January SALE! All books $100 and under are 30% off for the month of January in the folloowing subjects:
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This sale excludes artists' books, private press, and items sold on consignment.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1961). Hardcover. Folio. Very good+ in grey cloth covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Light yellowing to edges of pages. Else is clean and bright with 34 color plates and 43 black and white illustrations. Illustrated white dust jacket with black title to front and spine panels. Light yellowing and edgewear to dust jacket. ART/061517. Very Good+ / Very Good+. More
Austin: Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 1970. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition of 500. 8vo. Yellow cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Minor fading to top edges of boards and to spine. Previous owner's book plate to front paste down. Else is clean and bright. 58 pages. Books on Books. BOB/092914. Near Fine. More
New York and London: New York University Press, (1989). Hardcover. Fine in black cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Near fine black dust jacket with grey title to spine. Light wear to edges of jacket, else fine. Index, 295 pages. BOB/052810. Fine in near fine jacket. More
Brussels: Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1986. Paperback. Very good in grey illustrated paper wrappers with balck title to front wrapper and to spine. Spine faded to green. Ex-libris with stamp to half title page. Pristine interior filled with black and white illustrations as well as a few color illustrations throughout. 167 pages. Books on Books. BOB1/5022. Very Good. More
Brussels: Bibliotheca Wittockiana, 1986. Paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Very good+ in oversize illustrated grey wraps with black title to spine and front panel. Spine faded to green. Clean interior. Illustrated throughout with large black and white and a few color plates. Books on Books. BOB/082008. Very Good+. More
Bowes and Bowes, (1953). Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Clean, tight interior. Light blue price-clipped dust jacket with blue title to spine. Minor wear to edges and remnants of price sticker to front panel of jacket. BOB/072506. Fine in Near Fine dj. More
Charlottesville, VA: Published for The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia and The Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1970. Hardcover. Thick 4to. Fine red cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Gilt title to spine lightly dulled. Clean boards. Interior is bright and clean, no foxing or staining. Pages are tightly bound, hinges are strong. 636 pages. Books on Books. BOB/12313. Fine. More
Washington, D.C. Pan American Union, 1960. Hardcover. SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE EDITOR. Very good in grey cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Inscription to front free end page reads: "This copy is presented to Charles W. Mann. Jr., fellow-Americanist and catalyst of humanistic bibliography on the campus of his alma mater, with the esteem of the editor, Maury A. Bromsen, Boston, Oct. 25, 1962." Else is clean and bright. Index, 295 pages. Books on Books. BOB211011. Very Good. More
E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc, 1947. Hardcover. "In this, the fourth volume of his series on American literary history, Van Wyck Brooks again gives us a superb recreation of a segment of that history - the period roughly from the middle of the last century down to the nineties ... No other American critic today quite possesses Brooks' gift for making you see and feel and experience the life and times of these literary men and women" (jacket). Green cloth boards with dark blue title to spine. Chipping and closed tears to head of spine. Minor wear to edges of boards and corners. Orange dust jacket with title to spine and front panels. Spine panel has faded. Wear and chips to hinges and edges of jacket. 489 pages. BOB/050718. Very Good / Very Good. More
New York: International Publishers, 1938. Hardcover. Vg/Vg Dj/8vo./354 pp. Political Science. POL1/5023. Very Good. More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, (1937). Pamphlet. Black and white side stapled paper wraps with black title to front wrap. Minor toning. Interior is clean and bright. 15 pages. Communism COM/072711. Very Good in Wraps. More
New York: Workers Library Publishers, (1935). Paperback. 12mo. White side stapled paper wrappers with black title to front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright. 23 pages. AME/012020. Very Good+. More
Hamilton, NJ: Chimera Publishing, 2003. Hardcover. Later printing. Black leatherette backed cream cloth paper covered boards with gilt title to front board and to spine. Pristine interior filled with full color illustrations. Beige and black illustrated dust jacket with black title to fton panel and beige title to black spine. Index, 160. ART/102709. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. More
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, (1991). Hardcover. 8vo. Third edition revised. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Pristine interior with bright text. Tight binding. Gentle bump to corners. White and orange dust jacket with blue title to spine. Light creasing to foot of dust jacket spine panel. Index, 176 pages. BOB/112304. Near Fine / Very Good+. More
Detroit: Gale Research Company, (1983). Hardcover. SCARCE. Very good in black and blue cloth covered boards with gilt title to front and spine panels. Minor rubbing to foot of spine. Pristine interior. Index, 553 pages. Literature. BOB809211. Very Good. More
New York: American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Circa 1950s. Paperback. SCARCE. 8vo. Very good in off-white side stapled paper wrappers with blue title to front wrapper. Minor browning to front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright. 16 pages. POL/102219. Very Good. More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, (1981). Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth boards with silver title to spine and front board. Pristine interior. Very slight wear to a few spots at edges. 193 pages. BOB/112404. Near Fine. More
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. Hardcover. Issued as part of the Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. Bound in blue cloth with title and authors to spine. Very good condition. 423 pages. BOB/102716. Very Good. More
New Castle DE and Pittsburgh: Oak Knoll Press and University of Pittsburgh Press, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition of the first comprehensive bibliography of Heller's works. Bound in dark blue cloth with silver title and authors to front cover and spine. In pictorial brown dust jacket with photo of Heller on front cover. In find condition. Fine / Fine. More
Detroit: Gale Research, (1988). Hardcover. 4to. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with with titling to front board and to spine in gilt and blue. Slight edgewear. Pristine interior. Index, 392 pages. Literature. BOB01/011100. Very Good+. More
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt title to front cover and spine. Interior is pristine; tightly bound. Illustrated with black and white plates throughout. Index, 423 pages. Books on Books. BOB/01054. Fine. More
Grolier Club, 1894. Paperback. Good+ 16mo. Brown paper wrappers with red & black title to front panel. Wrappers are somewhat chipped and browned. Rear panel is detached but could easily be repaired. Interior is clean with bright text and B&W frontis. 33 pages. BOB/052704. Good +. More
London: Metropolis (Antiquarian Books) Ltd., 1984. Paperback. Number 153 of 255 copies. Stiff gray papers wrappers with black title to spine and front cover. Lower corner lightly bumped, otherwise fine. First edition. 24 pages. BOB/111716. Fine. More
Rio de Janeiro: Ministerio da Educacao e Cultura, circa 1960. Paper Wrappers. Uncommon. In Portuguese, French, and English. Beige paper wrappers with black title to spine and front panel. Small closed tear to top of front hinge. Clean interior which includes a brief biography and 58 prints in black and white of Giorgi's sculptures. In original glassine with minor wear to edges. Unpaginated. ART/092607. Very good in very good jacket. More
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1970. Hardcover. A comprehensive compilation of more than 2,600 writings about Dickinson between 1850-1968. Bound in dark green cloth in bright pink dust jacket with title to spine. Very good in chipped, price clipped dust jacket. 322 pages. BOB/102016. Very Good / Very Good Minus. More