Songs of Yale: A New Collection of College Songs
by Elliot, Charles S. (editor). Howe, Elmer P (revised and Enlarged by)
New Haven: H. G. Phillips, 1876. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged from Elliot's origoinal work by Howe of the Yale Glee Club. 12mo, gilt titles and stamped decorations front and spine to pub brown cloth, beveled edges. 173pages. Spine cocked, corners and spine ends worn, internals show signs of use, presumably by an... Read More
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Marriage Today and Tomorrow
by Ellis, Havelock. (The Grabhorn Press)
San Francisco: The Westgate Press, 1929. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. A fine copy in scarce publisher's dw. Black polished cloth over orange paper boards. 500 copies, this #437. Pub dw, soiled, esp about spine missing a few narrow strips upper front edge and about 1/2" spine foot. Printed front panel w/ publisher's colopho: "A Westgate... Read More
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Peg Leg Pete
by Ellis, Mel. (Shaw, Helen)
NY: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VG+. Presentation copy inscribed by naturalist author Ellis to famous fly tier and author Helen Shaw and her husband Herman Kessler, who was art director for Field & Stream magazine. "Here's hoping Helen/ and Herman find/ theri dream place/ in the country - / with love/ Gwen and Mel... Read More
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ELLSWORTH KELLY
by Ellsworth Kelly (art of). Coplans, John (text)
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A splendid production with many tipped in plates. The dustjacket spine is faded as is often seen with this title. Internals near fine - no owner names or markings and desirable thus.
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PROSPECTUS for THE COLOPHON: A BOOK COLLECTOR'S QUARTERLY
by Elmer Adler, Rockwell Kent, D. B. Updike, W. A. Dwiggins, et al (editors)
NY: Pynson Printers, 1929. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Fine copy, 4to, single sheet, single fold, with mailing envelope. Fine condition. Undated, announcing the first issue for Feb 1930, so we assume this was printed latter part of 1929.
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DRAWINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT by GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE 1902-1936
by Elmslie, George Grant (drawings by). Gebhard, David (text). (Sullivan, Louis)
Santa Barbara: Board of Regents, University of California, 1968. 1st Edition Limited. Soft cover. Very Good +. Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition of original drawings by George Grant Elmslie held at the Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, January 4 through January 31, 1968. Limited edition of 250 copies, this numbered 206. Portfolio fomat, loose... Read More
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THE ESSAY ON NATURE as written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, and included in his second book of essays ; now reprinted at the Press of Alwil Shop, in Ridgewood, New Jersey : 1803-1903
by Emerson, Ralph Waldo. McGuire, Elisha Whipple (library of). Sneider, R. (bookplate designed by)
Ridgewood NY: Press of the Alwil Shop, 1902. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good. Scarce publication printed in the Arts&Crafts studio located in the Palisades NY of the Anwil Shop (per colophon). Cream paper over boards (toned and rubbed), gilt title front, green cloth spine, unpaginated (some leaves uncut), every page decorated in vivid green and red Arts&Crafts surround.... Read More
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THE NURSERY A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR YOUNGEST READERS VOLUME IX (with) X.
by Emily Carter, Alfred Selwyn, George Cooper, et al (contributing authors)
Boston: John L. Shorey, 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Bound volumes IX and X of the juvenile monthly bound in green cloth, with gilt devices and title front, back and spine. A fine example of publisher's decorative cloth binding of the period. 8vo, 188 (2). Pub list in rear. Illustrated. An exceptionally well preserved copy, 1908 inscription... Read More
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ALWAYS THE LAND
by Engle, Paul
NY: Ransom House, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Poet Engle's novel about family life on an Iowa farm. Plainly signed by the author and dated Jan 31, 1941 - the month of publication - on the ffe. Unclipped dw with a spine slightly sun-faded. No ownership names or bookplates.
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DIRECTIONS FOR A KITCHIN GARDEN EVERY MONTH IN A YEAR (KITCHEN)
by Gillian Tyler (wood engravings)
Barre MA: Barre Publishers, 1970. 1st Edition Lim. Hardcover. VG+. This one of 100 copies that has a suite of single-sheet engravings each signed by the artist in envelope on pastedown at rear of book (not one of the 1000 as usually seen). Quarter leather over marbelized boards, which is slightly sun-faded, else near fine. Signed by the... Read More
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L'Eloge de la Folie
by Erasmus. Erasme. (Thomas Moore. Morus, Holbein)
Roi, Neuchâtel, Switzerland: chez Samuel Fauche Libraire du Roi Neuchâtel, 1777. First Edition Thus. Half Leather. Very Good +/No Dj. engraved plates. Lacking title page but clearly the edition of 1777 of Chez Samuel Fauche Libraire du Roi Neuchâtel, with the double frontispiece featuring the portraits of Erasmus, Thomas Moore and Holbein. 8vo. rebound in navy half leather... Read More
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EYE Vol 1 No 6 August 1968
by Erich Segal, et al (contributors)
NY: Hearst Publshing, 1968. Magazine. Good. Short-lived Hearst magazine, with Helen Gurley Brown of Cosmopolitan fame as supervising editor, aimed at the counter- culture or hippie movement of the 1960s. Features an interview with film director Stanley Kubrcik and article by Erich Segal, author of "Love Story" about The Beatles. Missing the monthly poster insert. Large format, 102... Read More
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GALAHAD
by Erskine, John. (Meloney, William Brown)
NY: Bobbs Merrill, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. An apparently unread, fine copy, in a fine looking unused dw that has been expertly tape-repaired to rear panel, housed in red, crushed morocco leatehr box with raised bands, gilt title and author. Leather spine darkened. With a ANS addressed by Erskine laid-in to William Brown Meloney (1878-1925), journalist,... Read More
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The Indiana Home
by Esarey, Logan
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1953. First Edition. Cloth Spine/Paper Boards. Fine/Very Good +. Rogers, Bruce and Booth, Franklin. One of 1550 copies. Red binding bright with gilt title at spine. Decorative flowers at front and rear cover. Edges and corners sharp. Text clean, binding tight. Small bookshop sticker at ffe, lower left corner. Glassine dw with minor chipping... Read More
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Turkish Miniature Painting
by Esin, Emel
Rutland, VT: Charles E Tuttle, 1960. First Edition. Stiff Paper Covers. Fine/Near Fine. fine in near fine dw, clean with no previous owner markings or inscriptions.
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RED CANOE
by Evatt, Harriet. (Native American). (Canada)
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1940. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -/Good -. Solid copy, save some loss to the right bottom corner front cover in uncommon dustjacket that missing some pieces about edges. Story of Native North American boy living on the Canadian Government reservation at Bear Lake. NATIVE AMERICAN JUVENILE.
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English Caricaturists and Graphic Humorists of the Nineteenth Century. How They Illustrated and Interpereted Their Times
by Everitt, Graham
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Le Bas & Lowrey, 1886. First Edition. Unbound. Fair. Scarce. Ready for rebinding. All signatures present and string bound, internals fine - text and plates. Rear cover present, as is decorative cloth with gilt title that had been lifted from front cover.
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Modern First Editions: Points and Values (Third Series)
by Fabes, Gilbert H.
London: W. And G. Foyle, 1932. Limited. Cloth. Fine/Fine -. presentation copy with a Fabes' "Change and Decay" inscribed to Charles Barhurst laid in, number 149 of 750, inscribed: "To Charles Barhurst/With kind regards and/best wishes for a successful/career in the book world/from Gilbert H. Fabes/ Feb. 1932
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Poems
by Fainlight, Ruth; Hughes, Ted; Stillitoe, Alan
London: The Rainbow Press, 1971. First Edition - Limited -. Hardcover. Very Good. Copy #146/300, signed by each author in black pen. Fully bound in olive green leather and covers illustrated by amazing gilded reproduction of medieval woodcut depicting pagan goddess. With hand-printed Japanese endpapers and slip case of olive green leather. Near fine.
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THE SILVER CURLEW
by Farjeon, Eleanor
NY: Viking, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Shepard, Ernest H.. Solid copy, near fine - no names, inscriptions- better than very good, price-clipped dustjacket.
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History of the Sierra Nevada
by Farquhar, Francis P.
Berkley CA: University Of California Press, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Fine, apparently unread book in unclipped dustjacket that is missing a chunk at upper left corner front panel and top of spine. Plainly signed by author Farquhar on the ffe.
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REQUIEM FOR A NUN
by Faulkner, William. Kauffer, M. Mckight (dustjacket art)
NY: Random House, 1951. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First issue, with Chocktaw instead of Choctaw on page 21. UNclipped dustjacket with a narrow tear to dustjacket on spine. No names or bookplates and desirable thus. Dustjacket art by M. McKnight Kauffer in his signature style.
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THE DEATH OF MADAME
by Mme. de la Fayette
Paris: Harrison, 1931. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. Seventh publication of Harrison of Pais, printed i Germany. Limited to 25 copies. 12 mo, vellum paper coes, aeg, 26 pp housed in black cardboard box with printed titles, as issued. Near fie copy, neat owner name on free front endpaper.
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JAMES FEE
by Fee, James
West Hollywood: St. Ann Press, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. Deluxe edition, 200 copies, this numbered 19:200, blind-stamped on bottom of rear cover of book. Black linen folding portfolio of three original prints, each numbered 19 and signed by Fee on the verso, plus black linen covered book, both housed in black, linen covered slipcase. As new... Read More
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I LOST MY BEAR
by Feiffer, Jules
NY: Morrow Junior Books, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, second printig. INSCIBED WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWIG BY FEIFFER. On the title page " "To Nathanial - You draw real good!'" the siigned uderneath title. On verso, Feiffer has sketched what appears to be a self portait, bearded self in top hat and perhaps magician's cloak,... Read More
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