Vagabond Verse: Secular Latin Poems of the Middle Ages

by Zeydel, Edwin H

Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. Full red cloth boards under white illustrated dust jacket, 307 pp. Slightly askew, Near fine/Fine.I almost didn’t include this one in our hobo catalog, but the flap convinced me that these vagabonds are part of the tradition of some of the positive stereotypes of hobos: “They wrote their sprightly verse...in a spirit of restlessness but good-natured protest against the existing order. They represent the most uninhibited, devil-may-care... Read More

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The Great Zialci the Magician

by Zialcita, Jose L.; Remoto, Danton

Manila: Anvil, 2003. Fine. Signed. Trade paperback, illustrated covers, portrait frontis, 108 pp. Appears to be signed on half-title (illegible word, probably a name starting with J, below which is "Z o", laid in is a photograph of a young woman with Zialci. A Filipino magician who began by entertaining troops during WWII.

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My Grandson Lew

by Zolotow, Charlotte

New York: Harper & Row, 1974. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. William Pene Du Bois. Signed by Author(s). No statement of printing history, 12mo in pictorial boards matching dust jacket, 31 pages, color illustrations throughout, signed by the author on front free endpaper; lightly worn dust jacket with a bit of smudging and one tiny brown spot on front panel, short closed tear at top front edge, now in protective mylar cover. Lewis and his mother share their memories... Read More

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Tableaux Topographiques, Pittoresques, Physiques, Historiques, Moraux, Politiques, Litteraires, de la Suisse. [Five Volumes]

by Zurlauben, Beat Fidele Antoine de; Jean-Benjamin de Laborde

Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Clousier, Rue Saint-Jacques, 1780. Hardcover. Good. Folio. Five volumes, full red leather with gilt stamped decorative borders to boards, 12 raised bands in six pairs to spine, gilt lettering & decoration in spine compartments, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 20-1/4" x 13-1/2", profusely illustrated. Laid in is an 1899 note from Hermann Linde, Art Publisher, which explains that the plates & text were printed separately, and the instructions to the binder are in volume... Read More

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