3 Photos of Actor Duane Jones from the 1973 Film "Ganja and Hess
by Charles Stewart
1973. Photograph. Near Fine. 3 rare photos of the great Duane Jones (1937-1988), the lead actor in 1968's beyond-seminal "Night of the Living Dead". The 3 photos are from Jones's next --and only other-- starring film role, the 1973 American black horror film "Ganja & Hess". The photos were taken by renowned jazz photographer Charles Stewart (1927-2017) and... Read More
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Hornacinas: Niches & Corners of Mexico City
by D.N.S. (Dorothy Newkirk Stewart)
Mexico City: Editorial "Cultura, 1933. Original wraps. Very Good +. D.N.S. (Dorothy Newkirk Stewart). A clean, crisp copy of this wonderful 1933 artist's interpretation of the "Old City of Mexico". #73 OF ONLY 100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST D.N.S. (DOROTHY NEWKIRK STEWART) AND IMPORTED INTO THE U.S. FROM THE LARGER 1ST EDITION OF 1,000 COPIES.... Read More
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Pour L'Artisan Du Bois (2 Vols.)
by Andre Sthegens
Paris: Dunod, 1947. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. Handsome 1947 French manual on high-end woodworking and carpentry, in 2 volumes. Both volumes crisp and Near Fine in their pictorial dustjackets. Mild darkening along the spines, otherwise clean as could be. 12mo, 345 pgs. all told. Tome I: Les Transformations Sans Dechets; Tome II: L'Usinage Mecanique. 2nd edition. Part of... Read More
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Craftsman Homes
by Gustav Stickley
New York: The Craftsman Publishing Company, 1909. Buckram. Very Good. The 1909 1st edition of one of the seminal early texts in the Arts & Crafts movement, authored by the renowned interior designer and furniture manufacturer Gustav Stickley (1858-1942). Solid and VG in its light-brown buckram, with very mild fraying at the spine ends and along the bottom-edges,... Read More
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A History of the City of Brooklyn: Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (3 Vols.)
by Henry R. Stiles
Brooklyn, N.Y.: Published by Subscription, 1870. 1/2 leather. Very Good. The scarce 1867-1870 1st editions of this thorough history of mid to late 19th century Brooklyn, complete in 3 volumes. All 3 volumes, thick uniform octavos, solid and VG in their half red leather over marbled boards. 5 raised bands, gilt-tilting and ornaments along each spine. A degree... Read More
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The Woodstock Census
by Rex Weiner And Deanne Stillman
New York: The Woodstock Census, 1975. Original wraps. Very Good +. The uncommon original mid 1970s census (or questionnaire) issued by the Woodstock Census of New York after the August 1969 concert to "scientifically" measure current attitudes, likes and dislikes from the 60's Generation. This questionnaire was created by Rex Weiner and Deanne Stillman as the basis for... Read More
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Woman Under the Law
by Alvah L. Stinson
Boston: Hudson Printing Company, 1914. Very Good +. A tight, well-preserved copy of the 1914 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its navy-bue cloth, with bright gilt-lettering to the front panel. Just a touch of soiling to the fore-edge and light fading to the gilt-lettering along the spine. Internally, very clean, with no writing or markings of any... Read More
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Het Interactive Portfolio
by Margo Stipe
Fontaine Uitgevers, 2006. Hardcover. Fine. A crisp, very nice copy of the 2006 1st Dutch edition of this impressive Frank Loyd Wright imteractive portfolio. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Square quarto, 92 pgs. Also includes a bright, Near Fine example of publisher's pictorial slipcase.
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Digest of Patents Relating to Breech-Loading and Magazine Small Arms (Except Revolvers), Granted in the United States from 1836 to 1873, Inclusive. Clasified and Arranged According to the Movement of the Principal Parts for Opening and Closing the Breech
by V.D. Stockbridge
Wasjington, D.C.: The U.S. Patent Office, 1874. Hardcover. Very Good +. N. Peters. Uncommon 1874 original edition of this accounting and illustrating of all "patents relating to breech-loading and magazine small arms granted in the United States from 1836 to 1873 inclusive". Tight and VG+ in its dark-brown cloth over light-brown bevelled boards. Bright, completely unflecked gilt-titling at... Read More
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The Road to Santa Fe
by Hobart E. Stocking
New York: Hastings House, 1971. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A sharp copy to boot of the 1971 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 372 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Texte Zur Musik (5 Vols.)
by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Cologne, Germany: Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 5 separate volumes in the impressive "DuMont Dokumente" series of Karlheinz Stockhausen's "Texte Zur Musik". Bands 1-3 (spanning 1952-1970) and Bands 5 and 6 (spanning 1977-1984). All 5 bands are clean and VG in their original wrappers. Light peeling of the laminate to several of the... Read More
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The Facade of Saint-Gilles-du-Gard: Its Influence on French Sculpture
by Whitney S. Stoddard
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1973. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Poor. 1973 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light rubbing along the panels and fading at the spine. Quarto, 340 pgs., fold-out maps at rear.
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The Iconography of Manhattan Island: 1498-1909 (in 6 Volumes)
by I.N. Phelps Stokes
New York: Robert H. Dodd, 1915. 1/2 Vellum. Near Fine. A handsome example of the 1915-1928 1st editions of this exhaustive study of the iconography of Manhattan Island, complete in 6 thick quarto volumes. Each volume bound in the publisher's original 1/2 vellum over gilt-decorated, navy-blue cloth. Clean, tight and very impressive. All volumes easily VG+ to Near... Read More
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A Hall of Mirrors
by Robert Stone
Houghton Mifflin, 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A very nice copy of author's first book. 1967 stated first printing. Thick octavo. Near Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket. 1 of 5000 copies.
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A Bunyan, Boone, Crockett, a Robinson Crusoe
by Walter Stone
New York: The Stratford Press, 1937. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1937 revised edition, in the uncommon pictorial dustjacket. VG in a bright, VG jacket. Light chipping at the jacket edges, several small closed tears. Octavo, 360 pgs. Memoirs of the "foremost trapper of all the world. Unapproachable forever.
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Delineations, Graphical and Descriptive, of Fountains' Abbey, in the West Riding of the County of York: With Historical Notices
by J. & H.S. Storer
Cambridge, England: Longman, Rees, and Co. and C. Tilt, 1812. 1/4 leather. Very Good. The 1st edition of this elegant architectural study of Fountains' Abbey, circa 1812 (dated as such in pencil in an early hand at the foot of the title page). Engraved frontispiece plus 15 engraved plates (the final plate a fold-out) and 2 vignettes. Bound... Read More
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Alexander Ross: Drawings 2000-2008
by Carroll Dunham and Robert Storr
New York: David Nolan Gallery, 2008. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. An all-but-immaculate copy of the catalogue based on the March-April 2008 exhibition at New York's David Nolan Gallery. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, wonderful color reproductions throughout.
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Report on Sewage Disposal at the National Soldiers' Home Near Santa Monica, Cal. / Notes on the Septic Purification of Sewage
by James D. Schuyler and Samuel Storrow
Los Angeles: B.R. Baumgardt, 1900. Original wraps. Very Good +. The 1900 1st edition of this wonderful tract on both sewage disposal (authored by James Schuyler) and septic purification of sewage (authored by Samuel Storrow). The booklet is well-preserved, tight and VG+ in its printed light-brown wrappers, with a small 1930 stamp ("California Academy of Sciences") at the... Read More
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Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting (Still in Its Original Shrinkwrap)
by Robert Storr
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2002. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 2002 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine hardback. Still in its original shrinkwrap. Tall quarto, the catalogue published simultaneously in hardback in London by Thames & Hudson.
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Pennsylvania Folk Art: An Interpretation
by John Joseph Stoudt
Allentown, PA: Schlechter's, 1948. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A sharp copy of the 1948 1st edition under this title. Clean and VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket. Thick octavo, 402 pgs.
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The Cause: A Short History of the Women's Movement in Great Britain
by Ray Strachey
London: G. Bell and Sons, 1928. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1928 1st edition, in its uncommon dustjacket. Tight and VG (light spotting at the panels, foxing along the fore and bottom-edges) in a crisp, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with mild soiling at the panels and very light scuffing to the spine. Thick... Read More
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l'Album fiorentino dei DISEGNI ARTIFICIALI
by Jacopo e Ottavio Strada
Enel, 2002. Original Wraps. A sparkling copy of the 2002 reprint of this seminal 17th century study of mills and the movement of water. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Folio, 244 pgs. Text in Italian with a comprehensive study in English of the Stradas and the drawings they produced.
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History of the Violoncello, the Viol De Gamba, Thier Precursors and Collateral Instruments
by Edmund S.J. Van Der Straeten
London: William Reeves, 1915. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. Uncommon--and exhaustive-- study of this particular family of stringed instruments (all closely related to the violin). "With biographies of all the most eminent players of every country". 1915 1st edition. Thick octavo, 700 pgs., top-edge gilt. A well-preserved, VG copy in its crimson cloth with bright gilt-lettering to the... Read More
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Maximus
by Dominique Michele Strandquest
New York: Harper & Row, 1971. Pictorial boards. Fine/Near Fine. Dominique Michele Strandquest. A gorgeous copy of the 1971 stated 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-clipped, Near Fine dustjacket. Wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color by the author herself.
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Languedoc-Roussillon: The Wines & Winemakers
by Paul Strang
London: Mitchell Beazley, 2002. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A near-pristine copy of the 2002 1st edition. Cean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, high-quality black-and-white and color plates thruout.
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