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1985réf. 58577New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. A first Printing of the First Edition that is mildly shelfworn and housed in a dust-jacket that bears tanning to the edges of the ears each otherwise Fine; In these stories Singer explores the ways in which the human experience is bound up with images both familiar and strange. Characters grapple with loss love and the power of imagination all the while wrestling with the question of what it means to be human. These tales are both haunting and heart-warming and will leave readers pondering the ways in which memory imagination and reality intersect.; 8vo; 310 pages . Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
1985réf. 58578New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1985. Advance Review Copy; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. A first Edition/First Printing Advance Review Copy in Fine condition and housed in an equally unblemished dust-jacket. There are inserts from the publisher laid in; Isaac Bashevis Singer's The Image and Other Stories is a collection of short stories that explore theuniversal human experience. The stories are touching funny and poignant and they will leave readers feeling enriched and enlightened.; 8vo; 310 pages . Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
1985réf. 1405457New York New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1985. Limited Edition #317/450. Hardcover. Octavo 310 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good condition slipcase. Slipcase has mild general sun-fading shelving wear along extremities and mild peeling along tail edge of open-end. Spine is brick red cloth with a black label and gilt lettering. Boards have mild shelving wear along spine tail. Signed flat by Isaac Bashevis Singer on publisher's limitation page. Shelved in Room Z. 1405457. Special Collections - Upstairs. Farrar, Straus & Giroux hardcover books
1967réf. 34567New York: Farrar. 1967 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Vol. 1 fine but for slight sunning at top edge in close to fine dust jacket and Vol. 2 fine but for slight bump to one corner in close to fine dust jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 442 374 pp . Farrar hardcover books
1983réf. 271366New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with light rubbing and flap folds slightly age-toned. Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover books
1983réf. 104357New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Fine first printing of the first edition in alike dust-jacket; Singer's tale of Joseph Shapiro. Joseph flees Poland during the era of Nazi aggression. He comes to America but eventually embarks on a spiritual journey that brings him to Israel; 8vo; $7.50 . Farrar, Straus, Giroux hardcover books
1961réf. 505064New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy 1961. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning on the spine and slight edgewear. Farrar, Straus & Cudahy hardcover books
1961réf. 1145Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America 1961. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good . First printing of JPS published the same year by Farrar Straus and Cudahy. 8vo; 214pp; quarter-bound in green cloth with maroon boards gilt-stamped spine; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket light soiling to rear archival repair to dj head of spine; fine in very good plus dj. Eleven short stories. The Jewish Publication Society of America unknown books
1983réf. 158081NEW YORK FARRAR 1983 1983. DUST JACKET UNCLIPPED FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD-FINE. F. Hardcover. ISBN: 0374293473. NEW YORK, FARRAR, 1983 hardcover books
1950réf. 56207New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 1950. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. A Very Good Book Club Edition that has page edge soiling and general wear to the boards in a scuffed Near Fine dust-jacket ; This book tells the story of the family Moskat who live in Warsaw in the early 20th century. The Moskat family is a very traditional one with strong values and traditions. However the family is also very close-knit and they all love each other very much. The story follows the Moskat family as they go through their everyday lives and the various challenges and adventures that they experience. The Family Moskat is a fascinating and moving story and it is sure to captivate readers.; 8vo; 611 pages; Price . Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
1905réf. 041394Baarn Netherlands: Hollandia-Drukkerij 1905. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text in Dutch. Volume 1: 402 pp. Brief previous owner notes on the front and rear endpapers. The binding is tight and square and the text is clean. Volume 2: 414 pp. Brief previous owner notes on the title page. The binding is tight and square and the text is clean. Hollandia-Drukkerij hardcover
1999réf. 1405502Norwalk: Easton Press 1999. Signed First Edition One of 1075. Hardcover. Octavo 317 pages. In Near Fine condition. Bound in brown genuine leather with gilt decoration; spine paneled with gilt titling; text block edges gilt with silk moiré endpapers and bound-in ribbon bookmark. Minimal shelf and edge wear to boards. Text block edges show very light scuffing and wear. Signed flat in black marker on unnumbered limitation page. Shelved in Room X. 1405502. Special Collections - Downstairs. Easton Press hardcover
1999réf. 12219Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo 367pp. illustrated. A fine crisp copy in the publisher's full brown gilt-tooled leather with all edges gilt silk endpapers and silk ribbon. This is number 220 of 1075 limited copies SIGNED by Stern on the publisher's limitation page. A certificate of authenticity from the Easton Press as well as an additional certificate from a previous bookseller are laid-in. Also laid in is an un-used Easton Press bookplate and an information slip from the press. Easton Press hardcover
1999réf. 011968New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1999. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. Octavo 8vo. viii 317 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Stated "First Trade Edition." A bookplate with the publisher's name and logo signed boldly by Isaac Stern is affixed to the half title page. Illustrated by numerous photographs. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover
1999réf. 1405502Norwalk: Easton Press 1999. Signed First Edition One of 1075. Hardcover. Octavo 317 pages. In Near Fine condition. Bound in brown genuine leather with gilt decoration; spine paneled with gilt titling; text block edges gilt with silk moiré endpapers and bound-in ribbon bookmark. Minimal shelf and edge wear to boards. Text block edges show very light scuffing and wear. Signed flat in black marker on unnumbered limitation page. Shelved in Room X. 1405502. Special Collections - Downstairs. Easton Press hardcover books
1860réf. 14426Washington DC: Thomas H. Ford Printer 1860. First Edition. Very Good. 8.25x11in One litho tinted illustrated plate Part I plate XXXII; Some age-toning along edges with several light spots in margin and print. Samuels p.460 Taft p. 1. This plate is from from Volume XII of the quarto edition of twelve volumes were published from 1855 to 1861 as exploration and survey reports became available. These volumes contained not only the survey maps and elevations but a monumental collection of scientific reports on geography geology zoology botany and ethnology of the Native American tribes. The surveys also included 11 artists to record the landscape and indigenous peoples of the west. The twelve volumes were disorganized in publication with no overall all arrangement or indexing. Some of the plates and maps referred to in volumes were published in other volumes various reports were also published out of sequence relating to the four routes. Preliminary reports published were updated in latter volumes. From Wagner-Becker-Camp In 1853 Senator Gwin of California lead the inclusion of Congressional funding for 1853-54 of a series of surveys to determine the best and most economical railroad routes from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast. The act directed the Secretary of War Jefferson Davis to plan and direct Army topographical engineers to conduct surveys of four routes. The first was between the 47th and 49th parallels generally along the Lewis and Clark route to the Pacific. The Second route between the 37th and 39th parallels was promoted by Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri. The Third route was along the 35th parallel. The Fourth route was promoted by Secretary Davis along the 32nd parallel that followed Emory's 1846-47 reconnaissance. The illustration "Awaiting the Return of Mr. Tinkham" was done to support part of the report narrative by Stevens starting on p. 127 of the report. Mr. Tinkham was one of several civilian members of the survey that fanned out along the general route to identify better terrain for a railroad line. They were generally accompanied by Native American guides the knew the terrain. Mr. Tinkham proceed without a guide and became disoriented for a number of days before finding his way back to the camp. John Mix Stanley 1814-1872 was an artist-explorer American painter of landscapes and of Native American portraits and tribal life. In 1842 he traveled to the West to paint Native Americans and spend the next ten years painting and exhibiting in eastern cities and the Smithsonian. During the Mexican War in 1846 he was a draftsman for the Corps of Engineers assigned to Colonel Kearney's expedition to California and Oregon Territory. He produced maps and illustrations for the Army. After the war he spent time in Hawaii painting the Royal family native life and landscapes. In 1853 Stanley was appointed the chief artist to Isaac Stevens survey expedition for a Pacific railroad route from St. Paul to Puget Sound the Northern Survey. During the survey he produced the stunning 70 illustrations and fold out panoramas in the Stevens report. When he returned to Washington in 1854 he produced an exhibition of his paintings and large panoramas of western scenes from the Northern survey. from Wiki and Samuels in part. Thomas H. Ford, Printer unknown
1858réf. 286661State of Illinois. Printed at The Calument Peace Office Carlyle Illinois 1858. Print. Indenture document 14 x 17 printed in black on light gray. Blanks to be filled in. First edition first printing. Very good copy. Indenture between Isaac Stiles and Sophiah his wife and Oliver J. Lewis of the County of Clinton State of Illinois for sim of 'four hundred and fifty dollars.lot 3 in Block Seven in the Town of Trenton.' Signed by I. Stiles and S. A. Stiles and 'acting Justice of the Peace' A. H. Johnson. Details of sale in autograph by John. B. Roper clerk and ex-officio Recorder Clinton County. Document previously folded in half and then trifolded. Short closed tears at some folds. State of Illinois. Printed at The Calument Peace Office, Carlyle, Illinois unknown
1851réf. H37050London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1851. First Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo 8 x 5.25 inches publisher's gray-blue cloth good or better copy general light wear to binding mellowing to spine color small stains on spine wear to spine ends contents very good lightly toned clean and unmarked. 366 pp. Uncommon in the first edition in good condition. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover
1992réf. USD_9780826405463Sheffield 1992. N/A. Paperback. Used - Like New/Used - Like New. _ Sheffield paperback
1992réf. AME_9780826405463Sheffield 1992. N/A. Paperback. New/New. _ Sheffield paperback
réf. 44912London: A J Valpy 1831. 24mo; burgundy leather over marbled boards; xvi 159 pages; b&w illustrations; front hinge is cracked and boards are rubbed else a very good clean tight copy. London: A J Valpy, 1831 hardcover
1988réf. 25525Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company 1988. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1988 1st and almost certainly only edition of this concise history of the Yale Strike of 1984-85. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial white wrappers. 16mo Foreword by David Montgomery published by "America's oldest labor publisher Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company unknown
1988réf. 25525Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company 1988. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A very sharp copy of the 1988 1st and almost certainly only edition of this concise history of the Yale Strike of 1984-85. Crisp and Near Fine in its pictorial white wrappers. 16mo Foreword by David Montgomery published by "America's oldest labor publisher Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company unknown books
réf. 63-6898New York: United Nations 1986. Black and White Photograph 8x10 Very Good. New York: United Nations, 1986. unknown
2000réf. 129519Albany NY: State University of New York Press 2000. Softcover. Fine. xii 206 p. 23 cm. Paperback. Inscribed by author on first leaf. State University of New York Press paperback