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New York: A. S. Barnes & Co.. 1855. Hardcover. Very Good -. 1855 Black leather 16mo, 255pp. With numerous engraved illustrations throughout. Binding with closing leather strap and tab. In very good- condition with rubbing to the extremeties and flap hinge. Gilt embossed titling and decoration to spine, all edges gilt. Now protected in mylar wrapper, a lovely Masonic keepsake. Previous owner's information on the front blank; else clean and unmarked. ... more information

Chicago: Chicago Tribune. 1925-1929. Paperback. Very Good. 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929 Tall Softcover 12mo's, 9.25"x4". Two copies of 1928 included. All in Very Good/VG- condition with some general fading to wraps, rubbing to the spine ends and corners. Gift inscription in 1925, else clean and unmarked. 5 volumes total. ... more information

Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret. 1952. First printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 1952 folio, 43pp. Heavy card wrappers printed in color. With 11 color stone lithograph plates, reproducing Lautrec's women in the same fashion they were originally printed in the 1890's ("Les reproductions des lithographies de Toulouse-Lautrec ont ete imprimees dans le meme procede et avec le meme nombre de pierres qu"avait employe l"artist lors de l"impression de l"edition originale."). A near fi... more information

Milan: S. Lega Eucaristica. 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, 1928, octavo, 111pp., illustrated sparsely with tipped in plates. Book VG with some general soil and rubbing to boards and spine, spine toned, spot of white soil to front board, binding tight with metallic silver (?) endpapers, text clean with underlining and age-toning. No DJ. Text in Italian. ... more information

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 1986. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cloth-backed boards with dust jacket, 310 pp., clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light discoloration to the edges of the boards, price-sticker to the front inner flap of the dust jacket, "By the author of A Wrinkle in Time" sticker to front panel of dust jacket. ... more information

NY: Macmillan. 1967. Hardcover. Fine. First printing, INSCRIBED TO SAM HAZO on flyleaf in year of publication, fine copy in VG dust jacket with lightest soil and edgewear. Important inscription as both poets were Catholics seeking to conjoin their faith with the latest trends in modern prosody. Pages clean with untouched text throughout. 88 pp. 8vo. ... more information

New York: George Long. 1839. Hardcover. Very Good. 1839 12mo, 136pp. + unpaginated dictionary. Speckled brown calf with rubbing to the joints and edges, but in VG condition. Red leather spine label bright. Previous owner's signatures and cancelled signature on the front flyleaf; else clean and unmarked. Famous Roman men... in Latin. ... more information

Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine. 312 pp. Near fine copy in black cloth. Near fine dust jacket. Minor erasable pencil notation to chapter titles and title page. Minimal wear and edgewear of dust jacket. ... more information

Chicago Ludowici-Celadon 1930.. 8vo, olive wraps, 1930. Approx. 24 pages, illustrated. Near fine, slight rubbing and fading. Subtitled:A Series of Monographs on European Architecture with Special Reference to Roofs of Tile. From Chi pping Campden to Bath, Nov, 1929. ... more information

Paris: La Societe Bibliophile. c. 1851-2. Hardcover. Near Fine. Four volume set. French text. Probably 1851-2. Hardcover, 8vos. bound in matching quarter leather with marbled boards, gilt titles and 4 raised bands on spines. Some edgewear to boards. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown of all 4 volumes. Foxing to first and last few pages of the 3 text volumes; occasional foxing throughout. The contents of the plates volume are stunning, with only a few plates showing small fox marks. Excellent ... more information

Zamora: El Centro Cirac/Casa de Cultura de Zamora. 1994. First edition. Paperback. Fine. First edition, 1994, paperback, oblong quarto, illustrated in color. This is a stiff paper-wrapped collection of six large, fold out illustrations with text on one side in Spanish and the large illustrations on the other. Texts/illustrations are fine, wrap is VG+ with some sun to front top, light rubbing elsewhere. Exhibition catalog. La Concha did the famed 365 Views of the Cathedral of Learning, as well as having o... more information

Madison: Robert M. La Follette. 1913. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Slight wear & soil to cover. Owner inscription and/or Previous Seller notation to front endpaper or inner cover. Corners bumped. Pages: 807, #78 in a limited series signed by the author. 8vo. Cloth. ... more information

Circleville, OH: Jonnes. 1942. First edition thus. Paperback. Very Good. 1942, First thus. This is #14 of 150 copies signed by translator and publisher, Dorothy Jonnes. Unpaginated. Softcover, in original wraps. Very Good copy: light edgewear to wraps, including a small nick on the rear one; the rear wrap also show moderate soiling. Clean and unmarked text. ... more information

London: George Bell and Sons. 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth. 356pp. Very good in green decorative cloth with gilt titles on spine. Mild shelfwear, soiling. Corners lightly bumped, spine tight. Interior clean. ... more information

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, 1975, hardcover, octavo, 373pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with some light rubbing/general soil to boards and spine, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ VG+ with light edge wear that includes a very small tear to top front panel, light rubbing, in protective mylar wrap. THIS IS NOT AN EX-LIBRARY BOOK. ... more information

Various Various.. Various offprints, ALL SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Conditions range from VG to Near fine, some plates. ... more information

London: John Spencer & Co.. Paperback. Good. Softcover. No date. ca.1950s. 12mo. 124pp. Good. Moderate wear, loss to wraps at base of spine, rubbing and creasing to wraps, light soil, tanning to contents. Scarce! ... more information

Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. 1960. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First Edition. c.1960. 1/1500 copies. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt spine titles. 8vo. 168pp. A ghost of the word 'Invaders' from the dustjacket on front cover, else Fine. Mild wear to dustjacket, mild rubbing to edges, mild soil to rear panel, Near Fine. Contents unmarked. ... more information

Paris: Les Beaux Arts. 1928. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Original Wraps. 333pp. Illus. Very Good. Mild general soiling to wraps, wear along edges, spine cracked with some loss at spine-ends. Pages uncut. Contents clean and unmarked. Folio. ... more information