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  • Women's Press. Vol 1, no 2 - Vol 2, no 5 (Jan-Feb 1971 - August 1972). Fourteen issues. WOMEN'S PRESS COLLECTIVE.
    [WOMEN'S PRESS COLLECTIVE]

    Women's Press. Vol 1, no 2 - Vol 2, no 5 (Jan-Feb 1971 - August 1972). Fourteen issues.

    Fourteen tabloid issues. On newsprint. Horizontal folds (as issued); slight browning to paper, else a Near Fine, uncirculated run, lacking Vol 1, no 1 and one other issue (Vol 1, no 10, though it is not certain that this issue was published); issue for September 1971 incorrectly labeled Vol 1.....

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  • An Inquiry into the Condition and Prospects of the African Race in the United States: And the. ANON.
    [ANON.]

    An Inquiry into the Condition and Prospects of the African Race in the United States: And the Means of Bettering...

    Probable first edition. 12mo (19cm). Purple-brown cloth, titled in gilt on spine; plain endpapers; 214pp. Ink inscription to front flyleaf. Stable, cloth rubbed and stained, sunned at spine, foxed throughout, dampstains to a few leaves: Good only. A centrist discussion of American slavery and abolitionism, recommending colonization schemes as the.....

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  • Under the Volcano. Malcolm LOWRY.
    LOWRY, Malcolm

    Under the Volcano

    First Printing. Octavo (21cm); light gray linen, with titles stamped in maroon on spine and front panel; dustjacket; 375pp. Slight lean, with some very faint soil to boards and extremities, rough erasure to front pastedown, and some glue residue from a small, circular sticker on the rear pastedown; Very Good+.....

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  • The History of Pendennis. W. M. THACKERAY.
    THACKERAY, W.M.

    The History of Pendennis

    First printing, in original parts. Octavo (22cm). 24 parts in 23 numbers, in original printed yellow paper wrappers; extensive ads, including several on inserted slips; 48 plates, in-text wood engravings, all by Thackeray. "Miss Galan" in contemporary ink on front wrappers of most issues; embossed stamp of Reeve's Library, Leamington.....

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  • Poster] Verrader Paul V. Wissen [Traitor Paul V. Wissen. SQUATTERS MOVEMENT - NETHERLANDS.
    [SQUATTERS MOVEMENT - NETHERLANDS]

    [Poster] Verrader Paul V. Wissen [Traitor Paul V. Wissen]

    Original photo-illustrated poster (59.25x41.75cm.) printed offest in black on white stock. Light wrinkling, else Very Good or better.

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  • The Letters of Samuel Johnson with Mrs. Thrale's Genuine Letters to Him. Samuel JOHNSON, ed R W. Chapman.
    JOHNSON, Samuel; R.W. Chapman, ed.

    The Letters of Samuel Johnson with Mrs. Thrale's Genuine Letters to Him

    Three volumes; octavo (23cm.); uniformly bound in publisher's cloth, white dust jackets printed in red; facsimile frontispieces, including one folding, another double-paged. General shelf wear, including a few tiny chips to jacket, some light soil and foxing to extremities and textblock edges, else a Very Good and sound set.

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  • Télephe en XII livres. ANONYMOUS, Jean PECHMEJA.
    ANONYMOUS [PECHMEJA, Jean]

    Télephe en XII livres

    Octavo; pp. [6],264pp.; [*]4 A-Q8 R4; woodcut title page vignette, head- and tail-pieces; full contemporary red imitation morocco, double ruled in gilt, flat spine decorated in gilt. Extremities rubbed with boards occasionally exposed, contemporary blue ribbon marker detached but present. A Very Good, attractive copy.

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  • Red Hell: The Life Story of John Goode, Criminal. CRIME, THE UNDERWORLD, Thelma ROBERTS, John Goode.
    [CRIME & THE UNDERWORLD] ROBERTS, Thelma and John Goode

    Red Hell: The Life Story of John Goode, Criminal

    First Printing. Octavo (20.5cm); black cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [6],7-320pp. Base of spine gently nudged, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), edgeworn, with a few shallow nicks to spine ends and corners (none affecting.....

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  • The Masses - Vol.IX, No.3 (January, 1917. RADICAL, PROLETARIAN LITERATURE, Max EASTMAN, Frank WALTS, cover art.
    [RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] EASTMAN, Max (editor); WALTS, Frank (cover art)

    The Masses - Vol.IX, No.3 (January, 1917)

    Quarto (28cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 44pp; illus. Light wear to extremities, short split to wrappers at lower spine-fold, with some oxidation to staples, a few faint patches of foxing to front wrapper, with previous owners last name in grease pencil at upper front wrapper; contents with subtle tanning to.....

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  • Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life - Vol.X, No.10 (October, 1932. AFRICAN AMERICANA, Elmer Anderson CARTER, Horace Mann BOND, Anne Palmer, Georgette Seabrooke, contributors.
    [AFRICAN AMERICANA] CARTER, Elmer Anderson (editor); BOND, Horace Mann, Anne Palmer, and Georgette Seabrooke, et al. (contributors)

    Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life - Vol.X, No.10 (October, 1932)

    Slim quarto (28cm); original pictorial wrappers; stapled; pp.[297-301],302-325,[3]; illus. Light wear and handling, a few patches of surface wear to wrappers, with a few small tears and corner creases to text; Very Good or better.

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  • The Pilgrim's Progress From This world To That Which is To Come. John BUNYAN.
    BUNYAN, John

    The Pilgrim's Progress From This world To That Which is To Come

    Octavo (21cm). Contemporary full leather, gilt title on red spine label, blind roll to board edges; plain endpapers; 293,[3]pp; 2pp at rear announcing the publication by subscription of an edition of Bunyan's works; with frontispiece portrait and 21 full-page line engravings. With printed directions to binder at rear. Contemporary corrections.....

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  • 1861 [Revolution in Russia from 1861 to the Latest Events. COMMUNISTS, pseudonym?
    [COMMUNISTS] " . - " [pseudonym?]

    1861 [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.

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  • In Memoriam. Alfred TENNYSON.
    [TENNYSON, Alfred]

    In Memoriam

    First printing, with all points specified in the Ticknor & Fields bibliography: "Metcalf & Co." on verso of title page and "3" at head of p.3. 16mo (19cm). In original brown publisher's cloth with the Ticknor stamp to boards, titled in gold on spine; yellow endpapers; 48-page Ticknor catalogue at.....

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  • Manassas: A Novel of the War. SOCIAL FICTION, Upton SINCLAIR, CIVIL WAR.
    [SOCIAL FICTION] [CIVIL WAR] SINCLAIR, Upton

    Manassas: A Novel of the War

    Octavo. Original publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth; 412pp + 6p publisher's catalog. Light wear to board edges, else a tight, Near Fine copy with blue-green top-stain just slightly faded.

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  • Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry. Ezra POUND, ANONYMOUS, T. S. ELIOT.
    [POUND, Ezra] ANONYMOUS [ELIOT, T.S.]

    Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry

    Octavo (19.25cm.); original rose paper-covered boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, unadorned spine; 31pp.; frontispiece. Spine faded to tan, gilt lettering a bit dulled, else Very Good and sound. One of 1000 copies published. Written anonymously by Eliot and edited by Pound. Eliot's second published work. GALLUP (Eliot) A2; GALLUP.....

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  • Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life - Vol.XX, No.5 (May, 1942. AFRICAN AMERICANA, Elmer Anderson CARTER, Isidor SCHNEIDER, contributors.
    [AFRICAN AMERICANA] CARTER, Elmer Anderson (editor); SCHNEIDER, Isidor, et al. (contributors)

    Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life - Vol.XX, No.5 (May, 1942)

    Slim quarto (28cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; pp.[129]-160; illus. Light wear to extremities, some oxidation to staples, with a small tear and attendant crease to lower left corner of front wrapper; Very Good+.

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  • Memoir of Eli Whitney, Esq. Eli WHITNEY, TECHNOLOGY, INDUSTRY.
    [TECHNOLOGY & INDUSTRY] [WHITNEY, Eli] OLMSTED, Denison

    Memoir of Eli Whitney, Esq.

    Octavo (23cm.); original pale yellow wrappers printed within decorative border; 80pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece and one additional plate, pink tissue guards. Wrapper extremities a bit chipped and worn with shallow loss at spine crown, general dust-soil, else Very Good, internally fine. Lengthy biographical article first published in the "American Journal.....

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  • A Grammar of Chinese Lattice. Daniel Sheets DYE.
    DYE, Daniel Sheets

    A Grammar of Chinese Lattice

    Small quarto (26cm). Blue cloth boards; gilt titles on spine and front cover; 469pp; illus. Crown of spine slightly pulled, else a tight, Near Fine copy, free of markings or significant wear; lacking the dustwrapper. Issued as Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, Vols V-VI.

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  • Original Poster: "Armee Du Chah Hors D'Oman" ("Shah's Army Out of Oman". Union des Etudiants Iraniens en France.
    [Union des Etudiants Iraniens en France]

    Original Poster: "Armee Du Chah Hors D'Oman" ("Shah's Army Out of Oman")

    Original silkscreened poster, printed and illustrated in black on white Gaubert Japon stock, measuring 32.5cm x 50cm (12 7/8" x 19 6/8"). Creasing and light wear to extremities, with a single tiny tear to right margin; Very Good+.

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  • Gleichnisse. JUDAICA, Jizchok-Leib PEREZ, Jakob Steinhardt.
    [JUDAICA] PEREZ, Jizchok-Leib; Jakob Steinhardt, illus.

    Gleichnisse.

    One of 100 special copies on handmade paper, with each of the eight original lithographs signed by the artist. Quarto (32cm); parchment-backed marbled boards; 88, (2)pp; frontispiece and seven inserted leaves of plates. Discreet repairs to parchment spine; small stain to front board near crown; mild thumb-soil to preliminary leaves.....

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  • Original cartoon illustration, Untitled, ca 1940. John GROTH.
    GROTH, John (1908-1988)

    Original cartoon illustration, Untitled, ca 1940

    Original cartoon illustration in black ink with blue pencil highlights on artist board; sheet size 36.5cm x 43.5cm (ca 14-1/2" x 17-1/4"). Together with printer's proof of finished cartoon, ca. 24cm x 20cm on glossy paper. Signed in ink lower right. Drawing spotted and lightly soiled; artist's directions to the.....

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  • Hilltop Russians in San Francisco. Pictures by Pauline Vinson [Limited Edition. William SAROYAN, Pauline Vinson.
    SAROYAN, William; Pauline Vinson, illus.

    Hilltop Russians in San Francisco. Pictures by Pauline Vinson [Limited Edition]

    Limited to 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Quarto (29cm.); original linen-backed decorative boards, green printed dust jacket; [14]pp. & 30 leaves of color plates with printed tissue-guards. Spine faded to tan, else Fine in Very Good or better jacket.

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  • The Personal Finance Business. ECONOMICS - FINANCE, M. R. NEIFELD.
    [ECONOMICS - FINANCE] NEIFELD, M.R.

    The Personal Finance Business

    Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth in orange printed dust jacket; xviii,[2],490pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities, spine rather toned, top textblock edge heavily foxed, compliments card of the Michigan Association of Personal Finance Companies, signed by the Director of Social Research Russell J. Darling, originally paperclipped (now loose) to front.....

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  • Cape Cod. Henry D. THOREAU.
    THOREAU, Henry D.

    Cape Cod

    12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's purple pebble-grained cloth, state "D" as described in the BAL (no sequence determined), browned glazed endpapers; [6],252,23pp. Some general wear to cloth extremities, bottom corners bumped with subsequent bubbling to cloth and crack to front pastedown, spine rather sunned and gilt flaking, else Very Good and sound.....

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