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New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, [1964]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($4.95); [8],343pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins, brief rubbing to upper panel affecting text without loss of meaning, verso rather foxed, spine cloth toned, corners bumped, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Signed by both authors on half title page. Fictitious rendering of the Republic National Convention co-authored by the political journalist Charles W. Bailey II and Fletcher Knebel, the author of several other political novels, including "Night of Camp David.

New York: Harper & Row, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Stated First Edition with full numberline. SIGNED by the author with wedding gift dedication on front free endpaper. Octavo (8.5" x 5.75"); xv, 176p. Photographic dustjacket with original $9.95 price; book in black paper-covered boards with red cloth spine and black lettering. Small chip to jacket at top front corner, with a small, clean tear at bottom back and some nudging to spine ends. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Hayakawa was a noted linguist and semanticist who served as president of San Francisco State University before becoming a U.S. Senator from California from 1977-1983.

[Praha] / Olomouc: SZM / Moravské tiskařské závody, 1978. Very Good. [Praha] / Olomouc: SZM / Moravské tiskařské závody, [ca. 1978, per OCLC]. Side-stapled paperback (8.5" x 8.25"); 38pp. Black and white and color illustrations throughout. Illustrated paper wraps. English language text. Covers lightly edgeworn with some curling at corners and light crimps near staples along spine. Faint vertical crease to front cover. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Lanham, MD: Scarecrow PRess, 2013. Fine. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2013. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's pictorial boards, no jacket as issued; xv,[1],322pp.; illus., chiefly photographs. Just About Fine. Signed and dated in year of publication by the author on title page. History of the Battle of Fort Stevens in present-day Northwest Washington, D.C.

Warsaw: Ruch Publishing House, 1970. Very Good/Very Good. Warsaw: Ruch Publishing House, 1970. Limited Edition, numbered 1525 of 2260 copies on colophon at back. Tipped-in illustration signed by Zulawski, with woodcuts throughout. Designed by Leon Urbanski and Marian Sztuki Zlozono. Quarto; 31pp. Printed brown paper dust jacket over plain paper wraps, housed in folding thin cardboard case with title label. Edges a bit worn with pinching at head of spine, but no chips or tears. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Case rubbed along edges with a thin black mark to front and some light smudging. Limited edition of Galczynski's long poem, first published in 1950. Galczynski was best known for his absurdist and satirical sketches in the Green Goose Theatre.

New York: Wm. Morrow & Company, 1935. Very Good. New York: Wm. Morrow & Company, 1935. First Edition. Octavo. [104] pp. Three full-page illustrations by Brodovitch. Light gray cloth boards stamped in silver and blue at front. No dust jacket. Boards rubbed along edges, corners slightly bumped, and general soiling. Binding is sound. Some marginal toning but otherwise interior unmarked. A scarce title featuring the work of Brodovitch just as his Design Laboratory was in full swing and his work for Harper's Bazaar was beginning. Very Good.

New York: American Bible Society, 1852. Very Good. New York: American Bible Society, 1852. 105th Edition. 12mo (17.75cm.); publisher's black elaborately blind-embossed morocco, gilt-lettered spine; 591,[5],184pp. Boards rather rubbed at extremities, foxing throughout, else Near Very Good and sound. Bible and "book of ages" of the Captain Charles (1811-1873) and Janet (1809-1896) Cook[e] family. Family Record leaves at the end of the Old Testament filled nearly to completion by four generations of the family, from 1825 to 1954. Additionally laid in are the two marriage certificates, accomplished in manuscript, of Janet Cook, mère, the first dated 1825, to a Thomas Parton (?), the second, in 1834, to Charles. All told Janet would have nine children, two by her first husband, seven by her second. Also laid in: three pages on two leaves of slightly earlier manuscript holograph Bible quotes; and four newsclipped obituaries, of Janet and her children Annie and William, the last of an Elizabeth… Read More

New York and Switzerland: Geigy Company Inc, 1936. Very Gopd. Octavo (25cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth; [2],60pp.; two-hundred and seventy-nine (279) wool samples mounted throughout. Boards lightly worn at spine ends and corners, some foxing to boards, else Very Good, contents bright and sound. Card sleeve mounted to front pastedown dated 1936 retains four blank request cards. Catalog of dye samples for the American market issued by the venerable Swiss chemical company of J.R. Geigy, founded in 1764 by Johann Rudolf. Shortly after this volume was issued the company entered the pharmaceutical business, eventually merging with Ciba AG in 1971 to form Ciba-Geigy. The bulk of the work organized into tables separated by wool sample, beginning with a short and vivid description ("cheap bright Red of good covering power"; "Chiefly used for Navy Blues on ladies' dress goods"; "high tinctorial strength"). These are followed by instructions in dyeing, degrees of water spotting, perspiration, etc.… Read More

London: Johnson, 1968. Good/Good. London: Johnson, 1968. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated price-clipped dust jacket, maroon topstain; vii,[1],184pp.; photographic frontispiece, illus. throughout. Ex-library (Rotnerham Public Library, UK) with rather extensive and yellowing interior markings, jacket extremities rubbed, especially at spine crown, with a couple closed tears, spine panel faded, light fingersoil to textblock; overall a Good reading copy. Memoir of Inchbald's time serving with the Imperial Camel Corps in Egypt and Palestine during World War I.

Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Indians Baseball Company, 1956. Very Good. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Indians Baseball Company, 1956. First Edition. Signed by Bob Feller without inscription at front free endpaper. Octavo. Unpaginated. Black and white photographs. Printed wraps. Rubbing to edges of wraps with some minor smudging. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

Tubingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1964. Very Good+. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1964-5. First Editions. Two volumes in three; octavos; publisher's green cloth, gilt and black spine titling. Spines a shade sunned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpapers, else a Very Good to Near Fine set.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1900. Very Good. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's green blind-embossed cloth lettered in gilt, original upper wrappers of each title bound in; mixed pagination; illus. and folding maps throughout. Light wear to cloth extremities, chiefly spine ends and corners, some dampstaining to rear cover, else Very Good, contents fine. Collection of eight government-issued pamphlets as follows: 1. Müller y Tejeiro, José. "Battles of Capitulation of Santiago de Cuba." 1899. 165pp. 2. Plüddemann, M. "Comments of Rear-Admiral Plüddemann, Germany Navy, on the Main Features of the War with Spain." 1899. 18pp. 3. Commander J. "Sketches from the Spanish-American War." 1899. 38pp. 4. Commander J. "Sketches from the Spanish-American War...Concluded." 1899. 28pp. 5. Ellicott, John M. "Effect of the Gun Fire of the United States Vessels in the Battle of Manila Bay (May 1, 1898)." 1899. 13pp. 6. Gómez Núñez, Severo. "The Spanish-American War. Blockades and Coast… Read More

Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada / Yale University Press, 2003. Very Good +/Very Good +. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada / Yale University Press, [2003]. First Edition. Large quarto; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 160pp.; color photographic illus. Light shelf wear and dust-soil, else Very Good or better. Signed by Pauli on title page. Exhibition catalog of works by the Canadian photographer capturing disturbed and disturbing landscapes transformed by industrial activity, from blood red nickel tailings to ashy tire piles and abandoned oil fields.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. Very Good. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. Stated First Edition. Signed on title page with various inscriptions to "Holly" by Marie Arana, Alice McDermott, Carolyn Parkhurst, and Mary Kay Zuravleff. Octavo; 231pp. Illustrated paper wraps. Covers lightly shelfworn with a couple small bumps along top front and a bit of smudging along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1932. Very Good/Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1932. First Edition, stated. Quarto. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket; illustrated boards. Wrap-around seal in two pieces and affixed to rear free endpaper. Dust jacket heavily chipped with several tears and general rubbing and scuffing. Creasing to front flap and tape repairs to verso. Boards edgeworn with brief exposure and spotting to rear. Binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Light spotting to pages but otherwise unmarked. Scarce in dust jacket.

[Paris]: Mercure de France, 1973. Near Fine/Near Fine. [Paris]: Mercure de France, 1973. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's card wrappers in white dust jacket; 190pp. Light wear and toning to jacket extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine. The French playwright's only novel, published in English as "The Hermit" in 1975.

Edinburgh: Alex. Lawrie and Co, 1804. Very Good. Edinburgh: Printed by and for Alex. Lawrie and Co. Sold by Bell & Bradfute, P. Hill, and A. Lawrie; Brash and Reid, Glasgow; and Vernor & Hood, London, 1804. First Edition. Two volumes; octavos (22.5cm.); contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt spines in five compartments, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers; [8],447,[1]; [8],507,[1]pp. (collated complete). Light wear to margins, marbled paper a bit unevenly toned, leather recently and rather overly treated, contemporary armorial ex libris of a John Hutton Esq. to front pastedowns, as well as modern ownership rubberstamp to front flyleaves, else a Very Good, attractive set, internally clean and sound.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company Publishers, 1914. Very Good. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company Publishers, 1914. First Edition. Octavo. 241 pp. Black and white illustrations. Black and blue boards lettered in orange. No dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn with some general scuffing and rear corners very slightly bumped. Rubbing to spine. Binding sound. Bookseller ticket to front pastedown and pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Overall a very good or better copy of Anderson's uncommon first book.

New York: Random House, 1968. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1968. Second Printing (stated). Octavo. 335 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price present. Red boards with spine stamped in gilt; red topstain. Dust jacket rubbed along edges with dampstaining along top edge. Boards with mild shelfwear. Binding is sound. Glue remnants to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked. A Very Good, presentable copy of Irving's first book.

London: Bloomsbury, 1996. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Bloomsbury, 1996. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Irving loosely laid in at front. Small octavo. 148 pages + black and white photographs. Photographic dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. A memoir of writing and wrestling, first published in the U.K. and incorporated into Trying to Save Piggy Sneed the next year in the U.S. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show a touch of shelfwear to edges. Binding is sound and pages clean and unmarked.