Moviemaking Illustrated: The Comicbook Filmbook
by James Morrow and Murray Suid
Rochelle Park, NJ: Hayden Book Company, 1973. Very Good. Rochelle Park, NJ: Hayden Book Company, 1973. First Edition, Paperback Issue with full number line. Oblong octavo (15cm); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; [10],150pp. Wrappers uniformly toned, else Very Good and sound. A beginner's guide to moviemaking through the use of Marvel comic strips.
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Maple Mansion Melodies [Inscribed and Signed]
by Nellie Sumner Brooks
Dayton, OH: Otterbein Press, 1930. Fine. Dayton, OH: Otterbein Press, 1930. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's green moiré pictorial cloth stamped in gilt; 106pp.; 11 leaves of photographic illus. Just About Fine condition. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "With cordial Greetings from Nellie Sumner Brooks. Christmas, 1939." Collection of poems by the Dayton... Read More
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Bohn's Hand-Book of Washington
by Casimir Bohn; Charles Lanman [supplement]
Washington, DC: Casimir Bohn, 1861. Very Good. Washington, DC: Casimir Bohn, 1861. Reprint. 12mo (15cm.); publisher's pink pictorial paper-covered boards; engraved and lithographed frontispieces and added title page, eighteen additional leaves of lithographed plates. Chipping of paper along joints, light wear and soil, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Civil War-era reprint of this popular pictorial... Read More
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![The History of the Japanese Camera [translation of Nikon Camera No Rekishi]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/638/934/1473934638.0.m.jpg)
The History of the Japanese Camera [translation of Nikon Camera No Rekishi]
by Gordon Lewis [ed.]; William and Amy Fujimura [trans.]; Mayumi Moriyama [supplement]
Rochester, NY: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House / The Japan Camera and Optical Instruments Inspection and Testing Institute, 1991. Near Fine/Near Fine. Rochester, NY: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House / The Japan Camera and Optical Instruments Inspection and Testing Institute, 1991. First Thus. Quarto. 231 pp. Color frontispiece; black and white illustrations.... Read More
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![The Story of Susie Lee [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/799/890/1604890799.0.m.jpg)
The Story of Susie Lee [Signed]
by Susie Lee; Norman Vincent Peale & Robert H. Schuller [pref.]
New York: Carlton Press, Inc. / A Hearthstone Book, 1984. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Carlton Press, Inc. / A Hearthstone Book, 1984. First Edition. Signed by Susie Lee at at front free endpaper with inscription, "To the Mayor's Office for the Handicapped, with appreciation. Sincerely Yours, Susie Lee." Octavo. 216 pp. Printed dust jacket with $9.95 price... Read More
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Visual Design in Action: Principles, Purposes [Two Volume Set]
by Ladislav Sutnar
Zurich: Lars Mullers Publishers, 2015. Near Fine/Near Fine. [Zurich]: Lars Muller Publishers, 2015. Facsimile Reprint. Two volumes; quartos; first volume bound in cloth with black and white pictorial dust jacket, second volume bound in black printed card wrappers, housed together in clear plastic sleeve; illus. throughout, many in color. Very light wear and dust-soil, else a Very Good... Read More
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![New England: A Handbook of Travellers [Cover title: Sweetser's New England]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/946/911/1676911946.0.m.jpg)
New England: A Handbook of Travellers [Cover title: Sweetser's New England]
by [M.F. Sweetser]
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1892. Very Good-. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1892. Thirteenth Edition, Revised and Augmented. 12mo (16.5cm); publisher's red gilt-lettered cloth; xvi,463pp.; folding maps throughout, pictorial ads to endpapers. Cloth a bit soiled and rubbed at extremities, spine dulled, front hinge cracked, long closed tear to final folding map, else a Good to Very... Read More
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The Adventures of Francois, Foundling, Thief, Juggler, and Fencing-Master during the French Revolution
by S. Weir Mitchell; Andre Castaigne [illus.]
New York: Century Co, 1898. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Century Co., 1898. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in cream pictorial dust jacket printed in orange; x,[4],321pp.; frontispiece, 14 full-page illus. (collated complete). Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few tiny chips and wrinkling, spine panel significantly toned with orange titling difficult to read, corners bumped, spine... Read More
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Shuttlecock [Signed]
by Graham Swift
London: Allen Lane, 1981. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Allen Lane, 1981. First Edition. Signed by Graham Swift without inscription at title page. Octavo. 220pp. Printed dust jacket; green cloth boards stamped in silver. Very light rubbing and toning to edges of dust jacket; shallow chips to top edge of rear flap. Mild shelfwear to extremities of boards; binding... Read More
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The Sweet Shop Owner [Signed]
by Graham Swift
London: Allen Lane, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. London: Allen Lane, [1980]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; 221pp. Very light shelf wear, spine panel a bit sunned, spine very slightly cocked, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author on title page. The Booker Prize-winning author's first book.
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The Mid-Appalachian Frontier: A Guide to Historic Sites of the French and Indian War
by Robert B. Swift
Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2001. Near Fine. Gettysburg, PA: Thomas Publications, 2001. First Edition. Slim quarto; publisher's grey pictorial card wrappers; 128pp.; photographic illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear, else Fine.
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![A Year's Letters [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/951/302/1594302951.0.m.jpg)
A Year's Letters [Limited Edition]
by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1901. Very Good/Very Good. Portland, ME: Thomas B. Mosher, 1901. Limited Edition, one of 450 copies on Van Gelder paper. Octavo; 219pp. Beige dust jacket with blue lettering to spine; bound in blue paper-covered boards with white spine and blue lettering. Housed in gray-beige slipcase. Pages unopened throughout. Jacket is a bit toned... Read More
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![[Promotional Palm Card] Authentic Bahamian Calypso: Blind Blake and the Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/480/121/1703121480.0.m.jpg)
[Promotional Palm Card] Authentic Bahamian Calypso: Blind Blake and the Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos
by [Calypso Music; Caribbean] Blind Blake [Blake Alphonso Higgs]; The Percentie Brothers; George Symonette
Oakland, CA (?): s.i., 1953. Very Good. Oakland, CA?: s.i., ca. 1953. Photo-illustrated broadsheet palm card (22.5x8.5cm) promoting three records by Bahamian calypso and goombay performer Blind Blake (1915-1986), adorned with a halftone photograph of Blake performing. Contemporary rubber-stamp of the Yerba Buena Music Shop in Oakland, California on recto, mild toning and a couple tiny nicks; Very Good. Includes... Read More
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![The Plain Man [Alt. title: The Killing of Francie Lake]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/429/418/1371418429.0.m.jpg)
The Plain Man [Alt. title: The Killing of Francie Lake]
by Julian Symons
New York: Harper & Row, 1962. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, 1962. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in decorative dust jacket; [8],181pp. Some minor chipping and rubbing to jacket extremities, tiny loss at spine foot touching text without loss of meaning, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good and sound. "A Harper Novel... Read More
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The Shadow of the Glen and Riders to the Sea
by J.M. Synge
London: Elkin Mathews, 1905. Good+. London: Elkin Mathews, 1905. First U.K. Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's blue pictorial wrappers; 63pp. Wrappers chipped and toned along margins, front wrapper starting to separate, textblock heavily toned; Good to Very Good overall. Forms part of the Vigo Cabinet Series. The Irish playwright's first produced play, which originally appeared before the Irish... Read More
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A Confession of Faith, Owned and Consented to, by the elders and messengers of the churches in the colony of Connecticut, in New-England, assembled by delegation at Saybrook, September 9th, 1708
by [Connecticut] Saybrook Synod
Bridgeport, CT: Lockwood & Backus, 1810. Very Good. New-London, (Con): Printed 1710 / Bridgeport: Reprinted by Lockwood & Backus, 1810. Small 12mo; full contemporary flame calf, black gilt spine label; xii,[13]-144pp. Minor scuffing to leather extremities, tiny loss at spine foot, textblock a bit foxed and toned, else a Very Good, quite attractive copy. SHAW & SHOEMAKER... Read More
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The Heartbeat of Soul
by W.T. Lyons
Hicksville: Exposition Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hicksville: Exposition Press, 1975. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 79pp. Original dustjacket with $4.00 price present; book in orange cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket scuffed along edges with a couple small, clean tears at top near front spine and back fore-edge and some general toning. Boards... Read More
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Dyadic Green's Functions in Electromagnetic Theory
by Chen-To Tai
Scranton, PA: Intext Educational Publishers, 1971. Very Good. Scranton, PA: Intext Educational Publishers, 1971. First Edition. Octavo. 246 pages. Black and white illustrations. No dust jacket. Green boards stamped in black and red. Light shelfwear to edges. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front pastedown. Interior otherwise clean and unmarked.
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Essais de Critique et d'Histoire
by H[ippolyte] Taine
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1929. Very Good. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1920 [but 1929]. Quinzième Édition. Small octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's green printed card wrappers; [4],xxviii,303pp. Upper cover and spine toned to tan, the former a bit spotted, textblock uniformly toned, else Near Very Good. Collection of essays on literary theory by the major influencer of the works of French Naturalist... Read More
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Newton's Laws of Motion
by [Isaac Newton] P.G. [Peter Guthrie] Tait
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1899. Very Good. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1899. First Edition. Octavo; red cloth boards; black endpapers; 52pp. + index and advertisements. Bumping and light soiling to boards; binding sound; bookplates to preliminaries, else unmarked; a Very Good and sound copy.
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Married Men and Magic Tricks: John Updike's Erotic Heroes
by [John Updike] Elizabeth Tallent
Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Company, 1982. Very Good/Very Good. Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Company, 1982. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's boards in white pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [8],91pp. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, a hint of dust-soil to upper panel, corners bumped, else Very Good and sound. The author's first book, preceding her short... Read More
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La Geometrie Grecque
by Paul Tannery
New York: Arno Press / New York Times Company, 1976. Near Fine. New York: Arno Press / New York Times Company, 1976. Facsimile reprint of the first (1887) edition. Octavo; publisher's pale green cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in dark blue; [2],vi,[2],188pp. Contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Near Fine. Forms part of... Read More
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A Discourse, Delivered to the Religious Society in Brattle-Street, Boston, and to the Christian Congregation in Charlestown, on April 5. 1798 Being the day of the annual fast in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
by David Tappan
Boston: Samuel Hall, 1798. Good. Boston: Samuel Hall, 1798. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 31pp. (collated and lacking half title page). Light dust-soil and faint dampspotting to exterior leaves, signatures starting to separate, else a Good example. "The history of the antient Republics of Greece and Rome is...particularly instructive to the people of America. The prosperity, declension,... Read More
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British Immigrants in Industrial America, 1790-1950
by Rowland Tappan Berthoff
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. Very Good/Very Good. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in tan price-clipped dust jacket printed in red and black; ix,[5],296pp. Jacket extremities toned and rather chipped with shallow losses at spine ends, corners bumped with minor fraying, contemporary ink ownership signature and note to front pastedown and free endpaper,... Read More
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Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan
by Richard Tapper
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Fine/Near Fine. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, [1997]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); publisher's boards in teal photo-illustrated dust jacket; xvii,[1],429pp. Jacket spine panel a bit sunned, else Fine. Forms part of the Cambridge Middle East Studies series.
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