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2009142844Memphis Tenn: The Dixon Gallery and Gardens 2009. Hardcover. VG Few marks from previous gallery owner; slight soiling and wear to dj; otherwise Like New. Color pictorial boards greenish cream paper dust jacket 180 pp. 53 color plates sundry BW illus. Issued in conjunction with several 2009-2010 exhibitions offering "a study of American painting sculpture and graphic arts during the turbulent violent and ultimately transformative decade of the 1860s. The Civil War left no American lives untouched including those of the nation's artists." dj Stunning. The Dixon Gallery and Gardens hardcover books
1982011775New York: Atheneum 1982. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Octavo 8vo. xvi 289 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with minimal fading to spine extremities. Unclipped dustjacket with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page "name Adam Zamoyski Chicago 3/x 82." Illustrated by historic photographs. A biography of the great Polish pianist and statesman. Atheneum Hardcover books
1857288275Philadelphia.: Charles Desilver. 1857. Hardcover contemporary full speckled brown calf raised bands black spine labels gilt spine titles. Scattered light foxing owner’s name to ffep otherwise a very good tight copy in an attractive binding. Large thick 8vo. Heavy book will require extra shipping. weight: 4.4 lb. Charles Desilver. hardcover books
198033026West Branch IA: The Toothpaste Press 1980. cloth paper cover label. Toothpaste Press. tall 8vo. cloth paper cover label. 32 pages. DRAWINGS BY ANN MIKOLOWSKI. Limited to 1150 copies of which this is one of the 150 numbered copies bound thus and signed by Adam and the illustrator Ann Mikolowski. Peich no.47. Handset by Allan Kornblum and Ann Snodgrass. The Toothpaste Press unknown books
1990006675Barcelona: Fundacio Caixa De Pensions 1990. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. 31 page exhibition catalog of the works of Baldeon with photographs by Adam Fuss. Essay by Teresa Blanch in Spanish and English. An uncommon piece for Fuss or Baldeon collectors. <br/><br/> Fundacio Caixa De Pensions paperback books
1994174884New York: Random House 1994. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 183 pages. Edited by Mary Shanahan. A monograph published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Whitney Museum that traveled to Minneapolis. A fifty-year retrospective look at Avedon's long career. Features essays by Jane Livingston and Adam Gopnik. Includes many of Avedon's most iconic images along with many lesser seen ones as well. A clean and tight very near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. Random House unknown books
2010132106San Francisco CA: McSweeney's 2010. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Levin's massive debut novel that was very well received. A fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Levin. McSweeney's unknown books
192576783Berkeley: University of California Press 1925. 1st ed. Hardcover. Near Fine. ix 209p. Original dark blue cloth. 21cm. Former owner's name. No Jacket. Prose and poetry translated by Jewell Parish Dorothea Prall Radin George Rapall Noyes and others. <br/><br/> University of California Press hardcover books
2000140633London: Victor Gollancz 2000. Octavo boards. First edition. Signed on the title page by Roberts. The author's first novel in which "two groups of human migrants settle on the eponymous planet whose radical and demanding simplicity -- it is salt-covered -- make it into a sounding board against which the dire incompatibilities of the two societies become drastically clear: one of them being a patriarchic hierarchy and the other anarchical." - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction online. Broderick and Di Filippo Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 #65. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #140633 Victor Gollancz unknown books
2000140358London: Victor Gollancz 2000. Octavo boards. First edition. The author's first novel in which "two groups of human migrants settle on the eponymous planet whose radical and demanding simplicity -- it is salt-covered -- make it into a sounding board against which the dire incompatibilities of the two societies become drastically clear: one of them being a patriarchic hierarchy and the other anarchical." - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction online. Broderick and Di Filippo Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 #65. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #140358 Victor Gollancz unknown books
2000139991London: Victor Gollancz 2000. Octavo boards. First edition. The author's first novel in which "two groups of human migrants settle on the eponymous planet whose radical and demanding simplicity -- it is salt-covered -- make it into a sounding board against which the dire incompatibilities of the two societies become drastically clear: one of them being a patriarchic hierarchy and the other anarchical." - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction online. Broderick and Di Filippo Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 #65. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. #139991 Victor Gollancz unknown books
1888W0912MAToronto Ontario: William Bryce 1888. Original blue cloth oblong gilt with fair amount of rubbing. Tipped-in over the title page is a facimile of a letter from Windsor Castle May 2 1887 reading: "Sir Henry Ponsonby is commanded by the Queen to thank Mr . Bryce for the Views of Canada which he has presented to Her Majesty." The subtitle of the book is Bryce's Tourists' Illustrated Handbook to the Canadian Dominion. There is considerable soiling of the margins of the text pages and a pencilled name of prior owner. The 60 photos in black and white are 5 3/4X3 3/4 and are mounted on pale orange paper ruled in red. They are all present. Glued onto the back pastedownis a map of the Dominion of Canada railway connections from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It seems to be quite complete although a small cornder is missing under the cartouche and there are three or four tiny tears at the edges. It is fragile but all there and is replete with mathematical figurings on the back in pencil not interfering with the printed information on the other side. The gutters are starting but are strong and holding. An interesting group of pictures. . Unknown. Cloth. Fair/No D.j. 8vo. Trade. William Bryce Hardcover books
19012221791<p>First edition. Octavo. Frontispiece portrait. Original gilt stamped ribbed olive green cloth. No dust jacket. Very good. 223 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Scarce.</p> Press of the Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House hardcover books
20091341126Atlanta: Atom Hughes Ent. Inc 2009. Softcover. NM; minor wear to cover creasing and edge wear; sketch book signed by Hughes on the cover. 1341126. Special Collections. Atom Hughes Ent., Inc unknown books
194555204NY: Richard R. Smith 1945. First Edition. 8vo pp. xiv 17-171. Red cloth. Cover slightly faded at ends of spine slightly soiled on top edges o/w a VG tight copy in somewhat soiled and worn dj. Richard R. Smith unknown books
186332240Pesten: Rózsavölgyi és társá PN 893 sz 1863. Folio. Disbound. 1f. recto decorative lithographic title with woodland scene incorporating a dancing couple printed by Schneckenberger 3-5 i blank pp. Engraved.<br/><br/>Publisher's handstamp to foot. <br/><br/>Slightly trimmed; light soiling foxing and offsetting; small tear and paper tape repair to blank margins of last leaf. First Edition. Mona 1778. <br/><br/>Count Széchenyi was an amateur composer who published several dances for piano in the 1860s. His primary focus however was as the chief proponent and organizer of fire protection. He helped to found the National Hungarian Fire Brigade in 1870. He later advanced a similar measure in Turkey for which we was given the title of Pasha one of the few Christians to receive such an honor in the Ottoman Empire. Rózsavölgyi és társá [PN 893 sz] unknown books
191416933Berlin Germany: Bruno Cassirer 1914. Hardcover. VG some mild edge wear and soiling to covers; few exlibrary marks interior is clean. Half oatmeal cloth with grey paper boards. 82 pp. 8 bw plates. Text is in German. On cover: Adam von Fulda. A 1914 reproduction of an old German text first printed in Wittenberg in 1512. Translated it's "A very pious and Christian booklet from the Holy writings and studies" a tale of Christ presented in five parts first written in Old German by German music author Adam von Fulda 1445-1505. Reproduced here are the original calligraphic Fraktur pages enhanced with eight woodcut illustrations rendered by Lukas Cranach 1472-1553. With a new introduction by Eduard Flechsig. Beautiful and unique! Bruno Cassirer hardcover books
1819241433Concord: Printed by Hill and Moore 1819. Disbound. Good binding. Disbound booklet. Pages renumbered by hand. No other markings but some scattered foxing. Good binding. Printed by Hill and Moore unknown books
1912M12832Berlin & Vienna:: Urban & Schwarzenberg 1912. 1912. 273 x 204 mm. Tall 8vo. xxi 232 pp. Indexes 18 figs. 48 color plates most with 2 figs. with opposing descriptive text; occasional pencil underlining and marginalia. Quarter brown morocco morocco corners cloth sides gilt spine; lightly rubbed. Gift inscription from Dr. Th. De Speyr to Dr. Jean Bourguin 1918 on title and with Speyr's ownership rubber stamp on front free end-paper. Bookplate of A. Franceschetti and another. Very good. FIRST EDITION. Extensively illustrated with beautiful fundus pictures. Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1912. hardcover books
190481136Paris: August Challamel 1904. Paperback. Good. 121p. Wrapper. 26cm. Backstrip worn. Front and back covers partially glued to adjacent leaves. INSCRIBED by Adam on half-title -- inscription partly hidden because half-title is partially pasted to front cover. From the John R. Willis Collection of Africana with his bookplate inside front cover. Extrait de la Revue Coloniale. <br/><br/> August Challamel paperback books
197442604NY: Helikon Press 1974. First edition numbered & signed issue. 57 pp. Near fine in marbled paper-covered boards with cloth spine. No dust jacket as issued. One of 100 numbered copies SIGNED by Adam. NY: Helikon Press hardcover books
198045567San Francisco: Intersection 1980. First edition. 20 x 12 1/2 inch broadside. One deckle edge. Fine. Adam’s poem surrounding a tipped-on two-color collage illustration by the poet. Designed and printed at the Arion Press. One of 100 numbered copies on Arches text paper SIGNED by Adam. [San Francisco]: Intersection, unknown books
47557ADAM R.B. A GLIMPSE OF CLUB LIFE IN LICHFIELD ENGLAND 1735-1740. Buffalo NY: Privately Printed no date. Small 4to. brown printed wraps stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed by Adam on a slip tipped to the front endpaper. Very Good little chipping edges small repair archival tape. $75.00. <br/><br/> paperback books
1961290815New York: Bookman Associates 1961. Hard Cover. Good binding/Good dust jacket. Full page text illustrations. Significant dampstaining and discoloration to the binding. Red cloth with a Good dustjacket. Good binding / Good dust jacket. Bookman Associates unknown books
1885133650New York: R. Worthington 1885. Octavo pp. 1-5 6-324 flyleaves at front and rear original olive cloth spine panel stamped in gold floral patterned endpapers. First edition. The first novel about Cuba written by an American a 31-page Cuban story published in 1851 in Charleston SC preceded. Adam Badeau was on General Grant's staff during the Civil War and later became a diplomat. He was consul-general at Havana from May 1882 to April. 1884 when he resigned because he was not permitted by the U.S. State Department to substantiate charges of corruption he had leveled against it. Wright III 205. Spine darkened light rubbing along edges fore-edge corners of back cover water stained still a solid good copy with clean tight interior. #133650 R. Worthington unknown books