Lorne Bair Rare Books

Octavo (19.25cm.); original green decorative cloth embossed in gilt; [8],615,[1],[7](ads)pp. Cloth rather worn and textblock rather loose in binding, spine gilt quite dulled, else a Good and sound copy. Inscribed and signed by Upton Sinclair on front free endpaper: "To Mother / with Love / Xmas, 1918 / Upton."

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First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in cream decorative dust jacket printed in dark orange, black topstain; xii,[1],201pp.; photographic frontispiece. Tiny soil spot to upper jacket panel, printed portion of spine a hint faded, else Just About Fine. An examination of justice in a totalitarian state, inspired by the Reichstag.......

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Octavo (19.5cm); red boards with titles stamped in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; 294pp. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Spine gently sunned, with a small patch of rubbing at the left edge of the front panel; Near Fine. The unclipped dustjacket is lightly chipped at the crown...

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Original pictorial poster (43x30.5cm.) printed offset in red and black on white stock; Near Fine. Poster encourages the reader to steal from large chainstores when wages and standards of living are greatly reduced.

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Small octavo (20cm). Blue cloth boards, blocked in black and silver ink on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xii, 412, (6)pp; portr. frontis. The Seventh Edition, dated 1903 (originally published 1897). Tight, Near Fine copy in the scarce early dustwrapper, toned and chipped at edges, still Good or better.

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Reprint. Octavo (18cm). Red cloth boards, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt; [6],529,[1],[2](blank),[4](ads)pp. Mild signs of use to boards, spine a touch faded, else a Fine copy.

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First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); red cloth with titles and design stamped in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; 268pp, [2] ads. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, with a few tiny nicks at spine ends and three faint splash marks on the spine.

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First Printing. Slim octavo (21cm); photo-illustrated wrappers, stapled; [32pp]. A Fine copy.

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12mo (18cm). Original blue printed wrappers; 101pp. Small, neat repair to front wrapper at hinge, else a clean, attractive copy with just minor rubbing and wear to extremities.

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Quarto (30.5cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 32pp; illus. Mild wear and toning to extremities, a few tiny nicks to front wrapper, with a small stain to upper rear wrapper; Very Good+.

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First Printing. Octavo; black cloth, with titles and illustration in gilt on spine and front panel; yellow topstain; 428pp. Gilt moderately oxidized, with dustiness to boards and a trace of foxing to preliminary and terminal pages; a tight, straight copy - Very Good.

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Octavo (23.75cm.); publisher's grey cloth; viii,206pp. Boards rather rubbed and worn at extremities, corners bumped, spine darkened, three-inch crack at top of rear hinge, else About Very Good. Prospectus flyer tipped to front pastedown. MILES 197: "Probes the problem of how far a radical may go."

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12mo (19.25cm.); original red cloth, red printed paper label mounted to upper cover; [12],139pp. Some edge wear, small hole to spine cloth, else Very Good, internally near fine. Includes works by Pushkin, Tolstoy, Lermontov, and others, compiled and translated by Emily Dickinson's niece and editor.

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Slim octavo (21.5cm); pale blue and black printed wrappers, stapled; 46, [2]pp. Mild toning to and some scattered staining to wrappers; contents clean; Very Good.

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One of 1,200 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); dark blue-green buckram, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; teal topstain; dustjacket; 271; 90pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $5.95), with some light wear to spine ends and extremities, and touch of dustiness to front panel on Jefferson's Birthday.

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Small quarto (24.5cm); mimeographed sheets, saddle-stiched and bound into pink printed wrappers; 70pp; text is in Chinese. Sunning to spine, light wear and dustiness to wrappers, with a few short tears and splits to joints; Very Good.

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Preceded by a limited issue in 1922. Octavo (23cm); black cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in red on spine and front panel; red topstain; dustjacket; 447pp. Shallow chip to cloth at crown, topstain slightly faded, with offsetting to pastedowns and endpapers, and a four-digit rubber stamp on verso of...

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12mo. Staple-bound wrappers; 16pp. Discoloration to edges of wrappers, general soil; internally clean & fresh. Extremely scarce eulogy for Barbusse, a communist pacifist writer best known for his WWI novel, "Le Feu". He died in Moscow while working on his final work, a biography of Stalin. No copies located via...

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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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First printing. Title leaf a cancel (as with all copies, per Blanck). Octavo (19cm). Original pictorial cloth boards, stamped in colors on spine and front cover; ix, 319, (4)pp; illus. Previous owner's bookplate pasted inside front board; cloth slightly rubbed at crown and heel; spine design slightly dulled; a tight...

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Octavo. Red cloth boards; dustjacket; 112pp. Light external wear, still Near Fine in a lightly worn jacket. The prolific author/filmmaker's fictional documentation of the Indian communist youth movement of the Seventies and Eighties; the basis for Abbas's 1980 award-winning Bollywood film of the same name. Uncommon in the trade.

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12mo (17cm.); ten volumes bound as one, in contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards. Ten pamphlets printed between 1908 and ca. 1920. Slight fading to cloth spine; boards rubbed; private paper label at base of backstrip. Internally Very Good, with variable ageing to text pages; one pamphlet trimmed, with loss of imprint...

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Octavo. Pictorial cloth; 277pp; teg. Ink ownership signature to front endpaper, else a nearly pristine copy, very Near Fine with only trivial evidence of use.

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First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); variant orange cloth, with titling and rule stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 242pp. Top edge slightly dusty, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), edgeworn and spine-sunned, with several nicks, tears, and attendant creases to extremities; Very Good only.

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Quarto (31cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 32pp; illus. Light wear and toning to extremities, with a few tiny tears to wrappers; Near Fine.

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Octavo (21.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 86, [4]pp. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $3.95), with light, scattered foxing to flap folds and edges.

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Octavo (22.75cm); yellow and black printed wrappers, stapled; 120pp; illus. Starting oxidation to staples, with faint dustiness to wrappers; Near Fine.

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Octavo. Gray cloth boards, stamped in red and black; dustjacket; 309pp. Tight, fine copy in lightly rubbed dustwrapper, Very Good or better.

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First Argentinian edition. Octavo. Printed card wrappers; pictorial dustjacket; 199, (v)pp. Text browned but not brittle; a few brief marginal comments in red ink; dustwrapper clean and quite attractive. Translation by Angel Pumarega. We find no evidence of an earlier Buenos Aires edition; OCLC notes only a single location (BN...

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Octavo. Original red cloth with gilt spine, 431pp. Very good with minor dusting to page edges. Mild rubbing to boards, small chip to crown of spine. A series of fictional dialogues on socio-economic matters of the day, with an emphasis on the rights of labor. Small was founder of the...

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12mo. Blue cloth lettered in gilt; dustjacket; 244pp. Slight offsetting to endpapers from dustjacket flaps, else a very fine, unworn copy in nearly perfect dustwrapper with a tiny (.

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Quarto (27.5cm). Original pictorial wrappers, stapled; 34pp. Text edges browned, but not brittle; toning along spine fold and cover edges, with a faint vertical crease along center of front cover and foxing along the upper margin of same; Very Good. The issue includes contributions by Max & Crystal Eastman, Robert...

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Octavo (20.5cm.); original cloth in red and black dust jacket; [8],260pp. A few losses to jacket extremities, including to lower edge of upper panel affecting the "W" of "Howard W. Roper," and 2-inch loss to spine crown affecting all words of spine title except "Hell." Some additional uneven fading to...

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Small octavo (19.25cm.); original cloth in green pictorial dust jacket, blue top- and fore-edge stain; 237pp. Some wear to jacket extremities, including a few tiny shallow losses at corners; light spotting to jacket spine; Fine in About Very Good jacket.

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Quarto (31cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; 32pp; illus. Light wear and toning to extremities, with a few tiny nicks and short tears; Very Good+.

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Quarto. Staple-bound, printed card wrappers; 64pp. Covers rubbed, with small losses to extremities (not affecting text); text clean and unmarked; Very Good.

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Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 263pp. A brilliant copy, fully Fine in a nearly flawless dustjacket. Rarely seen thus.

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Cloth-backed boards; acetate dustjacket. One of 200 Special copies, bound in boards by Earle Gray. Fine copy in original acetate dustjacket.

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Octavo (20cm). Aqua cloth, stamped in white, gold and black on spine and front cover; [i]-[viii], 1-257, [5]pp. Frontispiece illus. Mild rubbing to bottom board edges; scattered foxing to title page and prelims; Very Good to Near Fine. Collection of seven stories, including the socialist utopian romance "The Dream of.......

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Nineteen consecutive quarto issues in original wrappers. Staple-bound self-wraps; 24pp per issue. Mild toning and soil to outer pages on some issues; occasional mild creasing, but no serious wear – generally Very Good or better overall.

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