Stephen Crane: Letters
by R.W. Stallman and Lillian Gilkes, Eds
New York University Press, 1960. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY LILLIAN GILKES (one of the book's editors) TO MAXWELL GEISMAR, pre-eminent American literary critic and biographer (1909-1979). 1960 1st edition. Clean and VG (with very light separation at the half-title) in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with pronounced foxing and soiling along the fore-edges and... Read More
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Lust Ratio
by J. Ryan
Rodgers' Books Press, 1982. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. Wild 1982 'zine, including collage work and original drawings by J. Ryan. #66 of 500 copies issued. Bright and Near Fine in its stapled wrappers. 64mo.
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Blood Sweat & Tears (Micro Portfolio Seies, Volume 4)
by Mark Ryden
Monrovia, CA: Porterhouse Fine Arts Editions, 2004. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. An immaculate copy, still in its original shrinkwrap. Clean and Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Micro Portfolio of Three Cards, Vol. #4 in the series.
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The City: Its Growth/ Its Decay /Its Future
by Eliel Saarinen
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1943. Cloth. Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY ELIEL SAARINEN on the half-title TO NOTED AMERICAN ARTIST LEDYARD TOWLE (1890-1973). A solid copy to boot of the 1943 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its oatmeal cloth, with very light offsetting along the pastedowns and endsheets. Octavo, written while Saarinen was running The Cranbrook... Read More
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The City: Its Growth--Its Decay--Its Future
by Eliel Saarinen
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1945. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY ELIEL SAARINEN on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1945 stated 2nd printing. Tight and VG+ in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light rubbing along the panels and just a bit of wear at the spine ends. Octavo, large fold-out color plate... Read More
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Father Goosey Gander
by Blanche Carpenter Huleatt and Belle Carpenter Sabin
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co, 1898. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1898 1st edition, in wonderful pictorial boards. Clean and VG, with fragile--but still sturdy-- hinges and binding (understandable given its age). Octavo, unpaginated. "A Companion and Sequel to Mother Goose Melodies
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Shires & Provinces
by Sabretache
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, 1926. Pictorial cloth. Very Good +. Lionel Edwards. A very presentable copy of the 1926 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its light-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering and insignia along the front panel and spine. Very mild staining and scuffing to the panels, light scuffing and rubbing along the spine.... Read More
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Shires and Provinces (in Dustjacket)
by Sabretache
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd, 1926. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1926 1st trade edition, IN THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Clean and Near Fine, with bright gilt-lettering, bordering and design to the front panel and spine. And in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing along the flap-folds and just a touch of... Read More
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Les Batteuses D"Hommes
by Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
Paris: Published in France. Collectible; Very Good. The 1st French edition, circa `1912. Handsomely re-bound in 1/4 brown morocco. Raised bands, bright gilt-lettering to the spine. Well-preserved and VG, with light foxing to the prelims and light former owner stamp at title and copyright pages. 12mo, 227 pgs. plus publisher's catalogue.
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Autograph Letter Signed
by Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
1879. Collectible; Fine. 1 PG. ALS IN HIS FLOWING HAND FROM VON SACHER-MASOCH TO AN EDITOR: "Dear Sir! Despite the victory I achieved yesterday in the process against Frischauer, the opposition will doubtlessly publish a lot of lies in the 'Wiener Tagblatt' and elsewhere. Therefore I urge you very earnestly to accept the enclosed report for your Journal... Read More
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I Ain't Been Nowhere. I Ain't Been Lost. I Been Here All Along. --Blues Memories: A Performance for Spoken Voices, Vintage Recordings, and Projected Photographs
by Eric Sackheim
Tokyo: Mushinsha Limited, 1982. Limited. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. 1 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY AUTHOR ERIC SACKHEIM on the limitation page. A handsome copy to boot of this 1982 signed/limited. Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 181 pgs. all told. Also includes, on the flipside, another book by Sackheim: "A Question May Be the Answer... Read More
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Diodorus Siculus and the First Century
by Kenneth S. Sacks
Princeton University Press, 1990. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A crisp copy of the 1990 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light rubbing at the panel edges and spine ends. Octavo, 242 pgs.
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Migraine: Evolution of a Common Disorder
by Oliver W. Sacks
Berkeley. CA: University of California Press, 1970. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Mrs. Audrey Besterman. INSCRIBED BY OLIVER SACKS TO FELLOW NEUROSURGEON PETER J. JANNETTA on the front free endpaper. A lovely copy to boot of the 1970 stated 1st printing of Oliver Sacks's 1st published book, this scholarly examination of the evoluton of migraines. Clean and Near Fine... Read More
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The Wine Route of Israel
by Yaron Goldfisher and Eliezer Sacks
Tel Aviv: Cordinata Ltd, 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 2006 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Folio, hundreds of first-rate color photographs thruout.
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How Does Your Garden Grow
by Beverley Nichols / Compton Mackenzie / Marion Cran / Vita Sackville-West
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1935. Pictorial cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Nora S. Unwin. A very presentable copy of the 1935 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG (light offsetting at the inner hinges) in a bright, price-intact ($1.50), VG dustjacket, with very light chipping and creasing along the edges and a bit of minor soiling to... Read More
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Family History
by Vita Sackville-West
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1932. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1932 stated 1st (American) edition of this "novel of modern England", in its uncommon dustjacket. Solid and VG+ (light offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light soiling to the front panel and mild chipping at the... Read More
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Octobriana and the Russian Underground
by Petr Sadecky
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Original wraps. Very Good +. A crisp copy of the 1971 stated 1st U.S. edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in its wild pictorial wrappers. Quarto, politically-charged, erotic illustrations (in both black-and-white and color) throughout.
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Manual of Sclerotherapy
by Neil S. Sadick
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000. Collectible; Fine. An As New copy of the 2000 1st edition. Bright and Fine in its pictorial boards. Quarto, 272 pgs.
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A Treatise on Acoustics in Connection with Ventilation; and an Account of the Modern and Ancient Methods of Heating and Ventilation
by Alexander Saeltzer
New York: Van Nostrand, 1872. Cloth. Very Good +. The uncommon 1872 1st edition of this textbook on acoustics, in connection with heating and ventillation. Solid and VG+ in its russet cloth, with bright gilt-titling at the spine. A touch of light wear along the spine ends, neat former owner name an address at the top of the... Read More
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Zahlentheorie
by Senon I. Borewicz and Igor R. Safarevic
Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser Verlag, 1966. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of the 1966 1st edition, in its original German. Clean and VG in its green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel and heavily-faded lettering at the spine. Internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind. Octavo, 468 pgs.
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The Anatomy of Dirty Words
by Edward Sagarin
New York: Lyle Stuart, 1962. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR EDWARD SAGARIN on the front free endpaper. A clean, fresh copy to boot of the 1962 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny closed tear alonf the rear panel's bottom-edge. Octavo, Introduction by Allen... Read More
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Le Diable Boiteux
by Alain Rene Le Sage
Monte-Carlo: Editions Du Livre, 1945. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A sharp, nicely-preserved copy of the 1945 1st edition. #10 of 1,560 copies printed. Near Fine in its stiff beige wqrappers. And in an unchipped, Near Fine example of the glassine dustjacket. Tall quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout in rich color by Dubout. Also includes a sturdy, VG- example... Read More
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Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
by Edwars Said
New York: Pantheon Books, 1981. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. SIGNED BY THE FORMIDABLE EDWARD SAID on the front free endpaper. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of this 1981 paperback reissue. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial white wrappers. As the worlds of European and Middle Eastern scholarship well know, Edward Said (1935-2003) was a towering figure in... Read More
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Voeux D'Un Solitaire Pour Servir De Suite Aux Etudes De La Nature
by Jacques-Bernardin-Henri De Saint-Pierre
Paris: P.F. Didot, 1789. Hardcover. Very Good +. The 1789 1st edition, re-bound in simple tan boards (and new endsheets), with gilt-lettering along the spine. The wonderful original marbled wrappers are bound in as well. Clean and VG+, with just a touch of light foxing to the original text. 12mo, 218 pgs. Important late 18th century reflection on... Read More
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The Rise of the Russian Empire
by Hector H. Munro ("Saki")
Boston: L.C. Page and Co, 1900. Cloth. Very Good. The 1900 1st edition of the first book published by H.H. Munro, who soon would adopt the nom de plume "Saki". Solid and VG in its mustard cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Light soiling and spotting to the panels, neat former owner name (in pencil) at the... Read More
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