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THE BACKCOUNTRY HANDBOOK: An Illustrated Guide to the Techniques and Joys of the Wilderness Experience by the Editors of Mother Earth News
New York: Fireside / Simon and Schuster, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Very good in like jacket. Jacket lightly toned at edges, mild edgewear. Book bumped at a couple corners. Clean and sound overall. First edition of this guide to the outdoors and a rather uncommon Abbey item. 191pp. with index. Illustrated.
THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
New York: The Heritage Press, (1955). First edition thus. Hardcover. 4to. Maroon and beige woven cloth, maroon lettering to spine, title illustration to front. In maroon publisher's slipcase with original Sanglass newsletter and Member's bill for the title with envelope laid-in. Spine cloth age toned, outer page edge moderately foxed...
PERSUASION
Westport, CT: Limited EditionsClub, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Publisher's rust-colored cloth in glassine and original slipcase. Newsletter laid in. Mild chipping and toning to glassine. Slipcase moderately rubbed. Interior bright and clean. Near fine. 241pp. 565 of 1600, signed by illustrator Tony Buonpastore. A handsome, fresh copy.
THE ESSAYES: OR COUNCELS CIVILL AND MORALL
Norwalk. CT: Heritage Press, 1972. Hardcover. 4to. Handsome faux-leather. Near fine in like slipcase. Blindstamp to ffep. Else bright and sharp. Sandglass newsletter laid in. Mild shelfwear to slipcase. 190pp.
LILLY MARTIN SPENCER 1822-1902: The Joys of Sentiment
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Collection of Fine Arts, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. Publisher's printed wraps. Very good. Light edgewear with some toning to wraps. Interior clean and bright. Exhibition catalog, June 15-September 3 1973 at the National Collection of Fine Arts. Color frontispiece with illustrations...
CRYSTAL PALACE
London: Photochrom Ltd., [ca. 1920]. First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 8vo. Card wraps. Good. Dampstaining to top edge. Rubbing to wraps. Else sound. Includes 24pp. of text with 16 monochrome photographs with details of construction, building costs, etc.
THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII
Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1956. Limited ed. Hardcover. 4to. Publisher's patterned cloth in printed dust jacket. In original gray slipcase. Near fine in a very good plus DJ & slipcase. Jacket shows light sunning and tiny nicks at spine. Slipcase lightly soiled here and there, with one mild surface scratch...
HUBERT ROBERT
Milan: [Fratelli Fabbri], n.d. Wraps. Very good. Folio. Illustrated stiff card wraps. Mild handling wear, interior contents lightly toned. Otherwise clean, sound. Bound portfolio with 17 color plate reproductions from the artist. With introductory text by Jean Cailleux. In Italian with two additional Dutch language leaves of biographical text laid-in...
RAILROADS OF THE HOUR
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., (1958). Second printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Green boards in photographic dust jacket. Very good, in good DJ. Touches of edgewear, toning, and small chips to jacket; price clipped. Light dampstain to top edge of book. Interior clean and unmarred. 333pp. Discussion of the current state of the...
THREE TALES
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1978. Limited ed. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's printed paper boards backed in blue buckram in original glassine and slipcase. Light edgewear and toning to glassine and mild sunning and shelfwear to slipcase. Lacking newsletter. Near fine. 132pp. Number 565 of 1600, signed by the illustrator. A fresh, attractive copy.
LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL DESCRIPTION
Stanfod: Stanford University Press, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Gray cloth in printed dust jacket. Fine in a very good DJ. Light edgewear and rubbing to jacket. Bright and clean throughout; appears unread. 341pp. Presumed first edition of this collection of essays by the anthropologist and ethnographer.
THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Publisher's marbled boards backed in black leather. In original slipcase and glassine. Newsleter laid in. Very mild edgewear to glassine with toning and splitting at spine. Mild toning to slipcase. Boards clean, interior bright and fresh. Tight. Near fine. 87pp. Number...
MOST OF A CENTURY: Law and Public Service, 1930's to 1990's
Berkeley: University of California, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Bound xerox typescript bound in blue buckram. Fine condition. Bright, tight and sharp. Appears unread. Oral history from the prominent California lawyer and community activist Louis Heilbron. Heilbron was the first chairman of the board of trustees of the California State...
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO: A Romantic Narrative
Westport, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Publisher's marbled boards backed in green leather. In original glassine and slipcase. Newsletter laid in. Glassine toned at spine. Mild rubbing to slipcase. Bright and clean. Very near fine. 99pp. Number 565 of 1600, signed by Drew Middleton. An attractive...
WISCONSIN CENTRAL RAILWAY: 1871 THROUGH 1909: Photo Archive
(Hudson, WI): Iconografix, (1998). First Edition. Wraps. Oblong 8vo. Perfect-bound glossy photograhpic wraps. Fine condition; appears almost as new. 126pp. Pictorial history of this Winsonsin railway. Railroadiana.
TEN PLUS TEN PLUS TEN: Washington Painting 1982
Washington DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1982. First Edition. Wraps. Square 4to. Publisher's printed wraps. Wraps lightly rubbed and toned at extremities. Interior bright and clean. Very good. Unpaginated. Catalog for an exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery, featuring three paintings each from contemporary Washington painters curated through peer selection. Includes...
SCARLET PLUME: Second Edition
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (2012). Reprint. Wraps. 8vo. Glossy pictorial wraps. Fine. Clean, bright, and crisp; appears unread. 365pp. Second edition of this 1964 novel, originally issued thus in 1983. This 2012 printing includes a new introduction by John Calvin Rezmerski.
THE WILD PARTY
New York: The Sylvan Press, 1947. Limited ed. Hardcover. Small 4to. Printed imitation-leather boards. About very good. Some small touches of soiling to boards. Half-inch piece missing from top of spine. Interior clean and unmarked. Good and sound. 123pp. From an edition of 1499 numbered copies, this #702. First published...
THE STONES OF SUMMER
New York: Barnes and Noble, 2003. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in like jacket. Bright, tight, clean, and sound. Dated and SIGNED by author Mossman to title page in year of publication. First printing of the second edition (with introduction, first thus) of this long out-of-print modern classic that...
CARNET PICASSO: La Coruna, 1894-1895
Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili, (1971). Limited ed. Hardcover. Oblong 24mo. Red cloth with gilt-stamped "Album" title to front and facsimile inkstains to rear. With accompanying perfect-bound booklet in glassine-covered jacket. Both housed in marble printed slipcase with title label to one side. Near fine overall. Label on slipcase moderately rubbed...
BRAVE NEW WORDS: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction
(New York): Oxford University Press, (2007). First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Fine in a near-fine DJ. Light touch of curling to upper edge of jacket front panel. Clean, bright, sharp throughout; binding tight; appears unread. 342pp. Extensive dictionary of sci-fi culture, with entries on important...
SILENT SCREENS: The Declline and Transformation of the American Movie Theater
Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, (2000). First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Publisher's black cloth in original dust jacekt. Briefly INSCRIBED by Putnam. Touches of shelfwear, edgewear to jacket. Cloth clean and bright. Interior fresh. Near fine. 102pp. Striking black and white photobook picturing the faded beauty of the...
ON RAILWAYS: At Home and Abroad
London: Spring Books, [1951?]. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth in photographic dust jacket. Very good in like DJ. Jacket a bit rubbed and edgeworn. Interior clean and unmarred. 300pp. Collection of texts by this English railroad expert. Discusses Britain, Europe, and North America. Railroadiana.
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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURE [Exhibition Catalog]
Montreal: International Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, (1967). First Edition. Wraps. Square 8vo. Very good in illustrated wraps. Mild wear. Generally clean, sound, unmarked. Uncommon illustrated catalog from a 1967 Montreal exhibition of sculpture. With a detailed artist index to rear. 121pp.
THE BURNING PLAIN And Other Stories
Austin: University of Texas Press, (1967). First English language edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Orange cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Near fine in a very good plus DJ. Light surface rubbing, minimal edgewear to jacket. Trace wear to page edges and mustiness to book; ownership signature on FFEP; else clean and bright...