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Principles Of Bibliographical Description
by Fredson Bowers
From the text: "The craze for first impressions of first editions, and first issues of first impressions of first editions, and first states of first impressions of first editions, has occasionally resulted in speculation and bibliographical absurdity among collectors and dealers.... Any minor change made in the course of the original printing is immediately seized on as constituting an 'issue.' A trial binding used for perhaps twenty copies of salesmen's samples becomes a rare 'first issue.'"
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Macaulay on America: from a letter to Henry S. Randall May 23, 1857
by Macaulay, T(homas) B(abington)
Miles S. Slocum. Printed at Castle Press by Grant Dahlstrom, 1944. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 11 unnumbered pages. Limited to 100 copies. First edition (first printing). Very good copy with mild tanning to cover leaves. Pages uncut, deckle edges.
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A$38.74
Bartlett Collection: A List of Books on Angling, Fishing and Fish Culture in Harvard College Library
by Albee, Louise Rankin
Maurizio Martino Publications, 1996. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 180. Reprint of the 1896 edition. First edition thus. A fine copy in blue cloth, still in publisher's shrinkwrap, unopened.
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A$58.10
A catalogue of the Books and Manuscripts to be sold at private auction on November 13, 1955, for the benefit of The Modern Poetry Association following a dinner in honor of Robert frost
by Modern Poetry Association. Pargellas, Stanley (president)
Modern Poetry Association. Pargellas, Stanley (president), 1955. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 11 pp. Event held at The Arts Club, Chicago. 53 items for auction. Facsimile of first draft of 'One More Brevity' by Frost. List of sponsors. First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback).
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A$30.99
Shaker Literature: A Bibliography In Two Volumes: Volume 1: By The Shakers, Volume 2: About The Shakers
by Richmond, Mary L. (compiled and annodated)
Shaker Community, Inc. & University Press of New England, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume I: 253 pp; Vol II: 338 pages. First edition (first printing). Near fine copies in gold cloth covers with lettering in gold on black on spine. No dust jackets as issued.
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A$38.74
Anglo-American First Editions East to West / West to East (Two Volume set)
by Brussel, I. R
Sol Lewis, 1981. Hardcover. One of 500 copies. First published in 1936, with new introduction and notes for this edition. Volume I: East to West -- Describing first editions of English Authors whose books were published in America before their publication in England. 170 pages. Volume II; West to East -- Describing first editions of American Authors whose books were published in England before their publication in America. 131 pages. A fine two volume set in a near fine slipcase.
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A$38.74
Three California Writers: Jack London, John Steinbeck Henry Miller, Part III
by Pacific Book Auction Galleries
Pacific Book Auction Galleries, 1998. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Auction catalog. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Still sealed. Rear cover pre-printed with First Class Mail postage. This copy addressed to Peter Howard at Serendipity Books.
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A$38.74
The Tree: A California Story
by Lewis, Oscar
Andrew Hoyen, 1976. Trade Paperback. 21 pages. Keepsake 'presented to the members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs on the occasion of their Joint Meeting 1976, in San Francisco, by Oscar Lewis & Andrew Hoyem.' Limited to 200 copies. First edition thus. A near fine copy in illustrated brown wrappers (paperback).
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A$30.99
Garamond Keepsake
by O'Day, Edward F
Zellerbach Paper Company. Printed by John Henry Nash, 1926. First Edition. Broadside. Single sheet, folded twice, 19.4 x 12.74 inches when folded. Large folio. 8pp, of which two are unopened, printed on one side only in orange, light green and black with a full color frontispiece (tipped-in) portrait of Claude Garamond, by Georges Plasse, specifically painted for this keepsake. Text enclosed in ornamental border. Paper watermarked 'Georgian.' 'This keepsake is sent out by the Zellerbach Paper Company to...
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A$193.68
typed letter signed
by Stuart, John to Lester Anderson
1941. Trade Paperback. Typed letter signed, on New Masses letterhead, dated April 14, 1941. Letter regrets not being able to use the stories submitted by Anderson. About 60 words. John Stuart was a Managing Editor (with others) of New Masses.
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A$30.99
Ornithological Books In the Yale University Library, Including the Library of William Robertson Coe
by Ripley, S. Dillon and Lynette L. Scribner (compilers)
Yale University Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 338 pages. Yale University Library houses one of the great ornithological book collections in the country. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Book corners slightly bumped and spine slightly faded. Dust jacket with mild edge wear and slight fading.
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A$77.47
INDECENT PLEASURES; The Life and Colorful Times of William Targ
by Targ, William
NY: Macmillan, 1975. 1st printing, 1975. Slight shelf wear; a couple of tiny thumbnail creases; dj has a 1" closed tear at top rear edge of spine panel; mild tanning.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good.
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A$30.99
John White, the pictures of sondry things collected and counterfeited according to the truth in the voyage made by Sr Walter Raleigh, knight, for the discouery of La Virginea, in the 27th yeare of the most happie reigne of our Soueraigne lady Queen Elizabeth. And in the yeare of or Lorde God 1585 : facsimile reproductions in colour from the original drawings in the British Museum (prospectus)
by White, John. Hind, A. M. (editor). Lawrence Binyon (introduction)
British Museum, 1938. First Edition. Trade Paperback. [3] pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of facsimile plates in color. 2 pages of text with the history of White's drawings and details of the publication. On back cover a list of the 65 facsimile drawings that were scheduled for publication in 1938. 15 x 11 inches. First edition (first printing) of prospectus. A near fine copy. Prospectus has been folded once horizontally. Rear page is tanned.
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A$77.47
Bibliography of George Ade
by (Ade, George) Russo, Dorothy Ritter
Indiana Historical Society, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 314 pages. Frontispiece photograph of Ade with tissue guard. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in tan and red cloth covers with bright gilt decorations and lettering on spine. No dust jacket.
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A$38.74
A Large Slice of California in New York
by Johnson, Kenneth M. and Harold A. Wollenberg
Kenneth M. Johnson and Harold A. Wollenberg. Printed at Cranium Press, 1974. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded into quarters, 7 x 10 inches when folded. 4 pages. A keepsake for the Roxburghe-Zamarano Twelth Joint Meetin in Los Angeles, September, 1974. Inside page reproduces an advertisement for 'A Solid Section of the Big Tree Measuring 46 feet in Circumference' to be displayed in New York. First edition (first printing). A fine copy. With titled envelope.
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A$23.24
The bark of the book is better than its bite (opening line of introduction to 'The Oxford Companion to the Book')
by Suarez, Michael F
designed by Jack Stauffacher. Greenwood Press, 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded to create 4 pages, 7.25 x 10.3 inches when folded. 'Printed as a keepsake for the meeting of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco., addressed by Dr. Michael F. Suarez, S.J., Director of rare Book School,...University of Virginia. First edition (first printing). A fine copy.
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A$30.99
Books on Art Including Architecture, the Theatre and the Ballet, Albums and Books Illustrated by Modern French Painters. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Speiser
by Kimball, Fiske (foreword) Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, 1944. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 107 pages. B/W illustrations First edition (first printing). Very good in wrappers (paperback). Some pencil notes on front cover.
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A$19.37
The Manuscripts of Howards End (Abinger edition 4a)
by Forster, E. M.; correlated with Forster's final version by Oliver Stallybrass
Edward Arnold, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 370 pages. This volume 'records every alteration made by Forstore within the surviving manuscripts.' Limited to 1000 copies. First edition (first printing). Pages tanned, else near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Red spine lettering on jacket faded to orange. Copy 345.
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A$193.68
Uncommon Value: A Rare Book Dealer's World
by Manasek, F. J
Ann Arbor, MI: Arbor Libri Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 1883817021 . Red cloth binding. Entertaining memoir of a veteran dealer in antiquarian maps and books. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 146 pages .
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A$15.49
Thomas Beer: Aristocrat of Letters
by Lewis Mumford
Auburncrest Library, 1944. Trade Paperback. 16 pages. This edition is a reprint of an article in The Saturday Review of Literature, 1940. This edition is limited to 500 copies, hand set and printed on Hurlbut's Cortlea paper by the Stratford Press, private press of Elmer Gleason, for the friends of Alma & Lloyd Emerson Siberell. A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
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A$38.74
Words Spoken At the Music Room, Boar's Hill, in the Afternoon of November 5th, 1930 at a Festival Designed in the Honor of William Butler Yeats, Poet
by Masefield, John
(Grabhorn-Hoyem), 1970. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. [11] pages. A reprint of a scarce pamphlet. Published for David Magee and Albert Sperisen for the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. One of 250 copies. First edition thus. A near fine copy in blue printed wrappers (paperback), sewn.
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A$38.74
American Wood Type 1828-1900
by Kelly, Rob Roy
Van Nostrand Reinhold. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Publisher's oversized cloth. Cloth lightly scuffed, text block edge and front endpage mildly insected. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar has an internally repaired 10cm tear to rear panel. ; quarto; 350 pages .
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A$581.01
Modern French Illustrated Books, Including Important Surrealist Work and Other Illustrated Art Books. Part II of the Collection of Harriman Douglas
by Parke-Bernet Galleries
Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1953. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 148 pages. B/W illustrations. Sale was held in Los Angeles January 13 and 14, 1953. Outstanding collection of modern and French School book art and bindings. First edition (first printing). Very good copy in printed wrappers (paperback). Sales prices entered in pencil.
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A$30.99
The Season's Greetings 1943
by Elkus, Ruth and Charles deY(oung)
Ruth and Charles DeY Elkus. Printed by Grabhorn Press, 1943. Broadside. Broadside sheet, 11.5 x 13 inches, folded, 5.9 x 11.5 inches when folded, printed in black with illustration of statue in brown and black on yellow. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
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A$30.99
Conversations with Norman Mailer (Literary Conversations Series)
by Mailer, Norman; edited by J. Michael Lennon
University Press of Mississippi, 2008. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 396 pages. Collects 34 of Lennon's interviews with the Pulitzer Prize winning author. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Collections of interviews with notable modern writers
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A$19.37
First Editions of To-Day and How to Tell Them
by H.S.Boutell
Elkin, Matthews & Marrot Ltd.; dated MDCCCCXXVIII- which is an error maybe should be 1928. Hardcover with unclipped dust cover. Dust cover is frayed in places and rubbed at corners- small sections missing to top and bottom of spine. Spine and some places on dust cover discoloured. 62 pp. Binding tight and text clean.
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A$15.51
