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Bradbury Agnew, London, 1875. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. BURNAND, F.C. About Buying a Horse &c. &c., London: Bradbury Agnew, 1875.12mo, priority unknown to me, xii, 291, contemporary marbled paper-covered boards three-quarter-bound in black morocco, gilt lettering and floral decoration to spine, top edge gilt, former owner's name on a fly page. Francis Cowley Burnand wrote an enormous number of lightweight plays, including for Gilbert & Sullivan, and wrote for and edited Punch magazine. This horse-buying memoir is scarce in the marketplace but widely held in institutional libraries, according to OCLC Worldcat. The book also includes the briefer works "The Story of My Legal Examination," "My Aunt's Great Police Case," and "Our Representative Man."Condition of this book:Wear at extremities, overall very good. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner… Read More

Schirmer Books, New York, 1988. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. LANDON, H.C. ROBBINS. 1791, Mozart's Last Year, New York: Schirmer Books, 1988.Octavo, later printing, pp. 240, black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, halftone illustration. The mysterious circumstances of the great composer's death are here examined and clarified by a musicologist.Condition of this book:Dust jacket lightly worn, all else fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; 18th century; Music. ISBN: 0028725921. ISBN/EAN: 9780028725925. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53013. . 9780028725925

H. Keller, Lucerne, 1899. Later Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HEER, J.C. Guide to Lucerne, the Lake, and Its Environs, Lucerne: H. Keller's Foreign Printing Office, 1899.12mo, eighth edition, pp. 180, flexible red gilt-stamped boards with blind-stamped fleurs-de-lys, 3 folding color maps, engraved illustrations. Issued by the Lucerne traffic commission and given as a souvenir and guidebook to guests of the Hotel Eden House, Lucerne. Includes railway information and advertisements. Condition: Good with chips at spine ends; internally very good. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Switzerland; 19th century; Travel & Places. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51472. . Read More

Ballantine, New York, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. KORNBLUTH, C.M., and POHL, FREDERIK. Search the Sky, New York: Ballantine Books, 1954.Octavo, first edition with no additional printings indicated, pp. 165, 1 (note), blue cloth boards with yellow lettering on spine. Second collaboration of 2 noted 1950s SF authors.Condition of this book:Overall very good, jacket spine is sunned with short tear near top front. Top edge darkened, endpages also darkened, boards' edges lightly worn. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; United States; 1950s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52746. .

Hokuseido, Nishikicho, 1936. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. G. CAIGER. Dolls on Display, Japan in Miniature, Nishikicho: Hokuseido Press, 1936.Quarto, fourth edition (first was 1933), pp. xi, 141, string-bound purple silk-covered boards with a paper label on front, boxed, halftone and color illustrations, some folding. An explanation for Westerners of the cultural significance of dolls as they were displayed during the Girls Festival and Boys Festival, annual celebrations of children. The illustrations show the finest craft work in the field.Condition of this book:Fine, box poor with missing pieces. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; Japan; 1930s; Children. Pictures of this item… Read More

Andre Sauret, Monte Carlo, 1969. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/Fine. CAIN, JULIEN. Chagall Lithograph, Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1969.Folio, German language edition, pp. 179, 1 (note), gray cloth boards with black stamped lettering on spine and upper panel, dust jacket and frontispiece lithographs created by Marc Chagall at the Mourlot Freres studio in Paris, with original acetate wrapper. Volume 3 of the 6-volume Chagall lithograph catalogue raisonne. The German edition is scarce in any condition; especially so in fine quality.Condition of this book:Faint age-toning to jacket edges, a few small cracks in acetate wrapper, else fine. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text is in German. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; 1960s; German Language;… Read More

Sauret, Paris, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/Fine. CAIN, JULIEN. Chagall Lithographe, 1962-1968, Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1969.Folio, French language edition, pp. 179, 1 (note), gray cloth boards with black stamped lettering on spine and upper panel, dust jacket and frontispiece lithographs created by Marc Chagall at the Mourlot Freres studio in Paris (Sorlier 577a, 578), with original acetate wrapper and cardboard slipcase. Volume 3 of the 6-volume Chagall lithograph series.Condition of this book:Small crack in acetate wrapper, short tear at head of spine, else fine. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). One volume of the 6-volume set. Text is in French. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; France; 1960s; French Language;… Read More

Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1971. First Edition. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. CALLAHAN, HARRY, and his students, Fifth Annual Portfolio of the Photographic Education Society, Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, 1971.27 prints including Callahan's 1967 photo Multiple Exposure/Providence, gelatin silver measuring about 7.25x4.75 inches or 18x12cm, mounted on heavy white card stock measuring 14x11 inches, in its original brown cloth-covered cardboard solander, together with 26 photos by Callahan's students, some of whom went on to become collected photographers in their own right (Paul Krot, Henry Horenstein, Robert Richfield). See complete list below.Callahan was director of the photo department at RISD from 1961 through 1976 and as such was one of the leading art photography educators in the 20th century, as evidenced by the brilliant work of his students displayed here. The photos are various sizes, all mounted. The Multiple Exposure photo… Read More

Aperture, New York, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Near Fine. Black cloth boards stamped in silver on the front and the spine, duotones, with a 19-page introduction by John Szarkowski. The editors claim this is the most complete selection of Callahan's photos ever published -- well more than 100, said to be of a quality as high as the original prints. See Roosens/Salu 1275.Roth, p. 204: "Despite a museum retrospective concurrent with the book's publication, and its sensitive reproductions by Rapoport Printing Corporation, Harry Callahan's first comprehensive museum monograph was a slow sell for MoMA and copublisher Aperture when it was issued in 1976. Years later, when the book had fallen out of print and the need for a second edition was more urgently felt, the separations necessary for making its reproduction had disintegrated. Aperture's best efforts failed to produce the financial support required to reprint the book, and it has… Read More

Calif. Historical Society, San Francisco, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. CHARLES L. CAMP [editor]. James Clyman, American Frontiersman, 1792-1881, San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1928.Quarto, first edition, pp. 247, 4 (index), blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, 3 maps (1 folding), frontis photo portrait tipped in, lacking the dust jacket, ex-library showing former owner's unfortunate efforts to expunge the library's markings. Adventures of a trapper and covered wagon emigrant as told in his own reminiscences and diaries. Howes, C 81: "One of the most trustworthy narratives of the far west." Also see Streeter 3095, Rader 849 and Zamorano Eighty 19.Condition of this book:Both joints splitting with the back cover nearly detached, crease in cloth on front, clean inside, but only fair to good. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation,… Read More

Worthington, Hartford, 1892. Early Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. HELEN CAMPBELL. Darkness and Daylight or Light and Shadows of New York Life, Hartford: A.D. Worthington, 1892.Large octavo, early edition, pp. xii, 13-740, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and illustration to spine and front, illustrated from photographs. Campbell, a journalist and reformer, wrote extensively on New York's poor, the garment industry and exploitation of women (see Feminist Companion, Yale). Her use of photography was in striking similarity to that of Jacob Riis, but she never published the photos themselves.Condition of this book:Spine ends worn, fraying; various minor discolorations to covers. Both hinges cracked, clean. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Spine working loose but still intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available:… Read More

Fantasy, Reading, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. CAMPBELL, JOHN W. Jr. The Incredible Planet, Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1949.Octavo, first edition, pp. 343, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine.Condition of this book:Jacket wrinkled all over, chipped at head of spine. Boards faded and worn, small and inoffensive dampstain to top edge and pastedowns. Overall good and sound. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; United States; 1940s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52688. .

Powerhouse, New York, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Fine. PATRICK CARIOU. Gypsies, New York: Powerhouse Books, 2011.Oblong quarto, first edition, pp 190, 1 (colophon), turquoise cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering in the spine and front, color plates. Documents the migration of the Rom (gypsies) from Western Europe through the Middle East to India. The photographer spent more than 10 years on this work.Condition of this book:Fine in a lightly worn jacket. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; Modern; Travel & Places. ISBN/EAN: 9781576875704. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55408. . 9781576875704

Oxford, New York, 1968. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. HARRY CARTER. The Fell Types, What Has Been Done In and About Them, New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.16mo, first edition, pp. 25, 1 (colophon), wraps, halftone illustration. Discusses Oxford's revival of an archaic type face.Condition of this book:Fine. Size: 16mo (very small). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; England; 1960s; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54756. .

Bantam, Toronto, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. JIMMY CARTER. Keeping Faith, Memoirs of a President, Toronto etc.: Bantam Books, 1982.Octavo, unnumbered limited edition, pp. xiv, 622, navy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, slipcased, halftone photos in text. Signed by Carter on a preliminary leaf.Condition of this book:Covers and slipcase have white blemishes, spine sunned, clean and tight inside, apparently never read. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; United States; 1980s; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0553050230. ISBN/EAN: 9780553050233. Pictures of this item not already displayed here… Read More

Bulfinch, Boston, 1994. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/As New. CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI. Photographer, Boston: Bulfinch, 1994.Large, heavy quarto, revised edition, pp. 343, beige cloth boards with white lettering on spine, blind-stamped lettering on front, 155 duotones. A comprehensive recapitulation of Bresson's career as the father of modern photojournalism, with all his greatest photos in one beautiful book. Includes images from all over the world plus the great famous from his early days in France: On the Banks of the Marne and Place de l'Europe in the Rain.Condition of this book:Remainder mark at bottom edge, all else fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Photography; Reference. ISBN: 0821219863.… Read More

Thames & Hudson, London, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Near Fine. CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI. In India, New York and London: Thames & Hudson, 1987.Quarto, first English-language edition (preceded by the French edition in 1985), pp. 128, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt logo on front, duotone photo plates, former owner's ID on half-title page. The last of Bresson's great travelogues. Roosens-Salu 1744.Condition of this book:Jacket lightly worn, overall near fine. This is the first UK edition. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; India; 1980s; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0500541248. ISBN/EAN: 9780500541241. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Read More

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/Good. CARTIER-BRESSON, Henri. The Europeans, New York and Paris: Simon & Schuster, Editions Verve, 1955.Folio, first American edition, pp. 134, printed boards, gravures, captions pamphlet tipped in. With its cover design by Joan Miro, this is one of Bresson's most important and collectible books, showing postwar Europe in photos taken between 1950 and 1955. Parr & Badger, V.1., pp. 208-209. Includes original acetate wrapper, with a tear, a small chunk missing, and a Sharpie library number on spine. The Miro cover is near fine, with none of the browning and flaking that is common to this book. The backstrip is pulled a bit at the head of the spine. Two library rubber stampings inside, all else fine. This is the first USA edition. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight,… Read More

Orion, London, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Signed by Author. CAROLINE CARVER. Blood Junction, London: Orion, 2001.Octavo, first edition, pp. [i - acknowledgements], 280, paper-covered boards, signed on the title page by Carver. Murder and suspense in the Outback.Condition of this book:Fine in fine jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Australia; Modern; Fiction. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0752838466. ISBN/EAN: 9780752838465. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55243. . 9780752838465

Stokes, New York, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author. FRANK CASE. Tales of a Wayward Inn, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1938, together with a signed letter to a customer.Octavo, first edition, pp. ix, 390, navy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt illustration on front, top edge tinted blue, illustrated plates, lacking the dust jacket, book label on front paste-down, gift inscription on front paste-down, inscription from Case on the half-title, ALS from Case tipped in at the back. Case inscribed the book to a longtime customer, Andrew Blackmore, whose wife also inscribed it to him. The letter from Case is to the wife, discussing the Blackmores' plans to retire to a ranch in Arizona, concluding "We all work too hard in this country. What for?" That's the way Case wrote the book -- clearly and directly. It's his biography as the owner of the Algonquin Hotel, from the early struggles… Read More