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  • Images of War. Richard ALDINGTON.
    ALDINGTON, Richard

    Images of War

    First printing (preliminary issue?), from British sheets. 12mo (17cm). Original printed paper-covered boards; 64pp. Title page is a cancel. Some rubbing to boards, including a small scuff at upper corner of front cover; internally clean, tight, and unmarked. A Very Good copy. An uncommon issue of Aldington's third regularly-published book.....

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  • Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art vol.vii, nos.39 & 42; vol.ix, nos.53; vol.xi, Cyril CONNOLLY, Herbert Read Osbert Sitwell, W. H. Auden, Aldous Huxley, Stephen Spender.
    CONNOLLY, Cyril (editor); Osbert Sitwell, Herbert Read, Stephen Spender, Aldous Huxley, W. H. Auden (et al)

    Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art vol.vii, nos.39 & 42; vol.ix, nos.53; vol.xi, nos.61-66; vol.xii, nos.67-72; vol.xiii, nos.73-78; vol.xiv...

    51 issues, with nos. 93&94 and 120&121 released as double-issues, all softcovers. 51 Octavos (21cm); pictorial paper wrappers; black-and-white and colorful photographic halftones and illustrations throughout. Full pagination available upon request. From the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Edward Michael Mendelson (pseud. Nathaniel Tarn), with his ownership to.....

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  • Prosa de Prisa, 1929-1972 - Tomo I [Inscribed to Roberto Márquez. Nicolás GUILLÉN.
    GUILLÉN, Nicolás

    Prosa de Prisa, 1929-1972 - Tomo I [Inscribed to Roberto Márquez]

    First Impression, one of 20,300 copies. Octavo (23.75cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xii,[3],4-426,[2]pp; text is entirely in Spanish. Inscribed by Guillén on the half-title page to Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic Roberto Márquez, with small drawings of the Cuban.....

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  • India. PHOTOGRAPHY, Don McCULLIN.
    [PHOTOGRAPHY] McCULLIN, Don

    India

    Quarto. 25cm. Pulisher's pictorial paper covered boards. Dustjacket. 132pp. Very light wear to corners and spine ends; internally clean, signed by McCulling to the title page; in a clean, strong example of the dustjacket with some very light cosmetic edgewear. A near fine signed copy. McCullin's relationship with India has.....

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  • Atlas of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania from actual Surveys. S. N. BEERS, Beers, Worley, Breacher, Fred. Bourquin, cartographers, engravers, printer, Silas Norman, aniel, rover.
    BEERS, S.N. [Silas Norman] and D[aniel] G[rover] Beers (cartographers); Worley & Breacher (engravers); Fred. Bourquin (printer)

    Atlas of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania from actual Surveys [...]

    First printing. Folio (40cm x 37cm; ca 16" x 14-1/2"). Original marbled paper-covered boards, re-spined and recornered to style; new endpapers; early owner's inserted stenciled half-title ("James Mathews / Atlas / April 14 1868"); 72pp. Leaves are printed rectos-only, comprising title-page, 64 hand-colored maps (two folding), a table of distances.....

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  • Shigaraki; Potter's Valley. Louise Allison CORT.
    CORT, Louise Allison

    Shigaraki; Potter's Valley

    Folio. 30cm. Publisher's burgunbdy cloth titled in orange to spine. Dustjacket & Publisher's Slipcase. [xi]; 428pp. Very light incidental wear to the cloth, sharp and bright; internally clean and fresh, illustrated throughout; in a clean strong pictorial dustjacket, and the publisher's buff card printed slipcase with some minor bumping and.....

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  • Seminario de Integracion Social Guatemalteca: publicaión nos. 1-25, 31-36, 38, 40-43 [36 Mixed. E. Michael MENDELSON, Charles Wagley, Sol Tax, Flavio Rojas Lima Gervasio Accomazzi.
    MENDELSON, E. Michael, Sol Tax, Charles Wagley (et al); Gervasio Accomazzi, Flavio Rojas Lima (translators) (et al)

    Seminario de Integracion Social Guatemalteca: publicaión nos. 1-25, 31-36, 38, 40-43 [36 Mixed Issues, Incomplete Run]

    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.....

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  • From Flushing to Calvary [Presentation Copy to Evelyn Scott. Edward DAHLBERG.
    DAHLBERG, Edward

    From Flushing to Calvary [Presentation Copy to Evelyn Scott]

    First Printing. Inscribed on the front endpaper: "For Evelyn Scott whose reaction to my little book I most sincerely appreciate," signed in full, datemarked aboard the S.S. Bremen, Mar 28, 1933. Octavo (20.5cm); tan cloth, with titling and rule stamped in black on spine and front panel; green topstain; dustjacket;.....

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  • Pipe Dream. text, lyrics, Rodgers II HAMMERSTEIN, Richard Rodgers, John Steinbeck, music, based on novel by.
    HAMMERSTEIN, Rodgers II (text; lyrics); Richard Rodgers (music); John Steinbeck (based on novel by)

    Pipe Dream

    Octavo (21cm); silver cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in purple, yellow, and black on spine and front cover; lavender and teal pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; 158pp; black and white photographic (halftone) illustrations, with colorful illustrations throughout. Light rubbing to board edges, with trace residue to title page; Very Good.....

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  • Революція в Росії від 1861 року до найновіших подій. RUSSIAN REVOLUTION, "т.ф-н", pseudonym?
    [RUSSIAN REVOLUTION] "т.ф-н" [pseudonym?]

    Революція в Росії від 1861 року до найновіших подій [Revolution in Russia from 1861 to the Latest Events]

    12mo. Staple-bound pamphlet; printed paper wrappers, 32pp. Text in Ukrainian. Light rubbing and wear to wrappers, including brief chips and marginal tears. Text paper browned but not brittle; about Very Good. No publisher given, but rear wrapper advertises publications by "Iskra," the Russian revolutionary exile newspaper. Early, extremely uncommon up-to-the-minute.....

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  • On Translating Homer. Three Lectures Given at Oxford. [with] On Translating Homer: Last Words. A. Matthew ARNOLD.
    ARNOLD, Matthew

    On Translating Homer. Three Lectures Given at Oxford. [with] On Translating Homer: Last Words. A Lecture Given at Oxford [Edward...

    First impressions. Two slim, small octavo volumes (19cm). Uniform publisher's blind-embossed green cloth by Westleys, titled in gilt on spines; printed endpapers; 104 + 69pp. Printed binder's ticket to rear pastedown of each volume. A few old bookseller's marks to prelims; ownership signatures of Edward Dowden to front endpapers, dated.....

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  • The Warwick Woodlands or, Things As they Were There, Ten Years Ago. SPORT, Frank FORESTER, FISHING, SHOOTING, Henry William Pseud: HERBERT.
    [SPORT] [FISHING] [SHOOTING] FORESTER, Frank [Pseud: HERBERT, Henry William]

    The Warwick Woodlands or, Things As they Were There, Ten Years Ago

    Octavo. 18cm. Bound in later full bottle green morocco by Bennett of NY, elaborately decorated and titled in gilt to spine and boards with geese, ducks, snipe etc. [iv]; 168pp. Strong, tight, and attractive, very light wear, slight darkening to the spine panel, gilt bright; internally fresh and clean, top.....

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  • Estudios de Cultura Maya - Vols.I, III-XII (1961-1979. MEXICO, Alberto Ruz LHUILLIER.
    [MEXICO] LHUILLIER, Alberto Ruz, et al. (editors)

    Estudios de Cultura Maya - Vols.I, III-XII (1961-1979)

    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.....

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  • The History of Louisiana from the Earliest Period [copy of John T. Ludeling. LAW - LOUISIANA, François-Xavier MARTIN.
    [LAW - LOUISIANA] MARTIN, François-Xavier

    The History of Louisiana from the Earliest Period [copy of John T. Ludeling]

    First printing. Two octavo volumes. Early straight-grained morocco over marbled boards; gilt spine-titles; pp. lxxxiii, 364; iii--xv, 429pp. Half-titles present. Rubbing to board edges and spine ends, with heavier rubbing at crowns and board corners; foxing generally mild, more conspicuous (but not obtrusive) to a few gatherings in each volume.....

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  • The Cosmological Eye [Review Copy. Henry MILLER, Foreword James Laughlin.
    MILLER, Henry; James Laughlin, Foreword

    The Cosmological Eye [Review Copy]

    First printing. Review copy, so stamped by the publisher on front endpaper, with stamped publication date of November 21, 1939. Octavo. Tan linen hardcover; title stamped in brown on spine, with applied photomontage panel on front cover; x,363pp. A tight, square, attractive copy, lightly dusted on upper edge of text.....

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  • L'Assiette au Beurre - No.41: L'Argent par François Kupka (11 Janvier, 1902. František KUPKA, artist.
    KUPKA, František (artist)

    L'Assiette au Beurre - No.41: L'Argent par François Kupka (11 Janvier, 1902)

    Slim quarto (32cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; pp.646-657,[2]; illus.; text is entirely in French. Some wear to extremities, toning to wrapper extremities and text edges, with a few tiny nicks, tears, and some attendant creases, and a few benign shapes drawn in red pencil at lower rear wrapper; contents complete;.....

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  • Pioneer Life; or, Thirty Years a Hunter. Being Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Philip Tome. PENNSYLVANIA, Philip TOME.
    [PENNSYLVANIA] TOME, Philip

    Pioneer Life; or, Thirty Years a Hunter. Being Scenes and Adventures in the Life of Philip Tome

    12mo. (19.5cm); publisher's original dark green vertically-ribbed cloth titled in gilt on front cover, with embossed decorations within triple blind-ruled border on covers; viii,[9]-238,[4]pp, with pictorial frontispiece of an eight-point buck by Wightman, and woodcuts at the end of Chapters 14 and 16. Touch of softening to spine ends, light.....

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  • The Circular Study. Anna Katharine GREEN, Mrs. Charles Rohlfs.
    GREEN, Anna Katharine [Mrs. Charles Rohlfs]

    The Circular Study

    Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's bottle green cloth titled and decorated in vibrant gilt and black to spine and front board. 289pp. +[6pp] ads to rear. Very light scuffing and edgewear, light cosmetic bumping to spine ends; internally clean, fore-edge untrimmed. A very good, bright copy indeed. Notable on several major points;.....

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  • The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals. Edward Payson EVANS.
    EVANS, Edward Payson

    The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals

    Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's ribbed dark blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. [x]; 384pp. Light bumping to corners, some fraying and bumping at the spine ends and a little discoloration to the cloth in places, gilt bright, binding strong; internally clean and fresh, fore-edge untrimmed, frontis. with tissue guard. A......

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  • Mafia. Jean-Michel FOLON.
    FOLON, Jean-Michel

    Mafia

    12mo (10.5cm); brown paper-covered boards; [n.p.]; black and white illustrations throughout, with red color included in four illustrations. Lacking slipcase. Rubbing and peeling to spine and board edges, with shelf-soil; Good. Comic flip-book includes a person manipulating the letters of 'Mafia' as they are brought to his location on a......

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  • Angel Hair: 1-6 [Complete Run. Anne WALDMAN, Lewis Warsh, Ted Berrigan Charles Stein, Robert Duncan, contributors.
    WALDMAN, Anne and Lewis Warsh (editors); Charles Stein, Ted Berrigan, Robert Duncan (et al) (contributors)

    Angel Hair: 1-6 [Complete Run]

    Complete run of six issues.Quarto (ca 31-33cm), with varying colors of paper wrappers, nos. 1-5 with yapped edges; [24]pp; [44]pp; [48]pp; [64]pp; [64]pp; [64]pp. Modest shelf-wear, occasional minor soil and edge-creasing; overall a nicely preserved run, easily Very Good. Editors Waldman and Warsh founded Angel Hair in 1966, both still.....

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  • The South Carolina Jockey Club; History of The Turf in South Carolina. SPORT, John B. IRVING.
    [SPORT] [IRVING, John B.]

    The South Carolina Jockey Club; History of The Turf in South Carolina

    Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's bottle green embossed ribbed cloth titled and decorated in gilt and blind to the spine and front board. 211pp. Strong and straight, bumping to corners and softening to spine ends, some oxidisation to the spine gilt, and some light cosmetic soiling and discoloration of the cloth in.....

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  • Champ Fleury. translation, annotations, Geofroy TROY, George B. Ives.
    TROY, Geofroy; George B. Ives (translation; annotations)

    Champ Fleury

    One of 390 copies on antique wove rag paper. Quarto (32cm); quarter vellum over yellow pictorial paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; xxiii,208,[4]pp; illus. Lightly spine-tanned, with marginal soil to p.111; Near Fine. Dustwrapper has sticker residue and 1.5" triangular tear.....

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  • Whispering Windows; Tales of The Waterside. Thomas BURKE.
    BURKE, Thomas

    Whispering Windows; Tales of The Waterside

    Octavo. 19.5cm. Publisher's brown cloth titled in black to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 309pp. Minor bumping to spine ends, light wear and scuffing to extremities, and a little soiling to the lower edge of the cloth boards, clean and fresh; internally clean, with some light offsetting to flyleaves and.....

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