Search Results: Titles starting with S from Common Crow Books

Cambridge: Lumen Editions/Alyscamps Press, 1997. First English language edition. Paperback. Near Fine. First English language edition, 1997, paperback, octavo, 97pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of wear to wrap, binding tight, previous seller's pencil ghosts to front endpaper, otherwise text clean and unmarked. No DJ.

York, PA: York Republican, 1879. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 10 x 7 inches, embossed publisher's brown gilt pictorial cloth, very good, minor wear, 273 pp, errata leaf, illustrated with wood engravings of PA-German scenes throughout and with an extensive glossary of PA German at the end. Rare.

Torino: Societa Editrice Internazionale, 1929. First printing. Hardcover. Good. First edition, 1929. Hardcover, 702 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Good copy, bookplate on the front pastedown, previous owner's signature on the titlepage, some pages with a bit of creasing at the tips, age-toning to the pages and page-edges, minor soiling or discoloration to the covers, rubbing and wear to the edges of the covers of the book, no dust jacket. Text in Italian. Uncommon book.

Roma: Tipografia delle Mantellate, 1953. First edition. Paperback. Good. First edition, 1953. Softcover, 133 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, bookplate inside the front wrap, light discoloration or general age-toning to the pages of the text and to the page-edges, soiling to the covers, minor rubbing or wear to the outer pages and the covers including bumping, creasing, and minor tearing. Text in Italian. Uncommon book.

New York: S.Gernsback, 1931. Second Edition. Very good. Quarto, 12 x 9.25 inches, stiff maroon flexible imitation leather card covers, very good, light rubbing and wear to edges of covers, contents very good, a bit toned. 352 pp, illustrated. Loosely inserted is RCA Institutes' "Definitions and Symbols" (C. 1930), a glossary of terms and symbols used by radio enthusiasts and engineers. 11 x 8.5 inches, stapled at top edges, 31 sheets printed on rectos only, cover sheet somewhat yellowed and with light wear.

Cork: Mercier Press, 1981. Second edition. Paperback. Good. 1981. Second edition. Paperback, 8vo. in green wraps. 137pp. illustrated. Irish language. Good. Wear to wraps, original owner's translation notes throughout. A good reading copy.

SarNir Foundation, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First Edition. c.2004. Hardcover. 4to. 135pp. Illus. Fine in Fine dustjacket.

New York: Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968. First Printing. Very good. In original printed 13.75 x 7.5 inch cardboard mailing carton. Folder inside in very good condition with faint brown stain to front cover, the multiples with the usual curling or bending from having been stored folded inside all this time but generally very good; the Bergtold piece has a brownish stain either from Fernandez's piece or more likely from Lil Bicard's burned bow-tie. Lacking, as usual, the reel-to-reel of La Monte Young's music with cover art by Zazeela but it does have the Zazeela-designed colophon list of contents, plus a sheet of directions on the order to put the multiples in the folder. Robert Stanley, cover; Arman Fernandez - Tortured Color; Paul Bergtold - Concept Bergtold; John Cage - Diary: How to Improve the World (you will only make matters worse) continued 1968; Hollis Frampton - Phenakistiscope; On Kawara - 100 Year Old Calendar; Roy Lichtenstein - Folded Hat; Lil Bicard - Burned Bow-Tie; Rotella - 6… Read More

New York: Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968. First Printing. Near fine. In original printed 13.75 x 7.5 inch cardboard mailing carton. Folder inside in very good condition as are all the multiples with the usual curling or bending from having been stored folded inside all this time, light wear to the glassine folder for the Man Ray image. Lacking, as usual, the reel-to-reel of Terry Riley's Poppy Nogood's All Night Flight; apparently cassettes of this and a La Monte Young work from no. 4 also often missing were distributed to some owners in 1988 -- and the original LP of Riley's work can be found online for about $20-25. With hot pink title page and contents slip, cover by John Battan, poems by the Russian Aftograf (two pamphlets, with inserted George Reavey postcard introduction, "Clouds" by William Bryant, "Ode to London" by Dick Higgins, Four Titled Abstracts by Joseph Kosuth, two drawings by Ronnie Landfield, "Bush in Hand" by Roland Penrose, "Glove" by Enrico Baj, H. C. Westerman… Read More

Roma: Fratelli Palombi Editori. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. First edition, no date--ca. 1950? Softcover, 24 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, a bit of discoloraiton to the pages and the covers, covers also with light rubbing or wear to the tips and edges. Text in Italian. Uncommon.

Florence: Libreria Editrice Fiorentina, 1977. Paperback. Very good+. Printed paper wraps, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has mild shelfwear and toning to wraps, binding tight, previous owner's inscription to inner front panel, text clean and unmarked, with mild foxing to top edge of block. Text in Italian.

The S. Obermayer Co. Hardcover. Good +. No date. ca.1920's. hardcover. Brown cloth. 8vo. 352pp. Illus. Good+ / Very Good. Cloth at foot of spine lightened, rubbing to edges, light wear at spine-ends and corners, soil / pencil notes to endpapers, previous owner's label on front pastedown, light occasional soil to contents.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1923. Paperback. Good+. Paperback, 1923, octavo, 63pp., not illustrated. Book good+ with soil and wear to wrap, scuff to rear panel, wear to spine ends, binding tight, text has some toning, mild creasing to corners. No DJ.

New Delhi: Sterling Publishers Private Limited, 1992. Hardcover. Very good+/Very good+. RARE! Gray cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has hint of shelfwear to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ has mild shelfwear and toning.

New York: French Line, 1950. Paperback. Very Good. 12 x 8.5 inches, illustrated wraps, very good, minor wear and soil, 16 pp, illustrated with photos, drawings and watercolors by Lindner. Uncommon.

Vancouver: Blewointmentpress, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 1970, First Edition, mimeod book of poems and drawings, in a limited edition of 700 copies (this one not numbered). Staplebound with original tape reinforcement. Tape starting to peel off, but binding still secure; light soil and edgewear to the wraps. Scarce.

Shaker, 2006. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. INSCRIBED BY INGRID KASTNER IN PENCIL. First Edition. c.2006. Softcover. 8vo. 297pp. Near Fine. Mild general shelfwear.

Philadelphia: NP, 1914. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1914. Tall 8vo, purple cloth, lettered in white, 155 pp. Very good, but spine somewhat faded. Tributes by W. W. Keen, James Tyson, G. E. De Schweinitz, Frederick B. Henry, James Cornelius Wilson, Talcott Williams, William H. Welch, Owen Wister, et al.

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. Presumed first edition, 1970, hardcover with gray cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 232pp., illustrated in b&w. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG+ with toning, rubbing, in protective mylar wrap.

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1970. Hardcover. Ex-library/Ex-library. Gilt stamped gray cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book is ex-library with stamps and plates to endpapers, bottom and top edges of block stamped, otherwise good reading copy with tight binding, clean text. DJ has library sticker to bottom, mild toning and rubbing.