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An Album of Photographs in Platinotype. comprising 47 reproductions of drawings by Aubrey Beardsley photographed by Frederick Evans

by Beardsley, Aubrey

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Used - Cloth, with the booplate of Frederick Evans designed by Beardsley
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Each image captioned by Evans and mounted on grey card with E. vans' blind stamp monogram. Large 4to
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Each image captioned by Evans and mounted on grey card with E. vans' blind stamp monogram. Large 4to. Cloth, with the booplate of Frederick Evans designed by Beardsley. Each image captioned by Evans and mounted on grey card with E. vans' blind stamp monogram. Large 4to. With a long autograph note signed by Evan Evans, Frederick Evans' son… Read more about this item
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From off the Streets of Cleveland. American Splendor. The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar. Introduction by R. Crumb

by Pekar, Harvey

Condition
Used - Wrappers. Fine
Edition
Firest Edition
Published
1986
Binding
Art by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Gerrey Shamray. 4to
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New York: Dolphin, 1986. Firest Edition. Art by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Gerrey Shamray. 4to. Wrappers. Fine. Firest Edition. Art by Kevin Brown, Gregory Budgett, R. Crumb, Gary Dumm, Gerrey Shamray. 4to. Signed "R. Crumb 1987" on the title-page.
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Galerie Contemporaine Artistique [Spine title]

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Used - Half tan calf and marbled boards, marbled endsheets. Some excisions. Generally fine
Published
1884
Binding
5 volumes of 13 volume set. 1 thru 5, unpaginated, with illustrated plates throughout. Vol. 1. [19] Woodburytype portrait photog
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Paris: Ludovic Baschet, 1884. 5 volumes of 13 volume set. 1 thru 5, unpaginated, with illustrated plates throughout. Vol. 1. [19] Woodburytype portrait photographs and [21] reproductions of paintings and sculptures; Vol. 2. [18] Woodburytype portraits and [24] reproductions of paintings and sculptures; Vol. 3. [11] Woodburytype portraits and [20] reproductions of paintings and sculptures; Vol. 4. [13] Woodburytype… Read more about this item
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Weegee's People

by Weegee

Condition
Used - Rust cloth. About Fine, in Very Good, edgeworn dust jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1946
Binding
Photographs by Weegee. 1 vols. Small 4to
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New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Essential Books, 1946. First Edition. Photographs by Weegee. 1 vols. Small 4to. Rust cloth. About Fine, in Very Good, edgeworn dust jacket. First Edition. Photographs by Weegee. 1 vols. Small 4to. More of the full-flash nighttime snapshots by this paparazzo of the proletariat. Less bloody than Naked City, and more joyous: Weegee's… Read more about this item
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An Old Sweetheart of Mine

by Riley, James Whitcomb

Condition
Used - Bound in full green morocco, silk endpapers, t.e.g. Spine slightly faded
Published
1902
Binding
Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep. Printed on coated stock. 1 vols. Small 4to
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Indianapolis: The Bowen-Merrill Company Publishers, 1902. Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep. Printed on coated stock. 1 vols. Small 4to. Bound in full green morocco, silk endpapers, t.e.g. Spine slightly faded. Drawings by Howard Chandler Christy. Decorations by Virginia Keep. Printed on coated stock. 1 vols. Small 4to. Inscribed by author and artist on the… Read more about this item
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The Room is Now Yours/ Nu ar Rummet Ditt

by Degerman, Nils-Erik

Condition
Used - Cloth. Fine
Edition
First edition, one of 333
Published
1990
Binding
35 black and White Photographs. 1 vols. 13 x 13 1/2 inches
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Stockholm: Grafisk Studio, 1990. First edition, one of 333. 35 black and White Photographs. 1 vols. 13 x 13 1/2 inches. Cloth. Fine. First edition, one of 333. 35 black and White Photographs. 1 vols. 13 x 13 1/2 inches. With a slip laid in thanking George Abrams for his help from Stockholm Typografiska Gille.
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Tales of a Traveller
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Tales of a Traveller

by Irving, Washington

Condition
Used - Blue buckram, elaborately decorated in green and gilt, t.e.g. , rest uncut
Edition
Buckthorne Edition
Published
1895
Binding
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, etc. vi, 312; vi, 316pp. 2 vols. Small 4to
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New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. Buckthorne Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, etc. vi, 312; vi, 316pp. 2 vols. Small 4to. Blue buckram, elaborately decorated in green and gilt, t.e.g. , rest uncut. Buckthorne Edition. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, etc. vi, 312; vi, 316pp. 2 vols. Small 4to. Inscribed by the publisher to the artist and… Read more about this item
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Billy Budd Sailor (An Inside Narrative). A Centennial Edition ... With Fourteen Illustrations Cut in Wood by Barry Moser
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Billy Budd Sailor (An Inside Narrative). A Centennial Edition ... With Fourteen Illustrations Cut in Wood by Barry Moser

by (Moser, Barry) Melville, Herman

Condition
Black leather spine, blue Japanese book cloth over boards, by Jace Graf. Folding box. As new
Edition
Edition of 50 copies
Published
2024
Binding
With fourteen woodcuts, printed from the blocks on handmade Kitakata paper. Calligraphy by Judythe Sieck. Text printed in red an
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Northampton, Massachusetts: Pennyroyal Press, 2024. Edition of 50 copies. With fourteen woodcuts, printed from the blocks on handmade Kitakata paper. Calligraphy by Judythe Sieck. Text printed in red and back. 112 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Black leather spine, blue Japanese book cloth over boards, by Jace Graf. Folding box. As new. Edition of 50 copies. With fourteen woodcuts,… Read more about this item
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The Face of Arizona
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The Face of Arizona

Condition
Used - Cloth. Almost fine
Edition
Number 950 of 1000 copies. Inscribeed by Barry Goldwater to Mr.
Published
1964
Binding
Illus. with 50 photographs. Folio
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[Phoenix: Republican State Committee of Arizona/Guaranty Bank, 1964. Number 950 of 1000 copies. Inscribeed by Barry Goldwater to Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Milbank. Illus. with 50 photographs. Folio. Cloth. Almost fine. Number 950 of 1000 copies. Inscribeed by Barry Goldwater to Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Milbank. Illus. with 50 photographs. Folio.
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Gravure et Fonderie de C. Derriey. Spécimen-Album
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Gravure et Fonderie de C. Derriey. Spécimen-Album

by Derriey, Charles

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Used - Contemporary morocco-backed pebbled cloth boards, spine gilt, minor staining to rear cover, silk moire endpapers, gilt edges. Bo
Published
1862
Binding
[4]pp (price list and index, printed recto and verso on 2 leaves) and 182 (of 183?) plates, (printed recto only, approx. 50 in o
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Paris: C. Derriey, Rue Notre-Dame-Des-Champs, 6 & 12, 1862. [4]pp (price list and index, printed recto and verso on 2 leaves) and 182 (of 183?) plates, (printed recto only, approx. 50 in one, two, three or more colors, the color plates printed by Imprimerie Paul Dupont). With a large printed trade card or separate specimen, laid in. Folio. Contemporary… Read more about this item
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[Small photograph album compiled by a Japanese man attached to Company D of the 800th Military Police Batallion at East Camp, Kobe]
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[Small photograph album compiled by a Japanese man attached to Company D of the 800th Military Police Batallion at East Camp, Kobe]

by (Occupied Japan) Tadao Maeda

Condition
Used - Contemporary dark green cloth, minor wear
Published
1949
Binding
Approx. 145 photographs, mostly 3x2 inches, some 1-1/2x1 and a few 4-1/2x3 inches or larger. Inserted on photo corners or with s
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Kobe or Fukuoka, Japan, 1949. Approx. 145 photographs, mostly 3x2 inches, some 1-1/2x1 and a few 4-1/2x3 inches or larger. Inserted on photo corners or with small strips of cellotape at the corners. Many captioned in English or Japanese. Some images missing, a few loose photographs inserted. Signed by Tadao Maeda on the rear endpaper. Approx. 7x6 inches. Contemporary… Read more about this item
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The Complete Poems and Plays
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The Complete Poems and Plays

by Eliot, T.S.

Condition
Used - Blue-green cloth. Fine copy in very good plus, lightly rubbed dust jacket (price clipped)
Edition
First edition
Published
1952
Binding
Vii, 392 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1952. First edition. vii, 392 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue-green cloth. Fine copy in very good plus, lightly rubbed dust jacket (price clipped). First edition. vii, 392 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed on the title page "Inscribed for Miss Charlotte Ellen Wright T.S. Eliot 7.xi.55. Gallup A60
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Moisie River [and] Moisie River: Portages, Lakes, Heights of Land
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Moisie River [and] Moisie River: Portages, Lakes, Heights of Land

by Palmer, Bradley W.

Condition
Used - Both volumes in the original dark blue grained leatherette, title gilt on upper cover. Fine copies
Edition
First Edition, edition of 30 copies, both volumes numbered in in
Published
1938
Binding
The first volume illustrated with 28 photographs on 14 plates, and 5 hand-colored plates after old prints and a photograph, with
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Boston: Privately Printed by Geo. H. Ellis Co, 1938. First Edition, edition of 30 copies, both volumes numbered in ink "Ten. The first volume illustrated with 28 photographs on 14 plates, and 5 hand-colored plates after old prints and a photograph, with folding map tipped in on rear pastedown; the second contains a hand colored plate, a hand-colored photograph,… Read more about this item
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Photographic Trade Card

Photographic Trade Card

Condition
Used - Fine
Published
1870
Binding
1 x 1-1/8 inches photo tipped on to larger card. with printed below "L.[ewis] A. Rhodes, Dentist Norwich, N.Y.". 3-3/4 x 2-1/4 i
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1870. 1 x 1-1/8 inches photo tipped on to larger card. with printed below "L.[ewis] A. Rhodes, Dentist Norwich, N.Y.". 3-3/4 x 2-1/4 inches. Fine. 1 x 1-1/8 inches photo tipped on to larger card. with printed below "L.[ewis] A. Rhodes, Dentist Norwich, N.Y.". 3-3/4 x 2-1/4 inches. His dates are 1829-1901. He is listed in an 1869… Read more about this item
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Daydream book [clamshell spine title]
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Daydream book [clamshell spine title]

by Parker, Robert A. (1927-1923)

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Used - Bound in cream cloth with label on spine reading "Diary of Helen Hayes April 12 1937 Vol. 2", laid into a gilt-lettered morocco-
Published
1990
Binding
Over 100 original ink stamps and watercolor illustrations (some creased). 8vo
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1990. Over 100 original ink stamps and watercolor illustrations (some creased). 8vo. Bound in cream cloth with label on spine reading "Diary of Helen Hayes April 12 1937 Vol. 2", laid into a gilt-lettered morocco-backed clamshell case; moderate wear, bookplate.. Over 100 original ink stamps and watercolor illustrations (some creased). 8vo. Inscribed "For Ed. 'Best Man' in absentia,… Read more about this item
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Autograph Letter, Signed. To Mr. Waugh, sending him a prospectus from which he will see
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[London]: 48 Mornington Place, 1853. 2 pp. 12mo. Some stains. 2 pp. 12mo.
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[Album of photographs principally of a trip to Yellowstone, assembled by Edward V. Nestell]

by (Wyoming)

Condition
Used - Contemporary pebbled black cloth Stamped "Photographs" and with stamped in gilt on lower right of upper cover "Edward V. Nestell
Published
1901
Binding
39 silver print photographs, each approx. 7x9 inches, tipped at corners recto only on dark gray paper, each captioned in white i
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[Wyoming, Montana, Utah and Colorado], 1901. 39 silver print photographs, each approx. 7x9 inches, tipped at corners recto only on dark gray paper, each captioned in white ink on the mounts. With an additional 5 images, laid in. Oblong 4to (10x12 inches). Contemporary pebbled black cloth Stamped "Photographs" and with stamped in gilt on lower right of upper cover… Read more about this item
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Cuba in War Time

by Davis, Richard Harding

Condition
Used - Original drab boards printed in red and black tan boards. Fine
Edition
First edition
Published
1897
Binding
Frontispiece and 23 plates, 4 from photos by Davis and 19 from original drawings by Frederic Remington from life. 143 pp. 1 vols
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New York: R.H. Russell, 1897. First edition. Frontispiece and 23 plates, 4 from photos by Davis and 19 from original drawings by Frederic Remington from life. 143 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original drab boards printed in red and black tan boards. Fine. Remington, Frederic. First edition. Frontispiece and 23 plates, 4 from photos by Davis and 19 from… Read more about this item
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Faust...from the German by John Anster

by Goethe, [Johann Wolfgang von]

Condition
Used - Quarter vellum and boards t.e.g., pictorial endpapers. Spine sunned
Edition
Number 145 of 1000 copies of the American Isssue, signed by the
Published
1925
Binding
Illustrated by Harry Clarke. 253, [3] pp. 1 vols. Quarto
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New York: Dingwall-Rock Limited, 1925. Number 145 of 1000 copies of the American Isssue, signed by the Artist. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. 253, [3] pp. 1 vols. Quarto. Quarter vellum and boards t.e.g., pictorial endpapers. Spine sunned. Clarke, Harry. Number 145 of 1000 copies of the American Isssue, signed by the Artist. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. 253, [3]… Read more about this item
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The Coming K - [Beeton's Christmas Annual: Thirteenth Season]

by [Murray, E.C. Grenville (?)]

Condition
Used - Bound in contemporary red pebble-grained cloth, gilt spine, extremities worn, front wrapper bound in, lacking rear wrapper and t
Edition
First edition
Published
1872
Binding
Illustrated and with ads throughout, front wrapper printed in red, black, and blue; [94] pp. 4to
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London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1872. First edition. Illustrated and with ads throughout, front wrapper printed in red, black, and blue; [94] pp. 4to. Bound in contemporary red pebble-grained cloth, gilt spine, extremities worn, front wrapper bound in, lacking rear wrapper and tipped-in ads; near fine. First edition. Illustrated and with ads throughout, front wrapper printed in red,… Read more about this item
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