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Small octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 303pp. Minor wear; text slightly toned; Very Good, retaining the scarce illustrated dustwrapper which is nearly Fine with just trivial dusting and a tiny chip at bottom edge.
Octavo (19cm); olive green pictorial cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in white and dark green to spine and front cover; [4], 315, [1]pp. Slight forward lean, rough erasure to previous owners name and price at upper front endpaper, with some mild external wear and pinpoint rubbing to spine.....
Red cloth boards; dustjacket; 124pp. Tight, straight copy, about Fine in the uncommon dustjacket, lightly rubbed and soiled but still attractive and free of losses, VG or better.
Octavo (21cm); black cloth boards; dustjacket; 275pp. Bit of toning to endpapers, else a Fine copy in the striking pictorial dustjacket, lightly edge-rubbed and with a brief (3/4") triangular chip at base of rear panel near spine.
One of 165 copies printed on Omadaka Japan paper (from a total edition of 200). Small quarto (25cm); brown paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; publisher's original glassine overlay and paper-covered slipcase; [22]pp. Fine in Very Good+ example of the glassine, gently sunned and.....
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.
First Printing. Octavo (21cm); oatmeal-colored buckram, with titling and rule stamped in red on spine and front panel; red topstain; dustjacket; 650pp. Fine in a Very Good+ price-clipped dustjacket, lightly sunned at spine, with shallow chips and a few short tears to extremities, and some dustiness to rear panel...
First Printing, preceded by the British edition the previous year. Octavo (21cm); gray marbled paper over quarter orange cloth, with titles stamped in black and gilt on spine; charcoal topstain; dustjacket; 271pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket. A novel about a charismatic British bank clerk, who attempts "to resurrect.....
Octavo. Green cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine, with pictorial device to front board; 114pp. Spine gilt dulled, a little shaken, still a Very Good, unmarked copy, signed by the prominent socialist poet on front endpaper. Lacking jacket.
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First edition, 12mo (18.25cm.); contemporary black cloth, private paper spine label printed in manuscript; 159pp.; hinges weak, textblock shaken, page edges soiled, old crude tape repair to index page; Good.
One of 275 signed copies, signed by Benet on limitation page. Octavo (22cm.); full burgundy morocco; later custom cloth chemise and slipcase; 80pp; illus. Fine in original glassine; slipcase lightly sunned on spine, VG or better.
12mo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 246p. Clean, tight copy in lightly dusted jacket; Very Good or better.
Octavo (20.5cm.); contemporary blue cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, decorative endpapers; 145,[4]pp. typed on rectos only. Cloth very slightly worn, spine a hint sunned, shallow loss to front free endpaper fore-edge, shallow creasing to three leaves, else Very Good or better. Occasional autograph corrections in the author's hand throughout.....
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Twenty-four letterpress broadside poems, each 16cm x 11cm (5-1/2" x 4-1/4") or the reverse. Loose, as issued, with no enclosing envelope. Printed in different color inks on various cardstocks; each with imprint on verso. Together comprising Issue No. 2 of Merlyn Gorky, a short-lived radical left literary-political journal (there appear.....
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Octavo (19.25cm.); publisher's grey-green decorative cloth embossed in darker green, pictorial plate mounted to upper cover; 343pp.; frontispiece, two plates. Boards a bit rubbed, front hinge just starting, else a Very Good and sound copy, much better than usually seen.
Octavo (20cm). Red cloth boards, lettered in black on front cover and spine; red top-stain; dustjacket; 317pp. Clean, tight copy, Very Good to Near Fine, in Very Good example of the uncommon pictorial dustwrapper, with a few tiny losses at extremities and soil to lighter portions of rear panel.
12mo (18cm). Original decorated wrappers; 289,(9),23pp. Covers rubbed and acidic text paper tanned, as usual; still a complete, tightly-bound copy, Good.
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Octavo (21.5cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in dark green on spine; green topstain; dustjacket; xii,13-123,[5]pp; illus. Upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), else Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $1.98), with a few tiny tears, some wear at crown, and corresponding wear to upper corners.....
Octavo (21cm); lime green cloth titled in gilt on spine and front panel; dustjacket; 542pp. Cloth lightly faded at spine and along the edges (as in all copies we have seen), gilt slightly dulled, with minor fraying at the base of the spine; Near Fine. The Rockwell Kent-designed dustjacket is.....
Quarto (30cm). Staple-bound pictorial card wrappers; 40pp; illus. Issue for 1919 in clean, unmarked condition, Very Good or better. Issue for 1923 worn, with wrappers darkened and stained, contents slightly age-toned, with corner-creases and occasional thumb-soil; complete and just Good. Annual souvenir of the Workers' International Industrial Union.
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First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); bound in oatmeal buckram, with titles and decoration stamped in black and brown on spine and front panel; gray topstain; dustjacket; 172pp. Some trivial offset to gutters from binders glue, topstain slightly dulled, else very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, spine-sunned, with a few tiny nicks.....
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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Octavo. Red cloth boards, blocked in gilt and white on spine and front cover; xiv, 284pp; 8 inserted leaves of plates (halftones). Moderately rubbed and worn; thin split to front hinge at frontispiece; a few pages with sharp slices in margin (presumably from opening); complete and Good, but best considered.....
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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.
16mo (14cm.); publisher's pink and white wall-paper wrappers, 64pp.; text printed in dark purple on double leaves. Chips and wear to wrapper edges, with ca 1/4" x 3/4" loss at bottom of front cover; contents clean, tight and unmarked. Very Good overall, in unusual wallpaper wrappers.
Cloth boards; dusjtacket; 318pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in unclipped dustjacket, slightly soiled and edgeworn, Very Good or better.
Original typescript, 5pp on ruled bond. Typed rectos-only. Light soil; single horizontal fold; Very Good.
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.....
Octavo (20.75cm); red cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; dark gray topstain; dustjacket; 416pp. Two unobtrusive scratches to topstain, else Near Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, unclipped (priced $2.50), with light edgewear, a few short tears and small nicks...
First Impression. Octavo (21.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in navy blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x,439,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author to his American publisher, Evelyn Shrifte, on the front endpaper: "To Evelyn / With love / Jim." Upper and lower rear boar corners gently tapped (though still.....
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Slim octavo (21.5cm); printed wrappers, stapled; 16pp. Inscribed by Farrell to New York collector Norman Unger at the upper left corner of front wrapper. Some trivial wear, with minute loss to lower right corner of front wrapper; Near Fine.
12mo. Gold cloth boards, stamped in maroon on spine and front cover; 212pp. Tight, straight copy, Near Fine; lacking the jacket.
Octavo, red cloth; 517pp. Very Good. An undistinguished reprint, except that this copy bears a taped-in accession slip from the Danbury [CT] Federal Correctional Institution: "This item has been approved for quarters for the following inmate only [completed in type]: Name: Marzani. No. 7333-Ct. Date: January 15, 1950." Signed in.....
Octavo (19cm); red cloth with titles and design stamped in gilt on the spine; dustjacket; 268pp, [4] ads. Split at front hinge neatly mended; Very Good, clean throughout, with bright cloth and the spine gilt unrubbed. Dustjacket is slightly toned at the spine, with light, general wear at the extremities.....
One of 3,000 copies. Slim octavo (21.5cm); original stapled wrappers; 20pp. Starting oxidation to staples, hint of tanning to text edges, else a bright, Fine copy.
Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket signed in image by Robert Graves, maroon topstain; [10],308pp. A few shallow losses to top jacket extremities, most notably at spine crown, minor toning to cloth spine edges and pastedowns, else a Very Good, straight and sound copy.
Staple-bound pamphlet; printed wrappers; 14pp. Covers slightly worn; front cover stamped "With compliments of American Ethnological Press." Very Good.
Quarto (29.5cm). Side-stapled sheets; pictorial thick paper wrappers; 18pp (printed recto-only). Mild external soil and some aging to text; Very Good or better. Uncommon work by the prolific Anglo-American musician/producer/illustrator/author, long-time radio host at KPFA, the Oakland, California affiliate of Pacifica Radio, and proprietor of the Strange Faeces Press.
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Octavo (19.5cm). Red cloth boards, gilt-lettered on spine, blocked in black ink on front cover; dustjacket; xi + 209,(3)pp. Hint of darkening to endpaper gutters, else a fine, fresh copy in the the scarce and fragile printed dustwrapper, lightly dusted but still crisp and Near Fine.
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First Impression. Octavo (23.75cm); yellowish-green cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and dark green on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; dustjacket; xxxvi,494,[2]pp. Base of spine gently nudged, tiny stain to right edge of textblock, else a bright, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 15/-.....
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