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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962. Navy brushed cloth boards, gilt spine titles. Pages crisp, clean. Dj slight edge wear. 4 photo plates inc.: The Chief Druid, The Human Sacrifice, The Procession of the Antient CIMBRI', and symbolical representations in ancient architecture of the landing of the Ark on Ararat. A critical examination of the reputation of nearly all Druidry in English literature to 1850. 264 pages. Classic cover design. Name on flyleaf.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Book.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1962. Navy brushed cloth boards, gilt spine titles, moderate wear. Dj in clear sleeve. Pages very good. Four photo plates inc.: The Chief Druid, The Human Sacrifice, The Procession of the Antient CIMBRI', and symbolical representations in ancient architecture of the landing of the Ark on Ararat. A critical examination of the reputation of nearly all Druidry in English literature to 1850. 264 pages. Few stamps, labels. Classic cover design.. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

One Miracle Publishing, 1997. Slightest wear.. First Edition. Soft cover. As New. Book.

Ottawa/London/Chicago: Canadian Library Association/Library Association Publishing Ltd./ American Library Association, 1993. Still in wrap. Unbound w/binder punch holes. 1993 Amendments only. Apprx. 80 pages.. Unbound. New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Gallimard et Librairie, 1959. Moderate corner, edge wear. In French. 240 pages.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

London: Octopus Books Ltd., 1972. First American Edition. Textured, dk. brown coated boards, gilt spine titles, lt. shelf wear. Thick heavy stock pages, lt. wear. Dj lt. edge wear, protected in sleeve. Wrapper depicts the classic, sombre American couple with pitchfork. Beautiful color plates w/text throughout. 87 full-color illustrations. Originally published in Italian in 1966, this is the first English version. Divided into two sections - Nineteenth century - art in the United States, and twentieth century - United States and Europe. Mainly focuses on architecture and paintings. A beautifully crafted, heavy book. Printed in Italy by Fratelli Fabbri Editore. 158 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Day Books - Stein and Day, 1978. Rare edition. Moderate wear, small closed tear. Pages fine. 251 pages. Fills the need of an entire population of women, until now not only persecuted and ignored, but deprived of any reasonable account of themselves and the sufferings imposed on them by society. First Day Books Edition. Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Charles E. Merrill Co., Publisher, 1902. Fine dk. green cloth boards, blind-stamp border, gilt spine titles, slight shelf wear. Pages fine, clean. Bind strong. Richly illustrated w/ portraits of many authors before their contribution is examined; arranged by region, period and genre. Lt. foxing inside boards, w/ name, few notes. 514 pages.. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, 1974. Gold cloth wraps, moderate wear. Pages very good. 96 pages. Bookstore mark.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

University of Chicago Press, 1981. Moderate corner, edge wear. Pages very good, clean. (Spine title: Monographs of the Society...82). Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Wiesbaden, Germany: Gabler, Betriebswirt.-Vlg, 2002. Light shelf wear. Pages fine. 210 pages.. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Corporación Editora Nacional, 1997. Lt. cover, edge wear. Pages fine, no writing. 262 pages.. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

New York: Vintage Books, 1989. Tenth printing. Import from Infinity Books of Tokyo, Japan. First published in 1972 by Straight Arrow Books. Glossy pictorial wraps, light shelf wear. Mescalinish dreamy montage cover illustration by Tom Sciacca. Pages fine. Bind fine. With a new introduction for this 1989 edition by Hunter Thompson and afterword by Acosta's son Marco. Before his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano lawyer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing "Dr. Gonzo," a fat, pugnacious attorney with a gargantuan appetite for food, drugs, and life on the edge. Written with uninhibited candor and manic energy, this book is Acosta's own account of coming of age as a Chicano in the psychedelic sixties, of taking on impossible cases while breaking all the rules of courtroom conduct, and scrambling headlong in search of a personal and cultural identity. A landmark… Read More

1989. Moderate wear. 88 pages.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: E.P. Dutton, Publisher, 1989. First printing w/full number line, stated first American edition. Maroon boards, maroon cloth spine wrap, gilt spine titles, slight shelf wear. Pages crisp, clean; slight fox at endpages. Dust wrapper fine; protected in new clear sleeve. From the cover: "In the tradition of Jean Cocteau's 'Les Enfants Terribles,' considered a masterpiece, this is a far better book." - Anthony Burgess. 155 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Cosmopolitan Books, 1928. 1928 Cosmopolitan Books First Edition Hardcover. Black cloth boards, gilt cover seal of meditator, gilt spine titles, moderate wear. Pages very good, clean. 10th century Buddha portrait frontispiece. Endpages wheel of life drawing w/ dragon holding edges. Fascinating. No print info, same title and copyright year.. Original Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1946. Second printing. Fine navy cloth boards, gilt spine titles, design, as new. Pages very fine, no writing. Bind strong. Dj slight wear; in protective sleeve. Very attractive and in fine condition. A beautifully preserved book. Adams, editor of NY Times Book Review for 18 years, compiles a selection that met his criteria of being able to stand by itself, independent of context, and that it contains some stimulating or provocative illuminating thought. 402 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Denver, Colorado: First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A., 1984. Brown leatherette boards, raised silver cover design, spine titles and banded silver ribs; slight wear, rub. Beautiful inset silver seal on cover. Oversize design w/ heavy coated pages and full color illustrations and historic photos compared w/ modern shots. Includes pull-out panoramic shots, etc. 219 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Barclay, Curtis (Layout and Printing Consultant). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Port Washington, L.I., N.Y.: Ira J. Friedman, Inc., 1962. Second printing of this book, first being 1918. This edition limited to 300 copies. Navy full cloth boards, gilt cover and spine titles w/bands, lt. shelf wear, rub. Thick, heavy pages fine. Bind strong. Illustrated w/historical photos throughout. 424 pages.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

575 Madison Avenue - New York 22, N. Y.: Avon Publications, Inc., 1940. Rare 1940s Avon paperback; code T-123. Appears to be first and only printing. Features early classic "meme"-like cartoonish line-drawn digs at the curvaceous femmes and modern romance. Humored text, observation and perspectives throughout by John Paul Adams. From wraps: "All about those wicked, witty, wonderful women. Luscious lasses and bare-faced babes! A behind-the-scenes peek at all the delicious, delightful ways of honeys in arms and saucy sirens on the prowl - in hundreds of sparkling cartoons, gags, and off-beat observations." Dynamic 1940s pictorial cover design, moderate corner, edge wear, rub. Classic gold wraps with white, black and yellow titles on red fields. Pages generally very good with attractive toning; some brittleness. Few with chip, short closed tears; also, few with lightly pencilled marginalia. Bind intact; some starting to interior bind, text block uneveness. Rare,… Read More