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  • Harlem Shadows: The Poems of Claude McKay. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, LITERATURE, Claude MCKAY, Max EASTMAN, poems, introduction.
    [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] MCKAY, Claude (poems); EASTMAN, Max (introduction)

    Harlem Shadows: The Poems of Claude McKay

    Octavo (19.5cm); grey paper and navy blue cloth-covered boards, with printed title label mounted to upper spine; xxii,95,[3]pp. Light wear to spine ends and extremities, with faint foxing to upper edge of textblock and endpapers, and some light rubbing to title label; Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustjacket. McKay's first.....

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  • THREE ACADEMIC PIECES. Wallace Stevens.
    Stevens, Wallace

    THREE ACADEMIC PIECES

    No. lxvii of 92 copies on Beauvais Arches paper (of a total edition of 246 copies in three issues). Light blue paper-covered boards; 37pp. Lacking the plain white paper dustjacket. Binding by Arno Werner; initial letters by Wightman Williams. Spine and edges faded, previous owner's name on front endpaper, else.....

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  • Types From City Streets. NEW YORK, CRIME, UNDERWORLD.
    [CRIME & UNDERWORLD] [NEW YORK] HAPGOOD, Hutchins

    Types From City Streets

    Octavo. Blue-green pictorial cloth, stamped in black and silver on cover and spine; 379pp. 8 inserted leaves of plates (halftones) by Glenn O. Coleman. A bright, Near Fine copy, with just a trace of rubbing to spine ends board edges; virtually free of soiling, with the pictorial design on front.....

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  • The Essential Japanese House: craftsmanship, function, and style in town and country. Teiji ITOH, Yukio Futagawa, text, photographs.
    ITOH, Teiji (text); Yukio Futagawa (photographs)

    The Essential Japanese House: craftsmanship, function, and style in town and country

    First printing of the English-language edition (first published in Japan under the title Nihon no Minka, 1962). Quarto. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; wood veneer endpapers; 419pp; illus. Red ink remainder mark to bottom edge of text block, else a tight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $25.00 on.....

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  • La Brêche: Action Surréaliste [complete run of 8 issues. SURREALISM, Andre BRETON.
    [SURREALISM] BRETON, Andre (ed)

    La Brêche: Action Surréaliste [complete run of 8 issues]

    Eight octavo (digest-size) issues. Pictorial wrappers printed in colors; each issue ca. 124-132pp; illus; ads. Gentle rubbing and soil to most issues, but in all a complete, attractive, and perfectly sound run, easily Very Good. Text entirely in French. Breton's final periodical venture, a continuation of sorts of his long.....

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  • My Pretty Pony. Stephen KING, Barbara Kruger, Whitney Museum of American Art, text, illustrations, compilation by.
    KING, Stephen (text); Barbara Kruger (illustrations); Whitney Museum of American Art (compilation by)

    My Pretty Pony

    Quarto (35cm); pictorial paper-covered boards, with titling in white on spine; [n.p.]; illus. Spine-faded, with modest shelf-wear, 4" split to upper front joint, rubbing to spine ends and board edges, and bumped corners (affecting upper margins of text); Very Good. In publisher's slipcase, with shelf-soil and residue, tiny cracks and.....

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  • Broadside: Entering Kansas City High. Allen GINSBERG.
    GINSBERG, Allen

    Broadside: Entering Kansas City High

    Original illustrated broadside, with text and pictorial elements offset printed in black on light brown wove stock, measuring 38cm x 61cm (15" x 24"). A few faint creases from storage at upper and lower edges; Very Good+. Broadside printing a poem Ginsberg wrote at midnight, February 12, 1966, on his.....

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  • The Blackwater Chronicle: A Narrative of an Expedition Into the Land of Canaan in Randolph. VIRGINIA, "BY THE CLERK OF OXENFORDE", David Hunter Strother, pseud Philip Pendleton Kennedy, aka "Porte Crayon".
    [VIRGINIA] "BY THE CLERK OF OXENFORDE" (pseud Philip Pendleton Kennedy); David Hunter Strother (aka "Porte Crayon"), illus

    The Blackwater Chronicle: A Narrative of an Expedition Into the Land of Canaan in Randolph County, Virginia

    12mo. (19.25cm); publisher's original dark brown cloth, with titling and decorations stamed in gilt on spine, and quintuple blind-ruled borders on covers; [vi],[3],4-223,[224] + [16]pp ads, with engraved title page and illustrations from life by Strother. Gilt-stamped red morocco leather bookplate of American bookseller Ernest R. Gee mounted to front.....

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  • The Stecher Trilogy: White Mule, In The Money, The Build-Up. William Carlos WILLIAMS.
    WILLIAMS, William Carlos

    The Stecher Trilogy: White Mule, In The Money, The Build-Up

    1. White Mule. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1937. First Edition, First Printing, one of 1,100 copies. Octavo (19.5cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; [viii],[1]-293,[3]pp. Hint of sunning to spine, some offsetting to endpapers, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket.....

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  • Phases of Pre-Pagan Burma: Languages and History (2 vols. G. H LUCE, Gordon Hannington.
    LUCE, G.H. [Gordon Hannington]

    Phases of Pre-Pagan Burma: Languages and History (2 vols)

    Two volumes. Vol I octavo (24cm x 17cm); Vol II oblong quarto (24cm x 32cm). Blue cloth hardcovers; dustjacket; xvi,185; second volume (linguistic atlas and plates) unpaginated. Mild fading to jacket spines, else a fine set, free of markings or notable wear. From the library of noted poet, translator, and.....

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  • The Salvaging of Civilization. H. G WELLS.
    WELLS, H.G.

    The Salvaging of Civilization

    First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); sage green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in dark green on upper front cover; dustjacket; [vi],[1]-202pp. Vintage Australian bookseller's ticket to lower front pastedown, contemporary owner's ink signature and date to upper front endpaper, with some offsetting from flaps onto endpapers, faint.....

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  • Ilya Kabakov Installations 1983-2000: Catalogue Raisonné. Ilya KABAKOV, Toni STOOSS.
    KABAKOV, Ilya; STOOSS, Toni (editor)

    Ilya Kabakov Installations 1983-2000: Catalogue Raisonné

    Two thick quarto volumes (30.5cm); maroon cloth, titled in pale bluish-grey on spines and front covers, with with color pictorial onlays mounted to same; publisher's maroon cloth slipcase; [5],6-520; [5],6-488pp; illus. Both volumes Fine; slipcase is lightly dust-soiled, with some light finger-soil to one side and a few scuffs; sound.....

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  • Two Lamaistic Pantheons (2 vols. Walter Eugene CLARK.
    CLARK, Walter Eugene

    Two Lamaistic Pantheons (2 vols)

    Two octavo volumes. Blue cloth hardcovers; dustjackets; xxiv,169,(1) + 314 (plates). Mild bump to upper board corner of v.I, else a fine set, free of markings or notable wear. In the original dustwrappers, lightly dusted, toned on spine panels, still attractive and Very Good. An unusually well-preserved set. Issued as.....

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  • Les Philosophies Indiennes; Les Systemes. René GROUSSET.
    GROUSSET, René

    Les Philosophies Indiennes; Les Systemes

    Two Volumes. Octavo. 20cm. French language. Publisher's printed and decorated card wraps, printed in black and brown. 344pp.; 416pp. Tight and handsome, some soiling to the pale cream wraps, a little wear to extremities; internally clean and fresh, unopened, inscribed by the author to the front flyleaf of volume I......

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  • William Everson: The Life of Brother Antoninus [Bound Manuscript, Inscribed to Nathaniel Tarn. POETRY, Lee BARTLETT.
    [POETRY] BARTLETT, Lee

    William Everson: The Life of Brother Antoninus [Bound Manuscript, Inscribed to Nathaniel Tarn]

    Quarto. Comb-bound manuscript with clear acetate covers; variously paginated. Xerographically reproduced from typescript. Inscribed on cover sheet: "For Nathaniel / one of three copies of the uncorrected MS - " signed, dated 2/5/87. Fine, with Tarn's editorial markings throughout and occasional author's corrections in ink. Bartlett's magisterial study of William.....

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  • Still Another Day [Aún. Pablo NERUDA, William O'Daly, transl.
    NERUDA, Pablo; William O'Daly (transl)

    Still Another Day [Aún]

    One of 250 copies. Octavo; tan cloth hardcover; dustjacket; unpaginated [40pp]. A fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, clean and crisp with just a touch of fading to spine panel; Near Fine. Quite lovely edition of this late, meditative long poem, written by Neruda in 1969 and here translated by.....

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  • Capital. Vol. I: Capitalistic Production; Vol. II: Capitalistic Circulation; Vol. III: Capitalist. COMMUNISM, Charles Hope KERR, Ernest UNTERMANN.
    [COMMUNISM] MARX, Karl [KERR, Charles Hope; UNTERMANN, Ernest]

    Capital. Vol. I: Capitalistic Production; Vol. II: Capitalistic Circulation; Vol. III: Capitalist Production as a Whole

    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.....

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  • Miscellanies in Prose and Verse. Jonathan SWIFT.
    [SWIFT, Jonathan]

    Miscellanies in Prose and Verse

    Octavo. 20cm. Recent rebinding of subtle green marbled paper boards retaining original black leather and gilt title label. [14]; 416pp. Strong and handsome, very light wear to a late 20th century binding; internally clean, some heavy browning to prelims, title page, and final blanks, with some light toning in places.....

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  • A Study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake: Poet, Printer, Propheet. BLAKE, Geoffey KEYNES.
    [BLAKE] KEYNES, Geoffey

    A Study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake: Poet, Printer, Propheet

    No. 451 of 525 signed copies. Quarto. Quarto morocco over marbled paper-covered boards in matching slipcase; [103] pp; 32 plates in color. Touch of wear to slipcase, but a lovely, Near Fine copy.

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  • 朝井閑右衛門画集 [= Kan'emon Asai: Collected Works. 朝井閑右衛門, KANEMON Asai.
    朝井閑右衛門 [= KANEMON Asai]

    朝井閑右衛門画集 [= Kan'emon Asai: Collected Works]

    First printing, no. 447 of 700 numbered copies. Quarto (35cm). Cloth hardcover in dustjacket and publisher's card slipcase; 279pp; illus. A very fine copy, free of markings or wear, in like slipcase. Housed in publisher's original cardboard box with printed title label. Catalog raisonné of the painted works of the.....

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  • Little Big Horn Diary: Chronicle of the 1876 Indian War [Dedication Copy. James WILLERT, Warren A. Van Ess.
    WILLERT, James; Warren A. Van Ess (illus)

    Little Big Horn Diary: Chronicle of the 1876 Indian War [Dedication Copy]

    One of 500 copies. This copy lengthily inscribed on front endpaper to Carol McGovern Cerf, daughter of the dedicatee (posthumous) Dr. William Montgomery McGovern (1897-1967). Quarto; blue cloth hardcover with silver foil stamping to spine and front cover; 476pp; illus. Also laid in is a substantial typed letter, signed, from.....

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  • Barabudur: Esquisse D'une Histoire du Bouddhisme Fondée sur la Critique Archéologique des. Paul MUS, M. George Cœdés, preface.
    MUS, Paul; M. George Cœdés (preface)

    Barabudur: Esquisse D'une Histoire du Bouddhisme Fondée sur la Critique Archéologique des Textes [Two Volumes in One]

    Two Volumes in one, softcover. Quarto (25cm); white paper wrappers; [viii],[1],2-802,[8]pp; black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Text entirely in French. Some pages of text unopened. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his Ex Libris stamp to lower margin of.....

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  • Rural Sports; Four Extra Illustrated Volumes with Supplement. SPORT, The Reverend William Barker DANIEL.
    [SPORT] DANIEL, The Reverend William Barker

    Rural Sports; Four Extra Illustrated Volumes with Supplement

    Four Volumes. Extra Illustrated, Large Paper Edition. Imperial Quarto. 35cm. Bound in early 20th century full deep tan morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, titled and decorated in gilt to spines, gilt ruling to boards, gilt inner dentelles. 467pp.;[6] Index; 436pp.;[7] Index; 367pp.;[44] General Index; [8]; 507pp.; [1]; [24] Index. Complete.....

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  • Resist the Draft / Anti-War Day. Peg AVERILL.
    AVERILL, Peg

    Resist the Draft / Anti-War Day

    Offset lithograph in colors, 43cm x 29cm (17" x 11"). Signed in image, lower right. Crease to left corner, with a single short, closed tear; Very Good+. Unbacked. A fiery photomontage poster advertising a rally that appears never to have taken place, perhaps because it was scheduled for the same.....

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