![Pre-Columbian Man Finds Central America: The Archaeological Bridge [WITH] Pre-Columbian Man in Costa Rica](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/164/974/1617974164.0.m.jpg)
Pre-Columbian Man Finds Central America: The Archaeological Bridge [WITH] Pre-Columbian Man in Costa Rica
by Doris Stone
Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum Press / Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology / Harvard University, 1972. Very Good. Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum Press / Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology / Harvard University, 1972-1977. Mixed Printings. Quartos; publisher's glossy white pictorial card wrappers housed in original paper-covered slipcase; xvii,[3],231; xvii,[1],238pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear to wrapper margins, small... Read More
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![The Evolution of an Architect [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/480/716/1715716480.0.m.jpg)
The Evolution of an Architect [Signed]
by Edward Durell Stone
New York: Horizon Press, 1962. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Horizon Press, 1962. First Edition. Quarto (26cm); publisher's cloth, pictorial endpapers, in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; 288pp.; full color photographic frontispiece, halftone illus. throughout. Moderate wear to jacket margins including shallow chipping at spine crown, light dust-soil and toning, corners nudged, ownership signature to front free endpaper, else... Read More
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Rugs of the Caucasus: Structures and Design
by Peter F. Stone
Chicago, IL: Greenleaf Co, 1984. Very Good/Very Good. [Chicago, IL: Greenleaf Co., 1984.] First Edition Stated. Quarto; publisher's cloth, map endpapers, in cream pictorial dust jacket; [8],188pp.; illus. throughout. Moderate wear to jacket and cloth margins, rear jacket panel a bit wrinkled, else Very Good, internally clean and sound.
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The Farmer in the Dell
by Phil Stong
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket, brown topstain; [4],234pp. Jacket extremities rather chipped with a few small losses, the largest at spine crown slightly affecting text without loss of meaning, jacket spine panel toned, corners bumped,... Read More
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Travesties
by Tom Stoppard
New York: Grove Press, 1974. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grove Press, [1975]. First American Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($6.95); 99pp. (complete despite errors in pagination). Jacket margins a bit yellowed, old bookseller sticker to front jacket flap, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper quality, else a Very... Read More
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Elizabeth Murray
by Elizabeth Murray; Robert Storr
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2005. Very Good. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2005. First Edition. Quarto (28.5x25x3cm); 236pp, including chronology, bibliography, and index. Densely illustrated throughout with works from the Murray exhibit and many background and reference images. including two gatefolds. Illustrated boards. Faint nudging at tail of spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. ... Read More
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The Invisible Foe: A Story Adapted from the Play by Walter Hackett
by Louise Jordan Miln; Walter Hackett [story]
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920. Very Good. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 279 pages. Gray cloth with purple lettering. Missing dust jacket. Staining, fading, spotting to boards. Spine lightly rolled. Binding is sound. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Pages clean, lightly tanned.
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A Room With a View
by Stephen Tait; Kenneth Allott; E.M. Forster [story]
London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1951. Very Good/Very Good. London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1951. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); 124pp. Publisher’s dust jacket with 7/6 net price intact; boards bound in green cloth with gilt stamping to front panel and spine. Dust jacket toned throughout with significant toning along spine, edges, and flap folds. Jacket bumped along edges... Read More
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![Three for the Chair: A Nero Wolfe Threesome [Review Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/538/498/1722498538.0.m.jpg)
Three for the Chair: A Nero Wolfe Threesome [Review Copy]
by Rex Stout
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Pictorial dust jacket with $2.95 price unclipped. Publisher's cloth binding. Blue topstain. 183 pp. Dust jacket faded on spine. A few closed tears on front DJ panel with some rubbing to edges. DJ foxed and toned on verso. Scratch... Read More
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How Like a God
by Rex Stout
New York: The Vanguard Press, 1929. Very Good. New York: The Vanguard Press, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Publisher's cloth binding with title in gilt on spine. Black topstain. 313 pp. Cloth binding faded on edges and spine. Spine stained with a small tear at crown. Binding sound. Corners square. Bookplate on front pastedown. Pages clean and... Read More
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Red Threads
by Rex Stout
London: Crime Club / Collins, 1941. Very Good-. London: Published for the Crime Club by Collins, [1941]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's orange cloth, black spine titling; 252pp. Moderate shelf wear with brief fraying at corners, cloth spotted and a bit soiled, spine faded; overall Good to Very Good, lacking the rare dust jacket. An Inspector... Read More
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If Death Ever Slept
by Rex Stout
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. Very Good+/Very Good-. New York: The Viking Press, 1957. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 186pp. Boards in light blue cloth with blue stamping, wrapped in intact publisher's jacket ($2.95). Yellow top stain. Jacket lightly soiled with scuffing, creasing and rubbing overall with light sunning to spine. Board corners and spine ends bumped... Read More
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Trouble in Triplicate
by Rex Stout
New York: The Viking Press, 1949. Very Good +/Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1949. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 218pp. Boards in mustard yellow cloth and red stamping, wrapped in publisher's jacket with price intact ($2.50). Jacket generally rubbed, bumped, creased, and lightly soiled at all extremities. Spine sunned and creased with tape repair to verso. Board... Read More
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Double For Death: A Tecumseh Fox Mystery
by Rex Stout
New York: Farrar And Rinehart, Inc, 1939. Very Good. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1939. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm). Green publisher's cloth binding. Green topstain. 284 pp. Board edges are shelfworn with lean to spine. Binding sound. Some toning to endpapers. Pages clean and unmarked. Overall, book is in very good condition.
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The Golden Spiders
by Rex Stout
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. Very Good+/Good+. New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 186pp. Boards in gray cloth and decorative paper with yellow stamping on spine, wrapped in publisher's pictorial jacket with price intact ($2.50). Jacket generally scuffed, rubbed, and creased with chipping and tears, mostly to spine joints. Ghost of tape... Read More
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Five of a Kind: The Third Nero Wolfe Omnibus
by Rex Stout
New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First edition. Octavo (21.5cm). Pictorial dust jacket with unclipped $3.95 price. Green topstain. Light gray publisher's boards. 441 pp. Dust jacket edgeworn with a tear on top front corner and some creasing, small chips. DJ spine faded with dampstain on bottom... Read More
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Plot It Yourself
by Rex Stout
New York: The Viking Press, 1959. Very Good +. New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. Octavo. 183pp. Light green boards stamped in red; light red topstain. No dust jacket. Boards slightly cocked and shows very mild shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Very Good or better.
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Too Many Clients: A Nero Wolfe Novel
by Rex Stout
New York: Viking Press, 1960. Very Good. New York: Viking Press, 1960. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in red, red topstain; [6],183pp. Light wear and foxing to top cloth margins, spine a shade toned, else Very Good and sound, albeit lacking dust jacket.
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Booker T. Washington: Builder of a Civilization
by Emmett J. Scott; Lyman Beecher Stowe
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916. Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1916. First Edition. Octavo. 331 pp. Black and white photographs, including frontispiece, one detached but all present and complete. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Boards worn along edges with brief... Read More
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Three Original Pieces of Art for the Unpublished Work "Civilians at War
by [Connecticut State Society of Children of the American Revolution] Virginia L. Stowell
Waterbury, Connecticut, 1943. Very Good. [Waterbury, CT?], 1943. Three original drawings (45x30.5cm) using pencil and red, blue, and black ink on stiff paper stock; all signed and dated by Virginia L. Stowell, 1943. Stock a bit unevenly toned and lightly soiled, small loss to bottom left-hand corner of two images not approaching text or image; overall Very Good.... Read More
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![Selected Poems [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/719/100/1377100719.0.m.jpg)
Selected Poems [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Mark Strand
New York: Atheneum, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Atheneum, 1980. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Strand loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 152 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Purple boards stamped in gilt. Orange topstain. Unclipped dust jacket is toned along edges with some creasing. Boards gently worn along bottom edges. Binding is sound. Stain to top... Read More
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The Man Who Killed Fortescue
by John Stephen Strange
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc. / Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1928. Very Good. Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc. / Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 310 pp. Black boards stamped in red. Lacks dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with some minor fraying, general scuffing, and fading to... Read More
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![The Late Hour [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/718/100/1377100718.0.m.jpg)
The Late Hour [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Mark Strand
New York: Atheneum, 1978. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Atheneum, 1978. Stated First Edition. Bookplate signed by Strand loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 48 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt. Red topstain. Price-clipped dust jacket is rubbed with some toning along edges and heavier wear to spine ends. Neat tape repair to... Read More
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Phenomenology and the Human Sciences: A Contribution to a New Scientific Ideal
by Stephan Strasser
Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 1963. Very Good. Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 1963. First Edition. Octavo. 339 pp. Green cloth boards with spine stamped in black. No dust jacket. Boards lightly worn along edges and joints, top of spine tugged. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked. Part of... Read More
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Die Religionskritik Spinozas als Grundlage Seiner Bibelwissenschaft: Untersuchungen zu Spinozas Theologisch-Politischem Traktat
by [Spinoza] Leo Strauss
Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1930. Very Good -. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1930. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth, yellow topstain; xii,[2],288pp. Boards rather scuffed at spine ends and corners, extremities toned, most notably along spine and rear cover margins, later (1958) ownership signature with pencil inscription to front free endpaper, hairline crack to front hinge, textblock uniformly toned, bookseller ticket... Read More
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