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The Original Watercolor Paintings By John James
Lupetti and Co.
Milano, Italia 1992 First Printing Hardcover Near Fine Fine
small folio approx 11.5" x 13" a minor bump along the for-edge of the block that has also slightly dinged the boards just in that spot, o/w fine. Exceptional copy of one of the scarcest and finest books on the history men's fashion. beautifully printed facsimiles of vintage colors advertisements from 2 centuries men's clothes. Beautifully produced coffee-table book. The dustwrapper is in afresh mylar sleeve. 230p 019032
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350.00 USD
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TEREZIN.
Severoceske Nakladatelstv
Czechoslovakia 1988 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Near Fine Small Folio
298pgs. Black and white, color illustrations. Light Gray boards, black lettering. light toning to edges. Unclipped illustrated jacket has closed tear on spine. photos, text of Terezin from past and present. 107055
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25.00 USD
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Lettre De Lucia
Haiti Solidarite Internationale
Haiti 1993 First Edition Softcvoer Very Good
200pgs. photos. stiff wraps, light creasing to covers, internally fine. French Text. Haitian political dossier written after the miltiary coup of 1991 ousted Jean -Bertrand Aristide from his presidency. 0303251
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35.00 USD
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John Marin; Watercolors, Oil Paintings, Etchings
Museum of Modern Art
New York 1936 0302452 Liimited Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Good
102pgs., 47 plates, 6 in color. red, tweed boards. gilt lettering.color fronitspiece. Unclipped jacket (great photo of John Marin on the front panel is very soiled. closed tear on upper edge of front panel, and small chips on rer panel. in fresh mylar sleeve, 0302452
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28.00 USD
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1000 basic chinese character cards with Read Chinese and Speak Chinese
Far Eastern Publications/Yale
New Haven, CT First & Second Printing Before Pub. Good Box Stout Quarto
1000 cards with one character on each card. Cards, which are clean, in two columns, housed in a white box. box has wear at hinges, waterstains on the edtges. Also included is "Read Chinese, Book One, by Fang-hyu Wang, edited by Pao-ch' Lee , 1967and Speak Chinese by M. Gardiner Tewksbury,1968. both have some stains and curling, but serviceable and readable copies. 0304124
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30.00 USD
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The Eighth Wonder (The Holland Tunnel)
B.F. Sturtevant Co.
Hyde Park 1928 Second Ediition Hard Cover Very Good No Jacket
68pgs. 40 black and white illustrations, maps. Brown Cloth, brown lettering,wear to corners, Clean, unmarked text. A very nice copy overall. A fascinating look at the Holland Tuinnel, its construction and completion. With many photos, showing the apparatus used to construct it. 0303301
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20.00 USD
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Writers at Work: Seventh Series
Viking Pr
New York, New York, U.S.A. 1986 0670808881 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fiine Near Fine
8vo. Introduction by John Updike. Book has slight soiling to page block. DJ has minor edgewear. Otherwise fine, clean copy. Price is intact. DJ protected in fresh mylar. 331p 107044
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80.00 USD
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Terminorum Musicae Index Septem Linguis Redactus
Akademiai Kiado
Budapest 1978 3761805535 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Stout Quarto
798pgs. Red Cloth, gilt lettering. prev. owner signature Siegmund Levarie, renowned musicologist, on front endpaper. light wear to extremities, small spot onf ront panel, internally clean, unmarked copy. Musical terminology in English, French german, Italian, Russian, Hungarian. Polyglot Dictionary of Musical Terms 0303426
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50.00 USD
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St Thomas Church
St Thomas Church
1965 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good + No dust Jacket
Paper covered boards with red cloth spine, Boards has remnant of sticker on front and mild soiling. Slight edgewear and bumped bottom corners. Last page is a bit loose. Otherwise tight. Nice copy. 106919
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15.00 USD
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The Holy See and the War in Europe March 1939-August 1940
Herder
Dublin 1968 First English Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good
495pgs. Burgundy Cloth. Bright Gilt lettering. Liftoff on front endpapers, otherwise fine copy. corners square Appears unread. foldouts with facsimile letters. Price-clipped jacket has superficial wear to exteremtiies. in fresh mylar sleeve. This is Volume One of Records and Documents of the Holy See relating to the Second World War. 0303761
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45.00 USD
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ukiyoe-from matsukata Collection
Japan First Edition Soft Cover Near Fine Large Quarto
Stiff wraps, color covers. 244 wonderfully reproduced color prints of the Ukiyoe style of art. front panel is creased otherwise fine, unmarked copy. 107389
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125.00 USD
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A Kempis, Thomas Of the Imitation of Christ
Medici Society
1930 First Thus Hardcover Very Good +
16mo, full red leather with gilt paneled, beautifully decorated spine panels which have Alpha & Omega (top and bottom) dove in halo (Holy Ghost) along with a cross pattee, in the two remaining panels are tittle and author labels on dark green morocco, both covers are double ruled in gilt. beautiful, decorative endpapers in repeating pattern - ask for photos.Color frontis and images from the works of Da Vinci are beautifully color balanced, Overall an exceptional produciton who's only flaw is aone inch razor thin slice at the upper right corner ofthe front panel. and minor surface rubbing at the extremities, 200713
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225.00 USD
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Abbott, Frank Frost English One-Act Plays of Today
Oxford University Press
London 1962 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good
255pgs. light orange cloth, red spine label, gilt lettering. light spots, faint coffe ring, otherwise fine, unmarked copy. Price-clipped jacket has minor edgewear. in fresh mylar sleeve.Includes "The Browning Version" by Rattigan; "A Phoenix too Frequent" by Fry; "The Bespoke Overcoat" by Mankowitz; "The Pen of my Aunt" by Daviot; "Mother's Day" by Priestley; "Trifles" by Glaspell; "The Dock Brief" by Mortimer; and "Lord Byron's Love Letter" by Tennessee Williams. 0301559
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16.00 USD
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Abbott, R. Tucker American Seashells
Van Nostrand Company Inc.
New York 1954 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good-
541pgs.illustrated endpapers. Green Cloth, gilt lettering.color, black and white illustrations throughout. tight, clean copy a touch of mustiness, otherwise near fine. Unlcipped jacket has triangular chip on rear panel, smaller chips along extremities. More than 1,500 mollusk varieties are described and identified. in fresh mylar sleeve. 0302225
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30.00 USD
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Abe, Kobo The Box Man
Random House Inc
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A. 1974 0394491068 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Near Fine
178pgs. Pale blue cloth with shiny embossed circle design. fading to edges of panels. Spine is bright!!!internally book is unread. Jacket has vertical rubs, otherwise no tears or chips. in fresh mylar sleeve. 104184
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20.00 USD
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Abe, Kobo Jazz Giants A Visual Retrospective
Billboard Publications
New York 1988 1st Printing Hardcover Fine Near Fine/price-clipped
280pgs.1986. A GREAT COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS of all the Jazz Greats since the beginning. Black and White, and full color photos. Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis, Many photos by Well known photographers, including William Claxton. Dark Blue Cloth: Book itself is like new, unmarked, unread. jacket has a trace of wear at extremities. in fresh mylar. 010479
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75.00 USD
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Abelow, Samuel F. History of Brooklyn Jewry
Scheba Publishing Company
Broolyn, NY 1937 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ No dust Jacket Signed by Author
344pgs photos, map. . Dark Red Cloth, gilt lettering. spine edges have a hint of fraying, small ding on upper spine, corners lightly bumped. Autor signature, date on front endpaper. internally fine copy. A wonderful account of the evolution of the Brooklyn Jewish community. Scarce volume, especially in this condition. 0302263
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195.00 USD
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Abrams, Meyer Palestine As I Saw It
Leonard Company
Chicago 1936 First American Edition Hardcover Very Good No Jacket
112pgs.photo frontispiece. 11 photos.. Blue Cloth Gilt lettering. Tight clean copy, some rippling to rear panel. Inscribed by author on front endpaper. Author tells of his experience travelling to Palestine in the 1930's. 103028
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22.50 USD
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Acocella, Joan Mark Morris
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. 1993 0374202958 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Very Good Quarto Signed and Inscribed By Author
305pgs. black and white photos throughout. Black Boards, white spine w/copper lettering. As new.. Inscribed by author and subject(Mark Morris) on half-title page. Unclipped pictorial jacket wrinkled on upper edge of rear panel. in fresh mylar sleeve 0303949
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75.00 USD
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Acton, Harold Prince Isidore
Methuen
Feliks Topolski
Great Britain 1950 First English Edition Hardcover Near Fine Very Good
172pgs. marble paper over boards. orange spine, gilt lettering. Beautifully made book about an important figure in Italian history. slight corner wear, otherwise fine copy. Atractive illustrations by Feliks Topolski throughout the book. Unclipped jacket has closed tear on rear panel. otherwise near fine. in fresh mylar sleeve. 105972
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35.00 USD
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Acton, Harold More Memoirs of an Aesthete
Hamish Hamilton
United Kingdom 1987 0241118972 First Paperback Edition Soft Cover Near Fine
388pgs. color photo on front cover.photos. a hint of edgewear, otherwise excellent condition. Continuation of Memoirs of An Aesthete, from 1939 on. His friendships with Evelyn Waugh, the Sitwells, and other members of English literatry society. 0302429
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44.00 USD
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Acton, Harold Memoirs of An Aesthete
Methuen
Great Britain 1970 2nd Impression Hard Cover Near Fine No Jacket
415pgs.small sticker ghost on, neat bookplate on front endpaper. frontispiece. Dark Green Cloth, black spine label, gilt lettering. Corners square, 17 black and white illustrations. exceptionally bright copy of this classic autiobiography from this renowned British writer. 0303582
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65.00 USD
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Acton, Lord Essays on Church and State
Hollis and Carter
London 1952 First English Edition Hardcover Very Good Very Good
518pgs.Blue Cloth, black lettering. Paint spot on edge of spine, otherwise a fine, unmarked copy.Price-clipped jacket has edgewear along upper extremity. . in fresh mylar sleeve.Lord Acton fought for the independence of the state from the Church in the mid 1800's. . " Liberal self-governance will fortify the Church, not weaken Her, as She conducts Her spiritual battles. For Her "own everlasting". foundation," 106256
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Adam, George and Pearl A Book About Paris
Harcourt Brace
New York First Edition Hardcover Very good- No dust Jacket Large Quarto
192pgs color frontispiece. 15 black and white, sepia tone illustrations thorughout. .Burgundy Cloth laid paper. Paper spine and front panel labels. Wear to spine edges, corners.internally clean, unmarked circa 1920's. A traveller's look at Paris. The drawings reflect the quiet beauty of the city in a different era. 0303723
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25.00 USD
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Adams, Joey From Gags to Riches An Alibiography
Frederick Fell
NY 1946 2nd printing Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good-
336pgs.illustrated. Cocoa boards, embossed gilt lettering on front panel, spine. one corner bumped, otherwise clean, unmarked copy. Unclipped Jacket has closed tears on chips on spine ends and corner of front panel. Forewords by H. La Guardia, Toots Shoor, Frank Sinatra, Gypsy Rose Lee and Earl Wilson. in fresh mylar sleeve 300191
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14.00 USD
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Adams, Laurie;Adams, Laurie Schnneider Italian Renaissance Art
Westview Pr
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. 2001 0813336902 First Edition Hardcover Fine Fine Large Quarto
420pgs. over 400 illustrations, 215 reproduced in full color Blue Cloth, gilt letteing. as new. Unclipped Pictorial jacket as new. in fresh mylar sleeve. Author brings to readers a vibrant and engaging presentation of Renaissance art history that is supported by up-to-date scholarship and methodology. 107402
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350.00 USD
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Addams, Charles Creature Comforts
Simon and Schuster
Charles Addams
NY 1981 0671438352 First American Edition Hardcover Near Fine Very good+/price-clipped
unpaginated. front and rear endpapers are color illustrated. Black and white cartoons with captions.Green boards, pink spine.gilt lettering/ book is like new. Color jacket 3-4 closed tears on upper and lower extremities. in fresh mylar sleeve. Book is a first Edition(has number line beginning with a 1. 300147
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17.00 USD
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Addams, Charles Creature Comforts
Simon and Schuster
New York 1981 0671438352 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine very Good Signed by Author
unpaginated. Green boards, orange spine with gilt lettering. verso of title page appears to have been reinforced, otherwise fine, unmarked copy. Author's signature on preliminary page. Has number line indicating First Edition. Price-clipped jacket has closed tear on upper corner of front panel. in fresh mylar sleeve. 107306
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165.00 USD
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