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1945212793Washington DC: U. S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau 1945. Paperback. viii 84p. 8x10 inches mimeoraph on reasonably alkaline paperstock illustrated with numerous charts and a few maps very good stapled booklet in tan wraps. Cover bears an ownership signature "Personal Copy" of foredge has a little foxing a very good copy. U. S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau paperback books
1961204000Havana: Impr. Nacional de Cuba 1961. 77p. pictorial wraps depicting a guerrilla holding out a rifle as a brushfire burns in the background; ownership signature penned on front endpaper otherwise very good. Text in Spanish. Revolutionary poetry. Impr. Nacional de Cuba unknown books
200021527Spain: BBVA 2000. Softcover. VG Book may be slightly bent; page edges are only beginning to tan lightly; illus. are vibrant. Gray & color illus. wraps French flaps189 pp. 97 color plates of 68 works in the exhibition. Text is in Spanish. Issued in conjunction with several 2000-2001 exhibitions of Spanish paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries. With essays by Priscilla E. Miller and Juan J. Luna. All works are very well annotated. Includes bibliography. Terrific color plates of the paintings by a wide variety of artists and not just Francisco Goya and Ignacio Zuloaga. BBVA paperback books
1938BB083<p>MOON William 1818–1894:</p><p><i>Moon Christmas Annual</i>. 1938. </p><p>London: Moon Society 1938. Printed in embossed Moon type for the blind a simplified system of embossed reading for the Use of the Blind.Oblong Folio printed throughout with "Moon type" title; 1 85 ff.; publisher's brown cartridge stiff wrappers lettered spine label.The present Christmas Annual for 1938 printed as a gift by the Moon Society includes holiday themed poetry and stories. A most unusual Christmas gift annual.</p><p><b>William Moon</b> contracted smallpox as a young child and by age 22 had lost his sight completely. Frustrated by the quality of embossed reading systems he had tried he developed his own system based on roman lettering with portions of the letters omitted in order to make the characters more discernible to the touch. Moon's system was easy to master particularly for those who had learned to read before losing their sight and it became very successful. However nowadays examples are rarely encountered.</p> Moon Society paperback books
1912Z1488Barcelona:: Sociedad Astronómica de Barcelona 1912. 1912. Small 4to. ads. 4 531-604 ads. 10 pp. 42 unnumbered back to back half-tone plates including 54 images index. Printed wrappers; wrappers browned and soiled spine chipped with pieces missing bottom corner of front cover and many pages throughout sliced off text and plates unaffected. Blind stamp of the Harvard College Observatory. Fair. RARE. Well illustrated and unusual record of astronomical exhibition put together by the amateur astronomers of Barcelona including an interesting assortment of instrument ads. Sociedad Astronómica de Barcelona, 1912. unknown books
1985Embry 195019Alfred Van Der Marck Editions 1985. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. Color photographs by Kevin Clarke and Horst Wackerbarth. Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, 1985. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1983RMOOBLU00LRLittle Brown and Company 1983. Fair. Moon William Least Heat. Blue Highways : A Journey into America. Boston: Little Brown and Company 1983. Uncorrected advance proof. 367pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Fair with bumped edges rubbed covers a small tear at foot of front joint and light moisture damage to rear cover. The last half of the text block is also lightly moisture damaged but the text is unaffected. However the majority of the text block is detached from covers though all pages are still present. Little, Brown, and Company paperback books
1981250032Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago 1981. paperback. near fine. Profusely illustrated in black & white. 231 pages. 4to stiff pictorial wrapper. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago 1981. Second printing. Near-fine.<br/><br/> The Art Institute of Chicago unknown books
1983156193Madison Wisconsin: The University of Wisconsin Press 1983. Hardcover. G Of average age overall; dj has a few tears along with one taped at heel of outer spine; former owner name and year on first page; pages are otherwise generally clean. Red-orange cloth gilt letters on spine white & color illus. dust jacket 346 pp. many BW illus. A collection of 18 illustrated essays emanating from a 1981 symposium on the subject. "Their presentations assembled here embrace a variety of themes and a range of methologies from the strictly iconographical to the stylistic and sociological. There are perceptive studies of classical painters and sculptors and analyses of the historical mythological and social influences on the various artistic media; there are fresh assessments of major Greek monuments and interpretations of previously unknown or unfamiliar vase-paintings murals sculptures and bronzes." dj And much more. The University of Wisconsin Press hardcover books
1983235809Madison: University of Wisconson Press 1983. First. hardcover. fine/near fine. Hundreds of black & white photographic illustrations. 346pp. 4to rust cloth d.w. Madison: Wisconsin 1983. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.<br/><br/> University of Wisconson Press unknown books
197932193Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago 1979. Softcover. Fine contents; some rubbing to covers; likely unread. Black ill. wraps. xx 231 pp. Profuse color and bw plates. Features 127 vases mostly Attic from public and private collections. Entries are illustrated and include substantial descriptions. Catalogue from the exhibition of December 1979 to February 1980. The Art Institute of Chicago unknown books
1938M5248London etc.:: Oxford University Press 1938. 1938. Series: Oxford Medical Publications. 23 cm. 8vo. xviii 442 pp. 30 illus. and figs. 5 diagrams index. Maroon cloth. Ex-library copy with stamps and call number inked after title-page paper library spine label bookplate removed else a very good copy. Oxford University Press, (1938). hardcover books
1991015936Los Angeles: Burning Gate Press 1991. 341p. slightly chipped dj. Burning Gate Press unknown books
197726401Detroit: News & Letters Publication 1977. First Edition. Octavo 21.5cm.; original tan pictorial staplebound wrappers; 50pp.; illus. Fine. "A News & Letters Pamphlet." History of the St. Louis General Strike of 1877. News & Letters Publication unknown books
198259636Berkeley: Open Books 1982. First edition. 12 pp. Fine in sewn wrappers. Excerpts taken from post cards and letters by Moon’s grandmother’s trunk of travel memorabilia. One of an unstated number of copies with hand-marbled endpapers numbered and INSCRIBED by Moon “Happy freeze / and peace - / P / Susan Moon.†Sales of this title to benefit the California Nuclear Weapons Freeze Initiative and the Livermore Action Group. Berkeley: Open Books unknown books
2006153261Seoul Korea: The Amore Museum 2006. Softcover. VG Ouitermost edges of pages are tanning lightly otherwise clean. 2 vols. Black wraps with sage or lilac spine; French flaps 391 total pp. many color illus. Text is in English. A two-volume set outlining the collections of this Korean Museum. The first volume consists of 183 pieces that are traditionally considered accoutrements for Korean women. The second presents 151 pieces associated with the culture of brewing serving and drinking tea. Many full-color close-ups of the articles make this set a lot of fun for browsing. The Amore Museum paperback books
197113157scsNew York: Atheneum 1971. First Edition Stated. Octavo orange cloth hardcover 244 pp. Near-Fine with lightly rubbed edges in a Very Good dust jacket with foxing age darkened spotting. From jacket: Every creature every living thing in The Great Land was in danger. The Beasts huge creatures of destruction were loose and were blighting everything that lived. Into this situation came Maris and Jetty and Maris’ two pets Scuro and Nick-Claws after a fearful Halloween adventure that plunged them into the sea and up on the shore of the Great Land. It soon became apparent that only they could do what needed to be done. It meant a long and dangerous journey the laying of plans that might or might not work and explorations and operations in the very heart of Beast territory. To help them the four acquired an array of friends.It was a dangerous and daring enterprise. There were fierce battles narrow escapes desperate journeys and unforseen disasters. Yet there were moments of timelessness as the work progressed and a comradeship that transcended the moments of despair. It was a time of growing and discovery right up to the end. Atheneum, 1971. First Edition, Stated. hardcover books
1972025631London: Rider and Company. 1972. The first British edition of the second book by this non-Native Jungian psychologist a "poetic and psychological study of the Navajo emergence myth." Small abrasion front flyleaf and erasure first blank; else fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a diagonal tear at the upper front spine fold. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Rider and Company hardcover books
1964154158Middletown: Guild for Psychological Studies 1964. 25p. 5x7.25 inches very good first edition booklet in stapled wraps. Includes the psychologist/poet's poem "Requiem for a Lost People" in response to the JFK assassination. Jungian consideration of the assassination. Guild for Psychological Studies unknown books
197057674Middletown:: Wesleyan University Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. 0819540188 . First edition. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper else very good in a good closed slit across front panel small abrasion near the base of the spine price clipped dust jacket. . Wesleyan University Press, hardcover books
1977140052San Francisco CA: Up Press 1977. First edition. Softcover. 38 pages. A collection of poems. A very good copy in stapled wrappers with some slight wear. Up Press unknown books
1977169322San Francisco per cancel label: Up Press 1977. 38p. 5.5x8.5 inches signed by the poet/psychologist on title page very food first edition chapbook in stapled white pictorial wraps rusty staples. Jungian psychologist and analyst who worked with him. Up Press unknown books
2001176368Santa Fe NM: Arena Editions 2001. First edition and first printing. Oblong hardcover. 288 pages. Features text by Robert Delpire. Retrospective monograph on Moon that is a striking collection of 178 duotone and 26 four color images. A near fine copy in cloth spine and paper covered boards with some very minor wear. No dust jacket as issued. A beautifully printed book. Arena Editions unknown books
2000171397Minneapolis MN: Weinstein Gallery 2000. First edition. Oblong softcover. Number 34 of 200 copies from a total edition of 250. Text by Ilona Suschitzky and Moon. Includes 32 images of dolls in suggestive images. A fine copy in wrappers in a very near fine cardboard slipcase. Signed by Moon on the limitation page. A beautifully printed book that despite the limitation this is fairly uncommon. Weinstein Gallery unknown books
1981PB43575Matrix/Delpire Lausanne 1981. Fine. First Edition 9.25 in. x 11.75 in. 94 pages Cloth Dust Jacket First United States edition. 8. Matrix/Delpire, Lausanne hardcover books
