View: "Through the Eyes of Poets" -- Vol. I, Nos. 9-10
by Charles Henri Ford and Parker Tyler, Eds
New York: Charles Henri Ford/View, 1942. Magazines. Near Fine. Vol, I, Nos. 9-10, of this impressive New York-based (and highly influential) art magazine, published and edited by the formidable Charles Henri Ford. Folio, magazine-formatted in its pictorial wrappers. This copy crisp and Near Fine. Contributions by Joseph Cornell, Parker Tyler, Leonora Carrington, et al.
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A Roundabout Turn (The Publisher's Mock-Up)
by Robert H. Charles
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1930. Cloth. Very Good +. L. Leslie Brooke. The scarce publisher's mock-up of this charming 1930 children's tale about the adventures of a frog who wanted to see the world. Solid and VG+ in its orange, pictorial cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Light, innocuous foxing thruout, otherwise very... Read More
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The Sanchez Navarros: A Socio-Economic Study of a Coahuilan Latifundio 1846-1853
by Charles H. Harris, III
Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1964. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR CHARLES H. HARRIS, III on the title page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1964 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine, with bright gilt-letttering along the front panel and spine. Octavo, 127 pgs. Signed by Author.
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The Plains Rifle
by Charles E. Hanson, Jr.
Harrisburg, PA: The Stackpole Company, 1960. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very solid copy of the 1960 1st trade edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny chip and one small closed tear along the front panel's lower-edge. Generously illustrated throughout.
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The Gerntleman's Companion -- Complete in 2 Vols. and Slip[case)
by Charles H. Baker, Jr.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1946. Cloth. Very Good. The 1946 1st trade edition, in 2 volumes and the publisher's slipcase, following the 1939 Derrydale limited edition. Both volumes solid and VG in their russet cloth, with their usual fading along the spines. Internally, clean and sharp, with no writing or markings to speak of. Uniform octavos, 436 pgs.... Read More
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A Discourse on the Vice of Gambling, Delivered, by appointment, to the Anti-Gambling Society of Transylvania University, November 2nd and 3rd, 1835
by Charles Caldwell, M.D.
Lexington, KY: The Anti-Gambling Society of Transylvania University, 1835. Original wraps. Very Good -. A very uncommon piece of anti-gambling literature, in its 1835 original printing. Issued by the Anti-Gambling Society of Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, this slim "discourse" is one of the earliest to appraoch the problem of gambling as a medical condition. The wrappered 1st... Read More
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Case Reports (American Board of Plastic Surgery)
by Charles B. Dunaif, M.D.
New York: Self-published, 1967. Leather bound. Near Fine. Wonderful late 1960s collection of case reports presented to the American Board of Plastic Surgery by New York doctor Charles B. Dunaif, who, in offering his in-depth analysis of the specific procedures here laid-out, was applying for state and board certification. 12 separate cases profiled, each accompanied by multiple graphic,... Read More
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History of Wallingford, Conn., from Its Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, Which Was One of Its Parishes until 1806, and Cheshire, Which Was Incorporated in 1780
by Charles Henry Stanley Davis, M.D.
Meriden, Conn: Self-published, 1870. 3/4 leather. Very Good +. The 1870 deluxe edition, bound in 3/4 dark leather over dark pebelled boards. 4 raised bands, bright gilt-titling, design and bordering along the spine. Very light scuffing to the boards, light, innocuous soiling along the preliminary edges. Thick octavo, matching marbled edges and endpapers. A number of engraved portraits... Read More
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Pascal Pinaud: Transpainting
by Eric De Chassey
Geneva: Musee d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCO), 2003. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, bright copy of the catalogue from the 2003 exhibition at MAMCO, Geneva. Clean and Near Fine (with very light rubbing to the rear panel) in its pictorial wrappers. Quarto, high-quality color plates thruout.
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The Morality of Things: A Talk by Bruce Chatwin
by Bruce Chatwin
Typographeum, 1993. Cloth. Fine. Lovely 1993 printing of this talk delivered by Bruce Chatwin on June 12th, 1973 in London before a Charity Art Auction. Clean and Fine in its dark cloth, with immaculate paper spine label. Octavo, only 175 copies issued.
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The Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin
New York: Viking, 1987. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. SIGNED BY BRUCE CHATWIN on the title page. A pristine copy to boot of the 1987 stated 1st American edition. Tight and Fine in a bright, price-intact, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 293 pgs. Signed by Author.
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May Day at Yale, 1970: Recollections -- The Trial of Boby Seale and the Black Panthers
by Henry "Sam" Chauncey
Westport, CT: Prospecta Press, 2015. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR "SAM" CHAUNCEY on the half-title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 2015 1st edition of this fascinating look back at the infamous 1970 May Day rally in New Haven and the sdimultaneous trial of Bobbly Seale, also in New Haven. The narrative... Read More
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The Goddess: A Screenplay
by Paddy Chayefsky
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1958. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. A sharp copy of the 1958 stated 1st printing. Tight and VG (light spotting at the panels) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light creasing along the rear panel's top-edge and mild fading at the spine. Octavo, 167 pgs.
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Welch's Grape Juice: From Corporation to Co-operative
by William Chazanoff
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1977. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1977 stated 1st edition. Detailed, scholarly history of the founding and growth of Welch's Grape Juice. VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket. Thick octavo, 407 pgs.
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A Nursery Garland
by Kitty Cheatham
New York: G. Schirmer, 1917. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A pretty copy of the 1917 1st edition. Bright and clean and VG+ in its colorful pictorial boards. Quarto, 174 pgs. Wonderfully illustrated--in color and line-drawn black and white--by Graham Robertson.
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Kant, Art, and Art History
by Mark A. Cheetham
Cambridge University Press, 2001. Cloth. Fine/Fine. An As New copy of the 2001 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket.
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Art and the Machine: An Account of Industrial Design in 20th-Century America
by Sheldon Cheney and Martha Candler Cheney
New York: Whittlesey House, 1936. Cloth. Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1936 stated 2nd printing of this major examination of 20th century Industrial Design in America. Clean and Near Fine in its dark boards, with bright, unrubbed titling at the front panel and spine. Thick octavo, generous black-and-white photographs throughout.
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Art and the Machine: An Account of Industrial Design in 20th-Century America
by Sheldon Cheney and Martha Candler Cheney
New York: Whittlesey House (McGraw-Hill), 1936. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. A sharp, very presentable copy of the 1936 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its dark cloth, with bright, unrubbed silver-titling along the front panel and spine. Very light blotching at the rear panel, otherwise clean as could be. Internally, free of any markings or writing as... Read More
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The Construction of Architectural and Machine Forms
by Iakov Tchernikov (aka Yakov Chernikov)
Leningrad: Leningrad Society of Architects, 1931. Gut. Very Good +. By pionering Russian Modernist architect Iakov Tchernikov (aka Yakov Chernikov). Also featuring an Introduction to Russian Constructivism by Erikh Fedorovich Gollerbakh. Published by Leningrad Society of Architects, 278 graphic text illustrations (many of them woodcuts), 44 full-page plates by Chernikov printed by letterpress. Solid, tight and VG+ in... Read More
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A Paris Vers 1900
by Louis Cheronnet
Paris: Editions Des Chroniques Du Jour, 1932. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1932 1st edition, WARMLY INSCRIBED BY LOUIS CHERONNET on the half-title. VG- in its original pictorial wrappers (with one light split at the lower-half of the spine) and in a VG- example (with light chipping along the spine) of the uncommon glassine dustjacket. Tall... Read More
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The Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829 -- With a View of the Present State of Affairs in the East
by Francis Rawdon Chesney
New York: Redfield, 1854. Cloth. Very Good. The 1854 1st edition, including its 2 large fold-out maps ("Seat of the Russo-Turkish Campaigns in European Turkey in 1828-1829" and "Seat of the Russo-Turkish Asiatic Campaigns of 1828-1829"). Solid and VG in its dark-green cloth, with lightly-rubbed gilt-titling and insignia at the spine. Mild scuffing and spotting to the panels,... Read More
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The Adventures of Stanley Kane
by Stanley J. Goldberg & Victoria Chess
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Pictorial cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Victoria Chess. WONDERFULLY INSCRIBED BY STAN GOLDBERG (IN AN ELABORATE, MULTI-COLORED, FULL-PAGE MAZE) on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1973 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with a touch of light waviness along... Read More
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London Marriage Licenses, 1529-1869
by Col. Chester
London: Bernard Quaritch, Ltd, 1887. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A tight, solid copy of the 1889 1st edition. VG in its marbled brown cloth, with gilt-lettered leather spine label. Light foxing at the preliminaries, otherwise very clean. Thick quarto, 1,595 pgs., top-edge gilt.
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George Joye 1495?-1553: A Chapter in the History of the English Bible and the English Reformation
by Charles C. Butterworth and Allan G. Chester
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1962. Cloth. Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, ALLAN G. CHESTER, on the half-title. A lovely copy to boot of the 1962 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket.
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Un Sargento LLamado Batista ("A Sergeant Named Batista")
by Edmund A. Chester
Havana: Arocha, 1954. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY FULGENCIO BATISTA (former President of Cuba {1940-44, 1955-59}) on the front free endpaper. A solid copy to boot of the 1954 1st Cuban edition (following the original American publication). Tight and VG (with light staining at the rear panel's lower corner) in a bright, VG dustjacket, with... Read More
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