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Old Shirts & New Skins [Signed]
by ALEXIE, Sherman (poems); WOODY, Elizabeth (illustrations)
Los Angeles: American Indian Studies Center, UCLA, 1993. First Edition. Second Issue, measuring 6 7/8" x 9 7/8". Octavo; original pictorial card wrappers; x,94pp; illustrated throughout by Elizabeth Woody. Signed by the author on the title page. A Fine copy of Alexie's third book of poems and prose poems.
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![The Summer of Black Widows [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/592/961/1405961592.0.l.jpg)
The Summer of Black Widows [Limited Edition, Signed]
by ALEXIE, Sherman
Brooklyn: Hanging Loose Press, 1996. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 50 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.22, with an additional note by Alexie reading "Daredevil. The Incredible Hulk." Octavo (23.5cm); cream cloth, with titles stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; [10],11-139,[5]pp. Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $22.00). Sharp copy of the National Book Award-winning author's sixth collection of poems, some of which were first published in Seattle Weekly, Graffiti Rag, Caliban, Beloit... Read More
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Islamic Architecture of The Indian Subcontinent
by ALFIERI, Bianca Maria
London: Laurence King Publishing, 2000. First U.K. Edition. Quarto. 31cm. Publisher's black cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 320pp. Very light wear and scuffing to extremities; internally clean and fresh; in a bright, strong dustjacket. A near fine copy with some very light wear. A lovely piece of coffee table book presentation, beautifully photographed by Federico Borromeo, examining the often neglected Islamic inspired architecture present in India before the Mughals.
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Alfred Jacob Miller: Artist on the Oregon Trail
by [ALFRED JACOB MILLER] TYLER, Ron (ed); Karen Dewees Reynolds & William R. Johnston (catalogue)
Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1982. First Edition. First printing. Maroon cloth hardcover; dustjacket; x,480pp; illus. Tight, square, Near Fine copy in crisp, clean dustwrapper with a single short tear at upper front panel, still Near Fine. Catalog for a 1982 exhibition of Miller's works. Includes Catalogue Raisonné.
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The Western Boy; or, The Road to Success
by ALGER, Horatio, Jr.
[New York: G.W. Carleton & Co, 1878]. First Edition. Octavo (18.5cm.); original brown pictorial cloth embossed in black, decorative spine in black and gilt with the mysterious "American News Co." at spine foot; 258pp.; illus. title page. Spine a bit cocked, shallow losses to ends; additional rubbing to extremities; soiling to textblock throughout. About Very Good. First serialized in the New York Weekly, June 30 through September 15, 1873. Publisher taken from advertisement facing title page. "The imprint of... Read More
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Military Life in Algeria
by [ALGERIA] CASTELLANE, [Louis Charles] P[ierre], Comte de
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1853. First English Language Edition. Octavo (19cm). Two volumes rebound in half brown sheep and marbled paper boards, all edges sprinkled blue; plain endpapers; [ii],303,[1]pp; [ii],307,[1]pp. Tight and sound but lightly rubbed, with leather over spine dried and cracking, title pages and final leaves browned from endleaves, else clean: around Very Good. First English translation of this account of the French conquest of Algeria, written by a French military officer. Uncommon in the... Read More
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Zizwe: A Little African Boy Born in a Foreign Land. An African Tale
by ALHAMISI, Ahmed Akinwole Ato; Kwadwo Oluwale Akpah, photo
Detroit: Wakweli Publications, [1974]. First Edition. Small quarto (21.5cm.); original yellow pictorial staplebound wrappers; unpaged; printed on yellow cardstock. Fine. Distributed by the Broadside Press. Folktale translated from the original Swahili by N. Mwakikagile.
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THE HOLLINS CRITIC Vol. XLIII, No. 2
by Ali, Agha Shahid; Dillard, R. H. W. (ed.)
Hollins College, VA: Hollins University, April 2006. First Edition. Stapled self-wraps with drawing of the poet Ali on the front cover. 24 pp. Much of this periodical is devoted to an essay on Agha Shahid Ali by Amy Newman; published after his death. Includes additional work including poems by Carol Ann Davis and Dara Weir. Fine, with original subscriber mailing label.
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Radio Daily Presents the 1943 Radio Annual
by ALICOATE, Jack (ed)
New York: The Radio Daily, 1943. First Edition. Octavo. Embossed cloth-covered boards, printed in colors with "Victory" motif; 1024pp. Mild external wear; internally complete, clean and unmarked - a Very Good copy. Early and important issue of this massive annual directory for radio industry insiders, issued beginning in 1938 through the mid-1960s (with a title change to "Yearbook of Radio and Television" beginning around 1957). Includes call letters for every commercial radio broadcaster in the U.S., organized by... Read More
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The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Volumes 1 & 2
by ALIGHIERI, Dante (text); SINGLETON, Charles S. (translation & commentary)
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1970. First Edition Thus. First Printings. Two octavo volumes (20.75cm); dark gray cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spines; dustjackets; [viii],[1]-382,[2]; [xii],[2],3-683,[1]pp + foldout map; with parallel text in Italian and English. From the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown of Vol.2, and that volume bearing his neat pencil markings and notations throughout the text. Near Fine in Very... Read More
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The Divine Comedy: Purgatorio - Volumes 1 & 2
by ALIGHIERI, Dante (text); SINGLETON, Charles S. (translation & commentary)
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973. First Edition Thus. First Printings. Two octavo volumes (21cm); light gray cloth, blocked and titled in black and gilt on spines; dustjackets; [viii],[1]-381,[3]; [xii],[2],3-850,[2]pp; with parallel text in Italian and English. From the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with Vol.2 bearing his neat pencil markings and notations throughout the text. Vol.1 is Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $30.00), with some light wear along the upper... Read More
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Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the Sixties
by ALI, Tariq
New York: Verso Books, 2005. Reprint. Octavo. Pictorial glossy card wrappers; 403pp. Clean, tight and unmarked copy, about Fine. Reprint, with new Preface, of Ali's autobiography originally published London, 1987.
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![The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home; War Abroad [Signed, Uncorrected Proof]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/349/842/1689842349.0.l.jpg)
The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home; War Abroad [Signed, Uncorrected Proof]
by ALI, Tariq
London and New York: Verso, 2010. Uncorrected page proofs, softcover. Octavo (19cm); pictorial paper wrappers; 148pp; illus. Signed by author with 2010 date on title page. Light soil to covers and right edge of textblock, else Near Fine. Explores the first 1000 days of the Obama presidency, with a focus on economics, Yemen, and healthcare. Text also includes "Dispatches from the Emergency Room" by Teri Reynolds. [85959].
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![Night of the Golden Butterfly: Islam Quintet 5 [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/805/869/1690869805.0.l.jpg)
Night of the Golden Butterfly: Islam Quintet 5 [Signed]
by ALI, Tariq
London and New York: Verso, 2010. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); green paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 275pp. Signed by author with 2010 date on title page. A Fine copy. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $23.95), with trivial surface wear, else Near Fine. Final volume in Ali's Islam Quintet, which explores the history between Islam and the West, with this text including the protagonist's debt of honour and travels in Lahore, London, Paris, and Beijing. [85757]. ... Read More
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A Scientific Approach to Black Liberation: Which Road Against Racism and Imperialism for the Black Liberation Movement
by ALKALIMAT, Abdul
Nashville: Peoples College, 1974. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); bright red pictorial staplebound wrappers; [2],28pp.; illus. Fine. Text of a speech presented at a conference of the African Liberation Support Committee. Published by the Peoples College, a black nationalist "think tank" founded by the author in the early '70s.
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The Quirt and the Spur: Vanishing Shadows of the Texas Frontier
by [ALLAN W. ECKERT] RYE, Edgar; James M. Day, introd
Austin: Steck-Vaughn Company, [1967]. Facsimile reprint. Octavo; pictorial cloth hardcover, xvi,363pp. From the library of American naturalist, historian and novelist Allan W. Eckert, with stamps to that effect on front free endpaper and bottom edge of text block. Tight, straight and clean - a Near Fine copy, without dustwrapper, probably as issued. An attractive facsimile reprint of the 1909 first edition, with an added introduction by James M. Day. Eckert (1931-2011) was a prolific author and screenwriter,... Read More
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Colonial Homes in North Carolina
by ALLCOTT, John V.
Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1975. Reprint. Octavo (23cm). Taupe printed paper wrappers; [xii],103,[1]pp; black and white illustrations. Lightly rubbed and faded around edges, else Very Good. First edition published in 1963.
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Legends of Old Hawaii as Told by Tutu to Her Grand-children
by ALLEN, Betty
Honolulu: Tongg, 1944. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm). Pictorial paper-covered boards, backed in brown cloth; 92,[2]pp; in-text illustrations throughout. Three pages with pencil annotations. Tight and square, rubed, corners bumped, occasional minor smudges: around Very Good. [62180].
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Poland 1976: State Capitalism in Crisis
by ALLEN, Bruce
Edmonton: Black Cat Press, 1979. Octavo (21cm). Pictorial staple-bound wrappers; 12pp. Near Fine, with old price sticker affixed to front wrapper. On the June, 1976 Protests in Poland, interpreted here as a model for "anti-authoritarian revolutionaries everywhere.
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A Textbook of Psychosexual Disorders
by ALLEN, Clifford
London: Oxford University Press, 1962. First Edition. Octavo (25.5cm.); publisher's cloth in decorative price-clipped dust jacket; xii,408pp. Some light wear to jacket extremities, small dampstain at spine foot not affecting cloth, else Very Good and sound.
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Modern Discoveries In Medical Psychology
by ALLEN, Clifford
London: Macmillan, 1949. Second Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 236pp. Tight, Near Fine copy in lightly chipped and worn dust jacket; ownership inscription to front endpaper. Text clean, fresh and unmarked. Ownership inscription ("Allen Kahn, M.D.") to front free endpaper.
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REGIONS WITH NO PROPER NAMES
by Allen, Dick
New York: St Martin's Press, 1975. First Edition. Blue cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 81 pp. Poet's second collection; he was a professor at The University of Bridgeport. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
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OVERNIGHT IN THE GUEST HOUSE OF THE MYSTIC
by Allen, Dick
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1984. First Edition. Paperback; narrow 8vo. 51 pp. In illustrated wrappers. Extremely fine.
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Positive Aspects of Child Psychiatry, as developed in the selected writings of Dr. Frederick H. Allen
by ALLEN, Frederick H.
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, [1963]. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in dust jacket; 300pp. Light shelf wear to jacket extremities else Very Good to Near Fine.
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Our Navy and the Barbary Corsairs
by ALLEN, Gardner W.
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1905. Reprint. Octavo (20cm); royal blue cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; xiv,354,[2]pp, with frontispiece and 15 inserted plates. Gift inscription to front endpaper; light wear to extremities, else Near Fine. "With the Compliments of The Author" slip laid in. Account of the dealings between the United States navy and the countries along the Barbary Shore.
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