Between Past and Future: Eight Exercises in Political Thought
by Arendt, Hannah
New York: The Viking Press, 1969. Very Good+. Second printing of revised paperback edition. Association copy signed by Hannah Arendt on the first page; Hans Morgenthau's copy from his family estate, although unmarked. [x], 306 pp. Bound in publisher's purple wraps. Very Good+ with moderate wear to covers, light soiling to textblock edges, and light toning to contents; binding firm. A rare signed copy of eight essays by the German-American political theorist and philosopher, from the library... Read More
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Interpretation of Schizophrenia
by Arieti, Silvano
New York: Robert Brunner, 1955. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Silvano Arieti and inscribed to a former owner on front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original light blue cloth lettered in darker blue. Very Good+ with light toning to edges and offsetting from an old-style asphaltic dust jacket protector to bottom of boards and end sheets, tape ghost to end sheets. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine... Read More
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Attack Soviet Russia Now
by [Armfelt, Carl Magnus]
Washington, D.C.: The Patrick Henry Congress, 1954. First Edition. Fine. First edition. Pamphlet urging war against the Soviet Union and promoting the short-lived Patrick Henry Congress. [6] pp. Staple bound in publisher's self-wraps. Traces of rust from staples, else Fine. Pencil inscription to front cover notes that the pamphlet was received September 15, 1954. Carl Magnus Torsten Armfelt, the son of Count and Countess Armfelt of Finland and Sweden, was an American citizen living in Hawaii when... Read More
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The Railroads of America
by Armitage, Merle
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce - Little, Brown & Company, 1952. First edition. First edition. Signed by Merle Armitage on paste down, inscribed to former owner. 318, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's blue and red cloth, spine lettered in silver. Near Fine with slightly bumped corners, in a Very Good+ dust jacket, chipped at head and tail, unclipped. A photographically-illustrated guide to the railroads of the USA circa 1952, written and designed by Merle Armitage.
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Pagans, Conquistadors, Heroes, and Martyrs
by Armitage, Merle; Peter Ribera Ortega
[Fresno, CA]: Academy Guild Press, 1964. Deluxe edition. Presentation copy signed by Merle Armitage on page near front in red marker, inscribed to former owner Dave Bohm and dated 1976. [30], 99, [2] pp. Bound in publisher's cloth with red and black lettering. Fine in an attractive dust jacket with a hint of toning to spine panel, else Fine. A history of the American southwest by the book designer and writer.
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The Chocolate Cobweb
by Armstrong, Charlotte
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1948. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. [iv], 220 pp. Publisher's brown cloth lettered in darker brown. First edition. Near Fine with a little foxing to edges, in Very Good+ dust jacket with tear at foot, and a little rubbed, stained, edge worn, and foxed. A suspenseful early mystery by the Edgar-winning author, the follow-up to her hit The Unsuspected. Scarce in jacket.
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First on the Moon: A Voyage with Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins [and] Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.
by Armstrong, Neil; Michael Collins; Buzz Aldrin; Gene Farmer; Dora Jane Hamblin; Arthur C. Clarke [Epilogue]
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1970. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Neil Armstrong on the half-title page and inscribed to a former owner. xiii, [1], 434 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth titled in gilt on spine and in blind on front board. Near Fine with light rubbing to extremities, dulling to spine gilt, and light soiling to upper textblock edge. Contents lightly toned. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with... Read More
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Old Massa's People: The Old Slaves Tell their Story
by Armstrong, Orland Kay
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1931. First Edition. Near Fine/About Very Good. First edition. 357 pp. Original cloth with navy lettering. Near Fine with slight mottling to cloth, dust-soiled edges, in About Very Good dust jacket with darkened spine panel, soiling, faint dampstaining along top edge of front panel wear at head and tail. A collection of stories of antebellum life by former slaves, compiled by a Republican politician and journalist who was a lifelong friend of aviator Charles... Read More
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Ballads of the B.E.F.
by [Communist Party USA]; [Bonus Army]
New York: Coventry House, 1932. First edition. First edition. 47 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with paper title label. Near Fine with slight lean to spine, in a Good example of the rare dust jacket, with some chips to edges and along gutters, and wear. Seldom seen in jacket. A collection of music for the Bonus Army (AKA the Bonus Expeditionary Force, as they called themselves), a group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington seeking... Read More
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Popular Education in France: With Notices of That of Holland and Switzerland
by Arnold, Matthew; (Trilling, Lionel)
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts Co, 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First separate edition. Presentation copy with the ink inscription in the publisher’s hand “With the Author’s Compliments” at the head of the half-title. Above and below that is a much later dedication to Lionel Trilling and another person. A very nice association between two centuries of literary critics across the Atlantic. Trilling, in addition to being a writer and educator, was one of the most important... Read More
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The Strayed Reveller and Other Poems
by Arnold, Matthew
London: B. Fellowes, 1849. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. viii, 128 pp. Original ribbed dark green cloth elaborately block in blind with gilt spine lettering, pale yellow endpapers. Near Fine with a little wear at tips, hint of rubbing to cloth, front paste down slightly foxed, name written on front free endpaper. Lettering bright, cloth unfaded, blind designs quite distinct. A much better copy than most. The author's first book, a collection of poems published anonymously... Read More
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The Totalitarian Nightmare
by Arrigoni, Enrico
Culver City, CA: Self Published, 1975. First Edition. Near Fine. First printing, limited issue of 150 copies. 281, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's white wraps printed in black. Near Fine with light toning and soiling to covers, small chip at head of spine, and scattering of tiny stains to upper edge of textblock. Contents very lightly toned. A scarce self-published anarchist novel. The author could only afford to print 150 copies, which he distributed gratis. Enrico... Read More
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L'Osteomateopate: la seule canne en harmonie itetudienne pour les ebats de nos reves petaloides, No. 2
by Ars, Jacques [Editor]
Rennes: MJC, 1978. Issue no. 2. [8] pp. With three original stickers laid in. Publishers pink illustrated self-wraps, inner contents laid in, unbound. Near Fine, lightly worn. The second issue (of ten total) of a campy, pun-packed avant-garde publication produced early in the career of longtime Rennais queer activist, book-dealer, and bibliographer Jacques Ars. L'Ostéomatéopate was a proto-zine posing as a journal "pour nous faux-éphèbes, efféminées, tapettes, gouins, pédales, anti-macchottes, folles en mouvement, gays libideurs hystériques, Carolines du... Read More
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Black Unity (Vol. 1 No. 1, August 1970)
by [Black Unity Party]; Emory Douglas [Artist]
Oceanside, CA: Black Unity, 1970. Very Good. First issue of the ephemeral newspaper which borrowed art from Emory Douglas on the front cover. [8] pp. Tabloid format. Very Good with toning, light creasing and slight rubbing. An anti-war, pro-Black Panther Party newspaper put out by G.I.s at Camp Pendleton calling for the military to exempt African Americans from service. Articles on arming oneself with military grade weapons appear, how to fight oppression from law enforcement, and includes a... Read More
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One Picture Book Series: Complete Set #1-100
by [Various Artists]
Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2017. First Edition. Fine. 124 Volumes [100 titles + five multi-volume deluxe sets, and duplicates of several titles, several labeled AP for Artist's Proof.] A complete run of the celebrated series, which features 100 uniformly sized books of various colors, giving each artist a 16-page canvas to exhibit a cohesive body of work. Each volume is limited to 500 copies, and each contains one photographic print tipped in and signed by the artist--hence the... Read More
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The Tennis Court Oath
by Ashbery, John
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. First edition stated. Publisher's grey cloth over boards with titles on spine. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page, inscribed to former owner. Grolier Book Shop ticket to front free end paper, rubbing to poet's name on spine, else Fine. In a Near Fine dust jacket with toning to the spine panel, and revised price sticker over publisher's price. A lovely copy of the scarce cloth-bound... Read More
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Rivers and Mountains
by Ashbery, John
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, cloth issue. Signed by Ashbery on the title page. 63, [1] pp. Publisher's tan cloth lettered in black, marigold endpapers. Tiny scuff to front board, else Fine in Near Fine rubbed and very slightly spine sunned unclipped jacket. An early collection by the Pulitzer-winning American poet.
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Rivers and Mountains
by Ashbery, John
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. First Edition. Very Good/Good. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by John Ashbery on the front free endpaper, inscribed to a former owner and dated in the year of publication. In publisher's beige cloth covered boards with titles printed in black on the spine. Very Good, with brown spot staining to edge of text block, occasionally slightly affecting margins. Small stain to preliminary pages. Light foxing to cloth at gutter. In... Read More
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The Double Dream of Spring
by Ashbery, John
New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1970. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's black cloth spine over green paper-covered boards. Near Fine with slight fading at edges, in a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact, light rubbing, light edge wear and light rubbing at spine ends. A lovely copy, signed by the poet.
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Rivers and Mountains
by Ashbery, John; [Targ, William]
New York: The Ecco Press, 1977. First Thus. Near Fine. Inscribed "For William Targ [signed] John Ashbery 4/11/77" on title page. Targ was a well-known editor, best-known for publishing Mario Puzo's The Godfather, as well as the publisher of Targ Editions. Second edition. Near Fine. 63, (1, note about author) pp. Illustrated wraps. An early work of Ashbery's, reprinted after his trifecta of awards in 1976. Uncommon signed.
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The Double Dream of Spring
by Ashbery, John
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1970. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page and inscribed to a former owner, dated 1/7/70, pre-publication. Advance copy, with publisher's card with compliments of the author laid in Bound in publisher's black cloth spine over green paper-covered boards. Very Good with sunning to edges of boards, foxing and dust-soiling to textblock edge. In a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped, with... Read More
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Some Trees
by Ashbery, John
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing of the author's first full-length book. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page, inscribed to former owner in 1992. 87 pp. Publisher's black cloth binding stamped in gilt on spine. Near Fine with slight musty odor to pages, pages toned, non-authorial previous owner gift inscription to front free end paper, in Near Fine dust jacket with a darkened spine and light edge... Read More
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Turandot
by Ashbery, John
New York: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Signed by John Ashbery, inscribed to previous owner. Publisher's pink and brown decorated wrappers. Very Good with toning to wraps, light chipping and cracking at fragile yapped edges, short split started at top of spine. A nice copy of the fragile production; one of 300 copies, and the poet's first book.
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Rivers and Mountains
by Ashbery, John
New York: The Ecco Press, 1977. Second Edition. About Very Good. Second edition. Inscribed by author on title page, signed and dated February 4, 1979. 63, [1, note about author] pp. Illustrated wraps. An About Very Good copy with light dampstaining to last ten pages or so, slightly shelf worn.
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![The Flight of the Green Goose [Private Photo Album]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/586/913/1625913586.0.l.jpg)
The Flight of the Green Goose [Private Photo Album]
by Ashe, Earl
[no place]: [Earl Ashe], 1947. Privately Printed. Very Good. Prepared for Stanhope Wood Nixon and Doris Ryer Nixon by Earl Ashe in 1947. Bound in dark green buckram cloth lettered in gilt on the upper board. Hand-drawn color map on the front endpapers showing the route of the trip, signed H. E. A. '47 (Earl Ashe) in lower right corner; 65 photographs affixed to one side with captions written on the leaves. Very Good with wear, soiling and... Read More
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