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(London): Gaberbocchus, (1954-55). First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Franciszka Themerson. The first seven titles of the short-lived Gaberbocchus Black Series in publisher's wraps (4-1/2" x 6-1/2") with printed tape spines and a window opening on the front covers. Housed in likely publisher's multi-colored paper slipcase. Several titles illustrated. Includes 1. ABANDON SPA HOT SPRINGS by John Conrad Russell; 2. THE TROJAN HORSE by Raymond Queneau; 3. THE WAY IT WALKS by Franciszka Themerson; 4. VERSIONS AND PERVERSIONS by Heinrich Heine; 5-6. THE SONG OF BRIGHT MISERY by Pol-Dives; and 7. DAY OFF by Patrick Fetherston.
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GABERBOCCHUS BLACK SERIES 1 - 7
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GALAPAGOS
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New York: Delacorte Press, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase, as issued. Copy #148 of 500 SIGNED by the author on the limitation page.
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GALLANTRY. AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DIZAIN IN TEN COMEDIES, WITH AN AFTERPIECE
by CABELL, James Branch
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New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit rubbed. Very Good. Howard Pyle. Decorated light green cloth, the first state binding. Illustrated with 4 full-page color plates by Howard Pyle.
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THE GALLIC WARS
by CAESAR, Julius
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Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper and Fine slipcase. Bruno Bramanti. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/4") bound in half rust-linen stamped in gold with a decorative wood-block paper made by hand by Antonio Gabbrielli of Montecatini. With a spirited new "first person" translation by John Warrington and a preface by John Mason Brown. Illustrated with thirty wood engravings by Bruno Bramanti. Printed and bound at the Officina Bodoni by Giovanni Mardersteig. Copy #323 SIGNED by the illustrator and the printer on the colophon page.
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THE GAME OF BILLIARDS
by PHELAN, Michael
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Despite the missing portrait, a Fine, bright copy of this uncommon title. Revised, Enlarged, and Richly Embellished with Engravings." Decorated cloth. First published in 1856, all editions of this early billiards book, the second American book on the game, are scarce. The author, Michael Phelan, also published the first American book on the game, BILLIARDS WITHOUT MASTER, just thirteen years before this edition. Considered the father of American billiards, Phelan was influential in devising rules and setting standards of behavior, holds many patents for table designs and cushions, and is credited as being the first to put diamonds on tables. Phelan almost single-handedly turned American billiards into a socially acceptable pastime. This book is indeed richly embellished with engravings, mostly full-page diagrams showing shots on tables but also including full-page and text engravings of people playing billiards. The author covers…
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GARGANTUA & PANTAGRUEL. THE FIVE BOOKS
by RABELAIS, Francois
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Browning to the gutters, often found with this title, with light foxing to the endpapers. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. W. A. Dwiggins. Five octavo (5-1/2" x 8") volumes in a green basket-weave cloth. A new translation by Jacques le Clercq, thought by many to be the finest, most literal, and most complete translation. Copy #323 of 1500 printed by Southworth-Anthoensen in two colors, and designed and decorated by W. A. Dwiggins who has SIGNED the set on the colophon page.
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GARGANTUA & PANTAGRUEL. THE FIVE BOOKS
by RABELAIS, Francois
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Fine in a Good slipcase with the bottom edge partly detached. W. A. Dwiggins. Five octavo (5-1/2" x 8") volumes in a green basket-weave cloth. A new translation by Jacques le Clercq, thought by many to be the finest, most literal, and most complete translation. Copy #444 of 1500 printed by Southworth-Anthoensen in two colors, and designed and decorated by W. A. Dwiggins who has SIGNED the set on the colophon page.
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GARGANTUA & PANTAGRUEL. THE FIVE BOOKS
by RABELAIS, Francois
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. Hardcover. Slight browning to the gutters, less than usual with this title; spines a little dull. Still Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase. W. A. Dwiggins. Five octavo (5-1/2" x 8") volumes in a green basket-weave cloth. A new translation by Jacques le Clercq, thought by many to be the finest, most literal, and most complete translation. Copy #473 of 1500 printed by Southworth-Anthoensen in two colors, and designed and decorated by W. A. Dwiggins who has SIGNED the set on the colophon page.
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GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
by LOWENSTEIN, Eleanor
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Worcester, MA & New York: American Antiquarian Society & Corner Books, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine. Green cloth; xii, 132 pages including index. Preface To The Third Edition by Mark McCorison.
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GASTRONOMIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
by BITTING, Katherine
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(London): Holland Press, (1981). Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Hardcover; xvi, 718 pages. Limited edition facsimile reprint of the original 1939 edition of this absolutely essential cookery bibliography. Limited to 500 copies, this copy not numbered. Illustrated with text engravings.
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GATHERING FIREWOOD. NEW POEMS AND SELECTED
by RAY, David
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Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1974). First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Decorated wraps, aslo issued in hardcover. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in 1974 to the poet William Meredith "in friendship & admiration." Laid in is a AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED on a postcard by Ray to Meredith as well as a large promotional card for the book from David Ignatow.
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GAZETTE OF THE GROLIER CLUB: "Address on Henry James"
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[New York]: Grolier Club, Feb. 1947. First Edition. Stapled wraps. Near Fine. Stapled wraps. An 18-page essay by Auden on Henry James. Also includes an essay by Clifton Fadiman as well as a catalogue of the Henry James exhibition at the Grolier Club. Bloomfield & Mendelson C312.
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THE GEEK
by NOVA, Craig
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New York: Harper & Row, (1975). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with two small closed tears at rear. Brad Holland. Author's second book. Drawings by Brad Holland.
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GELEGENHEITSGRAPHIK
by (BOOKPLATES) GRAF, Heinrich (editor)
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Munich: Heinrich Graf, 1923 - 1925. First Edition. Wraps. Occasional foxing. Near Fine and very scarce, especially when complete. Four quarto (7-5/8" x 10") volumes consisting of 4 vellum-backed cloth folders with printed paper labels on the front covers and each holding a paper folder consisting of a color title page and a colophon page containing within engraved bookplates, each SIGNED by the artist. There are a total of 40 SIGNED original engraved bookplates by artists such as Willy Geiger, Erich Buttner, Rudolf Hesse, Hermann Bauer, Eduard Winkler, Richard Klein, Seche, Karl Ritter, and others. Of a total of only 30 copies, this is #VIII of 10 numbered copies SIGNED by Graf and is the Austrian painter and graphic artist Leo Adler's copy with two of the colophons inscribed to him by Graf and with the first three colophons incorporating Adler's engraved bookplate as part of the page. The fourth portfolio does not have an inscription or engraving and is marked #X instead of VIII. An extra signed…
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GENERAL SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF PANTHEISM
by PLUMPTRE, C. E
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London: Trubner and Co., [1881]. Early Edition. Hardcover. Hinges sound, text clean; minor wear to spine tips. Very Good. Two volumes in original blue cloth. The first volume covers From the Earliest Times to the Age of Spinoza; the second covers From the Age of Spinoza to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century. A printed Notice states that the first volume appeared anonymously in early 1878 and the second at the close of 1879, and that their present reissue with the author's name, by Trubner, is "almost equivalent to a first publication."
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A GENERAL HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS
by BEWICK, Thomas
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Newcastle: S. Hodgwon et al., 1792. Third Edition. Hardcover. Title page spotted otherwise only light foxing. Near Fine. Demi-octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") bound in contemporary calf leather, recently and neatly rebacked; x, 483 pages. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings by Thomas Bewick.
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GENERAL ZOOLOGY OR SYSTEMATIC NATURAL HISTORY
by SHAW, George
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London: G. Kearsley/Thomas Davison, 1800-1826. Hardcover. Minor foxing to the plates with many tissue guards still in place, text generally clean. Near Fine in a Fine, attractive binding. Twelve (of fourteen) volumes bound in eighteen volumes comprising twenty-two parts and including index, bound in recent 3/4 polished calf leather and marbled boards with blind rules, gilt-lettered and decorated spines, and gilt-lettered brown morocco spine labels. Illustrated with engraved title pages and 1048 plates. Includes 233 plates of mammals in 14 parts in 4 volumes; 140 plates of amphibians in 2 parts in 2 volumes; 190 plates of fish in 4 parts in 4 volumes; 139 plates of insects in 2 parts in 2 volumes; and 346 plates of birds in 10 parts in 5 volumes.
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GENERAL VIEW OF THE RUINS OF THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR
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Vol. I, Pl. 35, (1887). Fine. Chromolithograph. Folio.
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GENESIS
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[Boston]: [Hillside Press], [1967]. First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine. Chapters 2 & 3 of Genesis from the Old Testament. Folio (13- 1/8" x 16-1/8") bound in quarter blue patterned cloth and light blue-gray Fabriano paper boards (without label on front cover). Designed, illustrated with ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS, and hand-printed on double-fold Japanese Masa paper by Michael McCurdy, his first commercially produced book. The colophon states that the book was produced in 1965-1966, but there is a small engraved Hillside Press logo with the 1967 date pasted below that. The entire edition consisted of only 20 copies, of which 15 were for sale. This copy has a Penmaen Press envelope containing a typed description of the book: "This book is without label on front panel. Colophon says HILLSIDE PRESS, pasted over PENDEL PRESS imprint. 1965-6." Also noted in pencil on this paper is that this copy is one of four in McCurdy's possession. With the bookplate of noted press collector Carl Sutton on the front pastedown.
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GENIUS AND THE MOBOCRACY
by WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd
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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1949). First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to spine. Near Fine, lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Louis Sullivan. Quarto (8" x 10-1/4") bound in original white cloth. A biography of his teacher, Louis H. Sullivan, along with Wright's views on the evolution of modern architecture. Illustrated with reproductions of 39 previously unpublished drawings given to Wright by Sullivan just before his death in 1924. This copy boldly SIGNED on the front endpaper by the author and dated 8 June 1949, Wright's 80th birthday and perhaps the date of publication.
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