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On Poe

POE, Edgar A. · 1993

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1993. (POE, Edgar A). ON POE. Durham: Duke University Press, 1993. 8vo. A collection of Essays relating to Poe from American Literature dating from 1929 to 1987. Contributers include William Friedman, Yvor Winters, Micheal Williams and others. New in dust jacket. .

Look at Us. .

SAROYAN, William · 1967

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1967. SAROYAN, William. LOOK AT US..Words by William Saroyan. Photographs by Arthur Rothstein. (New York): Cowles Education Corporation, (1967). Later printing. Oblong 8vo. red cloth. Near fine. .

Streets of Laredo

MCMURTRY, Larry · 1993

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1993. MCMURTRY, Larry. STREETS OF LAREDO. A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1993). First edition. 8vo. Remainder mark at bottom edge. The sequel to LONESOME DOVE. Fine, in the dust jacket. .

English Pilot

[FACSIMILE] THORNTON, John · 1970

$180.00 (€163.31 | £136.25 | ¥28,735)

1970. [FACSIMILE] THORNTON, John. ENGLISH PILOT. The Third Book. Describing the Sea-Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Straits, Shoals, Rocks and Dangers..in the Oriental Navigation. (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Series of Atlases in Facsimile, Fifth Series, Volume III. A facsimile of the ...

Bird's Eye View of Nara

MAPS · 1900

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,964)

1900. (MAPS). BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF NARA. Osaka: K. Kawakami, [c. 1900]. Folding panorama, c. 22" x 25", colored green and view. Some notes by contemporary tourist added to key. Heavily worn at folds and edges (partly separated at folds). .

Texasville

MCMURTRY, Larry · 1987

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1987. MCMURTRY, Larry. TEXASVILLE. A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, (1987). First edition. 8vo. Fine, in a price-clipped, slightly-soiled dust jacket. .

Masque of Reason

FROST, ROBERT · 1945

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,376)

1945. FROST, Robert. A MASQUE OF REASON. New York: Henry Holt, (1945). First edition. Ownership, else fine, in lightly worn dust jacket. .

Amenities of Book-Collecting

NEWTON, A. Edward · 1924

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1924. NEWTON, A. Edward. THE AMENITIES OF BOOK-COLLECTING. With illustrations. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1924). Fifth edition. 8vo. Slight soiling, rubbing at boards; wear to extremes. Very good. .

Adventures of an Illustrator

PENNELL, Joseph · 1925

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

1925. PENNELL, Joseph. THE ADVENTURES OF AN ILLUSTRATOR mostly in following his authors in America & Europe. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. 4to. tan cloth; many illustrations. First trade edition. Soiling at boards; slight wear to extremes; spots of foxing at endpap...

Varied Harvests

(DEUTSCH, Babette, et al...) · 1953

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1953. (DEUTSCH, Babette, et al). VARIED HARVESTS. A Miscellany of Writings by Barnard College Women. Edited by Amy Loveman, Frederica Barach and Marjorie M. Mayer. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1953). Contributor Helen Puner's copy, with ink ownerhsip and material from author...

Japanese Flower Arrangement: A Complete Primer

IKEBANA · 1963

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1963. [IKEBANA]. JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT: A Complete Primer. By Ellen G. Allen. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, (1963). Inscribed by the author. 8vo. purple cloth; 86 pp. many illustrations. Fine, in a slightly edgeworn and soiled dust jacket. .

Garden Pools, Large and Small

RAMSEY, Leonides W. and LAWRENCE, Charles H. · 1935

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1935. RAMSEY, Leonides W. and LAWRENCE, Charles H. GARDEN POOLS, LARGE AND SMALL. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. Later printing. 8vo. green cloth. Near fine, in a worn, dampstained dust jacket. .

World a Department Store

PECK, Bradford · 1900

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.46 | ¥27,936)

1900. PECK, Bradford. THE WORLD A DEPARTMENT STORE. A Story of Life Under a Co-operative System. Illustrations by Harry C. Wilkinson. Lewiston, ME: Bradford Peck, (1900). First edition. 8vo. grey cloth. Bookplate. Slight soiling at boards. Touch of foxing to a few pages. Else,...

Emakimono: The Art of the Japanese Painted Hand-Scroll

JAPANESE SCROLLS · 1959

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,569)

1959. [EMAKI] EMAKIMONO: The Art of the Japanese Painted Hand-Scroll. Foreword and photographs by Akihisa Hase. Text by Professor Dietrich Seckel. Translated form the German by J. Maxwell Brownjohn. London: Jonathan Cape, (1959). 4to. green cloth; 238 pp. with 68 color plates....

Early Sino-Japanese Diplomatic Relations

TREAT, PAYSON J. · 1932

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1932. TREAT, Payson J. EARLY SINO-JAPANESE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. Offprint, inscribed by the author, from the Pacific Historical review, March 1932. 19 pp. in plain wrappers with light wear and soil. Very good. .

Oscar Wilde

SHAW, BERNARD · 1918

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

1918. (SHAW, Bernard). OSCAR WILDE: HIS LIFE AND CONFESSIONS. By Frank Harris. (In two volumes). New York: Published by the author, 1918. First edition thus, with "My Memories of Oscar Wilde," by Shaw, at the end of Vol. II. The Shaw essay is accompanied by Harris' footnotes a...

Shakespeare's English Kings

(SHAKESPEARE) · 1977

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

1977. (SHAKESPEARE). SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLISH KINGS: History, Chronicle and Drama. By Peter Saccio. New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. First edition. Fine, in a slightly nicked and soiled dust jacket. .

Lo, the Former Egyptian

SMITH, H. ALLEN · 1947

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

1947. SMITH, H. Allen. LO, THE FORMER EGYPTIAN. Line drawings by Leo Hershfield. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1947. First edition. Ownership, else near fine, in scuffed dust jacket chipped on front. .

Secrets of the German War Office

WORLD WAR I. · 1914

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

1914. (WORLD WAR I). THE SECRETS OF THE GERMAN WAR OFFICE. By Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves. New York: McBride, Nast, 1914. Ninth printing (in year of publication). Some foxing, rubbing to extremes. About very good. .

Seventh Gate

WIES, Margaret and HICKMAN, Tracy · 1994

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

1994. WIES, Margaret and HICKMAN, Tracy. THE SEVENTH GATE. New York: Bantam Books, (1994). Uncorrected proof. 8vo. green wrappers. Fine. .