Dalla Periferia al Centro: La Seconda Rinascita Economica dell'Italia, 1861 - 1981
by ZAMAGNI, Vera
[Bologna]: Società Editrice il Mulino, [1990, 1991]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's pictorial grey glossy card wrappers; 536pp. Light shelf wear, faint spine crease, else Very Good or better. Text entirely in Italian. History of 19th- and 20th-century Italian economic conditions.
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Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia: Selections from His Writings [Inscribed by Kaunda]
by [ZAMBIA] KAUNDA, Kenneth; Thomas Patrick Melady (ed.)
New York: Frederick A. Praeger for the Africa Service Institute of New York, 1964. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Pale yellow-green cloth in white dust jacket; [xiv],254pp. 1964 inscription by the author on front free endpaper. With TLS by the editor, Thomas Melday, laid in. A tight, straight copy, lightly faded at spine and board edges, small indent to front upper cover from paperclip, minor discoloration to endpapers, else Very Good or better. Jacket rubbed with minor dustsoil,... Read More
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Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia: Selections from His Writings [Inscribed by the Editor]
by [ZAMBIA] KAUNDA, Kenneth; Thomas Patrick Melady (ed.)
New York: Frederick A. Praeger for the Africa Service Institute of New York, 1964. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Pale yellow-green cloth in white dust jacket; [xiv],254pp. Inscribed by the editor. A tight, straight copy, lightly sunned at spine, discoloration to front joint, minor discoloration to front endpapers, else clean and firm: Very Good. Jacket lightly rubbed and spine-sunned with minor external soil, foxing to verso: Very Good. Kenneth Kaunda (1924-2021) was at the head of... Read More
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The Gift of the Face: Portraiture and Time in Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian
by ZAMIR, Shamoon
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 334pp; 4 unnumbered leaves of plates. As-new, in fine dustwrapper. From the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn, with his printed bookplate inside front cover.
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We [Advance Uncorrected Proofs]
by ZAMYATIN, Yevgeny (text); Natasha Randall (translation)
New York: The Modern Library / Random House Inc, 2006. Advance uncorrected proofs copy, softcover. Octavo (20.5cm); pictorial paper wrappers; 202pp. Trace sticker residue to front wrapper, with tiny spot of faint soil to right edge of textblock; Very Good+. First published in its English translation by E.P. Dutton (1924), with the original Russian text published later (1952), Zamyatin's dystopian novel focuses on a spacecraft engineer. [86039].
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Il Lungo Viaggio Attraverso il Fascismo: Contributo alla storia di una generazione
by ZANGRANDI, Ruggero
Milano: Feltrinelli Editore, [1964]. Quinta Edizione "Universale Economica. 12mo (18cm.); publisher's white card wrappers printed in black; 610pp. Light wear and soil, spine a bit toned, as is textblock, else Very Good and sound. History of the rise of fascism in Italy, text entirely in Italian.
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The Cockpit
by ZANGWILL, Israel
New York: Macmillan, 1921. First Edition. First Printing. (Nov. 1921); Octavo (19.5cm.); blue boards titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; uncut pages; 264pp.; light rubbing along bottom edge and corners; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $1.60) light rubbing and edgewear; chipping to extremities including spine ends; Very Good.
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The War for the World
by ZANGWILL, Israel
New York: Macmillan Company, 1917. Revised Edition. Reprinted with corrections." Thick octavo (19.5cm.); original tan cloth, upper cover and spine embossed in red and gilt; viii,[2],455,[5](ads)pp. A bit dust-soiled, else About Fine. Collection of short works on the early years of World War I by Jewish British humorist, best known for his play The Melting Pot (1908).
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The War for the World
by ZANGWILL, Israel
New York: Macmillan Company, 1916. First American Edition. Thick octavo (19.5cm.); original tan cloth, red paper labels printed in gilt mounted to upper cover and spine; viii,[2],455,[9](ads)pp. Spine label partially perished, apparently during the binding process, as the gilt lettering has been partly applied directly to spine cloth. All else Very good and sound. Collection of short works on the early years of World War I by Jewish British humorist, best known for his play The Melting Pot (1908).... Read More
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Structural Bases of the Organization of the Latin America Labour Movement: Some Notes for Discussion
by ZAPATA, Francisco
Montreal: Centre for Developing-Area Studies, McGill University, 1975. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); original blue die-cut staplebound wrappers; 14 leaves printed from typescript. Fine. The Centre's Working Papers no. 3. "This paper was originally prepared for the Workshop on 'The Labouring Poor in the Third World: Perceptions of Strategy of Change' held at McGill University, Montreal, from 23-26 May 1975" (title page). Study of agricultural, manufacturing, and non-manufacturing labor in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Typographic Variations - designed by Hermann Zapf on themes in contemporary book design and typography in 78 book- and title-pages
by ZAPF, Hermann; Paul Standard, Charles Peignot and Georg Kurt Schauer (introd)
New Rochelle: Myriade Press, 1977. First Myriade Press printing. Octavo (23cm). Printed card wrappers; [176]pp; illus. Mild external wear, principally to wrapper edges and corner extremities; internally clean, tight and unmarked - Near Fine. Reissue, in slightly smaller format, of the 1963 edition (which was limited to 725 copies). Review copy, with publisher's press release and review slip laid in.
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Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance: Fourth Edition
by ZARCHAN, Paul
Reston, VA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2002. Fourth Edition. Octavo. Pictorial paper-covered boards; xxviii, 743pp. Accompanying software compact disc mounted to rear pastedown. Ownership signature to front pastedown. Front board and rear bottom corners mildly bumped, small closed tear to front bottom corner. Trivial external wear to boards, else a tight, clean, near-new copy. Near Fine. Volume 199 in publisher's "Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, AIAA Tactical Missile Series.
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THE SWORDFISH TOOTH
by Zarin, Cynthia
New York: Knopf, 1989. First edition. Lavender cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. The poet's first book published simultaneously in trade paper and hardcover. This is the hardcover in the lovely purple cloth covered boards in very fine condition. An internal review copy slip is laid in. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.
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THE SWORDFISH TOOTH
by Zarin, Cynthia
New York: Knopf, 1989. First edition. Lavender cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. Her first collection; warmly inscribed by author on the half-title page. Spine of jacket sunned (light blue). Near fine in a very good jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).
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THE SWORDFISH TOOTH
by Zarin, Cynthia
New York: Knopf, 1989. First edition. An uncorrected proof copy in beige printed wrappers. Near fine.
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The Possessed
by Zastrow, Erika
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1933. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); yellow cloth, with titles stamped in red on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; [6], 314pp. Faint damp mark to lower half of spine and lower edges of front and rear covers, touch of dustiness to upper board edges and right edge of textblock; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.00), dusty, with corresponding faint damp mark; Very Good+. The author's second novel, "the story... Read More
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The Aging Ballerina [Signed]
by ZAWADIWSKY, Christine; Steve Miller, printer; David Martinelli, illus
N.p.: Red Ozier Press, 1977. First Edition. 12mo (15cm.); single leaf folded into 10-panelled pamphlet; illus. printed in brown. Fine condition. Poetry keepsake, signed by the author.
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Death in the Forest: The Story of the Katyn Forest Massacre
by ZAWODNY, J.K.
Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1962. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.25cm); sage green cloth, titled in black on spine; green topstain; dustjacket; xviii,[2],3-235,[3]pp; illus. Subtle offsetting from flaps onto endpapers, some fading to topstain, else a clean, Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $6.50), gently spine-sunned, with light wear to extremities; Near Fine. An attractive copy of this key history of the Katyn Forest Massacre, a series of mass executions of nearly 22,000 Polish... Read More
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Windows on the War: Soviet Tass Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945
by ZEGERS, Peter Kort and Douglas Druick, eds
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicag, [2011]. First Edition. Folio (32.75cm.); original white illustrated boards; [2],400pp.; chiefly illus. A touch dust-soiled, else Fine. Lavishly produced catalogue to accompany the exhibit of the same name.
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Windows on the War: Soviet Tass Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945
by ZEGERS, Peter Kort and Douglas Druick, eds
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago / Yale, 2011. First Edition. Folio (32.5cm x 25.5cm). Pictorial paper boards (hardcover); [2],400pp.; chiefly illus. Near Fine copy, slight shelf wear to extremities. Catalogue published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2011.
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Unicorn Variations
by ZELAZNY, Roger
New York: Timescape Books, 1983. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); black paper-covered boards and red cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-252,[4]pp. Small gift inscription to front endpaper, faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, with a remainder stamp to lower edge of textblock; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $14.95), with light wear to extremities; very Near Fine. Collection of 22 science fiction stories. 82836.
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France 1848-1945: Ambition, Love and Politics [With] Intellect, Taste and Anxiety [Two Volume Set]
by ZELDIN, Theodore
Oxford: Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1973-1977. First Editions. First Printings. Two octavo volumes (22.25cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spines; dustjackets; [viii],823,[1]; [viii],[3],4-1202,[2]pp. Pictorial bookplates of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024) mounted to front pastedown of Vol.I and front endpaper of Vol.II. Small sticker shadow to front endpaper on Vol.I, else both volumes are clean and very Near Fine. Dustjacket on Vol.I is price-clipped, and unclipped on Vol.II (priced £15.00 net); light... Read More
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House of Coates
by ZELLAR, Brad (text); MORRISON, Lester B. and Alex Soth (photos)
St. Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2012. First Edition. One of 1,000 copies. Octavo (22.25cm); hole-punched sheets, coil-bound into flexible sage green covers, with titling and decorations stamped in black and white on spine and covers; unpaged; illus. Two tiny indentations to right board edges, else a Fine copy. An exploration, in text and photographs, of the life of legendary recluse Lester B. Morrison. 87190.
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A Pathography in Twelve Parts: The Nixon Saga
by ZEPEZAUER, Mark
Santa Cruz: Press of Time, 1989. First Edition. Oblong Quarto (24cm x 31.5cm). Dark blue cloth boards (hardcover); [30pp]; illus. Near Fine copy; slight shelf wear to corner tips, else clean and tight. An imaginative and critical re-examination of Richard Nixon's biography. Text and illustrations by Mark Zepezauer. Number 143 of 400 copies. Signed by the author.
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The Life and Labors of the Rev. Jeremiah Haak Good, D.D., Professor of Dogmatic and Practical Theology in the Heidelberg Theological Seminary (1868-1888)
by ZERBE, Alvin Sylvester
Tiffin, OH: Commercial Printing Co, 1925. First Edition. Slim octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's grey printed card wrappers; v,6-72pp.; three photographic portrait plates. Light shelf wear, else Fine. Errata slip tipped to p. 15.
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