Moon Trip: True Adventure in Space
by William Nephew & Michael Chester
New York: G.P. Putnam, 1958. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, clean copy of the 1958 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 63 pgs. St.
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Vixens on Vacation
by Johnny Cheval
Los Angeles: Lucian Press (Fantasy House Publication), 1960. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good. Uncommon bondage digest, c. 1960. Part of Fantasy House's wonderful "Photo-Fiction" series. Crisp and VG+ in its stapled, pictorial wrappers, with very light soiling and streaking to the panels. Octavo, suggestive black-and-white photos throughout.
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Michael Kenna Photographs (Inscribed to Andre Kertesz)
by Introduction by Jean-Francois Chevrier
San Francisco and Carmel, CA: Stephen Wirtz Gallery and Weston Gallery, 1984. Original wraps. Near Fine. A wonderful Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MICHAEL KENNA TO ANDRE KERTESZ ("for Andre Kertesz with very best wishes from a long time admirer! Michael Kenna May 1984") on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1984 catalogue,... Read More
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Pinpoint the Bomber
by Francis Chichester
London: George Allen Unwin, 1942. Cloth. Very Good. The 1942 1st edition. Both fold-out maps (one at the frontispiece, the other inserted at the rear) present and bright. Solid and VG- to VG in its green cloth, with light foxing at the pastedowns and the rear endsheet. Folio, lacking its original dustjacket.
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Mastering the Art of French Cooking (in 2 Vols. -- Both Volumes True 1st Editions, Vol. II Signed)
by Simone Beck and Julia Child
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. Paul Child. The 1961 AND the 1970 stated 1st editions. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR SIMONE BECK along the half-title of Vol. II. Both volumes clean, tight and Near Fine in bright, price-intact ($10.00 and $12.50 respectively), very sharp examples of the 1st issue dustjackets, with mild... Read More
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Elogio del Horizonte: Una Obra de Eduardo Chillida/ The Eulogy of the Horizon: A Work by Eduardo Chillida
by Eduardo Chillida
Oviedo, Spain: Progreso Editorial, 1990. Boards. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY EDUARDO CHILLIDA TO RENOWNED COLLECTOR --AND AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO SPAIN (1993-1997)-- RICHARD GARDNER on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1990 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its laminate boards. And in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a hint of... Read More
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The Shores of Kansas
by Robert Chilson
London: Robert Hale, 1977. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. A tight copy of this uncommon 1977 science fiction title out of London. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light rubbing at the front panel and soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 220 pgs.
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The Griot Speaks: Stories and Folktales from the Black World
by Chinwe Mary Harden-Umolu, PhD
Medgar Evers College Press, 1979. Decorative Wrappers. Very Good +. The 1979 1st edition of this uncommon collection of stories and folktales from the "Black World". INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR MARY UMOLU on the title page. A clean, crisp copy. Solid and VG+ in its stapled, patterned wrappers, with a touch of light abrading along the front panel's... Read More
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Nuno De Guzman and the Province of Panuco in New Spain 1518-1533
by Donald E. Chipman
Glendale, CA: The Arthur . Clark Company, 1967. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1967 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine example of the plain brown dustjacket. Octavo, 322 pgs. Vol. X in Arthur Clark's "Spain in the West" series.... Read More
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The Four Masterworks of the Ming Novel
by Andrew H. Plaks and Ssu ta ch'i-shu
Princeton University Press, 1987. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A crisp, very solid copy of the 1987 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Thivk octavo, 595 pgs.
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New Horizons in the Study of Language and Mind
by Noam Chomsky
Cambridge University Press, 2000. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A pristine copy of the 2000 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, Foreword by Neil Smith.
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Signs: 1949-56
by Henri Chopin
London: Ruby Editions, 1975. Original wraps. Near Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the 1975 edition, piublished out of London and limited to 360 copies. Clean and Near Fine in its decorative wrappers. Actual words-on-page as opposed to Chopin's more well-known typewriter-poems.
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My African Journey
by The Rt. Hon. Winston Chrchill
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1908. Cloth. Good. The much less common 1908 1st American edition. Solid and G+ in its russet cloth, with still-bright gilt-lettering along the spine. A degree of staining at the panels --and at the rear pastedown and endsheet. Still though, a presentable copy and "with Sixty-One Illustrations from Photographs by the Author... Read More
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Eliel Saarinen
by Albert Christ-Janer
University of Chicago, 1948. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1948 signed/limited. #20 (OF AN UNIDENTIFIED NUMBER) SIGNED BY BOTH ELIEL SAARINEN AND THE AUTHOR ALBERT CHRIST-JANER at the limitation. ADDITIONALLY, INSCRIBED BY ALBERT CHRIST-JANER on the front free endpaper. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with just... Read More
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The Japanese Box: Facsimile Reprint of Six Rare Photographic Publications of the Provoke Era
by Christoph Schifferli, Ed
Paris (Gottingen, Germany): Edition 7L (Steidl Publishers), 2001. Box. Near Fine. The 2001 limited edition, #605 of 1,500 copies published. Clean and Near Fine in its striking black lacquered box, with the 6 facsimile re-issues within --all in lovely condition-- of the "rare photographic publications of the Provoke era". From the Introductory essay: "'The Japanese Box' presents six... Read More
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The Accordion-Fold Book for THE UMBRELLAS (Japan and U.S.A.)
by Christo
San Francisco: Bedford Arts Publishers, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine. #62 OF 400 COPIES SIGNED BY CHRISTO at the rear AND ALSO INCLUDING ACTUAL TIPPED-IN YELLOW AND BLUE SWATCHES FROM "THE UMBRELLAS" PROJECT. An immaculate copy to boot of this 1991 folio. Tight and Fine in its pictorial boards. Also includes a Near Fine example of the printed brown... Read More
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Christo: The Umbrellas (Joint Propject for Japan and USA)
by Masahiko Yanagi (Christo)
Belgium: Guy Pieters Gallery, 1989. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. SIGNED BOLDLY BY CHRISTO on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the catalogue based on the June-July 1989 exhibition held at Belgium's Guy Pieters Gallery. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Text by Masahiko Yanagi, picture commentary by Susan Astwood, photographs by Wolfgang... Read More
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Christo: Running Fence (The Signed/Limited Edition)
by Chronicle by Calvin Tomkins, Narrative Text by David Bourdon
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1977. Cloth. Fine. A very sharp, all-but-pristine copy of the 1977 signed/limited edition. #425 OF 2,159 COPIES SIGNED BY CHRISTO at the limitation. Also, as called for, a tipped-in piece of the white nylon constituting part of the original fence appears between pgs. 68-69. The content is clean as could be, the boards... Read More
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A History of the English Speaking Peoples (Vol. II: The New World)
by Winston S. Churchill
New York: Diodd, Mead, 1956. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1956 stated 1st American edition of Vol. II (only) of Churchill's sweeping 4-volume history of the Emglish-speaking people. Solid and VG (slight bowing to the boards, mild mustiness) in a crisp, price-intact ($6.00), VG dustjacket, with light spotting at the panels and along the... Read More
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The Second World War (Complete in 6 Vols.)
by Winston Churtchill
London: Cassell & Co, 1954. 1/2 leather. Near Fine. The 1st British edition, 1948-1954, complete in 6 volumes and bound in a lovely, period 1/2 navy-blue morocco over blue marbled boards. Each volume clean and Near Fine, with raised bands, bright gilt-titling and intricate tooling (armorial lions) within the compartments. Uniform octavos, all edges gilt. A bit of... Read More
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Sam's Bar
by Donald Bathelme & Seymour Chwast
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1987. Boards. Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED BY SEYMOUR CHWAST on the half-title AND ALSO INCLUDES A DRAWING OF A BOX IN HIS HAND --WITH AN INSCRIPTION INSIDE. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1987 stated 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, Chwast's wonderful illustrations throughout, complementing... Read More
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Sara's Granny and the Groodle
by Joan Gill (Seymour Chwast)
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co, 1969. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good +. Seymour Chwast. A sharp, well-preserved copy of the uncommon 1969 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light fading along the spine and mild spotting to the front panel and along the front flap-fold. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated throughout in... Read More
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Bacterial Physiology
by C.H. Werkman and P.W. Wilson, eds
New York: Academic Press, 1951. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A tight, solid copy of the 1951 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light rubbing along the panels. Thick octavo, 707 pgs.
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Tapies: Witness of Silence
by Alexandre Cirici
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1972. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1972 1st American edition. Solid and VG+ in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with very light fraying at the spine crown. Also includes publisher's additional printed glassine dustjacket, which shows light chipping along the top-edge. Square quarto, 372 pgs.
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Football's Unforgettable Games
by Harold Claassen
New York: The Ronald Press Company, 1963. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A gorgeous copy of the 1963 1st edition. Tight and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of light fading along the spine. Octavo, crisp black-and-white photos throughout. Truly a collector's copy, in unusually fine condition.
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