Today We Choose Faces
by Roger Zelazny
London: Millington Ltd, 1974. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY ROGER ZELAZNY on the title page. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1974 1st UK --and 1st hardback-- edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. A true collector's copy.
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Small Boy Is Listening
by Harve Zemach (Margot Zemach)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1959. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Margot Zemach. A lovely copy of the 1959 1st edition of this maiden collaboration between husband and wife Harve and Margot Zemach. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact ($2.75), Near Fine to Fine dustjacket. Truly a collector's copy, legitimately approaching pristine. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color by Margot Zemach.
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The Little Tiny Woman
by Margot Zemach
Bobbs-Merrill, 1965. 1st. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. A Folktale Illustrated by Margot Zemach. 1965 1st edition. Charming palm-sized childrens foktale. Near Fine in a VG+ dustjacket. 64mo., with wondeful illustrations and fold-out plate in back.
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Erich Mendelsohn: The Complete Works (Presentation Copy from Tony Shafrazi)
by Bruno Zevi
Basel: Birkhauser, 1999. Cloth. Fine/Fine. WARMLY, LENGTHILY INSCRIBED BY LEGENDARY NEW YORK GALLERIST TONY SHAFRAZI on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the 1999 1st English language edition (translated from its original German by Lucinda Byatt). Tight and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Imposing, scholarly, very impressive.
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Architecture as Space: How to Look at Architecture (Signed by Bruno Zevi and with Scarce Wraparound Band)
by Bruno Zevi
New York: Horizon Press, 1957. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. INSCRIBED BY BRUNO ZEVI on the half-title. A solid copy to boot of the 1957 1st American edition. Tight and VG in its duotone boards, with light soiling along the top-edges and tasteful bookplate to the front pastedown. And in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with mild spotting to the front panel and more pronounced soiling along the rear panel. Quarto, translated from its original Italian by Milton Gendel,... Read More
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Malevich: Suprematism and Revolution in Russian Art 1910-1930 (In Dustjacket AND Slipcase)
by Larissa A. Zhadova
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1982. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very presentable copy of the 1982 1st American edition. Tight and VG+ to Near Fine (very light spotting along the edges) in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with several small closed tears along the spine ends. Thick quarto, 445 illustrations, 84 in color. Also includes the publisher's uncommon card slipcase, which is clean, solid and well-preserved.
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Ten Routine Spring Leg
by Ma Zhenbang
Hong Kong: Hai Feng Publishing Company, 1983. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A bright, clean copy of the June 1983 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine to Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, dozens and dozens of photos throughout. The Chinese Kung-Fu series #6.
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Squarehead
by Harriet Ziefert
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Hardcover. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A clean, solid copy of the 2001 1st edition. Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, wonderfully illustrated thruout by Todd McKie.
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Whirlaway Hopper
by Gregor and Edna Ziemer
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1962. Pictorial boards. Very Good/Near Fine. Norman Pomerantz. SIGNED BY BOTH GREGOR AND EDNA ZIEMER on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1962 stated 1st edition. Tight and VG (light soiling to the boards) in a crisdp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo, nicely illustrated throughout by Norman Pomerantz.
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Gerrit Th. Rietveld: The Complete Works 1888-1964 (The English Language Edition)
by Marijke Kuper and Ida van Zijl
Utrecht: Centraal Museum, 1992. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. An all-but-immaculate copy of this sweeping catalogue based on the November 1992-February 1993 exhibition at Utrecht's Centraal Museum. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Thick quarto, hundreds of high-quality reproductions throughout. Major catalogue documenting the complete works of Dutch architect and interior designer Gerrit Reitveld (1888-1964).
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Little Travelers
by Zillah
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1937. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1937 1st edition of this charming oversized children's book. VG- in its pictorial cloth, with light scuffing and soiling to the panels and light wear at the spine ends. Inner hinges tender as well but still sturdy. Folio, wonderfully illustrated thruout in rich color by Ruth E. Newton.
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Duffy and the Devil
by Harve & Margot Zimach
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. Pictorial cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Margot Zemach. A superb copy of the 1973 stated 1st edition, all but pristine. Clean and Fine in a crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with one tiny closed tear along the rear panel's bottom-edge. Quarto, wonderfully illustrated throughout in rich color by Margot Zorach, who in fact won the 1974 Caldecott Medal for this effort.
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Luggage #1
by Jason Castolene and Mike Zimbouski
Boston: Self-published, 1997. Original wraps. Very Good +. The maiden issue of this interesting 'zine published out of Boston. This first issue featuring long interviews with both Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Don Byron, the renowned composer and multi-instrumentalist. Clean and VG+ in its stapled white wrappers. WARMLY INSCRIBED AT THE REAR BY JASON CASTOLENE, THE MAGAZINE'S AUTHOR AND DESIGNER.
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Professional Ledgers of John Edward Bell Shutt
by Edith R. Shutt Zimmerman and Brenda D. Zimerman
Winston-Salem, NC: Jostens, 2000. Cloth. Near Fine. A crisp, Near Fine example of the 2000 1st edition. Clean and tight in its dark-green cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Octavo, 142 pgs.
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Lake Michigan's Railroad Car Ferries
by Karl Zimmermann
Andover, NJ: Andover Junction Publications, 1993. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. A bright copy of the 1993 1st edition, in its original stapled wrappers. Clean and VG+ with one very small bump to lower tip. Quarto, 64 pgs.
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The Story of Billy Eckstine
by Les Zimmerman
New York: Thw William Morris Agency. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. Wonderful Billy Eckstine "Souvenir Book", published by his talent agency, William Morris of New York. Circa late 1940s. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers. Quarto, 16 phs., crisp black-and-white photography thruout.
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Weekend Guests: From "We're So Glad You Could Come" to "We're So Sorry You Have to Go" and Vice-Versa
by William K. Zinsser
New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Pictorial boards. Near Fine/Very Good. James Stevenson. A WARM, HALF-PAGE INSCRIPTION FROM THE ILLUSTRATOR JAMES STEVENSON (WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY HIM BELOW THE INSCRIPTION) on the front free endpaper. A very solid copy to boot of the 1963 stated 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, price-clipped, VG dustjacket, with light offsetting along the front panel (where, it appears, a book had laid for a number of years). Quarto,... Read More
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Harry and the Lady Next Door (In Dustjacket)
by Gene Zion
New York: Harper & Row, 1960. Laminate boards. Very Good +/Very Good +. Margaret Bloy Graham. A handsome copy of this 1960 printing. Solid and VG+ (very light spotting at the endsheets) in a crisp, price-clipped, VG+ dustjacket, with very light offsetting to the front panel. Nicely illustrated throughout in color by Margaret Bloy Graham, part of Harper & Row's wonderful "I Can Read" series. No indication of printing.
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It's Not Fair
by Charlotte Zolotow
New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. William Pene du Bois. A very sharp copy of the 1976 stated 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in a bright, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with a light trace of soiling to the rear panel. 12mo, nicely illustrated thruout by William Pene du Bois.
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Le Opere Pubbliche e i Palazzi Privati di Andrea Palladio (In Dustjacket)
by Giangiorgio Zorzi
Venice: Neri Pozza Editore, 1965. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. Impressive, imposing examination of the public and private buildings of the great Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). Tight and VG+ (2 small gashes along the spine, bookplate at the front pastedown) in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with 2 matching very small tears at the spne. Thick, dense folio, 373 pgs. of text (exclusively in Italian) followed by 384 crisp black-and-white plates.
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Annual Report of the Department of Health of the City of Brooklyn for the Year 1895
by Z. Taylor Emery, M.D.
Brooklyn: The Corporation (The Brooklyn Health Derpartment), 1897. Cloth. Near Fine. Uncommon 1897 1st printing of the 1895 annual report of Brooklyn's Department of Health. Clean and surprisingly well-preserved in its russet cloth. Solid and Near Fine, with bright gilt-titling at the front panel and no writing or markings of any kind internally. Thick octavo, dozens of half-tone photos, a number of fold-out maps and charts as well.
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Extraction of Signals from Noise
by L.A. Wainstein and V.D. Zubakov
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1962. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good +. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1962 1st American edition, translated from its original Russian by Richard A. Silverman. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with mild rubbing and creasing along the panels. Octavo, part of Prentice-Hall's "International Series in Applied Mathematics
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Great Masterpieces of Japanese Art Swords (A Showa Edition)
by Showa Dai-Meito Zufu
Tokyo: The Nippon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai, 1982. Cloth. Near Fine. A tight, very presentable copy of this uncommon, detailed description of some of the great examples of Japanese art swords. Clean and easily Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth, with bright gilt-titling along the front panel and spine. Folio, text exclusively, with no photos or diagrams. Also includes a solid copy of the printed card slipcase, with just a bit of scuffing at the rear panel. Scarce... Read More
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