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Oakland, California, U.S.A.: Regent Press. Fine/ . 1991. First Edition. Large Hard Cover Folio. 0916147118 SIGNED By Several Contributors This copy is SIGNED (sometimes with an inscription) on the front half-title page by editor ALLEN COHEN and ORACLE Contributors RON THELIN - MICHAEL BOWEN - JIM PHILLIPS - GENE GRIMM and AMI MAGILL. Writer Cohen and artist Bowen were original founders of the paper, along with Psychedelic Shop owner Ron Thelin; Phillips, Grimm and Magee were artists who contributed to various ORACLE issues. 385 pages, Large folio volume: 14.5 x 11.5 x 1.5 inches, printed on archival paper. This lovely copy is in new condition, having been signed and inscribed for a bookstore opening, and then put away for nearly twenty years. A very bright, clean and solid volume throughout, bound in burgandy colored cloth boards with gilt lettering. As the library journal said at the time: "This full-color re-creation in book form of all 12 issues of the psychedelic newspaper… Leer más

London: Omnibus Press. Fine/In Fine Slipcase. 1996. Limited Edition. Large Hard Cover. SIGNED / LIMITED / NUMBERED ONE OF 250 NUMBERED AND LIMITED COPIES, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS AND THE CRICKETS (SONNY CURTIS, bassist JOE B. MAUDLIN, drummer JERRY ALLISON) This is the hardback, limited edition (250 copies) of REMEMBERING BUDDY, a title considered the definitive Buddy Holly biography. This copy is numbered and autographed by the authors and The Crickets and is bound in Rose Taupe cloth, which was the color of Buddy Holly's Cadillac. Also includes a limited edition 8x10 photo, hand printed and signed by the photographer Bill Francis, and a special interview CD in pocket to rear. 204 pages, illustrations throughout, with general index, plus appendices including a comprehensive discography, list of performance sessions, tour dates, and charts file. This is a lovely volume, A FINE QUALITY, LIKE NEW CONDITION COPY, and is housed in a custom black slipcase. .

Kansas City, Missouri: Burton Publishing Company. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 1919. First Edition. Hard Cover. 218 PAGES. HARDCOVER / INSCRIBED AND SIGNED TO FRONT ENDPAPER / LAID-IN ARE ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S PROMOTIONAL POSTCARD & ORDER FORM FOR THE AMERICAN HEART -& EPHEMERA (A handbill from March 23, 1919 for "An Entertainment in Honor of Our Victory Boys, held at Camp Upton, Long Island" and featuring a list of musical performers plus notice of a speech by Dorothy Frooks). This is an original Hardcover First-edition volume, published in 1919 by Burton Publishing Company of Kansas City, Missouri. A rare copy of what is believed to be the first book published by DOROTHY FROOKS (February 12, 1896 - April 13. 1997) , important American Suffragist, early woman military figure and Aviator, journalist (with the New York Evening World), book author and a lawyer by the age of 21. She lived an extraordinary life involved in public causes for most of the twentieth century. She… Leer más

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. Near Fine/Near Fine Dust Jacket. 1967. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. SIGNED LETTERS INCLUDED LAID-IN ARE TWO TYPED LETTERS SIGNED BY TALCOTT PARSONS (1902 - 1979). These letters are on the stationary of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the famous social theorist Talcott Parsons taught from 1927 - 1973; ( indeed, for many years, Parsons was the best-known sociologist in the United States, and one of the most influential and controversial sociologists in the world). The LETTERS are addressed to the author of the book, Professor Mitchell, who taught at the University of Oregon. Both are signed at the bottom "Cordially, Talcott" (Talcott is in ink in Parson's hand, underneath the typed greeting, and above his typed full name) The first letter is dated 4 May 1967, and discusses the upcoming publication of Professor Mitchell's work, and discusses and asks for suggestions about a proposal to have a volume… Leer más

West Lafayette, Indiana: Theodore J. Williams / Purdue University Printing Services. Fine Set/Near Fine Dust Jackets. 1999. Limited Edition. Large Hard Cover Set. 0967244706 A TWO VOLUME SET, both large hardcovers in fine condition, bright, clean and solid. Both are in original near fine dust jackets, which show only some minor edgewear. Each volume is approx 8.5" by 12", with hundreds of pages of rosters - complete lists of personnel and many other pages of information. Volume I has a color frontis. illustration (a reproduction of a print by Frances Johnston) and Volume II has a frontis. photo of a heavy bomber. Also enclosed is the original form letter sent to members who received the books. These rosters have been prepared in remembrance of all who served in the 380th Bombardment Group (Heavy), Fifth Bomber Command, 5th Air Force, Far East Air Forces, USAAF, during World War II. WE WENT TO WAR (Two Volume Set) - Part I: A WWII Wartime Roster of the 380th Bomb Group (H) / Part… Leer más

N. Y.: Hal Leonard Books. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 2008. Second Edition (First US Publication). Large Hard Cover. 9781423445593 A FINE LARGE HARDCOVER IN FINE DUST JACKET. A rare and unique copy - on the inside front endpaper is a pastedown label stating "Sample Book", with information on the binding, paper, text stock, etc. - It is apparently a sample copy sent out from printer to publisher before the printing run. It is THE COMPLETE BOOK, FIRST US PUBLICATION, which was a revised and expanded second edition, after an original, and limited publication in London in 2007. It is complete as published by Hal Leonard Books in New York in 2008. Note: this is not like the old Salesman samples, which were partial sample books sent to Salesmen, but a complete copy of the book, a sample sent for approval before the press run; except for the label in front it is a Fine Large Hardcover volume (approx. 11" high by 9" wide) in Fine Dust Jacket. 160 total pages, illustrated on almost… Leer más

Bronx, New York: Bronx Museum of the Arts. Fine/ . 1981. Large Oblong Paperback. 11" Wide x 8" High Inscribed & Signed By Artist INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY Krishna Reddy. A FINE, LIKE NEW, LARGE OBLONG PAPERBACK, 11" Wide x 8.5" High. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY Krishna Reddy, otherwise bright and clean in solid binding with glossy color covers. 78 pages, Profusely illustrated with drawings, photos, and many color plates.Includes essays by Luis R. Cancel; Stanley William Hayter; Una E. Johnson; Robert Blackburn; Janet Heit; Gustave von Groschwitz; plus SOME NOTES ON RECENT METHODS... by Krishna Reddy, a Catalog Raisonne, Biographical data sheet and Bibliogrpahy. KRISHNA REDDY. A RETROSPECTIVE. November 5, 1981 to February 28, 1982, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York. Rare. .

Port Washington, N. Y.: Applause Productions. Very Good Vinyl Record/Very Good Record Sleeve. 1968. 33 1/3 RPM LP Record. . RARE LP Vinyl Record featuring readings from the 1967 Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy. This LP AMERICAN POETS AT SPOLETO includes Allen Ginsberg (all of side one) and Gregory Corso and John Berryman (side two). Released in 1969 by Applause Productions SP 412, monaural. The vinyl record is in near very good condition, with a fair amount of surface noise (pops and crackles) in some places, but not throughout the recording. The record sleeve shows light wear to front (which features a drawing by V. D. Truex), and the rear of sleeve features notes and photos of the artists. Both the sleeve (at front) and the disc (on the label for side one) have a small stamp identifying it from a high schools collection, but there are no other labels or stamps present. This is the first and complete release of these poems on a record by Applause productions; portions were… Leer más

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press. Fine/Glassine Wrappers. Hard Cover Set. This four volume collection presents the first four years of SPARROW, the literary broadsheet published monthly through the years by Black Sparrow Press, beginning in October 1972 through September 1976. The individual issues average 16 pages each, each issue the work of an individual author, and are bound in order in volumes which were issued in 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1976. Some of the best writers in modern literature are featured in prose and poetry, including several contributions from Charles Bukowski, Paul Bowles, Tom Clark, Michael McClure, Antonin Artaud and many other writers published through the years by Black Sparrow. Each volume is Fine and bound in colored cloth with paste-down label to front and a clear acetate wrapper. .

Boonville, New York : Black River Books. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket.. 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. Inscribed & Signed By Author SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE "To my friend A... / with sincere regards / Thomas c. o'Donnell" 158 pages, plus 16 pages of mostly photo illustrations. A Very Good Hardcover, solid and clean, in a very good lightly scuffed and lightly edgeworn dust jacket, which is now protected by a mylar wrapper. Light foxing beginning to edges and endpapers, interior still bright. Rare. 9693 .

New York: Westminster / Premiere World Recording. Very Good Vinyl Record/Very Good Record Sleeve. 1958. 33 1/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. . This very rare LP record of North African folk music features recordings of Algerian rebels, recorded in Algeria by NBC correspondents Herb Greer and Peter Throckmorton in 1957. The tapes, portions originally heard on the NBC program INSIDE REBEL ALGERIA on NBC's OUTLOOK in 1958., were recorded in caves, ruined farmhouses, and the forests of the Atlas mountains during lulls in the fighting of the French-Algerian war. It is believed the record was withdrawn soon after issue by Westminster Records due to protests by the French government, thus its scarcity. FIGHTING SONGS OF THE ALGERIAN REBELS, Westminster / Premiere World Recording, released in 1958, Long Play, Hi-Fi WF 12006. SIDE ONE: 1 From the Heights of Our Mountains / 2 The Cruel Vineyards / 3 Traditional Love Song / 4 Mountain Dance / 5 Spanish Foreign Legion Songs / 6 Grace Be Upon You / 7… Leer más

Washington, D.C.: Department of State - Government Printing Office. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1878. First Edition. Large Hard Cover Folio. A Large Hard Cover Folio, an ex-library volume, in green boards, 619 pages. Complete with 7 FOLD-OUTS TO REAR, INCLUDING 6 RECONNAISSANCE MAPS AND 1 RECONNAISSANCE PROFILE plus 3 FOLD-OUTS WITHIN TEXT (2 maps and a large diagram "to illustrate the relative errors of astronomical stations in latitude"), plus 4 FULL PAGE DIAGRAMS AND/OR DRAWINGS WITHIN TEXT (1 with red color lines). Illustrated with 15 WONDERFUL SCENIC FULL PAGE TINTED PLATES (including frontis.) - most are of NATIVE AMERICAN SCENES OR LANDSCAPES, all with original tissue guards intact. Examples include: Ojibway Camp Lake of the Woods; Sioux Grave Mouse River; Chief Mountain Lake; Half Breed Hunters Camp near the Three Buttes; Assiniboine Camp; Rocky Mountain Falls; and Camp at Pine ridge, Dec. 22, 1873. CONDITION NOTES: This large folio volume (approx. 12" x 9.5") is… Leer más

: Tesla Book Company . Very Good Plus/No Jacket, as Issued. 1983. Revised Edition. Large Hard Cover. 096035682 A Very Good Plus / Near Fine Large Hard Cover volume (11" high by 9" wide). 500 pages in dark maroon boards with gilt lettering (No Jacket, as Issued). Illustrated with Tesla's drawings. Has former owner's name lightly penned at top corner of front endpaper, otherwise interior is completely clean and bright; binding is solid with minimal shelfwear to boards. Originally published in two volumes in 1979, this extensive work was reissued by the Tesla Company in 1983 as one volume in hardcover. Tesla's complete patents are found in this single book of 500 pages. All of Tesla's patents issued in the United States are in this book. The material has been arranged in chronological order by date of application. DR. NIKOLA TESLA : COMPLETE PATENTS, Complied by John T. Ratzlaff Published by Tesla Book Company, 1983. 8174 .

London: Published By the Author. Very Good/No Jacket. 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover, Green Cloth w/gilt. RARE FIRST EDITION, First printing, of the second book by the pioneering nutritionist whose many later writings had a profound influence on the health foods movement in the USA during the 1950's and 1960's. Colophon states: "Copyright 1939 by ADELLE DAVIS. Entered Station Hall, London, England, 1939. First Printing, 1939. Printed in United States of America." 317 pages, with index, plus charts and plates to rear. A hardcover volume in lightly edgeworn green cloth, with gilt lettering to front and spine. has former owner's name inside front cover, small spot of discoloring to top of front edge, otherwise a solid, clean copy in overall very good condition. Laid-in is what appears to be a loose dust jacket flap from the rare, unseen original dust jacket, containing a short bio of the author below her photograph. .

Trondheim, Norway: Tapir Academic Press . Near Fine. 2006. First Edition. Large Paperbound 7" x 9.5". 82 519 2105 8 A near fine, solid large paperback (approx. 9.5" x 7"), show only light wear to card covers, interior bright and clean. With 5 Appendices, extensive Bibliography and list of contributors. Illustrated throughout with many tables, charts, figures, and musical notations, plus 4 pages of maps.421 pages, text in English. From cover:"The Sequences was one of the most important types of music of the Middle Ages. Performed during the mass and sung throughout the churches of Medieval Europe... The Sequences of the Medieval Cathdral of Nidaros and its vast Archdiocese comprise a song repertoire remarkable for its sheer size, chronological comprehensiveness, and stylistic diversity, This volume presents eleven studies on this musical tradition, and its authors place this Nordic practice in its broader European contexts, using a wide range of perspectives and… Leer más

Metuchen, N. J. And London: The Scarecrow Press & the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University . Near Fine Set/No Jacket, as Issued.. 1989. First Edition. Large Hardback Set. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Large Hardback Set. 1263 total pages. Each volume has the former owner's name stamp to front, and a few pages of the first section of volume one have a minor margin marks, otherwise volumes are clean, bright, in fine solid bindings. Includes the most complete published information on the Miller band - chapters include HISTORY / DISCOGRAPHY / RECORDS AND TAPES / TUNE TITLES / PERFORMANCES / BAND UNITS / BROADCASTS / BAND PERSONNEL / PROGRAM NAMES / LOCATIONS / APPEARANCES / SCRIPTS / SIDEMEN SESSIONS. .

China : Studio Report of Tong Zhengang. Fine. 1996. Large Paperbound FOLIO. Folio - 12" tall x 9" A FINE CONDITION Large Paperbound FOLIO (12" tall x 9") on heavy stock, with illustrated card covers, 28 pages, including 14 pages of full color reproductions of the paintings of TONG ZHENGANG. Includes both English language and Chinese language text. With an introduction (in English and Chinese) by Maggie Jie. Also includes at rear a 2 page ART RESUME OF ZHENGANG TONG in English, followed by several pages in Chinese. The colophon page at rear states: Studio Report of Tong Zhengang, but shows no exact publishing date (assumed date from Resume page is 1996) or other publisher information in English, except to note Translator Maggie Jie and Designer Guo QuanHong. A RARE ART MONOGRAPH. Zhengang Tong was born in August, 1959 in XinJiang Autonomous Zone in China, and graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is a member of the China Artists Association and China… Leer más

San Rafael, California: Published By the Author. Very Good Plus/ . 1917. First Edition. Hard Cover. Rare original hardcover, a First Editon printing of the spiritualist classic, published by the author in 1917. Very Good Plus, 384 pages, with frontispiece drawing of Lord Byron. A nice and clean and solid hardcover, in reddish brown boards with white lettering to front and spine. The lettering on the spine only is partially rubbed off, otherwise a great looking volume for its age, binding is very solid and book is entirely clean and free of any marks. MY LIFE IN TWO WORLDS, by Marie E. Hensley, Inspired By George Gordon Byron. .

Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society. Very Good. 1955. Large Paperback. A Large Paperback, in very good condition in faded red wrappers, with owner's name to front cover, otherwise entirely clean and unmarked within. 191 pp. + 140 pp., text in French. This is the original edition, Published in 1955 by the American Mathematical Society, .

The Harlan Ellison Record Collection. Fine Vinyl Record/Fine Record Sleeve. 1983. 33 1/3 RPM LP VINYL RECORD. A FINE VINYL RECORD IN FINE RECORD SLEEVE. Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Vinyl LP Record ON THE ROAD WITH ELLISON, volume 1. HE 103. Numbered 399 of 1000 copies pressed., with number and signature in black marker to rear of sleeve. This rare LP was recorded in Studio City, California in February of 1983, and was the first in a series of several ON THE ROAD WITH ELLISON records. .