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  • The Revolutionary Movement in Russia. Reprinted from the "New York Herald" with notes and preface. Ivan PANIN.
    PANIN, Ivan

    The Revolutionary Movement in Russia. Reprinted from the "New York Herald" with notes and preface

    Octavo (22.5cm.); original pale grey printed wrappers removed from larger work, contemporary stitching; 23pp. Tiny losses to top corner of upper and rear cover spine edges, a few tiny closed tears to textblock not approaching text, brief faint pencil notations to Preface, else Very Good or better.

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  • Album of Photographs of C.C.C. Company 3349, New Mexico 1939-40. CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS.
    [CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS]

    Album of Photographs of C.C.C. Company 3349, New Mexico 1939-40

    Oblong quarto souvenir album (8" x 12"); 20 leaves, of which 11 used. Contents include 48 original photographs and two printed postcards. Most of the photos are small-format Brownie snapshots, 2-3/4" x 2"; a few larger (up to 3" x 5"); two are captioned in the image "Vaughn, New Mexico.....

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  • The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880. Justin WINSOR, ed.
    WINSOR, Justin, ed.

    The Memorial History of Boston, Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880

    Quarto (29cm). Four volumes in black morocco-grain cloth, titled in gilt on fronts and spines; brown coated endpapers; vol. I: xxxii,596pp; vol.II: lviii, 577pp; vol. III: [i]-[xiv], [i]-xii, 691pp; vol. IV: x,713pp; extensively illustrated with maps, plates, and in-text blocks, including color map of Boston. Ex-library, with stamps to title.....

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  • Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories. Norbert Guterman, trans Elaine Gottlieb, Isaac Bashevis SINGER.
    SINGER, Isaac Bashevis; [Norbert Guterman and Elaine Gottlieb, trans.]

    Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories

    Octavo (20.5cm.); original simulated cloth in orange pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [8],205pp. Jacket spine faded, minor glue residue from previously removed price sticker on upper jacket flap, else Very Good or better.

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  • West Made East with the Loss of a Day. A Chronicle of the First Circumnavigation of the Globe. William K. VANDERBILT.
    VANDERBILT, William K.

    West Made East with the Loss of a Day. A Chronicle of the First Circumnavigation of the Globe Under the...

    "Regular issue" of 800 copies in buckram. Large quarto (34cm); blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; printed slipcase; xx,[1]-377pp; photographic text illus; seven tissue-guarded plates. A fine, fresh copy in the original slipcase, slightly toned and soiled but still Near Fine. From the library of noted.....

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  • Ireland's Revolt in '98, with Sketches of Prominent Statesmen and the Social Condition of the People. TUITE, rancis.
    TUITE, F[rancis]

    Ireland's Revolt in '98, with Sketches of Prominent Statesmen and the Social Condition of the People

    Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's green sateen cloth over limp boards lettered in gilt; ix,[10]-155pp. Extremities rubbed, spine faded with later ballpoint pen manuscript titling, coin-sized soil spot to upper cover; overall Very Good and internally sound.

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  • Addresses & Essays on Vegetarianism. Biographical Preface, and Edited by, Samuel Hopgood Hart. Anna KINGSFORD, Edward Maitland, Bonus.
    KINGSFORD, Anna (Bonus); Edward Maitland

    Addresses & Essays on Vegetarianism. Biographical Preface, and Edited by, Samuel Hopgood Hart

    Octavo. Cloth-backed printed paste-paper boards; 227pp. Bit of wear and flaking to board edges; text with scattered faint foxing and a few spots of pencil marginalia - a Very Good copy. Ownership inscription to front endpaper of the Animal Protective League of Milwaukee, undated.

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  • The Dog and the Sportsman. Embracing the Uses, Breeding, Training, Diseases, Etc. Etc. of Dogs, SKINNER, ohn, tuart.
    SKINNER, J[ohn] S[tuart]

    The Dog and the Sportsman. Embracing the Uses, Breeding, Training, Diseases, Etc. Etc. of Dogs, and an Account of the...

    12mo (18cm). Publisher's blind-embossed cloth, titles and pictorial device in gilt to spine; engraved extra-title; xvi,[17]-224pp; frontispiece + 4 unnumbered leaves of plates. A somewhat shaken and worn copy. Spine cloth slightly frayed at head and heel; front hinge is partially broken at half-title; some evidence of field use, including.....

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  • The Niger and the Benueh: Travels in Central Africa. Adolphe BURDO, Mrs. George Sturge, trans.
    BURDO, Adolphe; Mrs. George Sturge (trans.)

    The Niger and the Benueh: Travels in Central Africa

    Octavo (21cm). Brown cloth stamped in gilt and black; dark teal endpapers; [x],277,[3]pp; 12 black and white plates (4 folding). A handsome copy, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, with a few spots of foxing but generally clean: about Near Fine. First English-language edition of the author's 1878 journey.....

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  • Answer The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. Ray *GREENLEAF.
    *GREENLEAF, Ray

    Answer The Red Cross Christmas Roll Call

    20 x 29.5 inches (51 x 75 cm). Condition B - soil, light edge-chips and creasing. Lithograph backed on linen.

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  • Die Utopische Stadt und andere Projekte / The Utopian City and Other Projects [Inscribed, with. Ilya KABAKOV, Emilia.
    KABAKOV, Ilya & Emilia

    Die Utopische Stadt und andere Projekte / The Utopian City and Other Projects [Inscribed, with Original Drawing]

    Large, heavy quarto. Pictorial laminated boards (hardcover); no dustjacket as issued; 416pp; illus. Inscribed by both authors on half-title "to Anthony", with an original full-page ink sketch of a rabbit descending a waterfall. Corners bumped and a bit of soil to bottom edge of text block, else a tight, Near.....

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  • No More Genocide In My Name. PACIFISM, Insurgent Squeegee.
    [PACIFISM] Insurgent Squeegee

    No More Genocide In My Name

    Original screenprint in four colors; 35" x 22-1/2" (ca 89cm x 57cm). Very minor surface rubbing, else Fine, Grade A.

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  • Charles Frohman Presents Maude Adams in Edmond Rostand's Play in Four Acts "Chantecler." Adapted. Maude ADAMS, Edmond Rostand, Charles Frohman, Louis N. Parker.
    [ADAMS, Maude, Charles Frohman, Edmond Rostand, and Louis N. Parker]

    Charles Frohman Presents Maude Adams in Edmond Rostand's Play in Four Acts "Chantecler." Adapted by Louis N. Parker [Cover title...

    Oblong folio (28x34.75cm.); original photo-illustrated string-bound card wrappers, yapp edges; unpaged; photographic illus. throughout. Some shallow chips and tiny losses to wrapper extremities, none affecting text or illustrations, spine nearly split, some foxing to contents, else About Very Good.

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  • Monologues devant la Vie et la Mort [Inscribed to Heinz Hartmann. Marie BONAPARTE.
    BONAPARTE, Marie

    Monologues devant la Vie et la Mort [Inscribed to Heinz Hartmann]

    Octavo (23cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 114pp. Wrappers toned and faintly stained on front cover; slight roll to spine; Very Good. Inscribed on front endpaper to fellow psychoanalyst Heinz Hartmann: "ces pages de tistesse inspirées par la vie et de la mort - avec la vieille amité de Marie Bonaparte,".....

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  • The World of Ray Bradbury [Signed. Ray BRADBURY, Joseph A. MUGNAINI, subject, cover design.
    BRADBURY, Ray (subject); MUGNAINI, Joseph A. (cover design)

    The World of Ray Bradbury [Signed]

    Bifolium (21.5cm); single sheet of pale yellow stock, folded vertically to create a 4pp program, with text and illustration printed in black and orange. Signed by Ray Bradbury along lower front cover, dated December 20, 1991. A Fine copy. Attractive, original program for the 1964 premiere of three short plays.....

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  • The Unvanquished. William FAULKNER, Edward SHENTON, novel, illustrations.
    FAULKNER, William (novel); SHENTON, Edward (illustrations)

    The Unvanquished

    First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (21cm); gray cloth, with titling, rule, and pictorial elements stamped in black and red on spine and front panel; crimson topstain; dustjacket; [vi],293pp; illus. Decorative bookplate of John M. Cameron to front pastedown, with the original receipt of sale to him laid in. Subtle offsetting.....

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  • The Letters of Virginia Woolf - Volumes 1-6 [Complete Set. Virginia WOOLF, Nigel NICOLSON, Joanne Trautmann, letters.
    WOOLF, Virginia (letters); NICOLSON, Nigel and Joanne Trautmann (editors)

    The Letters of Virginia Woolf - Volumes 1-6 [Complete Set]

    First Impressions. Six tall octavo volumes (24cm); blue-green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spines; dustjackets; xxiv,531,[1]; xxviii,627,[1]; xxiv,600; xxii,442; xx,476; xviii,556pp; illus., with frontispiece portraits of Woolf in first and final volumes. Vol.I: Softening to base of spine, upper corners tapped (though still sharp), else Near Fine in.....

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  • The Perfectionist [later issues titled: Perfectionist and Theocratic Watchman]. Vols III-IV. ONEIDA COMMUNITY, J. H. NOYES, J L. Skinner, John Humphrey.
    [ONEIDA COMMUNITY] NOYES, J.H. [John Humphrey] and J.L. Skinner (eds)

    The Perfectionist [later issues titled: Perfectionist and Theocratic Watchman]. Vols III-IV.

    Unbroken run of forty-eight biweekly issues, comprising Vol. III, no. 1 (Feb. 15, 1843) to Vol. IV, no.24 (Feb. 22, 1845). Folio (42cm) In contemporary binding of quarter sheep over marbled boards. Expected external rubbing and wear; internally crisp, clean and unmarked.

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  • Le Surmâle: Roman Moderne. Alfred JARRY.
    JARRY, Alfred

    Le Surmâle: Roman Moderne

    Small octavo (18.5cm); original white printed wrappers; [4],248,[1]pp.; illus. on title page verso printed in orange. Spine toned and a bit rubbed with lettering of top half partially effaced; additional toning to extremities, upper wrapper joint quite fragile and starting to separate, else a Near Very Good, tight copy.

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  • Sacred Land: Discovering the Beauty of Hopiland [Deluxe Issue, Signed, with an Original Illustration. Tony HILLERMAN, Ernest FRANKLIN, Ernie BULOW, text, illustrations, afterword.
    HILLERMAN, Tony (text); FRANKLIN, Ernest (illustrations); BULOW, Ernie (afterword)

    Sacred Land: Discovering the Beauty of Hopiland [Deluxe Issue, Signed, with an Original Illustration]

    Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors, this being copy H. Each of the lettered copies has an original ink and watercolor illustration which appears in the book, housed in folding sleeve and laid in (this one appearing on p.23). Oblong quarto (22cm);.....

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  • Margins of Philosophy. Jacques DERRIDA, Alan Bass, trans.
    DERRIDA, Jacques; Alan Bass (trans.)

    Margins of Philosophy

    First printing. Octavo (24cm). Grey cloth in white dust jacket; [xxx],330pp. Small ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and half-title. Straight, pushed at head and tail, minor stains to edges of lower spine, generally Very Good or better. Jacket lightly rubbed and dustsoiled, small perforation to lower spine fold, stains to.....

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  • Killing Time [Signed. Donald WESTLAKE.
    WESTLAKE, Donald

    Killing Time [Signed]

    First Printing. Octavo (21cm); black and gray patterned paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver and yellow on spine; blue topstain; dustjacket; [vi],183,[3]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Crown slightly nudged, trivial wear to base of spine, with some gentle sunning to topstain and upper board edges;.....

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  • Gleanings in Africa; Exhibiting A Faithful and Correct View of the Manners and Customs of the. SOUTH AFRICA, An English Officer.
    [SOUTH AFRICA] [An English Officer]

    Gleanings in Africa; Exhibiting A Faithful and Correct View of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants of the Cape...

    First printing. Octavo (22cm). Rebound in blue paper over boards, backed in taupe cloth, with gilt-tooled spine label; modern endpapers; [xxii],320,[1]pp; one page of publisher's ads at rear, on verso of directions to binder; 10 plates, including one folding. Sound, boards curving outward slightly, internally foxed, plates rubbed at edges.....

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  • Permit Me Voyage. James AGEE, Archibald MACLEISH, poems, foreword.
    AGEE, James (poems); MACLEISH, Archibald (foreword)

    Permit Me Voyage

    First Printing. Octavo (24.25cm); light green cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [ii],[4],5-59,[3]pp. Gentle sunning to spine ends, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), edgeworn and spine-sunned, with numerous tears and creases, and some shallow losses to spine ends and along the.....

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