1946réf. 560415Napoli / Roma: Gaspare Casella Editore / De Luigi Editore 1946. Softcover. Very Good. Nos. 1-18 in 15 issues i.e. three double issues. Slim octavos. Text in Italian. Printed wrappers paper still supple. Owner's signature of author and critic Michele Cantarella a leading anti-fascist Italian expatriate on the cover of one issue and three issues with a bit of pencilled marginal bracketing by him. Modest toning wear and soil a few tiny tears at the spine ends the first five issues with the pages somewhat toned and occasional very light foxing mostly confined to the first and last leaves a nice very good or better run of this somewhat delicate Italian literary magazine that featured two publishers and three editors during this time period. Of particular note is the inclusion of "Angoscia" "Anguish" later known as "Anguish in the Barracks" in issue 16 a very early possibly the earliest published story by Italo Calvino predating his first book by two years. The final issue prints a "Referendum" of four questions for poets about their work and claim that they have already received responses from Eugenio Montale Cesare Pavesi Corrado Alvaro and others and will begin publishing their responses in the next issue but the magazine ceased publication with No. 17/18. A well-preserved set of a cheaply wartime- printed magazine. Gaspare Casella Editore / De Luigi Editore unknown books
1962réf. 591871West Lafayette Indiana: The Sparrow Magazine / Vagrom Chap Books 1962. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 40pp. Stapled wrappers. Spine and edges sunned small stain on front wrapper near bottom edge crease on rear wrapper very good. Poetry. The Sparrow Magazine / Vagrom Chap Books unknown books
1779réf. 29573Rome: Stamperia del Puccinelli al Governo Vecchio 1779. First edition. Large engraved folding map by P. Bombelli. xx 220 pp. Pages ix-xii are signed 5 and 6 but printed with terminal signature O and bound out of order between pp. 214 & 215. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary vellum. Fine copy. First edition. Large engraved folding map by P. Bombelli. xx 220 pp. Pages ix-xii are signed 5 and 6 but printed with terminal signature O and bound out of order between pp. 214 & 215. 1 vols. 8vo. Libri di L. V. Fossati Bellani 1681 calls for a subsequently issued Appendix not present here; Italian OPAC listings include copies both with and without the Appendix Stamperia del Puccinelli al Governo Vecchio unknown books
1914réf. 604092Berkeley: Published by the Occident 1914. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 12mo. 28pp. Sewn stiff printed wrappers. Surface abrasion on the front cover and a moderate crease on the rear a few bumps along the edges a bit of spotting on the first page very good. Verse "written by the members of a class in verse-composition in the University of California." Prints three poems by Max Brand i.e. Frederick Faust being his first appearance in a book preceding his first solo publication written as "Max Brand" by five years. Also prints poems by his close friend Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sidney Howard and winner of the Academy Award for his screenplay for Gone With the Wind.Also includes contributions by Lesley R. Bates Helen Cornelius Jewell Parish and others. Faust is best known for his literary Westerns written under the pen name Max Brand. Uncommon OCLC locates only five copies. Published by the Occident unknown books
1914réf. 524215Berkeley: Published by the Occident 1914. Softcover. Fine. First edition. 12mo. 28pp. Sewn stiff printed wrappers. Small previous owner's book label inside front wrap from San Francisco faint small stain on rear wrap else fine. Verse "written by the members of a class in verse-composition in the University of California." Prints three poems by Max Brand i.e. Frederick Faust being his first appearance in a book preceding his first solo publication written as "Max Brand" by five years. Also prints poems by his close friend Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sidney Howard and winner of the Academy Award for his screenplay for Gone With the Wind.Also includes contributions by Lesley R. Bates Helen Cornelius Jewell Parish and others. Faust is best known for his literary Westerns written under the pen name Max Brand. Uncommon OCLC locates only five copies. Published by the Occident unknown books
1990réf. 168453Osaka: Kodama Gallery 1990. Softcover. First Japanese Edition. Text in Japanese and English. With color illustrations. Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Kodama Gallery in Osaka from May 14 through June 16 1990. Lightly rubbed on the spine ends else Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers. Kodama Gallery unknown books
1994réf. 26411New York: Purgatory Pie Press 1994. Fine. Number 100. Signed by the book artists. An old record that has been re-produced by the Purgatory Pie Press with a new label printed on both sides: "Roberta 'N' Rob Smith - Lame!" and "Roberta 'N' Rob Smith - Worse!" This "random re-issue" pokes fun at bad records with lots of typos slogans and gimmicks. The words 'Lame / Stale' and 'Worse / Fukt-Fi' have been scratched into the record. The record sleeve is printed with information about the fictitious Roberta N Bob fan club and is also signed by them. The plastic bag that covers the sleeve has several stickers which further emphasize the poor record quality "30 years after . New British Infestation" "This record waz wuns mor popular than it is NOW" etc. The label sleeve and stickers are letterpress printed. PRI/010213. Purgatory Pie Press unknown books
1984réf. 343427Mexico City: Universidad Iberoamericana Departamento de Arte 1984. Paperback. 1474p. wraps maps floor plans light handling wear previous owner's bookplate on verso of front wrap else very good condition. Text in Spanish. Universidad Iberoamericana, Departamento de Arte paperback books
1966réf. 229049PA: Saunders 1966. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good hardcover. Text clean. Stamp on page iii. Stamp on front cover. Corners rubbed and bent. Spine ends bumped. Spine brown. Slight spine twist. Saunders hardcover books
1988réf. 195050Torino: Associazione per il salone del libro 1988. First edition. Softcover. 119 pages. A collection of 90 black and white photographs of authors by Letizia Battaglia Giovanna Borgese Fausto Giaccone Ferdinando Scianni and Franco Zecchin. A near fine copy in wrappers. Associazione per il salone del libro unknown books
1928réf. 15653New York: The Macaulay Company. Very Good. c.1931 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. no dust jacket moderate shelfwear some browning/spotting to page edges light bumps and slight fraying to cloth at bottom corners one-time owner's signature in pencil on ffep tiny tear at fore-edge of title page. Crime novel that segues to a Western setting about halfway through hence the Western-motif front-cover decoration of a man on horseback waving a large hat by this prolific pulp novelist one of eleven books he wrote under the Baxter pseudonym between 1923 and 1935. This tells the exploits of "Geraldi dashing knight errant who is a modern Robin Hood who preys only upon those who have preyed upon others." Originally serialized in Western Story Magazine in 1928; later published as by Max Brand as "Three on the Trail" and subsequently in paperback as "Gunman's Goal." The original serial title was probably "Tragedy Trail" although I've not verified this directly; another seller claims it was "Three on the Trail" but that title does not appear among the list of serials credited to Baxter during 1928. . The Macaulay Company hardcover books
1923réf. 206896New York: A.L.Burt 1923. Good. Later. Good. Book has writing on first page cover has stains and pages are turning yellow. A.L.Burt unknown books
1924réf. 206897New York: A.L. Burt Company 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Near fine with corners lightly bumped lacking the dust jacket. A.L. Burt Company hardcover books
2002réf. 183741Firenze Florence Italy: Aedo Srl / Montelupo Fiorentino 2002. Softcover. VG scuffs scratches & smudges to white covers. toning to upper edge. lower textblock scuffed/scratched. pgs clean. white wraps w/ blue illustrations; blue & red printing. illustrated french flaps. 327 pgs w/ color illustrations. Text in Italian & English. Opening section in Italian only; ceramic section descriptions in both English and Italian; closing historical section in English and Italian. Illustrates and describes 72 pieces of Montelupo ceramics. Aedo Srl / Montelupo Fiorentino paperback books
1940réf. 21932New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1940. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; chickpea-colored cloth with titles stamped in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; 223pp 1. Mild wear to base of spine some darkening to endpapers and scattered foxing to title page; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.00 moderately edgeworn with scattered foxing to flaps and some nearly invisible archival reinforcement along joints and flap folds on verso; Very Good. The second Dr. Kildare book and basis for the 1939 film of the same name directed by Harold S. Bucquet and starring Lew Ayres and Lionel Barrymore. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books
1928réf. 37030New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1928. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Faint name stamp on the front fly else fine in fine dustwrapper. A fresh copy with the yellow and oranges of the jacket vibrant and bright. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1942réf. 24011New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1942. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; vi2206pp. General wear to jacket extremities including tiny chips crease to upper panel red spine portion quite faded tape repair to jacket extremities verso not showing through to exterior else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Publisher's office copy with their rubberstamp to rear jacket panel. The sixth Dr. Kildare novel adapted into the 1940 film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and starring Lew Ayres Lionel Barrymore and Laraine Day. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books
1943réf. 23987New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1943. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm.; publisher's cloth in yellow-green pictorial dust jacket; 6216pp. General wear to jacket extremities including closed tears and chipping some light dust-soil spine a bit cocked else Near Very Good and sound. The last of the Dr. Kildare books comprised of two novellas. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books
1940réf. 21931New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1940. First Edition. Octavo 20cm.; original orange cloth lettered in black orange topstain; 6227pp. A hint of shelf-wear else a Fine copy lacking the scarce dust jacket topstain still brilliant. Features the popular fictional character Dr. Kildare who would inspire a number of television series and films. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books
1972réf. 179560New York: Pocket 1972. Softcover. Fine. Later. Fine in wrappers a paperback. Pocket unknown books
1970réf. 204268New York: Dodd Mead Co 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. Very good in good dust jacket. Dustwrapper has cuts and is torn. Dodd, Mead * Co hardcover books
1934réf. 205901New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1934. Very Good. Later. Very good. Pages are lightly yellowed lightly foxed cover and spine are rubbed little chunk taken out of end of cover. Dodd, Mead & Company unknown books
1956réf. 189911New York: Popular 1956. Softcover. Very Good. Popular ed. Very good in wrappers a paperback. Pages browned. shelf rubbing. Corners rubbed. Popular unknown books
1997réf. 320773Lincoln Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Reprint. Very slight bumps to the bottom corners else fine in a near fine dust jackets with the same bumps. University of Nebraska Press hardcover books
1959réf. 160734New York: Pocket Books 1959. Softcover. Near Fine. Later. Near fine Paper back very minor flair to cover clean text and covers. Pocket Books unknown books
