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  • Broadside: Of the People, For the People, By the People. CPUSA, CALIFORNIA.
    [CPUSA] [CALIFORNIA]

    Broadside: Of the People, For the People, By the People

    Original printed broadside, with text offset printed in black on beige stock, measuring 28cm x 45.25cm (11" x 17.75"). A few old folds smoothed out, some very subtle toning to extremities, with a brief notation written at upper left margim; Near Fine. Broadside printed by the Alameda County Committee of.....

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  • The Wings of The Morning, Or...] The Evolution of The Conception of God; Reviewing the Sources of. Katherine GLASS GREENE.
    GLASS GREENE, Katherine

    [The Wings of The Morning, Or...] The Evolution of The Conception of God; Reviewing the Sources of Man's Emotional Growth...

    Octavo. 21cm. Publisher's ribbed red cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine and front board. Dustjacket. 368pp. Very light scuffing and bumping to the cloth, mainly confined to the spine ends, a little soiling in places; internally clean with a lengthy inscription from the author to Garland Quarles on.....

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  • Tube Railway Rolling Stock; Report upon Investigations into London's Underground Tube Rolling. H. T DOWLING.
    DOWLING, H.T.

    Tube Railway Rolling Stock; Report upon Investigations into London's Underground Tube Rolling Stock With Reference to Weight Reduction. Together with...

    Tall quarto. 34cm. Screw-bound heavy bottle green boards. 154pp. Mimeo'd typewritten pages, with 50pp mounted photographs and charts, some with manuscript additions or notes. Light rubbing to extremities of the album, clean and solid; internally clean and bright, with some occasional fluctuations in repro quality as would be expected, ownership.....

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  • Foyers D'Incendie. RADICAL LITERATURE - SURREALISM, Nicolas CALAS, aka Nikolas Kalamaris.
    [RADICAL LITERATURE - SURREALISM] CALAS, Nicolas (aka Nikolas Kalamaris)

    Foyers D'Incendie

    First printing. Octavo (23cm). Printed paper wrappers; 261pp. Text mostly unopened. Fading to spine, with scuffing to publisher's price-sticker; expected toning to text; still a tight, lightly worn copy, Very Good. Text entirely in French. There was no numbered issue. Quite presentable copy of Calas' first surrealist work, written shortly.....

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  • The Masses - Vol.VIII, No.7 (May, 1916. RADICAL, PROLETARIAN LITERATURE, Max EASTMAN, Maurice BECKER, cover art.
    [RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] EASTMAN, Max (editor); BECKER, Maurice (cover art)

    The Masses - Vol.VIII, No.7 (May, 1916)

    Large quarto (34.25cm); pictorial wrappers, stapled; 26pp; illus. Subtle toning to extremities, one tiny nick to lower edge of rear wrapper; a fresh, very Near Fine example. Contents include contributions by Paul Greer, Fuller Miller, Louis Untermeyer, John MacyHelen Marot, Howard Brubaker, Walter Adolphe Roberts, Marie Louise Van Saanen, John.....

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  • Small collection of photographs of Josephine Baker in Paris, ca. 1951-1956, including six press. JOSEPHINE BAKER, photographers.
    [JOSEPHINE BAKER] Various photographers

    Small collection of photographs of Josephine Baker in Paris, ca. 1951-1956, including six press photos and four vernacular snapshots

    Six black-and-white press photographs, each approx. 19cm x 13cm (ca. 7" x 5") or the reverse; and four snapshots, 8cm x 11cm (ca 3" x 4-1/4"). Press photos with attached printed snipes; five back-stamped "AGIP Michael Cohen," the sixth stamped "A.D.P. / Agence Diffusion Presse"; the snapshots are unidentified, though.....

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  • Brick Temples of Bengal. From the Archives of David McCutchion. DAVID McCUTCHION, George MICHELL, Satyajit Ray, pref.
    [DAVID McCUTCHION] MICHELL, George (ed); Satyajit Ray (pref)

    Brick Temples of Bengal. From the Archives of David McCutchion

    First printing. Quarto. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xvii,254pp; 65 unnumbered leaves of photographic plates (halftones); ten pages of maps at end of text. A very fresh, unmarked copy, fully Fine; in the original dustwrapper, crisp and unworn, also Fine. From the library of noted poet and translator Nathaniel Tarn, with his.....

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  • Tel Quel. Nos 1-50 (Été 1960 to Printemps 1972. LITERARY THEORY - STRUCTURALISM - POSTSTRUCTURALISM, Philippe SOLLERS, Jean-Edern Hallier Marcelin Pleynet, Julia Kristeva, Jean-René Huguenin, Roland, eds.
    [LITERARY THEORY - STRUCTURALISM - POSTSTRUCTURALISM] SOLLERS, Philippe; Marcelin Pleynet, Jean-Edern Hallier, Jean-René Huguenin, Julia Kristeva (et al, eds); Roland...

    Tel Quel. Nos 1-50 (Été 1960 to Printemps 1972)

    Fifty octavo issues in original printed wrapers, about half retaining the original wrap-around bands; generally ca. 90-120pp per issue. Occasional light wear or soil to wrappers, still a bright, beautifully-preserved run, internally free of markings or wear. Also included is the 1995 retrospective, "Tel Quel À L'Infini," which offers essays.....

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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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  • The Great American Novel. William Carlos WILLIAMS.
    WILLIAMS, William Carlos

    The Great American Novel

    One of 300 numbered copies, this being copy no.211. Tall octavo (27cm); grey paper-covered boards and sage green cloth backstrip, with printed title label mounted to spine; [8],9-79,[1]pp. Light wear to corners, some of the usual darkening to board edges, with the usual offsetting to endpapers; there is no rectangular.....

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  • Cash and Violence in Laos [Author's Edition, Inscribed to Leo Huberman. Anna Louise STRONG.
    STRONG, Anna Louise

    Cash and Violence in Laos [Author's Edition, Inscribed to Leo Huberman]

    One of fifty copies in the "Author's Edition." Inscribed on front endpaper: "for Leo Huberman / Monthly Review, 333 Sixth Ave New York... this copy no 31 of Special Author's Edition of 50 copies is sent with regards," signed by Strong with her Peking address, dated November 1961. 12mo. Cloth.....

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  • Lawrence - Paintings, March 25 - April 20 [Two Rebels. AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS, Jacob LAWRENCE.
    [AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS] LAWRENCE, Jacob

    Lawrence - Paintings, March 25 - April 20 [Two Rebels]

    Original lithographed poster, with text and illustrations printed in dark red and black on thick cream laid paper, measuring 48cm x 66.25cm (18 7/8" x 26 1/8"). Mild handling, a few faint creases from being rolled, with a half-dozen foxed spots; unbacked; Near Fine. A striking poster by Lawrence, designed.....

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  • The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems. Henry Wadsworth LONGFELLOW.
    LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth

    The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems

    Octavo. 19cm. First State with "treacherous" for "ruddy" on line 3 of page 124. Publisher's original deep brown embossed cloth titled in gilt to spine. 215pp. + 12pp ads to rear dated October 1858. Light rubbing and bumping to corners, bumping to the tail of the spine with some shallow.....

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  • БОЛШЕВИКИТѢ И. ЛЕОНЪ ТРОЦКИ, Leon TROTSKY.
    ЛЕОНЪ ТРОЦКИ [= TROTSKY, Leon ]

    БОЛШЕВИКИТѢ И СВѣТСКИЯ МИРЪ [= The Bolsheviki And World Peace]. Прѣвелъ отъ английски Т. Баевъ [= Translated from the English...

    12mo. Brown woven cloth, titled in black on spine and front cover; 134pp. Trace of rubbing at spine ends, still a tight, Very Good or better copy. Translation into Bulgarian of Trotsky's "The Bolsheviki and World Peace," made from the English version published by Boni & Liveright earlier the same.....

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  • A Century of Progress International Exposition Chicago 1933-1934 / Presents this collection of. CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION, Kaufman, Photographers Fabry Co.
    [CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION] [Kaufman & Fabry Co., Photographers]

    A Century of Progress International Exposition Chicago 1933-1934 / Presents this collection of official photographs to Harold A. Howard in...

    Folio (ca. 35 x 29,.5 cm). Album in full morocco, with gilt titles and rules (binding signed "Arthur Hertzberg & Craftsmen"); silk moiré endpapers; calligraphic presentation leaf and 51 hinged leaves of large-format, pencil-captioned silver-gelatin prints, each ca. 28cm x 20 cm (11" x 8") or the reverse. This copy.....

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  • OMMATEUM, With Doxology [Inscribed. A. R Ammons.
    Ammons, A.R.

    OMMATEUM, With Doxology [Inscribed]

    Small 8vo. Light red cloth in dustjacket. The poet's rare first book inscribed: "for Barbara 11-30-58" and signed in full by the author. Bookplate of Barbara H. Mallon on front paste down. 49 pp. Light soiling, else Near Fine in a dampstained dustjacket with minimal wear and two closed tears.....

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  • The House of Fiction: An Anthology of the Short Story with Commentary. Caroline GORDON, Allen Tate.
    GORDON, Caroline; Allen Tate

    The House of Fiction: An Anthology of the Short Story with Commentary

    Octavo (23.5cm); black cloth-covered boards, with titling and blocking stamped in gilt and red on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 649pp. Light sunning and rubbing to board edges, with tanning and shelf-soil to edges of textblock and rear endpaper; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.00), tanned, with shelf-soil, chip and.....

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  • The Land of Green Plums: A Novel [Signed. Herta MÜLLER, Michael HOFFMAN, novel, translation.
    MÜLLER, Herta (novel); HOFFMAN, Michael (translation)

    The Land of Green Plums: A Novel [Signed]

    First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); mauve and navy blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [x],242,[4]pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Base of spine gently nudged, faint tiny stain to right edge of textblock, with lower rear board corner gently tapped (though still sharp);.....

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  • Sexagenarian; or, the Recollections of a Literary Life. William BELOE.
    BELOE, William

    Sexagenarian; or, the Recollections of a Literary Life

    Two octavo volumes. 19th-century polished calf; spines in six compartments with gilt ornaments; viii,435;380pp. With manuscript key to identities laid in to each volume (see note). Some rubbing to joints (external), but holding strong, and overall and attractive, Very Good set in an attractive contemporary binding. From the library of.....

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  • Napoléon Le Petit. Victor HUGO.
    HUGO, Victor

    Napoléon Le Petit

    12mo (15cm). Contemporary deep brown cloth over green cloth-covered boards, titled in gilt on spine; 385pp; half-title present. A tight, straight, and attractive copy, firmly Very Good, in a plain but attractive contemporary binding. Contemporary ownership signature of an F. Gommere (sp?). Text entirely in French. Hugo's satirical attack on.....

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  • Rouge et Noir: The Academicians of 1823; or The Greeks of The Palais Royal, and the Clubs of St. GAMBLING, Charles PERSIUS, Pseud: Dunne Charles.
    [GAMBLING] PERSIUS, Charles [Pseud: Dunne Charles]

    Rouge et Noir: The Academicians of 1823; or The Greeks of The Palais Royal, and the Clubs of St. James

    Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's original blue linen spine, over pasteboard, with a paper title label to spine. 456pp. [pages 311-438, excised due to libellous content]. Bumping to corners, most noticeable to the lower front, some sunning of the spine cloth, soiling, and a small cosmetic split to the tail of the.....

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  • Handbook for Members of Co-Operative Committees [In Presentation Binding by the Co-Operative. CO-OPERATIVE PRINTING SOCIETY, HALL, W R. Rae, fwd, red.
    [CO-OPERATIVE PRINTING SOCIETY] HALL, F[red]; W.R. Rae (fwd);

    Handbook for Members of Co-Operative Committees [In Presentation Binding by the Co-Operative Printing Society]

    Second edition (revised). Octavo; xxii,456pp. Presentation binding of full deep brown levant over beveled boards, with on-laid decorations in red and tan; gilt ornaments to both boards and spine, full gilt turn-ins; all edges gilt. With binder's ticket at rear pastedown: "Bound by / Co-Operative Printing Society / New Mount.....

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  • Women and Men: A Novel [Limited Edition, Signed. Joseph MCELROY.
    MCELROY, Joseph

    Women and Men: A Novel [Limited Edition, Signed]

    First Printing, limited issue, one of 99 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.12. Thick octavo (24.5cm); paste paper boards and navy blue leather backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [xvi],[4],5-1191,[11]pp. Spine lean, some trivial wear to lower corner tips, else internally.....

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  • Camden's Compliment to Walt Whitman, May 31, 1889: Notes, Addresses, Letters, Telegrams. Horace L. TRAUBEL.
    TRAUBEL, Horace L. (ed.)

    Camden's Compliment to Walt Whitman, May 31, 1889: Notes, Addresses, Letters, Telegrams

    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.....

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