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197885756Notre Dame Indiana: University of Notre Dame Pres 1978. First English Language Edition. Octavo 23.5cm; green boards with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 596pp. Light soil to covers with foxing to edges of textblock; Very Good. Dustwrapper designed by Cae Esworthy spine-faded with shelf-soil 0.5" tear to upper rear panel and tiny tears chips and creases to spine panel edges and extremities; Very Good. First published as Forét Interdite 1955 and then as Noaptea de Sânziene 1971 this novel is set in European cities and focuses on a man's romantic obstacles with two women. 85756. University of Notre Dame Pres unknown
198785205Oxford: Clarendon Press 1987. Oxford Early Christian Texts. Hardcover. near fine. Small octavo. 21 cm. x 14 cm. Blue cloth. Silver lettering to cover & spine. 209pp. No dust jacket. Mylar clear wrapper. Clarendon Press hardcover
194956834Garden City Publishing Co. 1949. Limited Edition. Hardcover. near fine. Two volume set. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Chipped acetate dust jackets. In slipcase. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. This edition is limited to 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by Rockwell Kent. This is copy #1065. Slipcase shows some light wear at edges. Very nice set. Garden City Publishing Co. hardcover
1955Fiction-Stacks-P-005Alfred A. Knopf New York 1955 Cloth. First American Edition. First printing. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. A tight copy without any marks or defects. Dust jacket is clean and bright with price intact on front flap $3.50 with a tiny water-stain to one inch corner of front jacket but not book. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. Shipped in well padded box. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Alfred A. Knopf, New York hardcover
197554620Graphis Arte Editore/Rizzoli international Pub 1975. First edition. Hardcover. near fine/near fine. Quarto. English text. This edition has been printed in three thousand copies of which 500 are in English. 117 pp of illustrations index of plates.Black and white and color illustrations. Color plates are tipped-in. A lovely copy in dust jacket and slipcase. Graphis Arte Editore/Rizzoli international Pub hardcover
1997Fiction-K-2022-1Northwestern University Press / HYdra Books 1997 First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. The Hungarian author was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history". He was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel in Literature. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Northwestern University Press / HYdra Books hardcover
192963271Duluth MN: Finnish Daily Publishing Co. by Arrangement with Coward-McCann Inc 1929. First American Edition. Finnish Daily Pub. Co. Issue. Octavo 19.75cm; green cloth with titling and decorations stamped in black and yellow on spine and front cover; decorative endpapers; dustjacket; vi23-4091pp. A few faint spots of foxing to upper board edges else a fresh very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 gently spine-sunned and lightly dust-soiled with a faint shallow stain along the lower edge of the rear panel; Near Fine. Well-preserved American edition of the first significant novel in the Finnish language originally published in Finland in 1870. This issue bound contemporaneously with but preceded by the Coward-McCann issue with the binding and dustjacket nearly identical with minor variations. Finnish Daily Publishing Co., by Arrangement with Coward-McCann, Inc unknown
192687039Chicago: Pascal Covici Publisher 1926. Limited Edition. One of 1250 numbered sets this being copy no.421. Three octavo volumes 24.25cm; orange paper-covered boards and vertically-ribbed white cloth backstrips with printed title labels mounted to upper spines; xiv5651; 45-584; 45-600pp each volume with a black & white pictorial frontispiece. Light wear to extremities exteriors and upper text edges dust-soiled light though they are internally clean; Very Good lacking the glassing dustjackets and cloth slipcase. Handsome reissue of LaCroix classic text Histoire de la prostitution chez tous les peuples du monde translated here into English by Samuel Putnam. 87039. Pascal Covici, Publisher unknown
198486005London: Verso 1984. First Edition. Softcover issue simultaneously issued in cloth. Octavo 23cm; pictorial paper wrappers; 251pp. Inscribed by author on title page: "Con Corazón / de Rigoberta" undated. Slightly rubbed at joints and wrapper edges; text clean tight and unmarked: a Very Good copy. Originally published in Spanish as Me Llamo Rigoberta Menchú Y Asi Me Nació La Conciencia 1983. <br /> <br /> Menchú's landmark autobiography written with Elisabeth Burgos-Debray describes in detail the atrocities committed against indigenous peoples during the Guatemalan Civil War. Menchú was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992. Ann Wright's English translation has never been out of print and the book is now considered a canonical work of Native American writing; early printings whether in cloth or wrappers are notably uncommon. 85364. Verso unknown
19913114211New York: Ecco Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0880013176 . First edition. SIGNED by Czeslaw Milosz on half-title page. Near fine in near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Edges lightly foxed with a trace of foxing to preliminaries. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages . Ecco Press. hardcover
199686492New York: Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Company 1996. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.75cm; mauve and navy blue paper-covered boards with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; x2424pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Base of spine gently nudged faint tiny stain to right edge of textblock with lower rear board corner gently tapped though still sharp; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped lightly edgeworn; Near Fine. The Romanian-German Nobel Prize-winner's centered around four young people living in a totalitarian state in Communist Romania. 86492. Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Company unknown
20017964New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2001. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21.5cm; original printed card wrappers; viii3-2113pp with pictorial color insert bound in reproducing the finished cover art. Small stain to upper rear wrapper with a faint diagonal crease to lower right corner of front wrapper; Near Fine. The Japanese author's ninth novel originally published in Japan in 1999. Alfred A. Knopf unknown
194484244Norfolk CT: New Directions 1944. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22.5cm; white paper-covered boards with titling stamped in brown on front cover; dustjacket; 37pp. Tanned with rubbing to board edges; Very Good. Dustwrapper unclipped priced $1.00 with tanning and shelf-soil and tiny chips and tears to extremities; Very Good. Published as part of The Poets of the Year series and includes Nabokov's translations of works by Alexander Pushkin Michael Lermontov and Neither Tyutchev. 84244. New Directions unknown
19673116403New York: Grove Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Small soil spot at edge of front end-paper. Superb copy of the author's FIRST novel. ; 5 3/4" x 8"; 125 pages . Grove Press hardcover
201133433Mexico City: Alias 2011 Three-Volume Set of a generous selection of Picabia's poems translated into Spanish the books as new & unread in unique wraparound locking thin cardboard slipcase which show minor nicks to edges a nicely designed exemplary illustrated set of Picabia's poems nicely edited collection in Spanish - "Este libro en tres volúmenes contiene una significativa selección de su obra poética" - edition is quite scarce; Detailed Contents: Volumen 1: Cincuenta y dos espejos; Poemas y dibujosde la niñanacida sin madre; El islote de Beauséjour en el cantón de desnudez; El atleta de las pompas fúnebres; Comederos platónicos; Volumen 2: Poesía ron-ron; Pensamientos sin lenguaje; Único eunuco; Jesucristo rastacuero; Volumen 3: Talasa en el desierto; Exploraciones; Antología de poemas. 3 8vos: 123pp índice; 118pp índice; 103pp índice; illus. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Alias paperback
1809302603Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle. Good. 1809. Ex-library. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with label fragment on spine and ink stamp on title page. Newer cloth library binding not buckram. Lacks eight page index. Front lower spine corner has wear. Covers have uneven discoloration. Title spine label is detached and has a chipped corner but is present. ; English text. ; 156 pages . Hopkins and Earle hardcover
188622423London UK: W. H. Allen and Co. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in No Dust Jacket dust jacket. A very nice copy of this scarce title. The binding is in surprisingly good shape for its age with good color dark green and very little wear to the edges. The gold stamping on the spine with a decorative device is slightly faded but still quite handsome. A bookplate places this book as having been in the collection of one Sir Henry Maine. There is a closed tear in the first page blank but otherwise the pages look great with no foxing and only light age-toning. The huge fold-out map is in good shape with one closed tear. I didn't open it all the way out for fear of causing damage. . W. H. Allen and Co. hardcover
1937AG20013<p><br /></p><p><b>TRANSLATION BY EXAMPLES WITH EXERCISES by Su Zhaolong. 英汉-汉英翻译举例</b></p><p>Shanghai: Published by Shanghai Ching Wen Book Company 1937 second edition. English has been realized to be an important language for the Chinese at that time this book was written mainly for high school students English language workers researchers and advanced English learners to study as a reference book they got the contribution from professors of China. It illustrated technics of translating from both English to Chinese and Chinese to English. 12mo v 165 3 pp. printed wrappers minor loss to the left top corner of front cover and small loss from paper flaw at pp 123/4 spine and back cover partly defective right top corner of front cover creased.</p><p>本书于1937年由上海竞文出版社出版，è‹å…†é¾™ç¼–辑，第二版。本书为了æ高英è¯å¦ä¹ 者ã€æ•™å¸ˆç‰äººçš„英è¯æ°´å¹³ï¼Œç”±ä¸å›½å„地的大å¦æ•™æŽˆæŠ•ç¨¿ç¼–辑而æˆã€‚本书共有164页，尺寸13.5×17cm，å°é¢å’Œè£…订处ã€å°åº•å‡æœ‰å°‘许缺失，其他å“相很好。</p> Shanghai Ching Wen Book Company paperback
197332902The Institute for Zen Studies 1973. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. 7 x 10in. Unpaginated complete. Contains the English translation the complete text in the original Chinese and a complete graphic reproduction of the original codex. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Near Fine dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows the slightest hint of discoloration to the top text-block edge otherwise remains Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows the spine sun toned and a small sticker remnant at the front panel otherwise remains Fine/As New. As pictured. The Institute for Zen Studies hardcover
19082110502150305167Kaneobun'endo 1908. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Kaneobun'endo paperback
1969s00033336Hertford: Stephen Austin and Sons 1969. Reprint. Very Good. Two volume set black cloth boards moderate rubbing to boards 373 219pp. Stephen Austin and Sons unknown
19703117335London: Lorrimer Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 900855479 . First edition. The hardcover issue. Very good in very good dust jacket. Bottom corner of front jacket flap clipped. Upper right-hand corner tip on title page neatly clipped. Distribution sticker a-fixed to rear panel of jacket. Damp staining at upper edge of interior of jacket. Uncommon title in this lauded series. ; 176 pages . Lorrimer Publishing hardcover
197323218Milano: Edizioni il Polifilo 1973. Hardcover. Fine. 12.3x16.7x0.7in. reprint edition top edge gilt; in very good slipcase faded on top and bottom edge. <br>This facsimile of the 1823 edition contains 15 color plates printed one-sided each 12 x 16 inches. The plates of Lake Maggiore are Locarno; Luino; Laveno; Intra; Isola San Giovanni O Isolino; Baveno; Isole Borromee; Isola Bella; Stressa; Statua di San Carlo Borromeo. The plates of Lake Lugano are Lugano di Fronte al San Salvator; Lugano ai Piedi del San Salvatore; San Martino Verso Porlezza; Bissone; Maroggia. Text in Italian and French. <br>134pp 3.89lb 12.3x16.7x0.7in Edizioni il Polifilo hardcover
196386794New York and London: Columbia University Press 1963. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 23.5cm; black cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; xlii34-358pp with black and white frontispiece. Spine ends gently bumped else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is price-clipped spine-sunned and lightly shelfworn with some rubbing to panels and a few tiny nicks tears and attendant creases; Very Good or better. <br /> <br /> "Wing-tsit Chan here translates Wang Yang-ming's Ch'uan-hsi lu or Instructions for Practical Living his Inquiry on the "Great Learning" and seven documents which demonstrate Wang's practical application of his doctrines" from front flap. 86794. Columbia University Press unknown
1893062673New York NY: The Cassell Publishing Co. 1893. Book. Good. Hardcover. 413 pages 8vo. No DJ. Dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine and front cover. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers front inside spine hinge is cracked and delicate spine is cocked some foxing and tanning along page edges some pencil notation on rear inside cover and rear endpaper. Volume is in Good condition. The Cassell Publishing Co. Hardcover
