LETTERS AND NOTES ON THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, AND CONDITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. Written During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America. In 1832, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39
by CATLIN, George
London: Published for the Author by Tilt and Bogue, 1842. Third Edition. Hardcover. Fine, handsome set. Two quarto volumes (6-1/2" x 10") bound in recent dark brown calf-backed marbled boards with matching gilt-lettered burgundy morocco spine labels. "With four hundred illustrations, carefully engraved from his original paintings" and three maps, one folding. There are actually 309 illustrations, some... Read More
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TIBERII CAVALLOS FULLSTÄNDIGA AFHANDLING OM ELECTRICITETEN. Öfversättning Jemte Tillägg Och Anmärkningar af Carl Gust. Sjöstén, Carl Pet. Ohrling. 1-3
by CAVALLO, Tiberius
Lund: Prof. Joh. Lundblad, 1795-96. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate to heavy foxing throughout, the folding plates generally clean. While the spine is in very nice shape, the boards are heavily rubbed with loss. Good. Three parts in one small octavo (4-1/4" x 7-1/8") volume in calf-backed boards with contrasting gilt-lettered morocco spine labels; [14], 207, [2]; [2], 387,... Read More
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AN AFTERNOON AT COLONUS. A RECOLLECTION OF EDWARD DAHLBERG
by CECH, John
New York: Pequod Press, 1978. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Printed wraps. IIllustrated by Leni Fuhrman with a print tipped-in opposite the title page. One of 100 numbered copies with handset type SIGNED by the author and the artist on the colophon page.
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THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
by CELLINI, Benvenuto
Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Slight foxing to endpapers. Near Fine in a Good dustwrapper with tears and loss at the spine in a Good slipcase with chips and wear. Fritz Kredel. Small folio (9-1/2" x 13") bound in full cloth with the stamped gray pattern of the Florentine lily and the lion of Cellini's arms by... Read More
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENVENUTO CELLINI
by CELLINI, Benvenuto
New York: Greenway Publishing Company, 1932. Reprint. Hardcover. Minor wear, spine sunned and a bit marked. Very Good. Octavo (5-1/4" x 8") bound in 3/4 blue polished leather and blue boards, a gilt-decorated and lettered spine, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers; [iv], 506 pages. The English translation is uncredited.
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THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
by CELLINI, Benvenuto
Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Mild sunning to spine. Near Fine in a Good slipcase with chips and splits to the top edge. Fritz Kredel. Small folio (9-1/2" x 13") bound in full cloth with the stamped gray pattern of the Florentine lily and the lion of Cellini's arms by Fortuny of Venice. Translated by John Addington... Read More
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THE LIFE OF BENVENUTO CELLINI WRITTEN BY HIMSELF
by CELLINI, Benvenuto
New York: Heritage Press, n.d. Hardcover. Fine in a partly sunned, Near Fine slipcase. Fritz Kredel. A reproduction of the Limited Editions Club Officina Bodoni edition. Small folio bound in cloth. Translated by John Addington Symonds with an introduction by Thomas Craven. Illustrated with line and color wash drawings by Fritz Kredel.
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THE FIRST PART OF THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE RENOWNED DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA
by CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de
New York: Random House, 1941. Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Hans Alexander Mueller. Green cloth (6-1/2" x 10"), spine lettering intact. Translated by Peter Motteux. Illustrated with wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller.
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THE SPANISH LADIE and Two Other Stories from Cervantes Translated from the Original by James Mabbe 1640 and Newly Illustrated by Douglas Percy Bliss
by CERVANTES
London: Oxford University Press/Humphrey Milford, 1928. New Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to the gilt on the covers, otherwise Fine. Douglas Percy Bliss. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-1/4") in an unsigned artist's binding in full navy blue and brown morocco leather with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt. Translated by James Mabbe and illustrated by Douglas Percy Bliss.
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THE MYSTERIES OF PITTSBURGH
by CHABON, Michael
New York: William Morrow and Company, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Author's highly acclaimed first book made into a lowly acclaimed film starring Peter Sarsgaard.
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SAMEN MET DE ANDERE DIEREN. TEN ETCHINGS FROM THE NIEUWE ZON
by CHANDLER, Bruce & DAVIS, Steve
(Kasterlee, Belgium): The Heron Press, 1977. First Edition. Original Art. Fine in cloth folder and clamshell box as issued. Bruce Chandler and Steve Davis. Twelve 7-3/8" x 10" individual sheets consisting of the title and colophon pages as well as 10 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS. Each artist is represented by 5 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS titled and initialed by the artist and... Read More
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)
by CHANDLER, Raymond
La Jolla, CA, 27 August 1947. Letter. Light creases from mailing, staple holes to the upper left corner. Near Fine. Two-page TYPED LETTER SIGNED as "Ray" on Chandler's personal 8-1/2" x 11" 6005 de la Costa letterhead to "Swanie," his literary agent H. N. Swanson about a contract with Paramount and a possible plagiarism suit in England. In... Read More
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MY TRIP ABROAD
by CHAPLIN, Charles (CHAPLIN, Charlie)
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, (1922). First Edition. Hardcover. The pictorial boards for this book are almost always quite worn and the dust jacket hardly ever present. This copy is quite decent with minor rubbing to the front cover with old staining to the rear cover. The spine and the front free endpaper have been expertly replaced... Read More
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MOMENTS OF LIGHT
by CHAPPELL, Fred
Los Angeles: New South Co., (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Dust spotting to top bulked text edge, otherwise Fine in a lightly rubbed Near Fine dustwrapper. Annie Dillard wrote a foreword to this collection of stories. With a fine PRESENTATION by Chappell to his wife.
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THE TRAVELS OF SIR JOHN CHARDIN INTO PERSIA AND THE EAST-INDIES
by CHARDIN, Sir John
London: Moses Pitt, 1686. First Edition in English. Hardcover. Minor soiling and wear, Near Fine. Folio (7-3/4" x 12-1/8") bound in later calf leather recently and sympathetically rebacked with a gilt-decorated spine preserving the original morocco spine label; [xviii], 264, 331-417, [9], 154, [6] pages. Complete with the frontispiece portrait of the author, an additional engraved title-page, a... Read More
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PICTURE BOOK: 10 LITHOGRAPHS & SIGNED COLOPHON PAGE
by CHARLOT, Jean
[New York]: [John Becker], [1933]. First Edition. Disbound. Occasional marginal tears. Near Fine. Jean Charlot. Included are 10 of the 32 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS from PICTURE BOOK printed in 6 or 7 colors on zinc signed in the plate by Charlot with a colophon page SIGNED by the artist, the printer, Lynton Kistler, and the designer, Merle Armitage. They... Read More
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PICTURE BOOK
by CHARLOT, Jean
New York: John Becker, 1933. First Edition. wraps. About Fine in a Good example of the uncommon dustwrapper with wear along the spine and edgewear. Jean Charlot. Quarto (8-3/4" x 11") in printed wrappers with dustwrapper. Inscriptions by Paul Claudel translated onto English by Elise Cavanna. Illustrated with 32 ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS drawn directly onto the plates by... Read More
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PICTURE BOOK II. Original Lithographs and Captions
by CHARLOT, Jean
Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1973. First Edition. wraps. Mostly unopened; minor wear to spine. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Jean Charlot. Quarto (8-3/4" x 11") in illustrated wrappers. Illustrated with 32 ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS. Copy #240 of 1000 copies SIGNED on the colophon page by the artist and the printer, Lynton R. Kistler.
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CHARLOT MURALS IN GEORGIA
by CHARLOT, Jean
[Atlanta]: University of Georgia Press, (1945). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Jean Charlot. Quarto (7-3/4" x 10-1/4"). The total printing consisted of 2500 copies. Introduction by Lamar Dodd. Illustrated with photographs of Charlot's murals by Eugene Payor.
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DEFFENSE DE LA LANGUE FRANCOISE, POUR L'INSCRIPTION DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE. Dedie'e au Roy bound with DE MONUMENTIS PUBLICIS LATINE INSCRIBENDIS ORATIO...
by CHARPENTIER, (Francois) and LUCAS, Jean
Paris: Claude Barbin and Simon Benard, 1676 & 1677. First Edition. Hardcover. Library stamp on title and first page of dedication, no other markings; binding a bit worn, spine chipped with partial loss of spine label. Good example of a scarce book. Small octavo (3-3/4" x 6-1/4") in calf; [xxxviii], 341, [17]; [xvi], 71pages. In the 1670s, there... Read More
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ADDICT'S DAMN: AN INTERLEAVING OF ARCHITECTURE and THE HOMELESS AND WORK HARD PLAY DEAD: 101 BEST-LOVED SHORT VERSES
by CHASSLER, Joseph and BELLAMY, Peter
New York & Texas: In Publishing, (1995). First Edition. Paperback. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Peter Bellamy. Small (4" x 4-1/2") book in opaque printed dustwrapper. Prose by Chassler and photographs by Bellamy. SIGNED by the photographer on the half-title page.
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OEUVRES DE CHATEAUBRIAND. ATALA - RENÉ - AVENTURES DU DERNIER ABENCERAGE
by CHATEAUBRIAND
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Front cover neatly detached; otherwise, minor wear. Hence, Very Good. Full gilt-decorated red morocco leather by Zaehnsdorf with gilt rules and gilt-decorated boards and spine; gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; top edge gilt. Notes by Anatole France. Portrait by Louis Monzès after Devéria. In addition to the binding being signed by... Read More
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THE SONGLINES
by CHATWIN, Bruce
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1987. First American Edition. Hardcover. As New, still in shrinkwrap. Decorated leather. Illustrated with two color plates. Limited and true First American Edition SIGNED by the author and with a special introduction by him not included in the trade edition. An exploration of Aboriginal culture in the outback of Central Australia following the... Read More
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LADY LISA LYON
by CHATWIN, Bruce; MAPPLETHORPE, Robert
New York: The Viking Press, (1983). First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Robert Mapplethorpe. Pictorial wraps, 9" x 11". A revealing portrait of the first Women's Bodybuilding Champion with text by Bruce Chatwin and photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe.
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TROILUS AND CRESSIDA
by CHAUCER, Geoffrey
London: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. Spine darkened but not terribly so. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase, intact but with some soiling. Tall quarto (7-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in quarter white rough natural linen and pale green boards decorated with a coat of arms on the front cover. Chaucer's classic verse romance has been rendered into... Read More
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