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New York: Warner Books, 1983. First Paperback Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine -. Literary feminists' association copy, inscribed by Oates at the dedication page to author Francine du Plessix Gray. Oates' note to Gray reveals that book's dedicatee, feminist and literary critic Elaine Showalter, is the basis for a feminist character in the book under Showalter's maiden name, Elaine Cottler. Lightly rubbed edges.

Kanda: Hokuseido Press, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, blue linen, paper label front and spine, gte, map endpapers, 236p + 20p. Spine label soiled and chipped. Gift inscription dated 1938 on half title.

New York: Alfed A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Paperbacked Boards/Cloth Spine. As New/As New. Review copy w/ slip and promotional material laid-in No previous owner signatures or inscriptions. Exemplary condition.

NY: Colorcraft-Brusell, Publishing, 1969. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. A spiral-bound black and white alphabet book, measuring 11" square, with letters formed by combining various cut-outs and pages, so that one leaf reveals a different letter recto and verso, but ingeniously using the same geometric cut-0ut. A fine, unused copy housed in the publisher's box, which is moderately worn along edges. Thomas Ockerse is a graphic designer, who has focused on"word and image equations", who has taught at Indiana University (1967-71) and RISD (1971 - 2008). ALPHABET BOOKS.

NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1967. The hard-to-find hardcover edition of this MOMA publication on Pollack 148 pp, 120 illustrations, color foldout of the Lucifer canvas. As new in near fine dustjacket.

NY: Colony Publishing Co 0. 1st Edition Limt. Soft cover. Very Good. No date, circa 1920s. Limited edition, 500 copies, this #40, signed by Gregory in the limitation, tall 8vo, green, limp suede, yapped edges, silk moire endpapers, 138p. Odin also wrote a drama called "Caius Grachus", not much known about him. Internals of book are fine, but like all limp, colored suede, this green has faded to brown at spine and edges and the yapped edges are starting to crumble with some loss.

Glasgow: Blackie & Son, 1858. Presumed First Edition. Half Leather/Marbelized Boards. Very Good. .from the Machine, Projection of Shadows, Tinting and Colouring, Perspective. Illustrated by Numerous Engravings on Wood and Steel. Including Select Details, and Complete Machines. Forming a Progressive Series of Lessons in Drawing, and Examples of Approved Construction. Two volumes. Contemporary brown pebbled leather over swirling marbleized pattern at covers. Both volumes with minor wearing and rubbing to spine, spine edges and cover corners. Ffe of Volume 1 creased. Foxing to pastedowns, free endpapers, title pages, and occasionally throughout largely clean texts and plates. Bindings tight and firm. Volume 1 contains the text, Volume 2 with 71 black and white engraved plates. Scarce.

London: Rapp & Carroll, 1968. Ist UK Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in near fine dw. A collectible copy. Signed by Kinnell on ffe.

NY: Wildenstein, 1961. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Dustjacket. Gallery catalog for the work of Mane-Katz painting and sculpture at Wildenstein gallery, Manhattan, October 4 -21st, 1961. Printed covers, stapled spine, list of 57 items, 5 pictured in b&w.

NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1935. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First editon, lacking dustjacket, incribed by O'Hara on the ffe: "To Anne Haight Thanks for the lovely lunch. John O'Hara, October 16, 1935" Anne Haight was author, essayist, adventurer and bibliofile, who with her husband Sherman Haight enjoyed an international circle of friends and associates in fields of commerce, the arts and humanities and book collecting. The pressed titles on the spine are solied/dulled and the polished cloth is rubbed a bit. Internals near fine. A solid copy; the inscription from one swell to another. Butterfield 8 was O'Hara's second novel, which caused quite a stir when published. The 1960 movie version got Elizabeth Taylor her first Oscar and put the old NY telephone exchange in pop-culture forever.

Okinawa: Headquarters Special Troops US Army, 1945. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to, self-wrappers, illustrated, pp 20. First edition of a souvenir compiled by Headquarters Special Troops, and reproduced by 3020th Engr. Top. Co. Corp. An account of the surrender of the Ryukus islands to General Joe Stillwell. Mimeographed, four photos, two maps, a list of the 10th Army Staff, etc. Wrappers a tad browned. else near fine.

Calabasas, California: Big Table Publishing Company, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Includes interview with Oldenburg by Paul Carroll, 56 b&w and color plates, notes on selected plates by the author, and selected bibliography. 196 pp.

New York: The Spiral Press, 1961. First Edition. Paperback. Almost As New/No Jacket. A book filled with black and white photos of Steuben glass in the private collections of leaders including King Baudouin of Belgium, Chiang Kai-shek, DeGaulle, General Franco, and President Eisenhower.

Richard Feigen Gallery, 1969. No Binding. Good. Poster, approx 25 x 38", for the exhibit at the Richard Feigen Gallery, April 30 - May 31, 1969, of the work of artist Claus Oldenburg, featuring his work "Inverted fireplug, as skyscraper" Mounted on 3/8" board, shrink-wrapped. Poster toned, stained lower edge, most notably lower right corner. Will ship dismounted and tubed. Sold as is.

New York: Viking, 1958. First Edition. Cloth Boards. Almost As New/Near Fine -. Weise, Kurt. A few closed tears to dw, rear panel soiled, tiny loss dw spine top, front panel sharp and clear.

Toronto: Coach House Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition #344 of 500 copies, slightest spotting top edge, else fine all around, in unclipped dustjacket. Offered with a fourth edition of the softcover, fine too.

NY: Boni & Liveright, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine -. Polished aqua-blue cloth, gilt-pressed titles in price-clipped dw. Solid, clean copy - no names, inscriptions or bookplates.

NY: Boni & Liverwright, 1927. 1st Edition, limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition, this numbered 428 of 450 copies, signed by O'Neill on the limitation page. Cream colored spine tanned as is usually fou, in original slipcase with title label. Slipcase worn about all edges but all edges holding. PON ffe.

NY: Boni & Liveright, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fair. Polished, aqua-blue cloth, gilt-stamped titles, decorated endpapers. Original dustjacket re-assembled but missing half of spine and corner sections.

NY: Triangle Books, 1939. 1st reprint edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dustjacket art by Bip Pares (1904-1977), British commercial artist. Her most visually striking work was done in a highly commercial British art-deco style, which is on clear display here. Third printing 1939 of the Triangle reprint edition after the first by Little Brown in 1937. Remarkably well preserved, collectible condition. Pages of book toned, as usual, high acid pulp stock.