The Golden Scorpion Omnibus
by Sax Rohmer
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1920 [but 1938]. Omnibus Edition. Octavo; [vi], 385pp. Illustrated dust jacket over purple boards with yellow lettering and design. Jacket edgeworn with a few shallow tears, scuffing down folds, and some foxing to back panel. Boards are square and sturdy, with light fading to... Read More
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Seven Sins
by Sax Rohmer
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co, 1943. Very Good. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1943. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; vi,328pp. Moderate wear to cloth margins with brief chipping at spine crown, corners bumped, else Very Good, albeit lacking dust jacket. A departure from the author's popular Fu Manchu... Read More
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Tales of East and West
by Sax Rohmer
Garden City: The Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1933. Good/Good. Garden City: The Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1933. First Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); [vi],345pp. Ex- American Lending Library with stamp on front pastedown and one date stamp on rear free endpaper. Jacket backed in... Read More
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Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt
by Sax Rohmer
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1944. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1944. First Edition stated. Octavo (19.2cm). Pictorial dust jacket with unclipped $2.50 price. Blue cloth binding with title in gilt to spine. 312 pp. Dust jacket faded with rubbing and creases to edges and folds. Verso of DJ... Read More
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![She Who Sleeps: A Romance of New York and the Nile [Otis Adelbert Kline's copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/643/564/1699564643.0.m.jpg)
She Who Sleeps: A Romance of New York and the Nile [Otis Adelbert Kline's copy]
by Sax Rohmer
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. Very Good/Near Fine. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); vi,322pp. Just a hint of wear to jacket margins, cloth corners rather bumped and worn, textblock a bit toned, else a Very Good copy in a Near... Read More
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Refutation de la Brochure de M. Le Baron de Janze Intitulee Les Finances & Le Monopole Du Tabac
by E[ugene] Rolland
Paris: Librairie Administrative de Paul Dupont, 1869. Good. Paris: Librairie Administrative de Paul Dupont, 1869. First Edition. Large Octavo. 124 pages. Original printed wrappers. A defense of the national tobacco industry from the director of the state tobacco industries. Rolland was better known as a collector of French folklore. A bit foxed and soiled;... Read More
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![[Broadside] Strayed or Stolen](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/876/792/1678792876.0.m.jpg)
[Broadside] Strayed or Stolen
by Hall & Rollins
Hagerstown, MD: Herald and Torch Light Print, 1866. Very Good. Hagerstown, MD: Herald and Torch Light Print, 1866. First Edition. Printed broadside (26x35.5cm.). Faint fold lines, stock toned, more heavily so along margins, a few small soil spots, expertly re-backed on archival paper, else Very Good. Unrecorded Reconstruction Era broadside dated Oct. 29, 1866, regarding a... Read More
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![Le Moulin et l'Hospice [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/732/318/1344318732.0.m.jpg)
Le Moulin et l'Hospice [Limited Edition]
by Jules Romain
Paris: Flammarion, 1949. Fine. Paris: Flammarion, [1949]. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies printed on Alfa of which this is no. 186. Small octavo; publisher's cream card wrappers printed in red and black; 235pp. A Fine, unopened copy.
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Descrizione della Macchina pei Bagni Alcoolico-Vaporosi e sua applicazione alla cura di alcune umane infermitá
by Timóteo Cavalsassi Romano
Roma: Tipografia delle Scienze, 1839. Very Good +. Roma: Tipografia delle Scienze, 1839. First Edition. Slim octavo (22cm.); contemporary green and decorative gilt textured paper-covered boards, contemporary manuscript private library label mounted to upper cover, red gilt spine label; 31pp.; engraved frontispiece. Light wear to extremities and spine, else Very Good, internally fine. Brief historical and technical... Read More
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![Temptations [Signed by Otis Williams]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/797/022/1723022797.0.m.jpg)
Temptations [Signed by Otis Williams]
by Otis Williams and Patricia Romanowski
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. Very Good/Very Good. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. First Edition. Signed by Otis Williams with brief inscription to previous owner at half title. Octavo; photo-illustrated dust jacket; red cloth-backed boards stamped in gilt; red endpapers; 240pp. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards shelfworn and corners bumped; binding sound; patchy... Read More
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The Art of Romare Bearden: The Prevalence of Ritual
by [Romare Bearden] M. Bunch Washington; John A. Williams [intro.]
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1973. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Harry N. Abrams, [1973]. First Edition. Large quarto (34cm); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 230pp.; illus. throughout, many full color. Dust jacket a bit yellowed and dust-soiled, faint surfaced scratches; overall a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket.
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![Le Delizie della Mia Cucina [The Pleasures of Italian Cooking] [Inscribed and Signed by Salta]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/843/396/1722396843.0.m.jpg)
Le Delizie della Mia Cucina [The Pleasures of Italian Cooking] [Inscribed and Signed by Salta]
by Romeo Salta; Gabriel de Gonet [illus.]
Roma [Rome], Italy: Canesi AG, 1962. Very Good. [Roma]: Canesi AG, copyright 1962 but 1964. First Italian Edition. Large octavo (24cm); publisher's pale mint green cloth, spine stamped in red and gilt, pictorial endpapers, in original cloth slipcase with pictorial paste-ons to both panels; 311pp.; forty (40) leaves of plates, including reproductions of the 19th century lithographs of... Read More
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Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis
by Ronald Fayer [ed.]
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1997. Very Good. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1997. First Edition. Octavo; [x] + 251pp, including index. Coated pictorial boards in conventional textbook binding. As new: unmarked, tight, square, seemingly unused. Authoritative textbook covering all aspects of identification, symptoms, and treatment for this group of parasites.
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She Got What She Asked For: A Mystery Novel
by James Ronald
Philadelphia: J.P. Lippincott Company, 1941. Very Good. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1941]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red pictorial cloth stamped in black, black topstain; 286pp. Ex-library with rubber-stamp and remnants of checkout pocket to rear endpapers, otherwise free of markings, spine a bit cocked; overall Very Good, internally clean and sound, though lacking jacket.
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![Wild Oats [Inscribed and Signed by Padgett]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/838/566/1699566838.0.m.jpg)
Wild Oats [Inscribed and Signed by Padgett]
by Ron Padgett, James Schuyler, Kenward Elmslie, Joe Brainard, and Tom Clark [contrs.]
N.p.: s.i., 1966. Very Good. N.p.: s.i., ca. 1966. Collection of nineteen oversizes poetry broadsides (ca. (55x35cm), printed on different colored stock, side-stapled at top left-hand edge. Horizontal fold, margins a bit toned and rubbed, else Very Good and sound. Accompanied by an added title page on which contributor Ron Padgett has written an inscription in... Read More
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![Roose's Companion and Guide to Washington and Vicinity [Cover title: S.A.F. Souvenir for 1892]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/325/265/1681265325.0.m.jpg)
Roose's Companion and Guide to Washington and Vicinity [Cover title: S.A.F. Souvenir for 1892]
by [Society of American Florists] William S. Roose
Washington, DC: Gibson Bros, 1892. Very Good. Washington, DC: Gibson Bros., 1892. 12mo (15.5cm.); publisher's orange pictorial cloth stamped in black; [4],viii,[7]-144pp.; photographic author portrait frontispiece, folding map mounted to front pastedown, folding collotype view of the Capitol mounted to rear pastedown, illus. throughout, including pictorial advertisements. Light wear to margins, textblock edges foxed, brief split to map... Read More
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Exit Imagen y Cultura Image & Culture, Issue 20: Familia Family
by Rosa Olivares [ed.], [et al.]
Madrid: Olivares y Asociados, S.L., 2005. Very Good. Madrid: Olivares y Asociados, S.L., 2005. First Edition of Issue 25. Quarto (26x21x1.5cm); 192pp, which includes preliminary and terminal gallery and arts advertising. Full-page color photographs and arts documentation throughout, both "earned" and "paid." All text in parallel Spanish and English. Stiff coated photographic card wrappers; sewn gatherings. Card... Read More
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Exit Imagen y Cultura Image & Culture, Issue 24: Ruinas Ruins
by Rosa Olivares [ed.]; [et al.]
Madrid: Olivares y Asociados, S.L., 2006. Very Good. Madrid: Olivares y Asociados, S.L., 2006. First Edition of Issue 24. Quarto (26x21x1.5cm); 192pp, which includes preliminary and terminal gallery and arts advertising. Full-page color photographs and arts documentation throughout, both "earned" and "paid." All text in parallel Spanish and English. Stiff coated photographic card wrappers; sewn gatherings. Card... Read More
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Exit Imagen y Cultura Image & Culture, Issue 25: Jugando Playing
by Rosa Olivares [ed.]; [et al.]
Madrid: Olivares y Asociados, S.L., 2006. Very Good. Madrid: Olivares y Asociados, S.L., 2006. First Edition of Issue 25. Quarto (26x21x1.5cm); 192pp, which includes preliminary and terminal gallery and arts advertising. Full-page color photographs and arts documentation throughout, both "earned" and "paid." All text in parallel Spanish and English. Stiff coated photographic card wrappers; sewn gatherings. Light... Read More
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Exit Imagen y Cultura Image & Culture, Issue 3: Fuera de Escena Off Screen
by Rosa Olivares [ed.]; [et al.]
Madrid: Olivares y Asociados, S.L., 2001. Very Good. Madrid: Olivares y Asociados, S.L., 2001. First Edition of Issue 3. Quarto (26x21x1.5cm); 192pp, which includes preliminary and terminal gallery and arts advertising. Full-page color photographs and arts documentation throughout, both "earned" and "paid." All text in parallel Spanish and English. Stiff coated photographic card wrappers; sewn gatherings. Card... Read More
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![The Clarkforkian Land-Mammal and Mammalian Faunal Composition Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary [Signed to Stephen Jay Gould]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/154/654/1483654154.0.m.jpg)
The Clarkforkian Land-Mammal and Mammalian Faunal Composition Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary [Signed to Stephen Jay Gould]
by Kenneth D. Rose
Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, 1981. Very Good. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, 1981. First Edition. Signed to paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould at top of half title with inscription "To Steve with best wishes, Ken." Tipped in posthumous bookplate by Eureka Books inside front cover noting provenance. Quarto... Read More
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Science and Civilisation in China, Volume V, Part 12
by Rose Kerr; Nigel Wood; Ts'ai Mei-Fen; Zhang Fukang; Joseph Needham [series ed.]
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Very Good/Very Good. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. First Edition. Octavo (25.5x20x6.5cm); xlix + 918pp, including three bibliographies; index; romanization table; and chronology. Illustrated with 172 photographs (largely in color), maps, and reproductions of scroll- and line-drawings; 158 scientific charts and tables. Very Good. Dust jacket reproduces Taoist genii from a painted temple... Read More
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Jackson Pollock: Images Coming Through
by Jackson Pollock; Robert Rosenblum
New York: Jason McCoy Inc, 1988. Very Good. New York: Jason McCoy Inc., 1988. First Edition. Quarto (25.5x25.5x0.5); unpaginated [38pp], with bibliographical references given painting-by-painting in appended checklist notations. Twelve full-page color reproductions. Illustrated card wrappers in metallicized silvery gray. Heavy cream stock. Covers lightly shelfworn with a couple faint smudges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. ... Read More
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A True Story Based on Lies
by McDermott & McGough [David McDermott and Peter McGough]; Robert Rosenblum
New York: Cheim & Read, 2006. Very Good. New York: Cheim & Read, 2006. First Edition, limited to 1000 copies. Octavo (25.5x18cm); 36pp. Thirteen color full-page reproductions, including four double-spreads. Opening night invitation card laid in, printed with invitation on recto, full-page color reproduction on verso. Saddle-stapled format, sized like a comic book, with illustrated card covers.... Read More
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![Working with Roosevelt [Inscribed to Maria Cole]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/731/259/1681259731.0.m.jpg)
Working with Roosevelt [Inscribed to Maria Cole]
by Samuel I. Rosenman
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1952. First Edition, stated. Octavo. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $6.00 price intact; dark blue boards stamped in gilt; 560pp; black and white photographs. Unclipped dust jacket chipped and creased along edges with several closed tears. Boards edgeworn with a dent and adjacent tear to... Read More
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