Sacrosancti et Oecumenici Tridentini Paulo III, Julio III, et Pio IV. Pontificibus Maximis Celebrati Canones et Decreta
by [Council of Trent] Philippi Chiffletti; Paulo III, Julio III, et Pio IV
Lugduni: Sumptibus De Ville Fratrum, & Lud. Chalmette, 1734. Very Good. Lugduni: Sumptibus De Ville Fratrum, & Lud. Chalmette, 1734. Later printing. 12mo. 342, [2], lxviii, [98]pp. Engraved frontispiece; three papal portraits. Text in Latin. Bound in full contemporary calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine; edges sprayed red. Chipped with loss at spine ends;... Read More
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Entretiens Spirituels Sur Les principaux devoirs des personnes consacrees a Dieu, & autres qui tendent a la perfection
by [Noel] Courbon
A Paris: De l'Imprimiere de Jacques Collombat Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy, 1724. Very Good. A Paris: De l'Imprimiere de Jacques Collombat Imprimeur ordinaire du Roy, 1724. Later Edition. Two parts in one volume; 12mo. [14], 246, [4] 259-533pp., collated and complete. Full contemporary calf; five raised bands, gilt decoration, and red leather title label to spine; edges sprayed... Read More
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Schools and Scholars in Fourteenth-Century England
by William J. Courtenay
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. Very Good/Very Good. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. First Edition. Octavo (24x16.5x3.5cm); xx + 436pp. including bibliography for primary and secondary sources and index. Pictorial dustjacket. Brown boards with traditional Princeton labeling and gilt lettering on spine. Jacket shows some tanning of the spine, and a 1.5cm closed tear at front bottom... Read More
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Love Awaits: African American Women Talk about Sex, Love, and Life [Signed]
by Courtney Long; Maria Jones [fwd.]
New York: Bantam Books, 1995. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Bantam Books, 1995. First Edition, with full numberline. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated dust jacket with $21.95 price intact; boards in blue with black cloth spine and red lettering; xvi,318pp. Jacket rubbed along top edge and corners. Boards are square with a bit of fading and toning along edges; spine... Read More
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Cézanne in Provence
by Philip Conisbee; Denis Coutagne
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2006. Very Good/Very Good +. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2006. First Edition. Large quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xiv,[4],349pp.; color illus. throughout. Light bow to front board; a bit of shelf wear, corners gently bumped. Splendid exhibition catalog issued to coincide with the centenary of the artist's... Read More
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Original Cabinet Portrait of Two Women
by [Utah] Morris & Co
Salt Lake City, UT: Morris & Co, 1880. Near Fine. Salt Lake City, UT: Morris & Co., n.d., ca. 1880s. Original cabinet photograph (14x10cm.) affixed to cream card mount (16.5x11cm.), bottom margin captioned in gilt with the studio's name and address. A hint of wear, else a Near Fine example. Cabinet portrait of two smartly-dressed women taken... Read More
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New York Be - Photos
by Charlelie [Couture]
Paris Vanves: Éditions du Chêne-Hachette Livre, 2011. Very Good. Paris Vanves: Éditions du Chêne-Hachette Livre, 2011. Oblong quarto. 239 pages. Color photographs throughout. Green boards with spine stamped in white. Lacks dust jacket. Some light smudging to boards. Binding is sound. Front free endpaper and half title pages creased. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked.
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Arkham House: The First 20 Years 1939-1959 - A History and Bibliography
by August Derleth; Frank Utpatel [cover]
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1959. Very Good. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1959. First Edition, wrapper issue. Side-stapled 16mo (18cm); patterned paper wraps with yapp edges and $1 price intact; [ii],54pp. Rubbing, bumps, and a few tears along edges, with some general toning and smudging overall and small dampstaining to front cover bottom corner. Binding is sound and pages... Read More
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The Scripture of the Golden Eternity
by Jack Kerouac; Jesse Sorrentino [cover]
New York: Totem Press, 1960. Very Good. New York: Totem Press, 1960. First Edition, first printing. Octavo (20.3cm); white card wraps printed in purple, with 95¢ price on rear; [18]pp. Covers lightly shelfworn with toning and a few light smudges along fore-edge and spine. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Collection of 66 prose poems. On... Read More
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The Suicide Rates
by Lewis Warsh; Martha Rockwell [cover]
Eugene, OR: Toad Press, 1967. Fine. [Eugene, OR]: Toad Press, 1967. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); publisher's olive pictorial staple bound card wrappers; [16]pp. Tiny chip at spine crown, else a Fine example. The New York School poet's first published work. Just a year earlier Warsh and his wife Anne Waldman co-founded the poetry magazine "Angel Hair.... Read More
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Danger: Dinosaurs!
by Richard Marsten (psued. Evan Hunter); Alex Schomburg [cover]
Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, 1953. Very Good+. Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, 1953. Later Printing with 29 titles listed on back cover. Octavo (21 cm); 210pp. Endpapers illustrated. Softcover in illustrated card wrappers. All margins rubbed and bumped, lightly soiled, creased at back cover with sunning to spine. Binding firm, page edges toned... Read More
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The Tenderfoot
by Robert Ames Bennet; J. Allen St. John [cover]
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1928. Very Good/Very Good -. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1928. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red buckram in pictorial dust jacket illustrated by J. Allen St. John, housed in custom cloth slipcase; [8],361pp. Jacket significantly restored with verso entirely backed and extensive color touch-ups to extremities though the whole remains rather dust-soiled, minor... Read More
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Middle East Diary
by Noel Coward
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1944. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1944. First American Edition. Octavo. 155 pp Illustrated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact. Green boards stamped in black. Jacket chipped and creased along edges with a few tears and scrapes. Boards lightly shelfworn with some white spotting.... Read More
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Post-Mortem: A Play in Eight Scenes
by Noel Coward
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1931. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1931. First American Edition. Octavo. 112 pp. Printed dust jacket with $2.00 price present. Green cloth boards stamped in in gilt. Dust jacket rubbed with creasing and several tears along edges, most heavily to top edge of rear... Read More
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Cavalcade
by Noel Coward
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1933. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933. First American Edition (First Edition stated). Octavo (19.3 cm), [xi], 139pp. Price intact; teal, cream, and gold dust jacket with black lettering. Boards bound in green cloth with gilt stamping on front and spine. Dust jacket soiled with sunning... Read More
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Second Play Parade
by Noel Coward
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1939. Very Good/Very Good. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1939. First Edition. Octavo; blue cloth boards stamped in gilt on spine; decorative dust jacket; 424pp. Boards lightly bumped at corners with some fading to top and bottom edges of front board, jacket titling faintly offset on upper cover cloth, inscription by previous owner at top... Read More
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![Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s [Signed on pasted signature slip]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/738/667/1649667738.0.m.jpg)
Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s [Signed on pasted signature slip]
by Malcolm Cowley
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. Very Good +/Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1951. First printing of revised and expanded edition. Octavo (22 cm); 322pp. Publisher's pictorial dust jacket with price intact ($3.50). Boards in navy cloth with blind and gilt stamping. Red top stain. Dust jacket scuffed, toned, rubbed, and lightly soiled with a water mark... Read More
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![The Faulkner - Cowley File: Letters and Memories 1944 - 1962 [Inscribed by Cowley to Jack Ewing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/771/000/1701000771.0.m.jpg)
The Faulkner - Cowley File: Letters and Memories 1944 - 1962 [Inscribed by Cowley to Jack Ewing]
by [William Faulkner] Malcolm Cowley
New York: Viking Press, 1966. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Viking Press, [1966]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($5.00); [8],184pp. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, small closed tear at top edge of upper panel; a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed to the noted... Read More
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The Montgomery Ward & Co. Almanac and Year Book: A Book of Practical Information for the People - 1898
by W.W. Denslow [illus.]; Montgomery Ward & Co
Chicago: Montgomery Ward & Co, 1898. Very Good. Chicago: Montgomery Ward & Co., 1898. First Edition. Octavo. 96 pp. Front cover and nine interior black and white illustrations by Denslow. Illustrated paper wraps. Wraps edgeworn with some chipping. Binding is sound. Pages toned and a bit brittle but unmarked. Housed in a custom-made clamshell case. ... Read More
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Scherenschnitte" depicting scenes from the Old Testament
by [Scherenschnitte] [Folk Art] [Bible] James Cox
Midhurst [West Sussex], England, 1741. Very Good. Midhurst [West Sussex], England, 1741. Original large example of "Scherenschnitte," or scissor art, depicting scenes predominantly from the Old Testament (41x32cm.); mounted within a scherenschnitte paper frame (51x43cm.). The entire display is laid down on black mat in a 19th-century frame (not examined out of frame). Scherenschnitte is the folk... Read More
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Cracker Barrel Tales
by Errol Vincenty Coy
Shippensburg, PA: News-Chronicle Company, 1977. Very Good. Shippensburg, PA: News-Chronicle Company, 1977. First Edition. Octavo. 90 pages. Yellow printed wraps. Wraps are toned with some light wear along edges. Secure in binding. Heavy toning to inside back cover and final blank page opposite from previously laid in sheet, otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. ... Read More
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A Venture of Faith: Barber-Scotia College 1867-1967
by [Historically Black Colleges] Leland Stanford Cozart
Charlotte, NC: Heritage Printers, Inc, 1976. Very Good/Very Good. Charlotte, NC: Heritage Printers, Inc., 1976. First Edition. Octavo; photo-illustrated dust jacket; blue cloth boards stamped in gilt; black and white photographs; 96pp. Dust jacket rubbed with a few minor nicks to edges and one large chip to base of spine; spotting, quite heavy to rear panel and verso.... Read More
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order; with Copious Illustrations and Examples Drawn from the Best Writers
by George Crabb
Boston: Charles Ewer, 1819. Very Good. Boston: Charles Ewer, 1819. First American Edition, from the Second London Edition, Greatly Enlarged and Corrected. Thick Octavo. 1006 pages; text in double columns. Rebacked with original calf retained. Red spine label with gilt lettering. Boards a bit warped, with some shallow chipping to original leather along seams with new backing... Read More
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Wayside Music: Lyrics, Songs and Sonnets [Inscribed and Signed with Original Photographic Portrait]
by Charles H. Crandall
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Very Good +. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. First Edition. 12mo (19cm.); publisher's green pictorial cloth stamped in dark green and gilt, top edge gilt; x,[2],119pp.; frontispiece (tissue guard). A hint of shelf wear at spine ends and corners, later (1957) ownership rubber-stamp to front free endpaper, else Very Good or... Read More
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The Golden Primer
by J.M.D. Meiklejohn and Walter Crane
London: Meiklejohn & Holden, 1910. Very Good. [London]: Meiklejohn & Holden, n.d., ca. 1910. First Combined Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's white gilt-embossed cloth, color pictorial paste-on to upper cover, pictorial endpapers; 60pp.; color illus. throughout. Very light soil to boards, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. First appearance in this format of a two-volume... Read More
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