My Seven Chess Prodigies (Review Copy)
by John W. Collins
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1974. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, all-but-pristine copy of the 1974 1st edition (with the correct 1-10 number bar at the copyright page). A Review Copy to boot, with the Simon and Schuster Review Slip laid-in. Clean and Fine in a bright, price-intact ($8.95), Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, with a Foreword by the... Read More
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The Continental Congress at Princeton
by Varnum Lansing Collins
The Princeton University Library, 1908. Cloth. Very Good +. A very solid copy of the 1908 1st edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine, with just a touch of light scuffing and staining at the front panel. Octavo, handsome frontispiece portrait of "General Washington, engraved by Sidney L. Smith
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Deceptive Conceptions in Magic
by Stanley Collins
London: The London Magical Company, 1925. Pictorial boards. Very Good. A solid, well-preserved copy of the fragile 1st edition, circa 1925. Tight and VG in its pictorial boards, with a strong binding (printed original spine completely intact) and relatively clean covers (with just a bit of light soiling). 12mo, wonderful ads from magic book publishers (Esante and Goldston)... Read More
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Andy Warhol's "Folk and Funk
by Curated by Sandra Brant and Elissa Collman
New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1977. Card Wrappers. Near Fine. A sharp example of the catalogue based on the September-November 1977 exhibition at New York's Museum of American Folk Art. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, dark pictorial wrappers. Octavo, the exhibition designed by David Whitney.
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Luoghi Del Consumo Culturale: Progetti Per "Gli Angeli"/Galleria Regina Margherita Roma
by Curated by Ugo Colombari
Rome: A.A.M. Architettura Arte Moderna/Edizioni Kappa, 1991. Original wraps. Near Fine. The 1991 catalogue based on the exhibition at Rome's Galleria Regina Margherita. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Tall quarto, 75 pgs.
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Trinity College and Trinity Hospital: A Historical Sketch (2 Vols.)
by James Colston
Magistrates and Town Council of Edinburgh, 1896. 1st. Half-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. The 1896 1st edition, complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes solid and VG- or better in their half-leather over gilt-decorated boards. Some chipping and wear along the spines --especially at the foot of Vol. II. Still though, firm and presentable and, internally, very clean, with only... Read More
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Bread-and-Butter Indian
by Anne Colver
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964. Pictorial boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. Garth Williams. A solid copy of the 1964 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (light offsetting at the endsheets) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with very light creasing along the edges and just a touch of mild wear at the tips. Illustrated by... Read More
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Jason and the Princess
by Kathleen Colville
London: Chatto & Windus, 1926. Pictorial boards. Very Good/Very Good. Albert Rutherston. The uncommon 1926 1st edition of this charming children's tale published out of London. Tight and VG (pronounced foxing to the preliminaries) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light offsetting at the panels, pronounced foxing along the flaps and light chipping and wear at the... Read More
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The English Dance of Death (2 Vols.) + The English Dance of Life
by William Combe
London: J. Diggens (R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts), 1815. 1st. Full-Leather. Collectible; Fine. The 1st edition in book form, 1815-1817. ("Indispensable to any Rowlandson collection, one of the essential pivots of any colour plate library, being one of the main works of Rowlandson." -Tooley, pgs. 410-411; Abbey Life, pgs. 263-264.) Together 3 volumes. Illustrated with a total of... Read More
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Pilgrim's Terrace: Poems American West Indian
by Tram Combs
San German, Puerto Rico: Editorial La Nueva Salamanca, 1957. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY TRAM COMBS on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1957 1st edition. Clean and VG+ in its original cream wrapers. And in a bright, VG dustjacket, with very light creasing along the panel edges. Octavo, 86 pgs.... Read More
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Saint Thomas: Poems
by Tram Combs
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1966. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY TRAM COMBS on the front free endpaper. A sharp copy to boot of the 1966 stated 2nd printing. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with a light trace of soiling along the panel edges. Octavo, 83 pgs. Signed by Author.
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The John Keats Memorial Volume
by Keats House Committee
The Bodley Head, London, 1921. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. Issued by the Keats House Committee in Hempstead, this volume is a tribute to and a study of Keats on the centenary of his death. Published in 1921, this is a bright, VG+ copy IN ITS RARE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET, which is also well-preserved and VG+ with just a touch... Read More
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The Catalogue of International Cigarette Cards
by Compiled by the London Cigarette Card Company
Exeter, England: Webb & Bower, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1982 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, crisp color and black-and-white plates thruout.
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A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of John Scranton of Guilford, Conn., Who Did in the Year 1671
by Compiled by Rev. Erastus Scranton, A.M.
Hartford, CT: Press of Case, Tiffany and Company, 1855. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. The uncommon 1855 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in its chocolate-brown boards, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and decorative blindstamping bordering the panels. Very light chipping at the spine crown, mild streaking and spotting to the panels. Octavo, neat name at the... Read More
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A Sketchbook of American Chess Problematists (in 2 Vols. + Slipcase)
by Compiled by Alain White, Edgar Allen and Burney Marshall
Stamford, CT: The Overbrook Press, 1942. Cloth. Fine. A very sharp example of the 1942 1st edition, limited to 250 copies. Complete in its 2 volumes and the publisher's printed slipcase (but lacking the glassine dustjackets). Both volumes tight and Fine and internally immaculate, with no writing or markings of any kind. Same with the slipcase, which is... Read More
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Kiss, Screw, Pleasure and Sex (Photo-Illustrated)
by Compiled, Edited by William Teach (Bill Blackbeard)
San Diego: Greenleaf Classics, 1969. Original wraps. Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1969 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. 12mo, 189 pgs., " a photo-illustrated Greenleaf classic". Written pseudonymously by Bill Blackbeard, the founder/director of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art.
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Baseball: A Comprehensive Bibliography
by Compiled by Myron J.Smith, Jr.
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Co, 1986. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine. A clean, tight copy of the 1986 1st edition. Near Fine in its original green cloth. Thick octavo, 915 pgs.
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Bibliografia de la Mujer Cubana
by Compiled by Tomas Fernandez et al.
Biblioteca Nacional Jose Marti, 1985. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good. A solid copy of the April 1985 1st edition of this attempt to bibliographically collect the writings of Cuban women.. Clean and VG in its pictorial wrappers, with light offsetting along the front panel's top-edge and light fading to the spine. Octavo, 210 pgs.
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Darkness and Day
by Ivy Compton-Burnett
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Poor. The 1951 stated 1st American edition. Solid and VG (with crisp gilt-lettering along the spine) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with mild chipping at the panel edges and spine ends. Octavo, 298 pgs.
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The Broken G: Entertainment with Deepdene Kennerly & Cloister Initials
by Concept by Phillip Gallo, Design by Dean Lindblad
St Paul, MN: Truck Press, 1978. A lovely copy of the 1978 1st edition, limited to 70 copies, each signed by Philip Gallo and each "printed on Arches and printed and bound by hand at the Hermetic Press in Miineapolis". Tight and Fine in its cloth-backed mocha boards. Square 16mo, wonderful letterpress alphabet designs.
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Landscape Gardening in Japan AND Supplement to Landscape Gardening in Japan (2 Vols.)
by Josiah Conder
Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan: The Shuyeisha and Kelly and Walsh, Limited. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +. K. Ogawa. A handsome example of this lavish 2 volume set on late 19th/early 20th century landscape gardening in Japan. Vol. I ("Landscape Gardening....") is the 1912 second and revised edition and Vol. II ("Supplenent....") is the 1893 1st edition. Vol. I... Read More
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Julio Ruelas
by Teresa Del Conde
Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico, 1976. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. Impressive monograph on Mexican artist Julio Ruelas. 1976 stated "primera edicion". Solid and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with light rubbing to the front panel and very light soiling at the rear panel. Octavo, 115 pgs., limited to 2,000 copies. Clear, high-qualty plates thruout,... Read More
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La Logique, Ou Les Premiers Developpemens De L'Art De Penser
by Condillac
Paris: M. Guillaume, 1807. 1st. Collectible; Very Good. 1807 1st edition, in its original 1/4 morocco over decorative boards. Solid and VG, with bright gilt-decoration along spine. Very light wear at the panels and light offsetting to the endpapers. 16mo, 190 pgs.
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Portraits Lost in Space
by George Condo
New York: PaceWildenstein Gallery, 1999. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. A pristine copy of the 1999 1st edition. Clean and Fine in its colorful pictorial wrappers. Quarto, precedes George Condo's "Jazz Paintings" exhibition (December 1999-January 2000) at New York's PaceWildenstein Gallery.
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Magazine Three
by Edited by Kirby Congdon
New York: Interim Books, 1966. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. A handsome copy of this 1966 staple-bound Mimeo issued out of New York and edited by Kirby Congdon. Bright and VG+ in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of very faint soiling to the panels.
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