Cause and Effect at HITE Collection, 2006/12/11-2009/11/02 (Inscribed by Do Hu Suh)
by Do Ho Suh
Seoul, South Korea: HITE Foundation, 2010. Cloth. Near Fine. An important Association copy. INSCRIBED BY DO HU SUH TO RENOWNED ART FABRICATOR DICK POLICH on the title page. A clean, very sharp copy to boot of the 2010 catalogue. Crisp and Near Fine in its dark-green, flexi-cloth. First-rate color reproductions throughout.
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A I-Pg. Louis Sullivan Autograph Letter Signed
by Louis Sullivan
1912. Letters. Very Good +. A 1912 beige ALS from American architect Louis Sullivan ("the Father of Skyscrapers", "the Father of Modernism") to Walt Whitman biographer Horace Traubel. On Louis Sullivan's personal stationary, with the original autograph envelope. Ther letter measures 8 1/2" x 11" and is crisp, bright and very well-preserved. 2 neat folding creases and just... Read More
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Custard and Mustard: Carlos in Coney Island
by Maureen Sullivan
Riverhead, NY: MoJo InkWorks, 2009. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY BOTH THE AUTHOR MAUREEN SULLIVAN AND THE ILLUSTRATOR ALISON JOSEPHS on the title page. An immaculate copy to boot fo the 2009 1st edition. Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Oblong quarto, nicely illustrated thruout. Signed by Author(s).
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The Birth of Landscape Painting in China
by Michael Sullivan
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1962. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. A very solid copy of the 1962 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (very light spotting to the panels, tiny stamped name at the copyright page) in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with mild rubbing at the front panel and a touch of light creasing --with a couple... Read More
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The Bear Who Loved Puccini
by Arnold Sundgaard
New York: Philomel Books, 1992. Laminate boards. Fine/Fine. Dominic Catalano. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ARNOLD SUNDGAARD on the front free endpaper. An immaculate copy to boot of the 1992 stated 1st impression. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Quarto, nicely illustrated throughout in rich color by Dominic Catalano.
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Every Night, Josephine!
by `Jacqueline Susann
New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1963. Decorative Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY JACQUELINE SUSANN on the front free endpaper. An especially crisp copy to boot of the 1963 stated 1st printing of the author's first book, preceding her massive bestseller "Valley of the Dolls" by 3 years. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine (a touch of mild... Read More
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Men in Armor: The Story of Knights and Knighthood
by Richard Suskind
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1968. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Enrico Arno. A very sharp copy of the 1968 correct 1st edition (with the proper number bar at the copyright page). Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact (AND price-clipped), VG+ dustjacket, with one small price-tag to the top of the front flap and... Read More
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Design for Point of Sale
by Ladislav Sutnar
New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1952 1st edition, in the uncommon dustjacket. Solid and VG in a bright, price-intact, VG- dustjacket, with several chips to the front panel's top-edge and light chipping along the rear panel's bottom edge. Still though, a very presentable copy of this Bible of early 50s... Read More
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The Massacre of the Jews of Lithuania: Lithuanian Collaboration in the Final Solution 1941-1944
by Karen Sutton
Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing, 2008. Laminate boards. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 2008 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp. Fine dustjacket.
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Michele Oka Doner: Natural Seduction (plus Wax Sculpture {"The Eloquent Candle"})
by Suzanne Ramljak, Morris Lapidus and Arthur Danto
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2003. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MICHELE OKA DONER on the half-title AND INCLUDING ONE OF HER WAX SCULPTURES ("THE ELOQUENT CANDLES"). A handsome copy to boot of the 2003 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Several of the signatures tender (but still... Read More
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Confessions of Zeno
by Italo Svevo
London & New York: Putnam, 1930. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1st English language edition, 1930. VG in its original cloth, with strong lettering at the front panel, one very small tear at the spine crown and moderate rubbing to the rear panel. Octavo, 412 pgs.
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Insects in Their World
by Su Zan N. Swain
Garden City, NY: Garden City Books, 1955. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Su Zan N. Swain. A handsome copy of the 1955 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($2.50), VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with light creasing along the panel edges. Quarto, nicely illustrated thruout (primarily in color) by the author herself, Su Zan... Read More
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Plan of a Metropolitan Suburb -- Stamford, Connecticut (1929)
by Herbert S. Swan
Town Plan Commission, Stamford, CT, 1929. Printed wrappers. Near Fine. A solid, very presentable copy of the 1929 report issued by the Stamford, CT Town Planning Commission and overseen by New York's eminent City Planner Herbert S. Swan. Clean and Near Fine in its printed beige wrappers. Quarto, over 20 photos and diagrams complementing the text and 2... Read More
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The Lakes of Scotland: A Series of Views, from Paintings Taken Expressly for the Work
by John Fleming (Engraved By Joseph Swan)
Glasgow: Joseph Swan, Engraver, 1834. 1st. Collectible; Very Good. An elegant study of the Lakes of Scotland, painstakingly illustrated and engraved. 1834 1st edition. Handsomely (and professionally) re-bound in a black leatherette over marbled boards. New endsheets as well but, happily, the original marbled endsheets bound-in. Tightly-bound and VG+, with bright gilt-lettering at the spine. Internally very clean,... Read More
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The Expert Way of Making Love (In Dustjacket)
by Dr. R. Swaroop
Lucknow, India: Madhuri Publishers, 1964. Boards. Very Good -/Very Good. The stated 1964 7th impression, IN ITS UNCOMMON PICTORIAL DUSTJACKET. Tight and VG- (soiling along the inner hinges and, less so, along the panel edges) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with a degree of light soiling to the rear panel. "A practical guide for men and women... Read More
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Swift: Gulliver's Travels and Selected Writings in Prose & Verse
by Jonathan Swift
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1949. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A handsome copy of this 1949 edition of Nonesuch Press's collection of Jonathan Swift's writings. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket. Thick 12mo, edited by Joihn Hayward.
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The Garden of Prosperpine
by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Cumbria, England: Simon King Press, 1990. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. The 1990 1st thus, #19 of 150 copies issued. Signed on the limitation page by the illustrator/publisher Simon King. An immaculate copy: bright and Fine in its beige wrappers. Handsome wood-engravings complement Swinburne's text. Signed by Illustrator.
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Tristram of Lyonesse and Other Poems
by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Portland, Maine: Thomas Mosher, 1904. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1904 1st thus. 1 of 450 copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. IN THE VERY UNCOMMON PRINTED DUSTJACKET. VG in a bright, VG dustjacket with minor scuffing along the front and back panels. Vellum-paper spine over blue cloth boards. Octavo, 389 pgs.... Read More
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A Trolley Ride Through Story Land
by S.L. Switzer
Chicago: Story Land Pub. Co, 1915. Pictorial boards. Very Good -. Robert Porter King. The 1915 1st edition. Stiff pictorial card covers, some cover soiling, spine chipping and finger soiling, else VG-. A little boy takes a trip on a magic trolley that runs on spider webs to the land where Mother Goose characters come alive. Illustrated by... Read More
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The Gentleman's Magazine: St. John's Gate (London) -- Historic December 1770 Account of the Boston Massacre
by Sylvanus Urban, Gent
St. John's Gate, London: D. Henry, 1770. Original wraps. Very Good. An historic, full-page trial report in this Dec. 1770 issue of the Gentleman's Magazine (of London), in which it's reported British Captain Thomas Preston was defended by none other than John Adams -- and ultimately acquitted in the October 1770 trial of all charges leveled against him... Read More
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The Augustan Aristocracy
by Ronald Syme
Oxford University Press, 1986. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1986 1st edition. Tight and VG (with very light soiling at the panels) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light foxing to the inner flaps and very light creasing to the panels. Thick octavo, 504 pgs. plus tables.
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Plays, Acting, and Music (Inscribed to Thomas Hardy)
by Arthur Symons
London: Duckworth and Co, 1903. A wonderful Association copy, INSCRIBED BY ARTHUR SYMONS TO THOMAS HARDY on the front free endpaper. Also includes Hardy's personal bookplate from Max Gate on the front pastedown. A solid copy to boot of the 1903 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its green cloth, with clean paper title label at the spine. Light... Read More
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Notes on Joseph Conrad
by Arthur Symons
London: Myers & Co, 1926. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1 OF 250 COPIES SIGNED BY ARTHUR SYMONS on the limitation page. A sharp copy to boot of this 1926 limitation. Clean and VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket with light offsetting to the front panel. Octavo, 38 pgs. Signed by Author.
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The Life of Michelangelo
by John Addington Symonds
New York: The Modern Library, 1938. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. The apparent 2nd issue --circa 1938-- of this very early Modern Library. Solid and VG (rubbing along the spine) in its limp brown cloth. And in a crisp, VG+ example of the fragile pictorial dustjacket, with light chipping along the spine ends and mild darkening to the... Read More
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Thomas Tompion: His Life & Work 1639-1713
by R.W. Symonds
London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd, 1951. 1st. Half-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. #119 OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY AUTHOR R.W. SYMONDS on the limitation page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1951 true 1st edition. Well-preserved and solidly VG+ in its half-morocco over matching red cloth. Gilt-decorated front panel, bright gilt-lettering to spine. Quarto, 320 pgs., top-edge gilt, crisp... Read More
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