Lorne Bair Rare Books

One of 2000 copies on Velin de Lana (this copy unnumbered; presumably one of a few hors-commerce author's copies). Inscribed on second flyleaf: "à Son Excellence Monsieur Duff Cooper / ce message d'amité franco-britannique, en respectueux et fidèles souvenirs." Octavo (25cm). Morocco-backed marbled boards; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt; 2.....

More info about Le Mariage Du Ciel et de L'Enfer [...] suivie de Deux Études sur William Blake par...

Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's original bright red pebble grain cloth titled and embellished in gilt and blind to boards, ruled in blind. 62pp.; [4] ads to rear. Strong and tight, slight bumping to corners, some light fraying to spine ends and a little inoffensive soiling of the cloth in places; internally.....

More info about The Sportsman's Vade Mecum, by "Dinks", Edited by Frank Forester. Containing Full...

One of appoximately 100 copies printed for distribution to members of the International Federation for Internal Freedom in 1963. Slim octavo (23cm); white wrappers printed in black, stapled; 40pp. Gentle sunning along spine-fold and upper edge of front wrapper, with a faint, tiny scuff beneath Leary's name, else a fresh.....

More info about Visionary Experience and How To Change Behavior

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.....

More info about Collection of Facts and Documents Relative to the Project of a Bridge from South Street in Boston...

First Printing. Quarto (31.5cm); smooth grayish-tan buckram, with titling and decorations stamped in maroon and gilt on spine and front cover; photo-illustrated endpapers; xiv,255,[1]pp, with tissue-guarded color pictorial frontispiece and numerous black & white illustrations (halftones). A Fine copy, lacking the dustjacket. A collection of pen and photographic studies of.....

More info about Prairie Wings: Pen and Camera Flight Studies

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...

First printing. Octavo. Beige linen over boards, titles stamped in brown on spine and front cover; dustjacket; charcoal top-stain; decorated endpapers; 295pp; fore- and bottom text block edges untrimmed. Gentle toning to cloth at margins, still a tight, Near Fine copy. In the scarce original dustwrapper, clilpped by publisher on.....

More info about The Hobo's Hornbook: a Repertory for a Gutter Jongleur

One of 1,000 copies. Octavo (23.25cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [vi],[4],5-51,[7]pp; illus. Lower corners gently tapped (though still sharp), a few very faint patches of soil to front wrapper, else an internally clean, Near Fine copy. A collaborative work between Burroughs and Gysin, collecting poems, cut-up texts, and illustrations. An.....

More info about The Exterminator

One of 225 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author and illustrator, this being copy no.66. Tall, narrow octavo (29.5cm); russet cloth and cream pictorial paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in black on spine; black topstain; publisher's slipcase; [6],7-41,[7]pp; illus. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Collection of seven.....

More info about Keepers of the House [Limited Edition, Signed

Quarto. 24.5cm. Publisher's deep black cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. [xix]; 1087pp. Clean, strong and handsome with some light shelfwear and bumping; internally clean, with two card movables in a pocket to the rear pastedown, top edge stained pale blue. A very good copy indeed. A......

More info about Mächte des Schicksals; Enzyklopädie Anthropologischer Wissenschaft, Okkulter Lehren, und...

Presentation, lengthily inscribed: "To Edward Hopper / Assistant Superintendent of a work that is more than mere prevention of disaster in young peoples' lives - it is a program of building creative personalities - with the best wishes always," signed, undated but apparently contemporary with publication. First printing. Octavo. Blue.....

More info about Youth In Trouble: Studies in Delinquency and Despair. With Plans for Prevention [Presentation Copy

Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's ribbed blue cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. 341pp. Light scuffing and fraying to corners and spine ends, a little dulling to the gilt of the spine panel; internally clean, pencil ownership to title page, some very sparse pencil marginalia, fore-edge untrimmed. A very.....

More info about Ideas of Good and Evil

Octavo. 20cm. Disbound, with traces of an old calf spine. 22pp. Clean and strong, stitch bound; internally clean with a little offsetting and light soiling to the first and last leaves otherwise bright and fresh. A very good copy. A printed letter, putatively addressed to William Pitt, from the doomed.....

More info about An Exact Copy of A Remarkable Letter From Admiral Byng to the Right Hon W ---- P ---- Esq.; dated...

First Printing. Octavo (24cm); sandy grey paper-covered boards and brick red cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in silver on spine and in maroon on front cover; dustjacket; xviii,[4],5-355,[3]pp. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Sandy and Ed, In respect to Kirine and Emily who have help like.....

More info about Down The Line: Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin [Inscribed

Octavo. 24.5cm. No. 47 of 150 copies. Publisher's deep red pebble grain cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. 114pp. Very light wear to corners and extremities, strong, tight and solid; internally clean and fresh, deep maroon endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, tape residue from an old protective.....

More info about Hank; His Lies and His Yarns

First Printing, one of 500 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); blue-grey cloth, with cream printed title labels mounted to upper spine and front cover; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-164pp. Trivial wear to lower board edges, hint of offsetting to endpapers, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $1.50), showing a hint of sunning.....

More info about The Knife of the Times and Other Stories

Broadside, with text letterpress printed in black within a ruled border on cream Abbey Mills Greenfield laid paper, measuring 28cm x 38cm (11 1/8" x 15"). Signed by Heaney in black pen toward lower right corner. Mild handling and creasing, a few very faint foxed spots, with some trivial dust-soil.....

More info about Broadside: Land [Signed

One of 100 numbered copies signed by Ted Hughes, this being copy no.30. Original broadside, with text letterpress printed in black on white Barcham Green handmade paper (left edge cut, others deckled), measuring 32.75cm x 47.75cm (13" x 18.75"). Some very subtle toning and dust-soil to extremities, with a few.....

More info about Broadside: February 17th [Limited Edition, Signed

First Printings, published between 1000-2000 copies per issue. Eleven octavo volumes (23.5cm); original pictorial card wrappers; [1]-275,[1]; [1]-324,[4]; [3]-381,[1]; [3]-402,[2]; [7]-440,[2]; [9]-412,[2]; [7]-458,[4]; [9]-400,[4]; [7]-346,[6]; [9]-358,[2]; [9]-299,[5]pp, with black & white illustrations, half-tone plates, and folding charts; text is entirely in Spanish. Edgeworn, wrappers rubbed, gently spine-sunned, and lightly dusty.....

More info about Estudios de Cultura Maya - Vols.I, III-XII (1961-1979

First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); navy blue and red paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; decorative endpapers; orange topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[2],3-326,[2]pp. Spine ends gently nudged, topstain slightly dulled, else a fresh, very Near Fine copy. In the original dustjacket designed by Aaron Douglas; unclipped.....

More info about Banjo: A Story without a Plot

First Printing. Octavo (20.75cm); grayish-green cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; [xiv],512 + [8]pp ads, with black & white photographic frontispiece portrait of the author, and black & white illustrations and facsimiles. Inscribed by the author on the verso of the frontispiece: "Fraternally / Alexander Berkman / Tombs.....

More info about Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist [Inscribed

Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's orange wrappers printed within typographically decorative border; 52pp.; text printed entirely in blackletter. Some shallow chipping to upper cover fore-edge not approaching text, some light soil, textblock uniformly toned, else a Very Good copy, internally clean and sound. At head of title: "Berliner Arbeiter-Bibliothek," IX. Heft.

More info about Die Marx'sche Werththeorie zur Einführung in das Studium von Marx

First State. Small quarto (26cm); glazed pictorial cloth binding; [xii],144,[2]pp; black-and-white illustrations throughout. Lacking dustjacket. Previous ownership's inked inscription (1892) and address on ownership page. Spine-tanned, with shelf-wear and soil, rubbing to spine ends and board edges, residue to front pastedown, old tape marks to pp.xi-xi, 4" triangular chip to.....

More info about The Brownies: Their Book

Small folio. 34cm. Later heavy grain oatmeal cloth with black leather title label to spine. 258pp.; [1]. Clean and strong, minor bumping to spine ends; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout with photographs, color images, and charts, all with captioned tissue guards. A near fine copy. From the library of.....

More info about La Premiére Traversée Aérienne Paris-New York par Costes et Bellonte [The First Aerial...