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003729New York: Macmillan 1924. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Wear to extremities. Autobiography of New York reporter and author of landmark expose which led to improvement of living and working conditions for immig rants - HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES. Over 80 illustrations. 442 pp. New York: Macmillan, 1924 unknown books
1901TB31022New York: Harper & Brothers 1901. Reprint. Near fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments and with gilt rules around the edges of the boards. All three edges of the text block are gilt together with gilt dentelles on the leather turn-ins. With a silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. 302 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates from engravings. The contents of this copy are clean and free of any prior ownership markings of any kind. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
1901TB31021New York: Harper & Brothers 1901. Reprint. Near fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments and with gilt rules around the edges of the boards. All three edges of the text block are gilt together with gilt dentelles on the leather turn-ins. With a silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. 304 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece and seven plates from engravings. The contents of this copy are clean and free of any prior ownership markings of any kind. Harper & Brothers hardcover books
2013159961New York: Marlborough Gallery 2013. First edition. Softcover. 40 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 28 through April 17 2013. Essay by Mary Jane Jacob that includes quotes form Abakanowicz. Includes numerous color illustrations. A near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear. Marlborough Gallery unknown books
1990167600Chicago IL: Richard Gray Gallery 1990. First edition. Softcover. 32 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 5 through December 1990. Foreword by Barbara Rose. Essay by Mary Jane Jacob. Includes several color and numerous black and white illustrations along with lists of previous exhibitions selected private and public collections and a selected bibliography. An about very good copy in with some wear to the rear cover but internally a clean copy. Richard Gray Gallery unknown books
1985165522Boston: Gregg Press 1985. Octavo cloth. First hardcover edition. "Four people set out on a voyage through both inner and outer space the cosmos and the psyche to discover the source of a signal which destroys the minds of those who attempt to use the macroscope a machine that sees through space and time" Survey. The four use the macroscope an alien artifact in Earth orbit to leave the Solar System and travel to the destroyer station an artificial planet which is actually one of the "guardian stations placed in space by an infinitely superior alien race to prevent any species from ruining themselves or others with advanced technology before they are mature enough morally to resist the temptations of galactic conquest . Although not an allegory in the strictest sense of the term MACROSCOPE is a novel constructed upon varied interpretations of the concept of unity . It is a novel with a vast sweep that combines ideas and epic action in a way that typifies the most ambitious and exhilarating science fiction . It is a complex exciting book to read ." Survey. 1970 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-32. Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 221. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III pp. 1308-11. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with two small areas of narrow loss to black background ink along top edge of rear panel. #165522 Gregg Press unknown books
1985146107Boston: Gregg Press 1985. Octavo cloth. First hardcover edition. "Four people set out on a voyage through both inner and outer space the cosmos and the psyche to discover the source of a signal which destroys the minds of those who attempt to use the macroscope a machine that sees through space and time" Survey. The four use the macroscope an alien artifact in Earth orbit to leave the Solar System and travel to the destroyer station an artificial planet which is actually one of the "guardian stations placed in space by an infinitely superior alien race to prevent any species from ruining themselves or others with advanced technology before they are mature enough morally to resist the temptations of galactic conquest . Although not an allegory in the strictest sense of the term MACROSCOPE is a novel constructed upon varied interpretations of the concept of unity . It is a novel with a vast sweep that combines ideas and epic action in a way that typifies the most ambitious and exhilarating science fiction . It is a complex exciting book to read ." Survey. 1970 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder 2004 II-32. Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition 1995 p. 221. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III pp. 1308-11. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #146107 Gregg Press unknown books
1974150347Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. VG- DJ has some scuffs or wear; this copy is from Clare Boothe Luce's library and has her blindstamp on the tp. Crimson cloth blue dust jacket 302 pp. BW illus. 4 maps. "The story of General Douglas MacArthur's final days in the Philippine Islands in early 1942 at the start of the war in the Pacific and his subsequent escape via sea and air to Australia. It is also an account of General Jonathan M. Wainwright and the fall of Bataan and Corregidor. The story concerns four other important men -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt Secretary of War Henry L Stimson General George C. Marshall and Philippine President Manuel L. Quezon -- whose decisions and actions determined the fate of 90000 soldiers and sailors in the garrisons of Bataan and Corregidor and of 16 million Filipinos throughout the Philippine archipelago." preface This copy came from the person library of American author and U.S. ambassador Clare Boothe Luce 1903-1987 who wrote the forward. Her blindstamp appears on the title page. University of New Mexico Press hardcover books
197489863Albuquerque:: University of New Mexico Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0826302823 . Stated first edition. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . University of New Mexico Press, hardcover books
WELLER9781608685172New. New book. unknown books
1528870011528. MANLIUS DEL BOSCO Johannes Jacobus et al. LUMINARE MAIUS. Opus eximium quod Luminare Maius dicitur Medicis et Aromatariis perquam necessarium A Greater Lamp for Physicians and Apothecaries. Lyons: Printed by Antonio Blanchard for Louis Martin 1528. Quarto. 1-8 I-LXILXII -LXIV; I-XXVI; I-XXX I ff. This volume contains three separate works: The first Luminare Maius A Greater Lamp for Physicians by J.J Manlius del Bosco contains 11 sections on concocting different forms of medication: pills unguents plasters oils etc. 8 LXIV ff. It was first published in Milan 1494. The second Lumen Apothecariorum A Light for Apothecaries by Quiricus de Augustis of Tortona XXVI ff. intended for the use of pharmacists was first published in Turin in 1492. The third Thesaurus Aromaticum by Paul Suardo. I-XXXI ff. Originally printed in Milan in 1496 it lists medical substances alphabetically. All three Italian treatises from the 1490s are conveniently gathered together and beautifully printed here in one volume. Title-page in red and black with ornamental woodcut border and framed printer's device of two unicorns. Woodcut capital showing Saint Lawrence and foliate woodcut capitals throughout. Internally fine in 19th Century half-morocco showing only a few spots of rubbing. Wellcome I 4017. Rare. unknown books
19828184Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press. Near Fine. 1982. Paperback. 0080284507 . Edited with an introduction by Ronald Garden. Illustrated. First paperback edition. Slight trace of foxing along top edge else fine in illustrated wraps. . Aberdeen University Press paperback books
2016169213New York: Aperture 2016. Hardcover. New in shrinkwrap. BW-photographic and fuschia cloth boards with black and white lettering. 255 pp. BW and color illustrations. Originally pulbished by La Fábrica on the occasion of the exhibition Louise Dahl-Wolfe: A style of he own curated by Oliva María Rubio and exhibited at Círculo de Bellas Artes Madrid May 31-August 28 2016 and Le Pavillon Populaire Montpellier France October 19 2016-January 22 2017. Aperture hardcover books
1929545501929. DE HAAS Jacob. LOUIS D. BRANDEIS. A Biographical Sketch. With special reference to his contributions to "Jewish and Zionist History". New York: Bloch Publishing Company 1929. First edition. 8vo. blue cloth. A near fine copy. unknown books
20039012216Hong Kong: Taschen 2003. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Text is in English and German. <br/><br/> Taschen hardcover books
200433526Koln: Taschen. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover. 0681165847 . Text is in English German and French. Color photographs throughout. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Taschen hardcover books
2003UNEELOS00MELJeremy P. Tarcher 2003. Good. Needleman Jacob. Lost Christianity: A Journey of Rediscovery. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher 2003. 228pp. Indexed. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Good with gently rubbed edges price blacked out on rear cover a stain to fore edge of text block and underlining and marginalia in pencil. Jeremy P. Tarcher paperback books
1988010056NY: Thunder's Mouth. 1988. Well-received first novel by an award-winning poet. This is an advance review copy. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Thunder's Mouth hardcover books
190219578Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Company. Very Good. 1902. Hardcover. -Ex-lib # 76/150 large paper copies. Large octavo cream cloth with original burgundy cloth DJ. Jacket is housed in a protective brown paper bro-dart and some glue has transferred to the end pages. A nice 2 volume set. . Henry T. Coates & Company hardcover books
1902RHOLLOG00ECWatts & Co. 1902. Very Good. Holyoake George Jacob. Logic of Death. London: Watts & Co. 1902. 16pp. 12mo. Pamphlet wraps. Book condition: Very good with lightly browned edges and light spotting. In plastic protector. Watts & Co. paperback books
2007026571Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press 2007. 183p. original stiff wrappers. University of Alabama Press unknown books
2010164173Ann Arbor MI: University of Michigan Museum of Art 2010. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran July 11 through October 11 2009 Essay by Julie Bryan-Wilson. Features the text of a conversation between Lisa Anne Auerbach and Jacob Proctor. Includes numerous color illustrations list of previous exhibitions and selected bibliography. A fine copy in French style wrappers. University of Michigan Museum of Art unknown books
1860106041<p>Pamphlet 8vo original printed wrappers with woodcut portrait 48 pp. Some soiling and staining to wrappers and preliminaries and last few pages spine and edgewear a few minor chips normal aging to contents; otherwise good to about very good. According to McDade "the Reverend Jacob S. Harden poisoned his wife with arsenic after a fortuneteller had told him that she would not live long." A New York Times article at the time indicated she was dead five months after the marriage. However McDade reports that the mother-in-law was to blame for the crime since she hounded him to marry he reluctantly married her daughter. Nevertheless he took the rap and was executed on July 6 1860. McDade Annals of Murder 438. New York Times.</p> E. Winton, Printer, books
186039252Hackettstown NJ: E. Winton printer 1860. 8vo 24 cm 9.5". 48 pp. frontis. port. <br><br>Harden 183760 "poisoned his wife with arsenic after a fortuneteller had told him that she would not live long. His mother-in-law was the real cause of the crime for she hounded until he reluctantly married the girl although there does not seem to have been any necessity that he do so" McDade.<br>Â Â Â Â Felcone adds that soon after he met Miss Louisa Dorland "Louisa's mother was determined that her daughter would marry Harden and after encouraging them to spend nights together she forced the marriage. After several months of unhappiness Harden poisoned his wife. He fled was captured tried and hanged . . . before an immense crowd. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â McDade Annals of Murder 438; Felcone New Jersey Books 1698-1800. 838. Stitched lacks the wrappers; the frontispiece portrait of Harden detached but present. Short tears in margins dog-earring tattering waterstain etc. Only a good copy; this was a very cheaply printed production hence the condition problems. E. Winton, printer unknown books
19292280930Farrar & Rhinehart 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition. Both volumes lack jackets spine head and spine base of both volumes lightly rubbed very faint minor stain on top page ridge of Volume I ink name and date on front paste-down endpaper of Volume I. 1929 Hard Cover. Continuous pagination. Two volume set. Stuart Pratt Sherman 1881 Farrar & Rhinehart hardcover books