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Aesop's Fables Told to the Children
London: Dutton, [1908]. 1908 Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 5 x 6 in. xi, 47 pp. With 23 reproductions of color plates including the frontispiece. More
The Secret of Mental Magic: A Course of Seven Lessons
London: L.N. Fowler & Co., 1966. Second Impression. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. 208 pp. Originally published in 1907. First Fowler edition published 1960. More
The Master Key: An Electrical Fairy Tale
New York: Books of Wonder, 1997. Nick Bruel. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. 151 pp. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductions of illustrations by Nick Bruel. From a limited edition of 350 copies, this being number 181. Signed by Bruel on colophon. More
Exchanging Hats–Elizabeth Bishop: Paintings
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto. 8.75 x 9.75 in. xx, 106 pp. Fully illustrated with color reproductions of artwork. More
The Book of Fantasy
New York: Carroll & Graf, 1990. 1990 Edition. Paperback. Octavo. 6 x 9 in. 384 pp. Translated from the Spanish. Originally published as "Antologia de la Literature" in Argentina (1940). Contributors include but are not limited to: Ambrose Bierce, Adolfo Bioy Casares, Ray Bradbury, Lewis Carroll, Julio Cortazar, James Joyce..... More
Ethnomimesis: Folklife and the Representation of Culture
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1993. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xx, 323 pp. More
L'Avant Scène du Cinéma–Numéro spécial: Jean Cocteau (Mensuel No. 138/139 July–September, 1973)
Paris: L'Avant Scène du Cinéma, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Small quarto. 7.25 x 10.5 in. 94 pp. Fully illustrated in black & white. Text in French. Features "La Belle et la Bête" and "Le Baron Fantome." More
The Call and the Response
New York: Fordham University Press, 2004. First English Language Edition. Paperback. Octavo. 6 x 9 in. xxix, 144 pp. Translated from the French by Anne A. Davenport. Perspectives in Continental Philosophy No. 33. Originally published s "L'Appel et la Réponse" by Les Editions de Minuit (1992). More
Field Guide to Freshwater Mussels of the Midwest
Champaign, IL: Illinois National History Survey, 1994. Second Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo. 4.75 x 7.5 in. xii, 194 pp. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of photographs and black & white maps. Manual #5 of the Illinois National History Survey. More
My Life and Work with Alfred Vogel: An Autobiography Packed with Expert Advice for Healthy Living
Edinburgh, Scotland: Mainstream Publishing Company, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 6 x 9.25 in. 175 pp. With a suite of black & white and color reproductions of photographs. More
Site Readings
Rosendale, NY: Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation / Woman's Studio Workshop, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Thin duodecimo. 4.5 x 7.5 in. Unpaginated. Illustrated in black & white. More
On Viol and Flute: Selected Poems
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1883. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 5.25 x 7.5 in. 250 pp. Gosse's second book. Inscribed to H.H. Furness, noted Shakespeare scholar and son of abolitionist William Henry Furness. More
Organon of Medicine
New Delhi, India: B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1997. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 5 x 7.25 in. 314 pp. Translated from the German by William Boericke. 1997 Reprint of Sixth Edition. More
Toot! Toot! the Train
Kenosha, WI: Abbot Publishing Co., [1945]. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Oblong octavo. 8 x 5.5 in. Approximately 5.25 ft. long, eight folded leaves fully color illustrated on both sides by Havel. More
French Quarter Manual: An Architectural Guide to New Orleans' Vieux Carré
New Orleans, LA: Tulane School of Architecture, 1997. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Quarto. 9.25 x 10 in. xi, 163 pp. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs and drawings. More
The Method of Zen
New York: Pantheon Books, 1960. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.25 x 8.25 in. 125 pp. Translated from the German by R.F.C. Hull. Originally published in German as "Der Zen-Weg." More
HI-FI Manual
Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Book, 1955. Second Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 6.75 x 9.5 in. 144 pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white. Fawcett Book Number 232. More
The Map and the Territory
New York: Knopf, 2012. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.75 x 9.5 in. 269 pp. Translated from the French by Gavin Bowd. Winner of the 2010 Prix Goncourt Award. Originally published as "La carte et la territoire" by Flammarion (Paris), 2010. More
The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality
New York: Viking Press, 2019. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xxix, 543 pp. Signed by Isenberg and Burstein on the title page. More
Podzemníci (The Subterraneans)
Prague, Czech Republic: Kapka, 1992. 1992 Czech Edition. Paperback. Duodecimo. 4.5 x 7.5 in. 127 pp. Translated from the English to the Czech by Jan Lamper. Text in Czech. Graphics by Stanislava Lanková. More
Beneath the Ground
United Kingdom: Alchemy Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 6 x 8.25 in. 205 pp. Includes thirteen stories. More
Kall Cthulhu of fleiri hrollvekjandi sögur
Reykjavík, Iceland: Rúnatýr, 2011. 2011 Icelandic Edition. Paperback. Small octavo. 5 x 8 in. 195 pp. Translated to the Icelandic. Five short stories in Icelandic, including The Call of Cthulhu. More
The Visionary Novels of George MacDonald
New York: Noonday Press, [1954]. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 5.75 x 8.5 in. x, 434 pp. Edited by Anne Fremantle. Jacket design by Leo Manso. More
The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for Acupuncturists and Herbalists
Edinburgh, Scotland: Churchill-Livingstone, 1998. 1998 Printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 7.5 x 10 in. xxiv, 498 pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white. More