Early Muslim Architecture: Umayyads A.D. 622-750 (2 Vols.)
by K.A.C. Creswell
Oxford University Press, 1969. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A very solid, well-preserved copy of the 1969 stated 2nd edition of this remarkable undertaking by Oxford University Press. In 2 massive elephant folios. Both volumes tight, clean and VG in their light-green cloth, with bright gilt-lettering at their front panels and spines. And both volumes in very respectable... Read More
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A Childhood: The Biography of a Place
by Harry Crews
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. The 1978 correct 1st edition (with the proper number line following suit). Solid and VG (very light offsetting at the endsheets, a touch of soiling to the front panel) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with notable creasing along the flap-folds, a touch of wear at the spine... Read More
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Life Itself: Its Origin and Nature
by Francis Crick
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good +/Near Fine. A nice Association copy: INSCRIBED BY FRANCIS CRICK TO AUTHOR JEAN STEIN ("Edie {Sedgwick}: An American Biography") on the front free endpaper. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 true 1st edition. Tight and VG+ (with just a touch of editorial ink by Jean Stein... Read More
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Theory of Atomic Nucleus and Nuclear Energy-Sources
by George Gamow and C.L. Critchfield
London: Oxford University Press, 1949. Cloth. Very Good +. A solid copy of the 1949 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its dark blue-green Oxford cloth, with light offsetting and spotting at the endsheets and the pastedowns. Octavo, co-authored by the great Soviet-American theoretical physicist George Gamow (1904-1968).
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Syndicate Sex
by Mitchell Criterion
New York: Cameo Editions (Midwood), 1970. Pictorial wrappers. Very Good +. Uncommon 1970 sleaze, published out of New York. Crisp and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Pocket-sized, Midwood M-195-19. "Another sizzling expose of the underworld from writer/reporter Mitchell Criterion
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Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book
by Betty Crocker
New York and Minneapolis: McGraw-Hill and General Mills, 1950. Decorative Boards. Very Good/Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1950 1st edition, 5th printing, in an especially bright dustjacket. Solid and VG (former owner bookplate at the front free endpaper, light bleeding along the title page) in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of... Read More
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A Few Gypsies
by Rupert Croft-Cooke
London: Putnam, 1955. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. The 1955 1st edition. Solid and VG (with light offsetting and foxing at the free endpapers) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with very light chipping at the panel edges and light siling to the rear panel. Octavo, 240 pgs.
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The Rain-Cloud Pony
by Anne Eliot Crompton
New York: Holiday House, 1977. Pictorial cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Paul Frame. A solid, sharp copy of the 1977 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, VG dustjacket, with very mild wear along the spine ends and offsetting to the rear panel's upper half. Octavo, illustrated by Paul Frame.
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Lucretia Mott: The Story of One of America's Greatest Women (In Dustjacket)
by Otelia Cromwell
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1958. Patterned Boards. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1958 1st edition of this biography of renowned abolitionist and women's rights activist Lucretia Mott (1793-1880). Tight and VG+ (light offsetting along the top-edges) in a bright, VG example of the uncommon pictorial dusdtjacket, with light chipping and creasing along the top-edges, and mild soiling... Read More
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Graven Images
by Caresse Crosby
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1926. 1st. Three-Quarter Leather. Collectible; Very Good. 1926 1st edition, bound in handsome 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards. Raised bands, bright gilt-lettering to spine, top-edge gilt. A tight, VG- copy, missing flyleaf, otherwise clean and well-preserved. 12mo, 102 pgs. Caresse Crosby's 2nd book of poetry.
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Steamboat up the Colorado
by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives (Edited by Alexander Crosby)
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1965. Pictorial cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Lorence Bjorklund. SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR LORENCE BJORKLUND on the title page. A tight, all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1965 stated 1st edition. Solid and Near Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated in line-drawing throughout by Lorence Bjorklund. (Continuing from... Read More
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Fencing with the Electric Foil
by Roger Crosnier
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1961. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very presentable copy of the 1961 1st American edition. Solid and Near Fine (small, tasteful bookplate at the front pastedown) in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket, with very light wear at the tips and along the spine crown. Octavo, 93 pgs.
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A Curiosity for the Curious
by Helen Reedwer Cross
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1978. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1978 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with light scuffing at the rear panel. Oblong octavo, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Margot Tomes.
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Supersonic Aircraft: The Incredible Story of Flight Beyond the Sound Barrier
by Roy Cross
New York: Hanover House. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A crisp, clean copy of the 1st US edition (published simultaneously with the Macdonald UK edition). Tight and VG+ in a bright, price-intact, VG+ pictorial dustjacket. Oblong, 12mo, 63 pgs.
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Proclamations of His Excellency Wilbur L. Cross (The Signed/Limited Edition)
by Wilbur L. Cross
Hartford, CT: Prospect Press, 1937. Boards. Near Fine. The 1937 signed/limited edition. #14 "OF A SPECIAL EDITION OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE COPIES OF THIS BOOK WHICH HAS BEEN PRINTED ON AN ALL RAG BOOK PAPER AND BOUND IN OAK". Clean and Near Fine in its red, leather-backed spine, which includes bright gilt-titling and 4 raised bands. Quarto,... Read More
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R. Crumb Sketch Book -- 1966-'67 (Including the Publisher's Laid-In Booklet)
by R. Crumb
Frankfurt: Zweitausendeins, 1981. Pictorial cloth. Very Good +. R. Crumb. SIGNED AND DATED BY R. CRUMB on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1981 stated 1st edition (1. Auflage). Clean and VG+ to Near Fine in its pictorial cloth, with very light fading and scuffing along the spine. Copyright text in both German... Read More
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The Complete Crumb Comics (Vols. 1-14)
by R. Crumb
Westlake Village, CA: Fantagraphics Books, 2000. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. R. Crumb. The first 14 volumes of The Complete Crumb Comics. All 14 in crisp, near-pristine to pristine condition. Vols. 1-9 2nd paperback printings, Vols. 10-14 1st 1st paperback printings. Uniform quartos. Vol 1: The Early Years of Bitter Struggle; Vol. 2: Some More Early Years of Bitter Struggle;... Read More
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LP Record Nicely Inscribed by EE Cummings on the Sleeve to a Close Friend (Richard Hoffmann)
by EE Cummings
New York: Caedmon Publishers, 1953. Record. Near Fine. The 1953 1st pressing of this Caedmon LP record by poet EE Cummings. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY CUMMINGS ON THE FRONT SLEEVE TO HIS CLOSE FRIEND RICHARD HOFFMANN, who had emigrated to The States from Vienna and had become a fixture in the Cambridge (MA) intellectual scene and, as a leading... Read More
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Him
by E.E. Cummings
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1927 1st trade edition. VG- in its duotone cloth, with light wear at the spine ends, light fading along the spine and a bit of soiling to the rear panel. Octavo, 145 pgs.
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The Blue Spruce
by Mario Cuomo
Chelsea, Michigan: Sleeping Bear Press, 1999. Illustrated boards. Fine/Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY MARIO CUOMO (IN YEAR-OF-PUBLICATION) DIRECTLY ON THE FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A pristine copy to boot of the 1999 1st edition. Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Nicely illustrated in vivid color by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen.
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Maurice Sendak: A Celebration of the Artist and His Work
by Curated by Justin Schiller and Dennis David, Edited by Leonard Marcus
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2013. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Maurice Sendak. A wonderful Association copy. INSCRIBED BY ALL 3 KEY PARTICIPANTS (INCLUDING THE RENOWNED CHILDREN'S RARE BOOKSELLER JUSTIN SCHILLER) TO LEGENDARY SOTHEBYS AUCTIONEER DAVID REDDEN. A very sharp copy to boot of the 1st edition of the catalogue based on the June-August 2013 exhibition at New York's... Read More
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Modern Architecture: International Exhibition
by Curated by Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Jr.
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1932. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. The seminal --and uncommon-- 1932 Museum of Modern Art catalogue. VG to VG+ in its pictorial wrappers. Based on the February-March 1932 exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Important Introductions by Alfred Barr, Philip Johnson and Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Jr. And groundbreaking examinations of the work... Read More
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Ding Yi: What's Left to Appear
by Shane McCausland (Curator)
Shanghai: Lomg Museum, 2015. Hardcover. Near Fine. A clean, very solid copy of the catalogue based on the Jume-July 2015 exhibition at Shanghai's Long Museum. Tight and Near Fine, with just a touch of bowing to the dark boards. Folio, lovely color reproductions thruout.
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Spinoza's Metaphysics: An Essay in Interpretation
by E.M. Curley
Harvard University Press, 1969. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1969 1st edition. Tight and VG (with former owner name and address stamped to the front free endpaper) in a bright, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light spotting to the panels. Octavo, 174 pgs.
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Fishers of Books
by Barton Currie
Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1931. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. The September 1931 1st edition of this highly-regarded "narrative of Mr. Currie's experiences in tracking down elusive first issues or in acquiring famous manuscripts". Solid and VG+ (light spotting at the spine) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with light wear along the front flap-fold and... Read More
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