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NEW YORK: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1985.
FIRST U.S. EDITION. Ten short stories adapted from traditional tales of the near and far East. 147 pp. Light soiling, dust to top edge. Several very small spots to DJ spine and rear panel. Light pipe tobacco aroma. more information
Price: 12.00 USD
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1993.
A provocative reinterpretation of the history of fetishism as a concept. Traces the trope of the "phallic mother" through Klein, Kristeva, and Lacan and across key works of modernist literature by Wilde, Eliot, Joyce, Lawrence, Genet, and others, and in recent feminist theory, gender theory, and postmodern critical theory. 241 pp. more information
Price: 15.00 USD
Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1980.
FIRST EDITION. Contents from numerous children's booklets from the early 18th century, illustrated in full color with original art, includes metrical alphabets reproduced. Includes rhyming history of kings and queens of England. 128 pp. Light bumps to bottom corners, several light dings to bottom edge. Very small closed tear to front hinge. DJ price-clipped. more information
Price: 15.00 USD
NEW YORK: Viking Press, 1978.
FIRST EDITION THUS. Remarkable color illustrations feature the heads of various animals grafted onto human bodies. 54 pp. more information
Price: 9.00 USD
NEW YORK: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.
FIRST U.S. EDITION. Albert Camus' first, unpublished novel, written between 1936 and 1938. 192 pp. Deckle edge, red topstain. Light crease to length of spine. Light spotting to top edge. Light spotting to front board, very light spotting to rear board. Former owner's stamp to FFEP. more information
Price: 14.00 USD
CHICAGO, ILL: M. A. Donohue & Co, 1938.
FIRST EDITION. This beautiful volume presents, for younger readers, the provenence of dogs, cats, cattle, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, and pigs. With extensive black and white illustrations and, for each animal, two full-color illustrations. 64 pp. Full-color images by Alois on both boards display a black mare flanked by dog, cow, goat, sheep, and cat. Decorated endpapers. Light rubbing to edges, with one corner rubbed through to cardboard. Former owners' names in pen to front pastedown. Very light spine lean, barely noticable. DJ archivally protected. Very light sunning to DJ surfaces. Some light DJ edgewear with 1.5 inch and two... more information
Price: 40.00 USD
BOSTON, MASS: Little, Brown & Co, 1929.
FIRST EDITION. This lovely volume introduces the life of the seashore to young readers, particularly the creatures most seen along the Atlantic Coast, in various short narratives. Follows in the footsteps of the Burgess Bird Book for Children, the Burgess Animal Book for Children, and the Burgess Flower Book for Children. 336 pp. with 47 black and white or full color plates featuring various forms of aquatic life. Color frontis image of a sea horse in its underseas habitat. Decorative sky blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and border to front board, green pattern to borders, and a pasted on... more information
Price: 85.00 USD
Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1982.
Green cloth. Only sign of wear is pipe-smoke staining top edge. Text clean and bright but with smoke aroma. Dustjacket shows wear with some light rubbing and faint discoloration. Signed by FUENTES on title page. more information
Price: 35.00 USD
NEW YORK: Viking, 1996.
Aimed at ages 5-10, depiction of the childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt. Lavishly and beautifully illustrated. Very light edgewear to DJ. Very light soiling to front, rear DJ panels. Price sticker to rear DJ panel. more information
Price: 10.00 USD
Philadelphia, PA: H. McGrath, 1872.
From the pioneer writer of books for children, a parish priest in Germany whose merits have been acknowledged by both Protestant and Catholic pedagogues. As with his other works, the inspiration here is derived from Christian antiquity and legends, which he put to use in order to enforce his lessons in religious instruction. 203 pp. with 8pp catalogue of Catholic books. Moderate rubbing and soiling to front board, rear board, spine. Severe rubbing to corner tips and portions of spinecaps with light rubbing to rest of extremities. Moderate bumps to all four corners. Former owner's name in pencil and light... more information
Price: 108.00 USD
Paris, France: Librairie Plon, 1910.
Exact date unknown. French-language. Exquisite full-color and black and white illustrations throughout showcase various forms of animal life. Red-orange cloth boards with image pasted to cloth of of a parade of animals, with anthropomorphic elephants at the head. 48 pp. Light bumps to corners with light fraying. Light rubbing to extremities with a bit of light fraying to edges, especially spinecaps. Light soiling to front board, on image and elsewhere with a dime-sized spot and several more spots. Light soiling to rear board with light scratching, many very small spots. Front board very lightly cocked. Front and rear hinges just... more information
Price: 35.00 USD
Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Company, 1928.
Bobby and his sister Sue ask their great-grandfather to tell them stories about penguins, pianos, the printing press, the Erie Canal, the Atlantic Cable, submarines, steamboats, totem poles, Hiawatha, and many others. 123 pp. with lovely full-color and black and white illustrations throughtout. Red cloth boards with color image pattern on casing for both boards. Moderate rubbing to edges; light rubbing to image on both boards. Light bumps to all four cornersLight sunning to spine. Former owner's name in pen to FFEP. Nice, clean copy. more information
Price: 40.00 USD
NEW YORK: Charles & Leon Company, 1920.
FIRST EDITION. Adventures of a rabbit and bullfrog. Several full-color plates. 114 pp. with 2 pp. ads to rear of text. Moderate spine lean. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some light fraying. Light soiling to rear board. Boards slightly cocked. Light bumps to corners. Several small closed tears to plates. Tight copy. more information
Price: 12.00 USD
NEW YORK: Henry Holt and Company, 1990.
FIRST EDITION. A boy named Chang rescues an old man from a river and is rewarded with a small dragon boat which can magically change to pocket size. The boat is then stolen by the corrupt Emperor. Lovely full-color illustrations. Light sticker residue to front DJ flap. Just a bit of light creasing to rear DJ panel. more information
Price: 14.00 USD
Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard, 1950.
Reprint. "Le livre de demain." Originally published in 1909, this novel concerns the experience of an adolescent boy and girl, based on a Freudian interpretation of the human psyche. 189 pp. Flexible navy blue faux-leather covers. Moderate crease to length of front cover with another very light 4 inch crease. Moderate rubbing to spinecaps and tips of corners with some light rubbing elsewhere to extremities. Light age-tanning to page edges. Small crease and small tear to rear pastedown. more information
Price: 35.00 USD
Washington D.C: Robert B. Luce, Inc, 1965.
Selected short excerpts from Stein's essays, novels, plays, poems, lectures, and interviews detailing her appreciation of America and Americans. Sunning to upper edge of binding. Light age-tanning to head and fore edge of text block, extremities of text block pages. DJ archivally protected. Sunning to DJ extremities. Moderate rubbing to front DJ panel. Moderate soiling to rear DJ panel. Light edge wear to DJ. Faint pipe aroma. more information
Price: 9.00 USD
New York: Macmillan, 1973.
Magisterial, authoritative, comprehensive survey of Polish literature from the earliest times down to the last quarter of the twentieth century, written by an acclaimed poet and man of letters. Copiously quotations in Polish, accompanied by Milosz's own English translations, enrich the narrative. 570 pp. Very slight edgewear to lightly sunned DJ. Brodart protection to DJ. Very slight tanning to pages. No markings. more information
Price: 45.00 USD
NEW YORK: Abelard-Schuman Limited, 1956.
FIRST EDITION. First book in English of Israeli literature, with examples and criticism. 253 pp. numbered. Light wear to upper spinecap. Moderate age-browning to page edges. Very small clips to DJ flaps. Light edgewear with several 1 inch tears. Light soiling to panels and spine. more information
Price: 18.00 USD
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957.
Poetry, prose, and aphorisms by the winner of the 1956 Nobel Prize for Literature, translated by H. R. Hayes, and edited with a Preface by Eugenio Florit. 260 pp. Sunning and fading to DJ. Chipping to DJ spine top and bottom. Rubbing to DJ along spine edges. Slight fading to cover spine. Very slight tanning to pages. more information
Price: 10.00 USD
NEW YORK: Arcade Publishing, 1996.
FIRST U.S. EDITION. Acclaimed translation of this masterpiece of German Holocaust literature, adapted into a major motion picture. 244 pp. Light rubbing and light sunning to edges. Light pipe tobacco aroma. Light DJ shelfwear, light sunning to DJ edges. Clean and tight. more information
Price: 20.00 USD
