Titles starting with X from Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB

Philadelphia: Wm. Poyntell. 1806. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. First American Edition. 1806. Hardcover. 8vo. 547pp. First U.S. edition of this edition. Full brown leather, red leather spine label, gilt titles. Good. Heavy rubbing to boards, leather cracked, occasional spots of loss to leather, joints cracked, front hinge loose, water stain to upper righthand corner of first 120 pages, foxing, bookplate to front pastedow, former owner's signature on flyleaf. ... more information

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. 2000. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback with brass tack fasteners, 2000, quarto, 56pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with light edge wear, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ. Shooting script. ... more information

Liban: National Lebanese Printing Press. 1966. First printing. Paperback. Near Fine. 1966 Softcover 4to, 144pp. Printed in duotone black and gold, with a few color ads. Near fine in original glassine wrapper that is crinkled in some places, but has preserved the cover well. Contents are bright, clean and unmarked. Text in French. ... more information

London: Hilger and Watts Ltd.. 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1952, hardcover, tall octavo, 330 pp., illustrated. Book VG with some edge wear, light soil to boards and spine, previous owner's signature to front flyleaf, tear to full-title, text clean and unmarked. DJ G with some discoloration to spine, spine and panels rubbed, edge wear that includes tears to spine, and top of panels, soil to spine and top of front panel. "...deals with the production of X-rays, the bas... more information

New York: William Wood and Company. 1927. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition (British was 1926), 1927, hardcover, octavo, 228 pp., illustrated. Book VG with some scuffs to spine and back board, some rubbing, soil and edge wear typical of age, binding beginning to loosen, text clean and unmarked. No DJ. "Radiographic diagnosis depends on the variable penetrability of the tissues of the body to X-radiation, and the translation of this penetrability into a visual recor... more information

London: Oxford University Press. 1915. First British Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First British Edition, 1915, hardcover, octavo, 204 pp., illustrated. Book VG with some dampstaining to bottom left corner of back panel, some rubbing to spine, typical edge wear. Binding loose, back hinge beginning to crack, namestamp and sticker on front pastedown, text clean, has some minor marking towards back. About x-rays. ... more information

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. 1927. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition, 1927, hardcover, octavo, 788 pp., illustrated. Book VG, stamps to front pastedown, hinges beginning to crack, boards show some soil and rubbing, slight edge wear to spine and corners. Text clean and unmarked. Important book on dermatology by former professor and director of the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, New York Post-Graduate School and Hospital. ... more information

Oxford University Press. 1987. Paperback. Fine. Softcover. c.1987. 8vo. 131pp. Some tanning to wraps, else Fine. Signed by Edward Kamau Brathwaite. ... more information

Frankfurt: Wilhelm Limpert Verlag. 1956. Hardcover. Near Fine. Quarto, cloth hardback in dust jacket, illustrated, near fine copy in near fine dust jacket, slight off-setting to flyleaves, slightest rubbing to dust jacket.. ... more information

Pittsburgh: Sisyphus. 1976. Paperback. Fine. 17 pp. A fine copy. Softcover, sewn-wraps. All contents bright and unmarked. One of 60 paperback copies signed by the author. ... more information

Pittsburgh: Sisyphus. 1976. Paperback. Fine. 17 pp. A fine copy. Softcover, staple-bound. All contents bright and unmarked. ... more information

Pittsburgh: Latin American Literary Review Press. 1988. First edition. Paperback. Very Good+. First edition, 1988, paperback, octavo, 349pp., illustrated with musical notation. Book VG+ with light creasing to front top corner, light wear to back panel, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ. "The villancico is a unique literary and musical manifestation of the Spanish people. Since its first appearance in the Cancioneros of the late fifteenth century, the villancico as a genre, amalga... more information

Paris: Firmin-Didot. 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1875, First Edition, French text, 520 pp. 21 chromolithograph plates and 350 illustrations, as called for. Hardcover, large 4to., full brown leather, gilt title, stamped in black, 5 raised bands on spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers and place-ribbon. Near Fine: minor rub to leather on edges. Previous owner's nice armorial bookplate on the front pastedown; Fine, unmarked contents; bright and clean plates. Digital images available upon ... more information

Moscow: Nauka. 1977. Paperback. Very Good+. 9 pamphlets, mostly English text, some French. Very good+ copies, staple- bound in white wraps. Pamphlets on various topics of Science and History by Soviet Scientists. Some fading and light soiling of some wraps. All insides are clean with unmarked text. ... more information

New York, New York, U.S.A.X-X-X. Very Good. Quarto, softbound, clean unmarked text, illustrated, very good+ copy with abrasions to front cover, general rubbing/edgewear. Binding is Soft Cover. ... more information

Musée d'Art Contemporain Pornographique Lausanne. 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. c.1996. Hardcover. Illustrated Boards. Spiral-Bound. 4to. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated. Text in English. Near Fine. Mild general shelfwear. Contents unmarked. ... more information

New York: Tudor. 1960. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1960. Hardcover, 4to., flexible boards. The Miro color lithograph is in Fine condition; bright and unmarked. The other pages are starting to yellow along their borders. Light wear to outer hinges. VG overall. ... more information

Milan: XXe. 1965. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, 1965, quarto, unpaginated, heavily illustrated in b&w and color, with an original lithograph by Esteve. Book VG with bump to top of spine, bottom of spine also worn, rear board lightly toned at extremities, light edge wear, binding tight, blind stamp to full-title, otherwise text clean bright and unmarked, with occasional toning. No DJ. Text in French. Cover by Magritte ... more information

New York: Harper Brothers. 1835. Hardcover. Good. 1835, Volume I only. Hardcover, short 8vo, three-quarter leather, gilt titles. Good copy: Covers lightly rubbed and soiled. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Dampstaining and soil throughout, but text is unmarked and readable. Tissue-covered frontis. ... more information

New York: Harper Brothers. 1835. Hardcover. Good. 1835, Volume II only. Hardcover, short 8vo, three-quarter leather, gilt titles. Good copy: Covers lightly rubbed and soiled. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown. Dampstaining and soil throughout, but text is unmarked and readable. ... more information