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Takeoff [1st Edition, Author's 1st Novel, Inscribed]

by Kornbluth, Cyril M. [C. M. Kornbluth]

Description: Arthur Shilstone (dust jacket art) Very Good in Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) Tan paper covered boards, lettered in blue. Several thin strips of dried and darkened tape residue cosmetically blemish an otherwise quite decently preserved copy. Chipped with small (approx. 1/4") V-shaped loss at head of spine. Endpapers show several small areas of tape residue; interior is otherwise clean. Taped to a front blank is a typed copy of H. H. Holmes' review of the novel as ... Read More

Stories of New Jersey

by Stockton, Frank R.

Description: Near Fine. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 11th ptg. : 1987. Light cover wear with slightly bumped corners, a few light cover creases. Read More

American Moderns: Bohemian New York and the Creation of a New Century

by Stansell, Christine

Description: Fine. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Softcover, stated "First Edition 2000" on copyright pg. As issued. viii, 420 pp., illus. Read More

The Life of Emma Thursby: 1845-1931 [Inscribed Copy]

by Gipson, Richard McCandless

Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) Dark rust cloth, gilt lettering. Spotted, moderately soiled covers. Deckled edges, marbled endpapers, quality rag paper, gilt top edge. xxii, 470 pp. Edition limited to 2, 000 copies. Firm, square binding, clean interior, quite presentable. Association copy inscribed by author, 1940, to ballet critic Gerald Goode: "For my friend / Gerald Goode / Publicist Extraordinary / Discriminating Critic of Ballet / Sincerely / Richard ... Read More

The Making of an American

by Riis, Jacob A.

Description: Near Fine. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Textured blue cloth, gilt design and lettering, deckled fore-edge, gilt top. Modestly rubbed extremities, minimal fraying at lower spine. Gilt decoration remains bright. 8th ptg. overall: Oct. 1902. Clean interior. Former owner signature on front flyleaf. Original illustrated edition of an influential autobiography by the documentarian and socially conscious photographer of "How the Other Half Lives." Notably well preserved copy. Read More

Account Book of a Country Store Keeper in the 18th Century at Poughkeepsie

by Booth, Henry, Intro

Description: Very Good in N/A jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Records in Dutch and English. Preserved among the papers in the Office of the Clerk of Dutchess County, New York. Account book of Francis Filkin. Wear to edges, with minor chipping, slight areas of paper loss along bottom front edge, front fore-edge; approx. 1" strip lacking at lower binding extremity. Partially uncut. Original brown paper wraps. 122 pp. Read More

Glacial Geology of the Schenectady Quadrangle [New York State Museum Bulletin 154, Education Dept. Bulletin No. 509 (Dec. 15, 1911)]

by Stoller, James H.

Description: Near Fine. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Education Department Bulletin, University of the State of New York, No. 509 (Dec. 15, 1911). Moderately toned/soiled wraps, clean throughout. Retains color map, intact, in rear pocket. Read More

The Story of Old Saratoga and History of Schuylerville

by Brandow, John Henry

Description: Good in Not Issued jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Rubbed joints and edges, with exposure at corners, slightly frayed extremities. A bit shaken, hinges starting though binding remains firm. Acceptable reference copy. 396 pp., illus. Interior somewhat toned but intact. Foldout map at p. 380 with a few creases, but intact. Read More

Tracks From the Trips of a Traveling Man [Inscribed]

by Stearns, O. P.

Description: Miss Viva C. Stearns. Very Good. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s) Self-published by author at Winthrop, St. Lawrence County, New York. Inscribed by author on front flyleaf on 16 Dec. 1901. Includes original promotional flyer laid in. Red cloth, gilt cover design and lettering. Modestly soiled, cloth just a bit puckered along front joint, curled corners with minor bumping. Read More