Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
by Edward Abbey; Peter Parnall [illus.]
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. Very Good/Very Good. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. First Edition, stated. Octavo (22cm); Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price intact; boards in brown cloth with white and tan lettering to spine; [xvi],269pp. Jacket rubbed along edges with a few shallow tears and creasing at top front near spine; small chip to... Read More
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The Monkey Wrench Gang
by Edward Abbey; R. Crumb [illus.]
Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press, 1999. Near Fine/Near Fine. Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press, 1999. Publisher's "Roaming the West R. Crumb Edition," per front flap. Octavo; 356pp. Illustrations by R. Crumb throughout. Map endpapers. Illustrated dust jacket with $25.00 price intact; book in black cloth-covered boards with silver lettering and wrench illustration. Jacket lightly rubbed and... Read More
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Harold Brown: Offsetting the Soviet Military Challenge 1977-1981
by Edward C. Keefer; Erin R. Mahan [ed.]
Washington, DC: Historical Office / Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2017. Near Fine/Very Good. Washington, DC: Historical Office / Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2017. First Edition. Thick octavo. 815 pages. Black and white illustrations. Photographic dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt. Volume IX in the Secretaries of Defense Historical Series. ... Read More
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![Eduard Blutig's Der Stiefelknecht [The Stupid Joke] [Limited Edition, Signed by Gorey as Mrs. Regera Dowdy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/562/558/1699558562.0.m.jpg)
Eduard Blutig's Der Stiefelknecht [The Stupid Joke] [Limited Edition, Signed by Gorey as Mrs. Regera Dowdy]
by [Edward Gorey] Eduard Blutig; Mrs. Regera Dowdy [trans.]; O. Mude [illus.]
N.p.: Fantod Editions, 1990. Fine. N.p.: Fantod Editions, 1990. First Separated Edition, Limited to 500 copies of which this is an unnumbered example. Small oblong 12mo (12.5x15.5cm); publisher's grey pictorial staple bound card wrappers; [32]pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear at spine ends, else Fine. Signed by Gorey on colophon in rear as Mrs. Regera Dowdy. Toledano A100.... Read More
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The Best British Short Stories of 1926 With an Irish Supplement
by Edward J. O'Brien [ed.]; Aldous Huxley; D.H. Lawrence; et al [contribs.]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1926. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1926. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, printed paper title cards mounted to front cover and spine, in original brown dust jacket printed in red; xii,427pp. Light wear and chipping at jacket margins, spine panel a shade toned and lightly dampstained, corners bumped,... Read More
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![The Family of Man: The greatest photographic exhibition of all time--503 pictures from 68 countries [Signed by Roy DeCarava]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/696/638/1697638696.0.m.jpg)
The Family of Man: The greatest photographic exhibition of all time--503 pictures from 68 countries [Signed by Roy DeCarava]
by Edward Steichen [curator]; Carl Sandburg [prologue]; Roy DeCarava et al [contrib.]
New York: Museum of Modern Art / MACO Magazine Corporation, 1955. Very Good. New York: Museum of Modern Art / MACO Magazine Corporation, 1955. First Edition. Slim quarto (28cm); publisher's white pictorial wrappers; 192pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit worn, foxed, and dust-soiled, though contents remain clean and sound. Very Good overall. Signed and dated... Read More
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![The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon [with] The Continuation of the Life of of Edward Earl of Clarendon [Three Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/218/201/1721201218.0.m.jpg)
The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon [with] The Continuation of the Life of of Edward Earl of Clarendon [Three Volume Set]
by Edward, Earl of Clarendon
Oxford: Clarendon Printing-House, 1761. Very Good. Oxford: At the Clarendon Printing-House, 1761. Third Edition. Three volumes; octavos; full contemporary gilt-ruled calf, gilt spines in six compartments with black gilt labels, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers; text collated complete. Leather rather rubbed and dried along margins, small losses to two spine labels, else a Very Good, internally clean and... Read More
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![International Guide to Nineteenth-Century Photographers and Their Works based on catalogues of auction houses and dealers [Inscribed & Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/648/051/1544051648.0.m.jpg)
International Guide to Nineteenth-Century Photographers and Their Works based on catalogues of auction houses and dealers [Inscribed & Signed]
by Gary Edwards
Boston: G.K. Hall & Co, 1988. Very Good/Good+. Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1988. Presumed First Edition. Quarto; publisher's cloth in grey photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price; xvi,[2],591pp. Jacket rather significantly chipped at extremities, most notably at spine crown, old tape repair to verso, corners bumped, else a Very Good copy in Good or better jacket. Inscribed... Read More
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![Anthropocene [Limited Edition, Signed by Burtynsky, with Signed Autograph Note to contributor Suzaan Boettger, with Original Signed Chromogenic Print]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/629/566/1699566629.0.m.jpg)
Anthropocene [Limited Edition, Signed by Burtynsky, with Signed Autograph Note to contributor Suzaan Boettger, with Original Signed Chromogenic Print]
by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, and Nicholas de Pencier; Suzaan Boettger, Colin Waters, and Jan Zalasiewicz [essays]; Margaret Atwood [poetry]
Gottingen, Germany: Steidl Publishers, 2018. Fine/Fine. [Gottingen, Germany: Steidl Publishers, 2018]. First Edition, print Limited to 25 Artist's Proof copies of which this is no. AP 7. Oblong folio (29x37cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket, together with original chromogenic print housed in matching cloth chemise, together housed in original cloth slipcase lettered in black and silver foil.... Read More
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![The Collected Poems [Signed by Miller]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/383/683/1695683383.0.m.jpg)
The Collected Poems [Signed by Miller]
by E. Ethelbert Miller; Kirsten Porter [ed.]
Detroit, MI: Willow Books / Aquarius Press, 2016. Very Good. Detroit, MI: Willow Books / Aquarius Press, [2016]. First Edition. Octavo (22.5cm); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; lii,[53]-460pp. Wrappers a bit curled, light dust-soil to textblock margins, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author E. Ethelbert Miller on title page.
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You (Plural)
by Jennifer Egan
New York: Lenox Hill Bookstore, 2004. Fine. New York: Lenox Hill Bookstore, 2004. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's tan printed staplebound card wrappers; 9pp. Tiny spot at bottom margin of upper cover, else Fine. Forms part of the Lenox Hill Bookstore Chapbook series, published at the Stinehour Press. Uncommon and quite early appearance of an excerpt from... Read More
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![Heroes of the Frontier [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/516/396/1463396516.0.m.jpg)
Heroes of the Frontier [Signed]
by Dave Eggers
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. Very Good +. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016. First Edition, stated. Signed by Eggers with brief inscription at title page. Octavo. 385 pp. Metallic silver illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Light edgewear and rippling to boards with some minor surface scratching. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.... Read More
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Queer Stories for Boys and Girls
by Edward Eggleston
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. Very Good -. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown pictorial cloth stamped in black, floral endpapers; vi,186,[12]pp. Moderate wear to cloth with brief exposure at corners and spine ends, textblock rather foxed, especially early leaves, front hinge starting, else a Good to Very Good copy. Uncommon... Read More
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![Move Over, Mountain [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/800/793/1574793800.0.m.jpg)
Move Over, Mountain [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by John Ehle
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1957. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1957. First Edition. Bookplate signed by John Ehle loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 314 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue and tan boards stamped in yellow. Unclipped dust jacket chipped and creased along edges with general spotting. Boards soiled and spotted... Read More
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Things Stirring Together or Far Away [Signed Limited Lettered Edition]
by Larry Eigner
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. Very Good/Very Good. Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1974. Deluxe Limited First Edition, lettered V of 26 copies handbound by Earle Gray. Octavo (24cm); publisher's clear acetate dust jacket; printed paper boards and orange and black cloth spine with paper title label; 115pp. Acetate jacket shows some general light scuffing and dust-soiling... Read More
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Dodgems
by Eileen Myles [ed.]
New York: Subsidiary of Fido Productions, 1977. Very Good. New York: Subsidiary of Fido Productions, [1977]. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); publisher's comb-bound photo-illustrated card wrappers; text printed from manuscript and typescript. Light wear and toning, else a Very Good or better example. The first of just two issues of this little magazine edited by the poet Eileen... Read More
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![World Finance 1914-1935 [WITH] World Finance 1935-1937](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/821/560/1699560821.0.m.jpg)
World Finance 1914-1935 [WITH] World Finance 1935-1937
by Paul Einzig
New York: Macmillan Company, 1935. Very Good/Near Fine. New York: Macmillan Company, 1935, 1937. First American Editions. Two volumes; octavos; publisher's cloth in yellow dust jackets retaining original price ($3.00); xvi,[2],382; xvi,342pp. Light shelf wear and dust-soil, uneven toning to endpapers, brief underling on p. 3 of the first volume, else a Very Good or better set in... Read More
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Cliche Resume: A Decade Plus Deep
by Mackenzie Eisenhour
Berkeley, CA: Cliché Skateboards / Gingko Press, 2010. Very Good. [Berkeley, CA: Cliché Skateboards / Gingko Press, 2010]. First Edition Stated. Large quarto; publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards, photo-illustrated endpapers; 312pp.; illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, heavy textblock a bit shaken in binding, else Very Good and sound.
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How Tables Came to Umu Madu: The Fabulous History of an Unknown Continent
by Efanim Ekeh
Philadelphia: Amadi Press, 1984. Very Good. Philadelphia: Amadi Press, 1984. First Edition (Cover notes "Abridged Edition," though we have found no record of an earlier or unabridged one). Pocket paperback (6" x 4"); [ii], 79pp. Printed red paper wraps. Covers lightly worn along edges and corners, with a few faint crimps along spine. Binding is sound and pages... Read More
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Gerhard Richter: Catalogue Raisonne, Volume 4 / Nos. 652-1 - 805-6, 1988 - 1994
by [Gerhard Richter] Dietmar Elger
Ostfildern / Dresden, Germany: Hatje Cantz / Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, 2015. Very Good/Very Good. [Ostfildern / Dresden, Germany]: Hatje Cantz / Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, [2015]. First Edition. Large quarto (29.5cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket and card slipcase; 598pp.; illus. throughout, most full color. Some wrinkling to jacket margins, corners bumped, slipcase quite worn, else a Very Good and... Read More
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Dawn
by Elie Wiesel; Frances Frenaye [trans.]
New York: Hill and Wang, 1961. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Hill and Wang, 1961. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 89 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.00 price intact. Black boards stamped in orange. Dust jacket lightly worn along edges and joints with heavier rubbing and scuffing to rear panel. Boards with mild wear to edges; touch of fading... Read More
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![The Jews of Silence: A Personal Report on Soviet Jewry [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/039/561/1578561039.0.m.jpg)
The Jews of Silence: A Personal Report on Soviet Jewry [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Elie Wiesel; Neal Kozodoy [trans.]
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1966]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($4.95), black topstain; viii,143pp. Light wear to jacket extremities, light soil to rear panel, corners tapped, contemporary ownership pressure stamp to front free endpaper and occasional marginalia throughout,... Read More
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Black Bibliophiles and Collectors: Preservers of Black History
by Elinor Des Verney Sinnette, W. Paul Coates, and Thomas C. Battle [co-editors]
Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1990. Near Fine/Very Good-. Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1990. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); 236pp. Publisher’s pictorial dust jacket with $29.95 price intact; boards bound in green cloth with silver stamping to spine; tan endsheets. Black-and-white images throughout. Dust jacket bumped and creased with small tears forming; amateur tape repair at corners and... Read More
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![Man on Spikes [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/008/368/1638368008.0.m.jpg)
Man on Spikes [Signed Limited Edition]
by Eliot Asinof; Marvin Miller [fwd.]
Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1998. Very Good. Carbondale and Edwardsville: Southern Illinois University Press, 1998. Limited Edition of 75 copies, of which this is number 24. Boards in plum cloth with gilt lettering and black title square to spine. No dust jacket as issued. Boards lightly faded along bottom edge with some faint scuffing to... Read More
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Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
by George Eliot
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885. Very Good. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885. Later printing of the publisher's "New Edition," initially published in one volume in 1874. Octavo. 621, [2]pp. advertisements; includes half title and extra engraved title page with tissue guard. Bound in contemporary calf ruled in gilt with five raised bands,... Read More
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