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1985105849New York: Popular Library 1985. Small octavo printed blue wrappers. Advance copy uncorrected proof of the first edition. Set in the same universe as the Starfisher's trilogy. A fine copy. #105849 Popular Library unknown books
198226873New York: Pantheon Books 1982. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Hardbound volume in dustwrapper. First US edition. 351 pp. Illustrated with many color photographs. Translated adapted and with Editor's Notes by Philip and Mary Hyman. Short prior owner inscription else a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Pantheon Books hardcover books
191734554London: Thos. Cook & Son 1917. Third Edition. Small octavo 18.25cm.; publisher's green decorative cloth yellow printed endpapers; 4181xxiiipp.; folding map frontispiece 2 additional folding map plates text illus. and maps throughout. Just a hint of shelf wear else a Fine copy. Guidebook to Peking now Beijing for travel by railroad. Thos. Cook & Son unknown books
192419166n.p.: Thos. Cook & Son 1924. Hardcover. Very good. The Fifth edition. 8vo. 141pp. plus ads. Green cloth printed in black on the upper board. Printed endpapers. With three fold-out maps. One map Peking has a short separation at one of the folds no loss else the maps are in fine condition. Traces of wear to the edges a pencil erasure on p. 72 slightly loose in binding else this is a very good copy. Thos. Cook & Son hardcover books
192056962London: Thos. Cook & Son 1920. 12mo pp. 2 4 1-160 xxii 1; original green cloth boards with paper label; 3 tissue paper folding maps first map detached endpapers toned otherwise very good. Fourth edition of this guidebook produced by the venerable travel agency. At this time the railway system was developing and the book presents information about routes of travel as well as descriptions and histories of noteworthy sites. The final 22 pages contain illustrated ads for Chinese firms which tie in with some of the shopping tips provided in the text. <br/><br/> Thos. Cook & Son hardcover books
192041754London: Thomas Cook & Son 1920. 12mo. 159 xxii pp. b/w folding maps and ills. <br /><br />Fourth edition of this guidebook produced by the venerable travel agency. At this time the railway system was developing and the book presents information about routes of travel as well as descriptions and histories of noteworthy sites. The final 22 pages contain illustrated ads for Chinese firms which tie in with some of the shopping tips provided in the text. Very good condition in original publisher's cloth with paper label. Tissue-paper folding maps are in fine condition. Thomas Cook & Son hardcover books
39107New York: Fairchild Bros. & Foster n. d. 1st printing presumed. Ca 1880s. Printed self-wrappers stapled. Average wear with some age-toning. Faint horizontal fold-line. Paper imperfection to top margin of last leaf. A VG copy. 12 pp. 7-3/4" x 4-7/8" <br/><br/>No copies found on OCLC though two related "Peptogenic Powder" items listed each held in a single copy. Rare. Fairchild Bros. & Foster unknown books
2006158406New Hope Pennsylvania: Gratz Gallery 2006. Softcover. VG-. Clean and tight. One copy has art museum ex-lib. marks bar code on back cover; blind stamp on title page; one copy shows slight edge wear to covers. Glossy color-illustrated wraps with white lettering on cranberry spine. 74 pp. with mostly color images throughout. Slightly oversize at 9.5 x 12.5 inches. Name on title page: "A Collection of Works by American Painter Peter Geoffrey Cook." Catalogue from the exhibition held October to November 2006. With a foreword by Paul Steven Gatz and a title essay by the artist. Includes a summary biography and a few personal photos. Full of vibrant color images of Cook's paintings. Gratz Gallery paperback books
1993173948London: Academy Editions 1993. Paperback. VG. Glossy black and color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. 144 pp. Mainly color illustrations. This monograph follows Peter Cook's career from his earlier work with the famous Archigram Group through to his highly successful partnership with Christine Hawley. It provides an insight into his aims and achievements his individual projects and collaborations with others. -FirstSearch. Academy Editions paperback books
1979138655San Francisco CA: Camerawork Press 1979. First edition. Softcover. 86 pages. Introduction by editor Lew Thomas. Includes essays by James Hugunin Robert Leverant Allan Sekula Donna-Lee Phillips John Brumfield Geoffey Cook Sam Samore Harley W. Lond and with an inteview of John Baldessari by Hugunin. Includes black and white images by John Gutman Lew Thomas Phil Steinmetz Jack Butler Robert Cumming Tom McLaughlin John Baldessari and numerous others. A very good copy in wrappers with some bumping to the top of the spine and some other slight wear. Uncommon. Camerawork Press unknown books
197454317Garden City:: Doubleday. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0385079990 . First edition. Very good in a very good minor shelf wear dust jacket. . Doubleday, hardcover books
195039411Madrid: Plus Ultra 1950. hardcover. very good/poor. 444 illustrations in black and white. 405pp. Square 4to 1/2 burgundy leather decorative covers d.w.; tattered dust wrapper. Madrid: Plus Ultra 1950. A very good in a poor dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Volume 6 of Ars Hispaniae: Historia Universal del arte Hispanico.<br/><br/> Plus Ultra unknown books
178513730Paris: Hotel de Thou 1785. First French Edition. Map. Very Good. Map 10.5x8.25in on 12.375x9.75in Sheet; Plate No. 37 uncolored copper engraving; Mild soiling with age toning at fore edge horizontal fold crease. Beddie 1543 and 1714-37 London 1556 Paris. This plan of the entrance to Nootka Sound was surveyed by Roberts and drawn in 1778. It is an important chart of a disputed area between the Great Britain France and Spain and published in the London 1784-85 and Paris editions in 1785. However there is some controversy on the survey sources of the original draft. The 22 year old William Bligh 1754-1817 was the Master on the 'Resolution' and argues that Roberts copied Bligh's surveys and took credit with the Admiralty. Lieutenant Henry Roberts 1756-1796 accompanied Captain Cook on the third voyage of the 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' 1776-1780. This voyage was to the islands of the Pacific Australia the Pacific Northwest America Alaska Kamchatka and Hawaii. In Hawaii Cook was killed in a misunderstanding with the natives at Kealakekua Bay. Hotel de Thou unknown books
1978142721Hollywood: Paramount Pictures 1978. 13th and Final Draft script for the 1979 film. Brief holograph pencil annotations throughout. <br/><br/>A lesser known New Hollywood sports film set in the world of tennis. During a Wimbledon championship tournament a rising tennis star falls in love with an older woman a jet-setter who is in turn involved with a millionaire. Dean Paul Martin true to his depiction in the film competed in a junior competition at Wimbledon and became a successful professional tennis player. Martin also was an avid pilot obtaining his license at the age of 16. He became an officer in the California Air National Guard in 1981 and in 1987 having risen to the status of captain tragically crashed during a snowstorm in the San Bernadino Mountains. <br/><br/>Set in and shot on location in Wimbledon London. <br/><br/>Black titled wrappers. Title page present dated August 7 1978 noted as 13th and Final Draft with credits for producer Robert Evans director Anthony Harvey and screenwriter Arnold Schulman. 124 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Xerographically reproduced. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus internally bound with three gold brads. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1934407011934. COOK Madge. POEMS. Overbrook Press 1934. Small 8vo paper vellum & boards in slipcase. Limited Edition of 75 copies. Very Good some browning spine. $25.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
188719211Gettysburg Pa.: Wm. J. Cook ca. 1887. First edition. Roughly opened or trimmed along the lower edge; some light chipping and light soiling; a very good copy. Original printed yellow wrappers 6 x 4 inches 9 1 pages. Illus. Seemingly unrecorded a bound pamphlet of irregular leaves and varied typefaces stitched together into printed wrappers; likely only a short step up from an amateur press production. With a historical summary plus dramatic poetry on Gettysburg; one of the poems is signed in type W. J. C. and the rear wrappers note that the book is available from Wm. J. Cook Box 82 Gettysburg. The rear wrappers also note that one poem concerns an 1887 reunion of veterans from both sides of the war. Wm. J. Cook), unknown books
1931240591Chicago: Poetry 1931. Magazine. pp295-354 5.5x8 inches very good in lightly-worn original peach printed wraps. A.R. Gonzalez on "Some Chilean Poets" Moore reviews Eliot's "Marina Poetry unknown books
67595hardcover. 71 illus. 64pp. 4to cloth. London 1949.<br/><br/> unknown books
1970166090Andover MA: Addison Gallery of American Art 1970. First edition. Softcover. Artist book that consists of text based on this first line: "The following exhibitions may possibly by produced at the Addison Gallery of American art Andoover Massachusetts." Each page after that continues with that thought process and is a list of possibilities. A clean near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Addison Gallery of American Art unknown books
19901767NY:: Arcade Publishing. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 1559700505 . First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Arcade Publishing, hardcover books
190257336London: Horace Cox 1902. Second Edition Revised Edition. Signed presentation from Bickerdyke Cook on the verso of the front endpaper to his son: "To Barry Cook from his loving father the Author. Aug. 27 1902." John Bickerdyke real name is Charles Henry Cook: 1858-1933 was considered much like today's angler Jeremy Wade star of the "River Monsters" television series. Bickerdyke was far from gullible and more often intent to disprove rather than corroborate unusual fishing tales but his angling travels provided a wealth of extraordinary tales. He searched hard for a giant Irish pike and though a true monster eluded him he found enough fish and rumors to fill many books. This title is a comprehensive book on sea angling from boat and shore covering all of the usual disciplines plus chapters on ocean fishing modern improvements in fishing tackle flyfishing in the sea and similar topics. Bickerdyke' signature is uncommon and this is a wonderful association copy!. 8vo. blue cloth with large pictorial fishing plate on front cover stamped in gilt; 342 pages plus extensive catalogue at rear. Illustrated. Very Good covers bright; contents clean & tight. Horace Cox unknown books
1895002099Philadelphia and Chicago: Pratt Food Company 1895. Softcover. First edition presumed; 7 1/4 x 5 1/4; pp. 5 6-141; chromolithographed card stock wraps; small chip to lower corner of front wrap; a few rubbed spots to tips and along spine; staples showing at hinges text block securely attached; two newspaper clippings laid-on to contents page and last blank page; illustrated with inline black & white drawings; overall in very good condition.Founded in 1872 in Philadelphia The Pratt Food Company specialized in veterinary remedies and the self-advertised "Famous Pratts Foods" feed and grain. They also had a Canadian subsidiary called The Pratt Food Company of Canada Ltd. The business was well established and operated well into the mid-20th century. The book contained exhaustive information on raising feeding breeding for exhibition and diseases of poultry as well as detailed descriptions of various breeds. Philadelphia and Chicago: Pratt Food Company paperback books
6243WYLLIE John Cook editor. PRELIMINARY CHECKLIST FOR ABINGDON 1807-1876. Richmond: Virginia State Library 1946. 4to. Wrappers. 45 pages. First editi Number one of the Virginia Imprint Series. List of 75 items with pagination and locations. "Notes on the Abingdon Book Trade Before 1876:" pages 25-39. Very good. unknown books
1933400621933. COOK Robert C.; Editor. PRESIDENTS OF AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. NY: The Robert C. Cook Company 1933. 8vo. blue cloth. First Edition. The first attempt to gather in one book biographical data concerning these presidents. Very Good little fading spine. $45.00. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1996157679London: Academy Editions 1996. Softcover. VG- Ex-art library with spine label i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages incl. rear pocket; has average edge wear and age overall. Dark green-blue wraps 158 pp. BW illus. As postscript: "Almost all the buildings in this personal rather random survey seem to prompt me to talk about light space energy or theatrics. Perhaps these are the most difficult aspects of design to capture and almost certainly the most difficult to do. Small confusions of mannerism will disappear if you look hard and begin to enjoy the architecture. Allow yuorself to wallow in the cumulative power of one idea leading to another . and onward to the next." p. 159. Academy Editions paperback books