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19809010756New York: George Braziller 1980. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. The dust jacket is price clipped. <br/><br/> George Braziller hardcover books
1974WRCLIT72474Dublin: Printed and Published by The Cadenus Press 1974. Half calf and marbled boards lettered in gilt. Fine without printed dust jacket as issued. First edition. One of two hundred numbered copies printed by hand. This volume follows the design by Liam Miller for the first volume which was printed at the Cuala Press. Printed and Published by The Cadenus Press hardcover books
1973WRCLIT72473Dublin: Printed and Published by The Cadenus Press 1973. Half calf and marbled boards lettered in gilt. Fine without printed dust jacket as issued. First edition. One of two hundred numbered copies printed by hand. This volume follows the design by Liam Miller for the first volume which was printed at the Cuala Press. Printed and Published by The Cadenus Press hardcover books
1990JC2899Minneapolis: Lerner Publications 1990. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. From the library of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and inscribed to him by the authors on the FFEP. Fairbanks 1909-2000 was an iconic American actor from Hollywoods Golden Era his credits include Gunga Din and a highly decorated naval officer of World War II. <br/><br/> Lerner Publications hardcover books
193441286Savannah GA: Review Printing Co 1934. Oblong 4to. 43 pp. printed double-page Chinese style. Original cloth-backed printed boards; paper browned else very good. First edition "souvenir edition" #35 of an unspecified limited edition. An alphabet book of Georgia history told in rhyme it is the "first book printed on newsprint made from Georgia Pine Pulp; cover printed on paper made from Georgia cypress." OCLC locates 12 copies but only three outside Georgia Library of Congress Brown Virginia. <br/><br/> Review Printing Co hardcover books
19523826New York: Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co. Very Good- in Good dj. c.1952. First Edition. Hardcover. general overall wear extensive pencil notes on rear fep; jacket worn at edges/corners approx 1"x1" piece missing at top left of front panel a little paper loss at spine ends. "The author writes searchingly of a young girl's emotions and entertainingly of the manners and customs of a middle-class New England family whose growing concern is to get the girls happily married." Set partially in New York specifically Greenwich Village. . Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. hardcover books
195229026NY: Lothrop Lee & Shepard 1952. First Edition. 8vo pp. 184. Author's presentation on flyleaf to author Margaret Widdemer. VG in chipped dj. Appears to be intended for teenage girls. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard unknown books
195678584NY:: Lothrop Lee and Shepard Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. B0007E2XBS . First edition. INSCRIBED by the author in the year of publication. Very good in a very good minor edge wear and age toning dust jacket. . Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, hardcover books
1956171239Boston MA: Bookbuilders Workshop 1956. First edition. Softcover. Number 87 of only 100 copies that were designed hand-set and printed by Arnold Paul Sable. Printed on Flemish Book paper and with Deepdenand Lydian sans-serif types. A collection of 14 poems by Carpenter. A near fine copy in string-tied wrappers with some very minor wear. An attractive and nicely printed book. Uncommon with only 6 copies listed in OCLC and no copies currently in commerce as of July 2020. Bookbuilders Workshop unknown books
001963Peoria IL G.C. Lippard 1932. Black textured paper lettered in gilt. All edges red. Fine. Several full-page illustrations. Place for baby pictures family history mother's notes. (Peoria, IL) (G.C. Lippard) (1932). unknown books
305588Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 1963. 8vo. 14 pages of illustrations. Dust jacket unclipped. Fine. 332 pages. Previous owner's rubberstamp on the front free endpaper. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press [1963]. hardcover books
197829310New York: Peter Owen Limited 1978. Hardcover. VG-/G book shows very slight foxing on top third of textblock minimal shelf wear all pages clear and intact - dust jacket is price clipped on front inside flap shows rubbing and shelf wear and top corners and spine a few small tears at spine mended with scotch tape still protective. Blue cloth boards with silver gilt lettering on spine blue and orange pictorial dust jacket with white lettering xix 296 pp. mostly bw illustrations with a few in color. "The nineteenth-century silverware of Tiffany & Co. has an important place in the history of decorative arts the significance of which is being increasingly recognized among collectors and museums for the high quality of the silver the inventiveness of the designs and the marvelous range of forms in which they were made. This definitive study of that silver traces the history of the company founded by Charles L. Tiffany who with his great silversmith Edward C. Moore propelled it to world renown. Holow-ware forms are explored from tea and coffee services centerpieces water pitchers and punch bowls to the John Mackay service of 1250 pieces made from a half ton of silver directly out of the Comtock Lode. All the Tiffany nineteenth- and twentieth-century flatware patterns are described as well as presentation silver swords and guns in Japanese style with anecdotes of the fascintating people who have owned them. There is a comprehensive chapter on marks together with a description of how silver was made in the nineteenth century and suggestions as to how it may best be cared for today. Illustrated with drawings from original sketchbooks of designs more than three hundred black and white photographs and four color plates this handsome volume is an invaluable record of a great American art and craft for amateur and professional collectors alike." - dust jacket description. Peter Owen Limited hardcover books
198714017NY: Dodd Mead & Co 1987. Hardcover. VG. Pale grey boards blue DJ. 255 pp. 75 color 209 bw plates. From the DJ. "Included are beautiful examples of scrimshaw glass silver ceramics furniture textiles lightship baskets weathervanes and mariners' tools. Altogether this definitive study of Nantucket decorative arts and crafts is an important contribution to the appreciation of one of the richest legacies of American culture. Dodd, Mead & Co hardcover books
198244524NY: Dodd Mead & Company 1982. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. NY: Dodd Mead & Company 1982. Numerous b/w photographs with some photographs in full color. 332 pp. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth. Heel bumped. Else a very nice copy in lightly edge rubbed dustjacket. Very good/Very good. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1987WRCLIT83547New York: Dodd Mead & Co. 1987. xi3257pp. Quarto. Gilt lettered cloth. Plates and photographs many in color by Arthur d'Arazien. Spine somewhat sunned otherwise very good or better in cloth slipcase with printed label. First edition limited issue. One of 650 copies specially bound and signed by the author and photographer published in association with the Nantucket Historical Trust and the Nantucket Historical Association. Dodd, Mead & Co. hardcover books
1987277862New York: Dodd Mead & Co 1987. hardcover. fine/very good. 75 color and 209 b/w illus. 4to 1/2 blue cloth d.w. New York : Dodd Mead 1987. Very good<br/><br/> Dodd, Mead & Co unknown books
198721854Boston Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts Boston 1987. Softcover. VG Pages have aged lightly; covers may have minor edge wear. Silver & black & illus. wraps. 63 pp. 3 color 28 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition featuring examples of silver pieces crafted by Tiffany and Company. With an essay by Charles H. Carpenter Jr. The exhibition catalogue cites more than 70 pieces and nearly half are pictured here. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston paperback books
1996139643Pittsburgh Penna: The Carnegie Museum of Art 1996. Softcover. VG- Label residue and few marks from previous art-library owner. White & color illus. wraps 160 pp. BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1996 exhibition featuring works from this collection. Includes an essay by the collector himself Charles H. Carpenter Jr. and one by Kay Larson. The Carnegie Museum of Art paperback books
191147578Cincinatti: Jennings & Graham. Very Good. 1911. Hardcover. Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham 1911. 293 pages hardbound. VG in a tight green cloth binding. . Jennings & Graham hardcover books
2012175496New York: W. W. Norton & Company 2012. Hardcover. xv 347p. photo section on inserted coated stock near-fine first edition first printing stated in boards gilt in dj. A fine copy. W. W. Norton & Company hardcover books
2012Embry 154436W. W. Norton 2012. First edition first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket in mylar cover. W. W. Norton, 2012. First edition, first printing. unknown books
1966WRCLIT29417New York: Harcourt 1966. Printed wrappers. Wrappers slightly darkened with a couple stray marks but very good. Advance reading copy of the first edition of the author's first novel. Harcourt unknown books
19665482New York: Harcourt Brace & World Inc 1966. First edition of the author's classic work. Octavo original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the half title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Books signed by Carpenter are rare. Don Carpenter's Hard Rain Falling is a tough-as-nails account of being down and out but never down for good--a Dostoyevskian tale of crime punishment and the pursuit of an ever-elusive redemption. "Hard Rain Falling is a unique read; violent tender inexorable and melancholic; a beat-era book of disaffected young men devoid of On the Road euphoria but more poignant and gripping for its fatalistic grounding. The small lives contained herein are indelible" Richard Price. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc hardcover books
1985700939Berkeley CA: North Point Press. 1985. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Very Good in wrappers. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. North Point Press paperback books
1985WRCLIT20420Berkeley: North Point 1985. Printed wrappers. Uncorrected page proofs of the first edition. Fine with promo sheet. North Point unknown books
