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London: John Lane and the Bodley Head, Ltd., 1927. 16mo. 55 pages. Very Good+ condition hardcover in Good to Very Good jacket. Decorated black cloth, with little shelf wear, with several shallow bumps to the edges of rear board. Jacket paper somewhat darkened at spine, with a chip (about 1.5 inches wide by 1/4 inch deep) along upper left hand corner of front panel. Rear panel of jacket lists other titles in the Helicon Series edited by Lindsay Drummond. Owner name in small neat letters on front endpaper, else very clean throughout, with illustrations by Peggy Norgate. #2057.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good to Very Good. Illus. by Peggy Norgate. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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L'Allegro and Il Penseroso
by Milton, John
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L'Avenir D'Une Illusion. Traduit De l'Allemand Par Marie Bonaparte . [plus ephemera]
by Freud, Sigmund. Translated By Marie Bonaparte.
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Paris: Denoel & Steele, 1932. 196pgs+adv. Very Good condition softcover, original stiff red paper cover. Light wear to edges and corners, bottom of spine chipped. Original paper price tag intact on spine. Internally clean and unmarked, paper is a bit stiff and age darkened. Text block is untrimmed and pages after pg 144 remain unopened (top edges of page gathers are still connected, not cut open to separate pages). Included is a vintage London Transport bus punch ticket, Route 19 1-1/2d, Finsbury Park to Streatham, which was apparently used as a bookmark by a previous owner. Text is in the French language, translated from the German by Marie Bonaparte. Table des Matieres: L'Avenir D'une illusion, Actes Obsedants et exercices religieux, Un evenement de la vie religieuse. In L'Avenir D'Une Illusion ["The Future of an Illusion"] Freud controversially views religion and religious dogma as a "neurotic relic", a necessary step in the development of civilization and…
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The Lady's Not for Burning
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New York and Cleveland: Oxford University Press, 1950. 12mo. 95 pgs. Very Good + condition yellow cloth hardbound, black and red decorative and lettering, in Good to Very Good jacket. Jacket has some rubbing and small chips aling spinr edges and corners and a one inch closed tear to edge of back panel. Small bookstore sticker at bottom corner of rear endpaper. A play set in the medieval period, against a background of superstition, witch-hunting and alchemy sprinkled with wry humor. Produced in London with John Gielgud in the leading part. Other plays by this author/playwright and musician include The Firstborn, A Phoenix Too Frequent and Thor, With Angels and the pageant-plays: The Tower and Thursday's Child. #2058.. Third Printing.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good to Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Landscaping With Nature. Using Nature's Design to Plan Your Yard.
by Cox, Jeff.
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Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Rodale Press/St. Martin's Press, 1991. vii.344 pgs. Very Good+ condition in glossy pictorial boards as issued, clean and unmarked, with a slight bump to the edge of the upper right corner of the front board. Illustrated with color photos, drawings and diagrams. Sections include learning from nature, elements of natural garden design, providing food, cover and water for wildlife and natural water garden design. Chapters: Introduction-Partners With Nature; Learning From Nature; Features of the Landscape; Creating a Natural Garden; Landscaping with Nature; Plants in the Natural Landscape, Elements of the Natural Garden; Wildlife and Water in the Natural Garden, A Last Word; USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; Further Reference, Photo Credits, Index. ISBN 0878579117. #1778.. First Printing. Glossy Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall.
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Landscaping With Nature. Using Nature's Design to Plan Your Yard.
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Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Rodale Press/St. Martin's Press, 1991. vii.344 pgs. Very Good+ in glossy pictorial boards as issued, clean and unmarked with a very slight bump to the lower left corner of back board. Illustrated with color photos, drawings and diagrams. Sections include learning from nature, elements of natural garden design, providing food, cover and water for wildlife and natural water garden design. Chapters: Introduction-Partners With Nature; Learning From Nature; Features of the Landscape; Creating a Natural Garden; Landscaping with Nature; Plants in the Natural Landscape, Elements of the Natural Garden; Wildlife and Water in the Natural Garden, A Last Word; USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map; Further Reference, Photo Credits, Index. ISBN 0878579117. #1892.. Later Printing. Glossy Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall.
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The Later Work of Titian
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London: George Newnes Limited 8vo. xxviii. pgs followed by 64 full page plates in black and white. Good condition hardcover, no publication date [circa 1900-1910]. A volume in Newne's Art Library. Cloth spine with gilt lettering, decorated front board. Moderate general soiling and wear externally, internally clean, sound and unmarked. Frontis of Charles V on the Morning of the Battle of Muhlberg, with some foxing along margins. Following an extensive introduction by Henry Miles, a List of the Principal Works of Tiziano Vecellio is provided, each work indexed according to country and museum or gallery. A List of Illustrations precedes the section composed of full page plates from black and white photographs. #1265.. No Additional Printings Stated. Hard Cover. Good to Very Good. Illus. by Titian, Tiziano Vecellio. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.
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The Lavender Garden. Beautiful Varieties to Grow and Gather.
by Kourik, Robert
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San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998. 8vo 119pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, idecorative boards and endpapers, color photographs throughout. An informative and visually appealing exploration of various lavender species in the garden as well as for crafting, aesthetics, aromatic oils and culinary uses. Sections: Introduction, The Botany of Lavender, Choosing a Lavender, Planting and Cultivating Lavenders, Lavender in Fragrances, Crafts and Cuisine. Lavender sources, Index, acknowledgments. ISBN 0811815706. Book#2624.. First Edition. Hard Cover, Decorated Boards. Fine/Fine. 8vo, 8.25 x 7 Inches.
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Le Grand Passage [The Northwest Passage]. Translated from English By Pierre-Fancois Caille
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Paris: Editions Stock, 1941. 576 pgs. Good to Very Good condition softcover pb in original stiff paper covers. Darkening and creasing of paper of spine, small tears at bottom corners of spine. General age-toning of paper. Page edges untrimmed. Internally clean and unmarked. Text is in French language.Translated from the English by Pierre-Francais Caille. Set in mid 18th century North America during the French and Indian War, Major Robert Rogers and his men are in search of the Northwest Passage. Two maps precede the text. "The Northwest Passage" by Kenneth Roberts also inspired the 1940 film "Northwest Passage" starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Ruth Husssey. #2260. . Soft Cover, Original Wraps. Good to Very Good. Small 8vo..
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The Legend of Olivia Cosmos Montevideo.
by Warloe, Constance
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994. 8vo. 316 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in Near Fine Jacket with upper corners very slightly rubbed. SIGNED, inscribed and dated by author on title page: "Constance Warloe. June 29, 1994. Nhizoni-Walk in Beauty." First Edition stated on copyright page, with number line 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 . ISBN 0871135647. #2183.. Signed by Author. First Edition, Second Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer. With Commentary By Louis Untermeyer.
by Frost, Robert with Louis Untermeyer
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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Inc, 1963. ix.388pgs. Very Good cloth hardcover in Very Good jacket. Cream-colored cloth with slight general age-darkening and smudginess. Internally pristine. Jacket has a scattering of small edge tears and rubs to the paper, original price intact. Tucked inside is a bookmark for the Episcopal Academy Festival of Books illustrated by Rick Kinscherf '63. The personal, insightful and sometimes blatantly candid letters of Robert Frost to his longtime friend Louis Untermeyer beginning in 1915 through to shortly before his death in 1961. #1903.. First Edition. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall.
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Lincoln the Soldier
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New York: Freethought Press, 1925. A folded leaflet of Abraham Lincoln ephemera: "Lincoln the Soldier"an address delivered over radio Station WGBS February 12, 1925 by Joseph Lewis (1889-1968), president of the Freethinker Association of America. Fourth printing, the Freethought Press Association, NY. Leaflet is creased from being folded in half, with a smudge to lower right front corner, otherwise clean and unmarked.#2316.. Fourth Printing. Leaflet. Very Good/No Jacket. 5.5x9 Inches. Ephemera.
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Literary Blasphemies
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New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927. 8vo. 265 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover quarter bound in green buckrham cloth with green boards and matching title piece on spine. Stated First Edition. Slight darkening to spine at edges, wear to cloth of upper spine end. Paper over front hinge cracked, underlying binding remains intact. Clean and unmarked throughout. Jacket is present but in fragments, pieces are separated at the paper folds, held in place in a clear archival cover. With a refreshing attitude of "appreciative irreverence", a literary Friar's Roast of sorts, biographical commentaries and critiques are presented for William Shakespeare, John Milton, Jonathan Swift, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Henry James, Thomas Hardy. Excerpt from the chapter on Walt Whitman: "Walt Whitman was the first of the literary exhibitionists whose cacaphonous incongruities and general echolalia are the distinguishing marks of what is regarded…
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Little French Masterpieces (Six Vols.) Vol I, II, III, IV, V., VI.
by Merimee, Flaubert, Gautier, Balzac, Daudet, Maupassant
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, 1905. Very Good condition aesthetically pleasing complete six volume set, small 4 x 6 inch red cloth hardcovers, gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine. Top edges are gilt, bindings tight. Vol. II Flaubert has rubbing to cloth of front and back covers, else minimal shelfwear. Frontis portraits with protective tissues intac for all six volumes I, II, III, IV, V, VI. Note: the red cloth boards of Vol V Alphonse Daudet slightly lighter in tone, page edges are trimmed as opposed to the untrimmed other volumes, and there is no gilt signature present on front board indicating a possible different printing of the same edition. All are copyright 1903, and all but Daudet have 1905 on title page, with Daudet not dated. Each volume begins with an introduction, followed by the authors' works. Balzac: The Unknown Masterpiece, Seashore Drama, An Episode Under the Terror, La Grande Breteche, The Conscript, A Passion in the Desert; Flaubert: A…
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The Loop
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 8vo. 312 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Red cloth, gold lettering on spine. KGB spy thriller. ISBN 031213116X. #136.. First American Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Louis Pasteur. The Man and His Theories.
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New York: Paul S. Eriksson, Inc., 1966. 8vo. vi. 192 pgs. Very Good+ cloth hardcover in Very Good jacket. Cloth has slight rubbing to corners. Dust jacket exhibits overall light shelf wear, with light rubbing to paper at edges and corners. Otherwise, clean, sound and unmarked. The first sections of the book cover his nature, background and early career, followed by his more advanced contributions, the potentialites of his research and his last years. The remainder of the text is devoted to selected writings, notes, research topics, lectures and reflections, followed by a chronological outline of his life, a glossary, bibliography and index. #1062.. First American Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by Patrick Evans. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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