The Dance of Death. Valse Characteristique. Composed by W. Stuckenholz
by Stuckenholz, W.
San Francisco, CA: Published by Wm. A Frey, 1877. First edition, sheet music. 8pp. Large 4to. Pictorial wrappers (with original photograph affixed to front cover) printed green, red and blue, with decorated double-rule border, VG, with some wear. The spine is notched (where once bound), front cover is quite foxed, but albumen print photograph is fresh and clean. A... Read More
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UNCLE'S ANIMAL BOOK. Specially Drawn and Written for You by G[eorge] E[rnest] Studdy
by Studdy, G. E.
London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, 1920. First edition. 48] pages, illustrated by G. E. Studdy (including eight full-page color plates). 4to. Front cover is moderately browned at top and bottom edges (circa 3/4 inches in width along length of top edge and 1/8 inch at bottom edge), small, light brown stain on rear cover (at... Read More
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Black Studies. Related Learning Materials and Activities in Social Studies for Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2
by (Black Studies)
New York: Bureau of Curriculum Development / Board of Education of the City of New York, 1971. First edition. Curriculum Bulletin, 1970-71 Series, Number 3. Illustrated, vii, [1], 227 pp. Tall 4to. Printed paper covers in a spiral binding. Near fine. First edition. Curriculum Bulletin, 1970-71 Series, Number 3. Illustrated, vii, [1], 227 pp. Tall 4to. An early... Read More
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“Sapphire Mesa”: Original typescript of this Western story, with numerous pencil corrections, on 126 pages, approximately 30,000 words. Clipped to page 1 is a pencilled note reading: “Manuscript copy / Published in Masked Rider Western / Written by William H. Stueber and used in magazine as by Orrin Holmer / Owned by us / Not yet elaborated”
by [Stueber, William H.]
449 West 48th Street, New York City, 1934. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Some marginal tape-repaired tears, else very good. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. This story was originally titled “Phantom of Justice”; its hero bears a resemblance to Johnston McCulley's character Zorro: dressed in black, with a black mask, riding a black stallion, his real... Read More
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Salmon Fishing on Cain River, New Brunswick
by Sturges, Lee
[Chicago: Privately Printed [by Ralph Fletcher Seymour], 1919. One of 50 copies printed on handmade paper. With 7 etched plates by Sturges, each with lettered tissue guards, numerous text illustrations. Frontispiece etching signed lower right in pencil. Unpaginated, [40] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original gray boards, upper board titled in gilt and stamped in blind. Spine professionally restored at... Read More
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Without Sorcery. Thirteen Tales by … Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Illustrated by L. Robert Tschirky
by Sturgeon, Theodore
[Philadelphia]: Prime Press, 1948. First edition, one of 12 publisher's copies signed by Sturgeon and Tschirky on the front free endpaper, without the handwritten statement of limitation. Title page printed in red and black. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy, unopened, in the publisher's unprinted translucent mylar dust jacket and fine paper box. A... Read More
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Eden Again [Published title: Venus Plus X]. Carbon Typescript of his novel
by Sturgeon, Theodore
[New York], 1960. 230, [3] pp. 4to. Some wrinkling to first leaf, a few old stains, otherwise fine. 230, [3] pp. 4to. With a note across the first leaf in ball-point pen: ‘Re-titled (by Pyramid) “Venus + X” Published Sept 1960’ and signed by the author (“Theodore Sturgeon”) Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985), prolific short story writer, frequently explored... Read More
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New Lines for Flyfishers
by Sturgis, William Bayard
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1936. First edition, one of 950 copies. Inscribed with trout fly affixed to front free endpaper. Frontispiece by Ralph L. Boyer, 2 photographic plates and numerous drawings by the author. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth. Bookplates of Marvin Chase & Edward Sands Litchfield. Fine copy in very good dust jacket with photo of... Read More
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Picture Poems
by Sturm, D.
n.p., 1929. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 6 3/4 x 5 1/2. Original tan patterned paper over light boards, black calf backstrip and corner pieces added, lettered on upper cover, some cover wear and soiling, else fine. Illustrated by the author. 1 vols. 6 3/4 x 5 1/2" Written on 20 leaves of toned paper with hand-painted... Read More
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THE CONFESSIONS OF NAT TURNER
by Styron, William
New York: Random House, 1967. First edition, signed issue, limited to 500 numbered copies, printed on special paper and specially bound, signed by William Styron. 428, [2]pp. Spine lightly faded (as usual, as red cloth is prone to fading), else a fine copy in publisher's slipcase box. Box has started to split at bottom edge, with wear at two... Read More
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The Confessions of Nat Turner
by Styron, William
New York: Random House, 1967. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Black cloth, stamped in silver and metallic orange on cover and spine; dust jacket spine and top rear edge sunned; light edgewear to head and tail of spine. First edition, first printing. 8vo. Almost immediately upon its publication, Styron's acclaimed novel — loosely based on a first-hand account... Read More
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Set This House on Fire
by Styron, William
New York: Random House, 1960. First edition, first printing [stated]. 507 pp. 8vo. Black cloth boards with gilt signature on front and black, red and silver titles on spine, in dust jacket that has some toning, bumped upper corner and light bump to head of spine, stamped on fep, else a near fine copy. First edition, first printing... Read More
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Shadrach [Short Story]
by Styron, William
California: Sylvester & Orphanos, 1979. First edition, one of a few unnumbered copies, for presentation, signed by William Styron, and inscribed by the publisher, for author John Cheever [colophon page states: "330 copies. 300 are numbered, 26 lettered and four bear the printed name of a recipient"]. 33, [3]pp. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press. 8vo. Cloth.... Read More
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The Confessions of Nat Turner. A Novel
by Styron, William
New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition, #482 of 500 signed copies. xvi 428, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red cloth. Fine in orange slipcase. Spine slightly sunned, else fine. First Edition, #482 of 500 signed copies. xvi 428, [2] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Styron's famous and artful novel based on the slave revolt in southeastern Virginia of... Read More
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The Confessions of Nat Turner. A Novel
by Styron, William
New York: Random House, 1967. First trade edition, publisher's signed issue; signed issue, with an extra publisher's leaf signed by William Styron [as issued by publisher]. 428, [2]pp. 8vo. Black cloth, some lean to the spine, and marking on top of text block, else a fine copy in fine, bright, dust jacket. First trade edition, publisher's signed issue;... Read More
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USS Nautilus: Fact Sheet issued on the occasion of her comissioning September 30, 1954
by (Submarines)
New York: Public Information Office, HQ Third Naval District, 1954. Four mimeographed sheets. 1 vols. 4to. A few underlinings and a marginal information note, else fine. Four mimeographed sheets. 1 vols. 4to. An ephemeral information sheet containing much interesting information probably not readily available elsewhere, this is the Navy's description of the Nation's first nuclear powered submarine, covering... Read More
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African Wanderings; or, An Expedition from Sennaar to Taka, Basa and Beni-Amer with a particular glance at The Races of Bellad Sudan...Translated out of the German by J.R. Johnston
by (Sudan) Werne, Ferdinand
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. First Edition in English. Frontis map. xi, [i], 267, [1]pp. 12mo. Bound in three quarter brown mottled polished calf and marbled boards. Fine. First Edition in English. Frontis map. xi, [i], 267, [1]pp. 12mo.
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Josef Sudek Fotografie
by Sudek, Josef
Prague: Statni Nakladatelstvi, 1956. First edition. 232 black-and-white photogravures, some folding. 4to. Publisher's linen cloth, stamped in black on spine and cover. Near fine. First edition. 232 black-and-white photogravures, some folding. 4to. An excellent survey of the work of the master of Prague, with all of his usual subjects: the city itself, and the way that light transforms... Read More
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[Untitled: Books: Tolstoy, Poe, Balzac, Dostevsky, Meyer]
by Sudek, Josef
[Prague, 1920. Silver gelatin print. 1 vols. Oblong, 9-7/8 x 4-1/4 inches. Stamped on verso with studio stamp (Foto Sudek, Praha III, Djezd 20.), some superficial marks and rubbing on the corners, matted. Silver gelatin print. 1 vols. Oblong, 9-7/8 x 4-1/4 inches. A beautiful photograph of a shelf of books published by Melantrichova knižnice, the Czech publishing... Read More
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The Wandering Jew
by Sue, Eugene (1804-1857)
London: Chapman and Hall, 1845. First English Edition. With 104 illustrations by Heath. iv, 491; iv, 375; iv, 372pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Bound in three quarters tan polished calf, gilt spine, leather title labels marbled boards, t.e.g. First English Edition. With 104 illustrations by Heath. iv, 491; iv, 375; iv, 372pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Sadleir 3159
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Autograph Letter Signed (“Eugene Sue”), to Monne Lathen in Paris
by Sue, Eugene
[Paris], 1845. One page, integral address leaf, seal. 1 vols. 8vo. Folds, inlaid to a larger sheet, some soiling, else in very good condition. One page, integral address leaf, seal. 1 vols. 8vo. Expressing his appreciation and thanks for the gift that awaited him after his absence of several days.
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L'Isthme de Suez Journal de l'Union des Deux Mers
by (Suez Canal) Desplaces, Ernest, editor
Paris: aux Bureaux du Journal, 1856. Large folding sectional elevation of the Isthmus of Suez (approx. 84 inches in length). Volume 1 (Première Année), Nos. 1-13. Each number with large woodcut vignette headpiece showing the Suez Canal; index at pp. 209-214. [2], 214 pp. 1 vols. Small folio. Recent quarter green calf and nineteenth-century marbled boards. Stamp of Société... Read More
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English Church Brasses from the 13th to the 17th Century. A manual for Antiquaries, Archaeologists and Collectors
by Suffling, E.R.
London: Upcott Gill, 1910. With 237 illustrations of extant examples, reproduced from rubbings. xii, 456, 16 [ads] pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Modern quarter vellum and pictorial boards, marbled endsheets. Fine copy in slipcase and chemise. With 237 illustrations of extant examples, reproduced from rubbings. xii, 456, 16 [ads] pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Press/4/6
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Encyclopdia of Sport
by Suffolk and Berkshire, The Earl of, Headley Peek & F.G. Aflalo, Editors
London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1898. First edition. 38 full-page plates and many in text. x, 632;v, [ii], 655, [1] pp. 2 vols. 4to. Bound in three quarter red morocco, gilt spines with emblematic tooling of a horses head, leaping trout, board's head and hunting horns at the corners, t.e.g., by Bickers & Sons, Leicester Square. Bookplate of St. Paul's... Read More
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The Encyclopædia of Sport
by Suffolk & Berkshire, The Earl of, Headley Peek, and F.G. Aflalo, editors
London: Lawrence and Bullen Ltd. 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, 1898. First edition. 40 full-page photogravures and other illustrations throughout. Original parts issue, each with 2 photogravure plates, numerous advertising inserts. 2 vols. 4to. Original pictorial wrappers with design by E. Caldwell. Largely unopened. In two half red morocco boxes. First edition. 40 full-page photogravures and other illustrations... Read More
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