Libros raros de Harpo Speaks Books

1828 James Bulcock first edition. 548 pages of text, followed by 17 figurative plates and 18 pages of printed music. Rebound with yellow/tan buckram boards, probably circa 1920 based on the binding materials used.Uncommon, with only five other copies listed in OCLC.Blasis was a 19th choreographer and dance instructor. His book was an early and highly influential study on dance theory and technique.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Condition issues include:1) The section of printed music at the end of the book should be 22 numbered pages, not the 18 pages contained in this copy. The last two leaves of the book are missing. The missing content is limited to the music for the composition "La Bizarre". With the exception of these pages, the book is otherwise complete.2) Moderate foxing, primarily affecting the preliminary and ending leaves, and the plates / printed music. The main portion of the printed text is clean. See the listing photos.3) A dampstain at the top center… Leer más

1878 Grant, Faires and Rodgers first edition. Uncommon as a true first.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The book shows light wear from age and storage. The frontis illustration has offset through the tissue guard (see photos).Please message me with any questions

1951 Navajivan Publishing House first edition, limited to 2000 copies.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issue is moderate wear to the boards.Condition of the dust jacket is Acceptable. The DJ shows moderate shelf wear and heavy staining to the back panel. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions

1907 Neale Publishing first edition.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issue is moderate wear to the boards.Please message me with any questions

1938 Sheridan House first edition. Uncommon with the dust jacket.Condition of the book is Very Good Minus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The book shows light wear from age and storage. There is some loss of cloth at the head of the spine (see photo).Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows light shelf wear and edge wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions.

1939 Harcourt Brace stated first American edition. 1.25 price on dust jacket.Condition of the book is Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. The main condition issue is an old, light dampstain visible along the book's spine, and on inside pages in the book's gutter. See the last two listing photos.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows a bit of edge wear, with small chips at the top and base of the spine. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions

Privately printed first edition, 1947. Inscribed by Johnson on the front free endpaper. Uncommon.Condition of the book is Near Fine. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. A well preserved copy.The Twelfth Infantry is notable for its participation in D-Day, and the Battle of the Bulge.The author was a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for actions during World War Two.Please message me with any questions.

1961 Hoeber-Harper first edition. 8.50 price and 0661 date code on DJ flap.Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The book shows light age related wear.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows moderate edge wear and shelf wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions.

1965 Atheneum first edition, first printing.Condition of the book is Near Fine. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. There are a few pin spots of discoloration on the fore edge of the text block.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good ++. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows a bit of light shelf wear. The DJ is protected in a new mylar cover.Please message me with any questions

1874 Scribner, Armstrong first American edition, second printing.
First printings of the UK and American edition are dated 1873.
Condition of the book is Very Good Plus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The exterior of the book is well preserved, with bright title lettering and graphics.
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1927 Stokes first edition.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issue is light foxing to a few preliminary leaves. Interior pages are clean and bright.
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A King's Story by the Duke of Windsor. 1951 Putnams first trade edition, first printing. Preceded by a signed limited edition in the UK and US.
All first edition points are present, including $4.50 price on DJ flap, red topstain, and Van Rees Press printer's credit. No book club indicator ("W") on copyright page, or debossment dot on rear boards.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The book shows light wear from age and storage.
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good Minus. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It shows moderate wear, including some chips to the spine. That said, it displays well in a new mylar cover.
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1941 John Day Company first edition, fifth printing.
Condition of the book is Very Good Plus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issues are light wear to the board cloth at the head of the spine, and the prior owner's name written on the half title page (see last photo).
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2000 William Morrow first edition, first printing.
Signed and dated by Barger on the verso of the half title page, "To T-Bone, Sonny 2000".
Condition of the book and dust jacket is Fine, with no significant condition issues,
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1964 New Directions Augmented edition (first thus). 260 pages, with elegy, chronology and bibliography at the end of the text.
Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked. The main condition issues are a stain from a removed bookplate on the front pastedown, and the prior owner's name on the front flyleaf (see photo).
Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ is complete, not price clipped. It is protected in a new mylar cover.
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