Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1962. Single quarto issue (29cm x 22cm) in original wrappers; 80pp; illus. Mild wear to wrapper edges; spine rather worn, with some paper loss, internally clean, fresh and unmarked. Numerous mounted color plates. Contributors include L. Vladitch, K. Kravchenko, A. Lounev, V. Tzeltner, and others. Text entirely in..... More
New York: Paine & Burgess, 1845. First Edition. Despite the all-inclusive title, the work is intended as a biography of the Vermont-born American sculptor Hiram Powers (1805-1873), written in the form of a series of dialogues with Powers in his Florence studio. The author had been the U.S. Consul at..... More
[München]: Carl Hanser Verlag, [1982]. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's yellow pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; 271pp. A hint of dust-soil and shelf wear, else Near Fine. Anthology of German World War I poetry. More
New York: Roving Eye Press, [1959]. First Edition. Slim octavo (24cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers, yapp edges; 69pp.; illus. by the author throughout. Wrapper extremities a bit toned and slightly worn, some soiling from rusted spine staples, else Very Good, internally sound. Collection of protest poetry by the West..... More
New York: Harold Vinal, 1926. First Edition. Rather uncommon novel set in the coal mines of Pocahontas County, West Virginia. "[T]his novel tells the usual tale of privation in mine camps, 'stilling and shoot-'em-up arguments" (BOGER 119); HANNA 902. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's reddish-brown cloth lettered in orange, orange topstain; [6],300pp..... More
Paris: Éditions Robert Laffont, [1973]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's glossy black pictorial card wrappers, French flaps; 348pp.; four leaves of photographs printed on rectos and versos. Some general wear from handling, closed tear at top margin of rear cover touching text without loss of meaning, light soil to textblock..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1966. First Edition. 12mo (18.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers printed in yellow and black; 110pp. A hint of toning to extremities, else Near Fine. Collection of connected short stories set in a small village in Buganda. "A Three Crowns Book" (upper cover). More
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New York: Aventura, [1985]. First Edition. Small, slim octavo (20cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; [10],82pp. Light dust-soil and a hint of shelf wear to corners, else Very Good or better. Review copy with slip laid in. The Caribbean author's first short story collection. More
Cleveland: Press of Western Reserve University, 1966. First Thus. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's cloth in grey pictorial dust jacket; vii,[1],87pp. Light shelf wear and foxing to jacket extremities, else a Very Good, internally fine copy. More
Moscow: Novosti Press Agency Publishing House, 1972. First English Language Edition. 12mo (16.5cm.); publisher's green pictorial card wrappers; 183pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, textblock uniformly toned due to poor paper quality, occasional faint pen marginalia, else Very Good and sound. Soviet author's study of post-colonial Africa. More
New York: Pathfinder Press, [1985]. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's green photo-illustrated card wrappers; [6],84pp.; eight leaves of photographic plates printed on rectos and versos. Light shelf wear, else Near Fine. Text entirely in Spanish. More
Paris: Présence Africaine, [1967]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers printed in green and black; 180pp. A hint of shelf wear, else Near Fine. Belgian ethnographer's study of sub-Saharan African traditions and characteristics, text entirely in French. More
[Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1932-1933]. First Edition. Quarto (29cm.); publisher's blue pictorial staplebound card wrappers; unpaginated; illus. throughout. Some wear and tiny chips to wrapper extremities, rear cover a bit dust-soiled, else Very Good and sound. Rather scarce New Deal-era program for the annual variety show produced by the collegiate..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973. First Edition. New translation of writings by the French historian and founder of the Annales School of history, translated by K. Folca. Edited and with an introduction by Peter Burke. Octavo; green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; xvi,275,[1]pp. Upper edge..... More
[San Francisco: Blacklist Group, n.d., ca. 1980]. Small quarto (21.5cm.); publisher's cream pictorial staplebound card wrappers; [6],40pp.; color photo-graphic centerfold, half-tone illus. throughout. Light wear to wrapper extremities, top fore-edge corner of upper wrapper slightly dog-eared, else Very Good and sound. Several iterations of this directory appear to have been..... More
Oxford: Berg Publishers, 1995. First Edition. History of the Italian Workers' Movement, paying particular attention to the ideological and political features that determined its development. Octavo; pictorial boards; xiv,365,[5]pp. Publisher's price sticker to rear cover, else Fine. More
San Francisco: Cardinell-Vincent Company, n.d., ca. 1915? Small oblong quarto (20.5x26cm.); publisher's brown pictorial staplebound card wrappers, yapp edges; [48]pp.; chiefly two-toned photographic illus. Light edge wear to wrapper extremities, else Very Good or better, contents fine. Promotional view book of California issued by the Cardinell-Vincent Company, the official photographer..... More
London and New York: Routledge, 1996. First Edition. Historical account of the Camorra criminal organization in Naples, a major rival to the Sicilian Mafia. First Printing, a review copy, with the publisher's printed slip laid in. Octavo; black cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; [viii],225,[7]pp. ISBN sticker..... More
[Denver: Big Mama Rag], 1974. First Edition. Tabloid format folded into quarto (29cm.); photo-illustrated self-wrappers; 19pp.; illus. throughout. Extremities a bit worn, textblock uniformly toned due to inferior stock quality, else Very Good and sound. Articles cover the activities of the Coalition of Labor Union Women, including their statement of..... More
Reading: Universtity of Reading, 1970. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's grey printed staplebound card wrappers; 16pp. Publisher's extremities a bit rubbed and very slightly faded along top margin, ink ownership signature to upper cover, faint evidence of previously removed paperclips to textblock, else Very Good and sound. Research Paper No..... More
[Weston, MA? American Historical Review, 1956]. Offprint. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's blue printed staplebound card wrappers; 877-899pp. Light wear and shallow toning to wrapper extremities, else Very Good and sound. Paper first published in the "American Historical Review," Vol. LXI, no. 4, July, 1956. More
New York: The Free Press, 1994. First Edition. A detailed analysis of the Soviet Union, challenging 40 years of "Sovietology." First Printing. Octavo; black glazed cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x,575,[5]pp. Fine in a lightly shelfworn, Near Fine dustjacket (priced $24.95). More
Reading: University of Reading, 1973. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's green printed staplebound card wrappers; [2],34pp. Light wear at fore-edge corners of upper cover, contemporary date rubberstamp to upper cover, else Very Good to Near Fine. Compliments card laid in. Centre for the Advanced Study of Italian Society Occasional Papers..... More
Lanham, MD & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1999. First Edition. Issued as No.34 in the European Historical Dictionaries series. Octavo; hunter green cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine and front cover; xxxvi,463,[1]pp. Base of spine gently nudged, spine slightly skewed, else Near Fine and clean..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1987. First Edition. Biography of the pioneering aviator, Blackshirt leader, colonial governor, and confidant to Mussolini. First Printing. Octavo; beige cloth, with titles stamped in metallic green on spine; dustjacket; xvi,466,[6]pp; illus. Forward lean, spine ends gently nudged, with softening to upper board corners, and..... More
