The Children of Odin
by Padraic Colum; Willy Pogany [illus.]
New York: Macmillan Company, 1920. Very Good/Very Good-. New York: Macmillan Company, 1920 [1929 Reissue]. Octavo; publisher's cloth, pictorial endpapers, in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50); ix,[1],282pp.; color frontispiece, three leaves of plates (collated complete). Jacket rather chipped and worn along margins with shallow losses at spine ends slightly affecting text, moderate foxing to jacket... Read More
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Perla Meyers' Art of Seasonal Cooking [Inscribed and Signed]
by Perla Meyers; Judy Knipe [ed.]
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991. First Edition with full number line. Quarto; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 527pp. Light shelf wear to jacket and board extremities, a hint of dust-soil to textblock margins, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the... Read More
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The Last Word From Paradise
by Peter Beard; Marvin Israel and Kate Morgan [design / eds.]
New York: International Center of Photography, 1977. Very Good. [New York]: [International Center of Photography], [1977]. First Edition. Two oversized photo-illustrated posters (148x107cm) folded down (37x27cm), loose as issued. Rubbing along spine edges, margins toned and rather dust-soiled with occasional short closed tears; overall Very Good. Rare exhibition "catalog" issued to coincide with Beard's installation "The... Read More
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But Who Wakes the Bugler
by Peter De Vries; Charles Addams [illus.]
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. Very Good +. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. First Edition. Octavo. 297 pp. Black and white illustrations. Beige boards stamped in black; red topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed and soiled. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. [Bowden A1].
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Adlib No. 9: On Brooklyn [Limited Edition]
by [Pratt Institute] Fritz Eichenberg and Jacob Landau [eds.]
Brooklyn, NY: Pratt Institute, 1961. Very Good. Brooklyn, NY: Pratt Institute, 1961. First Edition, Limited to 300 copies of which this is no. 232. Large, slim quarto; publisher's pictorial card wrappers printed silkscreen; [48]pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit rubbed, especially along spine edge, else Very Good and sound overall. Beautiful production marrying previously-published poetry with original... Read More
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Dr. Thorndyke’s Crime File: A Selection of His Most Celebrated Cases Containing, Also, Hitherto Unpublished Material About the Famous Detective and His Methods
by R. Austin Freeman; P.M. Stone [ed.]
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1941. Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1941. First American Edition. Thick octavo; publisher's green decorative cloth, black lettering to front cover and spine; mixed pagination. Light wear and dust-soil to boards with a thin vertical crease to spine cloth, front hinge cracked, topstain faded, else a Very Good, internally... Read More
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A Cornish-English Dictionary [Inscribed and Signed]
by R. Morton Nance [ed.]
Marazion: Federation of Old Cornwall Societies / Worden (Printers) Ltd, 1955. Very Good. Marazion: Printed for the Federation of Old Cornwall Societies by Worden (Printers) Ltd., 1955. Later Edition. Small slim quarto; publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; vii,[1],104pp. Light soil to front cover, spine and surrounding margins a bit sunned, textblock extremities and endpapers foxed, else Very Good,... Read More
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Mountains in the Sea
by Rachel Carson; Anne Terry White [adaptation]; William De J. Rutherfoord [illus.]
Chicago: Science Research Associates / SRA Pilot Library, 1962. Very Good. Chicago: Science Research Associates / SRA Pilot Library, 1962. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's pictorial staple bound card wrappers; 31pp.; two-toned illus. throughout. Moderate wear to wrapper margins, scattered Pilot Library rubberstamps throughout, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Young Reader adaptation of a... Read More
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Heroes & Heroines
by Reed Whittemore; Irwin Touster [illus.]
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo (8.25" x 5.75"); x, 80p. Illustrated black dustjacket with original $2.50 price; book in red cloth with blue lettering. Jacket shows a few small chips and tears along edges and some... Read More
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![The Game of Golf and the Printed Word, 1566-1985: A Bibliography of Golf Literature in the English Language [Limited Edition Signed by Donovan, Murdoch, and Wind] [Herbert Warren Wind's Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/458/566/1699566458.0.m.jpg)
The Game of Golf and the Printed Word, 1566-1985: A Bibliography of Golf Literature in the English Language [Limited Edition Signed by Donovan, Murdoch, and Wind] [Herbert Warren Wind's Copy]
by Richard E. Donovan and Joseph S.F. Murdoch; Herbert Warren Wind [intro.]
Endicott, NY: Castalio Press, 1988. Near Fine. Endicott, NY: Castalio Press, 1988. First Edition, Limited to 20 special presentation copies of which this is no. 7, presented to Herbert Warren Wind. Octavo; publisher's full green pictorial goat blocked in gilt, gilt-lettered spine in four compartments, all edges gilt, illustrated endpapers; xvi,[2],657pp. Very mild cockling to textblock, else a... Read More
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Where's Poppa
by Robert Klane; Michael K. Frith [illus.]
New York: Random House, 1970. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Random House, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket; [8],150pp.; frontispiece. Light shelf wear, a hint of dust-soil to rear jacket panel, cloth spine lettering rather dulled, foxing along front hinge, else a Very Good, still quite bright and attractive copy. ... Read More
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Love Conquers All
by Robert C. Benchley; Gluyas Williams [illus.]
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1922. Very Good +/Good -. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1922. First Edition. Octavo (19 cm); 310pp. 17 plates, including frontis, collated complete. Boards full bound in light blue cloth with dark blue and orange pictorial cover and stamping, wrapped in publisher's cream pictorial dust jacket. Jacket generally toned, lightly scuffed,... Read More
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The Rolling Stones
by Robert Heinlein; Clifford Geary [illus.]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition with "A" to copyright page. Octavo. 276 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Green cloth boards stamped in dark blue. Dust jacket shows professional repair to extremities with chips and tears neatly filled in with... Read More
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Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson Hitherto Unpublished [Limited Edition]
by Robert Louis Stevenson; George S. Hellman [intro.]
Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1916. Near Fine. Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1916. First Edition, Limited to 484 sets. Two volumes; large octavos; publisher's half art parchment over green cloth, gilt-lettered spines, top edges gilt, housed in matching double slipcase, printed paper spine label; 231; 215pp.; engraved portrait frontispieces. Spines slightly darkened, very brief foxing to early leaves, external slipcase a... Read More
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African Genesis: A Personal Investigation into the Animal Origins and Nature of Man
by Robert Ardrey; Berdine Ardrey [illus.]
New York: Atheneum, 1961. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Atheneum, 1961. Early Printing, without edition statement. Octavo (24.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket, brown topstain; [2],380pp.; illus. Minimal shelf wear, though spine panel quite toned, corners very slightly bumped, topstain faded, else Very Good and sound overall. Presumed first edition, though unusual for Atheneum the printing... Read More
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![The Pelcari Project [Signed by Rosa and Bowles] [original title Carcel de Arboles]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/338/286/1566286338.0.m.jpg)
The Pelcari Project [Signed by Rosa and Bowles] [original title Carcel de Arboles]
by Rodrigo Rey Rosa; Paul Bowles [trans.]
San Francisco, CA: Cadmus Editions, 1997. Near Fine/Very Good. San Francisco, CA: Cadmus Editions, 1997. Limited Edition of 150 copies signed by author and translator at colophon, this being #48. Octavo. 117 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket lightly creased at crown and spine sunned. Spine ends of boards mildly nudged.... Read More
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![The Youngest Doll [Signed by Ferre]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/379/362/1580362379.0.m.jpg)
The Youngest Doll [Signed by Ferre]
by Rosario Ferre; Jean Franco [fwd.]
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. Fine/Very Good. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xiv,[2],169pp. Jacket corners lightly rubbed with some smudges and sparse scuffs to front panel. Boards clean and sharp. Signed and dated by the author on half title. Short story collection by the late Puerto... Read More
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![On Crime Writing [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/700/534/1680534700.0.m.jpg)
On Crime Writing [Signed Limited Edition]
by Ross Macdonald; Robert Durand [ed.]; Noel Young [ed.]
Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1973. Very Good. Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1973. First Edition, limited to 250 signed copies, of which this is no. 122. No dust jacket, as issued. Boards bound in pictorial paper with red endsheets. Boards lightly soiled and toned at spine, with head of spine and top edge slightly chewed. Board corners... Read More
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![Les Histoires de Salluste, traduites en François; avec le Latin revu et corigé [sic], des notes critiques, et une table géographique](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/483/811/1391811483.0.m.jpg)
Les Histoires de Salluste, traduites en François; avec le Latin revu et corigé [sic], des notes critiques, et une table géographique
by Salluste [alt. spelling Sallust]; [Nicolas] Beauzée [trans.]
Paris: Barbou, 1770. Good. Paris: Barbou, 1770. First Thus. 12mo (17cm.); contemporary sheep, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; xii,455pp.; engraved folding view, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Binding quite worn with long shallow exposure at extremities, joints cracked leaving front cover nearly separated, lacking front free endpaper; a Good only, albeit internally sound copy. First... Read More
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Willy Pogany [illus.]
New York: George H. Doran Co, 1910. Very Good. New York: George H. Doran Co., [ca. 1910]. Quarto. Unpaginated. 20 tipped-in color plates; decorations and illustrations in color and b&w by Pogany throughout. Green cloth over decorative paper-covered boards; top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Light edgewear with brief exposure to corners. Slight lean to boards and a... Read More
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When I Whistle
by Shusaku Endo; Van C. Gessel [trans.]
London: Peter Owen, 1979. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Peter Owen, 1979. First UK Edition. Octavo. 277pp. Illustrated dust jacket; gray boards stamped in silver; review slip laid in. Light rubbing and spotting to edges of dust jacket. Boards with mild shelfwear; binding sound and pages unmarked; Very Good or better.
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The Will to Win and Other Stories
by Stephen W. Meader; John Gincano [illus.]
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1946]. Later Printing with [e-7-46] copyright code. Octavo; publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in black; [12],300pp.; frontispiece, full-page illus. throughout, pictorial endpapers printed in blue. Extremities a bit rubbed with brief exposure at spine ends and corners, spine slightly cocked, textblock a shade... Read More
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![Poesies: Edition Complete et Chronologique [Alfonso de Rosenzweig Díaz copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/436/909/1398909436.0.m.jpg)
Poesies: Edition Complete et Chronologique [Alfonso de Rosenzweig Díaz copy]
by Stephen Mallarme; E. Noulet [pref.]
Mexico: Editions Quetzal, S.A., 1944. Very Good. Mexico: Editions Quetzal, S.A., 1944. Presumed First Edition, with printing statement at back dated June 30, 1944. Ownership stamps of Alfonso de Rosenzweig Díaz on a terminal blank, at beginning and ends of index, and on one or two interior pages, never obscuring text. Number 0049 also at back, though unsure... Read More
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Red Horse Hill
by Stephen W. Meader; Lee Townsend [illus.]
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1930. Very Good/Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1930. Second Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; 244pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout. Jacket rather chipped and worn with one-inch portion mid-spine panel starting to separate, a couple small dampstains to front panel, prior owner's name in pencil on front free... Read More
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Poe: A Screenplay [Signed Limited Edition, Publisher's Copy]
by Stewart O'Nan; Jill Bauman [illus.]
Baltimore: Lonely Road Books, 2008. Near Fine. Baltimore: Lonely Road Books, 2008. Limited Edition of 200 copies signed by O'Nan and Bauman and lettered "PC" [Publisher's Copy] out of series on limitation page at front. Large octavo. 250 pp. Full-color illustrated plate by Bauman. Brown boards decorated in gilt. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Boards slightly... Read More
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