MY ABC AROUND ME
by [Anonymous]
(New Delhi): (S. Chand & Company), 1970. First printing. Near fine.. Scarce illustrated ABC of everyday objects from noted Indian textbook and educational publishing house S. Chand. S. Chand & Company was founded in the late 1930s as part of a national effort to support Indian authors and reduce dependence on imported books from the UK. Among this booklet's alphabetical nouns of childhood (Apple, Bicycle, House, Hockey) is C for Carrom board, the popular game of Indian origin.... Read More
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WINNIE'S WARDROBE: Doll Book with Stencils
by [Anonymous]
(Racine, WI): (Whitman Publishing Company), 1966. First printing. Near fine.. Original complete and unpunched mid-'60s fashion paper doll book, featuring mod pattern stencils and brightly colored paisley and polka-dotted paper "fabric" and trimmings, from which the young designer can create a unique look. 13'' x 10''. Original stapled color pictorial wrappers with storage pockets inside both covers. [2] heavyweight leaves with doll and perforated garment and accessory outlines; [12] leaves of patterned fabric and accessories printed in color... Read More
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WEIHNACHTEN [CHRISTMAS]
by A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn; [Ebner, P.]
Wien [Vienna]: A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn, 1925. Near fine.. Scarce trade catalogue for children's books, toys, games, and educational novelties meant for the Christmas market. Founded in Vienna in 1793 as a publishing house, A. Pichlers Witwe & Sohn had become a multimedia outfit by the early 20th century, producing various educational toys in addition to books. Included in this illustrated trade catalogue - published just in time for Christmas - are kits for making paper flowers,... Read More
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LINWEAVE MILANO
by Applegate, Asher T.; [Linweave]
(Springfield, MA): (Linweave), 1962. Near fine with near fine brochure.. Trade catalogue from the Linweave Paper Company, with additional sample brochure, presenting the Linweave Milano line in the early-sixties, ersatz-European palette of White, Ivory, Citron, Spice, Aqua, and Woodash. 11'' x 8.5''. Original gilt-stamped grey cloth backed in black cloth. Salmon ("Spice") endpapers. Illustrated with lithograph, letterpress, silk screen and engraving, printed on the six colors of Linweave Milano paper. Unpaginated. Trifold 9'' x 6'' brochure laid in,... Read More
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L'ANE D'OR [THE GOLDEN ASSE OF LUCIUS APULEIUS]
by [Apuleius, Lucius]; Apulée; De Bosschère, Jean
[Paris]: A l'enseigne des Trois Magots, 1928. Near fine.. First French edition thus - one of only ten hors commerce copies, lavishly bound in Art Deco style - illustrated in De Bosschère's best sub-erotic Beardsleyite manner. Scarce and beautiful edition of the picaresque ancient Roman novel, adorned and illustrated with tasteful wickedness by the great Belgian artist, whose interest in the occult and the erotic was perfectly matched to the Apuleian metamorphoses of the unfortunate narrator: a dedicated... Read More
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THE GOLDEN ASSE OF LUCIUS APULEIUS
by Apuleius, Lucius; De Bosschère, Jean; Adlington, William
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1923. Near fine.. Luxurious limited edition of Adlington's Apuleius, lavishly illustrated in De Bosschère's best sub-erotic Beardsleyite manner. Scarce and beautiful edition of the picaresque ancient Roman novel, adorned and illustrated with tasteful wickedness by the great Belgian artist, whose interest in the occult and the erotic was perfectly matched to the Apuleian metamorphoses of the unfortunate narrator: a dedicated amorous adventurer, persecutee of witches, and belated devotee of Isis. 9.5''... Read More
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DIANE ARBUS: An Aperture Monograph
by Arbus, Diane; Arbus, Doon; Israel, Marvin
(New York): Aperture, 1972. First printing. Very good plus in very good plus jacket.. First edition of this famous posthumous monograph, with introductory text edited from tape recordings, interviews, and writings of Diana Arbus. The first issue, with the suppressed "Two Girls in Identical Raincoats, Central Park, N.Y.C. 1969," of Arbus's iconic photobook. As Andrew Roth wrote of Arbus and this book, which made her reputation: "Arbus replaced photography's old model of smarmy humanism with a vision that... Read More
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ADVENTURES OF SAMUEL AND SELINA
by Archer, Jean
London: Grant Richards, 1902. Very good.. First edition of number Thirteen in the Dumpy Series, a story of the on-again, off-again relationship of two stick people. 5'' x 3''. Original green publisher's cloth binding. Illustrated in color throughout. 95 pages. Mild wear and soil to spine and edges of boards. Occasional light soil to margins of leaves. Sound and bright: difficult to find in nice condition.
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NAT, NAT THE NANTUCKET CAT GOES TO THE BEACH
by Arciero, Susan; Barnes, Peter W.; Barnes, Cheryl Shaw
Alexandria, VA: VSP Books, 2001. Second printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed early printing of this charming story of the experiences of a grey tabby cat who heads to the beach one warm summer day. 11'' x 8.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($15.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Signed by Peter W. Barnes to front flyleaf. Jacket with mild edgewear. Bright.
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TITUS IN TROUBLE
by Ardizzone, Edward; Reeves, James
London: Bodley Head, 1959. Very good plus in very good jacket.. First edition of this historical picture book, in which a Victorian boy tries to pay back a debt so he can become a cabin boy. Edward Ardizzone was a central figure in midcentury British children's books, known for his warm and dynamic pen-and-ink drawings with watercolor washes that emphasized everyday adventure. Winner of the inaugural Greenaway Medal (for TIM ALL ALONE, 1956), Aridizonne earned many further accolades... Read More
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THE YOUNG ARDIZZONE: An Autobiographical Fragment
by Ardizzone, Edward
(New York): The Macmillan Company, 1970. First printing. Fine in very good plus jacket.. First US edition of this memoir by the beloved artist, with his own illustrations. 9.75'' x 5.5''. Original olive-green cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated by Ardizzone throughout. 144 pages. Light edgewear to boards, very faint pen marking to front free endpaper. Mild edgewear and creasing to jacket with a few small scuff marks.
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TIM TO THE RESCUE
by Ardizzone, Edward
London: Oxford University Press, 1949. Very good plus in very good jacket.. First edition of the fourth Tim title, in which Tim proves himself during a storm at sea - the first Tim book in smaller format. Edward Ardizzone was a central figure in midcentury British children's books, known for his warm and dynamic pen-and-ink drawings with watercolor washes that emphasized everyday adventure. Winner of the inaugural Greenaway Medal (for TIM ALL ALONE, 1956), Aridizonne earned many further... Read More
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LUCY BROWN AND MR. GRIMES
by Ardizzone, Edward
London New York Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1937. Very good plus in good dust jacket.. First US edition of Edward Ardizzone's second book, the story of a lonely girl who befriends a lonely old man - a rare title in the original dust jacket. LUCY BROWN AND MR. GRIMES is a companion in size and format to Ardizzone's first book, LITTLE TIM AND THE BRAVE SEA CAPTAIN. This is a particularly rare title in his much-lauded picture book... Read More
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TIM AND GINGER
by Ardizzone, Edward
London: Oxford University Press, 1965. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of the eighth story of Tim's adventures, in which Tim has to search for his missing best friend - a beautiful copy. Edward Ardizzone was a central figure in midcentury British children's books, known for his warm and dynamic pen-and-ink drawings with watercolor washes that emphasized everyday adventure. Winner of the inaugural Greenaway Medal (for TIM ALL ALONE, 1956), Aridizonne earned many further accolades and... Read More
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SPRING-SUMMER 03'
by Armani, Giorgio; Roversi, Paolo
(Milan): (Giorgio Armani), 2003. First edition. Fine in near fine slipcase.. Original lookbook from Armani's 2003 spring-summer collection. Featuring dramatic black-and-white photography by Paolo Roversi, the collection covers both women's and men's lines, as well as accessories such as glasses, bags, shoes, etc. Also includes a full-color section featuring looks from runway shows. Opulent. 10.5'' x 7.25''. Original publisher's subtle two-tone black pictorial cloth. In matching original plain black cloth slipcase. [148] pages. Touches of wear to bottom... Read More
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VERSED
by Armantrout, Rae
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2009. Near fine.. First edition, uncorrected proof copy, of Armantrout's Pullitzer prize-winning double collection of poetry, scarce in this format. 9'' x 6''. Original color pictorial wrappers. x, 126 pages. Touched of edgewear else sound, clean.
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KID
by Armitage, Simon
London: Faber and Faber, 1992. First printing. Fine.. Warmly inscribed first edition of the UK poet laureate's Forward Prize-winning poetry collection - from the library of noted book collector Rolland Comstock, with an additional note to Comstock from the author laid in. This collection includes "Looking for Weldon Kees," and the following related remarks in Armitage's attached note to Comstock: "P.S. Did I tell you I was in the U.S.A. in January making a film for the BBC... Read More
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FRUIT OF THE LOON
by Armory, Ricardo
San Diego: Greenleaf Classics, 1968. First printing. Very good plus.. First edition of this contemporary parody of Richard Amory's Loon Songs trilogy, issued by the same publisher for a readership thoroughly familiar with the source material. SONG OF THE LOON's unprecedented popularity inspired more than one equally unprecedented derivative work: a 1970 film adaptation which was "the first independently produced, non-pornographic gay male feature to be granted mainstream theatrical release," and two years before that, this "silly, occasionally... Read More
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HOLMES' RANGE
by Armstrong, Walter P.
(New York): Magico Magazine, 1993. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of this collection of Sherlockian scholarship, pastiche, and poetry, written over the course of five decades by a member of the Baker Street Irregulars. 9'' x 6''. Original purple boards with gilt-lettered spine. In original dust jacket. 90 pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of the noted actor and Sherlockian Curtis Armstrong. Small closed tear to upper edge of... Read More
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MOSTLY DEAD THINGS
by Arnett, Kristen
Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books, 2019. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first edition of this bizarre story of a family of taxidermists coming to terms with the suicide of their patriarch and with their own secrets - as issued with slipcase from the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many... Read More
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YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES
by Arnold, Alan; Columbus, Chris
(London): Severn House, 1986. Fine in near fine jacket.. Scarce first hardcover edition and first UK edition of this novelization of the 1985 film of the same name, following Holmes and Watson at boarding school. 7.75'' x 4.75''. Original blue paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped (£8.50) color pictorial dust jacket. 207, [1] pages. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of noted Sherlockian, BSI member since 1973, and retired US magistrate judge Andrew Peck.... Read More
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THE BLACK & WHITE BOOK
by Arnold, Charlotte Vimont
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1915. Fine.. Rand McNally's publisher file copy of this book of simple verses illustrated with silhouettes, with the publisher's copyright label, manuscript annotation, and vault stamp. 6.5'' x 8.25''. Original black cloth stamped in white. 32 pages. Printed on coated paper and illustrated by the author on every page with silhouettes. Small typed label tipped onto front board: "Copyrighted 12-15 / Binl - lower shelf." Ink annotation to copyright page: "Copyrights by Rand McNally &... Read More
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BRIGHT BEFORE US
by Arnold-Ratliff, Katie
Portland, Oregon: Tin House Books, 2011. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed special first printing of this fraught character study of a young teacher trapped by his past mistakes - part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE Series. For more than ten years and over seventy installments, Powell's Books (Portland) has been issuing their semi-monthly INDIESPENSABLE series, a subscription-only selection of specially-produced, (typically) limited edition volumes from many of the most prominent names in literature (Claire Messud, George Saunders,... Read More
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OLLIE FORGOT
by Arnold, Tedd
New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1988. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this silly story of a forgetful boy who gets into increasingly absurd trouble thanks to his leaky memory. Tedd Arnold would go on to write and illustrate the wildly successful FLY GUY series. 8.5'' x 10.5''. Original color pictorial boards. Original unclipped ($11.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in color. [32] pages. Signed by Arnold to half-title page. Jacket with... Read More
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TAMBOURS ET TROMPETTES
by Arnoux, Guy
Paris: Devambez, 1918. Near fine.. Stunning limited first edition portfolio of large plates hand-colored in pochoir, one of only 500 numbered copies, issued triumphantly at the end of World War I. Each plate portrays a different historical scene or military figure, incorporating a martial instrument such as a drum or a horn. Executed in great detail detail, with bold, vivid colors, this is a very beautiful book in unusually nice condition. 19'' x 13''. Original pictorial portfolio with... Read More
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