![The Semi-Attached Couple [with] The Semi-Detached House](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/600/755/1609755600.0.m.jpg)
The Semi-Attached Couple [with] The Semi-Detached House
by Emily Eden; John Gore & Anthony Eden [intros.]
London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, Ltd, 1928. Very Good/Very Good. London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, Ltd., 1927-1928. Reprints, first printings of this reissue; part of the publisher's "The Rescue Series." Two octavo volumes. 287; 256 pp. Illustrated dust jackets. Blue quarter cloth over green and tan board with gilt stamping to spine; dark topstains. Promotional card for publisher's... Read More
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![The Confessions of an After-Dinner Speaker [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/879/297/1354297879.0.m.jpg)
The Confessions of an After-Dinner Speaker [Inscribed and Signed]
by Ernest Dupille; W. Victor Guiness [illus.]; Jerry Doyle [illus.]
Philadelphia: Mayfair Publishing Co, 1930. Good+. Philadelphia: Mayfair Publishing Co., [1930]. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's printed paper-covered boards; 62pp.; illus. throughout. Extremities bumped and rubbed with some exposure at corners, general light soil, paper flaw to upper cover from previously removed tape; overall Good or better, internally fresh and near fine. Inscribed and signed by the author on... Read More
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History of Lemasters Pennsylvania
by Eugene Etter [comp.]; Mary M. Etter [ed.]; Janet W. Ray [ed.]
Chambersburg, PA: Ruritan National / Robson & Kaye, Inc, 1972. Very Good. Chambersburg, PA: Ruritan National / Robson & Kaye, Inc., 1972. First Edition. Slim octavo (26 cm); 97pp. Fold out map at verso of dedication page and black and white illus. throughout. Ex-lib. Boards in pictorial blue cloth. Extremities bumped and rubbed, minor soiling, and wear to... Read More
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Collection of Nineteen Original Post-War Yukata Designs
by [Fashion - Japan]
Suzuka, Japan et al., 1940. Very Good +. Suzuka, Japan: n.d., ca. 1940-1960. Nineteen original hand-stenciled designs (ca 48x35cm); thirteen examples with rubber-stamp from two different craft shops, the remaining six unattributed. Light wear and soil, else a Very Good to Near Fine collection. Colorful multi-decade sampling of designs for the Japanese casual summertime cotton kimono known... Read More
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![American Ballads & Folk Songs [Signed by John and Alan Lomax]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/220/567/1699567220.0.m.jpg)
American Ballads & Folk Songs [Signed by John and Alan Lomax]
by [Folk Music] John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax; George Lyman Kittredge [fwd.]
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1935. Very Good -. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1935. Third Printing. Signed by both John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax with brief inscriptions at title page referencing Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Small quarto; 625pp. Gray cloth stamped in red; no dust jacket. Boards worn with chipping and fraying to edges; heavier at... Read More
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Flesh and Blood (La Chair et le Sang)
by Francois Mauriac; Gerard Hopkins [trans.]
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1955. Very Good+/Very Good. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, [1955]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in maroon decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($3.00), black topstain; 190pp. Light shelf wear to jacket and cloth extremities, jacket spine panel a bit toned, corners tapped, else a Very Good, clean and sound... Read More
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Connie - A Complete Compilation: 1929-1930
by Frank Godwin; Maurice Horn [intro.]
Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, Inc, 1977. Very Good. Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, Inc., 1977. First Edition, paperback issue. Oblong octavo. 161 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated paper wraps. Wraps show general rubbing with some edgewear and creasing. Binding is sound. Final 50 pages creased at bottom front corner, but overall pages clean and unmarked.... Read More
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![The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara [Advance Proofs - Uncorrected]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/920/565/1699565920.0.m.jpg)
The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara [Advance Proofs - Uncorrected]
by Frank O'Hara; Donald Allen [ed.]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Advance Uncorrected Proofs. Large octavo. 20 numbered unbound gatherings; tan paper covers with publisher's title label taped to front; 586pp. Edgewear; staining and smudging. Occasional brief notes in pen; sticky notes identifying a few entries, else no identifying marks; Good to Very Good. Early... Read More
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The Poems of Schiller
by Friedrich Schiller; Edgar A. Bowring [trans.]
London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. Very Good. London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. Second Edition, Revised. Octavo; publisher's green blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xix,[1],377pp. Minor shelf wear, corners a bit bumped, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound.
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The Judge and His Hangman
by Friedrich Durrenmatt; Therese Pol [trans.]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. Very Good/Very Good. [New York]: Harper & Brothers, [1955]. First American Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's grey cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket by Helen Borten retaining original price ($2.50); [6],152pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins including a few small chips to upper panel and mid-spine, faint dampspot to rear panel not affecting... Read More
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For the Sake of a Country Within Reach of the Children
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Edith Grossman [trans.]; Benjamin Villegas [ed.]
Bogota, CO: Villegas Editores, 1996. Very Good/Very Good +. Bogota: CO: Villegas Editores, 1996. First Edition. Quarto. 147 pages. Photographic dust jacket. Mustard boards stamped in gilt. Color and photo photographs throughout. Black endpapers. Book-length photo essay on the history of Colombia, touching upon race, colonialism, and environmental degradation. Dust jacket is lightly worn... Read More
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Gandhi in Cartoons
by [Gandhi] Durga Das [ed.]
Ahmedabad, India: Navjivan Publishing House, 1970. Very Good/Very Good. Ahmedabad, India: Navjivan Publishing House, [1970]. First Edition. Small square quarto (19cm); publisher's cloth in cream pictorial dust jacket retaining original prices in rupees, pounds, and dollars; 238pp.; illus. throughout. Moderate chipping and wear to dust jacket margins, faint damp spot to upper panel, corners bumped, rear hinge cracked;... Read More
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![The Overreachers [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/832/002/1579002832.0.m.jpg)
The Overreachers [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Gay Talese; Stanislav Zagorski [illus.]
New York: Harper & Row, 1965. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, [1965]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.95); 190pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear to jacket extremities, corners tapped, else Very Good and sound. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Gay Talese's second book, collecting... Read More
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Hegel's Critique of Aristotle's Philosophy of Mind
by [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]; [Aristotle]; Frederick Gustav Weiss; G.R.G. Mure [fwd.]
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1969. Very Good. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1969. First Edition. Octavo. 56 pp. Printed wraps. Light wear to edges of wraps with some very mild toning and slight curling to edges. Binding sound. Ownership inscription to half title, but pages otherwise unmarked.
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![Reaching [Limited Edition, Signed by Elliot & Block]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/091/021/1689021091.0.m.jpg)
Reaching [Limited Edition, Signed by Elliot & Block]
by George P. Elliott; Irving Block [illus.]
Northridge: Santa Susana Press, 1979. Very Good +. Northridge: Santa Susana Press, 1979. Limited First Edition of 300 numbered and 26 lettered copies, of which this is letter N. Octavo (23.5cm); brown paper-covered boards and cream cloth spine with dark brown lettering; [34]pp; illus. Boards are square, with light toning to cloth along spine. Binding is sound and... Read More
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![Dear Master: Letters of George Sterling to Ambrose Bierce, 1900-1912 [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/580/259/1675259580.0.m.jpg)
Dear Master: Letters of George Sterling to Ambrose Bierce, 1900-1912 [Limited Edition]
by George Sterling; Roger K. Larson [ed. & intro.]
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2002. Near Fine. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2002. Limited Edition of 350 unnumbered copies. Quarto (28.5cm); 255pp. Tipped-in facsimile letter, photo illus., map endpapers. Publisher's tan boards and brick cloth spine with paper spine label. Housed in green slipcase. Boards are sturdy and square with no significant signs... Read More
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What's-His-Name
by George Barr McCutcheon; Harrison Fisher [illus.]
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1911. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1911. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [10],243pp.; color frontispiece, three leaves of plates. Jacket rather significantly dust-soiled with small chips and closed tears to margins, none approaching text, light shelf-wear to cloth, spine a bit cocked, else... Read More
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![The Sword and the Scepter: The Problem of Militarism in Germany [with] Volume I: The Prussian Tradition 1740-1890; Volume II: The European Powers and the Wilhelminian Empire, 1890-1914; Volume III: The Tragedy of Statesmanship - Bethmann Hollweg as War Chancellor (1914-1917); Volume IV: The Reign of German Militarism and the Disaster of 1918 [Four volume set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/985/971/1673971985.0.m.jpg)
The Sword and the Scepter: The Problem of Militarism in Germany [with] Volume I: The Prussian Tradition 1740-1890; Volume II: The European Powers and the Wilhelminian Empire, 1890-1914; Volume III: The Tragedy of Statesmanship - Bethmann Hollweg as War Chancellor (1914-1917); Volume IV: The Reign of German Militarism and the Disaster of 1918 [Four volume set]
by Gerhard Ritter; Heinz Norden [trans.]
Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press, 1973. Very Good/Very Good. Coral Gables, FL: University of Miami Press, 1969-1973. First American Editions. Four large octavo volumes. Illustrated dust jackets. Blue cloth boards stamped in silver. Dust jackets rubbed with minor chipping to edges; general scuffing with mild toning to versos. Boards shelfworn; mild rippling to front board of... Read More
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Giles of Rome's On Ecclesiastical Power: A medieval theory of world government. A critical edition and translation
by Giles of Rome; R.W. Dyson [trans.]
New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. Very Good. New York: Columbia University Press, [2004]. First Thus, Wrapper Issue. Octavo; publisher's glossy grey decorative card wrappers; xxxiv,406pp. The whole somewhat warped from exposure to damp, ownership signature to half title, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Forms part of the series The Records of Western Civilization.
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Capricci del Bottaio di Gio. Battista Gelli Academico Fiorentino..
by Giovanni Battista Gelli; Liuio Legge [ed.]
Venetia [Venice]: Presso Marco degli Alberti, 1605. Very Good. Venetia [Venice]: Presso Marco degli Alberti, Alla Libraria della Speranza, 1605. New, Corrected Edition. Small octavo; full contemporary parchment, contemporary manuscript spine title, all edges stained blue; [16],99pp.; woodcut title page vignette, initials, head- and tail-pieces. Light scuffing and soil to parchment, small gouge to upper cover fore-edge, else... Read More
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Orazioni Cristiane, ovvero tutti gli esercizi ordinari del Cristiano
by Giovanni [i.e. Jean] Croiset; Selvaggio Canturani [trans.]
Venezia [Venice]: Nella Stamperia Baglioni, 1775. Very Good. Venezia [Venice]: Nella Stamperia Baglioni, 1775. 12mo; full contemporary elaborately gilt-tooled calf with green oval inlays, gilt spine in five compartments, green silk pastedowns; xxiii,[1],633,[3]pp.; six full-paged copper engravings in text (collated complete). Light rubbing to leather margins, later (1860s) ownership signature of Ricardo with his brief scribbles to endpapers,... Read More
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Greek Virginity
by Giulia Sissa; Arthur Goldhammer [trans.]
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. Very Good/Very Good. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. First American Edition with full number line. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; [8],240pp. Moderate shelf wear to jacket margins, spine panel a bit sunned, original price sticker on rear panel; Very Good and sound. Revealing Antiquity Vol. 3. ... Read More
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Günther Förg: Gesamte Editionen The Complete Editions 1974-1988
by Günther Förg; Karel Schampers; [et al.]
Rotterdam and Stuttgart: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen and Edition Cantz, 1989. Very Good/Very Good. Rotterdam and Stuttgart: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen and Edition Cantz, 1989. First Edition. Quarto (30x23x1.5cm); 172pp. Full-page color images throughout. Text in German and English. Heavy card wrappers over sewn gatherings. Illustrated dustjacket with deep French flaps is attached at spine, as published. Coated dustjacket... Read More
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![Views from a Window: Conversations with Gore Vidal [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/641/325/1498325641.0.m.jpg)
Views from a Window: Conversations with Gore Vidal [Signed]
by Gore Vidal; Robert J. Stanton [ed.]
Secaucus: Lyle Stuart Inc, 1980. Very Good/Very Good. Secaucus: Lyle Stuart Inc., 1980. First Edition. Signed by Vidal without inscription on full title. Octavo; 319pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $14.95 price intact; bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a couple closed tears with adjacent creasing at top and bottom of back pane., with... Read More
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Wells' Social Anticipations
by H.G. Wells; Harry W. Laidler [ed.]
New York: Vanguard Press, 1928. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Vanguard Press, 1928. First American Edition. Small octavo; publisher's cloth in green decorative dust jacket, decorative endpapers printed in yellow; [8],165pp. Light wear to jacket margins, spine panel a bit toned, corners gently bumped, contemporary gift inscription to half title, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound... Read More
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