Baseball Digest (9 Issues from 1953)
Chicago: Baseball Digest, 1953. Digests. Very Good +. A nice run of this highly-regarded baseball monthly. 9 (of the 12) issues for 1953. Each of the digests clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial, stapled wrappers. A bit of very light wear at several of the spines, otherwise very solid. (Missing only March, Nov. and Dec.... Read More
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The Modern Motor Car
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London: Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. Uncommon look at the British Motor Car of the day, c. 1937-1939. Folio, 16 pgs., including 5 moveable color plates. VG- in its stapled pictorial wrappers, with light chipping and fraying along the spine and light soiling and spotting to the front panel. Essentially an advertising... Read More
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Ring O' Roses: A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book
London: Frederick Warne & Co. Pictorial cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Leslie Brooke. A handsome copy of this charming "nursery rhyme picture book", circa 1940, wonderfully illustrated by Leslie Brooke. Solid and VG+ (light offsetting and spotting to the endsheets) in a crisp, price-intact (on the upper flap-fold, price-clipped on the lower flap-fold), VG+ dustjacket, with one... Read More
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6 Mid-19th Century Handwritten German Student Notebooks
Marbled boards. Very Good. Here offered are six handwritten notebooks of O. Olshausen, an advanced student at both the University of Berlin and the University of Heidelberg from 1859-1861.The notebooks span the 1859-1860 winter and summer semesters in Berlin through the Heidelberg summer semester of 1861. Olshausen confidently took meticulous notes in ink as a student of physics,... Read More
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Punishment Journal #1
1968. Original wraps. Very Good. The uncommon 1968 1st edition of this maiden issue of "Punishment Journal". Clean and VG in its graphic, stapled wrappers, with very light wear along the spine ends and somewhat-torn original price-sticker at the front cover. Octavo (digest-sized), crisp black-and-white photos throughout.
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Bill Jensen
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New York: Washburn Gallery, 1987. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The catalogue based on the April-May exhibition at New York's Washburn Gallery. Crisp and VG+ in its stapled pictorial wrappers.
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The Shetland Sheepdog Stud Dog Catalog (Vol. I)
Westport, CT: Lynette and Stanley Saltzman, 1964. Pebbled Boards. Very Good +. Uncommon 1964 Shetland sheepdog stud catalog, Volume I. Solid and VG+ in its 3-ring binder, with dark bevelled boards and bright gilt-titling. Clean internally, with no writing or markings to the pages. Octavo, nice photos of the various dogs accompanying each catalogue entry.
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Societa Ceramica: Richard-Ginori
Milano: Studio Boggeri, 1945. Decorative Wrappers. Very Good/Very Good. 1945 catalogue of luxury Italian porcelain and ceramics maker Richard-Ginori. Emerging from the rubble of the War (with photographs showing the destruction), the Florence-based company here showcases its ceramics division, with detailed examples, captured in crisp black-and-white. Solid and VG to VG+ in its nicely-designed gray wrappers, with the... Read More
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The Monkees No. #8 -- Dell Comic Book (January 1968)
New York: Dell, 1968. Comic Books. Very Good +. A crisp, sharp copy of issue #8 of the Dell comic book, the January 1968 issue. Solid and VG+ in its wonderful pictorial wrappers, with light soiling at the panels. "Groovy! Boss! Oh Heavens! Off Again with Another Ridiculous Package of Monkeeantics --
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Festival: Spring Poetry Festival at Wesleyan 1960
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1960. Original wraps. Very Good +. SIGNED BY POETS RICHARD WILBUR AND STANLEY KUNITZ on the title page. A sharp copy to boot of this 1960 collection honoring the annual poetry festival held at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Solid and VG in its printed, off-white wrappers, with mild darkening along the edges.... Read More
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Napolitano
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New York: E. Weyhe, 1935. 1st. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1935 signed/limited. #136 OF 212 COPIES "HAND PRINTED FROM STONE AND SIGNED FOR INCLUSION IN THIS BOOK" BY GIOVANNI NAPOLITANO. A well-preserved copy to boot: VG in its full vellum, with rubbing at the rear pastedown. And in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light soiling at the... Read More
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Les Contes Des Fees Racontes a Bebe: Par Sa Bonne Maman
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Paris: Librarie de Theodore Lefevre (Emile Guerin, Editeur). Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. Wonderful French children's tale, c. 1890. Dozens of beautiful handcolored plates complement the text. A bright and VG quarto in its pictorial cloth, with very light soiling along several bottom page-edges. A very presentable copy though, solid and well-preserved.
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Haus und Raum -- Vols. 1-3
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann Verlag, 1929. Magazines. Very Good +/Very Good +. The 1929 1st 3 issues of the German magazine "Haus und Raum" ("House and Space"). All 3 volumes clean and VG+ in their grey printed wrappers. And all 3 in clean, VG to VG+ examples of their pictorial dustjackets, with light chipping along Vol. II's top-edges. Uniform... Read More
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Collected Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War
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New York: George H. Doran Company. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1st American edition (c. 1915) of this fascinating collection of documents relating to the outbreak of World War I. Solid and VG in its tan cloth, with light staining to the front panel and one small dent at the rear panel's lower-edge. Octavo, 561 pgs.
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The Frog Who Would A-Wooing Go
London: Blackie & Son Ltd, 1920. Pictorial boards. Very Good. Frank Adams. Folio, cloth-backed pictorial boards, circa 1920. Covers show some soiling and edges rubbed but still, solidly VG. Illustrated (by Frank Adams) with 12 lovely full-page color reproductions and 3 additional line-drawings.
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Federal Regional Design Assembly: Western States
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Washington: National Endowment for the Arts, 1975. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. 1975 catalogue of the exhibition held at Colorado Women's College and Houston Fine Arts Center. Bright and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Quarto, 41 pgs.
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The 1960 AB Bookman's Yearbook: The ABC of Bookselling
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Newark, NJ: Antiquarian Bookman. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. The 1960 annual AB Bookman's Yearbook. Solid and VG in its printed wrappers, with light wear along the spine crown and very light spotting to the front panel. Octavo, 456 pgs., an intimate look at the American used and rare book world of 1960.
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Esquire: The Best of Forty Years (Inscribed by Arnold Gingrich)
New York: Esquire, Inc, 1973. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ARNOLD GINGRICH (ESQUIRE'S EDITOR AND ONE OF ITS CO-FOUNDERS) on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1973 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing --and several very small closed tears-- along the... Read More
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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Space to Experience
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Germany: Beck & Eggeling Kunstverlag, 2008. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. Catalogue of the Duseldorf exhibition, Sept. 2008- Jan. 2009. Bright and VG+ in its duotone cloth, with light soiling to the rear panel. Oblong octavo, 125 pgs.
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Changing Japan: Seen Through the Camera (Image du Japon)
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Tokyo & Osaka: Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co, 1933. Cloth. Very Good +/Near Fine. A very handsome copy of the 1933 stated 1st printing. Tight and VG+ in its light-brown cloth, with mild spotting at the front panel and very light offsetting to the front free endpaper. And in a crisp, unusually clean, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a... Read More
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The Monkees No. #5 -- Dell Comic Book (October 1967)
New York: Dell, 1967. Pictorial wrappers (Comic Books). Very Good +. A sharp, clean copy of issue #5 of the Dell comic book, the October 1967 issue. Crisp and VG+ in its wonderful pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of light creasing and soiling along the edges. "When the Monkees join the spy service -- it's double on... Read More
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Old Songs in French and English (In Dustjacket)
Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co, 1923. Pictorial cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. Rie Cramer. A handsome copy of the 1923 1st edition. Solid and VG (offsetting to the endsheets and the front pastedown) in a bright, VG+ pictorial dustjacket, with light soiling to the rear panel. 8 old English songs, 16 old French songs with musical notation. Printed on... Read More
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The Supreme Court Review--The First 45 Issues (1960-2005)
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The University of Chicago Press. Original Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. First Edition. First-rate legal annual, published under the auspices of The University of Chicago Law School, "proposing to provide a forum in which the best minds in the [legal] field will be encouraged freely to express their critical judgments [regarding each Supreme Court decision in that given year]".... Read More
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Book of Text, Plans and Photos of Japanese Screens Used as Walls
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1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Interesting Japanese publication (c. 1950) looking at the use of Japanese screens as walls. Includes text (in Japanese), floor plans and over 100 crisp black-and-white photos. A VG folio in its printed wrappers, with very light soiling to the panels.
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The Evolutionism of Humanity: Yuan Chin-Taa Paintings
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2004. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A clean, crisp copy of the 2004 catalogue. Bright and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, 59 pgs.
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