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1930187250Leipzig: Printed by Poeschel & Trepte at Leipzig for Members of the Limited Editions Club 1930. Hardcover. 118p. 9x14.5 inches folio168/1500 copies signed by the illustrator lithographs printed by hand introduction mild shelfwear bookplate of John W. Hancock otherwise very good bound in unbleached linen spine over hand-made Japanese paper boards decorated on the cover with embossed design hand-set type mylar jacket worn soiled and split slipcase with original title label intact laid-in a card from the LEC describing the book the fourth in a series from Germany. Printed by Poeschel & Trepte at Leipzig for Members of the Limited Editions Club hardcover books
199827139New York: Harcourt Brace & Company 1998. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; dark yellow paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 375pp 9. Signed by the author on a tipped-in leaf. Spine ends gently nudged else Fine in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Mystery novel set between Spain and the Vatican centered around the race to save a crumbling church. Harcourt Brace & Company unknown books
196034111London: Putnam 1960. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo 20.5cm; black paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 399pp. Fine in a Very Good price-clipped dustjacket gently spine-sunned with a few small moisture spots to same and some rubbing to rear panel. Continuation of the Russian Nobel Prize-winner's story begun in Virgin Soil Upturned 1935 of a collective farm organized under the supervision of the Communist Party in a small Don village. Putnam unknown books
19871312496Lucerne: Richemont Craft School 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Large Oblong Octavo; pp 291; VG-/no-DJ; ivory spine with dark brown text; cloth shows minor wear to exterior; minor dings to edges; strong boards; text block shows light wear to exterior edges; frontispiece; profusely illustrated; very light foxing to edges of first and last few pages. 1312496. FP New Rockville Stock. Richemont Craft School hardcover books
19711317592New York: Praeger Publishers Inc 1971. Hardcover. Quarto; pp 154; VG-/G-; blue spines with black text; 2 volumes: vol. VI Part I and vol. VI Part II; dust jackets show moderate rubbing wear to exteriors; noticeable wear to edges; moderately sunned exteriors; cloths have lightly sunned exteriors; strong boards; text blocks has light foxing to exterior edges; interiors clean; profusely illustrated; arts - Scandinavian;. 1317592. FP New Rockville Stock. Praeger Publishers, Inc hardcover books
195729584NY: Limited Editions Clunb 1957. Hardcover. Very good. #1014 of 1500cc signed by the illustrator. Spine darkened else very good in a heavily rubbed slipcase. <br/><br/> Limited Editions Clunb hardcover books
197453684New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1974. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 20.75cm; white cloth with titles stamped in red and green on spine; dustjacket; xx236pp. Subtle lean else Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket unclipped priced $7.95. with light wear to extremities and some gentle sunning to the red spine lettering. Detailed biography of Rahel Levin Varnhagen daughter of a German-Jewish merchant of precious stones who wielded significant influence on the Romantic movement in Germany. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
197118266Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky 1971. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; light brown cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 95pp. Top edge lightly foxed with faint spotting scattered along panels; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped lightly rubbed at extremities with a touch of sunning to spine; Very Good. A collection of 14 essays which survey the achievement of American literature covering a multitude of genres. The University Press of Kentucky unknown books
19267657Paris: Libreria Larousse 1926. Very thick octavo 19.5 x 14 x 5.75 cm. 1528 pages. Two column format with 200 black & white illustration and some full-page color plates. 102 maps. 5900 entries. All edges red.Text in Spanish and Portuguese. Later printing of this Spanish adaptation by Miguel de Toro of the famous Larousse Gastronomique. Between the two separate dictionaries is an interesting section "Locuciones Latinas y Extranjeras" printed on pink paper. ~ Hinges delicate but holding. In original orange cloth with illustration of a woman blowing a dandelion with brown titles on front and spine. Edges and corners rubbed. Still near very good. Libreria Larousse hardcover books
198951776New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux 1989. First American Edition. Limited Issue one of 150 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author. Octavo 23.75cm; burgundy cloth blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine and front cover; publisher's original paper-covered slipcase; 531pp. Fine still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Handsome edition of the Mexican author's tenth novel. Farrar, Straus & Giroux unknown books
192224150New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1922. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; brick red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; burgundy topstain; 4384pp. Hint of sunning to spine oxidation to spine gilt with faint foxing to text edge and endpapers; contemporary owners name in ink to front endpaper H.B. Blauvelt Oradell NY Mar.14 1923; penciled signature beneath erased with erasure evident to extensive penciled notes on rear pastedown; Very Good. English language translation of Gorky's 1901 novel. The plot concerns Ilya Lunyev a boy from an urban slum who enters the middle-class milieu only to be disillusioned to find the same moral corruption. Alfred A. Knopf unknown books
200924266Port Townsend: Copper Canyon Press 2009. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Thick trade paperbound book. 261 pp collection of the selected poems of one of Mexico's best known poets. Translated into English by Mark Schafer. Stated first printing. This copy has a small number of lines underscored in ink and with a few notes in the margins. Otherwise a clean very good copy. SIGNED by both Huerta and Schafer and quite uncommon thus. Copper Canyon Press paperback books
192939580Florence: G. Orioli 1929. First Edition. Regular Issue one of 1000 numbered copies this one unnumbered. Octavo 20cm; paper vellum boards with titling and decorations printed in black on spine and front cover; xxvi1191pp. Mild toning to extremities hint of foxing to upper edge of textblock else Near Fine with the leaves uncut. Lacking the fragile dustjacket. Despite the printed limitation 2400 copies were printed with the majority of the regular issue lacking numeration on the colophon. ROBERTS A45a. G. Orioli unknown books
196540873n. p.: Gallimard / Hachette 1965. Nouvelle edition New edition. Each title has white cloth color printed bindings. Modest wear to bindings light soiling and rubbing to edges. Each volume in a clear acetate wrapper as issued; small loss to joint foot of one wrapper. A VG set overall. 3 volumes. Vol I: 566 4 pp. Vol II: 593 3 pp. Vol III: 693 5 pp. 8" x 5-5/8" <br/><br/>A French compilation of Jack London's works - Vols I through III of a 5 volume set. Gallimard / Hachette hardcover books
2006012351Phoenix: Sphynx 2006. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 300p. A novel based upon a future Russian takeover of the Western United States. Translated by the noted Professor of Russian in the School of International Lettres and Cultures at Arizona State University he is taken the writing of Mustiges If a commander of the Checynyan forces warning of a future Soviet takeover of the Northwest U.S. This prophetic novel contains distrubing depictions of violent armed conflict and graphic sex. Sphynx unknown books
197129566Oxford: Carcanet Press 1971. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Small stapled wrappers. 28 pp. Poetry by Pessoa as translated by Griffin. Small stains to front endpaper else a near fine example in stapled wrappers with wide French flaps. Carcanet Press paperback books
197129565Oxford: Carcanet Press 1971. First edition. Paperback. Very Good . Small stapled wrappers. 28 pp. Poetry by Pessoa as translated by Griffin. Small stain to front endpaper else a near fine example in stapled wrappers with wide French flaps. Carcanet Press paperback books
198518181San Francisco: City Lights 1985. First American Edition. First Printing and correct First preceding the British edition by 3 years. Octavo; brick red cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 95pp 1. Fine in a Fine dustjacket one of a very small number of copies bound in cloth. The Guatemalan author's first book a collection of short fiction. City Lights unknown books
19171337144New York: Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company 1917. Softcover. Octavo; G-/paperback; dark tan spine with black text; previous owner's name to front; covers show noticeable wear to exterior; some staining to spine and edges; several chips to edges; mylar wrap; text block exterior edges have slight age toning; rough-cut edges; broken hinges; mild tone to interior edges; otherwise clean interior; pp 58. 1337144. FP New Rockville Stock. Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing Company unknown books
1334224n. p.: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd n. d. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 199; G/G; blue spine with white text; dust jacket exterior has slight rubbing to exterior; minor chips to corners; mild sunning to spine and head edge; light soiling to rear; cloth has slight shelf wear to exterior; strong boards; text block exterior edges have slight toning; ex-library plate to front pastedown; tape mend to gutter at copyright page; few ex-library markings to rear endpaper; interior clean; illustrated. 1334224. FP New Rockville Stock. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd hardcover books
19271326269London; New York: John Lane the Bodley Head; Boni and Liveright 1927. 2717/4300. Hardcover. Octavo; pp 499; Good; black spine with gilt text; no jacket; numbered limited edition; this volume only; full title: The Complete Works of Doctor Francois Rabelais Abstrator of the Quintessence Being an Account of the Inestimable Life of the Great Gargantua and of the Heroic Deeds Sayings and Marvellous Voyages of His Son the Good Pantagruel; cloth shows slight sunning to spine; mild edge wear; gilt lettering and decorations to spine and front; strong boards; text block has all edges gilt; previous owner's name to ffep; frontispiece; some light foxing to first and last few pages; cracked front hinge; illustrated; deckled edges; interior clean;. 1326269. FP New Rockville Stock. John Lane the Bodley Head; Boni and Liveright hardcover books
19591318421Zurich: Editions Max Niehans 1959. Hardcover. Quarto; VG-/no DJ; Hardcover w/out DJ; Spine grey with white print; Slipcase in illustrated glossy paper bumps/tears at all corners creasing to bottom edges plastic coating beginning to loosen; Boards in grey cloth with white print mild wear to spine caps else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; Text in French; 220 pages illustrated color plates some folded. Shelf: East Asian Art. 1318421. FP New Rockville Stock. Editions Max Niehans hardcover books
197418270New York: E.P. Dutton & Co 1974. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black and blue cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 142pp. Previous owner's name on upper margin of title page else Fine in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket with a touch of yellowing to the extremities. A lengthy collection of early poems by Borges with parallel text in Spanish and English. E.P. Dutton & Co unknown books
1972140937606New York: E.P. Dutton and Company Inc 1972. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition. 146 pp. Original cloth lettered in gilt. Very Good with a little staining to front board in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with a few small closed tears along top edge vintage bookstore sticker on front flap. E.P. Dutton and Company Inc unknown books
1972WB17130New York: The Limited Editions Club 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Signed by illustrator Rene ben Sussan. Excellent copy in publisher's slipcase. <br/><br/> The Limited Editions Club hardcover books
