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New York:: Putnam,, (1994). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First US printing. One of the most highly praised first mysteries in recent years - at its' center is Kathleen Mallory, a wild child turned NY policewoman. Publisher's sheet describing the bidding war for US rights to this novel laid in. SIGNED on the title page. 286 pp.

Aperture, Inc. New York, 1973. Book. Fine Condition. Wrappers. 184 pp., 80 black and white photographs. Very slight evidence of handling and shelfwear. Still essentially a crisp, tight, sharp and clean condition copy with an uncreased spine and an unmarked interior. Original price sticker remains affixed to the inside of the front cover. Pictorial wraps. Edited by Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel..

Greenwich, CT / New York: New York Graphic Society Ltd / MoMA, 1968. Paperback. Good (shelf/edgewear and minor smudging to wraps; front cover may be looseining from spine; some light age-toning to page edges; former owner name inked in of top of ffep.). Yellow wraps with square cut-out showing title. 64 pp. 39 bw, 8 color plates. Essay and catalogue by E.C. Goossen. Short essay is followed by a catalogue listing of 161 works and the full-page illustrations. Sam Wagstaff's copy.

Venice: Edizioni La Biennale Venezia, 1977. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original black cloth, cover and spine stamped in white. Very slight bumping to top left corner of cloth, overall in excellent condition. Profusely illustrated throughout in black & white. Text in Italian.

New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1916. First printing. 464 pp. plus illustrations. Moderate shelfwear. The front board and spine are rubbed. A gift inscription, dated 1919, covers the front free endpaper. The rear free endpaper has a small dampstain. Otherwise fine in a square, tight binding with hinges intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. Image size: 20 x 24 inches. Sheet size: 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). [Pl. 222]. In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited edition facsimile of the greatest bird book ever printed: the Havell edition of John James Audubon's well-loved "Birds of America". The Curators of the Teyler's Museum in Haarlem, Holland made their copy of the original work available for use as a model. The Museum, founded in 1778, bought their copy through Audubon's son as part of the original subscription in 1839. After long deliberation, the extremely complex but highly accurate process of colour photo-lithography was… Read More

Koln: Taschen. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2000. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Softcover. Color Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 95 pp .

Katherine Tegen Books. First edition-2nd printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine/Near fine.Katherine Tegen Books,2012.First edition-2nd printing of this boxset (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2).The two books are: Divergent (Blue cloth), 2011 First US edition-30th printing, Insurgent(Green cloth), 2012 First US edition-32nd printing. The boxset contains bonus booklet:The World of Divergent.Hardbacks(gilt illustration on the front cover,gilt lettering to the spine, two small dents on the edges of book 2) with Dj(two small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition, with an illustrated slipcase(two tears and small nicks on the edges of the slipcase) in near fine condition.The book are new.1012pp(in total).Nice and clean boxset with light shelf wear on the slipcase.Heavy boxset.

New. Gibson Christmas Collectibles Teddy Hugglesbie. Ships next day. Item is new, unopened and unused, factory sealed.

London: Oxford University Press (Oxford Illustrated Classics), 1975. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Peter Farmer. Illustrated in colour and b/w by PETER FARMER. Hardback: dj (unclipped), small tape repair at top of spine, a little dusty on the reverse, colour pictorial boards slightly rubbed on edges, inscription on flyleaf, light foredge foxing, page edges slightly finger creased, else vg. small 4to, 88p. Translated by Douglas Munro.

London: Dean & Son, Ltd., 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The interior of the book is crisp and clean, showing no marks or signs of wear or use. The illustrated covers are fresh, with just a hint of wear at tips and corners. A very nice copy of this picture book tribute to the railway age. Synopsis: This contains full-colour portraits of (mostly) famous engines on each page, all with a few lines of explanation. Contents: Night Express leaving King's Cross for Scotland; the Brighton Bell; Deltic "Shamrock" diesel electric; The Merside Express; Locomotive E5000, the "Night Ferry" express; the Duke of Gloucester; "Sir Brian Robertson, the D800 hydraulic locomotive; a new aluminum train for London's Underground; The "Dwight D. Eisenhower" to Scotland; The "Royal Scot" et cetera.

1930. soft. Sign says: Sell you Juniper Berries to Allen W. Edminster, 344 Washington St., Dover, N.H.: The Only Official Agent in New England States for The World's Largest Buyers of American Juniper Berries Condition: Good, sign with some tears in front corners and on side Sign aged around 1930 Size: 11 by 14 tall

New York: Pantheon, 1954. First, Limited Edition. Tall octavo. Tan, rough linen boards, stamped in maroon and gilt; publisher's slipcase; [45]pp.; illus in text. Number 394 of 500 hand-numbered copies, signed by the artist and printed at the Spiral Press. Faint scratch to lettering on spine, else a Fine, unworn copy in a lightly rubbed, Very Good slipcase.

NP: ND.. Universal bookplate, perhaps English. Blank left for owner to add name by hand. Letterpress. Image area: 66 x 86 mm. Fine.

San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1981. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by Alicia Austin.. One of 17 Presentation Copies. A special bookplate, printed for this edition, is signed by Zelazny and marked 'Presentation Copy'. Yellow cloth blocked in deep red and black. printed cloth. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. Issued without dustwrapper. Presentation Copy. According to the colophon, this edition was limited to 333 copies, plus 17 Presentation Copies.