The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner, with a biographical account of Defoe
by Daniel Defoe; Thomas Stothard [illus.]
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1859. Very Good. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1859. Octavo; publisher's green blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xxiv,442pp.; steel-engraved frontispiece and eleven leaves of plates, woodcut vignettes throughout text after designs by William Harvey. Corners bumped, spine a bit faded, faint discoloration to rear cover, else a Very Good, sound copy.
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![Sunday Clothes: A Magazine of the Fine Arts, Vol. 2, no. 2, Summer, 1973 [Bicentennial Issue]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/713/197/1701197713.0.m.jpg)
Sunday Clothes: A Magazine of the Fine Arts, Vol. 2, no. 2, Summer, 1973 [Bicentennial Issue]
by Daniel Lusk and Linda M. Hasselstrom [eds.]
Hermosa, SD: Lame Johnny Press, 1973. Very Good. [Hermosa, SD]: Lame Johnny Press, 1973. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's pictorial staple bound wrappers; 48pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear and toning to wrapper margins, else Very Good and sound.
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![Sunday School Advocate [Complete Vol. XXV, nos. 1-24, October 14, 1865-September 22, 1866]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/389/766/1335766389.0.m.jpg)
Sunday School Advocate [Complete Vol. XXV, nos. 1-24, October 14, 1865-September 22, 1866]
by Daniel Wise [ed.]
New York: Methodist Episcopal Church, 1866. Good or better. [New York: Methodist Episcopal Church, 1865-1866.] Twenty-four volumes in one; tabloid format (36cm.); contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards; 96pp.; illus. throughout, text in triple columns. Boards quite rubbed and leather dried and chipped, one-inch losses at both spine ends, shallow damp stain to textblock fore-edge, general old soil throughout, else... Read More
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![LMS: Last Man Standing - Killbook of a Bounty Hunter [Limited Edition, Signed by Luvisi]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/317/493/1701493317.0.m.jpg)
LMS: Last Man Standing - Killbook of a Bounty Hunter [Limited Edition, Signed by Luvisi]
by Dan Luvisi; Daniel Chabon [ed.]
Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2013. Very Good -/Very Good -. Milwaukie, OR: Dark Horse Books, 2013. First Edition, Limited Issue of 1000 copies signed by Luvisi. Oblong folio; unpaginated. Color illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket over glossy illustrated boards. Dust jacket roughly worn along edges; moderate chipping, creasing, and surface scratching. Boards show a pronounced lean with... Read More
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![The Comedy of Dante Alighieri the Florentine [Three Volume Set] [Slipcase title: The Divine Comedy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/176/704/1700704176.0.m.jpg)
The Comedy of Dante Alighieri the Florentine [Three Volume Set] [Slipcase title: The Divine Comedy]
by Dante Alighieri; Dorothy L. Sayers [trans.]; William Blake [illus.]
New York: Basic Books, 1962. Very Good. New York: Basic Books, [1962]. First American Edition of the Dorothy L. Sayers translation. Three volumes; octavos; publisher's black cloth, spines titled in black, red, and gilt, housed in original paper-covered slipcase with printed paper paste-on to upper panel; black and white plates by William Blake throughout. Spines quite sunned as... Read More
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Fides Vindicata Quatuor Libris Comprehensa in quibus Historice, Chronologice, ac Critice Referuntur, Selectissimisque Sacrae Scripturae, Sanctorum Patrum, & Conciliorum Oraculis Refutantur Haereses..
by Barthelemy d'Antibes Durand
Venetiis [Venice]: Apud Sebastianum Coleti, 1726. Very Good. Venetiis [Venice]: Apud Sebastianum Coleti, 1726. Folio (34.5cm.); full contemporary parchment, tan gilt-lettered spine label, spine in seven compartments; [6],632pp. (collated complete); woodcut publisher's device to title page signed in image "G.P.," initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Parchment a bit scuffed and soiled, horizontal crack to spine crown, contemporary ownership... Read More
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The Shock of the Real: Romanticism and Visual Culture, 1760-1860
by Gillen D'Arcy Wood
New York: Palgrave, 2001. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Palgrave, 2001. First Edition. Octavo. 273 pp. Black and white illustrations. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black boards with spine lettered in gilt. Dust jacket lightly rubbed and creased along edges with a touch of fading to spine. Spine ends of boards nudged and corners lightly bumped. Binding is... Read More
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![St. Nicholas Book of Science [Signed and Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/718/539/1459539718.0.m.jpg)
St. Nicholas Book of Science [Signed and Inscribed]
by Floyd L. Darrow
New York: The Century Co, 1928. Very Good. New York: The Century Co., 1928. First Printing, stated. Signed by the author on front free endpaper with inscription "To John L. Harrison [?] in appreciation of his interest in our Einstein Contest and with the kindest regards of St. Nicholas and the author. Floyd L. Darrow, September 1929." ... Read More
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Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
by Charles Darwin
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1886. Very Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1886. Later Printing. Octavo (20 cm); [1],vi,374pp+2ads; illus. with seven (7) plates, collated complete. Boards in publisher's maroon cloth with black decoration and gilt stamping to spine. Dark top stain. Board margins and corners rubbed and bumped with shelfwear and minor scratching to... Read More
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![The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex [Two volume set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/878/054/1666054878.0.m.jpg)
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex [Two volume set]
by Charles Darwin
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. Very Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871-1872. Early American Editions with 1871 date to title of volume I and 1872 date to same of volume II; errors corrected. Two octavo volumes. 409; 2pp. advertisement; 436; 12pp. advertisements. Black and white illustrations. Brick-red cloth stamped in black and gilt; black... Read More
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The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication
by Charles Darwin
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. Very Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. "Authorized Edition." Two volumes; octavos; publisher's maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilts; xiv,473; x,495pp. Spines a shade darkened and ends slightly scuffed, textblocks uniformly toned, later ownership signature to front free endpapers, else a Very Good, sound set overall.
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The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
London: John Murray, 1878. Very Good. London: John Murray, 1878. Sixth Edition (Twentieth Thousand), with additions and corrections. Octavo. 458 pp., with half title and folding plate facing page 91. Bound in contemporary quarter calf; five raised bands, gilt decorating and black title label to spine; marbled edges and endpapers. Boards worn along edges with exposure,... Read More
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![Nightmare Town [Signed by Dexter]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/522/150/1667150522.0.m.jpg)
Nightmare Town [Signed by Dexter]
by Dashiell Hammett; Colin Dexter, Kirby McCauley, Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman [eds.]
London: Picador, 2001. Fine/Near Fine. London: Picador, 2001. First UK Edition. Octavo (24 cm); 396pp. Publisher's pictorial dust jacket with price intact (£16.99). Boards full bound in black cloth with silver stamping to spine. Neon green endsheets. Jacket gently creased at top margin. Board corners relatively sharp. Pages clean. A Fine copy in Near Fine jacket. ... Read More
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Literature and Ideology in Haiti 1915-1961
by J. Michael Dash
Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble Books, 1981. Very Good/Very Good. Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble Books, 1981. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 213 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt; dark topstain. Dust jacket creased along edges; spine sunned; light surface scratching; price sticker to front flap. Boards edgeworn with general scuffing. Binding gives a little but... Read More
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![Lettres de mon moulin [Letters from My Windmill]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/434/908/1401908434.0.m.jpg)
Lettres de mon moulin [Letters from My Windmill]
by Alphonse Daudet
Angoulême: Chez Jean Emery, Editions d'Art, 1948. Very Good/Very Good. Angoulême: Chez Jean Emery, Editions d'Art "L'Heptaméron," 1948. First Thus: Limited Edition of 2000 numbered copies of which this is No. 572. Octavo (22x16x1.5cm); 237pp. Fifteen full-page lithographic illustrations in color, with additional spot-color "ornementation" (orthographe française, chers lecteurs), all by P.-J. Emery. Jacket is in hand-made laid... Read More
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Soixante Années du Règne des Romanoff, Nicolas Ier et Alexander II
by Ernest Daudet
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1919. Very Good. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1919. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm.); contemporary blue morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; xxi,[1],229pp. Spine ends and corners a bit rubbed, spine leather slightly sunned, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior paper quality, brief paper flaw to front pastedown from previously... Read More
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![The Eyes and the Impossible [Signed by Eggers]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/155/123/1702123155.0.m.jpg)
The Eyes and the Impossible [Signed by Eggers]
by Dave Eggers; Shawn Harris [illus.]
San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2023. Very Good +. San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2023. First Edition, first printing. Signed by Dave Eggers with with extensive inscription to preliminaries. Full page color illustrations. Die-cut wood boards with red cloth spine stamped in gilt; all edges gilt; illustrated endpapers. No jacket as issued. Mild shelfwear and some surface scratching to rear board; binding... Read More
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![The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 [Signed by 7]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/965/900/1305900965.0.m.jpg)
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012 [Signed by 7]
by Dave Eggers [ed.]; Ray Bradbury [intro.]; George Saunders [contr.]; Rick Moody [contr.]; Adrian Tomine [contr.]; Ayelet Waldman [contr.]; Phil Klay [contr.]; Anthony Marra [contr.]; et al.
New York: Mariner / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. Very Good. New York: Mariner / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by seven including editor Dave Eggers and contributors George Saudners, Rick Moody, Adrian Tomine, Ayelet Waldman, Phil Klay, and Anthony Marra. Illustrated paper wraps; 412 pp. Covers crisp with very faint rubbing... Read More
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Bits of Texas History in the Melting Pot of America in Two Parts of Which This Is Part I entitled: The Prisoners of Matamoros by Captain Reuben M. Potter and The Angel of Goliad by Harbert Davenport, Together with Five Appendixes
by Jose Tomas Canales [ed.]; Reuben M. Potter; Harbert Davenport
San Antonio, TX: Artes Graficas, 1950. Very Good +/Good. San Antonio, TX: Artes Graficas, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. 66pp. Illustrated dust jacket; teal boards stamped in black. Dust jacket lightly worn and toned along edges; long tear to front panel arcing from top edge to front fold with brief tape mending to recto. Patch of soiling to edges... Read More
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![The American Preacher; or, a Collection of Sermons From Some of the Most Eminent Preachers, Now Living in the United States, of Different Denominations in the Christian Church [Four volume set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/456/402/1610402456.0.m.jpg)
The American Preacher; or, a Collection of Sermons From Some of the Most Eminent Preachers, Now Living in the United States, of Different Denominations in the Christian Church [Four volume set]
by David Austin [ed.]; Jonathan Edwards, James Muir, Moses Mather et al. [contribs.]
Elizabeth-Town, New Jersey / New Haven, CT: Printed by Shepard Kollock / Abel Morse, for the Editors, who Hold the Privilige of Copy-Right, 1793. Very Good. Elizabeth-Town, New Jersey / New Haven, CT: Printed by Shepard Kollock / Abel Morse, for the Editors, who Hold the Privilege of Copy-Right, 1791-1793. First Edition, "Never Before Published" according to the... Read More
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![Link Magazine, Spring, 1968 [All Published?]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/743/451/1702451743.0.m.jpg)
Link Magazine, Spring, 1968 [All Published?]
by David Holmes, Geoff. Wright, and Ena Bevan [eds.]
Pittville, Cheltenham, England: Link / Gloucester College of Art, 1968. Very Good. Pittville, Cheltenham, England: Link / Gloucester College of Art, 1968. First Edition. Quarto (25cm); publisher's white staple bound wrappers printed in red and black; 29pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers and early leaves a bit foxed, else Very Good and sound. Magazine devoted to avant-garde filmmaking featuring... Read More
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Practical Reflection
by J. David Velleman
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1989. Near Fine/Near Fine. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, [1989]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in dark green pictorial dust jacket; x,332pp. A hint of shelf wear, boards very slightly bowed, else a Near Fine copy.
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![Breaking Racial Barriers: African Americans in the Harmon Foundation Collection [Signed by Driskell]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/613/862/1721862613.0.m.jpg)
Breaking Racial Barriers: African Americans in the Harmon Foundation Collection [Signed by Driskell]
by David C. Driskell [preface]; Tuliza K. Fleming [intro.]
San Francisco: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institutionm in association with Pomegranate Artbooks, 1997. Very Good. San Francisco: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institutionm in association with Pomegranate Artbooks, 1997. First Edition. Signed by David C. Driskell at title page without inscription. Quarto; illustrated wraps; 126pp. Color illustrations. Light wear to edges of wraps; general rubbing; binding sound and pages... Read More
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![Slave Song [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/406/892/1639892406.0.m.jpg)
Slave Song [Signed]
by David Dabydeen; Aubrey Williams [illus.]
Mundelstrup, Denmark: Dangaroo Press, 1984. Very Good +. Mundelstrup, Denmark: Dangaroo Press, 1984. First Edition. Slim octavo (22cm); 72pp; Six (6) plates. Signatures sewn and wrapped in light yellow, illustrated card with white promotional band pasted at spine and folded into front cover. Cover panels lightly scuffed and scratched with creasing to promotional band and rubbing at margins.... Read More
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![Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell [Signed by Driskell]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/145/409/1722409145.0.m.jpg)
Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell [Signed by Driskell]
by [David C. Driskell] Adrienne L. Childs; Ruth Fine, Deborah Willis, and Julie L. McGee [contrs.]
San Francisco, CA: Pomegranate, 2007. Near Fine/Near Fine. San Francisco, CA: Pomegranate, [2007]. First Edition with full number line. Quarto (26cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; 128pp.; full color illus. throughout. Very light shelf wear, else Near Fine. Signed by Driskell on title page.
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