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1969Features: The Fascination of English Porcelain Figures; Furniture for a Faith - Shaker Furniture; Thoresby Hall; The Story of English Drinking Glasses, Part II - Plain Stems and Newcastle Glasses, 1730-1750; Animals in Porcelain; Some Thoughts on Oriental Art; Charm and Variety in Victorian Silhouettes; The Powerful Lure of Self-Portraits; and more. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
1954200 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. "Mr. Poolman's narrative not only tells the story of the three aircraft but it also graphically describes the epic of the siege of Malta and the immortal page of history written by that island from 1940 to 1943." - from dust jacket. Unmarked. Above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
200482 pages. Features:St. Catherine's Monestery; St. George - Fact or Fantasy; Mystery Plays; Society and Solitude - The Reaction against Monasticism; The Very Human Prophets of the English Mystery Cycles; The Ancient History of Backgammon; Sir Edward Bruce and the Irish Campaign; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1830pp. xiv, (4), (11)-424. Foxed. Page 97 torn without loss. 8vo. 225 mm. Original worn leather binding. Boards detached. Original leather spine label. Loss at head. S&S/AI 2939. Collates complete. Hardbound. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! AI BX 6
1950195p. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Limited edition. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society. Volume XIV. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BEFORE ORDERING PLEASE Email to RareBooks@POBox.com so that we can CONFIRM AVAILABILITY
1828ref. 95227Münster: Coppenrathsche Buch- und Kunsthandlung 1828-37. XVI, 448; XVI, 768; XVI, 622; XVI, 638 Seiten. Frakturdruck. 8° (20 x 13 cm). Zeitgenössische Halblederbände mit dekorativer Rückenvergoldung, Lederecken und Gelbschnitt. [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
18808vo., Second Edition; original brown cloth, gilt back, neatly rebacked, original backstrip laid down, brown endpapers, a remarkably crisp, clean copy.
1504ref. FAKS0220Wiesbaden, Pressler 1963. Faksimileausgabe nach der Originalausgabe Breslau 1504. 4°, 29 S.; 232 nn. Faksimiles. in Spaltendr., mit 69 Holzschn., OLn. m. Deckelsch. in Kartonschub., leichte Stauchspuren an beiden unt. re. Ecken der Einbände sowie durchgeh. leichte Knitterspuren an den Seiten, Schuber gebr., am Rü. beidseit. etwas aufgerissen, insges. jedoch sehr gutes und sauberes Expl. [2 Warenabbildungen]
1936ref. 15002Paris, Hermann, "Actualités scientifiques et industrielles" n°371, 1936 ; in-8, broché ; 38, (4) pp., couverture grise marbrée à décor rouge.
1852IN 16°, pp.278, 1c.b CON ANNOTAZIONI e. TAVV. VIII f.t. + v.r.in b/n. LEGATURA D'EPOCA CON CON TITOLO E FREGI IN ORO AL DORSO IN PELLE. ANTONIO GIORDANI ( CENTO 1813 - 1897 ), INGEGNERE, UNA DELLE MAGGIORI PERSONALITA DI CARATURA NEL PANORAMA CENTESE. FIN DAL 1831 FU ANIMOSO PATRIOTA. IL LIBRO, FIN DAL SUO APPARIRE FU GRANDEMENTE ENCOMIATO DALLA PUBBLICA STAMPA, PER ESSERE UN TESORO DI UTILITA E DI IMPORTANTI COGNIZIONI, OFFRENDO SINGOLARI SERVIGI ALL'INGEGNERE PRATICO E AL COSTRUTTORE. OTTIMA CONSERVAZIONE. ID, 6822
1897ref. 15339Paris, Félix Alcan, 1897 ; in-12 ; demi-basane réglisse, dos à faux-nerfs dorés, titre doré (reliure de l'époque) ; (4), 210, (2) pp.
1956ref. 15022Chems (Haute Savoie), Editions de la Vorze (Thonon, Imprimerie du Chateau), 1956 ; in-8 ; bradel pleine percaline bleu-marine, titre doré, premier plat illustré conservé (reliure de l'époque) ; 350, (2) pp.
1980ref. 584995London: Black Ink Collective 1980. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 64pp. Very good or better with some rubbing toning and creases to the corners. Black Ink Publications produced five volumes featuring the poems short stories and plays of English teenagers of African and Caribbean descent starting in 1978. This volume is made up of poetry short stories and art by members of the Black Writer's Workshop in Brixton: Faith A. Barham Jawiattika Blacksheep Jah Rastafari Barbie Francis and Lyford. Judith Sulchi Ellis Rowland Inyang Hehshaw and Leslie Anthony Gaffe. Black Ink Collective unknown books
1942ref. 11105NY: Farrar & Rinehart 1942. First edition first prnt. Inscribed by Baldwin on the front free endpage. "illegible name from Faith." Spine edges lightly pushed boards with beginning edge toning few light foxed spots on the topedge not immediately apparent; dustjacket with edgewear mosty at the spine ends beginning toning and soiling on spine and rear panel and light wear on the spine. Very Good condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. A tight well-preserved copy of a wartime production book. Baldwin publihed from the eraly '20's to the late' 70's aprx one hundred novels. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Farrar & Rinehart Hardcover books
1924ref. 138466Boston MA: Small Maynard & Company 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 119 pages. A early collection of poems from this prolific writer who was primarily known for her romance novels. A tight near fine copy with a former owner signature on the front free endpaper in an about fair dust jacket that has a split along the spine and front panel that is almost three quarters of the way down with a horizontal tear as well and with some tanning to the spine and edges as well. Scarce in any jacket. Small, Maynard & Company unknown books
1962ref. 34795New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Some light foxing to the boards else fine in fine dustwrapper with some light wear to the spinal extremities. Inscribed by the author. Holt, Rinehart and Winston hardcover books
2013ref. 141120New York: Christie's 2013. Softcover. VG. White wraps with orange Balloon Dog illustration and silver embossed lettering; orange spine and French flaps. 123 pp. with color illustrations throughout. Four-fold color poster included. Catalogue for the auction of the orange Balloon Dog as part of the Post-War and Contemporary Art auction held in November 2013 sent to Christie's by the Brant Foundation Greenwich CT. Includes an essay The Balloon Dog interviews with both Jeff Koons and Peter Brant and extensive information about the sculpture itself. A vivid catalogue full of color photos of many of Koons's works. Christie's paperback books
1990ref. 159505San Francisco: Artists' Television Access 1990. Vintage flyer for the premiere of Danny Plotnick's 1990 experimental short film "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" with an addition screening of Plotnick's 1989 short "Creep" as well as films by Mark Street Phillip R. Ford Phillip Guilbeau Laura Rosow Jim Sikora and Dana Mendelssohn at the Artists' Television Access ATA Saturday February 3 1990. According to director Danny Plotnick's website "Death Sled II: Steel-Belted Romeos" is a "tale of backwoods blacktop mayhem-Two dim-witted lead-footed guidos from Bayonne New Jersey bust through stoplight after stoplight in their turbo-charged bad-assed jet-black Pontiac Grand Prix until their mean machine nearly eighty-sixes another hunk of American steel. And that's just the start of it . A confrontation an assault fists-a-flying and traffic violations." A trailblazer for the independent film scene of the 1990s Plotnick made over twenty films since the late 1980s and has released three VHS compilations and one DVD compilation. His coffee table art book on the history of Super 8 filmmaking "Super 8: An Illustrated History" was published in 2020. Formed in 1986 the ATA is a San Francisco-based artist-run non-profit which promotes underground and experimental art as well as providing a screening venue for independent films exhibitions performances workshops and events. 8.5 x 11 inches on pink paper. Very Good plus with light overall dampstaining and two pinholes. Artists' Television Access unknown books
1953ref. 164818Universal City: Universal-International 1953. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1953 Western film showing Sioux actor John War Eagle. Printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso. During the Civil War a pair of horse dealers must contend with southern agitators and crooked businessmen ultimately causing trouble between the Wyoming Sioux and the Union Army. From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1 1901 Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935 where he worked well into the 1950s. Shot in Pendleton and Portland Oregon. 10 x 8 inches. About Near Fine. Pitts 1645. Universal-International unknown books
1926ref. 591156Cambridge Massachusetts: Undergraduates of Radcliffe College 1926. Softcover. Near Fine. Volume I No. 2. Slim octavo. 24pp. Stapled wrappers. Light wear and a tiny bit of label residue inside the front cover near fine. Radcliffe undergraduate lit mag with contributions by Constance Wellman Faith Kenniston Dorothea Parker Sally Matthews Margaret Kahn "Lucy Hodge Gr." and Kate Henry. Issues seem to be extremely uncommon; OCLC locates one serial entry in the collection of Radcliffe publications at Harvard. Undergraduates of Radcliffe College unknown books
1926ref. 591157Cambridge Massachusetts: Undergraduates of Radcliffe College 1926. Softcover. Very Good. Volume I No. 3. Slim octavo. 18 2 pp. Red stapled wrappers sunned at the edges front cover with modest edge staining causing a small area of red offsetting on the foredge near very good. Poetry issue of the Radcliffe undergraduate lit mag with poems by E. V. Spoerl Ethel B. Jones Ruth L. Johnston Lena Greenfield Sue Birnie Ruth P. Kimball Doris C. Frankel Victoria Lincoln Katherine Henry Constance Doe and Faith Kenniston; stories by Lena Greenfield and Katherine Henry; and a brief piece on Ulysses by "R. R." Issues seem to be extremely uncommon; OCLC locates one serial entry in the collection of Radcliffe publications at Harvard. Undergraduates of Radcliffe College unknown books
1966ref. 279136New York: E.P. Dutton 1966. Softcover. Fine/Fine. Uncorrected proof. Folded and gather sheets glued into the printed dustwrapper. Fine. Review slip laid in. E.P. Dutton unknown books
1993ref. 88462Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Libraries and The National Science Foundation 1993. First English Language Edition. Quarto 32cm; black cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in white on spine; dustjacket; 61896pp; black-and-white plate illustrations. Light shelf-wear and -soil with marginal triangular chip to p.427/428; Very Good. Dustwrapper lightly tanned with modest shelf-wear and -soil and tiny chip to upper rear spine fold; Very Good. Indira Kohli's English translation from the original German Die Cephalopoden der Plankton-Expedition 1912. This edition concludes with an English-translation of the companion atlas originally published 1912. 88462. Smithsonian Institution Libraries and The National Science Foundation unknown books
1956ref. 64167Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1956. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Second Impression. xxvii 799pp indices; numerous folding maps and charts. TEG. Small ink name on front free endpaper else a very good hardback in an internally tape repaired jacket that has a closed tear to the front panel and a split up the front joint. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1956ref. 222551956. Softcover. VG. White wraps. Unpaginated. 14 bw plates. Catalogue lists 78 works with a two-page introductory essay by Reginald Fisher and a two-page essay by Lez L. Haas "Abstraction Non-Objectivism Abstract Expression" paperback books
