Love Medicine [Signed]
Love Medicine [Signed]

by Louise Erdrich

New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1984. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1984. Third Printing. Signed by Erdrich with brief inscription to previous owner at front free endpaper. Octavo. 272 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue and black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket rubbed with some creasing along edges. Boards worn along... Read More

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The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008 [Signed]
The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008 [Signed]

by Louise Erdrich

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2009. Very Good/Very Good. [New York]: HarperCollinsPublishers, [2009]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (23.5cm); publisher's two-toned boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; x,[2],496pp. Tiny loss at bottom edge of upper jacket panel, corners bumped, else a Very Good and sound copy. Title page signed by the author at her Minneapolis bookstore, "Louise Erdrich... Read More

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Position at Noon
Position at Noon

by Eric Linklater; Hans Tisdall [illus.]

London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. First Edition. Octavo (19 cm); 252pp, [1]; illustrated throughout. Publisher's orange illustrated and price-clipped dust jacket. Boards full bound in green and tan pictorial- and title-printed cloth; gilt stamped at spine. Top edge stained light brown. Illustrated family tree endsheets. Dust jacket lightly scuffed and... Read More

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Inside the Whale for Jeff Nuttall
Inside the Whale for Jeff Nuttall

by Eric Mottram; Jeff Nuttall [illus.]

London: Writers Forum, 1970. Very Good. London: Writers Forum, 1970. First Edition. Quarto (25.5cm); publisher's pictorial staplebound wrappers; [10]ll. printed mimeograph on rectos only; illus. Light toning and dust-soil to wrappers, else Very Good and sound. Issued as Writers Forum Quarto no. 7.

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[Broadside Handbill] Burlesk As You Like It!
[Broadside Handbill] Burlesk As You Like It!

by Theatre Erie

Buffalo, NY: s.i., 1920. Very Good. Buffalo, NY? ca. 1920s. Pictorial broadside handbill (22x15cm.) mounted to stiff red stock. Broadside uniformly toned else Very Good. Adorned with a half-tone illustration of a half-nude dancer. Small handbill issued by the Theatre Erie for a daily matinee the week of June 9 featuring "Broadway Scandals" with "million dollar doll"... Read More

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Green Hills of Africa
Green Hills of Africa

by Ernest Hemingway; Edward Shenton [illus.]

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition with "A" and publisher's seal to copyright page, in Grissom's "Jacket B" with green panel over 9 lines of text. Large octavo. 295 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price present. Light green cloth stamped in black and gilt; topstain. ... Read More

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Reporting World War II [Two volumes]
Reporting World War II [Two volumes]

by Ernie Pyle; Vincent Tubbs; A.J. Leibling; Ernest Hemingway et al. [contribs.]

New York: Library of America / Libraries of Gryphon Editions, 1995. Near Fine. New York: Library of America / Libraries of Gryphon Editions, 1995. First Edition. Two octavo volumes. 912; 970pp. + advertisements. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Bound in publisher's full black leather decorated in gilt; four raised bands; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; silk ribbons.... Read More

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The Philosophy of the Enlightenment
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment

by Ernst Cassirer; Fritz C. A. Koelln and James P. Pettegrove [trans.]

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1951. Very Good. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1951. First Thus. Tall octavo. 366 pp. Brown boards with black and gilt stamping to spine; dark topstain. No dust jacket. Light wear to extremities and some mild patchy staining. Binding is sound. Previous owners' inscription and stamp to endpapers, but pages otherwise... Read More

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Three Faces of Fascism: Action Francaise / Italian Fascism / National Socialism
Three Faces of Fascism: Action Francaise / Italian Fascism / National Socialism

by Ernst Nolte; Leila Vennewitz [trans.]

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. First American Edition (First Edition stated). Octavo (24cm); publisher's cloth in black decorative dust jacket by Rudolph de Harak retaining original price ($7.95); xi,[3],561pp. Rather extensive chipping and wear to jacket margins with small losses slightly touching text without loss... Read More

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First Aid for Boys: A Manual for Boy Scouts and for Others Interested in Prompt Help for the Injured And the Sick
First Aid for Boys: A Manual for Boy Scouts and for Others Interested in Prompt Help for the Injured And the Sick

by Norman B. Cole; Clayton H. Ernst

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1917. Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1917. First Edition with (1) on last page of text. Octavo; [xii], 196 pp. Olive cloth with black lettering and dark green / red elevated First Aid merit badge illustration. Boards worn at corners and edges with some white paint speckled down spine, but... Read More

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Bachelor--of Arts
Bachelor--of Arts

by John Erskine

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1934. Very Good +/Very Good. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1934. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50), orange topstain; 331pp. Some general edge wear and minor chips and closed tears to jacket extremities, orange jacket spine lettering a bit faded, corners gently tapped, else Very Good overall in quite a... Read More

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Historia de la Fotografia del Siglo XIX en Espana: Una revision metodologica
Historia de la Fotografia del Siglo XIX en Espana: Una revision metodologica

by Congreso Universitario sobre Fotografia Espanola

Pamplona: Gobierno de Navarra / Departamento de Educacion y Cultura, 2002. Very Good. [Pamplona?]: Gobierno de Navarra / Departamento de Educación y Cultura, [2002]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's glossy pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; 216pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light wear from handling, else Very Good and sound. Collected papers presented at a conference of the same title... Read More

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The Photographs of Edouard Baldus [Inscribed and Signed by Daniel]
The Photographs of Edouard Baldus [Inscribed and Signed by Daniel]

by [Edouard Baldus] Malcolm Daniel; Barry Bergdoll [essay]

New York / Montreal: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1994. Very Good+/Very Good. New York / Montreal: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Canadian Centre for Architecture, [1994]. First Edition. Oblong quarto; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 293pp.; half-tone photographic illus. throughout, some folding. Moderate wear to jacket margins, light dust-soil, corners nudged, else... Read More

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Sermons on Important Subjects, by the Reverend Samuel Davies, A.M., President of the College of New-Jersey. With an essay on the Life and Times of the Author, by Albert Barnes [Spine title: Davies' Sermons Vol I]
Sermons on Important Subjects, by the Reverend Samuel Davies, A.M., President of the College of New-Jersey. With an essay on the Life and Times of the Author, by Albert Barnes [Spine title: Davies' Sermons Vol I]

by Samuel Davies; Albert Barnes [essay]

New-York: Published by Dayton and Saxton, 1841. Very Good. New York: Published by Dayton and Saxton, 1841. Publisher's "Stereotype Edition, containing all the author's sermons ever published." Volume I of III only. Octavo. 497 pp. Publisher's blindstamped dark brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Light wear to edges; mild scuffing. Binding sound. Light foxing to edges of... Read More

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International Nuclear Agreements: A Quadrilingual Glossary With an Essay on U.S. Nuclear Exports and Non proliferation Policy
International Nuclear Agreements: A Quadrilingual Glossary With an Essay on U.S. Nuclear Exports and Non proliferation Policy

by Angelo Miatello; Roberto Severino; Lawrence Scheinman and Joseph Pilat [essay]

Berne: Peter Lang, 1988. Very Good. Berne: Peter Lang, 1988. First Edition. Octavo. 327 + 59pp. essay. Glossy yellow, white, and black boards. No dust jacket. Boards bumped and creased. Binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good copy. Full title of essay at rear reads, "Toward a More Reliable Supply: U.S. Nuclear Exports and Non-Proliferation Policy. ... Read More

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Platform
Platform

by Daido Moriyama; Minoru Shimizu (Essay)

Tokyo: Taka Ishi Gallery / Daiwa Radiator Factory, 2002. Near Fine. Tokyo: Taka Ishi Gallery / Daiwa Radiator Factory, 2002. Limited Edition of 1000 copies. Octavo; 173pp. Black and white photos throughout. Publisher's black cloth with silver lettering. Essay at back in both English and Japanese. Boards are sturdy and square with no significant signs of shelfwear. Ghosts... Read More

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Ellsworth Kelly: Diagonal
Ellsworth Kelly: Diagonal

by Ellsworth Kelly; Johanna Burton [essay]

New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2009. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2009. First Edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Color photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Dark gray boards stamped in black. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Binding is sound. Very slight chipping along bottom edge of text block, but overall pages clean and unmarked.... Read More

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The Man in the Crowd: The uneasy streets of Garry Winogrand
The Man in the Crowd: The uneasy streets of Garry Winogrand

by Garry Winogrand [photography]; Fran Lebowitz [intro.]; Ben Lifson [essay]

San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, 1999. Very Good+. San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallery, [1999]. First Edition. Large square quarto; publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards; 165pp.; chiefly half-tone photographic illus. Some minor wear, mostly at spine ends, else Very Good or better, internally clean and sound.

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A Good and Spacious Land / Candy
A Good and Spacious Land / Candy

by Jim Goldberg and Donovan Wylie; Pamela Franks [essay]

New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 2017. Very Good. New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 2017. First Edition. Two oblong quarto volumes; photo-illustrated bifolium with text by Franks laid in. No dust jackets as issued; housed in publisher's slipcase. A few scuffs to boards; bumping to corners; bindings sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase shows a few... Read More

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J.R.R. Tolkien Soundbook [Four cassettes and poster]
J.R.R. Tolkien Soundbook [Four cassettes and poster]

by J.R.R. Tolkien; Christopher Tolkien; W.H. Auden [essay]

New York: Caedmon, 1977. Very Good. New York: Caedmon, 1977. First Edition, cassette issue. Publisher's illustrated clamshell box with four cassettes, cassette tray case, eight page program booklet, and full color poster map from the Silmarillion. Light edgewear and creasing to box; a couple stains to booklet; else Very Good and sound. Cassettes feature readings and songs from... Read More

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Etude D'Apres Nature: 19th Century Photographs in Relation to Art. Artists' Studies, Works of Art, Portraits of Artists, Mixed Media
Etude D'Apres Nature: 19th Century Photographs in Relation to Art. Artists' Studies, Works of Art, Portraits of Artists, Mixed Media

by Ken Jacobson [catalog]; Anthony Hamber [essay]

Petches Bridge, UK: Ken & Jenny Jacobson, 1996. Very Good. Petches Bridge, UK: Ken & Jenny Jacobson, 1996. First Edition. Quarto. 192 pp. Photographs throughout. Photo-illustrated wraps. Publisher's promotional slip and price list laid in at rear. Slight curling to corners with mild edgewear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good.

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Pictures of the Times: A Century of Photography from The New York Times [William Safire's Copy, with signed letter from Galassi to Safire laid in]
Pictures of the Times: A Century of Photography from The New York Times [William Safire's Copy, with signed letter from Galassi to Safire laid in]

by Peter Galassi; Susan Kismaric; William Safire [essay]

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1996. Very Good/Near Fine. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1988. First Edition. William Safire's copy, with autograph letter signed by editor Peter Galassi to the New York Times columnist and essay contributor laid in. Quarto (10.75" x 9"); 192pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket over dark green cloth with... Read More

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The Life of Richard Owen by His Grandson, the Rev. Richard Owen [Two Volume Set]
The Life of Richard Owen by His Grandson, the Rev. Richard Owen [Two Volume Set]

by Richard Owen; C. Davies Sherborn [scientific revisions]; T.H. Huxley [essay]

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1894. Good +. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1894. First American Edition. Two volumes; octavos (21cm); publisher's maroon gilt-lettered cloth; 409, 393pp.; halftone plates throughout. Ex-Phillips Academy Library with extensive contemporary markings throughout as well as gift ex libris of William S. Wadsworth to front pastedowns, moderate shelf wear to cloth... Read More

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Mapplethorpe
Mapplethorpe

by [Robert Mapplethorpe] Arthur C. Danto [essay]

New York: Random House, 1992. Fine/Fine. New York: Random House, [1992]. First Edition stated with full RH number line. Large quarto (31.5cm); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket and matching cloth- and paper-covered slipcase; 382pp.; black and white photographic illus. throughout. Very light wear and soil to slipcase margins, else a Near Fine example.

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Purgatorio
Purgatorio

by Dante Alighieri; Salvador Dali [illus.]; Henry Francis Cary [trans.]; George Melly and Michael Prodger [essays]

London: The Folio Society, 2008. Fine. London: The Folio Society, 2008. Second printing thus. Folio; 154pp. Color plates by Salvador Dali. Green morocco spines lettered in gilt over moire boards; topstain; decorative endpapers. Housed in publisher's illustrated slipcase. Tight in binding; pages unmarked; slipcase sound; a Fine copy.

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