Specifications for a Hospital: Erected at West Chester, Pennsylvania for Chester County
by York and Sawyer, Architects
The Pencil Points Press, Inc, 1927. 1st. Hardcover. A sharp, VG+ copy of the 1927 1st edition. Thick quarto, 488 pgs.
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Good Time Girl
by Alix York
New York: Tower Publications, 1964. Original wraps. Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1964 1st printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Pocketbook, Midwood 32-399. "She set a high price on her talent for making out-of-town conventioneers feel right at home in the big city
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Pleasure Island
by Alix York
New York: Tower Publications, 1964. A gorgeous copy of the 1963 1st American printing. Bright, crisp and very tight. Almost as new. Pocketbook, Midwood 32-422. "It was a bachelor's paradise -- a sun-drenched utopia populated by beautiful, man-hungry girls
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Japanese Sword and Its Fittings
by Japanese Sword Society of New York
Japanese Sword Society of New York, 1966. Soft Cover. The rare 1966 catalogue of the exhibition held at The Cooper Union Museum. A Near Fine, well-preserved copy in stapled wrappers. Thin quarto, 48 pgs.
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Electrooxidation in Organic Chemistry: The Role of Cation Radicals as Synthetic Intermediates (In Dustjacket)
by Kunihisa Yoshida
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1984. Boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. The 1984 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG to VG+ dustjacket, with light soiling to the panels and 2 small pieces of tape neatly applied at the front panel's top-edge as reinforcement. Octavo, 323 pgs.
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Drugstore Cowboy
by Gus Van Sant & Dan Yost
Los Angeles: Avenue Entertainment, 1988. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. The September 10th, 1988 Final Shooting Script of "Drugstore Cowboy", INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT COVER BY THE FILM'S DIRECTOR AND CO-WRITER, GUS VAN SANT. Complete in 97 unbound 8 1/2" x 11" typed pgs. Signed by Author.
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Chess Generalship (Volume I: Grand Reconnaissance)
by Frank K. Young
Boston: International Publishing Co, 1910. Cloth. Very Good. The uncommon 1910 1st edition of this thoughtful look at chess strategy. Dispensing with the typical annotated games and diagrams, this book is all prose and reflects on essential ingredients of successful play such as "mobility", "position", "organization", "grand reconnaissance", etc. A very solid copy to boot. Tight and VG,... Read More
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Three Generals of Later Han
by Gregory Young
Canberra: Faculty of Asian Studies--Australian National University, 1984. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1984 1st edition. Bright and Near Fine in its orange wrappers. Octavo, 108 pgs.
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Arabian Cow Horse
by John Richard Young
New York: Wilcox and Follett Company, 1953. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Lorence F. Bjorklund. A lovely copy of the 1953 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine example of the uncommon pictorial dustjacket, with one minor crease running down part of the front flap. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout in line-drawing by Lorence Bjorklund.... Read More
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Erie Lackawanna in Color--Vol.3: The East End
by Larry De Young
Edison, NJ: Morning Sun Books, Inc, 1994. 1st. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR LARRY DE YOUNG on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1994 stated 1st printing. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, 128 pgs. Signed by Author.
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Greendale
by Neil Young
London: Sanctuary Publishing Limited, 2004. Pictorial cloth. Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY BOTH NEIL YOUNG AND THE ILLIUSTRATOR JAMES MAZZEO on the front free endpaper. A crisp, very sharp copy to boot of the 2004 1st edition, in its less common hardback. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Square octavo, Neil Young's lyrical verse along... Read More
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Golfs Finest Hour: the Open at Bethpage Black
by Philip Young
Classic of Golf, 2004. Hardcover. The Special Limited Edition, #77/ 3000 copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on title page. A Fine copy in green cloth and in a Fine slipcase. Octavo, 388 pgs., published in 2004. Signed by Author(s).
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Nutbrown Roger and I: A Romance of the Highway
by J.H. Yoxall
London: Blackie & Son, 1930. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very impressive copy of the 1st edition, circa 1930. Clean and Near Fine in an especially crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a bit of light soiling at the rear panel.
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La Calligraphie Chinois Depuis Les Han
by Yang Yu-Hsun
Paris: Librairie Orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1937. Original wraps. Very Good +. A sharp copy of the 1937 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its original wrappers, with very light spotting at the front panel. Octavo, 32 plates at th rear plus "bibliographie Chinois
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The NAACP Crusade Against Lynching, 1909-1950
by Robert L. Zangrando
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1980. Pebbled Boards. Fine. An immaculate copy of the 1980 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its dark pebbled boards. Octavo, 216 pgs. of text plus Notes, Bibliography and Index.
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The Torchum Never Stops (Vols. 2-4)
by Frank Zappa
Germany, 1991. Original wraps. Near Fine. The 1991 1st (and only) editions of Vols. 2-4 of this obscure collection (published out of Germany) of a Frank Zappa discography (live recordings and bootlegs included) . All 3 volumes clean, tight and Near Fine in their multi-colored wrappers. Quartos, essentially uncommon, sophisticated Zappa fanzines, in this case dedicated to pinning... Read More
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The Torchum Never Stops (Vol. 2)
by Frank Zappa
Germany, 1991. Original wraps. Near Fine. The 1991 1st edition of Vol. 2 of this uncommon 4-volume compilation of Frank Zappa recordings (live recordings and bootlegs included). Clean and Near Fine in its printed blue wrappers. Quarto, heavily illustrated thruout with photos, wonderful doodlings in tribute to Zappa, etc.
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A Man of Honour: Adam Czartoryski as a Statesman of Russia and Poland 1795-1831
by W.H. Zawadzki
Oxford University Press, 1993. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A bright, well-preserved copy of the 1993 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 374 pgs.
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Today We Choose Faces
by Roger Zelazny
London: Millington Ltd, 1974. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY ROGER ZELAZNY on the title page. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1974 1st UK --and 1st hardback-- edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. A true collector's copy.
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Small Boy Is Listening
by Harve Zemach (Margot Zemach)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Margot Zemach. A lovely copy of the 1959 1st edition of this maiden collaboration between husband and wife Harve and Margot Zemach. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($2.75), Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Truly a collector's copy, legitimately approaching pristine. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color by Margot... Read More
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The Little Tiny Woman
by Margot Zemach
Bobbs-Merrill, 1965. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A Folktale Illustrated by Margot Zemach. 1965 1st edition. Charming palm-sized childrens foktale. Near Fine in a VG+ dustjacket. 64mo., with wondeful illustrations and fold-out plate in back.
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Erich Mendelsohn: The Complete Works (Presentation Copy from Tony Shafrazi)
by Bruno Zevi
Basel: Birkhauser, 1999. Cloth. Fine/Fine. WARMLY, LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY LEGENDARY NEW YORK GALLERIST TONY SHAFRAZI on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1999 1st English language edition (translated from its original German by Lucinda Byatt). Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Imposing, scholarly, very impressive.
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Architecture as Space: How to Look at Architecture (Signed by Bruno Zevi and with Scarce Wraparound Band)
by Bruno Zevi
New York: Horizon Press, 1957. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY BRUNO ZEVI on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1957 1st American edition. Tight and VG in its duotone boards, with light soiling along the top-edges and tasteful bookplate to the front pastedown. And in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with mild spotting to... Read More
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Malevich: Suprematism and Revolution in Russian Art 1910-1930 (In Dustjacket AND Slipcase)
by Larissa A. Zhadova
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1982. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very presentable copy of the 1982 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine (very light spotting along the edges) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with several small closed tears along the spine ends. Thick quarto, 445 illustrations, 84 in color. Also includes the publisher's... Read More
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Ten Routine Spring Leg
by Ma Zhenbang
Hong Kong: Hai Feng Publishing Company, 1983. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A bright, clean copy of the June 1983 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, dozens and dozens of photos throughout. The Chinese Kung-Fu series #6.
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