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19916831-5.0622<p>4.00 written on text block else content appears as new unopened unread and unblemished with fine pictorial wraps displaying no significant surface/edge wear as shown.</p><p><strong>Synopsis: </strong>A literary analysis or collection that explores the works of Kobo Abe a prominent figure in modern Japanese literature. Abe's writing often delves into themes of alienation identity the absurdity of modern life and existential angst paralleling influences from existentialist philosophy and avant-garde art.</p><p>This collection or discussion likely highlights Abe's unique narrative style characterized by surrealism experimental perspectives and symbolic storytelling. Translated by Winters Carpenter the edition makes Abe's innovative works accessible to a broader audience emphasizing the significance of his contribution to post-war Japanese literature.</p><p> A collection of works including such stories as "An Irrelevant Death" "The Dream Soldier" "Dendrocalia" "The Special Envoy" and "The Crime of S. Karma" included. </p><p><strong>Insurance & handling is included free. Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and Expedited Shipments. Oversize and/or heavy books may require additional fees. Will advise Written 12.2424SK</strong>Written 4.30.22SK#6831-5.0622Img.8246 <strong>Updated 7.11.2025</strong> </p> Kodansha International paperback
1989300398Richmond VA: Hand Workshop 1989. 8 1/2" square 8pp pamphlet celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Miles Burkholder Carpenter 1889-1985 a folk sculptor. It includes an introduction by Paula Owen the Executive Director of the Hand Workshop - now known as the Visual Arts Center of Richmond VA. Also included is an article about Carpenter written by Jeff Camp Richmond businessman and collector. Very good. ~. Hand Workshop unknown
193468038Savannah: Review Printing Company 1934. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Number 202 of an unspecified edition signed by the author. Souvenir Edition First Book Printed on Newsprint Made From Georgia Pine Pulp. Boards lightly rubbed else a very good copy. Review Printing Company hardcover
191050469Washington DC: Carnegie Institution of Washington 1910. Publication no. 123. Ex-library with bookplate tipped to inside front wrapper the library card tucked into an envelope tipped to inside bottom wrapper and "Date Due" lined card facing the library card. Original printed wrappers. Large chip on top left corner of top wrapper as well as a few tears and more samall chips. Bottom wrapper slightly soiled. Good/-. 102pp. Text illustrations. Tables. 32 figs. Carnegie Institution of Washington unknown
1969116506Boulder CO / Lawrence KS: Geological Society of America / University of Kansas Press 1969. hardcover. near fine/no jacket. 6 3/4 x 9 3/4 " 251 pages being page pages 400 - 651 of the two volume set. This is part R Arthropoda 4 volume two only. covers show very slight handling. Geological Society of America / University of Kansas Press unknown
196636294London: John Baker 1966. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. Octavo. 491pp illustrated. A very good copy in red leather in very good slipcase. Limited to 1/500 numbered copies signed by the Dean of Westminster This copy #36 <br/><br/>Signed John Baker hardcover
1972012813Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina YMCA-YWCA Press 1972. 1st Edition. Wraps. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st edition. SIGNED. A Very Good copy. 8vo. 43 pp. Blue stiff wrappers. Light soiling along the edges of the wraps. SIGNED by the author on the front blank end paper. Get well letter hand-written and signed by Carpenter laid in. A Very Good . University of North Carolina, YMCA-YWCA Press unknown
192342210Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1923. Second edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto 9 1/4 x 6 1/4". XV 3 319 1pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt- blue- dark blue- and purple-stamped cloth with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering.<br /> <br /> Splendidly illustrated throughout with 123 b/w photographic reproductions and two folded color maps this book documents the author's journey to Alaska in the early 1920s. <br /> <br /> Author photographer lecturer and collector of photographs Frank George Carpenter 1855-1924 was a writer of standard geography textbooks. His series of books called "Carpenter's World Travels" were extremely popular between 1915 and 1930.<br /> <br /> Dust-jacket partly rubbed and creased along edges. Offsetting to front free endpaper. Previous owner's Ex-libris on inside of front free endpaper George Lawrence Stimson. Dust-jacket in overall good binding and interior in very good condition. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
192516244Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1925. Hardcover. Previous owner's rubber name stamp on front endpaper. Moderate spots of foxing to dustjacket. A 2/3" tear at head of dustjacket spine and small 3/8" chips at corners of dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; xiv 2 313 pages frontispiece plates 2 folding maps. Blue cloth boards with circular gilt ship illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 229 x 151mm. Top page edges gilt. 115 illustrations. Selected chapter titles: In the Bazaars of Cairo; Climbing the Great Pyramid; Old Thebes and the Valley of the Kings; Steaming through the Land of Cush; Across Africa by Air and Rail; Omdurman Stronghold of the Mahdi; Through the Suez Canal; Along the African Coast; Aden; In Mombasa; The Uganda Railway; The Great Rift Valley and the Masai. ; Carpenter's World Travels; 4to . Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1996147352Cambridge: Cambridge U. P. 1996. 1st ed. thus. As New. large octavo. softback with stiff wrappers xii 372pp. b/w plates text ills. references Account of the history & study of of baby dinosaur bones eggs & embryonic remains Cambridge U. P. unknown
192342207Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1923. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto 9 1/4 x 6 1/4". XIII 3 273 1pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt- blue- and purple-stamped cloth with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering.<br /> <br /> Splendidly illustrated throughout with 129 b/w photographic reproductions and two folded color maps this book documents the European journey its author made in the early 1920s. <br /> <br /> Author photographer lecturer and collector of photographs Frank George Carpenter 1855-1924 was a writer of standard geography textbooks. His series of books called "Carpenter's World Travels" were extremely popular between 1915 and 1930.<br /> <br /> Dust-jacket partly rubbed along edges with minor closed tear at lower margin of back cover. Dust-jacket in overall good binding and interior in very good condition. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
1988571436Berkeley California: North Point Press 1988. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof. Tan wrappers. Toning on the spine else near fine with publisher's material laid in. Uncommon title. North Point Press unknown
19104144New York: D. Van Nostrand Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1910. Third Edition Revised. Hardcover. Maroon cloth gilt spine lettering With 379 Illustrations. ; 6-1/4" x 9-1/2"; xiv 597 8 pp; Boards soiled and worn front hinge is solid rear hinge has been repaired prior owner signature to FFEP 3 pages with inked marginal annotations. . D. Van Nostrand Company hardcover
192442208Garden City NY: Doubleday Page & Company 1924. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto 9 1/4 x 6 1/4". XIV 2 285 1pp. Original illustrated dust-jacket over gilt- blue- purple- orange- and black-stamped cloth with gold lettering to spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece. Title page in red and black lettering.<br /> <br /> Splendidly illustrated throughout with 104 b/w photographic reproductions this book documents the author's journey to Colombia Ecuador Peru and Bolivia in the early 1920s. <br /> <br /> Author photographer lecturer and collector of photographs Frank George Carpenter 1855-1924 was a writer of standard geography textbooks. His series of books called "Carpenter's World Travels" were extremely popular between 1915 and 1930.<br /> <br /> Dust-jacket partly rubbed along edges with minor closed tear at upper margin of back cover. Previous owner's Ex-libris on inside of front free endpaper George Lawrence Stimson. Dust-jacket in overall good to good binding and interior in very good condition. Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
19161881Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company 1916. Hardcover. 162 pp in good condition. Fiona Mac Carthy refers to Carpenter has "the gay godfather of the British left Charles H. Kerr & Company hardcover
199311068Cornell University Press. Very Good. 1993. Softcover. 0801480620 . Slight wear to covers. Solid uncracked binding and clean text. No ownership marks ex-lib marks stamps or stickers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages . Cornell University Press paperback
1921013525London: George Allen & Unwin 1921. Ownership inscription on front flyleaf; spine ends lightly rubbed. Third Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. George Allen & Unwin Hardcover
196768936Collectors Publications 1967. paperback. very good with a bit of wear - shipping via USPS. Collectors Publications paperback
195443377Garden City: Doubleday & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. Green cloth boards rubbed heavy rubbing to gilt on spine worn on points with fraying and small loss. Stamp on top of volume only external library marking minimal stamps on copyright page and pocket remnant inside rear board. Decorated endpapers corners square and tightly bound all 16 full page color plates present. An early printing of this classic collection of Korean folk tales.; MCF05036; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 287 pp . Doubleday & Company hardcover
198728548New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1987. 1st. Hardcover. As New. 10.7x8.5x1.4in. Signed by Authors. limited to 650 copies signed by both authors and photographer; in fine slipcase not issued with a dust jacket. <br>Includes chapters on decorative arts: Furniture in the Home; Mariner's Things Boxes Toys Woodenware; Textiles; Ceramics Glass and Lighting Devices; Silver; Iron Pewter Brass and Copper Tin; Scrimshaw; Baskets; Carvings and Drawings; and Souvenirs from Far-Away Places. Contains a section of Occupations in Colonial Nantucket Selected Bibliography Glossary and Index. Illustrated with 209 black and white figures and 74 color plates. <br>257pp 2.52lb 10.7x8.5x1.4in Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover
198710110Dodd Mead & Company. NY. 1987. First Limited Edition 1/650 1987 Book size about 8 1/2 by 10 inches with some 257 pages. Bound in light blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. Enclosed in a matching light blue cloth covered slipcase with lettered and decorated paste-on label. Illustrated with numerous photographs in color and black/white by Arthur d'Arazien. A limited edition of 650 copies signed on the Limitation Page by the authors and photographer. Light overall wear to book and slipcase; book with 2 inch by 4 inch piece cut from FFEP top right; slipcase with mild discoloration along opening edges. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Dodd, Mead & Company. NY. 1987. First Limited Edition 1/650 hardcover
1986593793Berkeley California: North Point Press 1986. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Green wrappers. Fine. North Point Press unknown
1980019722Avco Embassy 1980. Book. Fine. No Binding. A set of 6 8X10" black & white still photos from the movie starring Adrienne Barbeau Jamie Lee Curits Hal Holbrook John Houseman and Janet Leigh. Each photo is captioned beneath the image. Includes the iconic hand reaching out of the fog image. Avco Embassy unknown
192519774Doubleday Page & Co. 1925. Half-Leather. Fine/Poor. 96 pages of illustrations 2 color maps. Black half-leather with gilt borders to green cloth center front and back top edge gilt--bright gilt bright on spine green inside covers and adjacent end papers 295 pages. Frontispiece of General Allenby entering Jerusalem on foot. DJ is plain cream paper torn worn stained and browned. Slight wear to top front tip of book spine top left and right also. Poor DJ/Fine book. <br/> <br/> Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover
1985250254New York: Black Walnut Books 1985. One of seven mysteries written by the actor and songwriter 229 pages. Tiny nick at the spine head spinie and edges of the wraps tanned. Laid in is note dated 22 Nov '85: Mr. Hubin - Dear Eleanor Sullivan suggested I send this to you for a review for EQMM. Hope you enjoy. Best Carleton Carpenter." From the collection of Allen J. Hubin. Inscribed By the Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Black Walnut Books Paperback
