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  • South Africa. Anthony TROLLOPE.
    TROLLOPE, Anthony

    South Africa

    2 volumes; octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spines, black glazed endpapers; vii,[1],352; vii,[1],352,32(ads)pp.; folding color map in Vol. I. Extremities quite rubbed and worn with corners bumped and spine ends rather frayed, cloth darkened except where cover labels were once mounted to both upper covers; folding map has a......

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  • Way for a Sailor! Albert Richard WETJEN.
    WETJEN, Albert Richard

    Way for a Sailor!

    First Printing. Publisher's cloth in pictorial art deco dust jacket, red topstain; [6],408pp. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and worn with short closed tear at bottom edge of upper panel just touching text without loss of meaning, some unevenly heavy foxing, the whole jacket rather dust soiled, bottom two inches.....

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  • First of May Magazine. A Journal of Constructive Revolution [2 Annual Issues. SOCIALISM - WIIU, Karl DANNENBERG.
    [SOCIALISM - WIIU] DANNENBERG, Karl (ed)

    First of May Magazine. A Journal of Constructive Revolution [2 Annual Issues]

    Quarto (30cm). Staple-bound pictorial card wrappers; 40pp; illus. Issue for 1919 in clean, unmarked condition, Very Good or better. Issue for 1923 worn, with wrappers darkened and stained, contents slightly age-toned, with corner-creases and occasional thumb-soil; complete and just Good. Annual souvenir of the Workers' International Industrial Union.

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  • Tredgold on the Steam Engine. Marine Engines and Boilers: Exemplified in Numerous Examples of. Thomas TREDGOLD, W. S. WOOLHOUSE, James HANN, Robert ARMSTRONG.
    TREDGOLD, Thomas; [W. S. WOOLHOUSE]; [James HANN]; [Robert ARMSTRONG]

    Tredgold on the Steam Engine. Marine Engines and Boilers: Exemplified in Numerous Examples of British and American Steam Vessels. With...

    Quarto (33cm). In original brown publisher's cloth, stamped in blind on boards, titled on spines in gold; yellow coated endpapers; vol. I: viii, 342, 34, 52, 19, [1], 5. [3]pp; vol. II: vi, 44, 52, 8, 8, 16, 68, 32pp; with 166 engraved plates (56 in vol. I and 109.....

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  • Practical Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet-Making; Being a New and Complete System of Lines for. Peter NICHOLSON, Thomas Tredgold.
    NICHOLSON, Peter; Thomas Tredgold (ed.)

    Practical Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet-Making; Being a New and Complete System of Lines for the Use of Workmen

    Quarto (28cm). Half black and and green cloth, gilt roll to boards, rebacked with original spine label preserved; xxxvi,140,36,29,[1]pp; frontispiece, engraved title page, and 109 plates, complete. Handsomely rebacked and sound, with foxing to plates: Very Good. Reprint of a standard work by two well-known technical authors. Nicholson, an architect.....

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  • The Heat of the Day [Limited Edition, Signed. Elizabeth BOWEN.
    BOWEN, Elizabeth

    The Heat of the Day [Limited Edition, Signed]

    Limited to 500 copies. Octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth in green decorative dust jacket; [10],372,[2]pp. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed, else Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Signed by the author on limitation page.

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  • The Lion's Way. A Story of Men and Lions. C. T. STONEHAM.
    STONEHAM, C.T.

    The Lion's Way. A Story of Men and Lions

    Octavo (19cm). Goldenrod cloth, lettered in black on spine and front cover; pictorial dustjacket; [i-vi],vii-ix,[x],325pp. Bit of dusting to text block edges, else a tight, Near Fine copy in an uncommonly crisp dustwrapper, unclipped, slightly dusted overall with just a few tiny edge-nicks, brief splits a head and tail of.....

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  • The Silent Bullet. Arthur B. REEVE.
    REEVE, Arthur B.

    The Silent Bullet

    First printing. Octavo (19.5cm). Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in green, yellow, and black; plain endpapers; [x],390pp; frontispiece and five inserted plates. A straight copy, rubbed at edges, tiny stains to lower edge just affecting interior, occasional spots of foxing, but largely clean and sound: Very Good.

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  • La Commune de l'Avenir: Amour & Pensée Libres [Inscribed & Signed. ANARCHISM, Achille LE ROY.
    [ANARCHISM] LE ROY, Achille

    La Commune de l'Avenir: Amour & Pensée Libres [Inscribed & Signed]

    Slim octavo (20cm.); publisher's pink pictorial wrappers; 24pp. Evidence of having been removed from larger volume, upper wrapper nearly separated, small loss at bottom fore-edge corner not approaching text, some toning along extremities, else Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by the author on upper cover verso: "Au citoyen Clément.....

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  • In Memoriam. Alfred TENNYSON.
    [TENNYSON, Alfred]

    In Memoriam

    First printing, with all points specified in the Ticknor & Fields bibliography: "Metcalf & Co." on verso of title page and "3" at head of p.3. 16mo (19cm). In original brown publisher's cloth with the Ticknor stamp to boards, titled in gold on spine; yellow endpapers; 48-page Ticknor catalogue at.....

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  • A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes. NUKES, H. D. SMYTH.
    [NUKES] SMYTH, H.D.

    A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes

    Octavo. Publisher's printed wrappers; vii, 182pp. Ink ownership signature ("David Caliri") to front wrapper; corners bumped, with minor external wear; still a tight, Very Good to Near Fine copy.

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  • Poems 3. Alan DUGAN.
    DUGAN, Alan

    Poems 3

    Small octavo (21cm). Green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 61pp. Inscribed on leaf facing copyright page, below dedication: "For Ben & Bernarda / Love, Dugan," undated but apparently contemporary. Mild surface rubbing to dustwrapper, else a fine, fresh copy.

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  • At Paradise Gate [Signed. Jane SMILEY.
    SMILEY, Jane

    At Paradise Gate [Signed]

    First printing. Signed by Smiley on title page. Octavo; cloth-backed boards (hardcover); dustjacket; 224pp. Fine copy in crisp, unclipped dustwrapper (priced $12.95 on front flap), slightly toned at margins else Near Fine. The Pulitzer Prize winning author's second book.

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  • Tribune Anarchiste-Communiste. Bulletin des Anarchistes-Communistes. Run of 16 issues, 1973-79. Paul DENAIS.
    DENAIS, Paul (ed)

    Tribune Anarchiste-Communiste. Bulletin des Anarchistes-Communistes. Run of 16 issues, 1973-79

    Sixteen issues in original wrappers. Issued irregularly. Format varies; mostly quarto, side-stapled wrappers (but 4 issues in digest format); ca. 32-48pp per issue. Minor external wear to a few early issues, overall Very Good or better, free of markings, significant soil or wear. Text entirely in French.

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  • The Red Book of Animal Stories. Andrew LANG, Henry J. FORD, illustrations.
    LANG, Andrew (editor); FORD, Henry J. (illustrations)

    The Red Book of Animal Stories

    First Printing. Octavo (18.75cm); red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; all edges gilt; xviii,379,[1] + [2]pp ads, with illustrated frontispiece and 31 plates of illustrations. Modest wear to spine ends and extremities, slight forward lean, gentle sunning to spine, with some light.....

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  • Die Marx'sche Werththeorie zur Einführung in das Studium von Marx. SOCIALISM, Paul FISCHER, GERMANY.
    [SOCIALISM] [GERMANY] FISCHER, Paul

    Die Marx'sche Werththeorie zur Einführung in das Studium von Marx

    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.

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  • Catalogue from Aktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson & Co., Stockholm (Sweden. TELEPHONE.
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    Catalogue from Aktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson & Co., Stockholm (Sweden)

    5th edition. Quarto (29cm). Original blue cloth, titled in black on front, with board corners rounded, all edges stained red; original black coated endpapers; [viii],243pp; relief illustrations throughout. Text in three languages (English, German, and French) in three columns. Occasional contemporary pencil annotations. Straight and sound, minor wear to edge.....

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  • De Doctrina Temporum Commentarius in Victorium Aquitanum nunc primùm post M.C. LXXVII. Ægidii BUCHERII, alt. spellings Bucherius / Gilles Bouchier.
    BUCHERII, Ægidii [alt. spellings Bucherius / Gilles Bouchier]

    De Doctrina Temporum Commentarius in Victorium Aquitanum nunc primùm post M.C. LXXVII. annos in luceum editum, aliosq. antiquos canonum Paschalium...

    Folio (32cm.); recent full blue crushed morcco, gilt-lettered spine; xxxii,500pp. (* - 4*4 A-3R4); title page printed in red and black, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces. Slightly ex-library with mid-20th century rubberstamp to title page, title page separated but present (and rather browned), new front free endpapers, though retaining.....

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  • The Outsider [Owen Dodson's Copy. AFRICAN AMERICANA, Richard WRIGHT.
    [AFRICAN AMERICANA] WRIGHT, Richard

    The Outsider [Owen Dodson's Copy]

    First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); vertically-striped paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in grey on spine; dustjacket; [viii],405,[3]pp. From the library of African American poet, playwright, and novelist Owen Vincent Dodson (1914-1983), whose bookplate is mounted to front pastedown. Some wear to spine ends, sunning to upper board.....

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  • Water Flowing Home: Poems [Limited Edition, Signed. Sherman ALEXIE.
    ALEXIE, Sherman

    Water Flowing Home: Poems [Limited Edition, Signed]

    Cloth Issue, one of 100 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.18. Octavo (24cm); navy blue cloth, with decorative title labels mounted to spine and front cover; [36]pp. A Fine copy of the National Book Award-winning author's fifth book of poetry, elusive in the.....

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  • Pistols for Two. pseud. H. L. Mencken, George Jean Nathan.
    HATTERAS, Owen [pseud. H.L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan]

    Pistols for Two

    Slim 12mo (18.5cm.); original pinkish-purple printed wrappers; [4],42pp. Spine faded (as usual), else Fine. Two biographical essays about Mencken and Nathan, pseudonymously authored by the same.

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  • Death of A Salesman. Certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem. Arthur MILLER.
    MILLER, Arthur

    Death of A Salesman. Certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem.

    First Printing. Octavo; orange cloth boards, lettered in dark brown on spine and with brown pictorial device to front board; black topstain; dustjacket; 139pp. Signed by Miller in black felt-tip pen on title page. Spine and board edges sunned; topstain faded to gray; still a clean, Very Good copy in.....

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  • Bang The Drum Slowly. Mark HARRIS.
    HARRIS, Mark

    Bang The Drum Slowly

    First Printing. Octavo (21cm); green cloth backstrip over rose cloth covered boards, titled in gilt on the spine; rose topstain; dustjacket; 243pp.; spine ends are pushed; faint rubbing to boards; minor toning, mostly to gutters; Very Good+ or better. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50) with toning mostly to the.....

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  • The Prussian Officer. D. H. LAWRENCE.
    LAWRENCE, D. H.

    The Prussian Officer

    First printing. Octavo (19cm). Publisher's blue cloth, titled in gilt on front and spine; plain endpapers, lacking front free endpaper; [vi],310,[2],[20]pp; 22pp of ads at rear. Stamp of Herbert Biberman to flyleaf; old pencil notes to flyleaf. A straight copy, spine lightly sunned, edges gently rubbed, f.f.e.p. lacking, mild toning.....

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