First Impression. Octavo (19cm); thin red boards, with titles stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; 318pp. Upper corners very slightly splayed, with two tiny stains to text edges; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, lightly edgeworn, with an old, faint stain at the base of the spine (most evident on verso)...
First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); rust-orange cloth boards, lettered in blue on spine; dustjacket; 326pp. Usual slight tanning to text, else an unusually crisp, straight copy, free of significant wear or defects; in the original, unclipped dustwrapper, slightly rubbed and creased overall and with brief (1/4") loss at base of front...
Limited Issue, one of 45 copies bound in quarter cloth and signed by Updike and Moser on the colophon. Octavo; 3/4 mauve paper over burgundy cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on front cover; [28]pp; illustrated with a relief engraving by Barry Moser. A Fine copy.
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Octavo (19cm); Blanck's first binding of slate A cloth with embossed circular publisher's device to front and rear boards; [i-xxiv], [1]-[635] + 6pp. publisher's ads. Original orange-coated endpapers. A good, unrestored copy. Spine has faded to tan, with consequent dulling to gilt; small losses to cloth at spine ends, joints...
Limited to 300 trade copies of which this is no. 197. Octavo (23.5cm.); original grey pictorial cloth in glassine dust jacket; [12],28pp.; illus. Jacket a bit creased, else Fine. Signed by Walker Percy and Eudora Welty. HOBSON A.1.14; POLK C83.
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Original window decal, with text silk-screened in blue on white gummed paper, measuring 31.5cm x 12.75cm (12.5" x 5"). A Fine example.
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Limited Issue, one of 1000 numbered copies signed by the author. Octavo (22cm); navy blue cloth, with titles and pictorial elements stamped in blue, white, and gilt on spine and front panel; blue topstain; 437pp. Small, vintage booksellers label to lower rear pastedown, else a Fine copy, lacking the original...
Five octavo volumes. Original green cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spines; 526+589+418+337+345pp. Vol. 5 spine gilt slightly dulled; else just mild external wear; overall a fresh, Very Good or better set.
Limited to 100 copies of which this is no. 9. Octavo (21.5cm.); original full red gilt-lettered morocco, top edge gilt; xi,[1],3-373pp. Fine. Signed by the author on colophon. Printed at the Caxton Press, Caldwell, Idaho. The fifth in the 12-volume "Testament of Man" series, set among the tribe that would...
Three volumes; quarto (25.5 - 27.25cm.); original cloth, the two earliest Annuals with color pictorial plates mounted to upper covers, last issue pictorially blind-embossed; illus., mostly photographic, throughout. Light edge wear, tiny loss to cover plate of earliest volume not approaching image or text, the usual student signatures throughout, else...
First Impression. Octavo (20cm); purple cloth, with titles stamped in gilt at spine; dustjacket; 319pp. Some light offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers, with a touch of faint, scattered foxed spots to text edges; very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, and notably unfaded at the spine; some pinpoint wear at extremities...
Folio (40cm). Illustrated card portfolio containing 12 loose lithographic plates and a single sheet of letterpress, as issued. General external wear and dusting to portfolio; contents clean and fresh. This is the regular edition; there were simultaneous limited editions of 150 and 25 copies (per colophon).
Deluxe Issue, limited to 20 lettered copies of which this is copy "S." Octavo (24cm.); publisher's green morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, green topstain, acetate dust jacket; [8],281pp. Fine condition. Signed by Francis and Keating on colophon.
First Printing. Octavo; black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front panel; yellow topstain; dustjacket; 399pp; illus. Hint of a forward lean, with a touch of sunning to upper board edges; very Near Fine, without the Book Club slug on rear panel. Dustjacket is the correct issue...
Small octavo (19.5cm.); original black cloth, gilt-lettered spine; ix,[1],130pp. Spine gilt a bit dulled, offsetting to endpapers, else Very Good or better. Collection of essays, including "Meeting Ring Lardner," "Prize Fighters and Authors," and "Gertrude Stein."
Octavo (20cm.); original maroon pictorial cloth embossed in orange and gilt; [6],557pp.; color frontispiece. Spine a hint cocked, a few scratches to rear cover, else a Near Fine, attractive copy. Originally published in 1900.
Board game, consisting of one (1) game board (21.5" x 22"), set of two (2) red acrylic dice, 41 round and square painted wood pieces in black, white, green, red, yellow, blue, and brown (one black piece replaced), 17 game cards (2.25" x 3.75", printed on rectos only), and original...
Limited to 250 copies on Imperial Japan paper of which this is no. 61. Octavo (25cm.); publisher's white cloth stamped in blue and gilt, upper cover adorned with decorative plate printed in blue and green, top edge gilt; xiv,[2],117pp.; frontispiece and accompanying tissue guard printed in red, text illus. throughout...
Small octavo (19cm). Green paper-covered boards lettered in black on spine and front cover; 104pp; 8 inserted leaves of plates (halftones); numerous text illustrations. Mild external soil and wear; coated endpapers slightly musty; scattered faint staining and foxing to text block; Good or better.
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12mo ( 19cm). Staple-bound pamphlet; printed textured paper wrappers; 26pp. Text printed within varicolored borders. Trivial fading to wrapper edges, else Fine.
One of 1,000 numbered copies, this being copy no.941. Octavo (21cm); blue cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine and front cover; xii,504,[2]pp. Light shelfwear, sunning to spine, with thin, partial crack to front hinge, and a more pronounced partial crack to rear hinge; contents clean; Very Good, lacking...
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Tabloid format (ca. 29 X 38cm); printed in black on newsprint; 28pp; illus. Horizontal fold at center, with a small chip to left margin of rear cover; Near Fine.
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Broadside, 47cm x 35cm. Printed recto-only, on newsprint. Text in 4 columns beneath woodcut illustration, within decorative border; 8 cuts in text. Illustration signed "beltrán" in type, below image. Old folds; edge-chips; paper moderately browned; about Very Good.
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Original silver-gelatin print, 16cm x 21cm (ca 6"x8"), printed without borders. Embossed stamp in upper right of image: "Photo. by E.G. Robeson". Annotated in pencil on verso: "Paul / 1939" (possibly in Eslanda Robeson's hand); further annotated, in a different hand: "Paul Robeson 1939 / photo by Eslanda Goode Robeson...
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