APHRODITE
by Allende, Isabel; Llona, Panchita; Peden, Margaret Sayers; Shekter, Robert
(London): Flamingo, 1998. First printing. Fine in about fine jacket.. First UK edition of Allende's illustrated memoir, an ode to sensual pleasures. 9'' x 6''. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (£16.99) green pictorial jacket. Dark green endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color. 318 pages. Jacket with a tiny crease to front panel. Book fresh and bright. ... Read More
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QUESTIONS ON SELECT PORTIONS OF THE FOUR EVANGELISTS
by Allen, Joseph
Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1836. Sixth edition. Very good.. Popular antebellum book of catechisms for children, written for the use of Sunday Schools. According to his introduction, Joseph Allen based his QUESTIONS on Harvey Fisk's UNION QUESTIONS, and supplemented it with various other materials in order to create a handy resource for Sunday Schools. A "Part 2" of... Read More
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GIVE MY SECRETS BACK
by Allen, Kate
(Norwich, VT): New Victoria Publishers, Inc, 1995. First printing. Very good.. Signed first edition of this entry in the "Lesbian cop" Alison Kaine series, in which Kaine investigates the murder of a popular lesbian author. Issued from New Victoria, which first began as a print shop in Lebanon, NH, in 1975. According to UMass Amherst, "the shop functioned... Read More
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WHERE CHILDREN LIVE
by Allen, Thomas B.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1980. First printing. Near fine.. Scarce signed first edition of this visual tour of childhood across nations, by noted magazine illustrator and album cover artist Thomas Burt Allen. 11'' x 8.5''. Original glossy pictorial boards. Illustrated in color throughout. Unpaginated. Signed by Allen on title page. Faint toning to endpapers. Light edgewear and... Read More
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EAST FROM HERE
by Allix, Susan
London: n.p., 1998. Fine.. Limited edition artist's book that reflects on the colors, textures, and history of two ancient cities, incorporating a variety of illustration methods and materials. Susan Allix reflects on her creative philosophy, "I am concerned with visual things so I see books as full of colour and form in a pictorial sense as well as... Read More
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WHEN PETER RABBIT WENT TO SCHOOL
by Almond, Linda; [Potter, Beatrix]
Philadelphia: Altemus, 1921. Near fine in very good jacket.. American Beatrix Potter imitation, in which Peter's mother sends him to school to keep him out of mischief. 16mo. Original cloth backed pictorial boards. Pictorial paste-on. In original, soiled dust jacket. Each page of text faces a full page color illustration by J.L.G.
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THE VIOLENT LAND
by Amado, Jorge
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. First US edition of the Brazillian modernist's favorite of his own works. 7.25'' x 5''. Original orange cloth, gilt-stamped front board and spine. In original unclipped ($2.50) pictorial jacket designed by Harry Roth. Red topstain. [12], 336 pages. Jacket with light edgewear,... Read More
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SHOWDOWN
by Amado, Jorge
New York: Bantam Books, 1987. First printing. Near fine.. Uncorrected proofs for the first US edition of this novel by the Brazilian modernist, translated into English by Gregory Rabassa. 9.25'' x 5.5''. Original printed bright yellow wrappers. 422 pages. Minor edgewear.
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THE TWO DEATHS OF QUINCAS WATERYELL
by Amado, Jorge; Antonucci, Emil
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First US edition of the Brazilian modernist's "tall tale," translated from the Portuguese by Barbara Shelby and illustrated by Emil Antonucci. 8.25'' x 5''. Original brightly colored decorative boards. In original unclipped ($3.95) black pictorial dust jacket. Jacket design and interior black and white... Read More
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JOURNEY INTO FEAR
by Ambler, Eric
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First printing. Very good in very good jacket.. First US edition of Ambler's classic spy novel, set at the beginning of the Second World War and published just after the author's own enlistment in the British Army. Like many later thrillers that followed Ambler's template, JOURNEY INTO FEAR stars a civilian involuntarily... Read More
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SCOUTING AND OUR BOYS
by [Boy Scouts of America]
n.p.: [Boy Scouts of America], 1950. Very good plus.. Rare midcentury Boy Scouts promotional brochure advertising the benefits of scouting to an African American audience. This scarce BSA pamphlet extols the organization's effectiveness in producing of "men of Christian character," illustrating its claims with several photos of Black scout troops and scoutmasters, backed by testimonials from eminent Black... Read More
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PROCEEDINGS: Second Series, Number Twenty-Three
by American Academy of Arts and Letters; Auden, W.H.; Barzun, Jacques
New York: American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1973. First edition. Near fine.. This volume includes the induction of new members Arthur Miller, James Dickey, W.S. Merwin, Eudora Welty, and Walker Percy, with commemorative tributes to Padraic Colum, Marianne Moore, John Berryman, and others. 9'' x 6''. Original printed orange wrappers. Academy of Arts and Letters Publication no.... Read More
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RESIDENTIAL WORK VOLUME TWO 1986-2006 / ANTHONY AMES ARCHITECT
by Ames, Anthony; Warke, Val
San Rafael / Philadelphia: ORO editions, 2007. First edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this second volume of houses designed by Ames, conceived and executed in valiant opposition to the rise of the McMansion, existing in a zone "between the abstract and the real." 10'' x 10''. Original blind-stamped grey cloth. In... Read More
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FIVE HOUSES 1976-1986
by Ames, Anthony
(Princeton, NJ): Princeton Architectural Press, 1987. First edition. Near fine.. Plans, drawings, models, and photographs for five of Ames's residential projects, warmly inscribed to a fellow architect. 10'' x 10''. Original glossy wrappers. 133, [1] pages. 176 illustrations (several fold-out) including 56 color plates. One of 2000 paperbound copies from an edition of 3000. Ownership stamp to half-title... Read More
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OBJECT / TYPE LANDSCAPES
by Ames, Anthony; Almy, Dean
(Knoxville): The University of Tennessee, 1996. First edition. Fine.. Inscribed copy of the catalogue to an exhibition of the architect's paintings, with a handwritten note to another architect laid in. 10'' x 10''. Original white printed wrappers. 48 pages. Illustrated with color plates, including one fold-out. Inscribed by Ames on title page. Handwritten letter on Ames's stationery laid... Read More
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TIME
by Amichai, Yehuda
New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First printing (stated). Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. First edition, review copy, of the fourth volume of Amichai's poetry to be published in English, translated from Hebrew by the author. 8'' x 5.5''. Original quarter black cloth with grey boards. In original unclipped ($9.95) dust jacket. 88 pages. Publisher's... Read More
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THE JAMES BOND DOSSIER
by Amis, Kingsley
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First printing. Near fine in very good plus jacket.. First edition of the first formal literary study of Ian Fleming's enigmatic hero. Amis would later continue the James Bond series himself (as Robert Markham) after Fleming's death. 7'' x 4.75''. Original blind-stamped black cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (16s.) pictorial dust jacket... Read More
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THE DARKWATER HALL MYSTERY
by Amis, Kingsley
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1978. First edition. Fine.. Uncommon proof copy of the limited first separate edition of this Sherlock Holmes pastiche by the author of LUCKY JIM, originally appearing in a shortened form in PLAYBOY magazine. 8'' x 5''. Original textured blank brown wrappers with title and "proof" written in pen on front cover. 35, [1] pages.... Read More
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THE DARKWATER HALL MYSTERY
by Amis, Kingsley
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1978. First edition. Fine. Limited first separate edition of this Sherlock Holmes pastiche by the author of LUCKY JIM, originally appearing in a shortened form in PLAYBOY magazine. 8'' x 5''. Original marbled wrappers with French flaps. 35, [1] pages. Edition of 165 copies printed by hand at the Tragara Press; this copy no.... Read More
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THE JAMES BOND DOSSIER
by Amis, Kingsley
(New York): The New American Library, 1965. First printing (stated). Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. First US edition of the first formal literary study of Ian Fleming's enigmatic hero. Amis would later continue the James Bond series himself (as Robert Markham) after Fleming's death. 7.75'' x 5.5''. Original cream and orange cloth. Grey endpapers. In... Read More
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I WANT IT NOW
by Amis, Kingsley
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1969. Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.. First US edition of this comedic novel that follows the exploits of a TV panel show host and his (mis)adventures in love. 8'' x 5''. Original red cloth boards. Original unclipped ($5.75) color pictorial dust jacket. 256 pages. Jacket with light edgewear,... Read More
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![THE COMPLETE POEMS OF A.R. AMMONS: Volume I 1955-1977 [and] Volume II 1978-2005](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/137/524/1518524137.0.m.jpg)
THE COMPLETE POEMS OF A.R. AMMONS: Volume I 1955-1977 [and] Volume II 1978-2005
by Ammons, A.R.; Vendler, Helen
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2017. First edition (stated). Fine.. Handsome and comprehensive two-volume set of the National Book Award winner's complete poetic works. 9'' x 6''. Two volumes. Original black cloth with black boards. In original unclipped ($49.95) dust jackets. xlvii, 1102 and liii, 1031, [1] pages respectively. Small stain to pages xi-xii of Volume I.... Read More
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ALBURQUERQUE
by Anaya, Rudolfo
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1992. First edition (stated). Near fine in near fine jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this novel by the award-winning Chicano author and New Mexico native. 9'' x 6''. Original black quarter cloth with lavender boards. Plum endpapers. In original purple pictorial dust jacket by Anita Rodriguez. 280 pages. Inscribed by Anaya on... Read More
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THE ADVENTURES OF JUAN CHICASPATAS
by Anaya, Rudolfo
Houston: Arte Pùblico Press, 1985. First edition. Very good plus.. Inscribed first printing of this fantastical short mock epic about the myths and history of Mexico and the American Southwest by the foundational Chicano author. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original saddle-stapled color pictorial wrappers. 48 pages. Inscribed by Anaya on title page: "Fernando E. Vega / May all your... Read More
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BLESS ME, ULTIMA
by Anaya, Rudolfo A.
(Berkeley, CA): (TQS Publications), 1991. Near fine.. Inscribed reprint edition of the foundational Chicano writer's novel, winner of the Second Annual Premio Quinto Sol literary award for 1971. 9'' x 6''. Original glossy white pictorial wrappers designed by Octavio I. Romano-V. Black-and-white illustrations by Dennis Martinez. 248 pages. Inscribed by Anaya on half-title page: "Bendicion de Ultima /... Read More
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