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250525San Francisco: the Gallery 197-. Three 5.5x8.5 inch leaflets and one larger folded flyer in its original decorated envelope with 1974 postmark announcing art shows and performances. Aside from the folding of the larger flyer very good condition. the Gallery unknown books
199056265San Dimas California: Nicholas C. Polos 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Foreword by Donald H. Pflueger. Numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Rich and detailed history of the Southern California city located in the San Gabriel Valley about 28 miles east of Downtown Los Angeles. Printed by The Castle Press in Pasadena California. Original blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Some occasional mild wear to the dust jacket; otherwise a near fine copy. <br/><br/> Nicholas C. Polos hardcover books
006309San Dimas California: Polos Nicholas C. 1990. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Cloth w Gold Embossed Cover. Privately Printed. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Rural heritage of San Dimas followed to its modern evolutions. B/w photos and drawings. Eight color reproduc tions of paintings including portraits of Barry Goldwater and Louis L'Amour. Bibliography Index Chronology & map. 362 pp. San Dimas, California: Polos, Nicholas C. 1990 unknown books
1936164911Paris: Galerie Jean Charpentier 1936. Paperback. G. Covers show smudging and wear missing small chunks along edges; covers have been taped along spine. Contents are yellowed but otherwise clean and tight. Tan paper wraps with dark blue lettering. 71 pp text LX 60 BW plates. Title continues: Importante gouache par N. Lavreince; dessins - gouaches par Van Loo Lallemand; tableaux anciens par Pillement; objects varies de la Renaissance; porcelaines anciennes de Chantilly Chelsea Frankenthal Mennecy Saxe Sevres; faiences anciennes importante soupiere en faience de Marseille; objects de vitrine - miniatures boite a miroir eventails etuis boites montres necessaires en or cisele ou emaille porcelaine email; bronzes - pendules - pieces montees terres cuites par Clodion Marin; meubles et sieges estampilles des principaux Maitres ebenistes; tapisseries d'Aubusson tapis d'Orient. Text in French. Galerie Jean Charpentier paperback books
007525Canada: National Museum of Canada. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Bulletin number 119 Volume II Totem Poles According to Location by Barbeau. No date given. Very good in tall thick bound wrappers. Erratum slip laid in. <br/><br/> National Museum of Canada paperback books
196032549London: Hamish Hamilton 1960. Octavo unprinted orange wrappers. Pre-bind of first edition sheets intended as a review copy. "A religious morality tale in which the survivors of the atomic war are led back to the upper world where an invisible dictator a kind of God rules." - Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 p. 160. "This is no Orwellian future. It is a world incapable of the dynamic of tyranny. Even the weather is always cool and grey with no room for either fire or ice. The state motto is 'Every valley shall be exalted.' This is a brilliant projection of tendencies already apparent in the postwar British welfare state but because the book lacks the expected horrors of cacotopian fiction it has met less appreciation than NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR." - Burgess Ninety-nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 p. 75. ". an excellent example of what Chad Walsh has called 'the Law of Reverse Effect' . one of the keystones of anti-utopian science fiction." - Berger Science Fiction and the New Dark Age p. 209. "Powerful story ." - Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 95. "FACIAL JUSTICE and PLAYER PIANO are easily the most important anti-utopia written since NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR ." - Hillegas The Future as Nightmare p. 163. An important and now neglected novel that should be better known. Anatomy of Wonder 1987 3-194. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 pp. 274-75. A fine copy. #32549 Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1960156348London: Hamish Hamilton 1960. Octavo boards. First edition. "A religious morality tale in which the survivors of the atomic war are led back to the upper world where an invisible dictator a kind of God rules." - Gerber Utopian Fantasy 1973 p. 160. "This is no Orwellian future. It is a world incapable of the dynamic of tyranny. Even the weather is always cool and grey with no room for either fire or ice. The state motto is 'Every valley shall be exalted.' This is a brilliant projection of tendencies already apparent in the postwar British welfare state but because the book lacks the expected horrors of cacotopian fiction it has met less appreciation than NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR." - Burgess Ninety-nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 p. 75. ". an excellent example of what Chad Walsh has called 'the Law of Reverse Effect' . one of the keystones of anti-utopian science fiction." - Berger Science Fiction and the New Dark Age p. 209. "Powerful story ." - Clarke Tale of the Future 1978 p. 95. "FACIAL JUSTICE and PLAYER PIANO are easily the most important anti-utopia written since NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR ." - Hillegas The Future as Nightmare p. 163. An important and now neglected novel that should be better known. Anatomy of Wonder 1987 3-194. Fortunati and Trousson eds Dictionary of Literary Utopias p. 219. Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 pp. 274-75. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with touch of tanning to spine panel with a bit of show through to white lettering and publisher's monogram and a touch of dust soiling to rear panel. #156348 Hamish Hamilton unknown books
1924136483London & New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1924. Octavo pp. 1-8 1-220 221: blank 222: publisher's device 223-224: blank note: last leaf is a blank original green cloth front and spine panels stamped in gold fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First edition. Hartley's scarce first book collecting seventeen stories including several later reprinted in The Travelling Grave 1948. "Hartley is the master of the double entendre and sinister talk at cross purposes." - Bleiler The Guide to Supernatural Fiction p. 228. Ashley Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction p. 88. Barron ed Horror Literature 3-80. Sullivan ed The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural pp. 192-93. Tymn ed Horror Literature 4-112. Bleiler 1978 p. 94. Not in Reginald 1979; 1992. Free endpapers a bit tanned else a fine copy. #136483 G. P. Putnam's Sons unknown books
