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198425664NY: McGraw-Hill. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. Hardcover. 0070124787 . Black and white photographs and line drawings throughout. Third printing. Trace foxing on top edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1992280735Secaucus: Chartwell 1992. First. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Many color illustrations. 128 pages slim 4to brown cloth d.w. Secaucus: Chartwell Books 1992. First Edition. Near fine.<br/><br/> Chartwell unknown books
197236615NY:: Scribner's. Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0684123711 . Second printing. Ex-library copy with typical markings rear free endpaper has been removed else good in a very good dust jacket. . Scribner's, hardcover books
198525556London: John Murray. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. 0719542294 . Color plates. First British edition. Very near fine in like dust jacket. . John Murray hardcover books
198517997NY: Knopf 1985. First edition. Unpaginated. Fine in near fine dust jacket with one short tears. NY: Knopf, unknown books
1963011166NY: Random House 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First US edition of the 1961 watershed British satirical revue that launched the careers of its authors and foreran the likes of Monty Python and a new generation of political and cultural satirists. Near fine copy in dustjacket with closed tears spine foot and lightly toned at edges more to spine. INSCRIBED BY BOTH COOK AND MOORE: "To Jane. Merry Christmas. Happy Birthday Best Wishes Peter Cook Dudley Moore" Jane is Jane Emerson who with her husband Bob managed Manhattan's Drama Book Shop patronized by Broadway professionals and aficionados alike. Random House hardcover books
196315144New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1963. Fireside BCE. Hardcover. moderate shelfwear light bumping to several corners agency stamp on front pastedown hidden by jacket flap; jacket shows wear and minor wrinkling along top edge wear at several corners minor soiling to front panel tiny tears at top of spine and bottom of rear panel. B&W photographs Two Oxford men Bennett and Moore teamed up with two Cambridge men Cook and Miller in this "satirical review which treats calmly and ruthlessly of the hydrogen bomb the end of the world religion on television capital punishment race relations and the emerging African nations. It is funny on all subjects." Walter Kerr . Random House hardcover books
1963131877London: Souvenir Press 1963. First UK Edition. <br/><br/>Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket spine lightly faded nicking to the edges and light soil. Souvenir Press unknown books
2012101400México: Arquine 2012. 25.5cm. 159p. b/w and color plates port. bio./chron. cat. color pict. fldg. wrps This book is a review of the work of Bernardo Gomez Pimienta from the foundation of his office nearly a decade ago showing the progression of the interests and concerns of the study and its manifestation at various scales whether in furniture buildings or developments. Built work and projects have a simple shape rational thought and readable seeking an emotional experience of space and object Arquine unknown books
187927567London: Frank Kerslake; and Paisley: J. & J. Cook 1879. First edition thin 8vo pp. 88; frontispiece illustration and frontispiece vignette; contemporary pebbled maroon cloth black morocco label on spine lettered in gilt t.e.g.; extremities worn with corners showing and spine ends chipped away the covers a little scuffed the colored sizing of the cloth on spine apparently dissolved by past dampstaining revealing grain of cloth; a few small portions of the spine label worn away; front hinge cracking; overall still a good sturdy copy. This copy with several neat and informative shoulder notes penned by an early owner who has also tipped-in to p. 51 the original front wrapper printed recto and verso to part 13 of The Penny Pickwick which Cook lists on the facing page under "Plagiarist Titles and Continuations." This is the first edition of the earliest Dickens bibliography preceding that by R. H. Shepherd published in 1881. <br/><br/> Frank Kerslake; and Paisley: J. & J. Cook hardcover books
1879D7974London: Frank Kerslake 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Black cloth original blue printed wraps bound in; 8vo; pp. i-viii 9-88 plus frontis. and bookdealer's ad tipped to verso of the original front cover. Spine chipped and torn; corners bumped; original front wrap and first 4 leaves detached a bit brittle and very lightly chipped along the edges. A good working copy of this useful first edition of the first bibliography on Dickens. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Frank Kerslake hardcover books
1879WRCLIT64146London: Frank Kerslake 1879. Contemporary three quarter gilt calf marbled boards t.e.g. Front free endsheet loose binding rather scuffed and worn a bit of soiling at edges; a sound copy with an early bookseller's description tipped to the front endsheet. First edition of the earliest Dickens bibliography. A significant association copy probably in a presentation binding inscribed by the compiler to the novelist's son on a preliminary leaf: "To Charles Dickens Esq. with the regards of the Compiler James Cook Aug. 27 1879." Cook's BIBLIOGRAPHY "made with a set of the various Works as they were originally published in parts or in volumes" precedes that of R.H. Shepherd Manchester 1881 and several items directed at collectors such as Johnson's HINTS TO COLLECTORS 1885. Cook provides "such particulars as are necessary to give the Bibliophilist or Collector a thorough knowledge of the peculiarities of the several editions". Major minor and miscellaneous works Christmas books biographies and portraits are described with notes on reprints and inscribed copies. GIMBEL H108. Frank Kerslake hardcover books
1891131687London: Burroughes and Watts 1891. Later printing with "Ex Champion" in gilt at the top of the front board. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and designs floral patterned endpapers. Seven photographic plates tissue guards intact with the exception of the frontispiece and thirty-eight color diagrams with a price list at the rear dated 1891. <br/><br/>Englishman William Cook played professional billiards in the late 19th century winning several world championships until about 1885 when the award went to Cook's longtime rival John Roberts Jr. because Cook would not respond to Roberts' challenge. Cook's memoir is one of the most detailed treatments on the subject of billiards of its time. <br/><br/>Moderate foxing throughout light soil to the rear board light creases to some of the tissue guards offsetting to the endpapers light fraying and rubbing to the extremities with splitting to the internal hinges. Very Good overall. Burroughes and Watts unknown books
1861450London: Routledge Warne & Routledge 1861. First edition. First edition. 4to. Publisher's gilt blue cloth with bold embossed design both covers and spine by John Leighton. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts by Gilbert Watson Weir and others. Corners considerably worn extr. spine and edges show wear. Rear endpaper starting to crack. Occasional foxing. AEG. <br/><br/> Routledge, Warne, & Routledge hardcover books
1973142419New York: Wroderick Productions 1973. Draft script for a 1973 Roderick Cook adaptation of the 1929 Noel Coward musical likely written after Cook's 1972 musical review of Coward's work entitled "Oh Coward!" <br/><br/>A three act operetta in which a wealthy young woman elopes with her music teacher. Coward's original script was basis for the 1933 film directed by Herbert Wilcox and the 1940 film directed by WS Van Dyke. The Van Dyke film was so disliked by Coward that he vowed to never let Hollywood adapt one of his works again. <br/><br/>Adaptation writer/actor Roderick Cook worked extensively with Coward's material his best-known work being a highly well-received 1972 musical review of Coward's work entitled "Oh Coward!" While it is believed that Cook's adaptation of "Bitter Sweet" was never performed professionally and the material in this script was not utilized in "Oh Coward!" it was likely written after Cook's considerable success with the review encouraged him to take another look at Coward's oeuvre. <br/><br/>Set in London and Vienna. <br/><br/>Pink titled wrappers with credits for playwright Noel Coward and adaptation writer Roderick Cook. Title page present dated September 1973 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Coward and adaptation writer Cole. 96 leaves with last page of text numbered III-1-18. Mimeograph duplication. Pages about Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Wroderick Productions unknown books
194929666New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1949. INSCRIBED by the author on the ffep. Blue-green cloth binding stamped in white. Dust jacket. VG pos to ffep above author inscription/VG spine panel sunned/pc. 69 1 pp. Illustrated by Michael H. Bevans. 8vo. <br/><br/> Harcourt Brace and Company hardcover books
198717136New York Cambridge and London: New Museum of Contemporary Art MIT Press 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Oversized octavo. 431 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Foreword by Marcia Tucker. Quarter cloth over boards. A nearly fine copy in dustwrapper. Artist musings by Yvonne Rainer Richard Prince Simon Watney Jenny Holzer Candance Hill Gary Indiana and a host of other contributors. <br/><br/> New Museum of Contemporary Art, MIT Press hardcover books
1996146995New York: Tor 1996. Octavo boards. First edition. First book of "Glittering Stone" and the sixth chronicle of the "Black Company." A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #146995 Tor unknown books
1973293139New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by author Joseph J. Cook. Dodd, Mead & Company hardcover books
1914498721914. COOKBOOK. A BOOK OF GOOD DINNERS FOR MY FRIEND or "what to have for dinner". By Fanny Merritt Farmer. New York: Dodge Publishing Co. 1914. 8vo. printed paper wrappers. A fine copy clean and bright in the original glassine dust wrapper and publisher's illustrtaed box which shows just a small bit of dampstaining. unknown books
1916498731916. COOKBOOK. A BOOK OF GOOD LUNCHEONS FOR MY FRIEND or "what to have for luncheon". By Mary J. Lincoln. New York: Dodge Publishing Co. 1916. 8vo. printed paper wraps. A fine copy clean and bright in the original glassine dust wrapper and illustrated publisher's box which shows splitting at a couple corners. unknown books
19389862CHIC LAKESIDE P 1938 1938. RED CLOTH GOOD. Hardcover. CHIC, LAKESIDE P, 1938 hardcover books
187829088Boston: James R. Osgood & Co. 1878. 12mo. 305 pp. <br><br>Discusses development and distresses then current among the Transcendentalits. Publisher's brick red cloth top of spine slightly pulled and frayed. Ink stains on lower corners of binding and adjacent area of the edges of the closed book. Ex-library: call number on binding bookplate on front pastedown rubber-stamps pencilling. James R. Osgood & Co. hardcover books
18791654Boston: Houghton Osgood & Co 1879. 12mo. 279 12 pp. <br><br>Extended contemplation of the role of conscience in life and actions. Publisher's cloth top of spine slightly pulled and frayed. Houghton, Osgood & Co hardcover books
200118022001. COOK Jack. BOWERY BLUES: A TRIBUTE TO DOROTHY DAY. No place: Xlibris Books 2001. 8vo. printed wraps. First Edition. Signed presentation from Cook on the title page: "For David and Michael on their 25th. Best Wishes Jack." Near Fine front cover lightly creased at corner. $25.00. <br/><br/> paperback books
