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C4c. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Published by World Publishing, New York & Cleveland, OH 1969. 28 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. First State DJ (with the original price of 4.25 present underneath a sticker with the price of 4.95 present, with two paragraphs on the front flap, photograph of Carle with his two children to the rear flap with blurb mentioning only his first book, "1,2,3 to the Zoo" and A3450 on rear panel). Has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (2 inch closed tear present to the front panel of the DJ). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf." So begins Eric Carle's modern classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. More than 12 million copies of this book have been sold in its original,… Leer más

E-046. Very Good. Hardcover. Trade PB. 8vo. Modern Editions Press, New York. No Date (1933). 6 chapbooks. One sheet printed on one side, folded together making two printed pages facing each other. Published in an edition of 100 copies each. Issued in colored wrappers with a sewn binding. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Surprisingly the most complete set of these chapbooks out there. "The Modern Editions Press published two series of pamphlets in 1932 and 1933. The first series consisted of six pamphlets which included short stories, poems, and a statement. The six contributors were Dudley Fitts, John Kemmerer, Kay Boyle, Kathleen Tankersley Young, Raymond Ellsworth Larsson and Albert Halper; each one illustrated with an original print by a contemporary American artist. The second and final series of eight pamphlets was published in 1933 and consisted… Leer más

EB. Very Good. Flexible cloth. Three Ring Binder. 8vo. Published by American Bank Note Company. 1922. 110 color charts Tipped in errata sheets. Bound in black leatherette binder with titles present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An incredible group of 110 diff. Color charts (5x8) , each with a printed date at top, inscription is either "Litho Stone" or "Litho Offset", with Liberty facing right or left, each color indicated in black. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-084: Charles Knight & Company Ltd.. Good. 1832. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Charles Knight. 1832. 320 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Signed by Charles Babbage on the FFEP. Bound in half cloth boards. Boards are faded and worn to the extremities and have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Spine has been rebacked. Ex-Lib item with typical marks present (call number to spine, bookplate to reverse of the front board). Foxing Present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first part of the work is concerned with the physical processes of manufacture, and the second, longer part treats the organization of industry, aspects of commerce, what was later called scientific management, and the application of science to industry. With the publication of On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, Babbage established himself as an expert in political economy. The work influenced both John Stuart Mill and Karl Marx. E-084; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 320 pages;… Leer más

E-172: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Very Good. 1811. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Leather. 4to. Printed in London for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Paternoster-Row. 1811. 436 pgs. Fine folding engraved map "of the Interior of Louisiana, with a part of New Mexico", and full-page map of ". The Mississippi River, from its source to the Mouth of the Missouri." Bound by in full calf leather. Spine has been rebacked with contemporary leather spine and gilt titled spine label. Boards are scuffed and worn with wear present to the edges of the boards. Small name present to the reverse of the front board. Both maps present, however the first map has a small piece missing and has been rebacked with linen. Foxing present. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The first U. S. Government exploration of the American southwest. In 1805, Wilkinson ordered Pike to find the source of the Mississippi River, so Pike traveled into the northern… Leer más

E-376: George H. Doran Company. Good. 1922. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by George H. Doran, New York/William Heinemann, London, UK, 1922. 33 pgs. Illustated with 7 color chromolithograph plates (4 single page, 3 that are double paged). First US Edition/First Printing (Correctly dated 1922 and with the addition of George H. Doran to the title page, "Printed in Great Britain" present to the verso). Bound in illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (most of the spine is missing with fragments left). Light foxing present throughout. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A stuffed toy rabbit (with real thread whiskers) comes to life in Margery Williams's timeless tale of the transformative power of love. Given as a Christmas gift to a young boy, the Velveteen Rabbit lives in the nursery with all of the… Leer más

C6a. Very Good. Leather. Leather. 8vo. Published by Harper & Brothers, New York. 1848, 1850, 1853. 174, 206, 184 pgs. 1 pp of ads after Jane Eyre. Text in double column. First US Edition/First Printing. Bound in 3/4 black leather and marble paper covered boards with title of Currer Bell's Novels present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Foxing present. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Charlotte Brontë (21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels have become classics of English literature. She first published her works (including her best known novel, Jane Eyre) under the pen name Currer Bell. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-118. Good. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Nelle case di Pietro di Nicolini da Sabbio : Alle spese pero del nobile huomo M. Federico Torresano d'Asola. , Nell'anno della salutifera redentione humana, In Vinegia (Venice, Italy). 1538. Iv, 283 pgs. Printed in roman type in double column. Illustrated with woodcut title border: entwined vines, with the castle tower device and initials "FT" of Federico Torresano in center of lower border. Privilege at foot of title page: Nissuno ardisca la presente opera sotto il Domini dell'Eccelsa Signoria di Vinegia stampare, ne in altri luoghi stampata vendere, sotto la pena, che nel priuilegio se contiene. Bound in 1/2 leather with marble paper covered boards. Boards are lightly rubbed and worn with a chip present to the spine. Bookplate of William Horatio Crawford (from the The Lakeland Library) present to the front pastedown with name present as well, with notes regarding pagination present to the pastedown and bibliographic notes… Leer más

E-328: MacMillan. Good in Good dust jacket. 1932. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1932. 46 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is heavily chipped and worn with the rear panel split from the spine and pieces missing from the spine and the edges). Bound in green cloth boards with titles present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (rear board has a stain present). Offsetting present to the pastedowns with tape residue present to the front pastedown. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. I will take you into the heart of modern industry where machines and skyscrapers are being made, where the character of the men is being put into the motors, the airplanes, the dynamos upon which the life and happiness of millions of us depend. Lewis H. Hine (1874-1940) , one of America’s best photographers, wrote this in his introduction to Men at… Leer más

E-311: Viking Books for Young Readers. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1936. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Square. The Viking Press, New York. 1936. Unpaginated. 32 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Probable 1st State DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (front flap is clipped, the rear flap is not). Bound in 1/2 cloth and matching illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (top edge of the boards are lightly sunned and faded near the crown of the spine). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Ferdinand is the world's most peaceful--and--beloved little bull. While all of the other bulls snort, leap, and butt their heads, Ferdinand is content to just sit and smell the flowers under his favorite cork tree. Leaf's simple storytelling paired with Lawson's pen-and-ink drawings make The Story of Ferdinand a true… Leer más

E-08: A. Millar, Et Al,. Very Good. 1764. Hardcover. Leather. Folio (10-1/2 by 17 inches). A. Millar, et al, London. 1764. Two volumes. Xxxiv, 500 pages; 434 pgs. With large folding hemispheric map of the world and two other maps. Bound in contemporary full brown calf leather with burgundy morocco spine labels, raised bands. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. First edition of this important authoritative history of commerce, with a focus on Britain's acquisition of "new American markets," as well as the greater consequences of "the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720" when the South Sea Bubble burst. Within this impressive two-volume work are extensive references to treaties, parliamentary acts, the substantive contributions of economic texts, and thorough statistical accounts of currency, population and wealth. "In the year preceding… Leer más

E-240. Very Good. Paperback. Issued in sewn wrappers. 8vo. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? , Izumoji Izumi no Jo¯ zo¯han, Kyo¯ho¯ 14, Edo. (1729) 5 volumes. Illustrated with woodblock prints with ink on paper. Images based on paintings by Tan'yu¯ Kano¯ and Tsunenobu Kano; Block carver Fujii Yasube ? ? ? ? ?; Kurihara Jirobe ? ? ? ? ? ?; Okubo Kazutomo ? ? ? ? ? . Bound in sewn wrappers (pouch binding; fukurotoji). Wrappers are worn with heavy chipping and wear present to the edges of the wrappers. Pastedown label present to the first volume with incorrect bibliographic details present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Slight worming present. Gazu Hyakkacho (Pictures of One Hundred Flowers and Birds) is a Japanese flower and bird picture book published in 1729. This work is by Yamashita Sekichushi based on the paintings of Kano Tan’yu and Kano Tsunenobu. Kano Tan'yu (4 March 1602 – 4 November 1674) was one of the foremost Japanese… Leer más

C2a: Edward Arnold & Co. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1924. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Edward Arnold & Co. , London, UK.1924. 325 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ is present but has heavy shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is in three pieces with the panels separated from the spine with loss at the joints). Bound in red cloth with titles present to the spine and the front board. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century, E. M. Forster’s sweeping tale of prejudice and racial tension is set in colonial India at the turn of the century. As the Indian independence movement is gaining momentum but while the country is still under the rule of the British Raj, Dr. Aziz, a young Indian Muslim physician, befriends several English tourists in spite of expressions of caution from his Indian friends. What begins as an unexceptional… Leer más

E-142: Tanglewood Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Portfolio. 4to. Tanglewood Press, New York. 1968. 128 pgs. Illustrated with photolithographs throughout text; screenprints on wrappers and slipcase, and an added suite of 8 "pochoir drawings." Signed by Jim Dine on the lower left corner of each pochoir plate, Shoe (Artist Proof) , Heart (#250/250) , Hand (#250/250) , Moon (#250/250). Hat (Artist Proof) , Knife (#250/250) , Lips (#250/250) , Gun (#250/250). #250 of a limited edition of 250 copies. Laid in image "Two People Looking at a Piece of Paper by Peter Young Published by Tanglewood Press" present. First Edition/First Printing. Slipcase has a small tear present near the bottom edge. Issued in glassine DJ. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelfwear present. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. Apollinaire was Modernism's first champion, and after his… Leer más

E-290: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1939. Hardcover. Hardcover. 4to. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston MA, 1939. 44 unpaginted pages. First Edition/First Printing. Price-clipped DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (Choo-Choo blurb present to the rear flap but price clipped) Bound in publisher's gray cloth, with red and black image of Mike and his steam shovel, Mary Anne, on the front. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name stamped to the front board and the front flyleaf endpaper. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Mike and his trusty steam shovel, Mary Anne, dig deep canals for boats to travel through, cut mountain passes for trains, and hollow out cellars for city skyscrapers. When Mary Anne is destined for the scrap heap, the duo must dig their way out of trouble in this timeless tale of friendship, old-fashioned hard work, and ingenuity. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

E-262. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. Folio. 3/4 calf 52 pgs, 43 pgs. Manuscript with the text in French throughout, written during the 18th century Bound in 3/4 leather and marble paper covered boards with title label present to the spine. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Tipped in book catalog description present to the front pastedown. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. HInge repaired. A very rare manuscript history and the Druse Scriptures, The Druses, a people of mid-Syria, the most numerous of which inhabit Jebel Hauran, East of Jroan and in Lebanon. The Druse religion is a secret faith with many indications that amore primitive cult, containing elemetns of Nature worship, preceded it, and still survives in the popular practices of the more remote Druse districts. It has been frequently assorted and suspected that traces of phallic and gunaecocratic worship exists. As a formulated creed, the Druse system is about a thousand years old. The… Leer más

E-133. Very Good. Hardcover. Trade PB. 4to. Ausgearbeitet von Frau Marianne Stark, Berlin, Germany. 1937. 52 pgs, Illustrated with 53 illustrations, 6 of them are printed directly onto the page (the unnumbered illustration plus illustration #4, 17, 19, 41 & 42). The other 47 are photostatic copies that have been cut and pasted into the text in the appropriate places. Text is in German and single sided (one side of the page only) First Edition Multigraph Copy. Issued in stapled paper wraps with a cloth spine and paper label present to the front wrapper. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP (Hede Mann/Anne v. Kraff). Pages lightly toned and faded. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Unpublished typescript of a lecture concerning the collective unconscious and mandala symbolism delivered in Berlin on 28-29 September 1937. Between 1923 and 1941, Carl Jung delivered and moderated… Leer más

E-302. Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. 1930. Xiv, 272 pgs. Illustrated with two color plates. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Light foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection is a book by Ronald Fisher which combines Mendelian genetics with Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, with Fisher being the first to argue that "Mendelism therefore validates Darwinism" and stating with regard to mutations that "The vast majority of large mutations are deleterious; small mutations are both far more frequent and more likely to be useful", thus refuting orthogenesis. First published in 1930 by The Clarendon Press, it is one of the most… Leer más

E-377. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, New York. 1958. Unpaginated. Signed limited first edition printed on rag paper that precedes the first trade edition; copy 232 of 300 numbered copies signed by E. E. Cummings. Slipcased in a paper slipcase with a paper title present to the front board. Glassine DJ has shelf-wear present with several large pieces missing from the panels of the DJ. Bound in blue cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and blindstamped titles present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Published in 1958, 95 Poems is the last book of new poems published in Cummings's lifetime. Remarkable for its vigor, freshness, interest in ordinary individuals, and awareness of the human life cycle, the book reflects Cummings's observations on nature and his prevailing gratitude for… Leer más

E-163: Hogarth Press. Very Good. 1926. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, London, UK. 1926. 53 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in blue-grey cloth backed grey boards, white paper title label to spine printed in black. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards discolored to the edges of the boards). Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Offsetting present to the endpapers. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In The End of Laissez-Faire (1926) he presents a brief historical review of laissez-faire economic policy. Though he agrees in principle that a marketplace of free individuals pursuing their own self-interest without government interference has a better chance of improving society’s economic situation than socialist alternatives, he suggests that government can play a constructive role in protecting individuals from… Leer más