The Passionate Virgin
by Mike Skinner
New York: Tower Publications, 1963. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1963 1st printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Small, neat former owner stamp at the bottom of the title page. Pocketbook, Midwood F235. "If a Virgin Asks a Man to Bed Her Is She Ever Justified in Refusing?
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The Sex Game
by Mike Skinner
New York: Tower Publications, 1962. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1962 1st printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Small, neat former owner stamp at the bottom of the title page. Pocketbook, Midwood F192. "It wasn't the score, but how long they could last that counted -- it became a maathon ... Read More
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Abhandlung uber Perkussion und Auskultation ("Treatise on Percussion and Auscultation")
by Dr. Joseph Skoda
Vienna: L.W. Seidel, 1854. 1/4 leather. Very Good. The classic work, which, according to Neuburger, "marked a turning point in the history of medcine; it constituted the foundation of modern physical diagnosis". The 1854 5th edition, in its contemporary-to-the-period 1/4 leather over marbled boards. Skoda (1805-1881) classified the various sounds obtained on percussion according to their musical pitch... Read More
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Journal of Czechoslovak Architects (Complete in 12 Volumes)
by Ing. Arch. Josef Slegl
Prague: Department of Architects, 1925. Original wraps. Near Fine. Wonderful 1925 Czech architectural journals. Complete in 12 vols., constituting 7 separate books. Each book/journal clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its brightly-colored wrappers. Just a bit of very light wear along several of the spine crowns and a touch of light marking/underlining at 1 or 2 of... Read More
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Love Teacher ("A Most Unusual Lesbian School")
by Frank Slidell
North Hollywood, CA: All Star Books, 1964. Original wraps. Near Fine. A tight, very sharp copy of this 1964 paperback original --and early lesbian novel. Crisp and Near Fine in its lurid wrappers, with very light rubbing along the rear panel. All Star Books #11. "Can a Woman Ever Be Satisfied with Normal Love After Tasting the Sweet... Read More
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The King of the Golden River
by John Ruskin (The Arthur Rackham Signed/Limited in Slipcase)
London: George Harrap & Co, 1932. Vellum. Near Fine. Arthur Rackham. A very pleasing copy of the 1932 signed/limited. #451 OF 570 COPIES SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM at the limitation and bound in a full vellum, with bright gilt-titling to the front panel. Clean and easily VG+ to Near Fine, with much less of the bowing to the... Read More
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Return to Taos: A Sketchbook of Roadside Americana (Inscribed with Original Artwork)
by Eric Sloane
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1960. Pictorial cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Eric Sloane. SIGNED AND DATED BY ERIC SLOANE on the front free endpaper AND ALSO INCLUDING A DRAWING OF THE MODEL T FORD HE HAD ORIGINALLY DRIVEN OUT TO TAOS IN 1925. A solid, very presentable copy to boot of the 1960 1st edition (denoted... Read More
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Electric Toy Making for Amateurs: Including Batteries, Magnets, Motors, Miscellaneous Toys and Dynamo Construction
by T. O'Conor Sloane
Newe York: Norman W. Henley & Co, 1893. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A very handsome copy of the 1893 stated 2nd edition. Clean and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright silver-lettering and design at the front panel. Light offsetting at the front free endpaper and pastedowns, otherwise clean as could be. 12mo, 140 pgs. plus wonderful... Read More
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Light Screens: The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright (In Dustjacket and Slipcase)
by Julie L. Sloan
New York: Rizzoli, 2001. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 2001 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. And in its immaculate printed, dark-cloth slipcase. Thick quarto, text by Julie L. Sloan, lovely color and black-and-white reproductions throughout.
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Colette and the Princess
by Louis Slobodkin
New York: E.P.Dutton, 1965. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A fresh, crisp copy of the 1965 stated 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with several very small closed tears along the panel edges. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by the author himself.
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Blue Galaxy Iris: Connecting with Beauty and Nature's Rhythm
by J.T. Ledbetter (E. John Slocum)
Oxnard, CA: Vanguard Press, 2007. Laminate boards. Near Fine. E. John Slocum. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR J.T. LEDBETTER on the half-title. ALSO SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR E. JOHN SOLEM on the title page. A clean, very sharp copy to boot of the 2007 1st edition. Crisp and Near Fine to Fine in its deep-blue laminate boards. Quarto,... Read More
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Child of Satan, Child of God
by Susan Atkins (With Bob Slosser)
Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1977. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1977 1st edition. Clean and VG+ (very slight cocking at the binding) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with mild rubbing to the panels. Octavo, co-written with the assistance of Bob Slosser.
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Journal of a Voyage to New York and a Tour in Several of the American Colonies in 1679-80
by Jaspar Dankers and Peter Sluyter
Brooklyn, NY: The Long Island Historical Society, 1867. Boards. Very Good. Memoirs of the Long Island Historical Society, Vol. I. Publisher's cloth and papercovered boards. 440 pgs., 12 plates (9 of them fold-outs). Bookplate to the front pastedown, tiny owner's name, rebacked, with leather spine label gilt, new endpapers. A solid, VG or better copy, with light scuffing... Read More
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This Is the Book
by Janet Smalley
Oxford, England: Basil Blackwell, 1928. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Janet Smalley. A crisp, lovely copy of this sweet children's tale-in-verse, circa 1928. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just a tiny bit of chipping at the spine ends. Octavo, charming line drawings throughout. "This Is the Book--that the Author made,... Read More
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The Distribution of Income
by William Smart
London: Macmillan and Co, 1899. Cloth. Very Good. A solid copy of the 1899 1st edition. Tight and VG in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the spine. Light spotting to the panels, small ghost of a former sticker at the front free endpaper, mild foxing to the endsheets and pastedowns. Octavo, Book I: "The National Income",... Read More
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Ventilation and Warming of Buildings, upon the Principles as Designed and Patented by Isaac D. Smead
by Isaac D. Smead
Toledo, Ohio: Isaac D. Smead & Co, 1889. Cloth. Very Good +. A tight, well-preserved copy of the scarce 1889 1st edition of this self-published examination of early ventilation and the heating of buildings. Solid and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with dozens of elaborate steel-engravings, a number of them in rich color -- or chromolithography. Quarto, 153... Read More
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Complete in 2 Volumes)
by Adam Smith
Dublin: P. Wogan, Gilbert, Hodges, W. Porter, J. Moore, B. Dornin, 1801. Full calf. Very Good. Very early Irish editions of "The Wealth of Nations", both volumes published out of Dublin, in mixed states. Vol. I is the 1801 "sixth edition, with additions"; and Vol. II is the 1785 "fourth edition, with additions". Thick, uniform octavos, both volumes... Read More
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Applied Graphology: A Textbook on Character Analysis From Handwriting
by Albert J. Smith
New York: The Gregg Publishing Company, 1920. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good -. The 1920 1st edition. Solid and VG (with light fading to the gilt-lettering along the front panel and spine) in a bright, VG- dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine crown and along the panel edges. Octavo, 197 pgs.
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Dan Webster: Union Boy
by Bradford Smith
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1954. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1954 stated 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light chipping at the spine ends and very light creasing along the panel edges. 12mo, 192 pgs., nicely illustrated in silhouette by Charles V. John.
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Out of Space and Time
by Clark Ashton Smith
London: Neville Spearman, 1971. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A very serviceable copy of the 1971 1st UK edition. Solid and VG+ (mild spotting to the lower fore-edge) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light creasing along the panel edges. Thick 12mo, 370 pgs.
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Surfactant-Based Mobility Control: Progress in Miscible-Flood Enhanced Oil Recovery
by Edited by Duane H. Smith
Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1988. Boards. Very Good +/Very Good. A solid copy of the 1988 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine (a touch of denting at the front panel's upper-tip) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with light soiling to the panels. Octavo, #373 in the American Chemical Society's Symposium Series.
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Case Study Houses: The Complete CSH Program 1945-1966
by Elizabeth A.T. Smith
Cologne, Germany: Tachen, 2002. Laminate boards. Fine. An immaculate copy of the 2002 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its laminate boards. Oblong folio, crisp black-and-white and color photos (many of them by the great Julius Shulman). Edited by Peter Goessel, Notes on the Furnishings by Shannon and Peter Loughrey. Publisher's printed cardboard box in Fine condition as... Read More
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The Mammals of Botswana
by Reay H.N. Smithers
Salisbury, Rhodesia: The Trustees of the National Museums of Rhodesia, 1971. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A bright, Fine copy of the 1971 1st edition. Tall octavo, 340 pgs. Includes the publisher's errata slip.
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Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective
by Exhibition Curator: Elizabeth A.T. Smith
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago / UCLA Hammer Museum / Harry Abrams, 2003. Cloth. Fine/Fine. An immaculate copy of the 2003 1st edition, in its less common hardback. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, hundreds of first-rate color reproductions throughout. Major monograph on this "pioneer figure in the New York art world" (1931-2022).
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The Golden Hussy
by George H. Smith
Chicago: Novel Books, 1960. Original wraps. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the August 1960 stated 1st printing. Clean, tight and Near Fine in its wonderful pictorial wrappers. Novel Book #5017. "She had a body that could make a man do anything, and she used it for just that, every minute, until---". (From the front cover). ... Read More
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