Aristotle: Poetics
Oxford, MA: Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1988. 1988 Printing. Paperback. Duodecimo. 4.75 x 7.5 in. xxviii, 313 pp. Very good in original lettered wrappers, bumping to lower fore-corner. More
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Never Before, So Much for So Few
n.p. Alan G. Harris, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Duodecimo. 5.25 x 7 in. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs. Fine in original pictorial wrappers. More
The Story of Astrology
Philadelphia, PA: David McKay, 1943. 1943 Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 5 x 8 in. 128 pp. Near fine in original green cloth with lettering in red, mild toning to text block. More
How to Know God: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali
Hollywood, CA: Vedanta Press, 1971. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Duodecimo. 4.5 x 5.75 in. 224 pp. Near fine in original cloth with lettering in gilt, a few numbers in pen on the front free endpaper and very good pictorial dust jacket. More
Perfume: The Story of Murderer
New York: Knopf, 1986. First American Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6 x 8.5 in. 255 pp. Translated from the German by John E. Woods. Fine in original cloth-backed boards, previous ownership gift inscription on the half-title page and fine pictorial dust jacket. Originally published as "Das Parfum." More
The Heritage of Iredell County 1980
Statesville, NC: Genealogical Society of Iredell County, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 9 x 12.25 in. vi, 642 pp. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs and illustrated map endpapers. Very good in original cloth with bright gilt seal decoration to front cover, an area of..... More
Leicester–Buncombe County, North Carolina: The History of a Mountain Place
Leicester, NC: Greg Brookshire, 2016. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 9 x 11.5 in. 352; 26 pp. Fully illustrated with color reproductions of photographs. More
The Victorian Dulcimer
Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Quarto. 8.75 x 12 in. 67 pp. Fully illustrated with black & white musical notation. Fine in original pictorial stapled wrappers. More
Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide
Princeton, NJ: Princeton Paperbacks, 2005. Second Paperback Edition. Paperback. Quarto. 8.5 x 11 in. xii, 345 pp. Fully illustrated with 234 full-page species accounts and over 900 color reproductions of photographs. Fine in original pictorial wrappers. More
Kirk's Raiders: A Notorious Band of Scoundrels and Thieves
Hickory, NC: Tarheel Press, 2000. Second Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 8.25 x 10.25 in. 186 pp. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs. Near fine in original pictorial wrappers, minor scuffing to covers. Signed by Bumgarner on the half-title page. More
May We All Remember Well: Volume II–A Journal of the History & Cultures of Western North Carolina
Asheville, NC: Robert S. Brunk Auction Services, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Quarto. 9 x 12 in. 384 pp. Fully illustrated with black & white and color reproductions of photographs. Fine in original pictorial wrappers. Signed by Brunk on the title page. More
Americans in Kodachrome
Santa Fe, MN: Twin Palms Publishers, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 12.5 x 10.25 in. Unpaginated. Fully illustrated with 92 color plate reproductions of photographs. Fine in original red decorated cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket. From a limited edition of 5,000 copies, this being signed by..... More
I Am Not This Body
New York: Aperture, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 12 x 10 in. 96 pp. Fully illustrated with 65 color plate reproductions of photographs. Fine in original cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket. More
On Assignment
Washington, D.C. Smithsonian, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Quarto. 8.5 x 10 in. 62 pp. Fully illustrated with color reproductions of photographs. Fine in original pictorial wrappers. Photographers at Work series by Smithsonian. More
Kerry Slides
Loughcrew, Ireland: Gallery Books, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 8.25 x 10.75 in. 62 pp. Fully illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs. More
The Science-Fictional Sherlock Holmes
Denver, CO: Abal Books / The Council of Four, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 8.5 in. 137 pp. Near fine in original decorated orange leatherette, faint off-setting to endpapers and near fine pictorial dust jacket, mild sunning to spine. Inscribed by the editor Norm Metcalf on..... More
Linthead Stomp: The Creation of Country Music in the Piedmont South
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. xxi, 416 pp. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs. Fine in original cloth-backed boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. More
The Fruits of the Tree of Life: The Cabbalistic Tradition
Los Angeles, CA: Prosveta, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 6 x 8.25 in. 314 pp. With one fold-out color illustrated Tree of Life map. Fine in original lettered wrappers and fine pictorial dust jacket. Complete Works, Volume 32. More
A Martian Stranded on Earth: Alexander Bogdanov, Blood Transfusions, and Proletarian Science
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.25 in. xvi, 175 pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white. Fine in original silver cloth (!) and fine pictorial dust jacket. More
Philip Guston's Late Work: A Memoir
Cambridge, MA: Zoland Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 118 pp. Near fine in original two-tone cloth-backed boards, light foxing to edge of text block and near fine pictorial dust jacket. Inscribed to poets Jonathan Williams and Tom Meyers on the title page. More
Dying for Time: Proust, Woolf, Nabokov
Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2012. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 197 pp. Fine in original black cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket. More
The Beloved: The Life and Work of Meher Baba
Myrtle Beach, SC: Sheriar Press, 1983. 1983 Edition. Paperback. Quarto. 8 x 10 in. xii, 146 pp. Occasionally illustrated in black & white. Very good in original pictorial wrappers, mild edgewear. More
Hegel, Nietzsche, and Philosophy: Thinking Freedom
Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xvii, 326 pp. Fine in original paper-covered boards and fine pictorial dust jacket. More
Selections from Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics
Englewood, NJ: Institute of General Semantics / International Non-Aristotelian Library Publishing Company, 1990. 1990 Printing. Paperback. Octavo. 6 x 9 in. xvi, 306 pp. Very good in original lettered wrappers. "Limited edition for experimental use by teachers and study group leaders." More