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ABAA members offer fine, rare, and antiquarian books and other printed materials, including maps, prints, photographs, ephemera, manuscripts, documents, and handwritten materials such as journals and diaries, correspondence, logbooks, and ledgers from the beginning of the print era to the present. We do not sell e-books nor do we offer print-on-demand books or services.
The Non-Conformists
by PARR, Martin
New York: Aperture, 2013. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 167 pages. A collection of 90 duotone images by Parr that were all taken in the mid 1970s. A collection of black and white photographs taken in the town of Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. One of Parr's better books.
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books
On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam
by STERNFELD, Joel
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1996. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. A collection of 50 color photographs all taken at places "where violence has stained the American landscape." A fine and tight copy in black cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket.
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books
From Our House to Your House (Signed First Edition)
by PARR, Martin
London: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2002. First edition. Small hardcover. A charming selection of vintage Christmas cards that Parr collected. A very fine copy in boards issued. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Parr on the title page.
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books
Witness Number Three (Signed First Edition)
by PARR, Martin and Gerry Badger
Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press in association with The Joy of Giving Something, Inc, 2007. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 78 pages. Includes 45 four color and 15 duotone images. Also features the text of an interview between Gerry Badger and Parr. A clean very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and with color... Read More
Offered by Jeff Hirsch Books
The Archaeological Ceramics of Yucatan [Anthropological Records 19]
by BRAINERD, George W.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1955. First Edition. Softcover issue. Quarto (28cm); black cloth spine over stiff tan paper wrappers; [iv]378,[2]pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Date stamped to upper front wrapper. Lightly tanned, with modest shelf-wear, light soil, and tiny tears and frays to spine ends; Very Good. Sections focus on art materials, sites,... Read More
Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books
To Say Nothing of the Dog: Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last
by WILLIS, Connie
New York: Bantam Books, 1998. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); black cloth spine over deep maroon paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine, and author's facsimile signature blind embossed to front cover; dustjacket; [x],[1],2-434,[4]pp. Light shelf-wear, with soil to right edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper, designed by Jamie S. Warren Youll, unclipped (priced $23.95/$32.95), with trivial surface... Read More
Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books
Thomasina: The Cat Who Thought She Was God
by GALLICO, Paul
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1957. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in red and gilt on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; [8],9-288pp; frontispiece illustration. Previous ownership label to upper front endpaper. Modest shelf-wear and -soil, with light rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.95), lightly tanned, with modest shelf-wear,... Read More
Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books
Southwest Indian Drypainting
by WYMAN, Leland C. (text); David P. McAllester (foreword); Douglas W. Schwartz (general editor)
Santa Fe / Albuquerque: A School of American Research Book / University of New Mexico Press, 1983. First Edition. Octavo (26cm); oatmeal cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and rear cover; dustjacket; [xxiv],[2],3-320pp; colorful photographs, black-and-white photographic halftones, and illustrations throughout. School of American Research Southwest Indian Arts Series. This copy is from the library of... Read More
Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books
Who Killed Cock-Robin?: Remarks on Poetry, on its criticism, and, as a sad warning, the story of Eunuch Arden
by SITWELL, Osbert
London: C.W. Daniel, LTD, 1921. First Edition. First Issue, with wrappers pasted to spine only, and tipped in erratum slip. No printer's stamp. Octavo (21cm); tan card wrappers; dustjacket; [4],5-32pp. Light shelf-wear and -soil, with foxing throughout interior; Very Good. Dustwrapper, tanned, with modest shelf-wear and -soil, and several 0.5" tears to extremities; Very Good. Text organized into eight... Read More
Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books
Atitlan: An Archaeological Study of Ancient Remains on the Borders of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
by LOTHROP, Samuel Kirkland
[Washington, D.C.]: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1933. Softcover. Quarto (30cm); gray paper wrappers; [x],122,[4]pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 44. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front flyleaf, and his occasional pencilled marginal marks throughout. Pencilled price to... Read More
Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books
Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Makers of Modern Literature
by [HOPKINS, Gerard Manley] [THE KENYON CRITICS] Austin Warren, Harold Whitehall, (et al) (contributors)
Norfolk, CT: New Directions Books, 1945. First Edition. Octavo (18cm); gray cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in navy blue on spine; dustjacket; [viii],144pp; frontispiece illustration. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pencilled signature to front flyleaf, and occasional pencilled marginal marks throughout. Shelf-wear and soil; Very Good. Dustwrapper,... Read More
Offered by Lorne Bair Rare Books
Songs of the Doomed; More Notes on the Death of the American Dream Gonzo Papers Vol. 3
by Thompson, Dr. Hunter S.
New York: Summit Books, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($21.95), lightly rubbed, a tear and chip at the bottom-right corner of the front panel. Quarter red cloth with grey paper on the boards, bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
Offered by Carpetbagger Books
The Fifth Column and Four Unpublished Stories of the Spanish Civil War
by Hemingway, Ernest
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.95), lightly bumped. Red cloth with black ink lettering on the spine, gilt signature of Hemingway on the front board. Square and firmly bound, gift inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. A three-act play and previously uncollected... Read More
Offered by Carpetbagger Books
Flappers and Philosophers
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Introduction by Arthur Mizener. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.95), generally toned and soiled, stains at the flaps. Green cloth, faintly rubbed, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, soiled at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Fitzgerald's first collection of short... Read More
Offered by Carpetbagger Books
How to Know the Wild Flowers
by Parsons, Frances Theodora
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Later Printing. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($3.00), generally toned, chips and loss at the edges and corners. Green cloth, a few bumps, with black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A profusely illustrated guide.
Offered by Carpetbagger Books
Chicago's Highways Old and New; From Indian Trail to Motor Road
by Quaife, Milo M.
Chicago: D.F. Keller & Company, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Introduction by Joy Morton. Very Good. Black cloth, rubbed at the edges and corners, with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, partially removed label from the previous owner, clean otherwise. Includes multiple fold-out maps.
Offered by Carpetbagger Books
Why Orwell Matters
by Hitchens, Christopher
New York: Basic Books, 2002. First Editio. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fourth Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.00), toned at the spine, lightly rubbed at the edges. Quarter grey paper with lighter grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, remainder mark on the bottom edge, clean internally. Hitchens's work that praises Orwell while... Read More
Offered by Carpetbagger Books
Incubus
by Russell, Ray
New York: Dell, 1981. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. New Dell Edition 14129. Very Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped at the edges, a few faint creases. Square and firmly bound, teal edges, toned but clean pages. The movie tie-in mass market to commemorate the release of the 1981 film adaptation starring John Cassavetes.
Offered by Carpetbagger Books
The Sun Also Rises
by Hemingway, Ernest
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1926. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (no price), generally toned and soiled, rubbed at the folds, some tears and chips at the edges. Black cloth with red labels on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a forward lean, red topstain, clean... Read More
Offered by Carpetbagger Books
The Bloodworth Orphans
by Forrest, Leon
New York: Random House, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($10.00), a couple creases down the front flap. Quarter red cloth with beige paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Forrest's second novel, the story of "the lives and interconnected relationships of the bastards and orphans--both black and white--sired... Read More
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The Collected Poems of Ernest Hemingway; Pirated Edition
by Hemingway, Ernest
San Francisco: [n.p.], 1960. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. Wraps lightly toned, curled a bit at the fore-edge, some toning. Firmly bound with two staples, clean internally.
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The Spanish Southwest 1542-1794; [An Annotated Bibliography] [In two parts] [Republished from Quivira Society editon, 1937, Volume VII, Parts I and II]
by Wagner, Henry R., Litt D.
New York: Arno Press, 1967. Near Fine. [9.5x6.5in]; Part I - [4], 13-270 pp., Part II - [2], 275-553 pp., 113 illustrations and maps, most folding to original sizes, bibliography and index; Pale green cloth covers with maroon backstrip and gilt lettering on spine; Minimal shelf wear to covers, few light pencil marks in text. [Axe 178]. Henry... Read More
Offered by David Spilman Fine Books
W. F. Edwards' Tourist Guide and Directory of the Truckee Basin
by Edwards, W. F. (Charles D. Irons, Ed. Compiler)
Truckee, CA: W. F. Edwards ("Republican" Job Print), 1883. First Edition. Hardcover/Cloth. Very Good Plus. Ex-Library [7.25x5in]; [9], 10-137, [1] Benevolent Societies, [1] device, [37] local advertisements, 12 plates including frontispiece of illustrations; Dark maroon cloth covers with blind stamped design on front and back, gilt lettering on front, all edges with red ink and trimmed; Minor shelf... Read More
Offered by David Spilman Fine Books
A Tour of Duty in California:; Including a Description of the Gold Region: and an account of a Voyage around Cape Horn; with notices of Lower California, the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, and the principal events attending the conquest of the Californias
by Revere, Joseph Warren
New York: C. S. Francis & Co, 1849. First Edition. Very Good Plus. 12mo [7.5x5in]; [1], vi, [6], 305 pp., [6] advertisements (1-2, 6-7, 10-14), 6 lithographic plates, including frontispiece of illustrations by Revere, fold out map of Harbor of San Francisco by Revere (12x9.75in Neatline, from Beechey 1833 map), six pages of advertisements, illustration in text of... Read More
Offered by David Spilman Fine Books