THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; and BUDGELL, Eustace
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Spine darkened. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase. Gordon Ross. Octavo (6" x 9-1/4") attractively bound in full glazed chintz boards. Illustrations by Gordon Ross hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #1420 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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THE SPECTATOR
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; et. al
London: Limited Editions Club, 1970. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Lynton Lamb. Tall octavo (7-3/8" x 11") bound in decorated buckram with spine label stamped in pure gold leaf. Printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrated by Lynton Lamb with 16 full-page and 30 part-page line drawings, the full-page plates hand-colored in the studio of Walter... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on the Charm of Tennessee
by ADE, George
Brook, Indiana, 26 May n.y.. Letter. Creases from folding, otherwise Near Fine. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on 8-1/2" x 11" Hazelden Farm stationery to an unknown recipient trying to recall something he had previously said. In full: "I don't believe I can do it all over again. I think I said something about like the following: I never saw... Read More
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PROMETHEUS BOUND and PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
by AESCHYLUS & SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe
Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. John Farleigh. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 11") bound in two shades of fine linen buckram-- ivory and powder-blue--divided horizontally, with two rows of decorative ornaments stamped in gold along the joint, and with spine labels of the same shades of buckram applied to the contrasting areas.... Read More
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PROMETHEUS BOUND and PROMETHEUS UNBOUND
by AESCHYLUS & SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe
Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. John Farleigh. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 11") bound in two shades of fine linen buckram-- ivory and powder-blue--divided horizontally, with two rows of decorative ornaments stamped in gold along the joint, and with spine labels of the same shades of buckram applied to the contrasting areas. Printed... Read More
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THE ORESTEIA
by AESCHYLUS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some rubbing and sunning. Michael Ayrton. Tall quarto (10" x 13") bound in a brown natural finish cloth, backed in crimson cowhide leather. Includes Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers, and The Furies. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed by A. Colish. Translated from the Greek by... Read More
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THE ORESTEIA
by AESCHYLUS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Hardcover. Some wear to the spine tips and along the spine edges. Very Good in a Near Fine slipcase. Michael Ayrton. Tall quarto (10" x 13") bound in a brown natural finish cloth, backed in crimson cowhide leather. Includes Agamemnon, The Libation-Bearers, and The Furies. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed by... Read More
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THE EAGLE & THE FOX. THE FOX & THE EAGLE. Two Symantically Symmetrical Versions Followed by a Revised Application
by AESOP
London: Gaberbocchus Press Limited, (1949). First Edition. Softcover. Very mild soiling to covers. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Franciszka Themerson. Illustrated wraps with self-dustwrapper (8" x 10"), printed in red and black. Copy #249 of 400 printed on a hand press and illustrated by Franciszka Themerson, SIGNED by her with an ORIGINAL SELF-PORTRAIT. Also with a spurious... Read More
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THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT. JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE THIRTY EIGHTH CONGRESS ... PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION ... ABOLISHING SLAVERY. RESOLVED
by [AFRICAN-AMERICANA] LINCOLN, Abraham
Chicago: Western Bank Note & Engraving Co., 1868. First Edition. Document. Recently backed with thin paper with several professional repairs of chips and tears. Very Good . Large folio (16-1/4" x 21-3/4") finely engraved and printed on good quality paper with elaborate decorative borders with a "US" monogram to upper corners, a bold calligraphic heading with "ABOLISHING SLAVERY"... Read More
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BASEBALL IN BLACKVILLE from HARPER'S WEEKLY
by [AFRICAN-AMERICANA/BASEBALL] EYTINGE, Jr., Sol
New York: Harper & Brothers, 27 July 1878. Print. Some edgewear but an at least Very Good example of this fragile item. Folio (11" x 16") extracted from an 1878 issue of HARPER'S WEEKLY, the woodcut image is quite likely the first depiction of blacks playing Americas game.
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THE PEAN 1928
by [AGEE, James]
(Exeter, NH): (News-Letter Press), 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate of a senior class member on the front pastedown. Light foxing to a few pages at beginning and end, no writing inside; light rubbing to covers. Very Good. The 1928 yearbook for The Phillips Exeter Academy, James Agee's senior year, with 13 references to him including his senior photo... Read More
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ELMER GANTRY [James Agee's copy at Phillips Exeter Academy dated March 1927]
by [AGEE, James] LEWIS, Sinclair
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1927). Hardcover. Good copy, lacking the dustwrapper. An Agee rarity. A later printing, ex-library copy with the bookplate of The Phillips Exeter Academy library on the front pastedown, stamped DISCARDED, of a book made into a film starring Burt Lancaster that won three Academy Awards. An undistinguished copy BUT for the fact... Read More
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DE RE METALLICA. LIBRI XII. QUIBUS OFFICIA, INSTRUMENTA, MACHINAE, AC OMNIA DENIQUE AD METALLICAM SPECTANTIA...
by AGRICOLA, Georgius
Basil: Ludovici Regis, 1621. Third Latin Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a serviceable binding. Folio (8" x 12-1/2") bound in library buckram; irregularly paginated: [10], 502, [58] pages. Illustrated with 270 woodcuts, many full and half page, some signed with the monogram "RMD," and generally attributed to Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (fl.1525-1572) or, less commonly, Blasius Weffring. Previously... Read More
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COLLECTED BOOKS. The Guide to Values. 1998 Edition
by AHEARN, Allen and Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1997). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. Classic single-volume reference work describing over 15,00 first editions and their estimated retail values. SIGNED by both authors on the title page.
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BOOK COLLECTING. A Comprehensive Guide. 1995 Edition
by AHEARN, Allen and Patricia
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Expanded to include the works of more than 5000 authors showing values over a two-decade span and full of useful information.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by AIKEN, Conrad
25 June 1917. Letter. Lightly creased and toned. About Fine. An early four-page handwritten letter on one 6-1/4" x 9-7/8" sheet of paper folded into fours to American poet Orrick Johns, explaining his comparison of Johns to Edwin Arlington Robinson and responding to a comparison of his 1916 book of poetry, THE JIG OF FORSLIN: A SYMPHONY, to... Read More
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THE WANDERER. LE GRAND MEAULNES
by ALAINE-FOURNIER
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Andre Dignimont. Tall octavo (6-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in full multi-colored linen with a paper spine label. Introduction by Henri Peyre; designed by Jean Garcia. Illustrated with pen, pencil, and wash drawings by Andre Dignimont... Read More
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THE WANDERER. LE GRAND MEAULNES
by ALAINE-FOURNIER
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Andre Dignimont. Tall octavo (6-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in full multi-colored linen with a paper spine label. Introduction by Henri Peyre; designed by Jean Garcia. Illustrated with pen, pencil, and wash drawings by Andre Dignimont hand-colored in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #751 of 1500... Read More
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THE THREE-CORNERED HAT
by ALARCON, Don Pedro Antonio de
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Roger Duvoisin. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in cloth-backed boards covered in colorful Granada Tiles fabric. Color illustrations by Roger Duvoisin. Translated by Martin Armstrong, introduction by Gerald Brenan. Printed at the Plantin Press, Los Angeles. Copy #1087 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator... Read More
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THE THREE-CORNERED HAT
by ALARCON, Don Pedro Antonio de
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase. Roger Duvoisin. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in cloth-backed boards covered in colorful Granada Tiles fabric. Color illustrations by Roger Duvoisin. Translated by Martin Armstrong, introduction by Gerald Brenan. Printed at the Plantin Press, Los Angeles. Copy #39... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH GUEST BOOK for the Banfer Gallery, Inc
by ALBEE, Edward; ASHBERY, John; CADMUS, Paul; CAPOTE, Truman; et. al
1967 - 1968. hardcover. Near Fine. Autograph Guest Book (10" x 7-5/8") in gilt-lettered red cloth maintained 1967-1968 by the Banfer Gallery, Inc. in New York City and containing autographs on 95 pages including Edward Albee, John Ashbery, Paul Cadmus (5 times), Truman Capote, Jean Charlot, Adolf Dehn, Michael Frank, Stephen Holden, Alice Neel, Charles Rain (2 times),... Read More
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A DELICATE BALANCE
by ALBEE, Edward
New York: Atheneum, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Pulitzer Prize winner SIGNED at a later date by the author.
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
by [ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS] WILSON, Bill
New York, 1950. Minor surface wear, ink light at a few points with "Bill" on the dark portion of his suit but still visible. Near Fine. A scarce 8" x 10" Black-and-White Formal Photograph SIGNED by Bill Wilson: "To Martie C--/With affection/and thanks/Bill/NY -- 9/50."
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THE PULL OF THE EARTH
by ALCORN, Alfred
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Small sticker residue on front cover, otherwise Fine. Uncorrected Proof in light green printed wraps of the author's first book, with promotional material laid in.
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PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DRESS AND MANNERS OF THE CHINESE
by ALEXANDER, William
London: John Murray, 1814. First Edition. Hardcover. Later ink presentation on front endpaper, paper pocket on rear pastedown, scattered and moderate foxing, slightly trimmed; mild wear to binding but attractive. Very Good. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-1/4") in later 3/4 black morocco leather and marbled boards with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Illustrated with 50 hand-colored... Read More
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