A Catalogue of the Mesozoic Mammalia in the Geological Department of the British Museum
by George Gaylord Simpson
London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1928. Cloth. Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1928 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-insignia and lettering along the spine. Tiny former owner name (and date) stamped at the front pastedown's top-edge, otherwise clean as could be. Tall quarto, 11 plates at the... Read More
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Fantasy Furniture: Design and Decoration
by Thomas Simpson
New York: Reinhold Book Corporation (Art Horizons, Inc), 1968. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The uncommon 1968 1st edition of this wonderful period examination of "fantasy" furniture. Solid and VG (light offsetting at the gutters) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with mild spotting and rubbing along the panels. Square octavo, crisp black-and-white photos (with the occasional color photo) throughout.... Read More
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Gavin Turk
by Judith Collins and Iain Sinclair
Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2013. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY GAVIN TURK on the half-title. A tight, sharp copy to boot of the 2013 1st edition of this exhaustive, very impressive monograph on the British sculptor. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, 400 pgs., first-rate color reproductions thruout.
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Oil!
by Upton Sinclair
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. Pictorial cover. Good +. An ideal starter copy of the 1927 1st edition. Solid and Good+ in its chocolate-brown cloth, with spotting and rubbig to the panels, and tender front hinge and worn-to-the-web rear hinge. Still though, very presentable. Thick 12mo, the novel on which the acclaimed 2007 film "There Will... Read More
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Lost in America
by Isaac Bashevis Singe
Gareden City, NY: Doubleday & Co, 1981. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY BOTH ISAAC SINGER AND RAPHAEL SOYER on the half-title. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 1st trade edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated thruout by the estimable Raphael Soyer. Signed by Author(s).
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Lost in America (the Signed/Limited Edition)
by Isaac Singer
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co, 1981. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. The 1981 signed/limited. #367 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY ISAAC SINGER AT THE LIMITATION AND INCLUDING A LAID-IN CORRESPONDING COLOR PRINT SIGNED BY RAPHAEL SOYER. Clean and Near Fine in its wine-red cloth and including a bright, Near Fine example of the publisher's printed slipcase. Octavo, 259 pgs.... Read More
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Big Game Fields of America North and South
by Daniel J. Singer
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1914. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of this early, 1914 reprint. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its beige cloth, with pictorial vignette at the front panel. Very clean internally, with no other wrting or markings... Read More
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Yentl the Yeshiva Boy (the Signed/Limited Edition)
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A pristine copy of the 1983 signed/limited. #390 OF 450 COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH ISAAC SINGER AND ANTONIO FRASCONI at the limitation. Tight and Fine in its oatmeal cloth. And in a bright, Fine brown-cloth slipcase. Quarto, beautiful woodcuts thruout by the great Antonio Frasconi. Signed by Author(s).... Read More
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Elijah the Slave: A Hebrew Legend Retold by Isaac Bashevis Singer
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
New York: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1970. Cloth. Very Good +. Antonio Frasconi. SIGNED BY ANTONIO FRASCONI on the verso of the title page. A solid copy to boot of the 1970 stated 1st American edition, translated from its original Yiddish by the author himself and by Elizabeth Shub. Clean and VG+ in its purple cloth, with... Read More
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The Hasidim
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
New York: Crown Publishers, 1973. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Ira Moskowitz. INSCRIBED BY ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER on the half-title. A crisp, very well-preserved copy to boot of the 1973 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, "over 70 paintings and drawings in full color and bllack-and-white" by Ira Moskowitz.
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Elijah the Slave
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. Decorative Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Antonio Frasconi. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER on the half-title. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 1970 1st American edition, translated from its original Yiddish by the author himself and by Elizabeth Shub. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket.... Read More
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Masers
by J.R. Singer
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1959. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1959 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (a touch of light offsetting to the endsheets) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with chipping along the rear panel's top-edge and light spotting along its fore-edge. Octavo, "Provides a unified description of microwave... Read More
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A World at Twilight: A Portrait of the Jewish Communities of Eastern Europe Before the Holocaust
by Milton Hindus (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1971. Hardcover. Fine. Lionel S. Reiss. SIGNED ON THE TITLE PAGE BY ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER (who wrote the Preface), MILTON HINDUS (who wrote the body of the text) and LIONEL REISS (whose moving illustrations nicely complement the text). A clean, tight copy to boot of the 1971 stated 1st edition. Crisp and Fine... Read More
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Hockey Umpiring
by Gian Singh
International Hockey Board, 1958. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. Second (revised and enlarged) edition. With the Latest Rules and Notes, Suggestions to Umpires by International Hockey Board". 1958. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ pictorial dustjacket, with light chipping along the panel edges. 12mo, 133 pgs.
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The Queens Midtown Tunnel -- Under the East River Between Mid-Manhattan and Queens, New York City
by Ole Singstad
New York City Tunnel Authority, 1944. Cloth. Very Good +. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR OLE SINGSTAD on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1944 1st thus, the uncommon 1st appearance in book form of these Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers (Paper # 2219). Clean and VG+ in its dark... Read More
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Mediaeval History of the Deccan (2 Vols.)
by S.K. Sinha
Hyderabad, India: The Government of Andra Pradesh, 1964. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1964 and 1968 1st editions respectively, complete in 2 volumes. Andra Pradesh Government, Archaeological Series #18 and #24. Both volumes solid and VG- in bright, VG- dustjackets, with soiling at the panels, intternal tape to the jacket and former owner paper tage at... Read More
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Esoteric Buddhism
by A.P. Sinnett
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1887. The 1887 stated 6th American edition. Solid and VG in its olive-green cloth, with light cocking at the spine and mild spotting to the rear panel. A bit of light soiling as well to the preliminaries but overall solid and presentable. 12mo, includes chapters such as "Esoteric Teachers", "Devachan", "Kama Loca", "Buddha" and... Read More
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1905-2005 100 Years of Motoring Progress: Geneva International Motor Show
by Joelle de Syon and Brigitte Sion
Slatkine, Geneva, 2004. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A mint copy of the 2004 1st edition. As New in an As New dustjacket. Folio, 325 pgs. A celebration and history of the renowned Geneva International Motor Show.
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Pictures of Horses and English Life
by Sir Alfred James Munnings, R.A.
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, 1927. Cloth. Near Fine. Handsome, very solid copy of the 1927 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its beige cloth, with very light soiling to the panels. Internally clean as could be, with no writing or markings to speak of. Folio, all edges gilt, all printed tissue-guards in place. 12... Read More
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The Story of the Inns of Court
by Sir D. Plunket Barton, Charles Benham And Francis Watt
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1928 1st edition, in the uncommon original dustjacket. Clean and VG in a bright, VG dustjacket with light chipping along the spine and to the front and back panel's edges. Still, an attractive and presentable copy. Thick octavo, 320 pgs.
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Gardens in China (With Its Printed Slipcase)
by Osvald Siren
New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1949. Cloth. Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1949 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Tasteful former owner bookplate at the front pastedown, otherwise clean as could be. And in a bright, VG example of the... Read More
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A Letter to My Son
by Sir Osbert Sitwell
London: Home & Van Thal Ltd, 1944. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1944 1st edition. Solid and VG (with light offsetting and foxing at the endsheets) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light soiling to the panels. 12mo, 32 pgs. Housed in a custom-made, quarter-morocco box.
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Divagations Erotiques (Lettered Copy)
by J.N. Sixte
Paris: Editions des Abbayes, 1955. Original wraps. Very Good +. Axe. The 1955 1st edition of this wonderful compilation of French erotica. The text by J.N. Sixte is in verse, followed by the 12 colored erotic plates (watercolors) by Axe. This is among the limitation of 20 copies, with the additonal suite of 12 matching black-and-white plates thru... Read More
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Engraved Illustrations of Antient Armour, From the Collection at Goodrich Court Herefordshire, From the Drawings and With the Descriptions of Dr. Meyrick (2 Vols.)
by Joseph Skelton
Oxford, England: Joseph Skelton, 1830. 1/4 leather. Very Good +. The 1830 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes, of this sweeping catalogue of engraved illustrations --and desciptions-- of the historic collections of ancient armor built by Dr. Samuel Rush Meyrick (1783-1948). Both volumes imposing elephant folios, handsome in their 1/2 leather over rich, marbled boards. The contemporary-to-the-period, mid-19th... Read More
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The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy
by Edited by Charles B. Schmitt and Quentin Skinner
Cambridge University Press, 1988. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A superb copy of the 1988 1st edition. All but pristine. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Thick octavo (over 960 pgs. all told), edited by Charles Schmitt and Quentin Skinner.
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