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2012ref. 64996London: Jonathan Cape 2012. First edition. 375 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. London: Jonathan Cape unknown books
1984ref. 1089901984. Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press 1984. 8vo xx 211 pp 106 black and white illustrations. Near Fine in original yellow cloth with a color illustrated dust-jacket in protective acetate cover. § First edition. Bentley BBS p.672: "A useful book arguing that 'Blake undoubtedly perceived archetypes of gesture and stance in the work of painters and sculptors and used them in his own art as a kind of visual vocabulary'.". unknown books
ref. 4302bdLouisiana State University Press 1965. Set of two volumes in slipcase. Octavo gray cloth hardcover gilt letters and decorations xxvii 420 pp xxiv 679 pp. Fine in Near-Fine mylar protected dust jackets in a Very Good slipcase with lightly rubbed edges. hardcover books
1984ref. 1025021984. Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press 1984. 8vo xx 211 pp. 106 illustrations. Yellow cloth in yellow printed dust-jacket. Very good. § First edition. Bentley Blake Books Supplement page 672: "A useful book arguing that 'Blake undoubtedly perceived archetypes of gesture and stance in the work of painters and sculptors and used them in his own art as a kind of visual vocabulary'.". unknown books
1979ref. 17653scsBerkeley: University of California Press 1979. First Edition. Octavo orange cloth hardcover gilt letters 204 pp. Fine in a Fine mylar protected dust jacket. Recent American literature is a survivors’ literature suggests Warner Berthoff in this summary characterization of American writing since the Second World War.A chapter looking back to Henry Miller in prose and Wallace Stevens in poetry as major forefunners of these postwar developments leads to final questions of where and how for literature the creative impulse can still find effective expression. University of California Press, [1979]. First Edition. hardcover books
1977ref. 30372Bedfordshire: Sceptre Press 1977. First edition. 154 pp. Very near fine in dust jacket. Edited and with a preface and essay by Tim Prentki. A collection of critical essays concerning the poetry and dramatic work of Francis Warner including essays by Harold Hobson Paul Hewison Lesly Burnett and Robert Burchfield. Bedfordshire: Sceptre Press unknown books
1855ref. 68092Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo and Co 1855. First edition. 23.5 cm. Frontispiece of Caldwell viii 17 - 454 pp. 2 blank 8 pp. publishers ads for new and valuable medical books and a 46 pp. publishers catalogue of other valuable books. Original embossed publisher's brown cloth. Some foxing else very good. "The chief source of Caldwell's life is the caustic Autobiography. which has been called 'the choicest repository of medical scandal in existence'."--DAB. Caldwell was a proponent of polygenism. Chapter XV includes an extensive catalogue of Caldwell's writings. With a pencilled presentation inscription from Warner. Sabin 9893. Lippincott, Grambo, and Co unknown books
1818ref. 66570New York NY: Printed and published by C. N. Baldwin corner of Chatham and Chamber Streets 1818. Disbound. 22.5 cm. 124pp. Old Worcester Co. Law Library stamp on title page. A few neat ink annotations in margins. The jury deliberated only 15 minutes before acquitting Baldwin whose charges were supported by independent investigation. The affair undermined public confidence in lotteries and led the NY legislature in 1819 to pass a law prohibiting any new lottery licenses and imposing strictures on existing ones. Not found in McCoy. BEAL 13269 OCLC: NY Hist SocC. Vassar LA Cnty Lib. Huntington Yale Univ. Med. Yale Univ. Law US Supreme Court State Lib. of IA Harvard Univ. Harvard Univ. Law Univ. of NV Las Vegas Univ. of PA Univ. of London. Printed and published by C. N. Baldwin, corner of Chatham and Chamber Streets unknown books
1940ref. 65683New York NY: Friendship Press 1940. First edition. 8vo. 95pp. Rust brown cloth with illustration of children gathering beans on front cover. Corners worn covers slightly soiled. Birthday inscription. Signed by the author and dated March 1940. On the verso of the title page it states: "Plans and procedures for using Children of the Harvest will be found in 'A Primary Teacher's Guide on Migrants' by Armilda B. Keiser." Gertrude Warner in her introduction to the book directed to her young readers asks them to think about how food their family buys gets onto their pantry shelf: "When you eat these things next time just stop a minute and think about the people who picked them." She suggests it might be children just about their age and that if they would like to do something to thank those children they can write to the Council of Women for Home Missions in New York City for instructions on how to send thank-you presents to the children who work in the fields. Friendship Press unknown books
1918ref. 29001Dijon: Librairie L. Venot for the American Y.M.C.A. 1918. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. SCARCE. Small pamphlet. Light brown side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Previous owner's name written in pencil to front wrapper. A few pencil markings throughout. Minor yellowing to pages. Else is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. 32 pages. French Travel. FRETRAV/021915. Librairie L. Venot for the American Y.M.C.A. paperback books
1946ref. 8689Philadelphia: Press of the Wistar Institute 1946. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. A reprint of a study originally published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology. The author Francis James Warner was affiliated with the Pavlovian Laboratory of the Phipps Psychiatric Clinic of Johns Hopkins medical schoool. With 20 figures and bibliography. Stapled covers. Very good condition. Pages 385-418. NAT/020215. Press of the Wistar Institute paperback books
1927ref. 10144North Mancester IND. 1927. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. Both issues Vg in wraps and stapled bindings/buyer gets the Spring 1927 and Summer 1928 issues. This will allow the buyer a generous sampling of the works of Stauffer Doyle Madge Ohe and the inimitable Italian bard Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni. Periodicals. PER410311. paperback books
1993ref. 26033Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press 1993. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1993 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine tiny former owner name and date at the front free endpaper in a crisp Fine dustjacket. Octavo #66 in Cambridge's wonderful "Studies in Linguistics" series. Cambridge University Press unknown books
1962ref. 22852Princeton University Press 1962. Cloth. Fine/Fine. A superb copy of the 1962 1st edition all but pristine. Clean and Fine in a crisp Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Octavo impressive scholarly Melville criticism. Princeton University Press unknown books
1876ref. 10900Hartford CT: American Publishing Company 1876. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A solid very well-preserved copy of the 1876 1st edition. Clean and VG in its decorative chocolate boards with bright gilt-lettering and blindstamped flourishes to the panels. Very light foxing at the endsheets and pastedowns otherwise clean as could be. Thick octavo 477 pgs. "Issued by subscription only and not for sale in bookstores" from the title page. American Publishing Company unknown books
1936ref. 10594McFarlane Ward McFarlane and Japan Society of New York 1936. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. A wonderful Presentation copy: INSCRIBED BY LANGDON WARNER TO ERIC GILL THE GREAT BRITISH PRINTMAKER AND TYPEFACE DESIGNER AND SCULPTOR AND STONECUTTER -- AND KEY FIGURE IN THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT. A solid well-preserved copy to boot of the 1936 1st edition. Tight and VG with light foxing at the endsheets in a bright price-intact VG- dustjacket wth light wear at the spine ends and light creasing --and several small closed tears-- along the panle edges. Still though an attractive presentable copy. Thick quarto 55 pgs. of text plus 85 crisp black-and-white plates. Signed by Author. McFarlane, Ward, McFarlane and Japan Society of New York unknown books
1965ref. 615993New York: The John Day Company 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sixth impression. Illustrated By Richard M. Powers. Introduction By Colin Turnbull Quarto. 115 1pp. 7" record enclosed in sleeve on rear pastedown. Small dark stain mostly confined to the foredge else near fine in near very good dust jacket with a stain on the front panel near the flap fold and moderate overall wear. The John Day Company hardcover books
1880ref. 616447New Haven: Henry Howe 1880. Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 511 3pp Illustrated. Decorative green cloth beveled boards stamped in gilt and black. A fine and especially bright example of this American decorated publisher's binding. Henry Howe unknown books
1936ref. 620642New York: Street & Smith 1936. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Perfect bound in wrappers. Stain along bottom edge and spine of rear wrap stain on bottom edge very good. This issue features stories from Raymond Z. Gallun Murray Leinster Douglas Drew Donald Wandrei and more. Also includes a young 13 year old Harry Warner Jr.'s first letter of comment. Just two years later in 1938 Warner who would later become admired by fans for his letter writings would go on to publish the fanzine Spaceways. He followed it with Horizons in 1939 which ran for 64 consecutive years as part of the Fantasy Amateur Press Association FAPA mailing with Warner only ever missing two mailings. One-time fan Roger Ebert once wrote: "Locs letters of comment were the currency of payment for fanzine contributors; you wrote and in the next issue got to read about what you had written. Today I can see my name on a full-page ad for a movie with disinterest but what Harry Warner or Buck Coulson had to say about me - well that was important. Street & Smith unknown books
1941ref. 607840Washington D.C.: American Council on Education 1941. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Octavo. xv 301pp. Green cloth with faded gilt-stamped letters small portrait label on front board. Ex-library with the usual markings cloth soiled and dampstained with extremities frayed thus a fair to good only copy lacking the dust jacket. "Prepared for The American Youth Commission. American Council on Education hardcover books
1967ref. 609737New York: Ace Books Inc 1967. Softcover. Very Good. First book edition originally serialized in Weird Tales. Mass market paperback. Front cover illustrated by Jack Gaughan. Wrappers lightly rubbed and soiled a few nicks and tiny bumps very good or better. Ace #M-152. Ace Books Inc unknown books
1967ref. 609907New York: Ace Books Inc 1967. Softcover. Near Fine. Ace Double. Cover art by Jack Gaughan. Mass market paperback. Wrappers with a few nicks along the edges and spine tiny ink mark near the base of the spine on The Stolen Sun cover near fine. Ace #G-618. Ace Books, Inc unknown books
2001ref. 609206Washington D.C.: Counterpoint 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition hardcover issue. Edited by Michael Steinman. Octavo. 338pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Also issued in paperback the hardcover is uncommon. Counterpoint hardcover books
1962ref. 613290Greenwich Connecticut: Gold Medal Books / Fawcett Publications 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Mass market paperback. Spine a touch cocked wraps a bit worn near fine. "A choice collection of great stories that thunder the glory of the old horse soldiers in their final triumphant days at Fort Starke. Gold Medal Books / Fawcett Publications unknown books
1994ref. 595143Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1994. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Quarto. Comb-bound wrappers. Fine. University of New Mexico Press unknown books