WHEN I GROW UP: A BOOKPERSON'S DREAM
by Feldman, Franklin
NY: Indian Mountain Press, 1999. Limited Edition. Decorated Cloth. New. Only 26 copies, this #11. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the colophon A charming alphabet book, dealing with all aspects of book collecting and book-making. Housed in purple cloth slipcase, orange cloth with stamped titles iin yellow and blue, endpapers of lavender polka dots on purple field, 26... Read More
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Georgics of Virgil
by Fellow, J. W. Mackail
The Riverside Press, 1904. First Edition. Paper Boards. Good+/No Dj. Number 232 of 330 copies. Pages uncut. "B R" for Bruce Rogers on emblem on title page. Vellum spine darkened. Some wear to corners of covers. Two or three brown spots on first few pages. Text clean. No previous owner markings or inscriptions.
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Die Bestimmung des Menschen. (The Determination of Man)
by FICHTE, Johann Gottlieb
Berlin: Vossische Buchhandlung, 1800. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter vellum over decorated paper-backed boards. 338p. 19thC ownership name,Heidleberg, in black ink on title page. 338pp. Covers soiled, internals better than very good, solidly bound.
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FIELDING'S NOVELS (TOM JONES, JOSEPH ANDREWS, AMELIA, JONATHAN WILD). (WORKS)
by Fielding, Henry. (Morgner, Oscar Aurelius)
London: George Routledge, 1884. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good +. Limited edition - 250 for England, 150 for US - this #322. Five volumes complete. Large 8vo, half-leather, gilt to spine. Hinges worn a tad, internals near fine. Handsomely typeset and printed by William Clowes and Sons of London. Set owned by Brooklyn bibliophile Oscar Aurelius Morgner,... Read More
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THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING
by Fielding, Henry
A. Millar, 1749. 1st Edition, Second issue. Hardcover. Very Good. Sometimes referred to as first edition, second issue, sometimes second edition, this is the 1749 printing with errata corrected and a full list of contents for all six volumes printed in the beginning of Volume 1. Apparently, in its original binding of full mottled calf, gilt double ruled... Read More
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CALLICO BUSH
by Field, Rachel. Allan Lewis (woodcuts)
NY: Macmillan, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Clean, sound, better than very good copy in hard-to-find dw that mathes design of book covers - somewhat soiled with some incidental narrow loss here and there along edges. more at spine tips. Quite presentable as a collectible copy.
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CALLICO BUSH
by Field, Rachel. Allan Lewis (woodcuts)
NY: Macmillan, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Lacking Dustjacket. Solid, clean copy - no name, inscriptions or bookplates - lackind dw.
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CALICO BUSH
by Field, Rachel
NY: Macmillan, 1931. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good +. Lewis, Allen (woodcuts). First printing, lacking dustjacket. Newberry Award winner.
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BRUNO LUCCHESI
by Finn, David (text and photographs)
NY: Rudder Finn Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. SIGNED BY ITALIAN SCULPTOR LUCCHESI on the half title (plainly signed, not inscribed and desirable thus). Apparaently unused book, slight rubbing to covers, more so at rear.
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I TAKE IT BACK
by Fishback, Margaret
NY: Dutton, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, a collection of whimsical pieces, rather in the Dorothy Parker mode, but more benign, many of which first appeared in The New Yorker, Some incidental spotting to boards and endpapers, and residue from paper clip ffe in about very good dustjacket.
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THE LITTLE GIFT BOOK
by Fisher, Harrison
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. A fine copy, apparently as a new, in original gift box as issued, inscribed by Fisher "Sincerely Yours" (as was his custom) with his typical flourish. With 32 portrait plates of American female beauty in signature Fisher style. The only defects in the original presentation are: the original glassine,... Read More
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SERVE IT FORTH
by Fisher, M. F. K.
NY: Harper& Brothers, 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Author's first book. Solid, clean copy - no names, inscriptions or bookplates. Stated second edition. Green cloth, black-stamped titles. Lacking dustjacket. Slight wear to cloth at spine head.
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THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott. (Mumford, Lewis)
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Fitzgerald's first book. Ownership copy pf American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic essayist, and all around intellectual Lewis Mumford (1895 - 1990) with his and his wife Sophia's name in his hand on the ffe, which also has an illegible name and 1921 date, in... Read More
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ALL THE SAD YOUNG MEN
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Solid copy of collection of Fitzgerald's short stories. Green, woven cloth, blind-stamped titles front, gilt spine titles, which are slightly dulled but not worn as is usually seen. No owner names or markings. Some spotting, largely confined toprelims and title page.
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Irish Gardens
by Fitzgerald, Olda
New York: Hearst Books, 1999. First Edition. Green Cloth. Fine/Fine. Robson, Stephen. Scarce. Edges and corners sharp. Glossy dj not priceclipped and virtually immaculate. Beautiful color photographs throughout.
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THE ADVENTURES OF KITTY COBB
by Flagg, James Montgomery (pictures and text by)
NY: George H. Doran, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Large, sqaure 4to, illustrated pastdown on front printed in brown, illustrations inside b& w, with yellow decoration. Some wear to spine ends, spine a wee shaken, internals as nice as we could expect to see.
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The Stronger Sex, As Seen By Vertes
by Flanner, Janet (text). Vertes (illustrations)
NY: Hyperion Books, 1941. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. 1750 copies, tis #1037. Covers a little soiled, internals fine, including all the erotic tipped-in plates. In publisher's cardbord slipcase, which is soiled and stained a bit.
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The COLLECTED POEMS Of JAMES ELROY FLECKER
by Flecker, James Elroy. J. C. Squire (editor)
NY: Doubleday, 1916. 1st US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First US on British sheets. Solid copy, Quarter faux-vellum (browned) over brown-paper backed boards.
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Scottish and Jacobite Glass
by Fleming, Arnold
Glasgow: Jackson, Son and Company, 1938. 1st Edition. Good-. Very Good +. Solid, clean copy. Dustjacket chipped here and there.
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Soeur Felicite
by Fleuret, Fernand
Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1926. First Edition, Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Yves, Alix (engravings). One of the 20 copies (this #18) that were reserved for friends of the publisher, printed on velin de cuve by Eugene Velaine with 6 engravings by Alix Yves in text and a double suite in rear, printed by A. & M. Vernant .... Read More
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The Glacial Geology of Connecticut
by Flint, Richard Foster; Britton, W.E.
Hartford: State of Connecticut, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Bulletin 47 of the State Geological and Natural History Survey. Illustrated w/ 42 figures and 64 b&w plates. Paper covers and spine gently toned, rear cover detached made weighty by the map measuring 56" by 40" in envelope pastedown. map in fine condition.
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KNOLL INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION 1962
by Florence Knoll, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Isami Noguchi, Eero Saarinen, Anni Albers. et al (designs of)
NY: Knoll Associates, Inc. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1962 catalog of the Knoll International Collection with over 100 photographs supplemented with detailed drawings and specifications for Knoll furniture for residences and offices. Over 150 pages (excluding tab sheets). Many of the pages have multiple images, so there are likely 600+ images of different items. Vinyl covered, multi-clasp... Read More
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W. B. Yeats: Language and Reality
by Floyd Jr., Nathaniel Maclyn. (W. B. Yeats) (Princeton University)
(Princeton): (Princeton University), 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Typed manuscript, bound in tan linen with gilt-stamped titles, written in fulfillment of requirements of the English Department for an A.B. degree from Princeton University. Manuscript dated March 26, 1964. 74 double-spaced pages, plus 2 page bibliography, with minor pencilled corrections. Signed by the graduate on the last page of... Read More
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SOUVENIR SERGE DE DIAGHILEFF'S BALLET RUSSE
by Leon Bakst (designer). (Fokine)
NY: METROPOLITAN BALLET COMPANY, 1916. 1st Edition. Soft cover. VG+. Souvenir program of Diaghileff's first US tour, 14 full page color plates of Bakst's designs for costumes and sets plus 14 duotone plates, most photographs, each page displayed in Art-Nouveau decorative surround. Minor short tears to the yapped edges of the souvenir program, which was printed and engraved... Read More
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Dr. Foote's Sexual Physiology for the Young
by Foote, Dr. Edward Bliss
NY: Murray Hill Publishing, 1890. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. The last title in Dr. Foote's series entitled "Science in Story", this volume dedicated to taking on the taboo topic of sexual development in youth. Edward Bliss Foote (1829-1906) was an American medical doctor, writer, and advocate for birth control. In 1858, he published Medical Common Sense, which... Read More
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