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1912réf. 72940New York: Dodd Mead and Company 1912. First edition thus 8vo pp. xvi 387 1; 40 plates; original full blue cloth gilt; upper hinge starting near fine. With chapters extracted from works of Henry Arthur Blake T. Hodgson Liddell Chester Holcombe J. Dyer Ball John Henry Gray and others. Dodd, Mead and Company unknown books
1981réf. 65243New York: Faust & Smith / Purgatory Pie Press 1981. Edition limited to 100 copies numbered and signed by the principals this no. 26; 16mo pp. 128; printed throughout in red green black and orange and designed to resemble a annual calendar with typographic elements; business card of designer Esther K. Smith laid in; typography and letterpress by Dikka Faust. Original blue cloth with a half dozen pastedowns resembling collage. Fine copy. Washington only in OCLC. Faust & Smith / Purgatory Pie Press unknown books
1924réf. 56855Boston: printed for the subscribers by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press 1924. Edition limited to 750 copies 8vo pp. xv 1 296 2; gravure frontispiece; original blue cloth-backed gray paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on spine t.e.g.; very good sound copy. BAL 9069; Parks 1279; Smith-Bianchi 601. printed for the subscribers [by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press] unknown books
1888réf. 56645Boston: Roberts Brothers 1888. 12mo pp. vii 4 12-272 16 ads; original blue cloth stamped in gilt and red; very good. Homespun stories about Washington County in Rhode Island. The book is dedicated to Oliver Wendell Holmes. Roberts Brothers unknown books
1900réf. 50994London: The Studio 1900. Large 8vo pp. viii 82 ix-xii; 5 color plates; green cloth with decorated title in gilt on upper cover original paper wrappers bound in; textblock shaken boards rubbed owners signature on flyleaf good. Articles on designers from Britain America France Belgium Netherlands and Denmark. The Studio unknown books
1962réf. 46707Boston Toronto: Little Brown 1962. First edition large slim 8vo pp. 51; near fine in original orange cloth spine slightly discolored in a very good dust jacket. Boldly signed by Leonard Baskin on the front free endpaper. This is Esther Baskin's first book. Little, Brown unknown books
1936réf. 29238Saint Paul: Minnesota Historical Society 1936. First edition; 8vo; pp. xvi 157; 3 plates printed recto/verso; near fine copy in original stiff paper wrapper. Minnesota Historical Society unknown books
1925réf. 26069New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. n.d. 1925. First Harcourt edition preceded only by the uncommon MacNeil edition Seattle 1924 and preceding the edition illustrated by Rockwell Kent; 8vo pp. xii 244; pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine dust-jacket a little worn around the edges and the whole slightly cocked else near fine throughout. Harcourt, Brace & Co., n.d. unknown books
1988réf. 30929'New York & Oxford: Facts on File 1988. First edition review copy with publisher's slip laid in; 4to pp. xi 1435; text in double column; fine copy in the dust jacket. Facts on File unknown books
1945réf. 350892New York: Great-Concord Publishers 1945. Paperback. 149p. wraps lightly edgeworn spine sunned else very good condition. Proletarian poetry intended to "help to realize the great promise of the Concord of Tehran and to bring about the fruition of the decision for a better world." publishers' foreword. Great-Concord Publishers paperback books
1973réf. 17173Albion California: Times Change Press 1973. Third printing. Paperback. Very good . Third printing. Paperback. Featuring essays by Joanna Russ Bertha Harris Esther Newton Ti-Grace Atkinson Florence Rush Jill Johnston and more this early feminist lesbian anthology presents important voices of Second Wave Feminism on such subjects as culture herstory politics celebration and lesbian feminism. This copy of Amazon Expedition: A Lesbian Feminist Anthology comes from the library of the late influential Jewish lesbian feminist theorist activist and scholar Dr. Bette S. Tallen 1950-2023. Dr. Bette Tallen's copy with her ownership signature to first page. 7" X 5 1/4". 93pp plus 3 pages of ads. Mild edgewear to pictorial wraps featuring a photograph by Lin Stephan. Binding is firm and tight with spine uncreased. Underlining to one essay else pages unmarked. A nice later printing of this lesbian feminist anthology with a relevant and meaningful provenance from the collection of the late Lesbian and Women's Studies scholar and activist Dr. Bette S. Tallen. Times Change Press paperback books
2001réf. 16227London: Chatto & Windus 2001. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. 8" X 5 1/4". 336pp. Book presents nicely in unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers corners and edges of jacket. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Faint dust-spotting to text block. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm tight and sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: When Javier Marias wrote All Souls his 'Oxford novel' he was unprepared for the way in which reality would begin invade his fiction. Real people mistook themselves for his fictional characters readers confused him with his narrator and a minor English poet whom he mentioned in passing assumed such a large presence in his life that Marias ended up inheriting his Caribbean kingdom Redonda. In Dark Back of Time Marias uses the unsettling effects of All Souls on his life to begin an extraordinary meditation on the transience chance and fragility of life and the way in which reality so easily blurs into fiction. Perhaps the minor poet of the 1930s John Gawsworth or the ill-fated novelist Wilfrid Ewart are not as forgotten as Marias thought they were. After all no one dies without leaving a small trace behind. But how do we know these traces tell us the reality of a person And what of the small child who dies like Marias's brother at the age of three and lives on only in the memory of his parents themselves mortal- This brilliantly digressive constantly surprising funny book moves seamlessly from virtuoso storytelling to intimate autobiography from the grand movements of history - the battlefields of the Somme Spain under Franco - to the strange patterns of small lives. In doing so it shows us how everything is linked or not and how the writer is both a keeper of memories and himself destined to be lost in the dark back of time.Publisher. Chatto & Windus hardcover books
1973réf. 11540London: Allen Lane/Penguin Press 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. Inscription on flyleaf. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelfwear to dj price clipped else tight bright and unmarred. Bound in cloth. 8vo. 312pp. Mounted bookplate on front flyleaf. Allen Lane/Penguin Press hardcover books
1970réf. 11662London: Longman Group Limited 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by the author on ffep. Pastedown notes to ffep. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelfwear to dj some chipping toning creasing else tight bright and unmarred. Blue cloth. 8vo. 140pp. Index. Longman Group Limited hardcover books
1994réf. 11678Cambridge MA: MIT Press 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription on ffep to Oliver Sacks from Esterh Thelen. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks the renowned neurologist author and educator. He was in his life celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Minimal shelfwear to dj else tight bright and unmarred. Black cloth. 8vo. xxiii 376pp. Illus. b/w. Index. MIT Press hardcover books
1967réf. 9471New York: Delacorte Press 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. A handsome copy of a rather uncommon work. Ownership label at ffep minimial shelf/edge wear else tight bright and unmarred; DJ shows light shelf/edge wear small closed tear at top rear hint of sun at spine else bright and clean. Black cloth boards gilt lettering organge endpappers. 4to. 74pp. Illus. b/w plates. Signed by both author and artist at the front blank. Delacorte Press hardcover books
1962réf. 11517Boston: Little Brown and Company 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good- DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Nocturnal animals with accompanying text. Leonard Baskin 1922-2000 was a renowned artist sculptor illustrator printer and graphic artist writer teacher and general polymath. Minor shelf/edge wear touch of sun at the spine gift inscription at ffep else tight bright and unmarred; DJ shows light shelf/edge wear priceclipped light even toning else bright and clean. Orange cloth boards gilt lettering. 8vo. slim np. Illus. b/w plates. Signed by Baskin at the title page. Little, Brown and Company hardcover books
1967réf. 109975Gardner:: Privately Issued. Very Good. Hardcover. Black and white photographs two fold-out maps. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Very good in red cloth. No dust jacket.; Signed by Author . 1967. Privately Issued, hardcover books
1941réf. TB32606No Place Stated: No Publisher Stated 1941. First Edition. An ex-library copy in very good condition in its original blue cloth covered boards with very faded and tarnished gilt text on the spine and with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head of the spine and with moderate wear and rubbing to the heel of the spine and with a prior owners name and location written at the upper edge of the front paste down and a pocket on the rear free end page. Lacking a dust jacket. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the fly title page. 294 pages including an index chapter notes bibliography and text. Illustrated with line drawings as chapter headings by George B. Keester Jr. Gephart 2129 No Publisher Stated hardcover books
1994réf. 005970Philadelphia: Brethren Encyclopedia Inc. 1994. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SCARCE. Fine. No Jacket As Issued . Brethren Encyclopedia, Inc. Hardcover books
1946réf. TB09949Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1946. First Edition. First printing Very good in decorated red cloth covered boards with the fore edges of the boards discolored & a PON stamped on the end paper. In a very good dust jacket with a price clipped jacket flap light soiling across much of the white background of the jacket and with 1/8" chips at the ends of the spine area. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. 46 pages of text and illustrations. Houghton Mifflin Co. hardcover books
réf. ST21189Seattle and London: University of Washington Press 2002. FIRST EDITION. 220 x 280 mm. 8 3/4 x 11". 222 pp. 1 leaf. LOVELY OCHER GOATSKIN BY JOHN FRANKLIN MOWERY stamp-signed "JFM 2002" on rear turn-in covers with blind-ruled frame surrounding seven columns of increasing height filled with a dense geometric pattern featuring small inlays highlighted in red and green smooth spine ruled and titled in blind. In a black slipcase with matching goatskin lip. Numerous color photographic plates in the text throughout. Bookplate of Werner L. Gundersheimer on front pastedown see below. A VERY FINE COPY--virtually unworn and internally pristine. This beautifully produced celebration of the Folger Shakespeare Library comes from the personal collection of its Emeritus Director and is offered in a fine binding executed by its former Head Conservator. Our binder J. Franklin Mowery studied bookbinding under Professor Kurt Londenberg at the Staatliche Hochschule für bildende Künste Academy of Art in Hamburg and trained as a paper conservator under Otto Wächter in Vienna before returning to the U.S where he served as the head of conservation at the Folger for 37 years. At the same time he continuing to take private binding commissions for which he was highly acclaimed even having a solo show of his work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1982. Produced on the 70th anniversary of the Folger Shakespeare Library "Infinite Variety" aims as the introduction says to fill the "long-felt need" for a "comprehensive survey of the library's collections and activities for the general public" with contributions from many of the library's staff members including Mowery. The binding demonstrates Mowery's skill the buttery goatskin tooled with precision to a design that is elegantly designed complex and yet slightly whimsical not unlike the works of Shakespeare. According to Mowery's article "A Binder's Training" "Guild of Book Workers' Journal" XX 1981-82 the blind-stamping technique seen here was "particularly favored by Professor Londenberg" and often employed by Mowery for the range of design possibilities it offers. The method uses dies to stamp the patterns: "a photographic process can transfer any black and white image onto zinc plates that are deeply etched and mounted onto type-high metal blocks for heated impressions or onto wood for cold embossing." Former owner Werner L. Gundersheimer b. 1937 served as the director of the Folger from 1984-2002 and has served as Director Emeritus since 2004. His tenure was marked by growth in the library's collections as well as increased academic fellowships and public outreach. University of Washington Press unknown books
1971réf. 2335899Webster New York / Rochester New York: Webster Town Board / Christopher Press Inc 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. First edition. Jacket a bit rubbed boards edges and jacket reverse foxed. Binding tight and square text clean and unmarked. 1971 Hard Cover. xi 400 pp. Maps on endpapers black-and-white photographs. Esther A. Dunn was Webster's historian and this book provides a detailed look at the town's history and development. Includes: Introduction; Early Days of Pre-Webster; Webster 1840; Cemeteries; Transportation; Communication; Religion; Education; Industrial Development; Legal Profession; Medical Profession and Related Topics; Police Service and Dog Control; Organizations; Arts and Crafts; Entertainments and Recreation; Communities within the Town of Webster; Webster Village; War Years; Centennial Year; An Era of Change; Over 100 Years Old; This and That; Appendix; Index. Webster Town Board / Christopher Press, Inc hardcover books
1942réf. S5853Extract from:: Publications of the Allegheny Observatory of the University of Pittsburgh Vol. VIII No. 6. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press 1942. 1942. 4to. 77-90 pp. 8 tables. Self-wraps. Ms. notations on top cover. Very good. Publications of the Allegheny Observatory of the University of Pittsburgh, Vol. VIII, No. 6. [Pittsburgh]: University of Pittsbu paperback books
2001réf. 1401892New York New York: New Directions 2001. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo 336 pages. In Very Good condition with Near Fine condition dust jacket. Spine is black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering price uncut: "$27.95" on front flap. Boards quarter-bound in publisher's green cloth and have mild shelving wear along extremities mild bumping to fore corners and mild sun-bleaching along cloth head and tail edges; spine mildly cocked. Text block head edge has mild age-toning. Signed flat on title page by Javier Marías. CM Consignment. Shelved in Room Z. DARK BACK OF TIME is Javier Marías' response to the reception of his 1992 novel ALL SOULS. ALL SOULS is arguably semi-autobiographical: it follows a professor of translation working a stint at Oxford who finds himself surrounded by lost souls in academia much like Marías once did in real life. The souls the novel was inspired by--professors bookshop owners and others of that academic ilk--recognized themselves and ardently maintain that Marías' work was roman á clef. DARK BACK OF TIME begins by exploring the bizarre effect of Marías' experience publishing ALL SOULS and thus he's deemed the former a "false novel" intertwining autobiography and fiction to tell a non-linear and mysterious tale evocative of his masterful Argentine forefather Jorge Luis Borges. Javier Marías 1951-2022 remains a star in the canon of contemporary Spanish literature whose complex philosophical narratives continue to influence the fiction and mystery genres while provoking questions about the thin and often blurred line between fiction and reality. 1401892. Special Collections - Upstairs. New Directions hardcover books
