Quarto (24.5cm.); original grey pictorial wrappers; 207pp.; frontispiece & 14 tissue guarded plates; numerous text illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit worn, especially at spine edges; preliminaries foxed, else Very Good and sound overall. Bleak collection of stories following in the footsteps of Zola's naturalistic novel Germinal. Mostly set in the.....
First printing. Octavo (22cm). Maroon cloth stamped in gilt on front; plain endpapers; 74pp; brief ad on p.74; frontispiece depicting a clay bust of Whitman. Contemporary ownership inscription of [Jahu] Dewitt Miller of Forest Glen, Maryland to rear pastedown. A collection of birthday tributes to Whitman, printed after a gathering.....
Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's deep blue embossed cloth titled in gilt to spine and front board. 299pp. + [16pp] publisher's ads to rear. Minor scuffing and bumping to spine ends and corners, a little discoloration of the cloth in places, very slight lean; internally clean with some marginal foxing to the.....
Octavo. 21.5cm. Original white paper wraps. 25pp. [pagination runs 167-192 contiguous with previous parts]. Strong and clean with some toning to the spine area and some areas of soiling to the white covers, light edgewear; internally clean and fresh. A very good copy. The sixth and final instalment of Acker's.....
Octavo (20cm); burgundy cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 173pp. Light rubbing and sunning to spine ends and board edges, with trace foxing to upper edge of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper, tanned, with chips to spine ends, tear along front flap.....
Second Printing (September 1910). Octavo (17.5cm); dark green cloth-covered boards, with titling and ruling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; fore- and lower-edges untrimmed; [x],[2],3-129,[1]pp. Spine-tanned, with light shelf-wear, previously present bookplate residue to front pastedown, and tiny upper marginal tear to copyright page; Very.....
Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cream card wrappers printed in orange and black; 118pp. Spine rather significantly cocked, some wear to extremities; still, quite a Very Good, fresh copy of a scarce edition.
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![Small Archive from the Irene Kaufmann Settlement Fortieth Anniversary [January 17, 1935], SETTLEMENT MOVEMENT - PITTSBURGH, IRENE KAUFMANN SETTLEMENT.](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/34358.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1507242149)
Collection of twelve pieces (full description below) pertaining to the Fortieth Anniversary celebration at the Irene Kaufmann Settlement in Pittsburgh, all belonging to Hazel Peck Speer, a member of the music faculty. Founded in 1895 by the Council of Jewish Women, the Settlement provided aid and social services for the.....
Quarto. Original tan cloth boards; dustjacket; (47)pp incl. frontis.; illus. Slight darkening to cloth at gutters, as usual else tight, clean and unmarked; Near Fine. In scarce original dustwrapper, chafed on rear panel and with some chips to extremities; just VG. Nineteen political caricatures by the famed Masses cartoonist, each.....
Octavo. 19.5cm. Publisher's pebble grain black cloth titled in green to spine. Lacks dustjacket. [xviii]; 263pp.; [1]. One of several bindings, probably the least glamorous, the book can appear in red, dark blue, black, dark green etc. with varying text to the spine crediting, or not, Montague Summers in his.....
Quarto (35.75cm); original pictorial wrappers; 6pp. Modest wear and handling, some dust-soil and faint foxing to wrappers, with several small tears and attendant creases to extremities, and a faint tide mark affecting lower right corners; complete, but just Very Good. A key piece of anti-suffrage sheet music – a strident.....
Volumes 1-7, including double issue nos.2&3, all softcovers, with publisher's press release laid into Vol. 7. Volume 1 is Octavo (21.5cm) in tan paper wrappers; Volumes 2-7 are Quarto (28cm) in white paper wrappers; black-and-white illustrations throughout all volumes. Full pagination available upon request. Volume 1 has Lincoln County Unif.....
First Printing. Octavo (20cm); green cloth titled in gilt, with decorative elements embossed onto front cover; [viii],[2],3-381,[3]pp. Contemporary ink name on front endpaper ("George E. Barton, 1903"); pronounced forward lean, spine ends nudged, top edge dust-soiled, though contents are clean; Very Good, lacking the rare dustjacket. Collection of three long.....
First Printing. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's deep red cloth titled and decorated in gilt and black to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 299pp. Strong and tight, light bumping to spine ends, small spot or stain to edge of rear board; internally clean and fresh, yellow topstain, fore-edge untrimmed, spotting to page.....
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Second Edition. Folio (38cm); pictorial paper-covered boards, with titling on spine and front cover; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; publisher's pictorial slipcase; 299pp; colorful and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Pictorial bookplate of noted zoologist and marine biologist James Glen Mead to front pastedown. A Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper, unclipped, with trival surface wear.....
28cm. Staple bound white paper stock titled to first leaf. 32pp typewritten rectos only, mimeo'd. Some toning to the edges of the front cover, some light chipping and creasing to the spine edge of the title leaf, "1933" added in ink to the upper front corner of the title sheet.....
Extensive photographic archive documenting events on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico Border during the Mexican Revolution, focused primarily on the Border Wars in Texas and the Veracruz Incident of 1914, comprised entirely of contemporary images, all but a few of which are original vintage prints. The collection includes: • Sixty-one.....
Folio. Approx 40cm. Newsletter format on good quality multi-colored paper stock. 14-16pp. per issue. Some very light soiling and wear to edges and extremities some issues with horizontal folds from postage. All issues very good or better. Issues present: Vol. 10 No. 3 May-June 1973; Vol 10 No 4 July-August.....
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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......
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First Printing. Softcover comic in cardboard covers. Folio (37cm); cardboard covers with black binding with pictorial sticker to front cover; pictorial paper comic wrappers; [n.p.]; black-and-white illustrations throughout. Signed by Panter with doodle and 2008 date on verso of front cardboard cover. Comic in Near Fine condition. Cardboard covers has.....
First Printing, cloth issue. Octavo (21.5cm); navy blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-194pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "From Eduardo to David / Seattle / April 27/88." Base of spine gently bumped, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped.....
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.....
Octavo (21cm x 17cm). Printed paper wrappers; 187pp; text printed in two columns. Externally worn, with lower wrapper lacking, front wrapper partially detached, conspicuously chipped and toned at edges. Text complete and clean. Private library stamp (in Gaelic) to title page, "Leabharlann Ard-eaglaise Concaise" (LIbrary / Cathedral of the Immaculate.....
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