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1991Best.-Nr. 594417London: Everyman's Library 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Millennium Library edition. Introduction by Richard Brown. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a hint of toning. Everyman's Library 9. Everyman's Library hardcover books
2002Best.-Nr. 573554New York: Otto Penzler / Carroll & Graf 2002. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in a slightly rubbed near fine dust jacket. Otto Penzler / Carroll & Graf hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 564360Berkeley California: Poetry Flash 1990. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 24pp. Folded tabloid newspaper. Pages lightly tanned very good. Includes an article on Claribel Alegría and Bud Flakoll and information on upcoming events featuring Robert Pinsky Louise Gluck Frank Bidart Lawrence Ferlinghetti Victor Hernandez Cruz and more. Poetry Flash unknown books
2002Best.-Nr. 548682Boston: Boston University 2002. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. 453pp. Glossy wrappers. Thin remainder mark on bottom edge rear wrap with a small amount of lamination loss from a small indentation near fine. "Thirtieth Anniversary Poetry Anthology" with contributions by Seamus Heaney from Squarings Chinua Achebe Daniel Berrigan Robert Bly Jorge Luis Borges Seamus Deane Rita Dove Louise Gluck Thom Gunn Derek Mahon Paul Muldoon Joyce Carol Oates Mark Strand James Tate John Updike Derek Walcott and many more. Boston University unknown books
1922Best.-Nr. 547958Boston: The Pilgrim Press 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. 164pp plus 74 figures. Short ink notes on two pages and a small ink marks on a few pages publisher's envelope affixed to rear pastedown lacking the contents causing offsetting to the facing page covers with moderate wear to the extremities about very good. A book of stories memory work prayers service activities directed play club songs and more including a supplement of patterns and illustrations needed for the course. The Pilgrim Press hardcover books
1926Best.-Nr. 511478New York: Two Worlds 1926. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 397-566pp. Printed wrappers. Text block edges lightly foxed covers lightly soiled with corners slightly bumped spine creased still very good in about very good publisher's paper-covered slipcase box with moderate wear and two short tears along top edge and a few nicks. Limited to 500 copies this copy unnumbered. Contains a pirated episode of Joyce's Work in Progress S&C C65 and contributions by Frank Harris Max Beerbohm Carol Rakosi Author Symons and more. Two Worlds unknown books
1926Best.-Nr. 511475New York: Two Worlds 1926. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 255-396pp. Printed wrappers. A few pages and text block edges a bit foxed covers lightly soiled with a few small abrasions spine slightly faded still very good in very good publisher's paper-covered slipcase with a short bumped tear at one corner and a few nicks. Limited to 500 copies this one unnumbered. Contains a pirated episode of Joyce's "Work in Progress" S&C C65; additional contributions by Arthur Symonds William Hazlitt D.H. Lawrence and more. Two Worlds) unknown books
1936Best.-Nr. 602065New York: Harper & Brothers 1936. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Reprint. Slightly cocked spine some foxing on the top page edge and owner name on the front free endpaper else very good in a very good dust ajcket with some fading on the spine and edgewear. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1989Best.-Nr. 233675Wichita Kansas: Watermark Press 1989. Softcover. Very Good. Paper back Very good in wrappers. Clean text in clean covers mild wear on cover at edges. Watermark Press unknown books
1973Best.-Nr. 235184New York: Doubleday & Company 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing. Remainder spray on bottom page edges offsetting to a couple of pages else very good in a very good dust jacket with short tears on spine ends and corners. Authors are: Jane Mayhall Raymond Carver Judith Rascoe Randall Reid Henry Bromell Curt Johnson and more. Doubleday & Company hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 595060New York: New Directions 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A novella. New Directions hardcover books
1932Best.-Nr. 34298London: Faber & Faber. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1932. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good book with sunned spine and small stains on the front edges and board owner's name and date 1934 inked on the ffep. The very good price-clipped dust jacket has a 3/4" chip affecting the word "Two" on the sunned spine front and back are quite bright though they show light wear at edges and light stains.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Faber & Faber hardcover books
2009Best.-Nr. 601522New York: Public Affairs 2009. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 252pp. Fine in fine dust jacket a trifle worn at the spine ends. Inscribed by the author to Tony Award-winning actress Marian Seldes "With warmest regards and admiration" on the title page. Seldes apparently attended a launch party for the book; she has made a few brief notes regarding the event on the front fly. Public Affairs hardcover books
1996Best.-Nr. 595162Hopewell New Jersey: Ecco Press 1996. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Barry Moser. 16mo. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Ecco Press hardcover books
1978Best.-Nr. 1395292Amsterdam Netherlands: NICO ISRAEL 1978. First Edition Second Printing. Hardcover. Tall quarto 255 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is beige with black lettering. Dust jacket has mild soiling and staining along head of front cover an open chip along the front head joint small tears along tail edges and corners and a 1 in. closed tear along the rear head edge. Boards fully bound in charcoal cloth with mild shelving wear along spine head. Mild bending wear along tail fore corner of front free endpaper. Contains a letter from Adrian Wilson Author to William Gardiner signed in his hand bound with adhesive to the front free endpaper verso. Between the front endpapers are two letters of correspondence between Wilson and Gardiner: a carbon copy of Gardiner's letter to Wilson and Wilson's reply written entirely in his hand. Shelved in Rm. A. The Nuremberg Chronicle also known as the "Liber Chronicarum" "is after the Gutenberg Bible probably the most celebrated of early printed books. It is a compendium of history geography and the wonders of the world as viewed from medieval Nuremberg with some 1800 illustrations provided by the multiple use for different subjects of 645 beautiful woodblocks." n.b. quote from "The Nuremberg Chronicle Designs" by Adrian Wilson printed for The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles 1969. Wilson became renowned for his printing and book design work at his San Francisco printing operation The Press at Tuscany Valley throughout the 1960s and 70s. In 1967 he released influential title in the genre of Books on Books THE DESIGN OF BOOKS. Book making perforated the entirety of Wilson's life. With the help and interest of his wife Joyce Lancaster Wilson Wilson invested his attention in studying the entire production process of THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE the first known book to include a rudimentary map of Europe a plethora of woodcuts and a history of the world beginning at creation. The book that came out of it Wilson's THE MAKING OF THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE is an astute and thorough study on one of the earliest examples of exemplary book making. This particular copy includes correspondence between William Gardiner an English author and Adrian Wilson. 1395292. Special Collections. NICO ISRAEL hardcover books
2001Best.-Nr. 34206Saco: Custom Communications. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. 1st Revised Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Included is a catalog from J and J Hanrahan list 60 2008 of Maurice Sendak with many color pictures of books and drawing and 2008 prices. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 187 pp . Custom Communications hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 010769New York: J B Lippincott Co 1980 Hard cover in illustrated dust jacket with short closed tears and uneven sunning original price intact $6.95. The retelling of a traditional French-Canadian folk tale. Illustrated in b&w by Joyce Audy dos Santos who is best known for illustrating "Gus the Ghost" books. Inscribed By Author. First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Joyce Audy Dos Santos. Square 8vo. J B Lippincott Co hardcover books
1993Best.-Nr. 260603New York: Harper Collins Publishers 1993. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Trade paperback. 520pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Small tear at spine end corners lightly bumped very good. A dual biography of the celebrated aviator and his writer wife. Harper Collins Publishers unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 180879New York: Davis 1976. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Foxing covers lightly worn with sticker on front cover very good in wrappers. Davis unknown books
1993Best.-Nr. 599348New York: HarperCollins 1993. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Slightly oblong quarto. Fine in fine dust jacket. HarperCollins hardcover books
1985Best.-Nr. 597237New York: E.P. Dutton 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Board edges with a few tiny bumps else fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning and minor edgewear. Author's first novel. E.P. Dutton hardcover books
1994Best.-Nr. 597230New York: Hearst Books 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrations by Ann Field. Small quarto. Binding slightly cocked small bumps at the crown and upper corner near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small bumps along the edges. Inscribed by the author on the half title in the year of publication. Hearst Books hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 147855New York: Morrow 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Morrow hardcover books
1954Best.-Nr. 153451New York: Longmans Green And Co 1954. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. Hardcover and dustwrapper both rubbed at spine ends and corners book pages browned with soiled foredges dustwrapper soiled and worn and lightly browned. Longmans, Green And Co hardcover books
1987Best.-Nr. 260453New York: Viking 1987. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Book has light rub of edges of cover very light foxing of foredges dust jacket has light rub of edges of panels slight fading of panels. Viking hardcover books