Sierra Nevada -- The John Muir Trail
by Adams, Ansel
Archetype Press, Berkeley, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Worn and some stains (not affecting photos) but still a collectible copy of this monumental Adams work. Ansel Adams, at the age of 36, was commissioned to prepare a book of his photographs taken along the world famous John Muir Trail as a tribute to Walter A. Starr, Jr., a young American mountaineer. A landmark book in photography, the 1938 limited edition of Ansel Adams Sierra Nevada: The... Read More
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Overland Monthly Magazine; First Published Photograph
by Adams, Ansel
Overland Monthly Magazine, 1921. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Very good in original black cloth covered boards. A bound collection of Overland Monthly Magazine editions from 1921 from the Cleveland Library. Features the first published photograph from Ansel Adams, who was age 19 at the time. It is a photo of Yosemite Le Conte Memorial Lodge. Library plate affixed to the front pastedown; as well as a "withdrawn" stamp on the back pastedown. Stickers affixed to the... Read More
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Death Valley
by Adams, Ansel
San Francisco: 5 Associates, 1954. first. softcover. very good. First edition, with 1954 on title and copyright page. Very good condition, minor wear, foxing and some discoloration to rear cover.
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Ansel Adams: An Autobiography
by Adams, Ansel;Alinder, Mary S.;Alinder, Mary Street
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bulfinch Pr, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. First edition, 1985 stated on the copyright page. Original price of $50.00 on the front flap of dust jacket.
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Ansel Adams: An Autobiography
by Adams, Ansel;Alinder, Mary S.;Alinder, Mary Street
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Bulfinch Pr, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket of this large book. First Edition 1985 stated on copyright page. $50 price still on front flap of dust jacket. A large format 400 page book filled with photographs.
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The Restaurant at the Edge of the Universe
by Adams, Douglas
Harmony Books, 1980. 2nd. hardcover. near fine/near fine. INSCRIBED first edition, 2nd printing, as per copyright page, with number line from 10-2. Book near fine, faded spot on top edge. Dust jacket near fine.
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Mostly Harmless
by Adams, Douglas
Harmony Books, 1992. first. hardcover. fine/fine. INSCRIBED first edition, as stated on copyright page with number line from 10-1. Book and dust jacket fine.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy-Set of 5 Books
by Adams, Douglas
Harmony Books, 1980. first. hardcover. fine/fine. Set of 5 books. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1980, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 1981, Life, the Universe and Everything 1982, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 1985, Mostly Harmless 1992. All 5 books are US first editions. They are all in fine condition. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is price-clipped, tops of flaps are very slightly toned. Hitchhiker's Guide states First American edition... Read More
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
by Adams, Douglas
Simon & Schuster, 1988. first. hardcover. fine/fine. First US edition, with number line from 1-10 on copyright page. SIGNED by author. Book and dust jacket fine. Comes with a couple of newspaper reviews.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas
book club edition. hardcover. very good/very good. Book Club edition. Book and dust jacket very good, minor wear to edges, remainder mark to top edge of text block.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas
Harmony Books, 1990. 10th anniversary edition. hardcover. fine/fine. SIGNED US 10th anniversary edition, as stated on front flap, 7th printing. Signed on half-title page. Book and dust jacket fine.
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
by Adams, Douglas
Simon & Schuster, 1988. first. hardcover. fine/fine. INSCRIBED first edition, with number line from 1-10 on copyright page. Book and dust jacket fine.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas
Harmony Books, 1980. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. INSCRIBED first US edition, as stated on copyright page, with number line from 10-1. Book near fine, faint stain to top edge, half-title page discolored. Dust jacket very good, minor wear, tanning to top edges, minor foxing to inside dj and small stain.
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Eddie Rickenbacker
by Adamson, Hans Christian
Macmillian Company, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Second Printing as stated on copyright page. Inscribed and dated by Eddie Rickenbacker on front free end paper. Good book, minor wear, small tear on top edge of pages 199-206, fold in the middle of the page on pages 21-26, chip on bottom edge of page 27, stains and foxing on few pages throughout the book, blue stain on pages 174 and 176, binding showing on page 308, foxing on top... Read More
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The Education of Henry Adams
by Adams, Henry
Franklin Library, 1982. limited. hardcover. fine. Leather-bound limited edition. Fine. The Hundred Greatest Books of All Time.
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A Defence of the Constitutions
by Adams, John
London: Dilly, 1788. First edition. hardcover. Very good in fine new leather binding.. The true first edition, two volumes, published in London while Adams was American ambassador to the UK. Rebound in recent leather. Housed in a custom-made collector's clamshell case with leather spine lettered in gold.
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Private Lies
by Adler, Warren
The Franklin Library, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition as stated on title page and spine. Signed by author on second front free end paper. Publisher's insert laid in. Raised bands on spine. Gold gilt. Silk ribbon bookmark bound in. Near fine book, scratch on top edges and forend, and dent on two middle raised bands on spine.
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The Complete Plays of Aeschylus
by Aeschylus
The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1978. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of "The Great Books of the Western World". Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free end page.
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Fables of Aesop and other Eminent Mythologists: with Morals and Reflexions
by Aesop
R. Sare, 1704. 4th. very good. 4th edition corrected and amended, as stated on title page. Very good condition. Some restoration to front and rear gutter with paper tape. Frontispiece of man with animals attached to verso of front free end paper. Plate in front of Sir Roger L'Estrange is missing. Small piece of paper missing at top of front paste-down, browning to edges of front and rear paste-down, and to end papers.
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Fables Fabuli Elegantis
by Aesop, Aesopi
Tornaesium, 1605. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good early (1605) edition of Aesop's Fables. In protective case.
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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
by Agee, James; Evans, Walker
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1941. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1941. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in an about very good dust jacket with wear on the folds of the jacket. Issued in a small edition, an extended essay on rural poverty with arresting images by Evans. Aside from its place in literary history, the Walker Evans images have made it something of an iconic volume for students of photography. Parr and Badger,... Read More
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A Death in the Family
by Agee, James
The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1979. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine limited edition from The Franklin Library. Pulitzer Prize winning novel in 1958. Full leather bound with gilt detailing and a satin ribbon book marker.
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The Store Boy
by Agler, Horatio Jr.
The Mershon Company. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. RARE Mershon Edition of Horatio Alger, none for sale on the internet. No year mentioned in book. Very good book, shows minor wear, scratches on top and bottom edges and forend, rubbing on all corners of book and sides of spine, and lightening on back cover and spine.,
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Let's Pretend
by Agnew, Georgette, and Shepard, Ernest
Saville, 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. One of 156 signed and numbered copies (only 150 were for sale), signed by both Agnew and Shepard, who famously illustrated the Winnie the Pooh books by A A Milne. Simple poems for young children, magnificently illustrated by Shepard on almost every page. Printed on handmade paper. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Near fine condition.
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The Jolly Pocket Postman
by Ahlberg, Janet; Ahlberg, Allan; Ahlber, Janet
U.S.A.: Little Brown, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Assumed First Edition. New book, still in publisher's shrinkwrap.
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