![Atalanta (Acts of God): Three Operas: Max, Willard, and Bud [Inscribed and Signed to Carolyn D. Wright]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/664/712/1700712664.0.l.jpg)
Atalanta (Acts of God): Three Operas: Max, Willard, and Bud [Inscribed and Signed to Carolyn D. Wright]
by Robert Ashley
Santa Fe, NM: Burning Books, 2011. Fine/Fine. Santa Fe, NM: Burning Books, 2011. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 205pp. Fine condition. Inscribed and signed on half title page, "To CD Wright / Bob Ashley." A nice association copy inscribed to the late poet C.D. Wright (1949-2016).
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Life and Energy
by Isaac Asimov
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1962. Very Good/Good +. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [4],380pp.; illus. Jacket extremities rather chipped and worn with a number of small to medium-sized losses at margins, the largest at bottom edge of rear panel affecting one word without loss of meaning, a hint of soil to rear panel as well, corners and spine ends bumped,... Read More
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Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future
by Isaac Asimov
London: Dennis Dobson, 1963. Very Good/Very Good. London: Dennis Dobson, 1963. First UK Edition. Octavo. 236 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed with some slight chipping along edges. A bit heavier toning to edges and spine. Boards show light shelfwear and corners mildly bumped. Touch of spotting to edges of text block, but overall pages clean and unmarked. Includes "The Last Question" and "The Ugly Little Boy."... Read More
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![Banquets of the Black Widowers [A Collection of Mysteries]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/106/610/1378610106.0.l.jpg)
Banquets of the Black Widowers [A Collection of Mysteries]
by Isaac Asimov
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1984. Very Good +/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in black pictorial dust jacket; 212pp. Some light shelf wear at jacket spine ends and corners, cloth spine ends a bit softened, lighter portions of jacket a shade toned, else Very Good and sound overall, internally fine. The fourth volume of a series of "after dinner adventures of the... Read More
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The American Shotgun
by Charles Askins
New York: Outing Publishing Company, 1910. Very Good. New York: Outing Publishing Company, 1910. First Edition. Octavo. 321 pp. "Copiously illustrated with halftones from photographs and diagrammatic drawings by the author," collated and complete. Brown cloth boards stamped in dark brown and white; top edge gilt. No dust jacket. Wear to extremities with minor fraying to crown; corners slightly bumped. Binding sound and interior unmarked; overall Very Good.
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![The Upper Triad [Broken Run of Ten Issues]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/946/141/1741141946.0.l.jpg)
The Upper Triad [Broken Run of Ten Issues]
by Upper Triad Association
Albuquerque, NM: Upper Triad Association, 1975. Very Good-. Albuquerque, NM: Upper Triad Association, 1975-7. First Editions. Ten volumes; quartos (28cm); side-stapled self-wrappers of different colored stock; text printed mimeograph from typescript. Publication sequence as follows: Nos. 20, 25-31, 33-4. Rear leaf of issue No. 20 separated with rather large loss affecting text, uneven toning and brittleness based on paper quality, No. 34 upper cover soiled; a Good to Very Good collection. Scarce assemblage of this monthly... Read More
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The Family Circle, and Parlor Annual. 1847
by Association of Clergymen" [ed.]
New York: J.E.D. Comstock, 1847. Very Good. New-York: J.E.D. Comstock, [1847]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); contemporary half sheep over marbled boards; vi,[153]-426,[2],[9]-148pp.; 24 leaves of plates including 12 colored botanicals, woodcuts throughout text. Boards rather rubbed, contemporary ownership inscription of a Mary Hart to front free endpaper, rear endpaper torn away, else Very Good and sound, complete despite errors in pagination. Religious magazine repackaged here as an annual giftbook ,the steel engraved illustrations varying from portraits of... Read More
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Historic Boston: Sight-Seeing Tours Around the Hub
by Young Men's Christian Association
Boston: International Jubilee Convention, 1901. Very Good. Boston: International Jubilee Convention, 1901. First Edition. 12mo (7.25" x 5"); 184p. Numerous ads and illustrations throughout. Rebound in three quarter leather over pebbled black cloth. Index and terminal ads (pages 167-178) brought to front with pages 179-184 remaining at end. Boards are sturdy with light shelfwear and a few scuffs to leather. Previous owner's name stamped on front free endpaper, else pages unmarked. Binding is sound.
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![Perspecta 19 [Signed and Inscribed by McBride with Handwritten Letter]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/510/498/1722498510.0.l.jpg)
Perspecta 19 [Signed and Inscribed by McBride with Handwritten Letter]
by Brian Healy and Nate McBride [co-editors]; Julia Brown Turrell [association]
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1982. Very Good. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1982. First Edition. Quarto (30cm); 191pp. Publisher’s stiff black wrappers with white text. Black-and-white photographs throughout. Wraps bumped and rather scuffed, especially along edges. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean. A Very Good copy of the Yale Architectural Journal with unique association. Signed and inscribed to curator Julia Brown Turrell by Nate McBride, co-editor of this issue of the journal and founder of McBride Architects.... Read More
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Address of the Louisiana Native American Association, to the Citizens of Louisiana and the Inhabitants of the United States
by Louisiana Native American Association
New Orleans: Printed by D. Felt & Co, 1839. Very Good -. New Orleans: Printed by D. Felt & Co., 1839. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 20pp. Front and rear wraps detached but present; light edgewear and minor staining; brief pencil notes at lead of text; Good to Very Good. Uncommon New Orleans imprint on the subject of foreign naturalization. Sabin 42185.
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Logan Circle Cooks: A Culinary Collection from the Logan Circle Community of Washington, DC
by Rhoda Lipton [ed.]; Logan Circle Community Association
Washington DC: Logan Circle Community Association, 1987. Very Good. Washington, DC: Logan Circle Community Association, 1987. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); 196pp. White illustrated wraps; black comb binding. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Wraps bumped and toned with a few small stains at front. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages lightly toned. Two pages of former owner’s typewritten correspondence laid-in at front. A Very Good or better copy of this collection of recipes attributed to Logan Circle residents. ... Read More
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Milking Black Bull: 11 Gay Black Poets
by Assotto Saint [ed.]
Sicklerville, NJ: Vega Press, 1995. Very Good. Sicklerville, NJ: Vega Press, 1995. First Edition, Stated First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's white pictorial card wrappers; xiii,[1],151pp. Light edge wear, else Very Good and sound.
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Week-End en Guatemala
by Miguel Angel Asturias
Buenos Aires: Editorial Goyanarte, 1956. Very Good. Buenos Aires: Editorial Goyanarte, 1956. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's orange and blue printed wrappers, French flaps; 228pp. Moderate wear to wrapper margins, light soil to upper cover, spine sunned and rather cocked, textblock uniformly toned, contemporary ownership signature at bottom edge of final leaf of text, else a Very Good, bright and sound copy. Interconnected collection of short stories set during the 1954 overthrow of the Guatemalan government... Read More
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![The Cingalese Prince [Inscribed and Signed with Type Letter Signed Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/367/917/1673917367.0.l.jpg)
The Cingalese Prince [Inscribed and Signed with Type Letter Signed Laid in]
by Brooks Atkinson
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934. Very Good/Very Good -. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth, red topstain, in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50), decorative map endpapers; vii,[3],303pp. Wear to jacket margins including closed tears and chips with extensive old tape repairs to verso, spine panel quite toned, cloth spine darkened and corners bumped, else a Very Good copy in a Good to Very Good example... Read More
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![Oryx and Crake [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/171/766/1742766171.0.l.jpg)
Oryx and Crake [Signed]
by Margaret Atwood
New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2003. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2003. First American Edition with full number line. Signed by Margaret Atwood without inscription at title page. Octavo; publisher's boards in unclipped illustrated dust jacket; 376pp. Mild rubbing to edges of jacket and boards; binding sound; pages unmarked; Near Fine.
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![The Year of the Flood [Signed and inscribed to Atwood scholar Judith McCombs]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/070/776/1742776070.0.l.jpg)
The Year of the Flood [Signed and inscribed to Atwood scholar Judith McCombs]
by Margaret Atwood
New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2009. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2009. First American Edition. Signed by Margaret Atwood "For Judith - Very Best! Margaret Atwood" at title page. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket; green cloth-backed boards stamped in silver; 434pp. Unclipped dust jacket rubbed along edges with minor wrinkling. Boards shelfworn and slight lean; binding sound. Notably, notes and marginalia in pencil, heavy at preliminaries and sparse throughout text (see below).... Read More
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![Oryx and Crake [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/890/725/1733725890.0.l.jpg)
Oryx and Crake [Inscribed and Signed]
by Margaret Atwood
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: M&S [McClelland & Stewart Ltd], 2003. Very Good/Very Good -. Toronto: M&S, 2003. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (24cm); publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [12],378pp. Light shelf wear, rather heavy dampstaining to dust jacket verso not visible externally or affecting binding or textblock, shallow sunning along board margins, corners nudged; a Very Good copy in About Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed on title page, "For Hank - best wishes -... Read More
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![Sybil [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/107/501/1412501107.0.l.jpg)
Sybil [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Louis Auchincloss
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1952. Very Good/Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1952. First Edition [1952 on title page, but blacked out on copyright with "1951" stamped above]. Bookplate signed by Auchincloss loosely laid in at front. Octavo; [iv], 284pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.00 price intact; book in gray and red cloth with dark blue lettering. Interior tape repair to dust jacket along edges, spine ends, and folds, with a dampstain affecting bottom inch or so of front panel,... Read More
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![The Indifferent Children [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/895/070/1387070895.0.l.jpg)
The Indifferent Children [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Andrew Lee [pseud. Louis Auchincloss]
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1947. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1947. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Auchincloss loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 424 pages. Printed dust jacket with $3.00 price present. Blue boards stamped in red. Dust jacket worn and lightly chipped along edges with some general rubbing and two small strips of tape repair to verso. Moderate shelfwear to boards. Binding is sound. Foxing to top edge of text block, and pages... Read More
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The Enchafed Flood: Or the Romantic Iconography of the Sea
by W.H. Auden
New York: Random House, 1950. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1950. First U.S. Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo. 154 pp. Printed dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Green cloth boards stamped in white; green topstain. Dust jacket shows a few minor nicks along edges; general rubbing; a few stains and scuffs. Boards show light shelfwear and base of spine nudged; topstain a touch faded. Binding is sound. Mild toning to endpapers. Interior unmarked. Very Good. ... Read More
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![The First Cities [publisher's prospectus laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/533/212/1716212533.0.l.jpg)
The First Cities [publisher's prospectus laid in]
by Audre Lorde; Diane di Prima [intro.]
New York: The Poets Press, Inc, 1968. Very Good. New York: The Poets Press, Inc., 1968. First Edition. Octavo; [32]pp. Illustrated stapled wraps. Spotting and fading to wraps, principally along spine; binding sound. $1.50 price written in marker at half title, creasing to a couple leaves, appears to be a production flaw; Very Good. Publisher's printed promotional prospectus laid in with manuscript header, "A young West Indian poet you might find interesting." Lorde's first book quite scarce in... Read More
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![The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories [Seven Volume Set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/132/833/1740833132.0.l.jpg)
The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories [Seven Volume Set]
by John James Audubon
New York: V.G. Audubon. Roe Lockwood & Son, 1859. Very Good+. New York: V.G. Audubon. Roe Lockwood & Son, 411 Broadway, 1859. Third Octavo Edition. Seven volumes; large octavos (27.5cm); publisher's full blind-embossed brown morocco, gilt-lettered spines in six compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; five hundred (500) hand-colored plates lithographed by J.T. Bowen, collated complete. Leather a bit scuffed and scratched, especially along spines, some rubbing to joints, spines uniformly darkened, scattered foxing to textblocks and plates,... Read More
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![A Field List of Birds of the District of Columbia Region [Cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/309/142/1679142309.0.l.jpg)
A Field List of Birds of the District of Columbia Region [Cover title]
by [Audubon Society of the District of Columbia] John W. Aldrich et al.
Washington, DC: Audubon Society of the District of Columbia, 1947. Very Good. Washington, DC: Audubon Society of the District of Columbia, 1947. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); publisher's blue printed staple bound card wrappers; 39pp.; double-paged map at center fold, tables throughout, text printed from typescript. Light toning, else Very Good or better. First appearance of this guide for the already seasoned birder (there are no illustrations of the birds themselves). Instead, the handbook is mostly made... Read More
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![Die vergessenen Briefe und Schriften: Niepce, Daguerre, Talbot [Limited Edition, Signed by Anna Auer, Anselm F. Wunderer, and Andrea Barylli-Fayer]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/774/475/1606475774.0.l.jpg)
Die vergessenen Briefe und Schriften: Niepce, Daguerre, Talbot [Limited Edition, Signed by Anna Auer, Anselm F. Wunderer, and Andrea Barylli-Fayer]
by [Nicéphore Niepce; Louis Daguerre; William Henry Fox Talbot] Anna Auer
Wien [Vienna]: PhGW / Photographische Gesellschaft gegrundet in Wien 1861 zusammengestellt aus dem Archiv der Hoheren Graphischen Bundes-, Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt Wien XIV, 1997. Near Fine. Wien [Vienna]: PhGW / Photographische Gesellschaft gegrundet in Wien 1861 zusammengestellt aus dem Archiv der Hoheren Graphischen Bundes-, Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt Wien XIV, 1997. Limited Edition of 400 copies signed by Auer, Wunderer, and Barylli-Fayer, though this copy unnumbered. Octavo. 94 pp. Facsimile reproductions. Text in German. Bound in brown leatherette stamped... Read More
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Christophe Colomb et la Découverte du Nouveau Monde
by [Auguste] de Belloy; Léopold Flameng [illus.]
Paris: Eugène Ducrocq, 1864. Very Good. Paris: Eugène Ducrocq, [n.d. but 1864]. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm.); publisher's crimson morocco-backed paneled cloth, gilt-lettered spine in six compartments, all edges gilt, moiré endpapers; [4],204pp.; eau-forte frontispiece, thirteen leaves of plates, including five additional eaux-fortes etchings, text illus. throughout. Extremities a bit rubbed, chiefly at corners and spine crown, text block significantly foxed affecting plates and tissue guards, else Very Good and sound. Excessively romanticized history of Christopher Columbus's "discovery"... Read More
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