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THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS
Menlo Park Lane 1964 First Printing Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Sunset Book. 321 pp. Heavy cardboard slipcase with full-size photo paste-on. Cloth boards, leatherette/gilt spine. Photographic endpapers. A pictorial history of the early Spanish missions of California. A Visitor's Guide to the Missions and book order form laid in. Heavy book, will require extra postage.; 4to
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Brushwork Diary : Watercolors of Early Nevada
Reno, NV, U.S.A. University of Nevada Press 1991 0874171741 Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket Illustrated by Long, Walter S. (illustrator)
New and unread in publisher's shrinkwrap. No marks, not price clipped. 118-plus pages of watercolor scenes from Nevada's frontier, 1878-1880.; Small 4to
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I'll Take My Stand
New York Harper & Bros. 1930 Stated First Edition Hardcover Good with no dust jacket
359 pp. Green cloth boards quite faded, particularly the spine. Gilt bands with green lettering. Bottom corners bumped. NOT EX-LIB. No owner names. Sound binding. Southern classic with essays by John Crowe Ransom, Donald Davidson, Frank Lawrence Owsley, John Gould Fletcher, Lyle H. Lanier, Allen Tate, Herman C. Nixon, Andrew Lytle, Robert Penn Warren, John Donald Wade, Henry Blue Kline, and Stark Young.; 8vo 8"
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Paul Strand : Essays on His Life & Work
Gordonsville, VA, U.S.A. Aperture Foundation, Incorporated 1990 0893814202 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
319 pp. Gray cloth boards, silver spine lettering. No remainder or owner marks. Light soil top page edges. Unclipped jacket lightly edgeworn. No chips or tears. Essays on the life and work of photographer Paul Strand by those who knew or worked with him.; 8vo 8"
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Tom Hill
Tucson, AZ Settlers West Galleries Softcover Very Good
16 pp. 24 paintings represented, in color and b/w. Paintings of Guatemala, Mexico, New Mexico, and Arizona.; Exhibition Catalog; 4to
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15.00 USD
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The Memoirs of Chief Red Fox
McGraw-Hill 1971 Second Printing Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket
Clean and tight, slight slant, in shelfworn dustjacket. No remainder or owner marks, not price clipped. ; 8vo 8"
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9.79 USD
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Photographing the Second Gold Rush : Dorothea Lange & the Bay Area at War 1941-1945
Berkeley, CA, U.S.A. Heyday Books 1995 0930588789 First Edition Softcover New
New and unread. Stiff white wraps with b/w photo. No marks, bumps, soil or creases. Arresting selection of Dorothea Lange photos from the World War II era, capturing Americans of all ethnic backgrounds as they gravitated to the San Francisco area during the war years. 86 pp. Introduction by Charles Wollenberg; Square 8vo
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Contemporary Indian Art
Japan Glenbarra Art Museum 1993 4795229775 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
180 pp. Rich dark green cloth boards/gilt dec. and lettering. Textured endpapers. Unmarked. Upper tips very lightly bumped, else fine in unclipped jacket. Contemporary painting from India at the Glenbarra Museum of Art in Japan. Text in Japanese and English. Fully illus. in color.; SG000472; 4to
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150.00 USD
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Ben Shahn
Hiroshima Hiroshima Perfectural Museum of Arts 1970 First Edition Softcover Very Good
182 pp. Blue paper wraps. Corners bumped, including text block, not just the wraps. No other creases or owner marks. Ex cat of Shahn's artistry, in color and b/w. Text in Japanese and English.; SG001171; Oblong 4to
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25.00 USD
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Les Violons: Lutherie Venitienne, Peintures et Dessins
Hotel de Ville, Paris Assoc. pour la Promotion des Arts 1995 Softcover Near Fine
Unpaged (approx 300 pp) Exhibit catalog. Text in French. Color illustration s throughout. Detailed illustrations of various parts of instruments, plus paintings in which violins are the subject. Crease along length of spine, else fine. Errata laid in. Heavy book, may require extra shipping, depending on class.; SG001290; 4to
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125.00 USD
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Stories from The Arabian Nights retold by Laurence Housman
Garden City, NY Garden City unknown Hardcover Very Good in Poor dust jacket Illustrated by Edmund Dulac and E. E. Schoonover
xxii, 205 pp. N.d. circa 1930's. Black cloth boards. Color illus pastedown front cover, in excellent condition. Yellow lettering on spine is bright. Rear board is a bit spotted. Illus. endpapers. Clean and unmarked. Eight beautiful color plates. Jacket quite worn and torn with small piece missing at top of spine and top tips. In mylar.; SG001353; Large 8vo
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Poole Pottery and Doulton Wares
London Christies South Kensington 1991 Softcover Near Fine with no dust jacket
Stapled binding. Auction catalog Aug. 29 1991. 250 lots, most pictured in color. Light wear at corners.; SG001520; 4to
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William Edmondson: A Retrospective
Nashville Tennessee Arts Commission 1981 Softcover Near Fine
96 pp. No marks. Light rub to wraps. Spine tight and uncreased. Clean. Scarce exhibit catalog of the stone sculptures of Nashville Tenn sculptor. Illus in b/w.; SG001737; 4to
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The Art of the Korean Potter: Silla, Koryo, Yi.
NY Asian Society 1968 First Edition Softcover Fine with no dust jacket
132 pp. No owner marks. Exhibit catalog of Korean pottery of the Silla, Koryo, and Yi periods. Fully illus in color and b/w. Nice reference to this stunning pottery.; SG001758; Ex-Cat; 4to
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A Complete collection of Postage Stamps of China: Postal Stationery
7540200936 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
225 pp. Cloth boards. No remainder/owner marks. Edgewear to unclipped jacket, no chips or tears. Illustrates Chinese stationery with postage affixed, covering dates in the 20th century, into the 1990's. Text in Chinese characters, with some English subtitles. Color illus.; SG001884; 4to
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65.00 USD
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Type Specimen Book
Kansas City, MO Western Typesetting Co. Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket
220 pp. Black cloth boards. Unmarked. Page after page of type style examples with specifications. Great reference.; SG001901; 4to
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Momotaro, or Little Peachling
Tokyo Kobunsha Softcover Good with no dust jacket
No date (ca. 1910). No. 2 Minami Sayegicho Tokio inside cover, the rest in Japanese. Text in English. 14 pages, unopened. Color illustrations . Binding is hand-tied silk. Edgeworn and dog-eared, one corner slightly torn. Light soil to wraps, internally clean. Small faded owner name front wrap. Couple of fleabites foreedge. Good overall.; SG002111; 12mo
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95.00 USD
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Militant Mediator: Whitney M. Young Jr.
Lexington University Press of Kentucky 1998 0813120586 Second Printing Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
x, 384 pp. Personal inscription by author on FFEP. No remainder or other marks. No chips or tears to jacket. Young blended interracial mediation with direct protest, demonstrating that these methods pursued together were the best tactics for achieving social, economic and political change. Young built support for integration from both black and white constituencies. Notes, bibliography, index. Photos.; SG002142; 8vo 8" ; Signed by Author
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Abell, Sir Westcott The Shipwright's Trade
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1948 First Edition Hardcover Very Good in Good dust jacket
xiii, 219 pp. Green cloth/gilt dec. and spine lettering. Clean and unmarked. Well illus. by drawings and plates. Clipped jacket edgeworn and chipped. In mylar. NOT ex-lib.; SG000535; 8vo 8"
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Abella, Alex The Great American
New York Simon and Schuster 1997 0684814277 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Book crisp, tight and unread with small crease at heel of spine. Jacket bright and snug with minor edgewear. Not a remainder, not price clipped, no previous owner marks. Author's second book after 'The Killing of the Saints'.; 8vo 8"
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9.00 USD
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Abrahamson, Una Crafts Canada: the Useful Arts
Clarke, Irwin & Co. 1974 077200711x First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Good+ dust jacket
First printing. Sound and square, binding solid. No marks on book or throughout text, edges sharp. Black cloth with bronze title on spine. Jacket snug and complete but worn, not price clipped, no significant chips or tears. 191 pp., indexed, biblio, well-illus., 26 reproductions in full color, 90 in b&w. Contemporary work done by outstanding Canadian craftspeople, includes especially interesting section on crafts of the pioneers and the native peoples. An outstanding tribute to the rich Canadian heritage and history of the manual arts from its origin through year of publication. Among the crafts discussed are textiles, glass-making, ceramics, knitting, metalwork, leatherwork, and rug making. Fast, personal service from experienced professional booksellers - satisfaction guaranteed. No domestic priority or internation al shipping.; 4to
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Ackroyd, Peter English Music
NY Knopf 1992 First American Edition Softcover As New
400 pp. Fine unread copy. Signed by author (signature only) on FFEP. Cardstock slipcase with flap closure, with edgewear and creases. Good.; SG001332; Advanced Reading Cop; 8vo 8" ; Signed by Signed by Author
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18.95 USD
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Adam, Christina Any Small Thing Can Save You : A Bestiary
New York, NY, U.S.A. Putnam Publishing Group, The 2001 0399148140 First Edition Hardcover New
First printing. Mint. A new, unread copy. Clean and tight, no marks or bookplate, not ex-library. Dustjacket snug and bright, edges crisp, no wear or price clip. This first printing of the first edition contains a printers error, omitting page 212. Publisher's erratum laid in to complete the edition with text of p. 212. SIGNED by author on half-title page (name only). A collectible copy.; 8vo 8" ; Signed by Signed By Author
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Adams, Ansel Yosemite and the Range of Light
NY New York Graphic Society 1979 0821207504 Stated First Edition Hardcover Good in Fair dust jacket
Musty odor. Foxing to endpapers and light foxing to boards. Photographs are all in good, unmarked, condition. Foxing does not extend to photographs . Jacket is scored through about 8 inches long on the front, but no pieces are missing. 116 of Adams' finest photos.; SG000591; Oblong Folio
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Adams, Douglas The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
New York, NY, U.S.A. Simon & Schuster Trade 1988 0671625837 First U.S. Edition Hardcover Good in Good dust jacket
Clean and tight copy with dampstain to top front board and corresponding stain to inside of jacket, not visible on jacket surface. Light edgewear and rubbing to jacket. Jacket not price clipped. Not a remainder; no previous owner marks. ; 8vo 8"
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Adams, Frank T. JAMES A. DOMBROWSKI: AN AMERICAN HERETIC, 1897-1983
University of Tennessee Press 2000 0870497421 Softcover As New
New and unread, in shrinkwrap as shipped from publisher. A biography of the radical visionary who worked tirelessly for the cause of social justice in the South. Dombrowski was the named plaintiff in the landmark case in which U.S. Supreme Court ruled that his arrest for subversion had a "chilling effect" on his First Amendment rights.
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Adams, Richard E. W. Rio Azul : An Ancient Maya City
Norman, OK, U.S.A. University of Oklahoma Press 1999 0806130768 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket
New and unopened in publisher's shrinkwrap, not a used item. No marks, bumps or price clip. Deep within the forest in northern Guatemala lie the ruins of Rio Azul, a Maya city that reached one-third the size of Tikal. Discovered and partially explored in the early 1960s, Rio Azul and the surrounding region were more fully investigated between 1983 and 1987 by an archaeological team led by Richard E. W. Adams. In this summary, Adams integrates the findings of field archaeologists with those of the epigraphers and art historians to recreate the life of this Maya city from the little-known Early Classic period. 280 pp., indexed, numerous illustrations, 6 plates in color.; 8vo 8"
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Adcock, Betty The Difficult Wheel : Poems
Baton Rouge, LA, U.S.A. Louisiana State University Press 1995 0807120227 First Printing Hardcover New
New from publisher. Unread. An unblemished copy, no marks, bumps or price clip. Fast, personal service from experienced professional booksellers - satisfaction guaranteed. ; 8vo 8"
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Adcock, Thomas; Chelius, Jane (editor) Devil's Heaven
New York, NY, U.S.A. Pocket Books 1995 0671897780 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
First printing. Crisp, tight and clean in very good jacket with rubbing/edgewear, shallow creases in front and back flaps. No marks; not price clipped. A Neil Hockaday mystery. Highly recommended.
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Adler, Bill (editor) John F. Kennedy and the Young Peopleof America
David McKay Co., Inc. 1965 Second Printing Hardcover Very Good in Fair dust jacket
Clean and sound, no owner marks/inscriptions/notations. Stamped "Dept. 620" on all edges. Very worn dustjacket (chips, tears, creases around top edge). Illus. with many b&w photos. A good reading copy of this touching memento of the respect and affection of America's children through their letters to President and Mrs. Kennedy.; 8vo 8"
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Agassi, Joseph Faraday as a Natural Philosopher
Chicago University of Chicago Press 1971 0226010465 First Edition Hardcover Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
xiv, 359 pp. Pictorial purple boards, spotted on rear. No remainder/owner marks. Light foxing to outer edges. Interior clean and free of foxing. No mustiness. Unclipped jacket is edgeworn and rubbed. No tears. Biography which considers the private, personal man and the public, scientific one.; SG001056; Square 8vo
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Ageyev, M. Novel With Cocaine
New York Dutton 1984 0525242945 First American Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket
Fine copy; clean, tight and bright. Jacket not price clipped, no remainder or owner marks. Translated from the Russian by Michael Henry Heim.; 8vo 8"
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Aitmatov, Chingiz The Place of the Skull
New York Grove Press 1989 0802110002 First Edition Hardcover Fine in Good dust jacket
Book crisp, new and unread in good jacket with moderate shelfwear. Not a remainder, not price clipped, no previous owner marks. Translated from the Russian by Natasha Ward. The Times Literary Supplement calls this novel of modern Russia "arguably the most representative text of the Gorbachev thaw."; 8vo 8"
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Akst, Daniel St. Burl's Obituary
Denver, CO, U.S.A. MacMurray & Beck, Incorporated 1996 1878448684 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
First printing. Clean, tight and straight. Unread, in very good jacket with moderate shelfwear. No marks, not price clipped. Author's first novel, "a rollicking burlesque on death, resurrection, and dinner."
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Al-Nawawi, Imam Etiquette with the Quran
Starlatch Press 2003 1929694008 First Edition Softcover Very Good with no dust jacket
xxiii, 205 pp. Moderate wear to covers. No highlighting, underlining, or notes. No spine crease - excellent binding. Written to explain how best to benefit from the Book of Allah.; SG002495; 8vo
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Alai; Goldblatt, Howard; Lin, Sylvia Li-Chun Red Poppies
Houghton Mifflin 2002 0618119647 First Edition Hard Cover New
Unread copy in new condition with publisher's materials laid in. No marks, unclipped dustjacket, edges and corners sharp. First printing, year of publication on title page, number line on copyright page QUM 10 through 1.; 13409; 8vo
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Alam, Glynn M. Dive Deep and Deadly
Pearl River, NY, U.S.A. Avocet Press, Incorporated (Memento Mori Mysteries) 2000 0966107292 First Edition Softcover As New
Clean and new, an unread copy. No marks, no creases. Author's debut suspense novel featuring Luanne Fogarty.; 8vo 8"
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