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Cincinnati, Ohio: Robert Clarke & Co., 1869. RARE in current commerce, last seen in dealers catalogues and at auction 1968 and earlier. From the collection of noted Mammoth Cave historian and author Harold Meloy, who has created stapled stiff paper wrappers with handwritten title and his name to protect this copy. Very Good, in original purple wrappers, vi, 95, [1] pages : 1 illustration, title page printed in black, red, and green. Text within single rule border. Includes index. Poem "Mammoth Cave. By George D. Prentice": pages 89-91. "Table of distances on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad": page 95. Chips, edge wear and light soiling to wrappers, internally clean and unmarked. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

California: QRS Corporation (?), 1966. A collection of 5 architectural drawings, all bearing logo of "QRS Corporation", four measuring 14 1/2" x 20" and the fifth, 16" x 20". Pen and ink with watercolor and marker on textured drawing boards with taped edges. Three have drawings for different concepts for Carnation Ice Cream Fountain - Lunch, each signed Tennant in pencil . The fourth, Grist Mill Health Foods, is signed PET in pencil bottom right. The fifth, 16 x 20, is for First California Federal, pencil signed R. Carlson '66. All are Fine. Given that the Carnation Ice Cream Cafe located in Yesterland, Disneyland, is housed in a Victorian era building, and First California Federal was not incorporated as the first federal credit union in California until 1980, these are most likely student works completed for an architectural drawing class in the mid 1960s. No record of a QRS Corp. architectural firm found. As a group a striking collection of mid-century California… Read More

Paris: Librairie de Medecine, Folklore et Anthropologie, 1898. #374 of 1,000 copies published for England and America. Bound in publisher's original black cloth, marbled end pages. Very Good, both volumes, gilt lettering mostly rubbed away, hinges starting, cloth a bit soiled, contents are clean, tight, and unmarked. . Second Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: John Murray, 1805. Fold-out letter in facsimile facing page 369 in volume 3. Three frontispiece portrait engravings. Three volumes bound in contemporary mottled calf, later 19th c. reback with gilt rules and decorations, blind tooled decorations, plain brown end papers. Very Good Plus, Vols. I and II with volume label missing, Vol, III label with chip to top corner. Internally clean and bright, a very well-bound set. Bonaparte family. . Third Edition. Mottled Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. Small 8vo.

Oxford: D. A. Talboys, 1829. xix, 476, (6) pp. RARE in the First English language Edition. IN contemporary full calf, back ornately gilt, end papers and edges marbled, ribbon marker. VEry Good, front joint weak yet holding, rear joint showing wear, title at spine rubbed yet still legible, 1/4" loss to calf at head of spine, interior clean and bright, free of blemishes. Overall a handsome copy of a RARE edition. . First Edition in English. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Anthony Ray De Vita , 1948. Very Good Plus, wrappers lightly soiled. 64 pp. "A classified and alphabetical list of the World's Best and most Popular Standard Songs with their Original keys and Starting notes. Plus 'A Handy Fake List and Song Reminder of Top Tunes'." Musician's Handbook. 4th Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 4" x 10 3/4".

London: Methuen & Co., 1895. #13 of an edition limited to 30 copies with binding signed by Zaehnsdorf for A.C. McClurg & Co. Finely bound in full polished calf, back ornately tooled in gilt with red morocco labels and gilt lettering, marbled end papers, top edge gilt, ornate floral gilt dentelles,silk marker. Near Fine, small rubs to joints at tips. RARE in this very limited edition finely bound. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Whittaker & Co., 1846. Both volumes uniformly bound in contemporary tree calf, spines richly gilt, twin labels of red and brown morocco, sides with a gilt castellated border, gilt turn ins,all edges gilt, marbled endpages, armorial bookplates of Christopher Turnor (1809-1886), Stoke Rochford Library, a member of the House of Commons from 1841-1847. Near Fine, gilt at spine of vol. I rubbed, toning to end pages. Finely bound and with good provenance, a quite uncommon biography and collection of the letters of the twelfth-century Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered in 1162.. First Edition. Full Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ithaca, New York: McBooks Press , 1982. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR "ABA 1982". Printed in limited number for distribution at the ABA trade show in 1982. Near Fine, small faint creases bottom right corner. Charming raccoon illustration by Anita C. Nelson. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 22" h x 17"w .

New York & London: G. P Putnam's Sons, 1923. Bound in red cloth with lettering stamped in black and with RARE dust jacket. With color frontispiece illustration and black and white illustrations in text, all by Helen Maitland Armstrong. Illustrated end pages. ix, 321 pp. Near Fine, light soiling to edges of page block, in Very Good Plus dust jacket, small chips at corners and edges, light soiling. . Edited Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Trinidad, W.I.: Jamaat al Muslimeen, 1989. 21 pages in stapled stiff card stock wrappers. An Imam from Trinidad and Tobago gives his response to Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses". . First Edition. Pamphlet. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued.

Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1975. SCARCE. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, small crease at top edge front panel, small bookstore sticker top corner front panel, tidy prior owner name in ink verso front end page at bottom corner. Original Japanese title "Bo ni natta otoko". . First Edition in English. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street , 1847. xii, (1), 320, xii, 304 pages. Two volumes bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt backs with blind tooled decorations, marbled end papers and edges. Each volume with ten hand-coloured etchings and 120 woodcuts by John Leech. Very Good, light rubbing to edges, scattered light to moderate toning throughout. A handsome set . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chicago: Nelson-Hall Publ., 1978. Reprint edition, 1978. Near Fine, top edge of page block light soiling, in a Near Fine dustjacket that is lightly rubbed and with a 1/2" closed tear top edge at spine. Contents are clean,tight, and unmarked. . Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, Lydia R. Bailey, Printer, No. 10, North Alley, 1809. SCARCE. Very Good, scattered toning and spotting. Stitched, 48 unnumbered pages : illustrations. No other copies for any years found in current commerce. RBH notes last 1810 copy at auction in 1918, previous copies for other years in 2005 and then 1964. Shaw & Shoemaker,; 17151. First Printing. String Tied. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chap Book.

Helsinki, Finland: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1980. From the collection of noted sociologist Allen Grimshaw, with his name stamp front endpage and top edge of page block. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on title page -" To the Grimshaws, Affectionately, Roger". Additionally, laid in is a single page handwritten letter from the author to Allen Grimshaw requesting his help with a reference he was using in the book. The book is Fine in Wrappers, As Issued. A nice Association Copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Fine in Wraps, as Issued/No Jacket, As Issued. Association Copy.

Florence, Italy: G. Orioli Lugarno Della Gracie, 1931. Lungarno Series #8. An unnumbered copy from and edition of 740 supposedly numbered copies, 700 of which were originally for sale. Very Good Plus, boards bowed as usual, faint spot at spine, 1/2" closed tear to paper over boards top edge at spine, most pages are uncut, damping evident to the edges of several of the black and white photograph pages. In a Fine clear acetate jacket, lacking the original jacket. A presentable copy. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good Plus/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.

Paris: Galerie Maeght, 1976. SCARCE offset lithograph exhibition poster featuring Adami's graphic image, 19 3/4"w x 26 1/2"h. promoting his 1976 show at Galerie Maeght. Near Fine, faint creases. Will be shipped loosely rolled in mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 19 3/4" x 26 1/2".

Paris: Galerie Maeght Original lithograph exhibition poster, 22" h x 16 1/2"w, no date, circa 1970, Near Fine, faint creasing. Well suited for framing, will be shipped loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Near Fine. 22" h x 16 1/2"w.

No Place: No Publisher SCARCE publisher's promotional poster, 25"w x 27 1/2"h,. Printed in limited numbers and distributed at the ABA Trade show in 1993. No publisher, place, or date, (Little, Brown, Boston, 1993). Same image as used on front cover of the book. Very Good, creasing to margins. Well suited for framing. Will ship loosely rolled in sturdy mailing tube. . First Printing. Poster. Very Good. 25" x 27 1/2".