Selected Poems
by ASHBERY, John
New York: Viking Press, 1985. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). Cloth-backed mauve boards; dustjacket; [viii],350pp. Tight, straight, clean copy with a touch of foxing to upper edge of text block; Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $22.95 on front flap), spotted on verso with tiny bit of wear at crown; Near Fine.
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ART AND LITERATURE 4
by Ashbery, John (ed.)
Lausanne: Art and Literature, 1965. First Edition. Bound quarterly; square 8vo. The fourth of twelve volumes of this elegant follow-up to LOCUS SOLUS. New York School poets and artists as well as international writers; thi issue highlights include a play by Frank O'Hara, a sketchbook by Jasper Johns, and Four sonnets from Ted Berrigan. Spine toned lacking cello wrapper,... Read More
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SUNRISE IN SUBURBIA
by Ashbery, John
New York: The Phoenix Book Shop, 1968. First Edition. Sewn card covers; oblong 12mo. Number 75 of 100 copies (of 126 total) signed by the author. Printed at the Ferguson Press, Cambridge. Lacking (inexplicably) the decorated wrapper else fine. Inexpensive copy of a scarce book.
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Locus Solus I-IV
by ASHBERY, John, Kenneth Koch, Harry Matthews, and James Schuyler (editors)
Lans-en-Vercors and Geneva: Locus Solus Press, 1961-1962. First Editions. Four issues in three octavo volumes (17.75cm-18.25cm); original printed card wrappers; 167,[1]; 205,[3]; 294,[2]pp. First (untrimmed) state of issue 1, measuring 7 1/8" x 5 1/8" (per Kermani, p.98); gentle sunning to Vol.1, light dust-soil to text edges on Vols.1-2, with old sticker shadows over the printed prices on Vols.2... Read More
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The Floating Bear: A Newsletter. Issue # 12
by [ASHBERY, John, contr.] DI PRIMA, Diane and LeRoi Jones [Amiri Baraka], eds
New York: The Floating Bear, 1961. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); side-stapled mimeographed self-wrappers; [12]pp. A Fine and unfolded (possibly unissued) copy, as the magazine sold only through its mailing list. Contents chiefly devoted to the poetry of John Ashbery, and provides a notice on p. [12] that the poet "is now looking for manuscripts (poems) for Locus Solus 3."... Read More
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Hotel Lautréamont
by ASHBERY, John
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23cm); pretty paper-covered boards and beige cloth backstrip, with titling and author's initials stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; brown topstain; dustjacket; x,[2],3-157,[7]pp. The pictorial bookplate of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024) is mounted to the front pastedown. Fine in a very Near... Read More
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A Wave [Prospectus]
by Ashbery, John; Will Barnet (illus.)
New York: 451 Books, [2002]. First Edition. Sewn wraps, printed in red; 12mo. 16 pp. Eight photo-lithographs by Will Barnet. Prospectus for the first publication of 451 Books, with a cover caption "451 Books", consisting of all the illustrations of the final edition and the limitation page on inside rear cover with the signatures of Ashbery and Barnet reproduced.... Read More
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The Further Adventures of Romney Pringle
by ASHDOWN, Clifford (pseud. of R. Austin Freeman and John J. Pitcairn); DERLETH, August (introduction)
Philadelphia: Oswald Train, 1969. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-216,[8]pp. Base of spine gently nudged, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $4.50), gently suned and spine and flap folds, with mild dustiness; Very Good+. Collection of six Romney Pringle stories, pseudonymously-written by R. Austin Freeman and John Pitcairn.... Read More
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A Hard Road to Glory: A History of the African-American Athlete Since 1946
by ASHE, Arthur R (Jr.)
New York: Warner Books, 1988. First Edition. First printing. Large octavo; cloth-backed boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 571pp; illus. Tight, Near Fine copy in lightly edge-rubbed dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $39.95 on front flap), Near Fine. Third volume of Ashe's three-volume series documenting the history of African-Americans in sport.
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Daisy Ashford: Her Book. A Collection of the Remaining Novels by the Author of "The Young Visiters," together with "The Jealous Governes" by Angela Ashford. With a Preface by Irvin S. Cobb
by ASHFORD, Daisy [aka Margaret Mary Julia Ashford]
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1920. First American Edition. Octavo. Linen backed pictorial boards, with photographic portrait inset device; dustjacket; xxv, 15-338pp; illustrated endpapers and jacket design by Ethel C. Taylor. Contemporary ownership signature to verso of half-title, bit of flecking to upper edge of text block, else a tight, Near Fine copy in the uncommon dustwrapper, lightly... Read More
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The Economic Organisation of England: an Outline History
by ASHLEY, William (Sir)
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1930. Later impression (originally published 1914). 12mo. Red cloth boards, lettered in black on spine; 213pp. Slight toning to text, else a tight, straight, VG or better reading copy.
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Angela: A Revealing Close-Up of the Woman and the Trial
by THE PROFESSOR (pseud. of Charles Ashman)
North Hollywood: Leisure Books, 1971. First Edition. First Printing, a paperback original. Octavo (17.5cm); photo-illustrated wrappers; yellow edge-staining; [8],9-224pp. Trivial wear to extremities, gentle sunning to spine, with some faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, and the usual tanning to the text edges; Very Good+. Hastily-written, pseudonymous volume on Davis, repeating "every right wing assertion about Ms. Davis... Read More
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The Mountain and the Feather
by ASHMEAD, John
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside Press, 1961. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); gray cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in red and light blue on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 397pp. Pencilled note to front endpaper. Shelf-soil to covers, with faint foxing to upper edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Paul Bacon, unclipped (priced $5.00), with... Read More
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Abstract Art from Columbus
by ASHTON, Dore (text); Lee Boltin (photographs); André Emmerich (preface)
New York: André Emmerich Gallery, 1957. First Edition. Laid in materials: three invitation cards, including one for this gallery exhibit, John Levee's exhibit on gouaches, and Lee Boltin's Pre-Columbian Objects exhibit; four André Emmerich Gallery pamphlets including the Pre-Columbian Sculpture exhibit, Adolph Gottlieb's artwork, John Levee's art exhibit on gouaches, and the artwork of Theodoros Stamos; one signed postcard... Read More
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Isaac Asimov's Robot City. Robots and Aliens Book 5: Maverick [Inscribed]
by [ASIMOV] BETHKE, Bruce
New York: Ace Books, 1990. First Edition. First printing (paperback original). Inscribed and signed by Bethke on title page to Minnesota poet and science-fiction writer John Calvin Rezmerski: "To Rez / ARF!," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Mass-market paperback; 184,(12)pp. Apparently unread, but with a hint of toning to wrapper edges; Near Fine. Publisher's "SIGNED COPY" sticker... Read More
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Man on Spikes
by ASINOF, Eliot
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1955]. First Edition. Octavo (20.75cm.); original simulated cloth in teal pictorial dust jacket; [10],276pp. Minor shelf wear with very tiny loss to spine crown, else Very Good to Near Fine. Fictional account of the sports business as seen through the eyes of a minor league baseball player who winds up working in the sporting... Read More
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La Repubblica Immaginaria: Idee e fatti dell'Italia contemporanea
by ASOR ROSA, Alberto
Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1988. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards in price-clipped dust jacket; x, 341pp. Gift inscription to ffep. Text in Italian. Trivial sunning to top edge of boards, margins of textblock mildly age-toned, else a tight, clean, near-new copy. Jacket showing minor external wear. Near Fine in Very Good jacket. An critical analysis of contemporary Italian politics... Read More
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Time Suspended
by ASSELBERGHS, Herman; Els Opsomer; Pieter Van Bogaert
N.p. [London?]: Square, [2004]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Card wrappers with card dustjacket; 216pp; chiefly illus. Fine, with publisher's unprinted cellophane outer wrapper intact. Photo-essay of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by three noted Dutch photojournalists.
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Esperanto in the School
by [AUXILIARY LANGUAGES] THE BRITISH ESPERANTO ASS'N
Lawrence: British Esperanto Association, N.d. [ca 1940]. Bifolium leaflet. Octavo (22cm); printed self-wrappers; (4pp). Mild edge-creasing; Very Good. Advocates the teaching of Esperanto from an early age, noting its pedagogical benefits including ease of acquirement, simplifying the teaching of grammar, training the logical faculty, broadening students' world outlook, etc.
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The Addictive States. Proceedings of the Association December 2 and 3, 1966, New York, NY
by [ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN NERVOUS & MENTAL DISEASE] WIKLER, Abraham (ed)
Baltimore: Willliams & Wilkins, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. Maroon cloth; 520pp. Ex-Institute for Psychoanalysis (Chicago), with bookplate and card pocket. Very Good. 43rd volume in the series. Contributions include "Addiction to Barbiturate andNonbarbiturate Sedative Drugs" (Carl F. Essig); "Patterns of Intravenous Self-Injection by Morphine-addicted Rats" (James R. Weeks and R. James Collins); "Opioid Addiction Problems in Canada" (S.J. Holmes);... Read More
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Perception and Its Disorders: Proceedings of the Association, December 6 and 7, 1968
by [ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH IN NERVOUS AND MENTAL DISEASE] HAMBURG, David A. et al., eds
Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1970. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xi,[1],405pp.; illus. Bookplates of the Institute for Psychoanalysis to front and rear free endpapers, else Near Fine. Research Publications Vol. XLVIII.
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![Drug Abuse as a Management Problem [Cover Title: What Are Your Employees Taking for Lunch These Days?]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/142/645/1678645142.0.m.jpg)
Drug Abuse as a Management Problem [Cover Title: What Are Your Employees Taking for Lunch These Days?]
by [AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION]
[New York]: Amacom / American Management Association, [ca. 1974]. Octavo (21.5cm x 14cm); tri-fold brochure with pictorial front cover. Address label peeled from rear panel (small pieces of label and residue remaining), with light shelf-soil; Very Good. Advertisement flyer encourages companies to address and prevent employees from using hard drugs in the work environment through AMA's Drug Abuse... Read More
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![Igbo Philosophy, Volume One (General Introduction to the Background and Philosophy of the Igbo People) [All Published?]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/833/187/844187833.0.m.jpg)
Igbo Philosophy, Volume One (General Introduction to the Background and Philosophy of the Igbo People) [All Published?]
by IGBO PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION
[Enugu, Nigeria: Igbo Philosophical Association, 1971]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original white pictorial staplebound wrappers printed in green and red; 35pp. Light toning to wrapper extremities and textblock, else Very Good or better. Introductory number of a projected journal on Igbo culture and philosophy, though we have found no evidence that any other issues were every published.
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Technological Change & Employment in the Automotive Industry [Typed Letter, Signed, Bound in]
by AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
New York: Automobile Manufacturers Association, 1965. First Edition. Quarto (27cm.); publisher's white printed staplebound wrappers; 8pp. Fine condition. Typed letter signed by Harry A. Williams, Managing Editor of the Association, dated September 30, 1965, addressed to Garth L. Mangum of the National Commission on Technology, Automation and Economic Progress.
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WCFL Radio Magazine: Voice of Labor and the Farmer. Official Quarterly Publication of WCFL Radiophone Broadcast Station and the Co-operative Farmer-Labor Radio Listeners' Association. Volume 4, no. 1 (Spring 1931)
by [LABOR - PERIODICALS] [WORLD CO-OPERATIVE FARMER-LABOR RADIO LISTENERS' ASSOCIATION]
Chicago: WCFL Radio Magazine Co, 1931. First Edition. Quarto. Printed wrappers; 34pp. External rubbing and wear; withdrawn duplicate from the Bancroft Library, with small ink hand-stamp to front wrapper; Very Good. Quarterly journal devoted, oddly, to equal parts technical aspects of radio broadcasting and farmer-labor politics. Current issue contains lengthy feature article by Paul Stephens, outlining the potential of... Read More
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