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1977ref. 106777London:: Routledge & Kegan Paul. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1977. Hardcover. 0710084064 . Edited by Abraham D. Kriegel. First edition. Very good in a very good dust jacket. . Routledge & Kegan Paul, hardcover books
ref. 588777Winchester Hants: Privately printed no date. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrations by Vivian Wilson. Photographs by Alison Bunday. Pictorial wrappers. Stains on page edges and rear wrap very good. Scarce. [Privately printed unknown books
1975ref. 522637New York: Stein and Day Publishers 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 63pp. Near fine with stain to front flyleaf tiny neat tear at front hinge and touch of foxing at the crown and topedge in near fine dust jacket with light wear at the corners scrape on the rear panel and corresponding though lighter stain on the front flap. With a bookplate noting this copy is from the library of poet David Ignatow. Inscribed by Fox: "for David - in friendship Siv 3/76." Swedish-American author Siv Cedering Fox 1939-2007 was born in Overkalix Sweden near the Arctic Circle. A poet novelist artist and children's book author she moved with her family to San Francisco at age 14. Her 1981 novel Oxen was made into a film in directed by Sven Nykvist and starring Stellan Skarsgård which won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. Stein and Day, Publishers hardcover books
1966ref. 568779San Jose California: Harlan-Young Press 1966. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 27pp. Fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. One of 400 copies printed. Letters exchanging conversation about charges brought against a member for suspicion of being married to a Mulatto woman. (Harlan-Young Press) hardcover books
1846ref. 468908London: Printed by Palmer and Clayton 1846. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Quarto. 4 338pp. 1 Talbotype salt print and 16 plates two of which are folded. Contemporary dark green quarter morocco and cloth over boards gilt spine. Ex-library with small date “1846” lettered by hand on spine else a clean unmarked copy. Wear to the joints and leather corners loss at head of spine about an inch bottom compartment of spine is rubbed loss at bottom right corner of title page not affecting the letterpress else very good with modest toning to the endpapers and scattered foxing. The highly sought after eighth volume of this important journal featuring William Henry Fox Talbot’s original salt print with a letterpress caption pasted underneath: “The Palace of Justice at Rouen. From Nature 1843” and a letterpress label pasted on the reverse: “Patent Talbotype or sun pictures”. The volume also contains sixteen other exemplary plates. A scarce copy in the original boards of “the first magazine in the world to be illustrated with a photograph”. Gernsheim 620. Printed by Palmer and Clayton hardcover books
2010ref. 33409Seattle WA: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 2010. Near Fine. Seattle WA: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion 2010. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's maroon leatherette lettered in yellow and black; 229pp.; photographs throughout many full-color. Spine crown a bit bumped else a Near Fine example. Catalog accompanying the "mid-career presentation" of works by Annette Lemieux b. 1957 a member of the picture theory movement which emerged in the 1970s and 1980s. Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion unknown books
1806ref. 190063London: Printed for John Stockdale 1806. Pamphlet. 90p. plus advertisement and publisher's ad leaves disbound pamphlet in 8x5 inch self-wraps. Well-adhered a very good copy. Lauderdale had been send to France to negotiate with Napoleon. Printed for John Stockdale unknown books
1990ref. 106483NY:: Orchard Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0531058484 . Third American printing. INSCRIBED by Mem Fox to a previous owner in 1992. Near fine in a near fine a bit faded along the spine dust jacket. ; Signed by Author . Orchard Books, hardcover books
1902ref. 1399018London: Headley Brothers 19023. The Eighth Bi-Centenary Edition reprinted from stereotype plates with revised and enlarged indexes. Hardcover. Octavo Two volumes: lxii 537 pages ; xvi 590 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spines are blue with gold print. Price on edition page: “5/- net”. Boards in blue cloth; wear to spine caps and corners toning to spine peripheral toning mild shelf wear. Text blocks have spotting to edges and endpapers first volume has cracked hinges. “Issued by The Society of Friends”— title page. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1399018. FP New Rockville Stock. Headley Brothers hardcover books
1937ref. 1399019London: Macmillan and Co 1937. Hardcover. Octavo xxiii 313 pages. In Fair plus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is tan with blue print. Dust jacket has short tears at spine ends toning to spine peripheral toning mild shelf wear. Boards quarter bound with grey cloth to spine and grey paper to boards; light wear to spine caps. Text block has spotting to edges and endpapers name in ink on front flyleaf marginal notation. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column S. 1399019. FP New Rockville Stock. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
1971ref. 106445Scarsdale:: Bradbury Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. 0878880054 . Second printing. Fine in a near fine two inch closed edge tear on front panel price clipped dust jacket. . Bradbury Press, hardcover books
1921ref. 606224New York: J. Fischer & Bro 1921. Softcover. Very Good. First edition stated "Fischer Edition" on the front cover. Quarto. Single bifolium with a single-sheet-insert making six pages. Name stamp and compliments of the publisher stamp on the front cover edgewear and soiling to the exterior still a very good and complete copy. For high or medium voice and piano. Plate imprint "J.F.&B. 5079-8." The name stamp is that of Fay Foster a prolific American composer and pianist who took first place in the American Composers Competition of 1913. Unrecorded by OCLC and appears to be equally scarce in the trade. J. Fischer & Bro unknown books
1989ref. 219555San Francisco: Visual Aid 1989. 16p 6.5x12 inches introduction color illustrations a very good first edition booklet in stapled deep purple wraps with white hands on cover expressing the number 7. The story of Belew's career as a graphic designed and AIDS activist illustrated by t artists. Visual Aid unknown books
1957ref. 53822New York: Harry N. Abrams 1957. First edition. Hardcover. vg to fine. Quarto. xxxviii 151pp. 1. Illustrated purple and red dust jacket. Original publisher's belly band and cardboard slipcase as issued. Beige cloth boards with illustration in black on the front cover black lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Original torn publisher's belly band laid in at the interior front cover. This monograph showcases Marc Chagall's graphic work from the years 1922-1957 and includes a total of 148 images reproducing the artist's work. Most images are in b/w with six in color and can be divided roughly into five major stages of Chagall's career: etchings for his autobiography - illustrations for Gogol's "Dead Souls" 1923-27 - etchings for La Fontaine's "Fables" 1927-30 - illustrations for the Bible - his post-war lithographs. All images are finely printed mostly in high quality offset with a few b/w images being lithographic. Dust jacket with some minor rubbing to corners and spine with a few small closed tears to the head of the spine. Belly band with some light creasing and a few small closed tears but otherwise in good shape. Interior clean throughout with book block tight overall. Binding and interior in fine condition dust jacket and belly band in very good condition slipcase in fine condition with original bookseller's stamp at the top. Harry N. Abrams hardcover books
1888ref. 53476New York: E. B. Treat 1888. First edition Second Series. Hardcover. Good to fine condition. Large Quarto. 204 5-8pp. 48 plates. Original three quarter black leather over textured black buckram with gilt lettering and ruling on spines. Speckled edges. "The study of Skin Diseases without cases or colored plates is like the study of osteology without bones or the study of geography without maps. In the present work many of the illustrations have been doubled or trebled in order to show different phases of a given disease." Preface. This set is the second series of dermatologic studies of various skin diseases with detailed descriptions and index in volume one. The second volume contains forty-eight hand-colored photogravures accompanying the text pages depicting the various skin conditions. This volume contains a list of illustrations at front. Binding with some wear along edges light chips and scuffing with one one by a quarter inch chip at lower part of the leather binding. Previous owner's name inked to both front free endpapers. Volume one with some damp-staining on front free endpaper and title page. Volume two starting at inside front cover and presumably half title and title page missing. Light scattered damp-staining in margins of some of the plates not affecting images. Plates in near fine to fine condition. E. B. Treat hardcover books
2000ref. 33453Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press 2000. First edition. Hardcover. vg. 4to. xvi. 367pp. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine in original printed dust jacket. An academic study of bureaucracy in ancient Israel analyzing the various official titles used in the Bible. Dj slightly creased. In very good condition. Hebrew Union College Press hardcover books
2010ref. 68706Oakland CA: PM Press 2010. Reprint. Paperback. New. 320 pp. Octavo 22.9 cm. Illustrative wraps. From the publisher: "For the last decade Venezuela’s “Bolivarian Revolution” has captured international attention. Poverty inequality and unemployment have all dropped while health education and living standards have seen a commensurate rise. The international mainstream media has focused predominantly on Venezuela’s controversial leader President Hugo Chavez who has routinely been in the headlines. But without the active participation of large and diverse sectors of society Chavez’s moment on the scene would have ended long ago. Venezuela Speaks!: Voices from the Grassroots is a collection of interviews with activists and participants from across Venezuela’s social movements. From community media to land reform; cooperatives to communal councils from the labor movement to the Afro-Venezuelan network Venezuela Speaks! sheds light on the complex realities within the Bolivarian Revolution. These interviews offer a compelling oral history of Venezuela’s democratic revolution from the bottom up. PM Press paperback books
1931ref. 333340Los Angeles: The Regional Planning Commission County of Los Angeles Hall of Records 1931. Hardcover. Unpaginated preliminaries 1-206p. profusely illustrated with numerous folded plat-maps on onionskin b&w photographs diagrams in b&w and monochrome even landscape sketches. Hardbound in 11x8 inch green buckram boards lettered black with a sizeable decoration gilt provided with headbands a bravura production in fresh sound condition quite clean and unmarked in any way. The Regional Planning Commission, County of Los Angeles, Hall of Records hardcover books
1976ref. 51786Salt Lake City UT: Deseret Book Company 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good . SIGNED. 497pp. Illustrated cloth over boards. The spine ends and corners of the covers are gently bumped there are a couple of small stains on the top edge of the text block and there is a bookseller's ink stamp on the front free endpaper. In a dust jacket with light staining and a number of small closed and open tears in the edges. The deepest tear is thin and measures 1" deep. There are also several brief notations in blind on the front panel due to the book having been used as a writing surface. Signed by Leonard Arrington on the title page. Deseret Book Company hardcover books
1994ref. 1397376Speedway: Carl Hungness Publishing 1994. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Quarto 480 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth gold print illustrated pastedown. Light wear to spine caps. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece photographs. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area Quarto and Folio Case. 1397376. FP New Rockville Stock. Carl Hungness Publishing hardcover books
1967ref. 010695New York: Lion Press 1967 Illustrated boards with light shelf wear; pictorial dust jacket with a ring mark to front panel edge wear and small tears price-clipped. An adaptation of the Academy Award winning film by Claude Berri illustrated with stills from the film and drawings by Laszlo Matulay. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. Illus. by Laszlo Matulay & Film Stills. 4to. Lion Press hardcover books
1990ref. 603801San Francisco: North Point Press 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Foxing on the page edges else about near fine in a very good dust jacket with fading edgewear and some toning. North Point Press hardcover books
1911ref. LD20011Paris 1911. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. One of 150 copies on Japon. Contemporary green morocco by René Aussord. Illustrated by Lobel-Riche. Spine faded otherwise a very nice copy. Fine internally. hardcover books
2000ref. 44443Boston:: Little Brown. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0821226592 . Color photographs by Pia Tryde throughout. First American edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Little, Brown, hardcover books
1971ref. 1396274London: Oxford University Press 1971. Hardcover. Octavo 318 pages. In Good minus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is yellow with red print. Dust jacket has light edge wear front flap clipped toning to spine. Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has spotting to edges name in ink on front flyleaf. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column R. 1396274. FP New Rockville Stock. Oxford University Press hardcover books
