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  • Billy Al Bengston. Ed RUSCHA, James MONTE, design, introduction.
    RUSCHA, Ed (design); MONTE, James (introduction)

    Billy Al Bengston

    One of 2,500 copies. Oblong quarto (23cm); offset printed sheets, screw-bound into thick sandpaper covers, with title flocked in pink on front wrapper; [64]pp, with tissue guard and pink fabric bookmark; illus. A Fine copy.

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  • To Eberhart from Ginsberg. A Letter About Howl 1956. An Explanation by Allen Ginsberg of his. Allen GINSBERG, Richard Eberhart, Jerome Kaplan.
    GINSBERG, Allen and Richard Eberhart; Jerome Kaplan, illus

    To Eberhart from Ginsberg. A Letter About Howl 1956. An Explanation by Allen Ginsberg of his publication Howl and Richard...

    First printing. Limited issue, no.14 of 300 copies signed by Eberhart and Ginsberg. Octavo. Blue cloth over blue denim boards; 45pp. Some trivial fading to cloth at base of spine, else a Fine, apparently unread copy.

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  • Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa; With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of. CENTRAL AFRICA, Paul B. DU CHAILLU.
    [CENTRAL AFRICA] DU CHAILLU, Paul B.

    Explorations & Adventures in Equatorial Africa; With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chace...

    Second UK edition. Octavo (23.5cm). Brown cloth stamped in gilt, with gorilla depicted on front board; light brown coated endpapers; xviii,479,[1],32pp; 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear; folding frontispiece, 28 inserted plates, large folding map at rear, occasional in-text wood engravings. Binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants, London, to rear pastedown.....

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  • The Strength of the Strong. Jack LONDON.
    LONDON, Jack

    The Strength of the Strong

    Octavo (20cm). Aqua cloth, stamped in white, gold and black on spine and front cover; [i]-[viii], 1-257, [5]pp. Frontispiece illus. Mild rubbing to bottom board edges; scattered foxing to title page and prelims; Very Good to Near Fine. Collection of seven stories, including the socialist utopian romance "The Dream of.....

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  • Original pen-and-ink drawing: "U.S. Recovery". ORIGINAL CARTOONS - GREAT DEPRESSION, Frank KETTLEWELL.
    [ORIGINAL CARTOONS - GREAT DEPRESSION] KETTLEWELL, Frank

    Original pen-and-ink drawing: "U.S. Recovery"

    Pen-and-ink on heavy composition paper, ca 18" x 15" (ca 47cm x 39cm). Compositor's marks and notes at margins; light soil; Very Good. Signed "KET" lower left.

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  • Elements of Botany. Asa GRAY.
    GRAY, Asa

    Elements of Botany

    First printing. 12mo (19.5cm). Rebound in twentieth-century green and brown marbled paper-covered boards, backed in brown buckram, title in gilt on black spine label; later brown endpapers; xiv, 428pp; in-text wood engravings throughout. A sturdy copy, tightly bound; boards rubbed at edges, with minor foxing and occasional pencil marks: Very.....

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  • English Traits. EMERSON, alph, aldo.
    EMERSON, R[alph] W[aldo]

    English Traits

    First printing, with points as listed in Myerson including "dpended" on p. 90, and "temperature" for "temperament" on p.82, as well as [1] on half-title and battered type on p.230. 12mo (19.5cm). In original brown ribbed cloth, stamped in blind, titled in gold on spine; yellow endpapers; [4] 5-312pp. A......

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  • Journal of An Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger; With A Narrative of. WEST AFRICA, Richard and John LANDER, NIGER.
    [WEST AFRICA] [NIGER] LANDER, Richard and John

    Journal of An Expedition to Explore the Course and Termination of the Niger; With A Narrative of A Voyage Down...

    First printing. 16mo (15.5cm). Three volumes halfbound in contemporary green calf and brown marbled paper, tooled in gilt on spine with titles on red and brown leather spine labels, all edges sprinkled red; plain endpapers; I: [iii]-lxiv,272pp; II: [iii]-[viii],321,[3]pp; III: [iii]-[viii],354,[2]pp; one page of publisher's ads at rear of vol.....

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  • Tales Of All Countries [First Series. Anthony TROLLOPE.
    TROLLOPE, Anthony

    Tales Of All Countries [First Series]

    First impression. Presumed remainder issue (see note below): octavo, text block measuring 7-1/4"; brown linen, blocked in gilt on spine and front cover, iv,312pp; no publisher's catalog. Slight rubbing to spine (heavier at crown) and board edges; hairline crack to front hinge (internal), Very Good. With the large engraved bookplate.....

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  • The Mill On The Floss. George ELIOT, pseud Mary Ann Evans.
    ELIOT, George (pseud Mary Ann Evans)

    The Mill On The Floss

    Three octavo volumes; publisher's orange-brown cloth, decoratively stamped in blind and lettered in gilt on spines; [x],359; [viii],319; [viii],313pp. 16pp of publisher's ads at end of volume III; Carter's first state of volume I, without the inserted ad leaf. Cream yellow endpapers, with binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants to.....

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  • Robert S. Duncanson: 19th Century Black Romantic Painter. James Dallas PARKS.
    PARKS, James Dallas

    Robert S. Duncanson: 19th Century Black Romantic Painter

    Slim octavo (23.5cm.); boards in white pictorial dust jacket; x,60pp.; illus. A few short closed tears to jacket extremities else Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Brief biography and art history of the works of Duncanson (1821-1872), an African American painter associated with the Hudson River School.

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  • The Claverings. A Novel. Anthony TROLLOPE.
    TROLLOPE, Anthony

    The Claverings. A Novel

    Octavo (24cm.); publisher's brownish-purple blind-ruled cloth, gilt spine, brown endpapers; 211,[1],[4](ads)pp.; text in double column, illus. throughout. Spine quite sunned and gilt dulled, extremities a bit rubbed, mostly at spine ends and corners with a few tiny holes mid-spine, front hinge starting to crack but holding, else About Very Good.....

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  • One Came Out. RADICAL, PROLETARIAN LITERATURE.
    [RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] WILSON, Margaret

    One Came Out

    Octavo (19.25cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial silver foil dust jacket printed in black; [6],285pp. Some general shelf wear to jacket extremities, a few tiny chips and closed tears, some minor scratching to rear panel, else Near Fine in a Very Good example of the uncommon dust jacket. Publication date on.....

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  • The Birds of the Belgian Congo. NATURAL HISTORY, James P. CHAPIN.
    [NATURAL HISTORY] CHAPIN, James P.

    The Birds of the Belgian Congo

    First printing. Octavo (24.5cm). 4 volumes in taupe paper wrappers, printed in black; I: x,756pp; II: [viii],632pp; III: [822]pp; IV: [x],846pp; vol. I with frontispiece, 10 plates, and folding map of the Congo at rear, vol. II color frontis., 2 color pl., 19 black and white pl., vol. III 24.....

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  • Broadside: In Defense of Myself [Limited Edition, Signed. Erskine CALDWELL.
    CALDWELL, Erskine

    Broadside: In Defense of Myself [Limited Edition, Signed]

    One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.30. Broadside, with text letterpress printed in black on white deckle-edged stock, measuring 23.5cm x 33cm (9" x 13"). A Fine copy. Facsimile reprint of Caldwell's privately printed 1929 statement concering the suppression of his debut novel, The.....

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  • Saracens, Demons, & Jews: Making Monsters in Medieval Art. Debra Higgs STRICKLAND.
    STRICKLAND, Debra Higgs

    Saracens, Demons, & Jews: Making Monsters in Medieval Art

    First printing. Small quarto (26cm). Dark blue paper over boards, backed in blue cloth, with original dust jacket; 336pp; color frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout. Bookplate of noted zoologist James G. Mead. Straight and bright, very slightly rubbed, with small marks to fore-edge: Very Good. Jacket lightly rubbed, minor.....

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  • Hunger and Revolt: Cartoons by Burck. Jacob BURCK, aka Yankel Boczkowsky.
    BURCK, Jacob [aka Yankel Boczkowsky]

    Hunger and Revolt: Cartoons by Burck

    First printing. Limited issue; no. 50 of 100 clothbound copies signed by Burck. Quarto; tan buckram with titles and decorations stamped in brown on front and rear covers; 247pp. A lovely, fine copy, free of soiling or wear. There was a simultaneous trade issue in pictorial wrappers. The very scarce.....

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  • Broadside: Doing Is Being. DISNEY, Ray BRADBURY.
    [DISNEY] BRADBURY, Ray

    Broadside: Doing Is Being

    Broadside, with text and author's facsimile signature printed in black and silver on mylar, measuring 20.5cm x 25.5cm (8" x 10"). A Fine copy. Bradbury was invited to be the guest speaker at an employee function for WED Enterprises (a subsidiary of Walt Disney Productions) on April 9, 1980. During.....

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  • Johnny Reb and Billy Yank. Ilustrated by Harold MacDonald and R.O. Tolman. Alexander HUNTER.
    HUNTER, Alexander

    Johnny Reb and Billy Yank. Ilustrated by Harold MacDonald and R.O. Tolman

    First printing. Octavo. Publisher's green pictorial cloth; gilt titles; 720pp. A straight, attractive copy. Rubbing to front cover pictorial device, at board corners and spine ends; early ownership signature (E.W.R. Ewing; see note below) and later gift inscription to front pastedown; a few small spots of soil to text; overall.....

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  • Lettres A Sa Mère. Antoine de SAINT-EXUPÉRY.
    SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Antoine de

    Lettres A Sa Mère

    First printing, no. 352 of 420 numbered copies printed on vélin pur fil Lafuma-Navarre. 12mo (19cm). Original paper wraps, in glassine jacket; 230,[2]pp, unopened. Bookplate of James Mead, ownership marks to front free endpaper. Small tear to glassine at rear upper margin, front cover rippled from bookplate glue, else Near.....

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  • Stop the Bombing - End the Blockade - U.S. Out of Indochina Now - End Support of Thieu. NEW LEFT, People's Coalition for Peace and Justice, GRAPHICS.
    [NEW LEFT] [GRAPHICS] People's Coalition for Peace and Justice

    Stop the Bombing - End the Blockade - U.S. Out of Indochina Now - End Support of Thieu

    Offset lithographed poster, 56cm x 44cm. Printed both sides of sheet; recto in red, verso in black ink. Original folds; mild wear to extremities, still a clean and fresh example, easily Near Fine. Double-sided poster with recto presenting a bold call to action, verso with a large map of the.....

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  • Aphrodite in Aulis. George MOORE.
    MOORE, George

    Aphrodite in Aulis

    Large 8vo. 26cm x 17cm. Publisher's full vellum titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Some discolouration here and there, and the spine panel has suffered some light spotting, a very good, bright copy escaping any of the bowing or distortion these books are prone to. Lacking.....

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  • Cenni Storico-Critici sul Magnetismo Animale. Dr. Odoardo TURCHETTI.
    TURCHETTI, Dr. Odoardo

    Cenni Storico-Critici sul Magnetismo Animale

    8vo. 21cm x 13cm. Disbound. Originally issued in paper wraps, with only some blue paper residue remaining to the spine. Some soiling and thumbing to the title page which constitutes the front cover, some foxing to the foreword and occasionally throughout the body of the book. Shows very well, strong.....

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  • Poster: 30 maart vrouwenstaking [March 30th, Women's Day. WOMEN.
    [WOMEN]

    Poster: 30 maart vrouwenstaking [March 30th, Women's Day]

    Original pictorial poster (46x35cm.) printed offset in blue on white stock; light wrinkling from handling, small piece of glue residue from previously perished tape to verso of both top corners showing through to recto, else Very Good overall. Pro-choice poster, the illustration showing a written note hanging from a clothesline.....

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