Abstract Climates: Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown (In Shrinkwrap)
Provincetown, MA: Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 2018. Boards. Fine. The catalogue based on the 2018 exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. In its less common hardback. Clean and Fine in its pictorial boards, still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap.
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The Story of the Harlem Globetrotters (1949-50 Edition of the Official Souvenir Program)
Chicago: The Harlem Globetrotters, 1949. Pictorial wrappers. Near Fine. A crisp, very sharp copy of the 1949-1950 official souvenir program of the Harlem Globetrotters, representing their 23rd "sensational" season. Bright and VG+ to Near Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers, with dozens of wonderful green-tinted photos throughout. Quarto, cover illustration of the remarkable Marcus Haynes by WARNIE.
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James Turrell: Light & Space
New York: The Whitney Museum, 1980. Original wraps. Fine. An all-but-pristine copy of the catalogue based on the October 1980-January 1981 exhibition at New York's Whitney Museum. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, light-gray wrappers. Oblong quarto, organized by Barbara Haskell, Introduction by Melinda Wortz, commentaries by James Turrell.
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5 Significant Pieces of Early African-American Sheet Music
New York, Cincinnati, Hollywood: Willios Music Co., G. Schirmer, Edward B. Marks Music Corporation, etc., 1939. Sheet Music. Very Good +. 5 pieces of uncommon sheet music from the early 20th century, all capturing the African-American experience in song, all crisp, bright and VG or better in their wonderful pictorial wrappers. The 5 examples, each a thin, tall quarto, are as follows: 1) "Belair Plantation Melodies: Eight Negro Folk-Songs Collected from Belair Plantation in Louisiana", circa 1925, published... Read More
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Agriculture Leaflets
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1927. Hardcover. A wonderful collection of 115 agriculture leaflets, handsomely bound into a single volume, published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Ranging from March 1927 to February 1936, this collection runs the gamut from Hygiene in Fox Farming to Woodchuck Control in the Eastern States. A terrific glimpse into rural life just before and during the Great Depression, these leaflets were practical and instructional, born of the most basic needs in farming and homesteading.... Read More
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Handbook of South American Indians: Vol. 6 Physical Anthropology, Linguistics and Cultural Geography of South American Indians
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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950. Hardcover. Bulletin #143 of the Smithsonian Bureau of American Ethnology. 1950 1st edition. A VG copy in its original green cloth. Thick octavo, 715 pgs. plus numerous fold-out maps.
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The Crown House Collection of Textile Documents-- Vol. 3 (Provencal Style--Printed Provincial Border Designs Circa 1850)
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Stockport, England: Crown House Publishing, Ltd, 1993. Collectible; Fine. 1993 1st edition. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ANDRE HEGET, whose collection is the subject of this study. Vol. 3 of The Crown House Collection of Textile Documents: Provencal Style--Printed Provincial Border Designs circa 1850. Portfolio of 80 loose, full-color plates. The suite of plates is housed in a red cardboard cover which, in turn, is housed in a very attractive, gilt-decorated black cloth slipcase. The plates and cover and slipcase... Read More
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The Blue Laws of New Haven Colony, Usually Called Blue Laws of Connecticut
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Hartford, Connecticut: Cse, Tiffany and Co, 1838. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. 1st edition, 1838. Clean and VG in its original decorative cloth. The ghost of a careful plate removal from front pastedown, light, forgivable foxing thruout text, light fading to spine. "Quaker Laws of Plymouth and Massachusetts; Blue Laws of New York, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina. First Record of Connecticut; Interesting Extracts from Connecticut Records; Cases of Salem Witchcraft; Charges and Banishment of Rev. Roger Williams,... Read More
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Report to the President and the Attorney General--America's Habit: Drug Abuse, Drug Trafficking, and Organized Crime
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Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1st edition, March 1986. AN ORIGINAL BOUND PRINTING, not a print-on-demand reprint. Clean and VG+ in its original blue wrappers. Thick octavo, 486 pgs. plus appendix. Sponsored by and printed under the authority of the "President's Commission on Organized Crime
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Joe Foss Flying Marine: The Story of His Flying Circus in World War II
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Washington, D.C.: Zenger Publishing Co, 1979. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. First Thus. An immaculate copy of the 1979 re-issue of the 1943 1st edition (published by E.P. Dutton). Tight and Fine in a bright, Fine dustjacket. Octavo, 160 pgs.
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Flores Invisibles
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Bogota, Colombia: Galeria Garces Velasquez, 1980. Collectible; Fine. Portfolio of 30 erotic floral watercolors. Artfully-rendered, handsomely reproduced by Galeria Garces Velasquez of Bogota. Loosely-bound, as issued, and complete (and numbered) at 30. Housed in a gilt-lettered cloth chemise with its original ribbon ties. Clean, well-preserved and VG+. The 30 plates themselves are immaculate as well.
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Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne
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New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1928. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. 1928 1st thus--with the magnificent Harry Clarke illustrations. Solid and VG, in its gilt-decorated front panel and spine. Light foxing to the preliminaries, former owner name at the half-title, very light soiling to the panels and at the spine crown. And in a bright, price-clipped, VG- dustjacket, with chipping at the spine extremes and a clean, even separation of the front panel from the spine.... Read More
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Los Aborigenes De Venezuela (Vols. I & I)
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Caracas: Fundacion La Salle, 1980. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. A handsome example of the first 2 volumes of this series on the Aborigines of Venezuela, monographs # 26 and #29 respectively issued by the Fundacion La Salle of Caracas. Both volumes tight and solid and VG in their original russet cloth, with bright gilt-letttering to the front panels and spines. In bright, VG pictorial dustjackets. Fairly severe bumping at the lower corners of each volume,... Read More
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Antonin Pelc: Karikatury 1919-1945
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Melantrich, Czechoslovakia: S.V.U. Manes, 1948. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A clean, handsome copy of the 1948 1st edition of this uncommon monograph on Czech caricaturist Antonin Pelc. Tight and VG+ in its original russet cloth. Folio, 121 pgs., high-quakity color reproductions thruout.
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Lecciones De Lengua Castellana
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Medellin, Colombia: La Edit. Bedout, 1955. Half-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. Exhaustive grammar and instructional of the Castillian language (of Spain and Colombia). 1955, re-bound in 1/2 red leather over black boards. Bright gilt-lettering at spine. Solid and VG, with paper lightly browning. Thick 16mo, 699 pgs.
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Japan Photography: Annual 1951
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Tokyo: Kohgasoh Publishing Co., Ltd, 1951. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good/Very Good. First Thus. 1951 edition of this Japanese photography annual. VG in a bright, VG dustjacket, with light chipping to the spine ends and minor chipping at the panel edges. Quarto, crisp gravure photography thruout.
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Fine Carpets in the Victoria & Albert Museum
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New York: Charles Scribner, 1924. Limited. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome example of the 1924 1st edition, limited to 450 copies. A clean and VG+ elephant folio in its maroon cloth, with bright gilt-lettering along the spine. 20 lavish color plates tipped-in on each recto; in every case the original tissue-guard protecting and keeping the plates very clean. "Twenty examples, reproduced for the first time in colour, of old carpets from Persia, India, Caucasia, Armenia, Turkey, China,... Read More
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Le Style Empire (4 Vols.)
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Paris: F. Contet, Editeur D'Art, 1920. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1920 3rd edition of this very impressive portfolio, in 4 volumes. Each volume altogether intact, with dozens of clean, loose plates (many gravures, etchings and high-quality line drawings among them). Navy-blue cloth spines (with mostly-bright gilt lettering), attractive marbled boards. Each volume in solid, VG condition, with the original ribbon-ties intact. Each volume has an inoffensive institutional stamp and sticker at its half-title. Vol. I: "Decorations... Read More
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Baseball Register (1946): The Game's "400
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The Sporting News, 1947. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. The 1946 issue of The Baseball Register, published by The Sporting News. Solid and VG in its bevelled navy-blue boards, with bright gilt title-lettering at the front panel. Octavo, 273 pgs. In six sections: Life Story of Walter Johnson; Ten Great Slugging Feats of Baseball History; Present Day Players; Managers and Coaches; Major League Umpires; and Former Stars.
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El Jardin De Las Caricias
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Buenos Aires: Guillermo Kraft Ltda, 1939. Collectible; Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1939 1st Spanish edition, translated from the original Arabic by Franz Toussaint. Clean and VG in its decorative pictorial boards, with very light fraying along the spine and at the spine ends. Light, inoffensive foxing as well to the endsheets and at the edges. Quarto, limited to 1,000 copies. 3 color woodcuts by S.E. Vigil Monteverde.
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Link-Belt Tipples and Equipments for Coal Mines
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Philadelphia: Link-Belt Company, 1913. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. Link-Belt Company Catalogue #165, "tipples and equipments for coal mines". VG in its pictorial gray wrappers, with light creasing at the corners. Light, forgivable soiling at a number of the pages. Octavo, crisp black-and-white photos thruout.
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United States of America Before the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Matter of McKesson & Robbins, Inc.: Testimony of Expert Witness
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Washington: US Gov't Printing Office, 1939. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. A solid copy of this 1939 Securities and Exchange Commision report. VG in its beige wrappers, with light soiling to the wrappers. Octavo, 638 pgs.
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International Monetary Conference Held, In Compliance with the Invitation Extended to Certain Governments of Europe By the United States, in Pursuance of the Second Section of the Act of Congress of February 28, 1878, in Paris, in August, 1878
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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879. 1st. Cloth. Collectible; Very Good. Uncommon "Proceedings and Exhibits" of the International Monetary Conference of 1878. Solid and VG in its bevelled red boards, with blindstamped "Department of State" insignia at the front panel. Light soiling to the panels, mild darkening along the spine and very light wear at the spine ends. Thick octavo, 918 pgs., including fold-out chart.
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Imi Knoebel
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Baden-Baden: Staatliche Kunsthalle, 1986. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine/Fine. A solid, clean copy of the 1986 catalogue based on the exhibition at Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden. Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. And in a bright, Near Fine dustjacket.
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Dorothea Tanning: Between Lives--Works on Paper
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London: Runkel-Hue-Williams Ltd, 1989. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A sharp copy of the catalogue based on the Sept-Oct 1989 exhibition at London's Runkel-Hue-Williams Gallery. Crisp and Near Fine in its white wrappers, with just a touch of soiling to the rear panel.
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