The Gunniwolf and Other Merry Tales
by Selected by Wilhelmina Harper, Kate Seredy Illustrations
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1936. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Kate Seredy. A sharp copy of the 1936 stated 1st edition. Solid and VG+ to Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($2.00), VG+ dustjacket, with very light chipping along the spine crown and the top-edges. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated throughout in black-and-white AND color by the great... Read More
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A Time for Sleep: How the Animals Rest
by Millicent Selsam
New York: William R. Scott, Inc, 1953. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A crisp, clean copy of the 1953 1st edition. Tight and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light wear along the edges and at the spine ends. 12mo, nicely illustrated by Helen Ludwig.
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See Through the Jungle
by Millicent Selsam
New York: Harper & Bros, 1957. 1st. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MILLICENT SELSAM on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1957 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine crown and very light rubbing to the front panel. Octavo, nicely illustrated... Read More
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Birth of an Island
by Millicent Selsam
New York: Harper & Bros, 1959. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MILLICENT SELSAM on the title page. A well-preserved copy to boot of the 1959 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with very mild darkening along the panel edges. Octavo, nicely illustrated by Winifred Lubell. Signed by Author.... Read More
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Seeds and More Seeds
by Millicent Selsam
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1959 1st edition (with only 5 other titles listed at the rear dustjacket). Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket, with no wear or markings at all. Octavo, 60 pgs. Nicely illustrated by Toni Ungerer.
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Microbes at Work
by Millicent Selsam
New York: William Morrow & Co, 1953. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A clean, crisp copy of the 1953 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 95 pgs.
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Double Cross Ranch
by Charles Alden Seltzer
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A tight, very sharp copy of this early Grosset & Dunlap reprint. Circa 1932. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with mild fading along the spine. 12mo, "A swift shooting tale of cattle country law.
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West!
by Charles Alden Seltzer
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1922. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. W.M. Allison. An unsually crisp, clean copy of the 1922 Grosset & Dunlap re-issue (the original Doubleday copy having been published in '21). Tight and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. 12mo, 4 full-page illustrations by W.M. Allison.
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Land of the Free
by Charles Alden Seltzer
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A crisp, very sharp copy of this 1927 Grosset & Dunlap re-issue. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine example of the elusive pictorial dustjacket, with just a bit of wear at the spine crown. 12mo, part of a series of first-rate "novels... Read More
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Art of Engagement: Visual Politics in California and Beyond
by Peter Selz
University of California Press/ San Jose Museum of Art, 2006. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. INSCRIBED BY PETER SELZ TO MOMA CURATOR AND AUTHOR MILDRED CONSTANTINE. An immaculate copy to boot of this 2006 catalogue of the exhibition at San Jose Museum of Art. Bright and Fine in its original pictorial wrappers. Octavo, 298 pgs. Signed by Author. ... Read More
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Sam Francis
by Peter Selz
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1975. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. SIGNED BY SAM FRANCIS on the half-title. A crisp, very solid copy to boot of the 1975 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light foxing along the top and fore-edges) in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light soiling to the... Read More
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Beyond the Mainstream: Essays on Modern and Contemporary Art
by Peter Selz
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Collectible; Fine. INSCRIBED BY PETER SELZ TO MOMA CURATOR AND AUTHOR MILDRED CONSTANTINE on the half-title. A sharp copy to boot of the 1997 1st paperback edition. Bright and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, 334 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Boltanski
by Didier Semin
Art Press, 1988. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the 1988 1st edition. Bright and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. New York's "Hirschl & Adler Gallery" blindstamp at the front free endpaper.
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A History of the Singer Building Construction: Its Progress from Foundation to Flag Pole
by Edited by O.F. Semsch
New York: Shumway & Beattie, 1908. Cloth. Very Good +. The uncommon 1908 1st edition of this fascinating history of the construction of the Singer Building in New York, a Beaux-Arts masterpiece located at Liberty St. and Broadway in the Financial District. One of Manhattan's early skycrapers, construction was completed in 1908 when, for its first glorious year,... Read More
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Pleasant Fieldmouse
by Jan Wahl (Maurice Sendak)
New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine. Maurice Sendak. A very nice Association copy: INSCRIBED BY JAN WAHL TO THE HIGHLY-REGARDED RUSSIAN EMIGRE CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATOR FEODOR ROJANKOVSKY on the front free endpaper. Also includes part of an envelope addressed from Wahl to Rojankovsky glued onto the front pastedown. A very sharp copy to boot... Read More
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Charlotte and the White Horse
by Ruth Krauss (Maurice Sendak)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. Pictorial boards. Very Good +/Very Good. Maurice Sendak. A handsome copy of the 1955 correct 1st edition (Hanrahan A-18). Solid and VG+ (light spotting to the boards) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.00), VG dustjacket, with very mild creasing and soiling to the panels. 16mo, wonderfully illustrated throughout by the maestro Sendak. ... Read More
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Dwarf Long-Nose
by Wilhelm Hauff (Maurice Sendak)
New York: Random House, 1960. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY MAURICE SENDAK on the title page. A lovely copy to boot of the 1960 1st thus (Hanrahan A38). Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, beautifully illustrated thruout by Sendak. Translated from the original German by Doris Orgel. Signed by Illustrator. ... Read More
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Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
New York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1963. Pictorial boards. Very Good +. Maurice Sendak. A crisp, surprisingly well-preserved copy of the 1963 correct 1st edition, with the olive green/gray cloth spine, the Library of Congress # AND the 1963 copyright on the title page. Bright and VG+ to Near Fine in its Sendak-illustrated boards, with one small name... Read More
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In the Night Kitchen
by Maurice Sendak
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1970 correct 1st edition. Tight and Fine in its off-white cloth, with no writing or markings of any kind internally. And in a bright, price-intact ($4.95), Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of faint wear along the tips and the... Read More
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Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water
by Maurice Sendak
New York: Harper and Row, 1965. 1st. Pictorial Cover. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1965 1st edition. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Light, minor soiling along the back panel, otherwise tight and clean. Internally immaculate as well. Oblong, 12mo, unpaginated. Richly illustrated--as usual-- by the great Sendak.
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Waterfall
by Hiroshi Senju
Japan, 1995. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. A lovely folio collection of "Waterfall" paintings by Japan's Hiroshi Senju. Bright and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with very light soiling at the panels.
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The Portuguese Off the South Arabian Coast -- Hadrami Chronicles: With Yemeni and European Accounts of Dutch Pirates Off Mocha in the Seventeenth Century
by R.B. Serjeant
London: Oxford University Press, 1963. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1963 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (very light soiling at the panel edges, mild spotting to the fore-edge) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with just a touch of light chipping and creasing at the front panel's edges. Still though, very presentable. Octavo,... Read More
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Il Popolo Dei Nuraghi
by Marcello Serra
Cagliari, Taly: Editrice Sarda Fossataro, 1965. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1965 1st edition. Solid and VG in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and light rubbing to the panels. Tall quarto, 279 pgs. plus hundreds of black-and-white plates. Text in Italian.
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Richard Serra: Line Drawings
by Richard Serra
New York: Gagosian, 2002. Original wraps. Fine. A pristine copy of the catalogue based on the Sept-Oct 2002 exhibition at New York's Gagosian Gallery. Crisp and Fine in its slate-gray wrappers.
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Can Our Cities Survive? An ABC of Urban Problems, Their Analysis, Their Solutions (Gordon Bunshaft's Copy)
by J.L. Sert
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1942. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A wonderful Association copy: FROM THE LIBRARY OF --AND SIGNED AND DATED BY-- LEGENDARY SKIDMORE, OWINGS AND MERRILL ARCHITECT GORDON BUNSHAFT. A solid, presentable copy to boot of this important wartime manifesto in city planning, written by the great Spanish architect J.L. Sert (1902-1983). Clean and Near... Read More
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