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Hazo, Samuel; Nama, George Decorative paper over boards, backed in gilt-stamped leather; decorative paper slipcase; large 8vo; pp. xiv, [2], 140, with a hand-colored original etching by George Nama, signed. Signed by Hazo on the half-title page. Number 70 from a Limited Edition of 145 Copies, Signed by the Printer, Thomas C. Pears III. Spine lettering a little rubbed, otherwise book is fine, in tanned, faintly waterstained slipcase.- $40
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Mexique Précolombien, Precolumbian Mexican Art, Das Pracolumbianische Mexiko. Collection des Ides Photographiques No. 8.
Paul Rivet (Author) and Gisele Freund (Photographer) 80pp. with 2 foldout leaves itemizing 80 plates, 8.5 x 11". Text in French, English and German. In the introduction, Rivet, the French ethnologist and founder of the Musée de l'Homme provides a brief history of Mexico's archeological wealth by outlining the pre-Columbian civilizations. The publication, made of full-page plates does not attempt "a scientific study" but instead archeological themes of "aesthetic character of the work." Lavishly illustrated with full-page black and white héliogravure by German-born Frenchphotographer Gisele Freund and executed "with perfect taste and artistry." A beautiful production printed in Genève, Switzerland by Roto-Sadag, under the direction of Jean-Jacques Frey, master-héliogravure. A fine, flexible-board hardcover in its originalglossy dust jacket.- $50
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Management; or, The Prompter Puzzled: A Comic Interlude, In One Act. / The Serf: A Tragedy, In Five Acts, Altered from the German of Raupach, and Adapted to the English Stage.
Lunn, J.; Talbot, R.; Contemporary mottled cloth and marbled paper; 2 volumes in 1, 8vo; pp. 36 (with an engraving by Mr. Thomas after a drawing by Mr. Seymour), 54 (with an engraving by Mr. Bonner after a drawing by Mr. R. Cruikshank). Boards lightly scuffed; spine tips and corners a little frayed. Previous owner's stamp on FFEP, leaking through a bit onto title-page; but overall internally clean.- $50
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Political Affairs, Theoretical Journal of the Communist Party, U. S. A.: Vol. XLV, No. 2, February 1966
Lumer, Hyman (ed.) Staple-bound wraps; 8vo; pp. 64. Covers lightly rubbed; corners a little dog-eared. One instance of underlining, otherwise internally clean. With a memorial for Jack Stachel, and contributions from Jose Ratzer, James E. Jackson, Herbert Aptheker, and others.- $25
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Cinéma Italien d’aujourd’hui
Blasetti, Alexandre; Rondi, Jean Louis; Zavattini, Cesar (preface) Paper-covered boards; b/w photo-illustrated dust jacket; 4to, in publisher's slipcase; pp. 213, [10], illustrated in b/w throughout. Number 365 from a limited edition of 750 copies. Boards lightly rubbed; spine tips lightly chipped. Dust jacket split along joints, and (heavily chipped) spine of dust jacket mounted to spine of book; closed tear at top edge of front panel. Contents crisp and clean, the whole presents nicely in mylar. In worn slipcase.- $75
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Manxmouse
Gallico, Paul Green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; full-color illustrated dust jacket; 8vo; pp. 191, [1], illustrated throughout. Signed by Gallico on the half-title page. Spine tips very gently rubbed, and small bump right in the center of spine; otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket the tiniest bit rubbed along the edges, else fine, in mylar.- $60
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Be-Bop
[mimeographed collection of music scores] A mimeographed collection of 91 be-bop tunes, showing chord progressions and the melody (in treble clef). Staves, notes, and chords appear to be typed (a MusicWriter typewriter, perhaps?), though clefs and titles are handwritten. An amateur production, sure, but a tidy amalgam and a nice selection of some must-haves ("Well You Needn't," "Blue Trane") and some lesser-knowns ("El Sino," "Good Bait"). Heavy cardstock covers, staple-bound, "Be-Bop" handwritten in thick black marker on the front; pp. [46], usually 2 tunes per page. Covers lightly rubbed. Unique.- $75
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The Natural History of the Chorus Girl
Parker, Derek and Julia Maroon cloth, gilt-stamped lettering on spine; full-color photo-illustrated dust jacket; 4to; pp. 192, illustrated throughout in b/w and color. Aside from some very light rubbing at spine tips and corners, book is fine. Dust jacket a little wrinkled along the edges; small closed tear at top edge of front panel (barely visible under mylar). An excellent copy. Ballet! Burlesque! So much more! With a bibliography and index. Go on, girls.- $50
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Ecclesiastes, or, The Preacher
Shahn, Ben Cloth; dust jacket; 4to; unpaginted (approx. pp. 50), with illustrations and chapter headings printed in 6 to 9 color photo-lithography. Handwritten and illuminated by Shahn, reproduced from the original 1967 Trianon edition. Spine tips, corners, and boards just a little rubbed, otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket rubbed and a faintly soiled here and there; some light wrinkling and chipping along the edges; price-clipped.- $60
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Orphic Sayings, as originally written by Amos Bronson Alcott and brought out by him in two numbers on the dial: notably those of July 1840 and January 1841: fifty in each: an even hundred
Alcott, Amos Bronson; Randel, William Peirce (intro.) Linen over beveled boards, silver lettering in green banners on upper board and spine; slipcase. Spine slightly darkened, rear hinge lightly cracking. Number 5 from a limited edition of 100 copies. Lacking slipcase. Bookplate of Norman Sondheim.- $100
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Speeches of Sam Houston, of Texas, on the Subject of an Increase in the Army, and the Indian Policy of the Government, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 29 and 31, 1855
Houston, Sam Pamphlet; 5 unbound leaves folded (once) into 20 pages. First leaf (front cover, last page) separating along spine; light wrinkling and chipping along edges; faintly age-toned throughout.- $40
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The Sopping Thursday
Gorey, Edward Wraps; oblong 16mo; pp. [66], full-page b/w illustrations printed on the recto only. Covers a bit tanned and dust-smudged; small spots of soiling at bottom edge of front cover and text block (nowhere infringing into the margins or text itself). Internally clean. Umbrellas! And a successful dog.- $25
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The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family.
Mayhew, Henry; Cruikshank, George 8vo; full olive calf, gilt top edge; original spine and rear cover bound in by Zaehnsdorf. Large folding frontispiece plate by Cruikshank loose at front. Illustrated with ten folding plates of etchings in addition to frontispiece and woodcut title-page, also by George Cruikshank. Some rubbing along spine but still a quite nice copy.- $350
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