Évangile de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ Selon Saint Matthieu
Zuilichem: The Catharijne Press, 2989. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Navy leather boards, gilt lettering on front cover, marbled slipcase. 63x48mm. 52pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered special edition, this being III of XV.
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Switch Hitters Vol. 1, No. 4
Beverly Hills, CA: Ultacolor Publications, 1994. First Printing. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Printing. Original Wraps. "Amateur Grand Slammers: Especially for Gay Men, Lesbians, Transvestites, & Bi-sexual Contacts". Richly, graphically illustrated collection of available partners from around the country. Scarce. Minor shelf/edge wear, discrete ink date at top of page 3, else tight, bright, and unmarred.... Read More
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Bookplates
np, 1930. First Printing (presumed). Original Wraps. Fine. [miniature]. [miniature]. First Printing (presumed). Original Wraps. 20 Art Deco bookplates to be pasted in books. Uncommon to find in this condition. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Rust printed paper boards, printed black trim in corners and spine. 76x74mm. 20pp.
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Locket book. King Edward VII … Souvenir
London: np, 1902. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. [miniature]. [miniature]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "One of the tiniest and most delicate picture strip locket books". Accordion folded strip of six tiny photographs of King Edward and his family. Extremely scarce. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Brass covers, front cover with embossed design and "Souvenir", loop to attach to bracelet, accordion... Read More
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Bellevue:. A Short History of Bellevue Hospital and of the Training Schools
New York: Alumnae Association of Bellevue Pension Fund Committee, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. A very handsome copy of this scarce early history of the hospital. Light shelf wear, light wear at head and heel, prior owner's embossed mark on ffep with ink notation ("from collection of Dr. Coolms"), else tight, bright... Read More
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Bible, New Testament
Moscow, 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Green faux leather boards, tan faux leather quarterbound, green braid trim at quarterbound edges, marbled endpapers, stained dusty rose textblock edges, blind tooled spine. 42x35mm. 240pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
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Three Semi-Erotic Business Cards [Proto-Tart Cards]
np [possibly Vancouver], 1970. Fine. Interesting small set of 'proto-tart cards'. Each has a different image (corset clad woman in recline in her boudoir; leggy woman swinging with a champaign glass in hand, nude woman dancing with a bear). Mss appears to be street address and phone number. Sex work ephemera. Bright and clean. Light beige paper, brown... Read More
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Funeral Home Mortuary Morgue Dead Body Identification Tag
1950. Original Wraps. Near Fine. Original Wraps. Pad of body identification tags from funeral home, coroner, medical examiner, etc. Bright and clean. Staple bound pad of toe-tags, mimeo? printed in black ink. 8vo. (8.5x5.5").
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The Story of the Stewarts
Edinburgh: The Stewart Society, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. First Edition. Hardcover. Scottish history. Minor shelf/edge wear, spine shows light toning, tips gently bumped, very minor toning at front endpages, else tight, bright and unmarred. Blue cloth beveled boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, frontispiece, two fold-out family trees. Large 4to. 194pp. Illus. (b/w plates).... Read More
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Collection of Stereo Photography works [2 volumes]
Hardcover/Original Wrapp.ers. Very Good+. Hardcover/Original Wrapp.ers. From the library of Oliver Sacks. Includes: The World of 3-D: A Practical Guide to Stereo Photography by Jac. G. Ferwerda. Stereo Photography: An Introduction to Stereo Photo Technology...by Fritz G. Waack. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for... Read More
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Deutsch-Englisch Liliput Worterbuch 3
Leipzig, Germany: Schmidt & Gunther, 1920. First Edition (presumed). Original Wraps. Very Good. [miniature]. [miniature]. First Edition (presumed). Original Wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear, soft creases in wraps, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed red paper wraps, red edge stain, black ink lettering, in later marbled paper slipcase. 1.5x2. 631pp.
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Scots Kith and Kin and illustrated map
Edinburgh: Clan House, 1953. Second Edition Revised. Spiral Bound. Very Good+. Second Edition Revised. Spiral Bound. A constant source of information to those interested in Scottish names, their Clans and Families, with fully illustrated 'Clan Map'. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Spiral bound in pictorial card covers. 87 pages + key legend. Large fold-out colored map pasted in, all... Read More
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Journal of Debates and Proceedings in the Convention of Delegates, Chosen to Revise the Constitution of Massachusetts, Begun and Holden at Boston, November 15, 1820, and Continued By Adjournment to January 9, 1821. Reported for the Boston Daily Advertiser. [Seperation: Massachusetts loses Maine]
Boston: Daily Advertiser, 1821. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. No DJ as Issued.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Bears the ownership mark of noted Mass. Judge Daniel Coney (1752-1842). "This report of the proceeding and debated in the Convention, was made for the Boston Daily Advertiser by the editor of that paper, who was a member of the... Read More
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Hair" theater production handbill promotion
1970. Broadside. Very Good+. Broadside. Theater production handbill for 1970s musical "Hair," illustrated using the modified "Lovers" tarot card from the major arcana deck designed by Pamela Colman Smith. Smith is one of the most recognized book designers and divination deck artists of the Occult Revival period. A seemingly scarce piece of ephemera, appropriating occult imagery. Single-sided full... Read More
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A School for Correction
[Paris], 1920. First Edition. Printed wraps. Very Good+. First Edition. Printed wraps. Translated from the French. This privately printed French translation is limited to 500 copies and sold only thru advance subscription... Chapter One: The Mistress and the New School, Chapter Two: The New Assistant, Chapter Three: Later Scenes. BDSM self-produced publication for dirty readers. Light shelf/edge wear,... Read More
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Oliver Sacks collection of Classic literature paperbacks
Penguin Books, 1973. Paperback. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Paperback. Original Wraps. Titles include: The Oresteian Trilogy by Aeschylus Medea and other Plays (Hecabe/Electra/Heracles) by Euripedes On the Nature of Things by Lucretius From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of... Read More
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The Academy Bell [Fryeburg Academy Yearbook] 1945
Fryeburg, ME: Fryeburg Academy, 1945. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear/soiling, discrete owner signature at front, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Cream printed paper wraps, blue ink lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 81pp plus adverts.
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Catalogue of Assay Material, Balances, Chemical & Scientific Apparatus, and Chemicals
Perth, Australia: Felton, Grimwade & Bickford Ltd, 1907. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Revised Edition. Hardcover. An assay is a process of analyzing a substance to determine its composition or quality. The term is often used in the mining industry to refer to tests of ore or minerals. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned... Read More
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Frigid Fluid Company funerary supply advertisement and invoice
Chicago, IL, 1916. Unique. Very Good+. Unique. Frigid Fluid Company is a manufacturer of embalmers', undertakers' and cemetery supplies since 1892. The invoice includes ads and images for casket lowering devices, morgue table, viewing couch, ambulance baskets, and more notably, the Hill vice grip chin support for embalming processes. Death ephemera. Single double-sided invoice and advertisement, unmarred and... Read More
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Bottomless Cocktail: The Art of Shag
Los Angeles, CA: La Luz de Jesus Gallery/Last Gasp, 2001. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Light shelfwear around edges, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy color wrappers. 4to. 95pp. illus (color).
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Kammavaca Manuscript
Burma (Myanmar), nd [circa 19th cent.]. Very Good+. Kammavaca are among the most sacred of Burmese religious texts. Kammavaca (kammavaca in Pali) consist of nine Khandakas from the Pali Vinaya Pitaka, each of which relates to a specific ceremony associated with monks of the Theravada school of Buddhism. "Kammavaca are volumes of one, five, or nine extracts from... Read More
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His Cellar Laboratory" / "The French Stenographer" unpublished mimeograph erotica [Drafts (typed and mimeo)]
Self-published, 1920. Unique. Staplebound. Very Good. Unique. Staplebound. Short novella mimeo reproduction of a typed mss and typed limerick style poetry; shows mss corrections/changes on both. All early typed/mimeo sexually explicit mss...perhaps an edit copy. It is challenging to find these early, mimeo examples of sexually explicit prose and, far more so, to find early 'draft' work, as... Read More
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Burial vault photographs
[New York]: [National Casket Company], 1950. Very Good. Designed to protect the casket, the burial vault is commonly required by a cemetery to ensure proper grounds maintenance and to avoid the settling of a grave site. Originally, burial vaults were made of wood, but later technologies allowed the containers to be manufactured in concrete and steel. This collection... Read More
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English-Deutsch Liliput Worterbuch 4
Leipzig, Germany: Schmidt & Gunther, 1920. First Edition (presumed). Original Wraps. Very Good. [miniature]. [miniature]. First Edition (presumed). Original Wraps. Minor shelf/edge wear, soft creases in wraps, small hole at rear wrap, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Red paper wraps, black ink lettering; in later marbled paper slipcase. 1.5x2. 643pp.
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Our Vacation [Volume Nine]
London: Library L'Amour / Piccadilly Press, 1900. Privately Printed. Original Wraps / Staplebound. Very Good+. Privately Printed. Original Wraps / Staplebound. Privately printed erotica with removed tipped in photographs. Classic early 20th century erotica and dirty, smutty poetry Victorian style. Chipped/creased/stained, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Brown paper printed wrappers. 339-454pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
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