The Prisoner's Letter: A Short Story by Mark David Chapman
by Chapman, Mark David
Attica, NY: Self Published, 10/93. Stated First Printing. Original Wraps. Fine in Wraps.. Stated First Printing. Original Wraps. Written in Attica prison in 1992 and published in 1993. Inscribed, "God Bless You / Mark Chapman / Attica, NY / Dec. 17, 1994" Inscribed by the author, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed glossy paper wraps, red ink lettering,... Read More
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Lectures [Four volumes]
by Charcot, J.M; George Sigerson, translator; Oliver Sacks, former owner
Nijmegen, Netherlands: Arts & Boeve, 2000. First Edition Reprint of English Language. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition Reprint of English Language. Hardcover. Vol. 1- On the diseases of the nervous system - first series: xliii, xiii, 325pp.; Vol. 4- On the localisation of cerebral and spiral diseases: vi, xxxii, illustrations, index. Facsimile of the editions of respectively 1877... Read More
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Picture Book:. 32 Original Lithographs by Jean Charlot
by Charlot, Jean
Los Angeles, CA, 1974. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Jean Charlot and initialed by Lynton R. Kistler. Bookplate at front pastedown, else tight, bright, and unmarred. White printed boards, tan printed dust jacket, matching printed slipcase. 54x42mm. 140pp. Illus. (color plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 197 of 300.
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The Frankeleyns Tale
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
Pittsburgh, PA: Bentley Press, 1931. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Hand printed by Wilder Bentley at The Bentley Press. Original prospectus laid in. Light shelf/edge wear, toning at the spine, chips at spine label, tidemarks at bottom of boards, else tight, bright and unmarred. Quarterbound, cream paper spine, patterned paper boards.... Read More
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Poetical Works:. With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas [Complete in Six Volumes]
by Chaucer, Geoffrey; Nicolas, Sir Harris
London: William Pickering, 1852. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good+ [Textblocks Fine]. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Armorial bookplate of "Jacobus Cowan de Rosshall" and plate of Howard Faron Peckworth, signature of Lewis Turco in each volume. Turco is a noted American poet and collector (though, strangely, fond of embossing stamps). Overall, a very presentable set... Read More
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Wife and Mother; or Information for Every Woman
by Chavasse, Pye Henry
Chicago: H.J. Smith & Co, 1887. First Edition Thus/Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good. Good- pamphlet.. First Edition Thus/Reprint. Hardcover. Issued a year before by Smith & Miller (Chicago, 1886). Introduction by Sarah Hackett Stevenson. "[A]dapted from the writings of Pye Henry Chavasse." Noted flaws to pamphlet notwithstanding, a very handsome copy with the routinely missing plate book present. Minor... Read More
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Deborah Harry; Everything I'm Cracked Up to Be [2 volumes]
by Che, Cathay; Jen Trynin
New York/Orlando, FL: Fromm/Harcourt, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover As New with DJ. Very Good+. First Edition. Hardcover As New with DJ. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Collection of two volumes of Deborah Harry autobiography and Jen Trynin's fairytale through the rock industry. Shelfwear around edges/DJ, else tight, bright, and unmarred. 8vo, illus. (b/w). DJ present. One volume... Read More
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Ambix: The Journal of the Society for the Study of Alchemy and Early Chemistry [109 Issues+Index] [Alchemy]
by Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Cambridge, UK: W. Heffner & Sons Ltd.; Black Bear Press Ltd.; Maney Publishing, 2023. First printing. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First printing. Original Wraps. "Ambix is an internationally recognized, peer-reviewed quarterly journal devoted to publishing high-quality, original research and book reviews in the intellectual, social and cultural history of alchemy and chemistry. It publishes studies, discussions,... Read More
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Craft of Gardens
by Cheng, Ji; Hardie, Alison (trans); Ming; Zhong (photos)
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. First complete English language translation of the 1631 work. "The book is based on Ji's notes and experiences from his career as a garden designer, which he discusses at length in his introduction. Since architecture is an integral part... Read More
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The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine:. A Chronicle: Vol. 1: Early Years 1867-1893; Vol. 2: 1893-1905: Vol. 3: 1905-1914
by Chesney, Alan M.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1963. First Edition(s). Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good+ DJs (Vol. 2-3). First Edition(s). Hardcover. A handsome set of this wonderful set on the history of Johns Hopkins Hospital/Medical School. First volume shows touch of toning typical of war rationed paper. Very minor to light shelf wear, Vol. 1 shows owner signature and bookplate... Read More
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Tropical Dispensary Handbook. An Aid to the Training and Practice of Native Medical Assistants. with 19 plates
by Chesterman, Clement
Melbourne; London: Lutterworth Press, 1946. Fourth Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. Fourth Edition, Revised. Hardcover. Inscription on ffep (presentation) by author: To Dr. Milton I. Rocues(sic)? with compliments" Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his... Read More
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Chains of Love
by Chesterton, David
New York: Star Distributors, Inc, 1972. [First Edition]. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. [First Edition]. Original Wraps. A Satan Press Book. Light shelf/edge wear, creasing/folding to front wrapper, else tight, bright, and unmarred. B/w printed wrappers. 8vo. 190pp. Illus. (b/w).
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The English Malady; Or, A Treatise of Nervous Disease of all Kinds
by Cheyne, George; Oliver, former owner
New York: Gryphon, 1995. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. 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 broader audience. In doing so, he highlighted the profound... Read More
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The Complete Collectors Guide to Bauer Pottery
by Chipman, Jack; Stangler, Judith
Culver City, CA: California Spectrum, 1982. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. One of the first books by the now well established Jack Chipman, specialist in Bauer Pottery. A rather handsome copy of this exceptional reference volume. Soft crease at spine, light shelf wear and rubbing, focused at edges, else... Read More
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A Memorial of Alfred B. Soule:. Late Major of the Twenty Third Regiment Maine Volunteers
by Chislon
Salem, MA: Geo. W. Pease & Co, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued.. First Edition. Hardcover. Frontispiece is tipped-in cdv of the Major. Uncommon in any condition, very scarce as here. A very handsome copy. Minor shelf/edge wear, hint of foxing at preliminaries, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering, in... Read More
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Oriental Alchemy
by Masumi Chkashige
New York: Samuel Weiser, 1974. First American Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good+ in Wraps. First American Paperback Edition. Softcover. Original published in 1936. This volume presents eminent alchemists of both the Chinese and Japanese traditions. There is a survey of alchemical elixirs, with their compositions, properties and uses. Recipes are given for the making of gold, and there... Read More
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Problems of Knowledge and Freedom: The Russell Lectures
by Chomsky, Noam
London: Fontana/Collins, 1972. Reprint. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. Reprint. Original Wraps. Underlined and annotations by Oliver Sacks. Dr. Sacks often wrote conversations with the author and reactions in the margins. 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... Read More
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Aspects of the Theory of Syntax
by Chomsky, Noam
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1970. Third Paperback printing. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. Third Paperback printing. Original Wraps. Underlined by Oliver Sacks. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for... Read More
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Collection of Noam Chomsky book on language [2 volumes]
by Chomsky, Noam; Oliver Sacks, former owner
Original Wraps. Very Good. Original Wraps. Books include: Chomsky by John Lyons, 1971. Pb Syntactic Structures, 1963. Wrappers 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 broader... Read More
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Anzeige und Auslegung Der Monogrammatum, einzeln und verzogenen Anfangsbuchstaben der Nahmen, auch anderer Züge und Zeichen, unter welchen berühmte Mahler, Kuperstecher, und andere dergleichen Künstler, auf ihren Wercken sich verborgen haben. Alles aus gutem Grunde, und aus den ersten Wercken selbst, ietzt von neuem genommen
by Christen, Johan Frieder
Leipzig, Germany: In Verlage Caspar Fritschens Wittwe, 1747. First Edition. Calf. Very Good+. First Edition. Calf. Translation of title: Display and interpretation of the monograms, individual and distorted first letters of the names, as well as other features and symbols, under which famous painters, copperplate engravers, and other similar artists have hidden themselves in their works. All for... Read More
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Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus
by Church, Francis P.
Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Diamond shaped bookplate of Massmanns at front pastedown. Handset, printed, and bound by F. X. Harrigan. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red boards, label on front cover and spine, green endpapers, tipped in stamp frontis. 60x43mm. 7pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 89 of 100.
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Language and the Discovery of Reality
by Church, Joseph
New York: Random House, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Underlined and annotations by Oliver Sacks on p.107, 109: "What about nonverbal (e.g. visual concepts?".. Dr. Sacks often wrote conversations with the author and reactions in the margins. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his longstanding love... Read More
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Neurophilosophy: Toward a Unified Science of the Mind/Brain
by Churchland, Patricia Smith
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Chipped and Torn Dustjacket. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Annotated and underlined by Oliver Sacks on rear endpapers. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver’s, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and... Read More
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The Beast in Berlin: Art, Sex, and Magick in the Weimar Republic
by Churton, Tobias; Aleister Crowley
Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Foreword by Frank van Lamoen. A biographical history of Aleister Crowley's activities in Berlin from 1930 to 1932 as Hitler was rising to power - Examines Crowley's focus on his art, his work as a spy for British Intelligence, his colorful... Read More
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El Arte De Gaudi
by Cirlot, Juan Eduardo
Barcelona: Omega, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Text in Spanish. Overall, a handsome copy of this significant and scarce volume. Light shelf wear, one corner gently bumped, small bump at upper board, four small spots of wear in thin paper board cover, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light... Read More
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