The Degradation of the Democratic Dogma. Introduction by Brooks Adams
by Adams, Henry
New York: Macmillan, 1919. First edition. Original blue cloth, endpapers cracking, otherwise a very nice, bright copy, in the uncommon dust jacket, chipped at the top of the spine, without loss of lettering. BAL 40.
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Beware of the Thing". Blueprint proof for The New Yorker, November 10, 1945
by Addams, Charles
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Reflections. Nigerian prose and verse
by Ademola, Frances(ed.)
Lagos: African Universities Press, 1962. Wrappers, fine. First edition, includes works by Achebe, Ekwensi, Tutuola, Soyinka, et al., some previously unpublished.
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The Oresteia. Translated from the Greek by E.D.A. Morshead. With an Introduction by Rex Warner. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton
by Aeschylus
Mt. Vernon, New York: Printed at the Press of A. Colish for The Limited Editions Club, 1961. Ayrton, Michael. Fine, boxed. One of 1500 numbered copies, signed by the artist.
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men; Three Tenant Families
by Agee, James and Walker Evans
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1960. Revised edition. Evans, Walker. Originally published in 1941, this revised edition includes a new foreword by Evans plus additional photographs. First printing of the reissue, inscribed by Evans, perhaps or probably to the novelist: “Tom Berger | with pleasure | Walker Evans.” Fine in a near fine jacket [Kingston 14].
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families
by Agee, James ; and Walker Evans
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. First edition. Evans, Walker. Original black cloth, blocked in silver. Rear endpaper stained from a newsprint enclosure, else a near-fine copy in dust jacket, slightly faded on the spine and with a few small closed tears. Inscribed by Evans in pencil on the front free endpaper to the photographer and collector "Arnold Crane / from Walker Evans / memorably.
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De Re Metallica. Translated from the first Latin edition of 1556 with biographical introduction, annotations and appendices upon the development of mining methods, metallurgical processes, geology, mineralogy & mining law from the earliest times to the 16th century by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover
by Agricola, Georgius ; Hoover, Herbert
London: Published for the translators by The Mining Magazine, 1912, 1912. Folio, original vellum, slight spotting, a very good copy, with a presentation inscription from Hoover to Judge Frederickick Wells. First edition of Hoover's translation, reproducing all the original woodcut illustrations.
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Nobel Lecture. Oslo, December 10, 2008
by Ahtisaari, Martti
Helsinki: Pieraccini Foundation, 2010. Limited edition. Cloth, new in dust jacket. One of 440 copies, numbered and signed. Text in English, Finnish, Swedish, and Italian.
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The Zoo Story and other plays
by Albee, Edward
London: Cape, 1962. First English edition. Blue boards, a couple of pages with little underlining, very good bright copy in lightly soiled dust jacket. Signed by Albee on the title page. This is a new edition, containing "The American Dream, as well as the three plays included in the U.S. edition of "The Zoo Story," and a preface in which Albee responds to criticism of "The American Dream
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Autograph manuscript signed of "Canción del Ángel sin Suerte
by Alberti, Rafael
Fair copy of this 12-line poem. 15 cm x 11 cm, blue ink, on the reverse of an invitation to the publication of Alberti's "Degli Angeli," Rome, 1966, inscribed on both sides.
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Collection of 6 autograph letters signed, to various recipients, as follows
by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
1. To [Mary Mapes] Dodge. 1 page, partially discolored, small tears. He has nothing he can send for her publication. "The work I have in hand -- a long poem for the Xmas number of Harper's Magazine -- will occupy all the time I can give to matters outside of The Atlantic. The Atlantic has only one editor, and it ought to have three!". 2. To T.W. Higginson. Feb. 18, 1890. 2-1/2 pages, edges chipped. Fine letter about... Read More
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Communication. 16 manifestations d'hypertrophie calligraphique
by Alechinsky, Pierre
La Louvière: Daily-Bul, 1967. First edition. Boards, fine. One of 500 copies on offset paper, 16 original lithographs.
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Manuscript poem: "El Moribundo: Palabras" Circa 1950
by Aleixandre, Vicente
One page, written in blue ink on a sheet of unwatermarked paper. Some edge wear, small old tape repairs. A rare example from the hand of the 1977 Nobel laureate, published in his 1953 collection Nacimiento Ultima. Provenance: Given by Aleixandre to the Nicaraguan poet Ernesto Mejía-Sanchez (1923-1985).
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Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers. A series of excursions by members of the Alpine club.; First - Second - Third Series
by Alpine Club, Members of; Ball, John; Kennedy, Edward Shirley (eds.)
London: Longman, 1859. First editions. Four volumes. Original cloth, gilt. Small tear at the head of the spine of the first series, its covers somewhat darkened, but a very good copy; Both volumes of the 1862 second series have old ink shelf numbers on the spine, and bumped corners, but also are in very good, bright condition Ball edited the first series, Kennedy the second. A fine copy of the 1932 Third Series is also included. Four volumes. Neate... Read More
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Untitled. 14 x 11 inch chromogenic print, cold mounted on aluminum. 2000
by Althoff, Diane
2000.
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Painted Walls of Mexico.; Photographs by Manuel Alvarez Bravo
by (Alvarez Bravo, Manuel); Edwards, Emily
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1966. First edition. Alvarez Bravo, Manuel. Cloth. Fine copy in dust jacket (a few small nicks).
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Estampas del Caribe Nicaragüense; con una introducció por Alejandro Arótegui y un ensayo por María Dolores G. Torres
by Alvarez, María José and Claudia Gordillo
Managua: Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroameríca, 2000. First edition. Wrappers, fine. One of 1200 copies printed. Inscribed by the photographers Alvarez and Gordillo, and the author Torres, to the Nicaraguan poet and activist Daisy Zamora. A documentary photobook of life and customs on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. With the invitation to the opening of the photography exhibition of which this was the catalogue.
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The Army of the Shadows and other stories
by Ambler, Eric
Helskini: Eurographica, 1986. First edition. Wrappers, as new. One of 350 copies, signed and dated by Ambler.
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Television. Collected Addresses and Papers on the Future of the New Art and Its Recent Technical Developments; Volume I-VI
by (Radio Corporation of America)
New York: RCA Institutes Technical Press, 1950. First editions, vols 3 and 4 are third printings. Six volumes, 1 and 2 in publisher's printed wrappers, 3-6 in publisher's cloth. Wrappers are worn and have some tape mends, otherwise a very good set.
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Les aventures de Tchitchikov; ou, Les âmes mortes.; Traduites et prefacées par Arthur Adamov. Illustrations de Avigdor Arikha
by Arikha, Avigdor ; Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich ;
Lausanne: La Guilde du Livre. First edition. Avigdor Arikha. Illustrated cloth, fine, 22 x 15 cm; 235 pp. Frontispiece and ten full-page illustrations by Arikha; Inscribed to Raymond and Janine Queneau and signed by Arikha.
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![Autograph letter signed ("(Satchmo) Louis Armstrong)") to Erich Kauffmann, [Corona, N.Y.] April 5,1970](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/493/806/476806493.0.l.1.jpg)
Autograph letter signed ("(Satchmo) Louis Armstrong)") to Erich Kauffmann, [Corona, N.Y.] April 5,1970
by Armstrong, Louis
1970. Five pages, in ink. Erich Kauffmann was the partner of trombonist Franz Schuritz who formulated the lip salve that Armstrong discovered in the 1930s and grew to depend on. By 1950 : "Dear Mr. Kauffmann: My dear friend I always be very happy when I get a letter from you. You and your dear family are Lucille (my wife) and my dear friends. We love you all very very much. We are very happy that we had the... Read More
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Les Caractères observés par un vieux Philosophe du haut de sa Fenètre. Expliqués par des Images de Guy Arnoux, artiste
by Arnoux, Guy
Paris: Devambez [n.d.]. Arnoux, Guy. Small quarto, 12-1/2 in. x 9-1/2 in. Original patterned cloth, paper label, spine and edges a little worn but an attractive copy. One of 475 numbered copies on Arches paper, illustrated with twelve full-page hand colored plates.
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Arp
by Arp, Jean
Paris: Jacque Damase Gallery, 1975. First edition. Wrappers, fine. [4] 32 pp., illustrated. Includes "Arp," by Hans Richter.
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Le voilier dans le forêt; Preface by Paul Eluard
by Arp, Jean
Paris: Louis Broder, 1957. First edition. Arp, Jean. Wrappers, fine, with chemise and slipcase. 6 1/2 x 5 5/16" (16 x 13.5 cm). Copy "L", of an unspecified number of author's copies which contain the text and a woodcut frontispiece, but not the six woodcuts which are in the normal copies. No. V in Broder's Miroir de poête series, the edition consisted of 130 (plus the author's copies and 15 hors commerce), printed by Fequet et Baudier, printed on... Read More
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Arp, S. Taeuber-Arp
by Arp, Jean ; Sophie Taeuber-Arp;
Paris: Éditions Denise René, 1962. First edition. Wrappers, fine. [44] p. ill. ; 27 cm.; "Réalise à l'occasion de l'exposition des oeuvres de Jean Arp et de Sophie Taeuber-Arp...". Poems and prose by Jean Arp, and photographs.
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