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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness

Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Abbey, Edward; Peter Parnell [Illustrator]

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Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Title
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
Author
Abbey, Edward; Peter Parnell [Illustrator]
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Edward Abbey on the front free endpaper and dated "Tucson, '79." . xiv, [2], 269 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth with white and tan lettering to spine. Near Fine with light wear and fading to cloth and rubbing to extremities. Previous owner inscription to front free endpaper, blindstamp to half-title page. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear and moderate toning to extremities. A lovely copy of the environmental classic, signed by the author.
Q.B.L. or The Bride's Reception,; Being a Short Cabalistic Treatise on the Nature and Use of the Tree of Life

Q.B.L. or The Bride's Reception,; Being a Short Cabalistic Treatise on the Nature and Use of the Tree of Life by ACHAD, Frater

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Seller: Argosy Book Store
Title
Q.B.L. or The Bride's Reception,; Being a Short Cabalistic Treatise on the Nature and Use of the Tree of Life
Author
ACHAD, Frater
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
very good(+)
Description
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1922. First. hardcover. very good(+). Illustrated with diagrams, including 1 folding plate, and 4 color plates, protected with tissue. 106 pages + 43 page appendix. 8vo, gilt-lettered blue cloth with lamen embossed at lower corner; beveled boards, uncut edges, top edge gilt. Chicago: Privately Printed for the Author, (1922/1925). Limited Edition - Signed by the author on the dedication page. Binding is very lightly edgeworn and evenly faded, still a very good(+) copy of this unusual book. Copyright states "C. Stansfeld Jones, 1922," but 1925 is printed at foot of spine.
The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography

The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography by ADAMS, Henry

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Title
The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography
Author
ADAMS, Henry
Seller
Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
near fine
Description
Boston: Limited Editions Club, 1942. hardcover. near fine. Samuel Chamberlain. Illustrated with 12 etchings with tissue guards by Samuel Chamberlain, Introduction by Henry Seidel Canby.485pp. Thick 4to, rust cloth. Boston: Limited Editions Club, 1942. Near Fine. One of 1500 numbered copies signed by the Illustrator. ALSO: boldly initialed in pencil by Greta Garbo " G.G." on the fly-leaf.
TRAITÉ PRATIQUE DES CHEMINS DE FER, TRADUIT DE L'OUVRAGE ANGLAIS [Two Volumes]

TRAITÉ PRATIQUE DES CHEMINS DE FER, TRADUIT DE L'OUVRAGE ANGLAIS [Two Volumes] by Wood, Nich

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TRAITÉ PRATIQUE DES CHEMINS DE FER, TRADUIT DE L'OUVRAGE ANGLAIS [Two Volumes]
Author
Wood, Nich
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Paris: Chez Carilian-Goeury, 1834. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quartos, two volumes. In Very Good condition. Half bound (a rebinding) in blue leather with marbled paper boards and black leather labels with gilt tilting to spines. Spines lightly sunned with light rubbing. Text blocks lightly age toned with moderate foxing. CONTENTS: Vol. 1 (xii, 306, [1] pages). -- Vol. 2 (double-page title page and 14 double-page plates), with original paper front cover bound in at rear of volume. EH Consignment. Shelved Room A Oversized. 1381886. Special Collections.
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ALBUM OF PICTURES FOR A JOURNEY WITH CHILDREN IN THE HOLY LAND CONTAINING FORTY-EIGHT VIEWS OF THE HOLY PLACES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS

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Title
ALBUM OF PICTURES FOR A JOURNEY WITH CHILDREN IN THE HOLY LAND CONTAINING FORTY-EIGHT VIEWS OF THE HOLY PLACES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Jerusalem: Carta, 1975. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto, unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's beige cloth bearing brown lettering to the illustrated front. Boards have mild wear including slight sunning to the spine, minimal soiling and minor edge wear. Text block has slight age toning to the edges and to the interior. Pictorial end papers. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated. Facsimile reprint. Originally published in 1849. Russian titles with English and Hebrew text. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column K (ND-K). 1396257. FP New Rockville Stock.
Vintage Postcard Album of color illustrated scenes of Florida, Detroit, Chicago, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Missouri, New Orleans, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone

Vintage Postcard Album of color illustrated scenes of Florida, Detroit, Chicago, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Missouri, New Orleans, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone by [Post Card Album]

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Title
Vintage Postcard Album of color illustrated scenes of Florida, Detroit, Chicago, Ohio, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, Missouri, New Orleans, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone
Author
[Post Card Album]
Seller
Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very good
Description
n.p.: n.p., 1969. Postcard Album. Very good. Vinyl ring binder postcard album. Album consists of 186 postcards from across the United States. The first 27 cards are from Florida. 30 more cards of Yellowstone Park. Album also includes a 1922 illustrated Buffalo Bill card. The rest of the cards are from various places in the States including Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Sandusky Ohio, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Mississippi River, Smoky Mountains, Denver, Pikes Peak, Grand Forks North Dakota, and many other places. These are no photograph cards. The postcards are colored and mostly in very good condition.
Department of Agriculture and Immigration of Virginia Annual Report, 1906

Department of Agriculture and Immigration of Virginia Annual Report, 1906 by [Agriculture] [Virginia] Koiner, G. W. (Commissioner)

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Title
Department of Agriculture and Immigration of Virginia Annual Report, 1906
Author
[Agriculture] [Virginia] Koiner, G. W. (Commissioner)
Seller
Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fair
Description
Richmond: The Hermitage Press, Inc, 1907. First Edition. Wraps. Fair. Illustrated wraps with title on the front. 224 pages. Illustrated with photographs. Damp-stains and edge chips to the covers. Light damp stains to the text edges. Rear cover edge chipped. Fair.
Visakhapuja. Special Issue, commemorating the 25th Buddhist century anniversary

Visakhapuja. Special Issue, commemorating the 25th Buddhist century anniversary

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Visakhapuja. Special Issue, commemorating the 25th Buddhist century anniversary
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Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Description
npl: The Buddhist Association of Thailand, Under Royal Patronage, 2499. Pamphlet. 56p., 6x9 inch stiff wraps; frontis., fold-out diagram, diagram in-laid, mild wear and soil on wraps, else in very good condition.
The ebony image

The ebony image by Zentmyer, Earl J.

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Title
The ebony image
Author
Zentmyer, Earl J.
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780879491338
Description
Port Washington NY: Ashley Books, 1980. Hardcover. 267p., first printing, dj in mylar Brodart sleeve. Odd mystery by a white author of a mixed race Mississippi Vietnam vet eventually charged with murder.
Electrical Designs: Comprising Instructions for Constructing Small Motors, Testing Instruments and Other Apparatus; With Working Drawings for Each Design

Electrical Designs: Comprising Instructions for Constructing Small Motors, Testing Instruments and Other Apparatus; With Working Drawings for Each Design

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Title
Electrical Designs: Comprising Instructions for Constructing Small Motors, Testing Instruments and Other Apparatus; With Working Drawings for Each Design
Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
New York: American Electrician Company, 1901. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A superb copy of the 1901 1st edition in book form. Clean and Near Fine in its terra cotta cloth, with decorative blindstamping to the panels and bright gilt-titling along the spine. Internally clean as could be as well, with no writing or markngs to speak of. Octavo, 289 figures complementing the text. Wonderful advertisements at the rear for other titles published by the American Electrician Company.
Blood on the Forge

Blood on the Forge by [AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] ATTAWAY, William (novel); MARGOLIES, Edward (introduction)

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Blood on the Forge
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[AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & LITERATURE] ATTAWAY, William (novel); MARGOLIES, Edward (introduction)
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
New York: Collier Books, 1970. First Collier Books Edition. First Printing. Octavo (18cm); pictorial card wrappers; xviii,237,[1]pp. Light wear to extremities, else very Near Fine. Attaway's second book, and a classic novel of postwar African-American migration, following the lives and careers of three southern brothers in their travels to the industrial North. Highly praised upon publication by the likes of Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison, but long-neglected until a recent reissue by the New York Review of Books. This edition contains a lengthy introduction by Edward Margolies. HANNA 148, BLAKE p.271.
French and English Drawings 1700-1875

French and English Drawings 1700-1875

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French and English Drawings 1700-1875
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Zangrilli, Brady & Co., Ltd, 1986. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 18 through March 22, 1986. Includes 42 black and white illustrations after works by Charles de La Fosse, Bernard Picart, Nicolas Lancret, Charles-Joseph Natoire, John Hamilton Mortimer, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Victor Hugo, and many others. A near fine copy in wrappers.
Sculpture out of Doors

Sculpture out of Doors

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Sculpture out of Doors
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: Andre Emmerich Gallery. First edition. Softcover. Includes color illustrations after sculptures by these artists: Alexander Calder, Alexander Lieberman, Anthony Caro, Beverly Pepper, Willard Boepple, Mark Di Suvero, Arthur Gibbons, and numerous others. A near fine copy in wrappers.
Beancaker to Boxboat: Steamship Companies in Chinese Waters.

Beancaker to Boxboat: Steamship Companies in Chinese Waters. by Dick, H.W. and S.A. Kentwell.

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Beancaker to Boxboat: Steamship Companies in Chinese Waters.
Author
Dick, H.W. and S.A. Kentwell.
Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Condition
First edition. "Of all the seas conquered by steamships in the nineteenth century, none has excercised such fascination as those
Description
Canberra: Nautical Assn of Australia, 1988. First edition. "Of all the seas conquered by steamships in the nineteenth century, none has excercised such fascination as those around the China coast. Apart from all natural and man-made hazards, the unique institutions of the treaty ports and extraterritoriality, the omni-present gunboats, the dynamic interplay of western and Chinese business, and the richness of life ashore made it a world of its own." Bound in navy blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Fine condition in dj.. 24.5 cm. 329 pp. b/w plates
HEIRLOOMS

HEIRLOOMS by APPLEGARTH, Margaret

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Title
HEIRLOOMS
Author
APPLEGARTH, Margaret
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Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
Harper & Row, 1967. APPLEGARTH, Margaret T. HEIRLOOMS. NY: Harper & Row, [1967]. Small 4to., cloth & boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed by Applegarth on front endpaper: "Margaret T. Applegarth, October 19, 1967." Near fine; few large tears & & creases (soil to rear cover) d/j. $25.00.
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Stage Fright: Its Role in Acting. by AARON, Stephen.

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Title
Stage Fright: Its Role in Acting.
Author
AARON, Stephen.
Seller
Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780226000183
Condition
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Description
Chicago:: University of Chicago Press,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0226000184 . First printing. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper, else near fine in a near fine (two short closed edge tears) dust jacket. .

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