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Zines! Vol. I.

by Vale, V.

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San Francisco, CA: RE/Search, 1996. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good+ in Wraps. First Edition. Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. "Flaunting off-beat interests, extreme personal revelations and social activism, zines directly counter the pseudo-communication & glossy lies of the mainstream media monopoly. V. Vale's interviews capture all the excitement associated with uncensored freedom of expression, while offering insight, inspiration & delight. Features: how to tips to create a great ZINE without money! Better Living through creative scams & pranks! Queerpunk, Riot Grrrl, Fat Girl! A history of pre-zine rebel publishing! Thrift Store Shopping Confidential! Includes 10 pages of inspiring quotations, a directory of 800 selected zines, index & introduction/overview." (publisher's blurb). Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy color paper wrappers. 8vo, 181pp. illus (b/w).
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Search & Destroy: The Complete Reprint [Issues 1-6]

by Vale, V (ed)

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San Francisco, CA: ReSearch Publications, 1995. First Printing/Reprints. Original Wraps. Very Good+. First Printing/Reprints. Original Wraps. Picking up where Search & Destroy left off, an important 'finger on the pulse' of the west coast punk/counterculture scene. "Punk Rock's most radical & imaginative interviews, articles and graphics were pioneered in Search & Destroy, edited by V. Vale between 1977 and 1979. Award-winning layout and photography. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Upper tear on spine, creasing, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Large 8vo. Illus. (b/w plates). Facsimile 'jumbo' reprints. 10x15". Glossy color paper wrappers.
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Search & Destroy [Complete Set Issues 1-11]

by Vale, V (ed)

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San Francisco, CA: ReSearch, 1979. First Printings/Reprint. Original Wraps. Near Fine/Fine. First Printings/Reprint. Original Wraps. "Punk Rock's most radical & imaginative interviews, articles and graphics were pioneered in Search & Destroy, edited by V. Vale between 1977 and 1979. Award-winning layout and photography. We made a limited photocopy edition of Issue #3 (in 1988 we'd already reprinted #10 from the original negatives)." What Punk was to the east coast, Search and Destroy was on the west...and there is not better single source to contextualize the scene. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Pictorial printed wraps, staple bound. fo. np. Illus. (b/w plates).
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Re/Search: The Shocking Tabloids [Issues 1-3]

by Vale, V (ed)

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San Francisco, CA: ReSearch Publications, 1980. First Printing/Reprints. Original Wraps. Near Fine/Fine. First Printing/Reprints. Original Wraps. Picking up where Search & Destroy left off, an important 'finger on the pulse' of the west coast punk/counterculture scene. "We did a LIMITED XEROX REPRINT (12 copies) of RE/Search #1,2,3 magazines in tabloid format. Harder to find than SEARCH & DESTROY, these contain prophetic, "fabulous" & "edgy" content by the likes of J.G. Ballard, Throbbing Gristle, SRL (Survival Research Laboratories), Julio Cortazar, Monte Cazazza, Octavio Paz, Flipper, SPK, etc." Though the publisher stated that all are reprints, issue 2 is clearly an orginal. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed on newsprint or copy paper in tabloid format. fo. Illus. (b/w plates). Issues 1 and 3 are 'limited reprints' and 2 an original.
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An ABC of Witchcraft Past & Present

An ABC of Witchcraft Past & Present

by Valiente, Doreen

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973. First Edition [Book Club Edition]. Hardcover. Very Good+. First Edition [Book Club Edition]. Hardcover. Often referred to as "the Mother of modern witchcraft" or "Mother of Wicca" Doreen Valiente (1922-1999) was an English author and poet best known for her books on witchcraft and related esoteric subjects. She was the High Priestess of Gerald Gardner's Bricket Wood coven. In 1971, she co-founded the Pagan Front, a British group for religious rights of Wiccans and other Pagans. Pagan scholar Aidan Kelly said of Valiente, "she deserves credit for having helped tranform the Craft from being a hobby of a handful of eccentric Brits into being and international movement.. a major personality in the development of Wicca." An exceptional resource for practicing and curious witches. Light shelf wear, bit of bumping/scuffing to boards, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Publisher's red cloth title in black, lacking dj. 416 pp. illus (b/w). index.
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The Life of Pasteur

by Vallery-Radot, R.; Osler, Sir William (intro)

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New York: Doubleday, Page, & Co, 1926. First American Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Very Good+ in Good+ DJ.. First American Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Translated from the French first edition. Minor shelf/edge wear, gilt at spine toned, light toning at text block edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows tape repair at head and tail, toning at spine, light shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering. 8vo. 484pp. Index.
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First Chrsitmas Tree

First Chrsitmas Tree

by Van Dyke, Henry

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New York: Aldus Printers, 1956. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. No DJ.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, ownership emboss at ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green paper boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements. Small 8vo. 34pp. Illus. (color plates).
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150 Classic Cameras. From 1839 to the Present
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150 Classic Cameras. From 1839 to the Present

by Van Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry

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London: Sotheby's Publication, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection that illustrates and discusses 150 historic cameras that have had a signigicant role in the development of modern photography. A very handsome copy of an rather scarce volume. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minimal shelf/edge wear, else bright and clean. Rust cloth boards, gilt lettering, deep orange endpages. 224pp. 32 cm. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Glossary. Chronology. Index.
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Equity Draftsman,. Being a Selection of Forms of Pleadings in Suits of Equity (Revised and Enlarged, with Numerous Additional Forms and Practical Notes)

by van Heythuysen, F.M.; Hughes, Edward (rev)

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Nassau NY: O. Halsted, 1832. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a handsome copy of this rather early forms volume. Moderate shelf/edge wear, numerous scuffs/dings, bottom corners through, wear to lower label, owner signatures on ffep (and one on front board), light toning of text block edges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Full leather boards, burgundy and nature leather labels, gilt lettering and decorative elements, in blind decorative elements. 8vo. 952pp. Index.
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Slan

by Van Vogt, A. E.

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New York: Simon & Shuster, 1951. First Edition Thus/Revised Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good DJ.. First Edition Thus/Revised Edition. Hardcover. First printed in 1945 by Arkham House, this edition was significantly revised. Van Vogt's first novel remains a great read. Minimal shelf/edge wear, one tip gently bumped, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, two small closed tears with related creases, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, beige cloth spine, burgundy ink spine label, gilt lettering, burgundy paper boards. 8vo. 247pp plus 1p About the Author.
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The Woven Bag

by VanDerwerker, Alana C.

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Waldoboro, ME: Trewyn Studio, 2001. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Slight crease on front endpaper, else tight and bright. Patterned paper boards, yellow Hewit's Clansman goatskin spine, gilt lettering on spine. 68x51mm. 40pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 38 of 83.
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Resistance

by VanDerwerker, Alana C.

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Waldoboro, ME: Trewyn Studio, 2001. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Paste paper boards, red cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine. 69x52mm. 50pp. Numbered limited edition, this being 45 of 83.
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Calculating Machines & Punched Card Computing, 1900-1965 [21 items]

by Var

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Var: Var. publishers, 1996. Most all appear to be first editions/printings. Hardcover and Wraps. Very Good to Fine. Most all appear to be first editions/printings. Hardcover and Wraps. 1. Cortada, James W. Before the Computer. IBM, Burroughs, & Remington Rand & the Industry They Created. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993. Fine in fine dj. 2. De Brabandere, Luc. Calculus. Non-Electric Calculating Machines. Liege, Belgium: Mardaga, 1994. Page 146 torn, missing piece; otherwise vg in fine dj. In French, Dutch, and English. 3. A Calculator Chronicle. 300 Years of Counting and Reckoning Tools. Armonk, New York: International Business Machines Corporation, [1983]. Soft cover exhibition catalog, heavily illustrated in color. Historical Materials, in Chronological Order 4. "Contract with the Tabulating Machine Company." In War Department, Office Director Census of Cuba. Report on the Census of Cuba, 1899. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1900. Appendix XIV, pp. 695-96. 5. Gaines,… Read More
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Transistor Issue. Proceedings of the I.R.E., [Vol. 40, No. 11]

by Various

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Institute of Radio Engineers, 1952. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. A special issue containing forty-eight papers on the subject of transistors. Front wrap features a drawing of the Atomic Structure of Germanium Crystal. Includes papers by virtually all of the major figures of the time. [Not in OOC]. Light shelf/edge wear, small closed tear at heel with related creasing, light soiling to wrappers, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Glossy printed wraps. 4to. pp. 1,281 - 1,632 [351pp] plus 176pp adverts. Illus. (b/w plates).
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New Yorker 1941-1946 [Golder Age Collection]:. 24 Bound Volumes

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New York: F-R Publishing Co, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Hardcover. Each volume includes approx. 13 to 15 individual issues filled with what has made the New Yorker famous, outstanding articles and cartoons by some of the period's luminaries (N.B. This was the golden age of the New Yorker, Harold Ross was the editor, contributors included E.B. White, Joseph Mitchell, James Thurber, Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote, S.J. Perelman, John McNulty, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, J.D. Salinger (Franny and Zooey first saw print in these leaves), A.J. Liebling and Joseph Wechsberg.). These are truly outstanding volumes. A very handsome set of books embodying some of the best short writing of the era. Tight, bright and unmarred. Cloth boards (various colours), gilt lettering and decorative elements, decorative endpages, covers (front and rear) bound in. 4to. Paginated by edition. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Each year bound in four volumes in matching colors (1941 brown; 1942 navy; 1943… Read More
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Collection of Genre Fiction Featuring Illustrations of Apes and Women [1890-1994]
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Collection of Genre Fiction Featuring Illustrations of Apes and Women [1890-1994]

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Hardcover and Wraps. Very Good to Near Fine+. Hardcover and Wraps. 55 titles, primarily adult/erotica, horror, noir, mystery, and science-fiction; in English, French, German, Spanish, Polish, and Russian; includes two non-fiction and four graphic novel or serial examples. Many pseudonymous or lacking complete publishing data. Detailed list of contents below. The collection documents the enduring racialized fantasy of women menaced by apes, responding to colonialism and shifts in scientific understanding and popular culture during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. European accounts of sexual relationships between apes and women, with abduction and rape themes, date back to at least the 11th-century in St Peter Damian's De Bono religiosi status et variorum animatium tropologia (1061) and his description of a Ligurian count cuckolded by a monkey (as told to him by Pope Alexander II!). John Donne's Metempsychosis (1633) includes an ape who seduces one of Adam's daughters; a later example is the the… Read More
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Collection of The Classics of Neurology & Neurosurgery Library [12 Volumes]

by [Various]

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Birmingham, AL: The Classics of Neurology & Neurosurgery Library, 1983. Facsimile Edition(s). Hardcover. Fine. Facsimile Edition(s). Hardcover. A handsome shelf, complimentarily bound, of the classics of neurology and neurosurgery. While copies are generally available, it is quite challenging to find them together and, as here, all from a single subscriber. The titles include: Hammond, William A.: A Treatise on Diseases of the Nervous System. Romberg, Moritz Heinrich: A Manual of the Nervous Diseases of Man. Gowers, W. R.: A Manual of Diseases of the Nervious System. Cajal, S. Ramon Y.; May, Raoul M. [trans]: Degeneration & Regeneration of the Nervous System [2 Vols.]. Macewen, William: Pyogenic Infective Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord: Meningitis, Abscess of Brain, Infective Sinus Thrombosis. Cushing, Harvey: Surgery of the Head. Ferrier, David: Functions of the Brain. Mitchell, S Weir: Injuries of Nerves. Elsberg, Charles A: Diagnosis and Treatment of Surgical Diseases of the… Read More
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EEG: Second Advanced Course in Electroencephalograpy

by [Various]

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Salzburg: International Federation of Societies for Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, 1965. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. First Edition. Original Wraps. Proceedings from round table conferences, lectures, section meetings, cases. Printed List of Participants (12pp in printed wraps). Single sheet "Revised Schedule" also laid in. Light shelf/edge wear, small closed split at the rear top of spine hinge, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Printed glossy boards, overlapped wraps. 8vo. 179pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Related ephemera laid in.
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The Transistor. Selected Reference Material on Characteristics and Applications

The Transistor. Selected Reference Material on Characteristics and Applications

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New York: Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1951. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition. Original Wraps. "The first compendium of information on the transistor and its applications." Introduction and 34 papers presented at a Bell symposium in September 1951. Includes work by the then greats and near greats...including papers from the likes of William Shockley, who won the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics [Bell-Labs scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain]. This is, far and away, the best copy of this work we have seen. [Not in OOC]. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Grey cloth wraps, black lettering. 4to. 792pp. Ilus. (b/w plates).
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Life's Book of Animals

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New York: Doubleday & McClure Company, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. Includes works by E.W. Kemble, T.S. Sullivant, Henry Mayer, Harry B. Neilson, F.T. Richards, George R. Davis, W.P. Bodfish, Charles Howard Johnson, A.D. Blashfield, Dan Beard, "Chip", A.B. Shultze, E.G. Lutz, W.H. Walker, Max Bachmann, and others. Uncommon. Nine copies in OCLC. Minor shelf/edge wear, joint starting, presentation inscription at ffep (1901), else bright and unmarred. Printed cloth boards. Oblong 8vo. 80pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
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