Current Rarities
Rarities For Sale
The following is a regularly updated list of rare and valuable books that the Friends of Rochambeau have received as donations. These have been aHppraised and are available for purchase. All proceeds benefit The Rochambeau Library.
To purchase any of the books, please send an email to booksale@friendsofrochambeau.org
More details at the end of the list.
Current List – updated May 2012:
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Adirondack Furniture and the Rustic Tradition
Gilborn, Craig. New York: Harry Abrams, 1987. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling.
Oversized. Rustic chair on fine ivory dj; ivory boards. Text plus b/w, color photos. Excellent condition.
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American Art
Brown, Milton W. et al. New York: Harry Abrams, 1987. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling.
1979 edition, 6th printing. Oversize, mint. Dj river scene, boards maroon with gold letters. 752 illustrations, 104 in color.
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American Book Prices, Current 1991-1995
Lear, Katherine & Daniel Lear. Washington, CT: Bancroft:-Parkman, 1995. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
2 volumes, oversize, no djs. Red boards with gold letters, endpapers gray sketch of Sotheby’s auction. Excellent condition.
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Andrē Kertesz, A Lifetime of Perception
Lifson, Ben. New York: Harry Abrams, 1982. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, oversized, nice dj. Mostly b/w illustrations, excellent condition.
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Anna and the King of Siam
Landon, Margaret. Garden City: Garden City Publishing Co., 1944. Hardcover.
Price: US $30 + shipping and handling.
First edition. Red cloth, gilt lettering. Clean and tight, very good.
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Annals of America
——–. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1976. Hardcover
Price: US $40 + shipping and handling
18 volumes, complete,no djs. Blue boards with silver on spine. Selections. Near mint.
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Argentia, Sentinel of the North Atlantic (Navy 103)
anon. Argentia, Newfoundland: Naval Operating Base, 1946. Hardcover.
Price: US $35 + shipping and handling.
Spine loose, navy embossed cover with gold slightly worn, else very good. Chiefly b/w photos. Two owners’s names on endpaper.
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Armageddon
Ransom, John Crowe. Charleston, SC: Poetry Society of South Carolina, 1923. Softcover
Price: US $50 + shipping and handling
Limited first edition. 3( tear kin brown paper cover which is loose. 17pp. Includes William Alexander Perry, “A Fragment,” and Donald Davidson, “Avalon.”
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The Art of Emily Case
Shadbolt, Doris. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin/Douglas & McIntyre, 1979. Hardcover
Price: US $29 + shipping and handling
Ovesized, excellent dj. Endpapers sepia and gray scene. Over 200 b/w and especially color illustrations.
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At the Temple of Art, Grosvenor Gallery, 1877-1890
Denney, Colleen. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2000. Hardcover.
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, book and dj mint. Black boards, gold on spine, white endpapers; wine dj. Illustrated, oversized.
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
C. 3. 3. (Oscar Wilde). London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. Hardcover
Price: US $75 + shipping and handling
6th ed, limited edition. Yellow and white boards (dirty), rough cut paper edges. May be Oscar Wilde Patron=s Edition Deluxe. Owner=s name and very short quote in front in pencil, letter from H L Nelson to Bolton Hall pasted in back. Text clean except for a couple of marginal pencil marks.
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Bambi
Salten, Felix. New York: Grosset & Dunlop, 1929. Hardcover
Price: US $35 + shipping and handling.
K. Weise illus., Whitaker Chambers trans. Tan cloth cover worn, mainly on edges; endpaper torn, has owner=s name. Text yellow but clean and tight.
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Ben-Hur
Wallace, Lew. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1889. Hardcover
Price: US $85 + shipping and handling.
First edition, second state. Navy cloth, gilt lettering and starburst, no dj. Gift inscription. Edgewear at corners and spine ends. Endpapers yellowed, text less so. Clean and tight.
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Between Friends/Entre Nous
————. Ottawa: National Film Board of Canada, 1976. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
Presentation edition, apparent first edition, mint, oversized. Bilingual. Produced by Canada in honor of the US Bicentennial of the American Revolution. Foreword by then prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Red boards, gold letters, endpapers photos of border establishments, no dj. Dark blue slipcase with small photo of US and Canadian flags.
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Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night
Burton, Richard F., ed. N.p.:The Burton Club, n.d. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling.
Translated and annotated by Richard F. Burton. Limited edition privately printed byt the Burton Club. Six volumes of 17. Vols 2, 5, 8, 9 and Supplemental Nights vols. 1,5. No Djs. Black boards with gold. “Arabian@ in black on gold on front, ANights@ on back. Supplemental Nights same except black and silver.
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Brite and Fair
Shute, Henry A. Peterborough, NH: Noone House, 1968. Hardcover.
Price: US $55 plus shipping and handling.
First edition, illustrated by Tasha Tudor. Blue and green boards, book mint. Yellow dj edgeworn.
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The British Drama
Philadelphia: J J Woodward/Isaac Bird, 1833. Hardcover.
Price: US $100 + shipping and handling
2 vols, bound in worn tan leather. Spine has red and green bands, gold letters; marbled endpapers, frontispiece illustrations. A small piece is torn out of a blank endpaper of vol 1, index vol 1 is loose. Else clean and tight. Heavy.
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Cartier
Chaille, François. Paris: Skira-Flammarion, 2008. Hardcover
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling
English language text and color illustrations. Dark red boards and matching slipcase. Mint
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Chambers’s Encyclopedia
—–. William and Robert Chambers, Ltd, 1897 ed. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling.
10 volumes, complete. Enlarged edition., no djs. Boards are rust with black design, gold letters on spine. Slight edgewear, else excellent.
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Charles W. Eliot, President of Harvard University, 1869-1909
James, Henry. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930, 2 vols. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling.
First edition, illustrated, complete. Djs very worn and fragile. Front board of vol I coming loose. Text completely clean. Red boards with gold title
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The Chronicles of America
Johnson, Allen, ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920-21. Hardcover.
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling.
48 of 50 vols, lacking vols. 5 & 6. Extra-illustrated edition. Blue boards with author, title, and rectangle (including American eagle and Yale seal) in gold. Gilt top edges. Spines faded, else in excellent condition. Contains numerous classic works by famous scholars.
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The Classic Woman
Moran, James Stirling. New York: Playboy Press, n.d. Hardcover
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling
Color and b/w photos. Black dj with photo, red boards with gold letters, hot pink endpapers. Fine..
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The Cloisters Apocalypse
Deuchler, Florens et al. New York: Metropolitan Museum, 1971. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, 2 volumes, oversized. Subtitle: AA Fourteenth Century Manuscript in Facsimile.@ Vol 1 is facsimilies in color, vol 2 is about the manuscript with b/w illustrations. Gift inscription in vol 1, else mint. Greige cloth boards, red edgeworn slipcase with white letters and pictorial inset.
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Comrade Kropotkin
Robinson, Victor. New York: The Arthurians, 1908. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
Signed first edition. Red boards with gold. Spine faded.
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The Creation
Haas, Ernst. New York: Viking, 1971. Hardcover.
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, oblong folio. Dj has tears, all but one taped. Greige boards with half black, black endpapers, dark brown title page. Oversize. Fabulous color photos, many full page.
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A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors
Allibone, S. Austin. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 11870. Hardcover
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling
3 vols, ex-lib, oversized. Worn dark brown boards with geometric design and some damage. Front board and spine vol 2 loose. Dark brown endpapers. Inscription in vol 1. Interiors yellow but clean.
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Cucina Simpatica
Killeen, Johanne & George Germon. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition signed by both authors. Book mint, dj near mint. Recipes and color photos.
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Dictionakire universel des contemporains
Vapereau, G. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1870. Hardcover
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling
4th edition, oversized. Worn black boards with gold, marbled endpapers. Clean and tight.
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A Drama of Exile
Browning, E. B. New York: Thomas Crowell, n.d. Hardcover.
Price: US $50 + shipping and handling.
Scarce US edition. Dark green boards with gold design, cream spine; red and green on title page. Tiny corner wear, endpapers yellowed slightly. Very fine+.
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The Education of Mr. Pipp
Gibson, Charles Dana New York: R. H. Russell, 1899. Hardcover
Price: US $40 + shipping and handling
First edition, oversized. Illustrated. In fragile condition, especially dj.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910-1911. Hardcover.
Price: US $200 + shipping and handling.
The famous “scholars” edition, complete in 28 vols (original green boards, very worn leather spines, text good), plus index volume (worn brown boards, text good), plus the 12th edition, complete in 3 vols (green boards, good+), issued in 1922 to cover World War I. Important and scarce.
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Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Edwards, Paul, ed. New York: Macmillan, 1967. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
8 volumes in 4., complete. First edition, heavy. First edition. Navy boards with gold, Red stripe on spine, no djs. Mint
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Enjoy Life
—-. Hongkong. Edoo$Egoo Culture House, n.d. Hardcover
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling.
Album approx 7? x 6? of drawings with Chinese captions and English subtitles. Mint, no dj. Gray boards with tan band enclosing drawing; dark brwn endpapers with wavy tan design. Near mint.
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The Essays of Montaigne
Montaigne, Michel. New York: Heritage Press, 1946. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
Two volumes of essays plus a handbook volume, each slipcased. Slipcases show some edge and spine fading. Books are mint. Brown boards with gold, plus marbled brown and yellow.
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The Ethics of the Dust
Ruskin, John. New York: D. D. Merrill, n.d. [@1890], 3rd ed. Hardcover
Price: US $40 + shipping and handling.
Ten Lectures to Little Housewives. Burgundy cover with gilt lettering and design, top edges gilt. Clean and tight, edges of spine and corners a bit worn.
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Famous Small Bronzes
——————. New York: Gorham Company, Bronze Division, 1928. Hardcover
Price: US $50 + shipping and handling
AA Representative Exhibit Selected from the Works of Noted Contemporary Sculptors.@ Condition good. Fragile binding, spine binding gone, corners badly chipped. Tight copy inside. Plates covered by sheets with descriptive letter press.
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The Five Books of Moses
Tel Aviv: Sinai Publishing Co., 1973, 4 vols. Hardcover
Price: US $35 + shipping and handling.
The Pentateuch, lacking Numbers, in Hebrew and English. Boards worn at edges; owner’s name and tape repair to Genesis. Internally very fine.
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The Freedom of the Will
Whedon, D. D. New York: Carlton & Porter, 1864. Hardcover.
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling
First edition. Subtitle: “Human Responsibility and a Divine Government.” Rebuttal to Jonathan Edwards. No dj. Boards dark brown, gold on spine, edge and spine wear. Very slight foxing. Clean and tight. Amazing condition for its age.
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Ginzburg
Ginzburg, Yankel. New York: ALEF, 1988. Hardcover
Paintings in color and b/w. Has dj. Very fine.
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Glorious Color
Fassett, Kaffe. New York: Clarkson Potter, 1988. Hardcover\
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition. Book fine, dj fine. Knitting and needlepoint designs, gorgeous.
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The Golden Ass
Apuleius. New York: Limited Editions Book Club, 1932. Hardcover.
Price: US $50 + shipping and handling
Limited edition, slipcase. Also dj in poor condition. Else excellent. Bound in ass’s hide. Signed by illustrator on colophon. Oversized.
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Gran Libro de los Parques Nacionales de Colombia
Garces Guerrero, Diego Miguel and Susana De La Zerda Lerner. Santafe: Bogota Intermedio Editores, 1994. Hardcover
Price: US $50 + shipping and handling.
First edition. Oversized. Lavishly illustrated in color. Book pristine, dj slightly worn on corners,
else excellent.
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Grecian Nocturne: Poems
Groom, C. Laurence. London: Scholartis Press, 1933.Hardcover
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling.
First edition. No dj. Ivory boards, blue 1/8 and spine, black letters, bas-relief of ancient Greek woman. Boards worn, interior absolutely mint.
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Guo-Quiang
Guo-Quiang, Cai. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2000. Hardcover
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling
First edition. Brownish dj, gray boards. Text and art work in color and b/w. Excellent condition.
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Harlem, 1900-1940: An Afro-American Community
Lindo, Nashormeh N. R. New York: Schomburg Center, 1991. Hardcover.
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling
Exhibition portfolio of spectacular b/w photographs in green boxed case with brochure and map. Oversized. Complete. Mint condition.
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The Herb
Olson, Christopher. Bloomington, IN: 1st Books Library, 2002. Softcover
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling
Inscribed first edition, green cover. A novel. Near mint condition.
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Hermann and Dorothea
Goethe, J. W., trans. Ellen Frothingham. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1879. Hardcover
Price: US $40 + shipping and handling
Green moire silk, gold decoration and lettering, top edge gilt. Illustrated. Loose but very clean. Some wear to corners and ends of spine.
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Historical Atlas of the United States
——–, Washington: National Geographic, 1988. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
Centennial edition, oversized, elephant folio, weight over 6 lbs. Blue boards with gold letters and inset tan map. Endpapers tan map. Book is mint. Blue slipcase with gold letters, tiny corner wear. Equally large cardboard folder of Guide Maps to United States History with magnifier. Latter in excellent condition. Hundreds of b/w and color maps, illustrations, and charts.
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Hortus Third
Bailey, Libert Hyde & Ethel Zoe Bailey, Ithaca, NY: Cornell, 1976. Softcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition (revised), 2 volume set, slipcased. Subtitle: “A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada.” Worn dark green & white slipcase, clean volumes with dark green covers with illustration and yellow letters. Oversized.
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Iconologia
Baskin, Leonard. New York: Harcourt Brace Johanovich, 1988. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First US edition, oversized, mint. Dj b/w with red letters, mint. Boards red with gold, black endpapers. B/w illustrations
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Images of Design, 1958-1988
Saint-Laurent, Yves. New York: Knopf, 1988. Hardcover
Price: US $30 plus shipping and handling
First US edition, oversized. Black slipcase with silver; dj same. Black boards and endpapers. Color illustrations
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Jess: A Novel
Haggard, H. Rider. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1887. Hardcover.
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling.
First edition. Marbled boards with red cloth spine and corners. Boards edgeworn and faded in spots. Front endpaper written on and discolored. Text lightly stained. Ex-lib.
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Journeys Through Bookland
Sylvester, Charles H., ed., 10 vols. Chicago: Bellows-Reeve, 1932. Hardcover
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling
Complete set, new edition. Blue boards. Spines faded, some edgewear. Clean and tight except vol 1 (loose board, bookplate, worn, scribbles).
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Knickerbocher Magazine
——–. New York: 1954-60. Softcover
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling
5 issues: Jan, Feb, and Dec 1854, Feb 1855, Nov 1860. Gray covers except 1860 soft green. Covers worn, occasional foxing
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Knife, Life and Bronzes
Nygaard, Kaare. Scarsdale, NY: Nygaardart Ltd, 1986. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, sculpture and vignettes. White dj with black sculpted hands, black boards with gold letters. Full page photos in b/w and color. Like new.Oversized.
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Lacquer, An International History and Illustrated Survey
Scott, Rosemary et al. New York: Harry Abrams, 1984. Hardcover.
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
Phoebe Phillips Editions, oversized. Probably first edition. 330 illustrations, including 150 in full color. Colorful dj, black boards with gold on spine, black endpapers with phoenix. Near mint.
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The Ladies’ Garland
anon. Philadelphia: John Libby, 1838. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, no dj, marbled cover, very worn. Essays and poems.
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Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo
Boussel, Patrice, Lamarche-Vadel, Bernard. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell, n.d., 1986. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First English edition, oversized (9 lbs). Mint. Slipcase for two volumes black with paintings front and back; volumes have black djs with paintings, brown boards with gold on spine. Michelangelo is Dorset Press edition.
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letters to a friend
reps, paul. South Acworth, NH: Stillgate Press, 1981. Hardcover
Price: US $75 + shipping and handling.
1st ed, limited to 2500 copies; oversized. Dj slight corner wear, else mint; red with black letters and design. Boards red, dark russet, and black, endpapers red. 2 trifold sheets of soft Japanese paper. Illustrated.
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Life Art
——. Hongkong: Edoo&Egoo Culture House, n.d. Hardcover
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling
Album approx 7? x 6? of drawings with Chinese captions and English subtitles. Gray boards with Tan band enclosing a drawing. Dark brown endpapers with wavy tan design. Near mint.
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The Life of John McLain Young during the Early Years of Oklahoma
Young, John McLain. Miami: Engelhard Press, 1970. Softcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
Dark red velour covers witj gold letters. First edition, typed. 50 pp, plus illustrations. Autobiography. Mint
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The Life of Richard Wagner
Newman, Ernest. New York: Knopf, 1960. Hardcover
Price: US $30 + shipping and handling
Four volumes, third printing, near mint. Very slight spine endwear. Frontispiece photos in each volume. Black boards, gold of spine, no djs.
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
Boswell, James. New York: Heritage Press, 1963. Hardcover
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling
First edition thus, mint, 3 volumes, each in brown-beige marbled slipcase. Boards greige with red and gold. Handsome
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Little Leather Library
——–. New York, Little Leather Library Corporation, n.d. Softcover
Price: US $35 + shipping and handling.
33 volumes of 35 plus their own nice wooden bookcase. 3? x 4?, green covers. Assorted literary classics.
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Lives of the Painters
Canaday, John. New York: Norton, 1969. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
Four volumes, complete, slipcased, 2nd printing. Oversize. Mint. Green boards, gold on spine. Slipcase is tan pictorial with brown top, near mint. Vol. 4 is plates, b/w and color.
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Lone Cowboy, My Life Story
James, Will. New York: Scribners, 1930. Hardcover
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling
First edition, illustrated by author. Good condition, no dj. Green cloth boards are faded. Gilt lettering on spine faded. Spine bumped. Ink signature on front endpaper.
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The Machine
Pontus, Hultén, K. G. New York: Museum of Modern Art, n.d. Hardcover
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling
Metallic cover, no dj. Text plus b/w and color illustrations. Excellent condition.
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Man and Superman
Shaw, George Bernard. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1948, Hardcover
Price: US $30 + shipping and handling
With photos from Maurice Evans= production. Good/no dj. Clean and tight pages, slightly yellowed. Slight bumping on corners and spine.
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Manet//Velasquez
Tinterow, Gary and Genevieve Lacambre. New York: Metropolitan Museum, 2003. Softcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
Probable first edition. Subtitle: AThe French Taste for Spanish Painting.@ Manel bullfighter on cover. B/w and color illustrations. Mint condition. Oversize.
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Manhattan
Suares, J. C. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
Second printing. Text by Chris Casson Madden. Oversized. Dj black with white letters and multicolor design; boards black with gold. 210 spectacular illustrations plus a 12 page fold-out, all in full color. Mint.
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The Marriage of Cupid and Psyche
Retold by Walter Pater from AThe Golden Ass@ of Lucius Apuleius. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1951. Hardcover
Price: US $45 + shipping and handling.
Famous editions. Red leather cover with gold, moire end papers. Very nice condition.
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The Marriage of Nicholas Cotter
Scanlan, Nelle E. New York: Hillman-Curl, 1937. Hardcover.
Price: US $50 + shipping and handling.
First edition. Dj edgeworn with small tears. Book in good condition.
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Memoirs of Jacques Casanova in Two Volumes
Wallis, Kenne, ed. New York: Lieber & Lewis, 1923. Hardcover.
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling.
Limited edition. Good/no dj. Black cloth boards, staining and edge wear. Generally clean and tight, a few stains throughout.
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Moldavian Murals from the 15th to the 16th Century
Dr|gut, Vasile. Bucharest: Meridiane, 1982. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, oversized. Book and dj mint. Dj pictorial, boards light gray tweed. A large number of full color plates.
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The Mother’s Assistant and Young Lady’s Friend
Brown, William C., ed. Boston: William C. Brown, 1849. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, January 1849 to July 1849. Brown boards with gold. Illustrated. Foxing on opening pages, else clean.
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Mountain Voices
Moore, Warren. Chester, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 1988. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, oversized. Lengthy inscription by author, February 1989; endpaper says “presentation copy.” Pictorial history of the southern Appalachian mountains, Foreword by Sam Ervin. Blue boards, many illustrations in color and b/w. Mint book and dj.
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My Mother is a Violent Woman; My Father is a Quiet Man
Wadelton, Tommy. New York: Somerset Books, 1940. Hardcover
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling.
First combined edition, rare. Signature, bookplate, and clipping pasted to endpapers. One page of text marked, else very clean. No dj, corners worn, spine loose.
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A Note on Literary Criticism
Farrell, James T. New York: Vanguard Press, 1936. Hardcover
Price: US $125 + shipping and handling.
First edition, very rare, no dj. Inscribed by author to Dr. Ginzburg. Spine discolored, else fine
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Novels of Elizabeth George
George, Elizabeth. Various. Softcover/hardcover
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling
The first 13 volumes, complete. Mysteries. Vols 1-12 are paperback, vol. 13 is hardcover first edition.
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Novels of Victor Hugo
Hugo, Victor. New York: P. C. Collier, n.d. Hardcover
Price: US $80 + shipping and handling
9 volume set, very old. Valjean edition. Boards ½ brown leather with gold letters, very worn, rest marbled. Interiors fine.
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Official Military Atlas of the Civil War
various. New York: Fairfax Press, 1983. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
2nd printing, reprint of 1891-5 edition. Oversized elephant folio. Red boards with gold letters; red dj with white letters and 2 beige rectangular illustrations. Both in excellent condition.
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The Old Country
London: J. M. Dent, 1917. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition. Subtitle: “A Book of Love and Praise of England.” Olive green boards with gold. Edgeworn
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One Mind’s Eye
Newman, Arnold. Boston: David Godine, 1974. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, oversized. Gray dj with 3 b/w photos, white letters, torn at spine. Boards black with silver, small discoloration on spine; gray endpapers. B/w photos of famous and not so famous.
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A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art
Cairns, Huntington & John Walker, eds. New York: Macmillan, 1966. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First printing, 2 volumes, oversized. Blue djs with gold letters and white letters; edgeworn. Black boards with gold eagle, gray endpapers: mint. 255 color plates.
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Poems of Ossian
Ossian. London: Cadell & Davies, 1807, 2 vols. Hardcover.
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
Translated by James MacPherson. Half leather, marbled, one board detached. Poor condition.
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Princess Helene von Racdowitza: An Autobiography
Racowitza, Helene von. New York: Macmillan, 1910. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling.
First edition, tr. Cecil Mar. Photo. Greyish blue boards with gold and black. Spine faded, edgewear, owner’s name on endpaper; else excellent.
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Proceedings of the Newport Natural History Society
1884-5. Document 3. Printed by Davis & Pitman, 9 May 1885. Softcover.
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling.
In plastic sleeve with large loose piece of front cover. Yellowed but clean. Maps, uncut pages, 100 pp., ex-lib.
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Professional Painted Finishes
Marx, Ina Brousseau, Allen Marx, Robert Marx. New York: Watson-Guptill, 1991. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
1st ed, 3rd printing. “A Guide to the Art and Business of Decorative Painting” issued by the Whitney Library of Design. Book and dj mint, appear unused. B/w and over 500 color illustrations. Maroon boards, brown dj. Oversized.
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The Psychology of Art
Malraux, Andre. New York: Pantheon, 1950, 3 vols. Hardcover
Price: US $30 + shipping and handling
Museum without Walls, The CreativeAct, Twilight of the Absolute. Bollingen Series XXIV. First Edition. Slipcase worn at corners, vol 1 has small faded spot on spine, else near mint. Grey boards with gold letters and small design. Many b/w and color photos.
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The Puppet Crown
MacGrath, Harold. Bowen Merrill Co., 1901. Hardcover
Price: US $50 + shipping and handling
Book in good condition, no dj. Slight bumping on corners, sole yellowing on pages.
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The Purgatoria of Dante Alighieri
Alighieri, Dante.. London: J. M. Dent, 1946. Hardcover
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling
Illustrated volume in very fine condition. Appears unused.
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Raphael
Lamartine, Alphonse de. Philadelphia: Rittenhouse Press, 1900. Hardcover
Price: US $45 + shipping and handling.
Green boards with gold lettering, spine slightly faded. Pages have faint water stains, else very good.
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Rembrandt: the Complete Etchings
Bonn, K G. New York: Harry Abrams, n.d. Hardcover
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling
Oversized. Tan dj a little worn, else excellent. Russet boards,. Text and /w etchings
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Rendevous with Nature: A Collection of Photographs
Ikeda, Daisaku. Tokyo: Soka Gakkai, 1991. Hardcover
Price: US $50 + shipping and handling.
First edition, special edition, originally not for sale. Oversized. Gray slipcase with gold lettering. Beige boards, gold lettering on spine, gray endpapers. Inscribed in Japanese by author with his seal. Gorgeous color photos (global) with captions in Japanese and English. Mint.
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Respect: A Century of Women in Music
Red suede boxed set of 4 of 5 CDs (lacking #5) with explanatory book
Price: US $50 + shipping and handling
Good. Box spine unglued. Softcover book water-damaged. Various artists, with information about the project.
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La Revolution dans l’arboretum
Sterne, Hedda. New York: Phillip Briet Editions, 1995. Hardcover.
Price: US $125 + shipping and handling
Drawings by Hedda Sterne in b/w and color plus 4 poems in French by Michel Butor. Two white slipcases. Drawings are mint
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Sacred Families
Donoso, Jose. Andree Conrad, tr. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Hardcover
Price: US $35 + shipping and handling.
First US ed. Three novellas: Chattanooga Choo Choo/Green Atom Number Five/Gaspard de la Nuit. Book and dj mint.
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San Francisco
Bruguiére, Frances. San Francisco: H. S. Crocker, 1918. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
Text and b/w illustrations. Tattered dj, green boards with illustration.
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The Second Reader of the School and Family
Willson, Marcius. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1864. Hardcover
Price: US $30 + shipping and handling
First edition, numerous engravings. Splotch on cover, worn edges. Age signs throughout but tight and readable
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Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct)
Wells, H. G. London: Jon Lane/New York: The Merrimam Co.m 1895. Hardcover
Price: US $100 + shipping and handling
Pale green cloth, gold stamped on spine. “The Mayfair Set” on front cover, red, gold and darker green on front cover. First US edition of his first book
including fiction. Ex-lib, endpapers poor, else good aside from a few loose pages
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Shakespeare: Julius Caesar and The Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare, William. New York: Finch Pruyn, 1908, 2 vols. Hardcover
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling
Illustrated, each slipcased. Cases and books very fine+.
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Shekina
Nimoy, Leonard. Umbrage Editions, 2002. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition. Photos and commentary by Nimoy, essay by Donald Kuspit. B/w dj. Dark blue boards, grey endpapers. B/w photos. Mint.
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Sonnets of this Century
Sharp, William, ed. London: Walter Scott, 1886. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, over-sized. Some spine and corner wear, paper spine label is missing bits. Slight edge browning, else very good.
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Spectacular Alaska
Levy, Dana and Letitia Burns O=Connor, eds. Los Angeles: Beaux Arts Edition, Perpetua Press, 1998. Hardcover.
Price: US $30 + shipping and handling.
First edition, elephant folio, near mint. 1″ tear on dj, crease on endpaper, else gorgeous. Front board and dj have blue and white mountain photo, white and blue letters; endpaper map of Alaska. Essays by Charles Wohlforth. Mostly color and b/w photos. Many fold-out pages.
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The Stones of Venice: vol I-The Foundations; vol II-The Sea Stories
Ruskin, John. New York: John Wiley, 1885. Hardcover
Price: US $100 for complete set of 3 books in 2 vols + shipping and handling
Popular ed., complete 2 vol set. Good/no dj. Vol I clean and tight pages, slightly yellowed. Vol II wear on spine and hinges. Clean and tight pages, slightly yellowed. Both ex-lib.
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Strange True Stories of Louisiana
Cable, George W. New York: Charles Scribner=s Sons, 1903. Hardcover
Price: US $35 + shipping and handling.
Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Illustrated. Slightly worn corners and spine en ds, slight yellowing. Else very good, clean and tight.
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Sweet Voices of Lahaina: Life Story of Maui’s Fabulous Gardens
Richards, Mary C. Alea, Hawaii: Island Heritage Publishing, 1990. Hardcover
Price: US $45 + shipping and handling.
Excellent condition. Slight tear on right corner of very fine dj. Inscribed in Hawaiian.
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Tom Jones
Fielding, Henry. Paris: Baudry’s Foreign Library, 1951. Hardcover
Price: US $25 + shipping and handling
Vol. 2 only. No dj (as issued). Dark green all-over small print boards, 1/8 leather, gold on spine. Corner wear, spine binding detached but present. Name on endpaper. Interior excellent.
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Translations from the Chinese
Waley, Arthur. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1941 ed. Hardcover
Price: US $30 + shipping and handling.
Color and b/w illustrations by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. Oversized. Slipcase worn at edges, boards slightly soiled, interior very fine
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Virginia Beautiful
Nutting, Wallace. Framingham, MA: Old America Co, 1930. Hardcover
Price: US $30 + shipping and handling
First edition. Tattered dj (very scarce) wth photo of University of Virginia. Green boards with gold letters, near mint. Gift inscription on endpaper, States Beautiful series. 330 illustrations by author (photos and drawings).
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The Virginian
Wister, Owen. New York: Macmillan, 1902. Hardcover
Price: US $15 + shipping and handling
First printing. Tan boards with red. Quite worn. Inscriptions and bookplate on front endpapers, Wister obituaries pasted to back endpapers, one illustration loose. Text clean and readable.
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The Wolf Cub
Soulie, Maurice. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1927. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
1st ed. Subtitle: “The Great Adventure of Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon in California and Sonora, 1850-1854.” Tr, Farrell Symons. Worn boards with apricot-black-gold desig n, initials on endpaper. Interior excellent.
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Woodland Portraits
Klute, Jeannette. Boston: Little, Brown, 1954. Hardcover
Price: US $20 + shipping and handling
First edition, oversized (elephant folio), no dj. Mint condition. Brown tweed cloth boards with faint gold letters. 50 gorgeous nature photos.
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Works of Sir Walter Scott
Scott, Sir Walter. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1901-4. Hardcover
Price: US $30 + shipping and handling
16 volumes of 25. New Century Library. Ist ed thus. Dark blue leather with gilt lettering and design on spines, gilt edges. Spines faded, edges of boards worn. Illustrated. Backs of illustrations browned. Otherwise very good. Includes Quentin Durward, The Fortunes of Nigel, Waverley, The Antiquary, Redgauntlet, Woodstock, The Pirate, The Talisman (etc), The Abbot, Peverit of the Peak, Castle Dangerous (& The Surgeon’s Daughter), Ivanhoe, The Heart of Midlothian, St Ronan’s Well, The Betrothed (etc).
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Wu Guanzhong: A Contemporary Chinese Artist
Lim, Lucy, ed. San Francisco: Chinese Cultural Foundation of San Francisco, 1990. Hardcover
Price: US $50 + shipping and handling
White slipcase with multicolor design slightly edgeworn; ivory boards, black endpapers. Book mint. B/w and color illustrations. Oversized.
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You are the Measure
Matta-Clark, Gordon. New York: Whitney Museum/Yale, 2007. Softcover
Price: US $20 plus shipping and handling.
Edited by Elisabeth Sussman. Oversized, has dj. B/w and color illustrations. Mint
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