Lorne Bair Rare Books

Octavo (23cm). Original printed wrappers; 110pp. Mild external wear and toning, else complete, clean, and sound; Very Good. Main body of text entirely in Russian; second title page in English; appendix in Russian and English. An introduction to American higher education for recent Russian immigrants to the United States, many.....

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Large Octavo. 23.5cm. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xvi]; 731pp. Light wear and bumping to edges, corners and spine ends; internally clean and fresh, illustrated; in a strong example of the pale grey dustjacket with a closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel.....

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Octavo (23cm). Sewn wrappers; 62,(2)pp (final page a blank). Moderate foxing and discoloration to title page; text quite fresh, with sewing intact - Very Good. Documentary account of the controversy surrounding the construction of the South Street Toll Bridge [aka the Dover Street Bridge], connecting Boston to Dorchester, in the.....

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Octavo. 24cm. Contemporary deep red English straight grain morocco gilt with gilt borders and foliate decoration to compartments. [xvi]; 556pp. Strong and solid, hinges tight and strong, some rubbing and scuffing to corners and spine ends, a little darkening to the spine; internally clean and fresh, plain brown endpapers, old.....

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36 softcovers, including the First and Second Editions of no. 2. Octavos (19cm); pictorial paper wrappers; French flaps; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations, including fold-out map and charts, throughout. Full pagination available upon request. Text in Spanish. From the library of contributor, noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Edward Michael Mendelson.....

More info about Seminario de Integracion Social Guatemalteca: publicaión nos. 1-25, 31-36, 38, 40-43 [36 Mixed...

Quarto. 26cm. Functional pasteboard binding with paper title label to spine. 16pp. Light wear and soiling to boards, some chipping to spine label, strong and suitably robust; internally clean and fresh, plain endpapers contemporary with the binding, text sharp and clean, large margins. A very good, clean copy. Lettice's rather.....

More info about The Conversion of St. Paul: A Poetical Essay

Octavo. Gilt-decorated cloth (hardcover); 162,(2)pp. Stamped "Complimentary Copy," with presentation inscription from the author to a Samuel D. Lenox, dated November 28, 1939. Title page foxed, with scattered toning to contents; light external wear and soil; Very Good. An uncommon first-hand account by a self-professed victim of legal treachery. Mrs.....

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Octavo (20cm); burgundy cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 173pp. Light rubbing and sunning to spine ends and board edges, with trace foxing to upper edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper, tanned, with chips to spine ends, tear along front flap.....

More info about Waterloo Bridge: A Play in Two Acts

First printing. Large quarto. Publisher's simulated leather over boards (hardcover) with gilt titling to spine and front cover; dustjacket; xvi,261pp; illus; color photographic frontispiece. A Near Fine copy, mildly bumped at board corners otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. In the original dustwrapper, Near Fine but for a few clear tape.....

More info about I "Segreti" di Stradivari. Con il catalogo dei cimeli stradivariani del Museo Civico...

Three typed-manuscript volumes of Donahue's collected poetry. Three Quarto volumes (28cm); front wrapper mylar overlays; Dissolves is spiral-bound; printed on recto only; 143pp; [n.p.]; 186pp. Dissolves: (Terra Lucida IV-VII) is inscribed by Donahue on title page: "For Nathaniel and Jane / Much love, Joe". Pencilled annotations throughout, presumably Nathaniel Tarn's.....

More info about Terra Lucida [with] Mercury Shadow: from Terra Lucida [and] Dissolves: (Terra Lucida IV-VII)...

First 25 issues with no. 25 supplement; nos. 6&7 and nos. 11&12 released as double-issues, and issues 13, 19, and 21 separated into three parts, all softcovers. 25 Octavo issues (19cm); stapled pictorial wrappers; black-and-white illustrations. Full pagination available upon request. All issues have modest shelf-wear and light soil, with.....

More info about The Review: Magazine of Poetry and Criticism nos. 1-25 [with] no. 25 Supplement...

Three Volumes. Octavo. 22.5cm. Publisher's deep maroon ribbed cloth titled in gilt to spines and ruled in blind to boards. 869pp.; 618pp.; 1048pp. Generally strong and tight; mild scuffing and to spine ends and corners and a few minor exterior stains. Spine gilt is significantly oxidized to Vol II, as.....

More info about Capital. Vol. I: Capitalistic Production; Vol. II: Capitalistic Circulation; Vol. III: Capitalist...

Limited Edition, one of 1200 copies, of which this is No. 146 and signed by Polk, with an additional inscription: "To Geoffrey Holder my admiration for all you have accomplished which have furthered black America culture P.H. Polk". Quarto (32cm); brown cloth spine over oatmeal cloth-covered boards with titling stamped.....

More info about Photographs: with an Essay [Inscribed, Limited Edition

Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's terracotta cloth titled and ruled in black and gilt to spine. Dustjacket. [xx]; 651pp. Very light wear and bumping to spine ends and extremities, strong and bright; internally clean and fresh; in a grey dustjacket with some minor edgewear and shallow chipping to the spine ends and.....

More info about On Thermonuclear War

16mo (15cm). Embossed cloth wrappers, titled in gilt on front cover; 72pp. Old cloth tape reinforcement at bound edge; soil to wrappers, with small chip at lower fore edge of front cover; internally complete and clean. A Good, sound copy. A detailed account, by a local resident and community leader.....

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12mo (17cm.); staplebound self-wrappers; 10pp. Shallow chips and tiny losses to wrapper extremities, the whole a bit toned and dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. Publisher's advertisements printed on pp. [11] and [14] (rear wrapper).

More info about The Thirty-Six Trades of the State

One of 5 copies lettered alpha through delta and signed by Prokosch, this copy printed on Extra Strong paper and marked "delta" on the colophon. Slim octavo (16cm); string-tied card wrappers with French flaps, with decorative title label mounted to upper front cover; [14]pp, with decorative frontispiece mounted and initialed.....

More info about At Melville's Tomb [Limited Edition, Signed

First printing. Inscribed on front endpaper: "To Miriam Moskowitz / who lived a part of this story - with deep appreciation and best wishes," signed by both authors, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Octavo (24cm). Blue cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 467pp. Mild rubbing to bottom board edges, else a tight.....

More info about Invitation To An Inquest [Presentation Copy, Inscribed to Miriam Moskowitz

Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's deep blue ribbed cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. [xvii];232pp.;[2]. Strong and clean, light bumping to extremities, and some light soiling to front board; internally clean and fresh, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, old ink ownership to front flyleaf and the first.....

More info about The American Slave-Trade; An Account of Its Origin, Growth, and Suppression

Octavo (21cm); blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; [6],7-319,[1]pp. Signed by author with 2009 date on title page. Lightly faded topstain with trace shelf-wear, else Near Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Stanley Chapman, unclipped (priced $6.95), tanned, with peeling to upper rear corner, light.....

More info about The Book of Flights: An Adventure Story [Signed

First Printing. Two octavo volumes (21.5cm); original yellow card wrappers, with titles printed in black, and publisher's printed labels tape onto front covers; [xi],[3],4-602,[2]; 603-1204,[4]pp. Signed by the author on the title page of Vol.1, with each volume bearing two publisher's folded promotional sheets stapled to the inner front covers.....

More info about Women and Men: A Novel [Uncorrected Proof Copy, Signed

Oblong octavo (17.5cm x 26cm). Tan cloth with applied pictorial device; unpaginated [96pp]; photo illus. Covers lightly soiled; lacking dustwrapper; Very Good. Text entirely in English. A scarce and attractive Soviet photobook, recording the first decade of the Moscow Theatre for Children, which was established in 1921 under the directorship.....

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Octavo. 21cm. Later black institutional cloth titled in gilt to spine. [xii]; 458pp.; [viii] index, notes, and errata to rear. Clean and bright cloth with bright gilt and negligible wear; internally clean, some toning and spotting to prelims and plates, a little thumbing in places, fore-edge untrimmed, offsetting from some.....

More info about Twelve Essays on the Proximate Causes of the Material Phenomena of the Universe; With...

Octavo (in 4's). 24cm. Stab bound pages, with the title page serving as the front cover, and no trace that the pamphlet was ever bound. 35pp. Some mild chipping to edges and extremities, most notably the upper right corner, toning and soiling to wraps; internally clean but uniformly toned with.....

More info about The Trial of Jesse Strang For The Murder of John Whipple, At a Special Court of Oyer and Terminer...