VERY FINE - HCDJ - Gilt-Stamped Clothbound
New, not a remainder and of gift quality, the pristine textblock of this inspirational 2010 hardcover 691-page first US edition/first printing is absolutely clean, tight, square and carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia. The simple and elegant black clothbound gilt-stamped backstrip and coverboards are entirely clean, bright and show no wear. Protected in a beautiful new Mylar cover, the white-marble (front panel) and pastel pink (spine and rear panels) pictorial dustjacket is completely clean, bright, uncreased and unclipped.
VERY FINE - HCDJ - Glazed Pictorial
New, not a remainder and of gift quality, the pristine textblock of this inspirational hardcover first edition/first printing is absolutely clean, tight, square and carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia. The green, black and white glazed pictorial coverboards and backstrip are entirely clean, bright and show no wear. Protected in a beautiful new Mylar cover, the identical pictorial dustjacket is completely clean, bright, uncreased and unclipped.
VERY FINE - HC - No DJ - Clothbound
New, not a remainder and of gift quality, the flawless textblock of this especially handsome 2007 hardcover 455-page first edition thus issued expression of fertility is wonderfully clean, tight, square and carries absolutely no highlighting, underlining or marginalia. The beautiful burgundy gilt-stamped clothbound backstrip and coverboards are entirely clean, bright and show only faint transportation sign. No dustjacket accompanies this volume.
VERY FINE - HC - No DJ - Glazed Pictorial Hardcover - Display Copy
A beautiful new in-store display copy, not a remainder and of gift quality, the pristine textblock of this great-looking very accessible 1999 hardcover 555-page first edition thus issued/first printing collection of environmental fables is absolutely clean, tight, square, carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia, and shows only a whisper of having been thumbed-through. The impressive primarily white glazed pictorial coverboards are entirely clean, bright and show only a hint of finish rubbing and faint transportation bumping to the tips. No dustjacket accompanies this volume.
VERY FINE - Large Folio Softcover With Flaps
New, not a remainder, collating as complete and certainly of gift quality, the pristine textblock of this handsome entertainingly enlightening 2008 large softcover 112-page first edition/first printing historical study of Cold War poster art is absolutely clean, tight, square and carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia. Featuring flaps bearing reproductions of poster art found within the text, the flawless yellow (front and spine) and black (rear) pictorial covers are completely clean, bright, uncreased and show only the faintest inescapable transportation rubbing and a suggestion of having been thumbed-through.
FINE - HC - DJ GOOD + Modest Wear Edge Chipped
Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Winnie - With my compliments - Ed Kurtz Jan 5 1960," the pristine textblock of this quite good-looking 1959 hardcover 166-page first edition/first printing is entirely clean, tight, square, carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia, and shows only mild age-toning to the page edges. The handsome navy blue clothbound backstrip and coverboards are entirely clean, bright and show only the most mild finish rubbing. Protected in a beautiful new Mylar cover, light gray uncoated paper dustjacket is clean, mostly bright, uncreased, unclipped and shows only modest finish rubbing, and moderate edge and corner bumping, minor sunning to the spine panel and to the front and rear panel perimeters, faint offsetting to the rear panel, a bit of chipping to the upper spine panel and a hard-to-see short closed tear along the upper front joint. F/G+
FINE - Softcover - No HUM - Gently S&B
Galaxy Book 489 by Oxford University Press, the pristine textblock of this surprisingly nice very carefully studied and backpacked 1977 softcover 310-page first edition/first printing is completely clean, tight, square, carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia, and shows only modest age-toning. The chocolate brown pictorial (front), gray (spine) and white (rear) covers are very clean, bright, uncreased and show only light finish rubbing, gentle edge and corner bumping, and perhaps mild sunning to the spine.
VERY GOOD - HC - NO DJ - Somewhat Scarce - Minor Board Problems
Of gift quality, the nearly pristine textblock of this quite good-looking 1946 hardcover 532-page first edition/first printing is very clean, tight, square, carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia, and shows only mild age-toning. Featuring a titlebox to the backstrip and a smaller imprintbox to the lower front board both in lighter blue, the navy blue clothbound gilt-stamped backstrip and coverboards have been cleaned, are bright and show only mild finish rubbing, light edge and corner bumping, a ghost of pricesticker residue to the lower front board, partial fading of the backstrip gilting, and a mouse-sized spot of faint finish dulling to both the front and rear boards. No dustjacket accompanies this volume. VG +++
GOOD - HC - No DJ - Leatherbound - Antiquarian - Two Extra Sentences
A manual of devotion generally credited to the pen of Thomas A Kempis in 1418, in total consisting of four books (Book I - Admonitiones Ad Vitam Spiritualem Utiles - Thoughts Helpful In The Life Of The Soul, Book II - Admonitiones Ad Interna Trahentes - The Interior Life, Book III - De Interna Consolatine - Internal Consolation, and Book IV - De Devota Exhortatione Ad Sacram Corporis Christi Communionem - An Invitation To Holy Communion), Corneille's influential poetical paraphrasing into French verse was begun in 1651 and completed in 1656. The remarkably readable small leatherbound volume we're offering is Volume One (only) of a two-volume set, comprising Books I and II, published in 1660 in the Netherlands. Collating as complete, all leaves and printed flourishes present as published, and featuring Latin and the French translation on facing pages, the completely unmarked textblock of this quite good-looking rarely found 1660 hardcover 263-page first edition thus issued is entirely clean, tight, square and carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia, and shows only moderate age-toning, minor fore-edge wrinkling of a couple leaves which are partially separated at the spine. Highlighted by four raised bands and five backstrip compartments ruled in gilt, as are the boards, the at-one-time tree-calf leather coverboards carry no other printing or designwork and show heavy finish rubbing, inch-long rub-through to the board edges at the lower tips, a pea-sized chip to the upper backstrip, and separation of the lower inch of the front joint. No dustjacket accompanies this exceptional volume.
GOOD - HC - No DJ - Clothbound - Decent Interior
Originally published jointly in 1827 by Cadell & Company (Edinburgh) and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green (London), and printed by Ballantyne and Company in double column throughout, collating as complete, frontispiece and all contents present as published, the unmarked untrimmed textblock of this surprisingly readable well-respected 1828 hardcover 858-page first edition thus issued is clean, tight, square, carries no highlighting, underlining or marginalia, and shows fairly heavy age-toning, spotty foxing throughout especially to the endpapers, and sign of quite careful perhaps recent adhesive amelioration to the front hinge. The paper title label to the backstrip present, readable, darkened and edge-chipped, the light green paper-covered backstrip and boards are present but worn, showing noticeable finish rubbing, marked corner blunting, prominent finish loss to most edges, shallow chipping to the backstrip extremities, partial separation along the upper and lower joints, and a hint of careful non-invasive adhesive care to the front and rear joints. No dustjacket accompanies this keepsake volume, which may be a perfect candidate for rebinding.
