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Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire, 1959. A unique copy inscribed and fully signed by Lionel Lindsay 'Dear Suzanne and Harold. As many of the woodcuts in this edition were too heavily inked I have printed them on Japanese paper, similar to those in the limited editon and laid them down. Wahroonga 29 Feb 1960.'. Limited edition of 350 numbered copies, printed at the Hawthorn Press. Octavo, special gift binding in bold blind blocked polished calf, boards a bit scratched, otherwise fine.
The War in the Air and Particularly how Mr. Burke small ways fared While It Lasted by H. G. Wells - 1908
by H. G. Wells
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The War in the Air and Particularly how Mr. Burke small ways fared While It Lasted
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London: George Bell and sons, 1908. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A. C. Michael. 1st Printing 1 Copyright date 1908, first edition, first printing. 16 full page illustrations by A.C. Michael. 7½x5, blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front cover, George Bell & Sons imprint at foot of spine, fore and bottom edges untrimmed. First Edition, First State binding. No dust jacket.Spine lightly sunned and bumped at ends, rubbing and light soiling t boards; endpapers toned, cracked front hinge, rear hinge had been repaired but cracking a bit, some foxing else very good.
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Discobolus and other Verse
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Captain W E Johns - Original Manuscript / Typescript (Carbon Copy) with Corrections "Heroes of Africa" from "The Biggles Book of Heroes"
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One line has been trimmed at the foot of Page 2, and there is some edge browning/paper clip residue. Original 6-page typescript (carbon copy) manuscript of Johns' 'Heroes of Africa' (a draft of the Chapter 'The Scot Who Walked Alone' - Chapter 4 of 'Biggles Book of Heroes' with significant similarities, but also a large number of textual / content differences). With a couple of pen corrections which may or may not be authorial. Undated, but c1959.
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PHILOSOPHISCHE ERZ?HLUNGEN.
by Herzl, Theodor
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Wien: Gebr?der Paetel, 1900. First Edition . Half-Leather. Very Good. 8vo. 244pp. Original wrappers preserved. 3 wormholes on the lower part of the margins.Some occasional foxing. In general a very good copy. German text. First edition.Very rare.
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Chefs-Cooks and Cannibals and their Various Methods of Cooking. (Written and Illustrated) by... Other books by same author, None, and Never Again
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Monte-Carlo: Imprimerie Nonegasque, 1936. Squarish octavo (21.6 x 16.5 cm.), 68, [3] pages. Illustrated throughout. Text printed in red and black. Two-page folding facsimile menu. FIRST EDITION. A collection of recipes and advice for pleasurable entertaining, from a woman of stature, descendant of Roger Puleston of Emral, Worthenbury. She spent her later years in Monaco, and travelled in high circles there, in the book offering thanks to the Marches Donghi for supplying recipes to this compilation. The recipes reflect Monaco, offering Tacchino all Storiona, Sole Lucullus, Zabaglione, and Oeufs Poches Marquise, for example. The author was the last Puleston to possess the trove of important manuscript on 16th and 17th century Wales and Ireland known as the Puleston Mss. "On the death of Mrs. Elfrida Puleston in Monaco in 1946 the family papers passed to H.S.H. the Prince of Monaco, whose archivist later arranged their transfer to the British Museum." Some age-toning to text block, tiny bit of small…
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In Dickens's London: Twenty-two Photogravure Proofs Reproducing the Charcoal Drawings
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914. Fine-. No. 60 of an edition limited to 150 sets of 22 fine photogravures proofs (320 x 240mm) signed in plate ("Coffee-Room, George Inn" additionally signed by Smith in pencil at lower right of image), individually matted with tissue guard and original publisher's printed descriptive label on verso. Complete with 8pp letterpress (508 x 406mm) half-title and title pages, limitation leaf signed by Smith and the publisher,introduction by Smith, and list of proofs with notes. Presented in original muslin-backed portfolio with linen ties and lidded box printed in green and black. One plate label wrinkled, letterpress very lightly toned to page edges, else virtually pristine. BAL 18258. Francis Hopkinson Smith, who descended from a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was an author, artist, and engineer (among other projects, he built the Race Rock Lighthouse in Long Island Sound southwest of Fishers Island and the foundation for Frédéric Auguste…
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The Famous Boating Party and Other Poems in Prose - IN AN UNUSUAL 3 DIMENSIONAL, CUSTOM LEATHER BINDING
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New York: A New Directions Book / James Laughlin, 1954 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Bound by Rick Tuttle in full metallic blue leather, with a sculpted wood boat attached at the top of the cover, a flowing wake of water behind it, and water endpapers. Half-title, photographic frontis, 64pp. Inner joint starting between frontis and title page, paper thinned with erasure on dedication page. Binding is tight. BEAT POET. Includes signed correspondence from the binder to the previous owner.
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The Autopsy and Other Tales [SCARCE, Signed, Limited Edition]
by Shea, Michael
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[Lakewood, Colorado]: Centipede Press, 2008 LIMITED EDITION, this being #286 of 500 Copies, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Scarce, with only 3 copies in OCLC. 592pp, [3], bound in black textured paper over boards, with binding and hinges tight, silk ribbon intact, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. American Horror Tales.
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JOHN DOYLE LEE: ZEALOT - PIONEER BUILDER - SCAPEGOAT [LIMITED EDITION 1/209 COPIES]
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Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1961. One of 209 copies of the rare true first edition privately printed for members of the Lee family in 1961. None were ever sold. The rarest of the Juanita Brooks' books. The trade edition was not issued until the following year. Very good plus to near fine in full blue cloth with blue top-edge stain. 404 pages with frontispiece portrait of John Doyle Lee. Illustrated with maps, plates, and portraits. This true first printing omits the last three paragraphs on page 376 regarding Lee's reinstatement to membership in the Mormon Church. Clean and tight with crisp text. No name, bookplate or other markings. One of the most desirable books on Mountain Meadows and John D. Lee. . Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No jacket as issued..
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Eight Etchings 1930-1959
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New York: Sylvan Cole Gallery, 1985. Quarto. (13 1/4 x 10 inches). Portfolio with complete text and 8 etchings, printed by Stephen Sholinsky at Stem Graphics, New York, and published by Associated American Artists, New York. Each etching signed by Bishop and numbered I/VII. Publisher's gray clamshell cloth box, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt. One of seven sets of artist's proofs, with each of the 8 etchings signed and numbered by Bishop, a groundbreaking twentieth-century social realist. Upon packing up her Union Square studio in 1983, Bishop discovered a small group of original copper printing plates from 1930-1959 which had only been used for one or two proofs and had otherwise not been printed. As the colophon relates: "Until this printing, only proofs of these images were ever printed. This printing was done on Rives Heavyweight paper by Stephen Sholinsky of Stem Graphics, New York . . . The total number of impressions pulled from each plate is 60." There is a regular edition of 50,…
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To a God Unknown
by Steinbeck, John
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New York: Covici Friede, 1935. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Second Issue. Goldstone & Payne, A3b. Issued in an edition of 900 copies. Book has never been read. Pages uncut. Very slight age toning to book spine. Dust jacket has very light chipping to top of spine. A very presentable copy. Book is protected in a custom cut clear mylar cover. All books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box..
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The War of the Worlds and the War in the Air (Wordsworth Classics)
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