroyd, Peter
New York: Knopf, 1992. First American edition. The signed advanced review copy in purple wrappers in the matching slipcase. Distributed primarily to booksellers for promotional purposes. Ackroyd has won the Whitbread Prize for both fiction and biography. A fine copy in a rubbed (unlike many of these Knopf ARE's these were not shrink-wrapped, some rubbing is all but inevitable),... Read More
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Notes for a New Culture: An Essay on Modernism [Inscribed]
by ACKROYD, Peter (text); Anne Smith (general editor)
New York: Barnes & Noble Books / Harper & Row Publishers, Inc, 1976. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 152pp. Author's inscription to title page: "Peter Ackroyd - to Howard, with love. 20 June, 1976". Pencilled note to front endpaper with light foxing to edges of textblock;... Read More
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ENGLISH MUSIC
by Ackroyd, Peter
New York: Knopf, 1992. First American edition. The signed advanced review copy in purple wrappers in the matching slipcase. Distributed primarily to booksellers for promotional purposes. Ackroyd has won the Whitbread Prize for both fiction and biography. A fine copy in a rubbed (unlike many of these Knopf ARE's these were not shrink-wrapped, some rubbing is all but inevitable),... Read More
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English Music [Limited Edition, Signed]
by ACKROYD, Peter
London: Hamish Hamilton / London Limited Editions, 1992. First U.K. Edition. Limited Issue, one of 150 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.120. Octavo; 3/4 marbled paper over rust-colored cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's glassine overlay; 400pp, [6]. Fine in a very Near Fine glassine, with just a hint of wear to... Read More
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Tension, Change and Liberty: 45th Annual Report
by AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION [ACLU]
New York: American Civil Liberties Union, [1965]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original pictorial staplebound wrappers; 112pp. Spine ends a bit worn, some discoloration to rear wrapper, else Very Good and sound.
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