The Poetry of Melville's Late Years: Time, History, Myth and Religion
by William Bysshe Stein
Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1970. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A handsome copy of the 1970 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with the lightest trace of soiling at the panels. Octavo, 275 pgs.
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The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History
by Jane Yolen and Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Roger Roth. SIGNED BY BOTH JANE YOLEN AND HEIDI YOLEN STEMPLE on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 2001 1st edition. Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout by Roger Roth.
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Naoya Hatakeyama
by Stephan Berg, Charlotte Cotton and Naoya Hatakeyama
Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine. A beautiful copy of the 2002 catalogue. Bright and Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Oblong quarto, 134 pgs., crisp color reproductions.
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Naked Poetry: Recent American Poetry in Open Forms
by Stephen Berg & Robert Mezey, Eds
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1969. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A gorgeous copy (the nicest this bookseller has seen) of the 1969 stated 1st printing of the uncommon hardback edition of this seminal collection of "poetic exploration". Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($8.50), Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light soiling to the rear panel.... Read More
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The American System of Trust Business
by Gilbert T. Stephenson
New York: American Bankers Association, 1936. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A nice copy of the 1936 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original blue boards, with bright gilt-lettering to front panel and spine. 12mo, 128 pgs.
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The Crock of Gold (Bound in Full Leather)
by James Stephens
London: Macmillan and Co, 1912. Full leather. Very Good +. The 1912 1st edition, sumptuously bound in a period, full dark-green leather by Bayntun of Bath. Brilliant gilt-design and ornamentation at the front panel and compartments respectively. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine, with the slightest bit of wear to the front hinges (which remain very sturdy) and... Read More
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Etched in Moonlight
by James Stephens
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1928 signed/limited. #184 of 750 copies signed by James Stepehens. Solid and VG, with very mild spotting to the rear panel. Octavo, 119 pgs., top-edge gilt. Also includes publisher's printed slipcase, which is sturdy and clean but is missing its bottom-edge strip. Signed by Author. ... Read More
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Flesh!
by Harry Sterling
North Hollywood, CA: Nite Time Books, 1964. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1964 1st edition. Bright and Near Fine in its revealing pictorial wrappers. A Nite Time Book (NTB 108). Pocket-sized, 160 pgs. "It was a buyer's market --and the merchandise was always in demand
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Let the Moon Go By: A Book of Tall Tales (With Letter)
by Emma Gelders Sterne
New York: Aladdin Books, 1955. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lorence Bjorklund. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR LORENCE BJORKLUND on the title page. A gorgeous copy to boot of the 1955 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine (just a touch of spotting along the top and fore-edges) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout... Read More
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Studies in Hegel's Philosophy of Religion: With a Chapter on Christian Unity in America
by J. Macbride Sterrett
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890. Cloth. Very Good +. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1890 1st edition. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with light pencil at the front free endpaper. Octavo, "With a Chapter on Christian Unity in America
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Women: 22 Photography by Louis Stettner
by Louis Stettner
New York: Stettner Studio, 1975. Original wraps. Near Fine. Impressive 1975 portfolio of black-and-white portraits by Lou Stettner, "in celebration of international women's year". #48 OF 1,000 COPIES ISSUED SIGNED BY LOU STETTNER. Mising 1 of the 22 photographs but the remaining 21 are in pristine condition. The attractive pictorial chemise has held up nicely too and is... Read More
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Workers: Twenty-Four Photographs by Louis Stettner
by Louis Stettner
New York: Stettner Studio, 1974. Original wraps. Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LOU STETTNER at the introduction. A very solid copy to boot of this 1974 portfolio, a collection of 24 black-and-white Lou Stettner portraits. Slight waviness at the top of several of the plates but all of the photographs themselves are uniformly in pristine condition. The attractive... Read More
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Gebirgsjager Im Bild: 6. SS-Gebirgsdivision Nord 1940-1945
by Alfred Steurich
Coburg, Germany: Nation Europa Verlag, 1999. 1st. Collectible; Fine. A clean, very sharp copy of the 1999 1st edition. Bright and Near Fine in its pictorial laminate boards, with very light bumping at the upper tips. Quarto, 223 pgs., text exclusively in German.
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A Treatise on the Application of Marine Surveying & Hydrometry to the Practice of Civil Engineering
by David Stevenson
Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1842. The uncommon 1842 1st edition. Solid and VG in its bevelled, chocolate-brown boards, with very light chipping along the outer hinges and the spine crown. 13 full-page plates (including large fold-out plate opposite the first page of text) plus a number of figures and tables. According to the author in his Preface, this... Read More
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Secret Ceremony
by Steven Klein, Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana SRL, 2007. Hardcover. Fine. The February 2007 stated 1st edition of this sumptuous hardcover album, which features 11 beautifully-printed color plates at the rectos. Clean and Fine in its dark boards over red spine. Oblong folio, also includes a VG+ to Near Fine example of the publisher's black linen slipcase, with a light amount of... Read More
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Tony and the Toll Collector
by Eric Stevenson
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1969. Pictorial cloth. Fine/Near Fine. James Stevenson.
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Walker, the Witch, and the Striped Flying Saucer
by James Stevenson
Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1969. Pictorial cloth. Fine/Near Fine. James Stevenson. A very sharp copy of the 1969 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated thoughout by the author James Stevenson himself.
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Let's Boogie!
by James Stevenson
New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1978. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. James Stevenson. WARMLY INSCRIBED --WITH A SMALL DOODLE AS WELL-- BY JAMES STEVENSON on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1978 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with several small closed tears along the edges... Read More
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Here Comes Herb's Hurricane!
by James Stevenson
New York: Harper & Row, 1973. James Stevenson. A WARM, FULL-PAGE INSCRIPTION BY JAMES STEVENSON adorning the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1973 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light spotting at the front cover) in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo. nicely illustrated throughout by the author himself in black-and-white.
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An Historical Account of All Taxes, under What Denomination Soever; from the Conquest to the Death of King George the First
by Captain John Stevens
Virgils Head, 1733. Hardcover. A well-preserved copy of the 1733 second edition. IN ITS ORIGINAL BROWN LEATHER BINDING. VG with the inevitable small degree of chipping and wear. Still, though, tightly bound, rather bright and internally very clean. Original spine label still intact along with the five raised bands. 12mo., 374 pgs. plus a significant table of the principal... Read More
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Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour
by Robert Louis Stevenson
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1887. Pictorial cloth. Very Good +. W. Hale. A very presentable copy of the 1887 2nd American edition. Clean and VG+ in its chocolate-brown cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Light lean at the spine, a touch of mild wear to the fore-edge. Thick 12mo, engraved illustrations by W.... Read More
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 2nd state of the uncommon 1932 edition (without the photoplay photographs but with the same pictorial dustjacket). A handsome, well-preserved copy. VG in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping at the spine crown and rear panel edges. 12mo, 234pgs. plus publisher's ads.
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Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
New York: Oxford University Press, 1929. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1929 1st thus, AND IN THE UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG+ (with gilt-border and lettering along the front panel and spine) in a bright, VG+, Rowland Hilder-dustjacket. Octavo, 260 pgs., top-edge gilt. Other than a tiny amount of chipping at... Read More
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A Child's Garden of Verses (In 3/4 Leather)
by Robert Louis Stevenson
London and New York: Longmans Green & Co. and Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. 1/2 leather. Very Good +. Jessie Wilcox Smith. Lovely 1905 edition (possibly the 1st illustrated edition, with 1905 alone listed as the date of publication) of this lovely Jessie Wilcox Smith-illustrated edition of "A Child's Garden of Verses". Tight and VG+ in its custom 3/4... Read More
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Opus Posthumous
by Wallace Stevens
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A tight, very well-preserved copy of the 1957 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($6.75), Near Fine dustjacket, with very mild fading along the spine. Octavo, "edited, with an Introduction, by Samuel French Morse
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