Lorne Bair Rare Books

21.5cm x 16.5cm. Three black and white original photos with "International News Photos" stamps to versos, with accompanying typewritten slug. Light scratching of the laminate to one image, and some very minor soiling to white borders, very good, clean, clear photographs. Three images from the violent clashes between Congress of.....

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First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; [4],5-133,[3]pp, with portrait frontispiece of the author and 13 inserted plates of illustrations. Gentle sunning to spine, heel gently nudged, with faint foxing to text edges, title leaf, and occasionally on the plate margins;.....

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First impression. Octavo (23cm). Sewn, printed blue-gray wrappers; 16pp. Trivial toning to wrappers at bound edge, else a Fine copy. A very nice copy indeed of Sackville-West's second published book, rarely seen in trade. CROSS A2.

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Octavo (24cm). Green cloth titled in gilt; [x],[144]pp; color frontispiece, and black and white halftone portraits throughout. Ownership inscription to front pastedown. Slight rubbing to extremities, else Near Fine. Originally organized to protect travelers on the Oregon Trail, the Third Cavalry had seen action in the Mexican-American War, Civil War.....

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Typed letter signed. 1pp, on Maddox's law office stationery; Sept. 6, 1908; seeking appointment to the Commission for the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park. 27 lines (ca 220 words); signed in full. With "Received" stamp of the Office of the Secretary of War, dated Sep 14, 1908; docketed on verso.....

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First Printing. Octavo (26cm); second binding in beige linen, titled in gilt on spine, with O'Hara's name embossed onto covers; light blue topstain; dustjacket; xxx,[2],3-586,[6]pp, with a portrait frontispiece of O'Hara. While not explicitly marked as such, this copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel.....

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Limited issue, no.7 of 7 copies, signed on colophon with an original pencil drawing in glassine envelope laid in; from a total edition of 500 copies. 12mo; pictorial card wrappers; 51,(1)pp; illus. A fairly early publication by Drucker, and given the limitation surely one of the most difficult of her.....

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First impression. Lithographed poster, 88.5cm x 61cm (ca 35" x 24"); printed in black and red on thin cream stock. Light original wear and soil, including a few ink smudges that appear to be from printing; a few tiny mended tears in margins, still Near Fine. Professionally laid down on.....

More info about Tovarishi Vintovkoy i molotom otprazdnuyem Krasny Oktyabr [=] "Comrades! Let's...

Octavo (22cm); navy blue cloth spine over tan paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and author's initials blind embossed to front cover; dustjacket; 151pp. Inscribed by author on title page: "To Ed Kaback with thanks for encouragement Joseph McElroy October 17, 1988". Tiny residue to upper edge.....

More info about The Letter Left to Me: A Novel [Inscribed

Original carbon typescript with hand corrections throughout. Corner-stapled sheets, 7pp; signed in ink by Zeidler at conclusion. Text toned, with small chips at corners and a few brief, closed tears in margins; Very Good. Undated, but likely mid-1970s from context (see note below). A timely document, foreshadowing the ascension of.....

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Octavo. 24cm. #10 of 950 copies only. Publisher's blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt and dark blue to spine and front board. 137pp;[1]. Strong, straight and handsome with some mild wear to spine ends and corners and a little flaking to the gilt of the spine label; internally clean.....

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Laid in is a photograph of the print found on p.146, with a blind embossed stamp, Geme's signature to its front margin, and her description to rear "Section VII Right Page - No. 85 1993". Quarto (27.5cm); brown cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [5],6-168pp; black-and-white.....

More info about The Language of Oysters [Inscribed by poet and photographer, with signed photograph laid in

Quarto. Of 250 copies printed, this letter Q, being one of fourteen copies that is both signed and includes a four-line holograph verse quotation. Quarter-bound in calf over gray paper-covered boards; [8],9-51,[5]pp. A fine copy in the publisher's unprinted acetate jacket, also fine.

More info about River-Root: A Syzygy for the Bicentennial of These States [One of 14 Special Copies

First Printings. Fourteen Issues (including the Index Issue, and the double issue of nos.7&8) of the Fifteen issue set, all softcovers. Octavo (21.5cm); paper wrappers; black-and-white illustrations throughout. Full pagination available upon request. Lightly spine-tanned, with light shelf-wear and rubbing to wrappers; overall a Very Good incomplete run. The Unviersity's.....

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First printing (1,000 copies). Octavo (21.5cm). Publisher's blue cloth-covered boards; gilt spine titles, dustjacket; 182pp. An exceptional copy, Fine but for some inconspicuous fading to upper board edges. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $2.00 net on front flap), bright and clean with spine panel just a shade sun-darkened, Near.....

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First printing (with Roman numeral "I" to copyright page). Inscribed by Massing on front free endpaper: "To Ralph and Nora / in friendship in love," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Octavo. Red cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 335pp. Tight, clean copy, Very Good or better. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped.....

More info about This Deception [Inscribed to Ralph de Toledano

Three volumes. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's navy blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spines and front boards. Dustjackets. [xix]; 319pp.; [xiv]; [1]; 326pp.; [xv]; [1]; 235pp. All vols clean and tight, very light wear to the cloth, with some minor scuffing to corners and spine ends; internally clean, a......

More info about The People of Tibet; Tibet Past and Present; The Religion of Tibet

Three volumes, bound in two. Octavo (20.5cm). Nineteenth century half-calf over marbled boards. Volume I: xlii; text unpaginated; hand-colored frontispiece (Cirl Bunting). Volume II: unpaginated. Volume III (Supplement): vi; text unpaginated; 24 inserted leaves of engraved plates (uncolored); errata. Bound without half-titles; two plates in Supplement bound out of order;.....

More info about Ornithological Dictionary; or, Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds [vols. I & II, plus...

Small octavo (19cm). Contemporary mottled calf with morocco gilt-stamped spine label; boards paneled in blind; 452pp plus Errata. Expertly rebacked, preserving entirety of original spine; title page slightly darkened else very fresh internally, complete and virtually free of foxing. A highly attractive copy in a very early binding. The final.....

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Octavo (24.5cm); maroon cloth spine over light gray paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine and front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 446pp. Signed by author on title page. Light sunning to board edges, with trace soil to cloth spine and edges of textblock; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, designed by.....

More info about Midnight's Children: A Novel [Signed

One of 100 copies, specially bound and signed by both Miller and Perlès. Large octavo. Quarter gray cloth of black cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; unpaginated [48pp]. A fine, apparently unread copy. In the original dustwrapper, reproducing a painting by Miller; Fine. A color photo-facsimile of the original pamphlet, issued by Bern.....

More info about What Are You Going To Do About Alf? [Signed, Limited Edition

One of 350 copies specially bound and signed by the author. Quarto (28.25cm); wood veneer paper-covered boards and parchment spine, with titles stamped in dark brown on spine and front cover; brown topstain; [4],5-16,[4]pp. Corners gently bumped (though still sharp), with light wear to spine ends, and a pin-sized puncture.....

More info about Wormwood [Limited Edition, Signed

One of 250 numbered copies, this being copy no.223. Quarto (35.75cm); striped cloth-covered boards and greyish-gren morocco backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; publisher's taupe cloth slipcase; xviii,59,[5]pp; illus. Tiny scuff near crown, else Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase, showing some light rubbing and a few spots.....

More info about Deaths and Entrances

First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 561pp. Signed by author on front flyleaf and again on title page. Modest rubbing to cloth at spine ends and corners, with occasional marginal creases; Very Good+. Dustwrapper, illustrated by Jim Dine, unclipped (priced $12.50).....

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