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New York: Pantheon Books, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. 324. Endpaper maps. Bound in pale grey half-cloth over grey paper-covered boards. In the price-clipped dust jacket. Signed by Raban in full on the title page. First printing of the first edition. Verlyn Klinkenborg, in a New York Times review, suggests "America has always been nourished by the optimism of its immigrants." That's the very subject of Raban's thesis, whether fulfilling a Jefferson ideal or a Monroe doctrine. Dust jacket is now preserved within a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Manila: Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources / Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 1951. First Edition. Printed Wraps. Very Good. 8vo. With many b&w photographic plates, figures, tables, drawings. Printed paper wraps. Slight erausure to upper fore-edge corner of cover, else a lovely copy of the inaugural issue of this worthy and informed periodical. Includes articles on "The Preparation and Management of Bangos Fishpond Nursery in the Philippines," "The Cultivation and Biology of Oysters at Bacoor Bay, Luzon," "The Cultivation of Sugpo in the Philippines," "A Guide to the Recognition of Fishes Caught with the Use of Explosives," etc. Quite scarce.

Paris: Onfroy, 1792. Original wrappers, uncut, in leather slipcase. Good+/Slipcase Fine. 16mo. Pp. [4], lxxvi, 257, [3], 108. With six engraved plates after Moreau le Jeune, including frontis. Original wrappers, untrimmed. Wear to wraps. Bookplate and signature. (Bookplate, dated 1916, of Oscar Ladner, a factory owner in Vienna whose son Gerhardt was the art historian.; signature is that of the Viennese antiquarian Heinrich Hinterberger, dated 1953, or perhaps a book buyer who indicated they bought the book from Hinterberger.) Sporadic red pencil underscoring throughout. In sum, a presentable copy in a red leather slipcase. The 1792 editions of the Almanach are the first to include the well known treatise Precis historique de la revolution francaise by Rabaut (1743-1793) and to include the text of the Constitution, along with the King's acceptance, from 14 September 1791. This is the second edition of the year 1792, also containing the same series of excellent engravings after allegorical and… Read More

London: Grant Richards, 1904. First thus. Hardcover. Very Good+. W. Heath Robinson. Two volumes. Stout 4to. Vol. I: Pp. xlii, 377; Vol. II: Pp. xliv, 350. Numerous plates and text illustrations. TEG, fore-edge untrimmed. White blindstamped buckram with gilt lettering and decoration. Spines slightly darkened, as usual, and some soiling to cloth. Corners bumped. Else, a crisp set. For centuries prudes have identified Rableais's work as containing many unseemly characteristics: licentiousness, grotesqueries, coarse and ribald satire, etc. In short, the qualities one looks for in entertaining literature. This set comprises a great partnership: Rabelais's delightfully vulgar tales are complemented by Robinson's witty and developed eye.

Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. xviii, 209. Half yellow cloth over brown paper-covered boards. Fine in VG dust jacket. The UW professor's account of the Canwell Committee witch hunt, whose kangaroo court was more representative of Stalin's Soviet tactics than the misidentified "communist plot" it purported to expose. Contains a whodunit aspect involving a hotel register that would have shown Rader and his wife were staying at the Canyon Creek Lodge, near Granite Falls, and not at, as accused, a communist training camp. If one looks closely, a copy of this book rests on the desk of the character played by Dustin Hoffman in "Marathon Man," shown as research for his thesis "Tyranny in America." That's one of the few instances of product-placement of which we approve. Increasingly uncommon in this exemplary condition. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Berkeley: University of California, 1929. First Edition. Printed wraps. Near Fine. Small 4to. Pp. vi - 194. Includes a section on the "habitat and status of Wappo," the grammar and a English-Wappo and Wappo-English dictionary. A lovely copy, partially unopened. According to Radin, in 1929 "practically all Wappo are supposed to live at Alexander Valley, [in present-day] Sonoma County, California," although at one time all Wappo occupied two unconnected areas, "one lay in Napa and Sonoma counties and the other, much smaller, at the southern end of Lake county.

(New York): Pantheon Books, 1953. Second Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good+. E. McKnight Kauffer (dust jacket design). Large 4to. Pp. xxi, [3], 335, [1], followed by a large section of plates, a catalog of those plates, index. Introduction by James Johnson Sweeney, who also selected the sculpture featured here. Map. Top edge dyed red. Bound in black half-cloth over yellow-green linen, Bollingen logo in gilt on the front board, gilt lettering stamped on spine. In the Dust jacket that shows shallow chips and moderate edge-wear. Bollingen Series XXXII. A fine survey, upholding the high standards of Bollingen scholarship.

New York: The International Journal of Surgery Co, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Small 8vo. Pp. 175, followed by a two-page index. Frontis. photo portrait. Illustrated with a few photos, one showing a young man whose arm was amputated at the shoulder joint after an accident involving a cotton gin. Includes a roster of all members. Bound in blue cloth with the crest of the association in gilt and red on front cover; gilt lettering on spine. Endpapers a bit grubby. Slight edgewear. Includes a paper delivered by Dr. C. Holtzclaw of Chattanooga, TN, on his recent world travels; his anecdotes involving wealthy Chinese spice merchants in Singapore are very colorful and charming.

Canadian Pacific Railway, 1920. First Thus. Loose Sheet. Very Good-. Poole Brothers. Map measuring 31.75 inches x 17.75 inches printed four-color. Map shows the breadth of lower Canada from just north of Vancouver Island across to Newfoundland, as well as all of the United States excluding southernmost Texas and Florida. CPR lines are represented in red ink, whereas connecting American railroads are in black. Black stars along the CPR indicate locations of Canadian Pacific Hotels. Two slight chips to left margin, and with a couple short, closed tears along folds. Please see photo. A handsome map from the tail-end of the golden age of rail travel. Now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

New York Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Second and First Printings. Two volumes, hardcover with dust jackets. Near Fine/Near Fine. Two vols. 8vo. Vol. I: Pp. 468. Vol. II: viii, 512. Both volumes illustrated with substantial sections of black-and-white photographs. Notes. Indexes. The first volume bound in black half-cloth over cream paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine; the second bound in black half-cloth over blue paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. Both with a photo-illustrated dust jacket, prices intact on front flaps, the second volume dust jacket with a slight snag at head of spine. The first volume is a second printing; the second volume is a first printing. Rampersad's authoritative biography of the Harlem Renaissance figure who was so much more than just that: poet, novelist, playwright, social activist and a lifelong force for the betterment of his people. Dust jackets are now protected in removable, clear archival sleeves.

New York: Viking Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo. pp. x; 276. Appendices, index, notes. Illustrated throughout with b&w illustrations. Decorated endpapers reproduce important charts. Full cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on spine and cover. Small gift inscription on ffep, else Fine in price-clipped jacket. A clean, bright copy of a fascinating treatise documenting the rise and fall of geography from El Dorado to the Strait of Anian, written by the bona fide bohemian journalist who produced the "Roving Ratfink" column for the Berkeley Barb.

(New York): Pantheon Books Inc, 1944. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Vox (dust jacket block print). 8vo. Pp. xv, [3], 19-222, [1]. Translated by Allan Ross MacDougall. Introduction by Denis de Rougemont. Bound in taupe cloth with lettering stamped in gilt, within a black block, on spine. Dust soiling to top edge, else a bright copy in the price-clipped dust jacket. Super cool spartan dust jacket features a striking woodblock print by "Vox," as well as a block print portrait of Ramuz, "the greatest Swiss writer of today," on the rear panel. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Paul Rand. 4to. Pp. xiv, 239. Lavishly illustrated throughout in color and black-and-white. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering stamped on spine. In the dust jacket. Includes many examples and explorations of Paul Rand's dust jacket designs for various publishers. Certainly the nicest copy we've handled. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

New York: Twayne Publishers, Inc, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Stout 8vo. Pp. [1-6], 7-475. Illustrated with two four-page sections of black-and-white photo reproductions. References. Index. Bound in tan cloth with blue lettering printed on front cover and spine. In the dust jacket, which shows slight fading to spine. Balch won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946. A particularly bright copy of a scarce biography.

Kristiaina (Oslo): Mittet & Co. Kunstforlag, 1910. Stiff Illustrated Wraps. Very Good+. Andreas Bloch. Oblong folio. Pp [48]. Lavishly illustrated with black & white photography, following title and two pages of paintings in color, on heavy coated paper. Introduction and captions in Norwegian, English and German. Half-cloth over color illustrated textured wraps. Owner ink inscription inside front cover dated Christmas 1910. Ink stamp on cover "Stavanger Canning Factory." Two-inch chip, the size of a US 50-cent piece, at top rear corner (see photo), corners bumped, else Near Fine. Spectacular photography of fjords, glaciers, reindeer and tourist steamships including two-page panoramas. The new Bergen Railway features in several. Published for the Norske Lloyd steamship company based in Kristiaina (Oslo from 1925), which was then expanding into marine and fire insurance. Back cover advertisement for the Norway Tourism office in Berlin. Preserved in a clear archival sleeve with acid-free backing.

Seattle: Rainier Color, 2001. First Edition. Stiff Illustrated Wraps. Fine/Fine. 4to. [Pp. 20]. Stiff printed wrap saddle stapled, photo illustrated jacket band is present. Introduction by Palmer Pettersen. Black & white photographs reproduced in four-color printing the better to preserve characteristics of prints made with various processes. A Fine copy. Signed on the cover. Includes a 1984 postcard addressed to Randlett at her Bainbridge Island post office box, laid-in. A beautifully printed selection including portraits of Northwest School artists & writers, along with Betty Bowen, the Seattle arts maven who had a pet skunk, drove a Jaguar convertible and hailed from the declassé Auburn area south of Seattle. Hence her sobriquet, "the Duchess of Kent.

San Marino, CA: Golden West, 1970. Third Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 4to. Pp. 112. Contains an index of various lumber concerns and the locomotives they operated. Bound in green textured cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's name on title page. A bright, attractive copy. Story of the Shay Locomotives, a geared locomotive designed by Ephraim Shay, used throughout the West Coast Logging industry. Dust jacket now enclosed in removable, clear archival protector.

London, Boston: Faber and Faber, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Fine. 8vo. Pp. xi, [1], 366. Family tree. Titles for further reading. Index. Bound in full tan cloth with black lettering on spine. Leaves are tanned, a condition of the inferior paper stock. In the color-illustrated dust jacket, price intact on front flap. First edition of the author's first book. "A keen Stevensonian," (dust jacket copy), Rankin followed Stevenson's wide-flung peregrinations, from Edinburgh to Lower Manhattan to Apia, presenting his current observations on place and culture with excerpts from Stevenson's writing. The result is a lively biography. The dust jacket is a colorful collage of ephemera designed by Dan Fern. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve. .

Princeton University Art Museum, 2003. First Edition. French fold wraps, saddle-stapled. Fine. Edward Ranney. Oblong 8vo. Pp. 54. Frontis. photograph. Preface and introductory essay by Peter C. Bunnell. Illustrated with a section of photographic plates. Bound in stiff brown wraps with french fold, white lettering printed on front cover. Saddle stapled. Fine. Published in conjunction with the exhibit of Ranney's photographs from February - June, 2003. A superb, fresh copy, now housed in a clear archival sleeve with an acid-free backing.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1920. First Edition. Stiff paper wrappers. Good. 12mo. Pp. 32. Frontis. subject portrait photograph with signature facsimile. Illustrated with three additional black & white plates. Textured pale red paper cover saddle stapled, titles printed in black with Knopf monogram device on back. Edges sunned and lightly soiled, front lower corner chipped. Two essays on the Baltimore journalist, critic and language scholar. With a bibliography compiled by Mencken under a pseudonym.