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33 Poems

33 Poems

by Lax, Robert

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Used - Fine
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Hansjorg Mayer, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Signed by the author. Inscribed "For Irene (?) + Steve, Love, Bob" by Robert Lax on the half-title page. This is the hardcover German Edition (in English) published by Hansjorg Mayer. Light wear to the dustjacket's corners, otherwise this book is clean and bright, with no creases, no tears, and no markings. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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The Story of Little Black Sambo [ THE NEW ANIMATED LITTLE BLACK SAMBO WITH PICTURES THAT ACTUALLY...
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The Story of Little Black Sambo [ THE NEW ANIMATED LITTLE BLACK SAMBO WITH PICTURES THAT ACTUALLY MOVE! ]

by Bannerman, Helen; Wiese, Kurt (Illustrator)

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  • very good
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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition Thus
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Hardcover
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Garden City Publishing , 1933. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Illustrated in color with twenty-seven full page illustrations, plus endpaper illustrations, by Kurt Wiese. These includes 4 movable plates with jointed characters operated by tabs. These "animations" were created by A. V. Warren. This book is in remarkably well preserved condition. There is an inscription to Paul Rohe (my father) from his elementary school teacher in Winslow, AZ dated Xmas 1933 in pencil on the front fixed endpaper. There is some minor chipping to the edges of the paper of the paste-on front cover, a minor bump to one corner, with light soiling and fingerprints to the rear board and a few pages, otherwise very clean & bright. All the moving parts are present and in working condition with no creases or tears. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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Mary Stuart: a Tragedy

by Swinburne, Algernon Charles

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  • good
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Used - Good
Edition
First American Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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E. Worthington, 1881. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, with age-toning to the paper, and with light wear & several scratches to the green cloth binding, otherwise clean with no markings. The third and final volume of Swinburne's verse trilogy on Mary, Queen of Scots, after "Chastelard" (1865) and"Bothwell" (1874). In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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Force and Freedom
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Force and Freedom

by Burckhardt, Jacob

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  • good
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Used - Good
Edition
First Edition
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Hardcover
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Pantheon, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Missing. First Printing stated on the copyright page. Lacking the dustjacket, with a small tear to the spine and light wear / fading to the edges of the cover, and a presentation bookplate on the front fixed endpaper. Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (1818-1897) was a historian of art and culture. This book consists of notes for three lectures that Burke delivered at Basel in 1870-1871. The book contains a lengthy and helpful introductory essay by editor James Hastings Nichols. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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Diverses modes dessinees d'apres nature
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Diverses modes dessinees d'apres nature

by Picart, Bernard

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
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Hardcover
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Amsterdam: Bernard Picart (Amsterdam), 1728. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. 29 plates with title page, cut, hand-tipped to sheets and bound in a red morocco leather binding, from Picart's series of costume plates of Dutch and Frisian fishermen, farmers, and others engraved by Gaspard Duchange. Originally printed on 6 leaves, and usually found unbound on 12 sheets, there seems to be only one missing plate: Poissonierre d'Amsterdam (Amsterdams viswijf), the fishmonger's wife. Small chip out of one of the two leather spine labels, with minor sunning to the edges, otherwise clean and bright, with no markings. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei...
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Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei Jōsuiki, also Genpei Seisuiki)

by Kosuke Hirooka (?) / Utagawa Yoshiiku (Illustrator)

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Used - Good
Binding
Paperback
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Tokyo : Eisen Sha, 1883. Paperback. Good. Reference to the Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of the Heike and Genji (Sankou Genpei JÃÂsuiki, also Genpei Seisuiki). This is an extended version of the Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike). Complete set of 16 volumes bound as eight volumes, two per volume. Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes, published during Meiji 16 (1883) in Tokyo. 16 Cover color illustrations by Utagawa (or Ochiai) Yoshiiku, with 56 black & white illustrations. Some moisture damage to the first three volumes, otherwise in Very Good condition, with the illustrations clean & bright. The famous chronicle of the Genpei War (The Heike Monogatari). A classic of Japanese history, includes much on the bushi, supremacy of the military class over the decadent Kyoto Court nobles, martial arts, the Hogen insurrection, Go-ShiraKawa, the Heiji tumult, Taira and Fujiwara, plots against the capital and death of Kiyomori. A superb 12th Century Japanese classic. In stock,… Read More
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A Guide to Folding and Tying for Girls Schools (Joshikyouka Tsutsumimusubi no Shiori)
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A Guide to Folding and Tying for Girls Schools (Joshikyouka Tsutsumimusubi no Shiori)

by Saito Maruko (ed.)

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Tokyo: Ogura Shoten, 1901 (Meiji 33). Original watoji (4-hole, stitched) bindings for all volumes. Good. Complete 2 volume set of this Meiji period (1868-1912) guide to ceremonial origami and rope tying for Japanese schoolgirls. Extensively illustrated with b/w woodblock prints of Japanese origami folding and knot tying styles and techniques for ceremonial occasions. Light smudges on the covers, with light wear to the edges, otherwise good condition. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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At the Bottom of the River

At the Bottom of the River

by Kincaid, Jamaica

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  • Paperback
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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Paperback
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1983. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Unrevised, Uncorrected Proofs in plain, mustard-yellow wrappers. Kincaid's first book, a collection of short stories. Uncommon in this format, and in excellent condition other than what was done to it in FSG's mailroom: a small photocopy of the dustjacket copy proof, with ISBN, publication date, and price, was taped to the inner front cover. Once FSG would get these proofs from Crane Duplicating Service, they'd put an ink stamp on the cover in which they would fill in the price and publication date, which they did here in red ballpoint pen. A couple of small smudges to the rear cover and light toning to the edges, else Fine. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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The Financier
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The Financier

by Dreiser, Theodore

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
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Hardcover
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Harper & Brothers, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition, 1st printing, with "Published October, 1912" and the letter code K-M on the copyright page. Blue cloth with blue decoration on the front board and gilt lettering. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown endpaper, with light rubs to the corners, otherwise a remarkably clean & bright copy, with no markings. Scarce dustjacket is nearly complete, with 9d" written in pencil on the front panel, with several small tears and rubbing to the edges and corners, and tape mending to the interior. This is the first volume of Dreiser's "Trilogy of Desire", this introduces businessman Frank Cowperwood, modeled after financier Charles Tyson Yerkes. In stock, ready to ship now from Evanston, IL!
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