Carlo D'Ordonez 1734-1786. A Thematic Catalog
by BROWN, A. Peter
Detroit: Information Coordinators, 1978. First Edition. Quarto (27cm). Blue glazed boards (hardcover); 234p. Tight and unmarked with mild external rubbing and wear; Near Fine. Review copy, with publisher's slip laid in.
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Comanche. The sole survivor of all the forces in Custer's Last Stand, the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Illustrated from portraits by the author and rare old photographs
by BROWN, Barron
Missoula: Burton Publishing Company, 1935. First Edition. First printing. Presentation inscription "To Colonel Wm. W. West / Commanding 7th Cavalry," signed from a Charlie Miller (identity uncertain). Small, slim octavo (20cm); publisher's blue cloth-covered boards with pictorial brown stamping; dustjacket; 108,(4)pp. A tight, Near Fine copy in very lightly worn, Very Good or better dustwrapper; uncommon thus. ... Read More
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Theatre at the Left
by BROWN, Ben W.
Providence: Booke Shop, [1938]. First Edition. Octavo (23cm.); publisher's cloth in orange printed dust jacket; [10],105pp. Jacket spine a bit sunned, light spotting to top textblock edge, else a Fine copy. Upper jacket panel subtitle: "Stagecraft in Soviet Russia." Collection of essays by the Brown University professor on state-controlled theaters across Europe with special emphasis on those in the... Read More
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The Genius of Rome, 1592 - 1623
by BROWN, Beverly Louise, ed
[London]: Royal Academy of Arts, [2001]. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 408pp.; color illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear, light bumping at corners and minor spine lean, else Very Good or better. Exhibition catalog of works from the Baroque period in Rome.
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The Final Solution and the German Foreign Office
by BROWNING, Christopher
New York: Holmes & Meier, 1978. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; 276pp. Tight, unmarked and apparently unread copy, Fine. No dustwrapper (as issued?).
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Socialism or Empire. A Danger [...] the most serious questions presented to the American people since the abolishment of slavery is not receiving due consideratin [&c]
by BROWNE, Col. Ed. F.
[Omaha: Klopp & Bartlett, ca 1908]. Sole edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards, lettered in black on spine and front cover; 229pp. Sturdy, clean and unmarked; a Very Good copy. Anti-socialist polemic by a proponent of laissez-faire economics: "...any interference with the management of private business on the part of government is a form of despotism and there is but... Read More
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Fort Phil Kearny: an American Saga
by BROWN, Dee
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth linen spine over red cloth-covered boards (hardcover); dustjacket; map endpapers; 251pp; 4 inserted leaves of unnumbered plates; includes bibliography. Gentle rubbing to bottom board edges, else a tight, clean copy, about Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $4.95 on front flap); very slightly sunned on spine... Read More
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Moon Under
by BROWN, Edith M[ae]
New York: Exposition Press, [1946]. First Edition. Small octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in brick pictorial dust jacket; 62pp. Short closed tears along jacket extremities, spine faded; interior fine. Very Good and sound. Brown's second (and last?) book, a self-published collection of untitled poems composed during her time as a Spar pharmacist mate in the Women's Coast Guard Reserve during... Read More
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Surplus-Wages" (A New National Income)
by BROWN, Edmund Warren
[New York: American Unity League, 1942]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original blue decorative cloth stamped in gilt, unadorned spine; 158pp. Ex-library with a few contemporary markings; top edge of cloth considerably faded, textblock a bit shaken, else Very Good and sound. 8-point economic proposal to end the war-time depression without the overthrowing capitalism. Scarce, with only 4 copies in... Read More
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Last Poems. . . with a Memorial, by Theodore Tilton
by BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett
New York: James Miller, 1862. First American Edition. Octavo (17.5cm). Original brown cloth, blindstamped, titled in gilt; brown coated endpapers; [vi], [9]-242,[4]pp; three pages of publisher's ads at rear. Ownership signature of Edward Miller to flyleaf. A fresh, tight copy, spine lightly sunned and rubbed, minor discoloration to cloth, else Very Good or better. The first London edition does... Read More
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Poems Before Congress
by BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett
London: Chapman and Hall, 1860. First Edition. Second impression, with the space after "different" on p.25. Octavo (20cm). Original red cloth, stamped in blind and titled in gilt; brown coated endpapers; viii, [2], 65, [3], 32pp; page listing Browning's works at rear, followed by 32-page publisher's catalogue dated February 1860. Straight and tight, spine darkened, spots of foxing to... Read More
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Nursing as a Profession
by BROWN, Esther Lucile
New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1940. Second printing. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; 157pp. Ink stamp to bottom edge of text block, else Near Fine, in original unprinted glassine.
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The Screaming Mimi
by BROWN, Fredric
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1949. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; yellow paper-covered boards, with titling and publisher's logo stamped in black to spine and front cover; dustjacket; 248, [8]pp. Slight forward lean, mild rubbing to extremities, with faint foxing and dustiness to upper edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), flap edges trimmed 1cm... Read More
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The Freakshow Murders [Signed, Limited]
by BROWN, Fredric
Berlen, NM: Dennis McMillan, 1985. First, Limited Edition. First Printing. Signed by Richard Lupoff, Ltd. #23 of 350 Octavo (19cm.); brown cloth stamped in gilt on cover and spine; dustjacket; illustrated endpapers; 206pp. A hint of foxing to top textblock only, still a Fine copy in an illustrated wrap around dustjacket, also Fine. Fredric Brown Pulp Detective Series,... Read More
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Angels and Spaceships
by BROWN, Fredric
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1954. First Edition. First Printing. Ovtavo 19.5cm.; blue cloth stamped in yellow on cover and spine; dustjcket; 224pp. Very Good or better with rubbing to bottom of boards and spine tips; slightly bowed; Jacket is unclipped (priced $2.75); some edgewear and rubbing with a few nicks at crown with neat tape repair to... Read More
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Before She Kills [Signed, Limited]
by BROWN, Fredric
San Diego: Dennis McMillan, 1984. First, Limited Edition. First Printing. Signed by William F. Nolan, Ltd. #166 of 350 Octavo (19cm.); red cloth stamped in gilt on cover and spine; dustjacket; illustrated endpapers; 197pp. A Fine copy in an illustrated wrap around dustjacket, also Fine. 2nd volume in Dennis McMillan’s, The Fredric Brown Pulp Detective Series.
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The Freakshow Murders [Signed, Limited]
by BROWN, Fredric
Berlen, NM: Dennis McMillan, 1985. First, Limited Edition. First Printing. Signed by Richard Lupoff, Ltd. #325 of 350 Octavo (19cm.); brown cloth stamped in gilt on cover and spine; dustjacket; illustrated endpapers; 206pp. A Fine copy in an illustrated wrap around dustjacket, also Fine. Fredric Brown Pulp Detective Series, Vol. 5: Set in the shadowy confines of a... Read More
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Space on my Hands [Signed copy]
by BROWN, Fredric
Chicago: Shasta, 1951. First Edition. First Printing. Signed on ffep; Octavo (19.5cm.); brown boards embossed in black on cover and spine; dustjacket; 224pp. Staining to ffep and a small bit on half-title; VG+ or better; unclipped (priced $2.50) dustjacket; tiny corner bend to rear DJ flap- Fine. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-169.
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The Murderers
by BROWN, Fredric
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1961. First Edition. Duodecimo (19.5cm.); pink boards stamped in black on spine; 185pp. Dustjacket; light rubbing to rear cover; spine ends gently pushed, else a Fine copy; unclipped (priced $2.95) light edgewear including short tears and a few chips at crown. Very Good+.
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Knock Three - One - Two
by BROWN, Fredric
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1959. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); black paper-covered boards with titles stamped on spine; dustjacket; 190pp. Light wear to boards; Near Fine; dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.95); former owner's initials written small on front DJ flap; toning and few spots to verso only of jacket; light edgewear including a short closed tear... Read More
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Here Comes a Candle [Oswald Train's copy]
by BROWN, Fredric
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1950. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm.); black boards stamped in silver on cover and spine; dustjacket; 256pp. Bookplate of Oswald Train, founder of the science fiction publishing company Prime Press, inside front cover. Boards lightly rubbed along bottom edge; faint foxing to top edge; small stain to bottom corner of last 10... Read More
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The Late Lamented
by BROWN, Fredric
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1959. First Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's brown cloth boards titled in white to spine. Dustjacket. 192pp. Light wear to extremities of cloth, in a bright, clean example of the dustjacket with traces of a removed label to the base of the spine panel, and a trace of red ink to the inside front... Read More
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The Office
by BROWN, Fredric
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1958. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); tan boards stamped in maroon on cover and spine; dustjacket; 246pp. Spine ends gently nudged; light pencil marks to ffep, else a Fine copy; dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50); short tear at tail of front flap; faint spot on front panel & verso; Very Good+.
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Social Origins of Depression: A Study of Psychiatric Disorder in Women
by BROWN, George W. and Tirril Harris
New York: Free Press, [1978]. First Edition. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xi,[1],399pp.; graphs in text. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, else Near Fine.
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The End of a Decade
by BROWN, Harry
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1940. First Edition. Sliim octavo; original buff paper-covered boards (hardcover); printed dustjacket, [28]pp. Mild sunning to jacket spine, a bit of soil to jacket panels, else a clean, tigh, unmarked copy, Near Fine. Second volume in Laughlin's "Poet of the Month" series, which debuted such poets as John Berryman, Dudley Fitts, and Kenneth Patchen. ... Read More
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