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Librairie Gallimard/ Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1925. Small octavo, 354 pages. First edition, one of 950 numbered examples. A novel by this Prix Goncourt winner (in 1923 for his Rabevel ou le Mal des ardents), and recipient of the Grand Prix d'Histoire of lAcademie Francaise. Fabre was also one of the leading explicators of Einstein's theories in France. A fine copy, in publisher's wrappers. ... more information

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Ernest Flammarion, 1924. Octavo, 284 pages. First edition, one of 35 numbered copies on Chine, from a total of 800. The first of two separate volumes on the travels of this author of fantastic fiction including the narcotics classic Black Opium, as well as House of the Secret and Useless Hands. Farrere also contributed the text for photographer Germaine Krull's La Route Paris-Biarritz. The present volume traces his voyage from Marseilles to Saigon, and the subsequent trip through Indochina, China and final... more information

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Random House, (1959). Octavo, 436 pages. First edition. The third and final novel of the Snopes family, following The Hamlet and The Town. A fine copy in publisher's blue cloth, with a near very good, slightly spine darkened dust jacket with neat tape reinforcement to the jacket hinges. ... more information

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Random House, 1957. Octavo, 371 pages. First edition, in a first state dust jacket, with "5/57" on the front interior jacket panel. the second novel of the Snopes family trilogy. Some offsetting to front end papers, tiny bit of edgewear to the red cloth boards, otherwise very good. In a neatly tape reinforced dust jacket, with some spine darkening. ... more information

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Random House, (1954). Octavo, 437 pages. First edition. Previous owner's blindstamp to front endpaper, otherwise a very good copy, in a lightly spine darkened unclipped dust jacket with a bit of chipping to top edge, still near very good. ... more information

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NLB, 1978. Octavo, 221 pages. First edition of the author's response to the controversy generated by his iconoclastic Against Method. A very good copy in publisher's green cloth boards, with a near very good dust jacket with a small crease across the center of the spine. ... more information

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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. Octavo, 318 pages. First edition. A collection of essays originally written for Fisher's column 'Gastronomy Recalled' in the The New Yorker. Includes over 140 recipes. A near fine copy in a near fine publisher's dust jacket. ... more information

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The Viking Press, 1946. Thick octavo, 491 pages. First edition of Fisher's survey of literature dealing with food and drink. A near fine copy in publisher's blue cloth, with only a trace of edge darkening, in a near very fine dust jacket, with just a few short closed tears and a bit of edgewear. ... more information

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Scribner's, 1926. Small octavo, 267 pages. First edition, first state, of Fitzgerald's third book of short stories. Contains "The Rich Boy" and "Absolution", which are considered two of the finest short stories of the era. A less than very good copy, in generally dusty green cloth, with some wear to head and foot of spine and one hinge. ... more information

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Scribner's, 1920. Octavo, 269 pages. First edition of Fitzgerald's first collection of short stories, published in the same year as 'This Side of Paradise'. A very good copy in somewhat dusty green cloth. ... more information

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Scribner's, 1920. Octavo, 305 pages. First edition, third printing (September 1920). Fitzgerald's first book, originally written while he was at Princeton, and published after he had met Zelda but before they were married. Some light edgewear to the publisher's green cloth, otherwise a slightly dusty, very good copy. ... more information

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Oxford University Press, 1946. Small octavo, 30 pages. First edition of this lecture, a Presidential Address given at the Classical Association. Some light edgewear, otherwise a very good copy in publisher's wrappers. ... more information

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Alphonse Lemerre, Editeur, 1898. Thick octavo, 502 pages. First trade edition, following a limited issue of 44 numbered copies. from the series, 'Histoire Universelle." A bright and clean uncut copy, in publisher's printed wrappers, with some browning to spine. Overall very good. ... more information

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View Editions, 1945. Quarto, unpaginated. First edition, number 435 of 500 copies signed by the author, from a total edition of 1500. Typography by Parker Tyler. Poems for works by Duchamp, Fini, Frances, Tanguy, and Tchelitchew. Includes Ford's "Flag of Ectasy", which is here printed in white over Duchamp's 'Dust Breeding' (1920). Near very good in stapled wrappers with some soiling and wear and some fading to the edges. Wrappers illustrated with designed by Leonor Fini and Yves Tanguy. ... more information

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Little Man Press, 1941. Square octavo, 76 pages. First edition, one of 330 copies from an edition of 400. With a frontispiece design by Matta. Designed throughout by Robert Lowry. A very good or better copy, in a like copy of the publisher's printed dust jacket, which also bears the illustration of Matta. ... more information

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Payson & Clarke Ltd, (1928). Large quarto, 80 pages + 120 black & white illustrations. First edition, with photographs by Ralph Steiner, Edward Steichen, Anton Bruehl and others. A survey of high modern architecture and Art Deco interior design. Examples include Frank Lloyd Wright, Robert Mallet-Stevens, J.J.P. Oud, Erich Mendelsohn, Paul Frankl, Eugene Schoen, Paul Poiret, Adnet, Djo-Bourgeois, Lucian Bernhard, Fritz Reichl, Joseph Hillerbrand, Gaston Lachaise, Cassandre, Lalique and many others. ... more information

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Hogarth Press, 1922. Squarish octavo, unpaginated, title page + 12 original woodcuts, each printed on a separate sheet. Follows one year behind the first impression and the second impression of 150 copies each. Fry was an Italian Renaissance scholar, art critic, founder of the Omega Workshops and the Bloomsbury Group. "Roger again last night, scraping at his woodcuts while I sewed; the sound like that of a large pertinacious rat." (Virginia Woolf, from her diary entry for April 12, 1921). Interna... more information

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Orange Judd, 1896. Small octavo, 282 pages + 14 pages ads. Illustrated with steel engravings. Gabler states that it, "gives full directions for planting, training, grafting, etc. Native grapes are emphasized, foreign vines are confined to indoor cultivation, and hybridization and pest control are significant topics. This was one of the most popular American texts". A tight, clean copy of this revised edition, in bright green gilt decorated boards with only a bit of light spotting. [Gabler G21090]... more information

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Doubleday, 1972. Small octavo, 190 pages. First edition of this late work of the inventor, designer and cosmologist, a call for mankind to open its mind to the larger patterns of the universe, in poetic form. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. ... more information

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Reinhold, 1960. Quarto, 232 pages. First edition of this illustrated presentation of the visionary architect's life and work, featuring a series of utopian projections to the year 2000, where men would live in harmony and without hunger, with personal, transportable homes and flying devices. Includes a thoroughly illustrated section on the development of the geodesic dome and its various manifestations and applications. A very good copy in black cloth with a slightly faded and edgeworn dust jacket. ... more information

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