Whisper of the Muse. The Overstone Album & Other Photographs
by Cameron, Julia Margaret Pattle
Malibu: John Paul Getty Museum, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 4000 copies. A lovely copy of a rather scarce volume. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very light sun bleaching at spine and minimal edge wear. Brown cloth boards, embossed (decorative). 103pp. 0.50 x 11.50 x 9.50.... Read More
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Dispatches from the Lizard Brain
by Campbell, Carolee; Schneider, Nina; Borezo, Amy [binder]; et al.
New York: Russell Maret, 2022. First Edition. First Edition. Russell Maret [printer, designer, and afterword]; Nina Schneider [bibliographic descriptions]; Carolee Campbell [commentary]; Harry Reese [foreword]; Annie Schlechter [photography]. One of the 77 numbered copies that includes tip-ins of original material. A lovely catalogue raisonné of the work of Carolee Campbell and the Ninja Press. Russell Maret writes of... Read More
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Tilt: The Black-Flagged Streets
by Campbell, Ken
London: Ken Campbell, 1988. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Letterpress composed of Albertus type, found lino blocks and handmade zinc blocks. Many passes including metallic dusting and handwork. Black cloth binding with decorative paper boards in trapezoid shape. Printed slipcase. 'Tilt' was the widest-cast net so far, bringing the most disparate things... Read More
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100 Years of Women's Banners catalog
by Campbell, Thalia, editor
Wales, UK: Women of Life on Earth, 1986. First Edition. Staplebound. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Staplebound. "Thalia Campbell (Thalia Delphine Campbell (née Childs) was born in Torquay in 1937. Her father had a tailor's shop on the seafront. Influenced by her grandmother who had witnessed the Suffragettes clashing with the police in early 20th century London,... Read More
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The Piano:. "Special Edition" produces for Cannes Film Festival
by Campion, Jane; Chapman, Jan
Strasbourg: Imprimerie Régionale, 1993. First Edition/Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition/Limited Edition. Original Wraps. This very scarce volume was produced for Cannes, where the film won the Palme d’Or. The film went on to win Academy Awards for the director, Jane Campion (Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) and for Holly Hunter and... Read More
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Hillsboro People:. With occasional Vermont Verses by Sarah N. Cleghorn [Association Copy]
by Canfield, Dorothy
New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Association copy. Warmly inscribed by author to lifelong friend and renowned poet Arthur Guiterman. Lovely bookplate indicates it "From the Library of Vita and Arthur Guiterman." A history, in poem and prose,of the people of Hillsboro, Vermont. Tangentially, the Dorothy Canfield... Read More
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Trois Anciens Traités d'Alchimie calligraphie et prolégomènes / L'Alchimie expliguee sur ses Textes Classiques [2 Volumes]
by Canseliet, Eugène
Paris: Pauvert, 1995. Later Editions. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. Later Editions. Original Wraps. Eugène Léon Canseliet (18 December 1899, Sarcelles – 12 April 1982, Savignies), was a French writer and alchemist. He was a student of the mysterious alchemist known as Fulcanelli. He wrote the preface for each of his master's books (Le Mystère des cathédrales... Read More
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Astrology: It's Technics and Ethics
by C.Aq. Libra [Roelf Takens], Coba G., translator
Amersfoort (Netherlands): S.W. Melchior / P. Dz. Veen, 1917. [First Edition]. Hardcover. Very Good+. [First Edition]. Hardcover. Beginner's astrology. The book is a comprehensive guide to the world of astrology written by Dutch astrology and author, C. Aq. Libra, born Roelf Jan Takens. Takens' primary vocation was a veterinarian doctor for horses, and he was also a painter.... Read More
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The Flight of the Mind: Virginia Woolf's Art and Manic-Depressive Illness
by Caramagno, Thomas C.; Oliver Sacks, former owner
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a... Read More
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Enter Naomi: SST, L.A. and All That
by Carducci, Joe
Santa Monica, CA: Redoubt Press, 2007. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens, with photographs by Jenny Lens and inscribed by the author: "Thanks for all the help. You're the perfect reader for this one." Fascinating investigative memoir of the early 1980s L.A. punk scene. Replete with color and... Read More
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De la Géographie Physique ou Naturelle, considérée comme devant frayer la voie, tant à la géographie astronomique ou mathématique, qu'à la géographie politique ou civile : esquisse, dont les principaux fragmens ont été lus à la Société, dans la séance publique du 16 Floréal, an X, par le citoyen J. Alexandre Carney...., [together with] Le monde, son origine, et son antiquité ; De l'âme, et de son immortalité. Essai sur la Chronologie [and] Système du Monde, par M. Lambert; publié par M. Mérian, de l'Académie des sciences & belles-lettres de Berlin
by Carney, Jean Alexandre; Jean-Baptiste de Mirabaud; Johann Heinrich Lambert
[Montpelier; Londres; Berlin]: [Tournel père et fils; unspecified; et se vend à Paris : chez la ve Duchesne ... : chez Durand neveu ... ; et à Genève : chez Barthélemi Chirol, libraire], 1803. [Second editions]. Full Calf. Very Good. [Second editions]. Full Calf. The three works are: Jean Alexandre Carney. "De la Géographie Physique ou Naturelle, considérée... Read More
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Concordances Alchimiques: 5 Textes Hermétiques...suivis de 7 Documents inédits sur le Grand-Oevure par Kamala-Jnana et les Maîtres d'Ajunta
by Caro, Roger; Serge Hutin
Lille, France: F. Planquart, 1976. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+. First Edition. Original Wraps. 5 Hermetic Texts by Roger Caro, followed by 7 unpublished Documents on the Great Work by Kamala-Jnana and the masters of Ajunta. During the 1960's Roger Caro published a series of books Pleiade Alchimique and Concordances Alchimiques, as well as a photographic sequence... Read More
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Notes on Digital Computers and Data Processors Prepared for Special Summer Conferences at the University of Michigan
by Carr, John W. & Norman R. Scott [eds]
Michigan: University of Michigan College of Engineering, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. University of Michigan Special Summer Conference. [OOC 950] Scarce. Light shelf/edge wear, ex libris with minor related markings, gilt toned, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt lettering. 4to. Var. pag.
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Kakuli: A Story About Wild Animals, Their Struggle to Survive and the People Who Live Among Them
by Carr, Norman; Guhrs, Pam [illus]
Harare, Zimbabwe: CBC Publishing, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. No DJ, as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Arguably the scarcest of Carr's works, particularly in 'Fine' condition. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown cloth binding, gilt lettering, mounted color plate at front board, printed endpages. 8vo. 176pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index.
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
by Carroll, Lewis [Sawyer, Andrew]
Providence, RI: Andrew Sawyer, 2012. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Fine Slipcase. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. "Hand-bound, limited edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland included in The Lewis Carroll Society of North American archives and private collections around the world. The book illustrates the story using only typographic symbols and geometric elements. As the story becomes more... Read More
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Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
by Carroll, Lewis; Dominguez, Angel [illus.]
London: Inky Parrot Press, 2015. Limited Exemplary Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Exemplary Edition. Hardcover. Typeset in Breughel and printed by Northend Creative Print Solutions and bound by Ludlow Bookbinders. Issued in three editions, Standard (book alone); Special Edition (book and second volume, The Wasp in a Wig); and the Exemplary Edition (both volumes plus... Read More
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Lettres Illustrées:. Choisies et commentées par Thomas Hinde
by Carroll, Lewis
Hong Kong: Herscher, 1993. First French Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. First French Edition. Hardcover. Text in French. Outstanding illustrations/photos accompanying the selected letters. A pristine copy of a scarce volume. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ Fine. Oblong 8vo. 160pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Index. This is the French release of Lewis Carroll: Looking-Glass Letters (The... Read More
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Smurfs in Hell [Issues 1-3]
by Carr, Robert
Boise, ID: Freeloader Press, 1987. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine to VG+. First Edition. Original Wraps. Like many of his peers during the Reagan years, Robert Carr appears to be a post-punk DIY zine-maker, producing self-made political and satire zines during the 1980s. Carr was also an early adopter tech wizard creating underground video games, as the PowerMac... Read More
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Silent Spring
by Carson, Rachel
Greenwich, CT/New York: Crest Book, Fawcett Publications, 1964. Crest edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. No DJ. Crest edition. Original Wraps. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to... Read More
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The Tarot of Transition
by [Carta Mundi], printer
Turnhout, Belgium: Carta Mundi (US Games), 1983. First Edition, First printing. Original Wraps. Very Good+. First Edition, First printing. Original Wraps. Based upon Egyptian symbolism and imagery, with the major Arcana as BES (The Magician), Isis (the Empress), Osiris (the Emperor), Hathor (Love), Nechmet (the Chariot), Thoth (the Justice), Anubis (Judgment), etc... The minor Arcana is divided into... Read More
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Ten Years at Pemaquid:. Sketches of Its History and Its Ruins
by Cartland, J. Henry
Pemaquid Beach, ME: Privately Printed, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. An extremely well documented and well crafted history of the Pemaquid area. Overall, a handsome copy of this rather uncommon volume. Light shelf/edge wear (focused at head, heel and tips); bottom corners gently bumped, small section shows small rumple/fold at bottom corner... Read More
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Twilight of the Jackass Prospector:. Death Valley Area Portraits of the 1930's
by Cartter, George R. (text); Cartter, Robert Ansel (photos)
Morongo Valley, CA: Sagebrush Press, 1982. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. A remarkable collection of images from the 1930s in and around Death Valley. The cover image, a 1935 color portrait taken in Ballarat, is exceptional. A near pristine copy of this increasing scarce volume. Very minimal shelf/edge wear,... Read More
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Extreme Nature
by Carwardine, Mark
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. As new collection of images at natures edge. Organized in four broad sections (Extreme Growth, Extreme Abilities, Extreme Movement and Extreme Families), there are over 150 entries. An exceptional collection of images. Signed by the author in metallic silver ink on the title... Read More
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At Midnight on the 31st of March
by Case, Josephine Young
Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press, 1938. Later Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Fair DJ in Fine Archival Case.. Later Printing. Hardcover. Warmly inscribed by the author on the ffep. A story in verse. Minor shelf/edge wear, inscribed by the author, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows moderate/heavy shelf/edge wear, creases at edges, approx. half the lower spine missing... Read More
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An Essay on Man: An Introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture
by Cassirer, Ernst
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Signed by Oliver Sacks on front page. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his... Read More
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