The Tale of the Golden Cockerel
by Pushkin
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1936. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A nice example of this lovely Pushkin offering by the Golden Cockerel Press of London. 1936 1st trade edition. VG in its bright red cloth (with light foxing at the preliminaries) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with very light wear and abrading to the rear panel. 64mo,... Read More
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Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism
by Allen Putnam
Boston: Colby and Rich, 1888. Cloth. Very Good +. The scarce 1888 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its clean, light-brown cloth, with mild offsetting along the front inner hinges. Solid though and very well-preserved. 12mo, consists of 2 primary sections (with many sub-sections): "Witchcraft Marvel-Workers" and "Salem Witchcraft
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The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House (in 3 Folio Volumes and Including a Handwritten Letter from the Author)
by William Henry Pyne
London: A. Dry, 1819. Full leather. Near Fine. ****IN A CONTERMPORARY CATHEDRAL BINDING, WITH 100 DELICATE HAND-COLORED PLATES****. The 1819 1st edition, complete with its 100 lovely hand-colored aquatints. Three sumptuous folio volumes, in wonderful condition, each bound in a contemporary-to-the-period full-maroon morocco. Highly decorated, with seven rolls in gilt and blind on each upper and lower cover,... Read More
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If I Drove a Train
by Miriam Young (Robert Quackenbush)
New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, 1972. Laminate boards. Near Fine/Very Good. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR ROBERT QUACKENBUSH on the front free endpaper. A very presewntable copy to boot of the 1972 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bight, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping along the edges. Oblong quarto, nicely illustrated throughout in rich... Read More
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Horatio Goes to the Country
by Eleanor Clymer (Robert Quackenbush)
New York: Atheneum, 1978. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Robert Quackenbush. INSCRIBED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR ROBERT QUACKENBUSH on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1978 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light spotting to the panels) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with a bit of creasing along the front panel's lower-edge.... Read More
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She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
by Robert Quackenbush
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1973. 1st. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A beautiful copy of the 1973 stated first edition. ****NOT AN EX-LIBRARY****. VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket with its original price of $4.95 intact. Minor, negligible chipping along the foot of the jacket spine. Octavo, oblong, unpaginated. With wonderful illustrations by the author himself.
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Funny Bunnies
by Robert Quackenbush
New York: Ticknor & Fields (Houghton Mifflin Co.), 1984. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Robert Quackenbush. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR ROBERT QUACKENBUSH. A lovely copy to boot of the 1984 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Playful, colorful illustrations by Robert Quackenbush throughout.
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Poems for Counting
by Robert Quackenbush
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. Laminate boards. Near Fine. Robert Quackenbush. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR ROBERT QUACKENBUSH on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1963 presumed 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial, laminate boards. No dustjacket (as issued?).
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Zazie Dans Le Metro
by Raymond Queneau
Paris: Gallimard, 1959. Original wraps. Very Good +. A crisp copy of the 1959 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its original wrappers, with mild darkening along the spine. 12mo,
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Love Is a Deadly Weapon (Puzzle for Fiends)
by Patrick Quentin
New York: Pocket Books, Inc, 1949. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. NICELY INSCRIBED BY PATRICK QUENTIN (AND SIGNED ADDITIONALLY AS HIS ALIAS "RICHARD WEBB") on the verso of the title page. A beautiful copy to boot of the 1949 1st paperback edition, which was originally published in hardback by Simon and Schuster in 1946 as "Puzzle for Fiends". Bright... Read More
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The Dog and the Fever
by Don Francisco De Quevedo
Hamden, CT: The Shoe String Press, 1954. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION to Brandeis Professor Milton Hindus on front blank endpaper. Williams, along with his mother Raquel Helene Williams, translated this classic 17th century Spanish text in 1954. A clean, VG+ copy in a bright, price-intact, VG distjacket. One quarter-sized chip... Read More
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From a Logical Point of View
by Willard Van Orman Quine
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1953. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1953 1st edition. Solid and VG+ (very light rubbing along the spine) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine ends and the tips. Seminal collection of 9 of Quine's essays related to "semantics and adjacent areas of philosophy and logic ... Read More
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Quiddities: An Intermittently Philosophical Dictionary
by Willard Van Quine
Harvard University Press (The Belknap Press), 1987. Original wraps. Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY WILLARD VAN QUINE TO NOTED EGYPTOLOGIST DR. LANNY BELL on the title page. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1987 4th paperback printing. Tight and Near Fine in its printed beige wrappers. Octavo, 249 pgs.
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Word and Object
by Willard Van Orman Quine
The Technology Press of MIT/John Wiley & Sons, 1960. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A very solid copy of the 1960 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light offsetting at the endsheets and pastedowns) in a crisp, VG dustjackjet, with light chipping along the top-edges and light soiling to the panels. Octavo, "an inquiry into the linguistic mechanisms of... Read More
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Topology of 4-Manifolds
by Michael H. Freedman and Frank Quinn
Princeton University Press, 1990. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A flawless copy of the 1990 2nd printing, in its less common hardback. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, #39 in the formidable "Princeton Mathematical Series
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Women Without Men
by Marise Qurlin
New York: Dell Publishing, 1965. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1963 1st American printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Small former owner stamp at the bottom of the title page. Pocketbook, Dell 9661.
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The Story of Ruth
by Graphically Told By Z. Raban
New York: American-Palestine Art Publishing Co, 1930. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM MR. AND MRS. ISAAC BABEL, presented as a Bas Mitzvah gift at Temple Emanuel, Mt.Vernon, NY. A home-made light-blue dustjacket stating such on the cover. A nice copy to boot of this 1930 Raban-illustrated quarto. VG+ in its dark-blue cloth. All color plates... Read More
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Les Animaux En Liberte
by Benjamin Rabier
Paris: Librairie Garnier Freres, 1921. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of the 1921 1st edition, part of Benjamin Rabier's wonderful series "Les Animaux....". Bright and VG+ in its pictorial boards. Quarto, 50 pgs. Nice, small father-to-daughter 1924 Paris inscription on the front free endpaper.
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Les Mesaventures d'un Chien
by Benjamin Rabier
Paris: Editions Jules Tallandier, 1907. Hardcover. Very Good. Benjamin Rabier. A solid copy of this wonderful 1907 French children's tale of the misadventures of a certain incorrigible --but very cute-- dog. Tight and VG- in its decorative plaid cloth, with just a touch of soiling to the interior and light chipping at the rear panel edges (including 2"... Read More
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X-Ray Diagnosis of Chest Diseases
by Coleman B. Rabin
Williams and Wilkins Company, 1952. 1st. Hardcover. A NICE ASSOCIATION COPY. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE BOOK'S MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHER, JULES WEBER. 1952 1st edition. VG in green cloth with bright gilt and red-designed spine label. Quarto, 208 pgs. Signed by Author(s).
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A History of Secular Latin Poetry (Complete in 2 Dustjacketed Volumes)
by F.J.E. Raby
Oxford University Press, 1934. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1934 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes, with both volumes boasting their original cream-colored dustjackets. The books are tight and VG to VG+ in their royal blue cloth, with light spotting along several of the panels. Internally, clean as could be, with no writing or... Read More
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A History of Secular Latin Poetry in the Middle Ages (2 Volumes)
by F.J.E. Raby
London: Oxford University Press, 1967. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. The 1967 stated second edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes clean and Near Fine (with bright gilt-lettering along the spines) in crisp, Near Fine dustjackets, with just a touch of creasing at the spine ends and one tiny chip to the front panel's lower-tip of Vol. I. Thick... Read More
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The Night Before Christmas (In Its Original Printed Slipcase)
by Clement C. Moore (Arthur Rackham)
London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1931. Vellum. Near Fine. Arthur Rackham. A lovely copy of this 1931 signed/limited. #225 OF 275 COPIES FOR ENGLAND SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM at the limitation. (There were also 275 copies "for America" signed by Arthur Rackham). Sharp and Near Fine in its off-white vellum, with bright gilt-titling at the front panel.... Read More
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Comus (The Signed/Limited Edition in French)
by John Milton (Arthur Rackham)
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1921. 1/4 Vellum. Very Good. A very presentable copy of the 1921 1st French edition, #110 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM at the illustration. Solid and VG in its 1/4 vellum over off-white boards, with light soiling at the panels and along the spine. Tall quarto, deckled fore and bottom-edges. The 24 mounted... Read More
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The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting (2 Vols.)
by F.P.Delme Radcliffe
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1911. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. The 1911 "new edition, revised, corrected and enlarged", in 2 volumes. Both volumes very clean and bright and Near Fine in their gilt-decorated (wonderfully so) and gilt-lettered front panels and spines. Light scuffing at the rear panel of volume I, otherwise very, very well-preserved. Quartos, 331 pgs. all... Read More
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