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Newton, NJ: Rock Chapel Press, 1988. First edition, first printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo (8.5"x5.5"). 341pp. Illustrated paper covers (Robert Crumb). Light shelfwear: light scuffs, laminate starting to wrinkle at fore-edge, corners rubbed. Lightly soiled textblock edges. Erased pencil marks to ffep. B&W frontis, B&W plates.

Paris, France: Adrien Maeght, 1977. Paperback. Very Good+/Very Good+. Folio. 28pp. Illustrated paper wraps, individual pages loose. Light general shelfwear. Cover lightly soiled, cover & pages toned. Original price sticker to front cover verso.B&W and color illustrations throughout. Includes both original color lithographs by Steinberg: pages 17 & 20.

Newport, Rhode Island: The Preservation Society of Newport County/Pitt's Head Tavern, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo (11"x9"). 1/4 bound red leather & marbled paper-covered boards, giltstamped title & 4 raised bands to spine. Topedge gilt. Treated red rot at spine extremes. Soiled top corner to first blank leaf, r. Flat signed by Carpenter to title page. 139 B&W plates +B&W supplements. Numbered 89 from a limited edition of 125 copies.

Paris, France: Chez Vignon, 1700. First edition. Very Good. Oblong (24"x37"). 21 engraved panels, hand-tinted, mounted to pink stiffened linen, with pastedown publisher's labels, the word "Chaalons" handwritten to label. As folded: the uppermost and lowermost linen panels sun-faded. Linen lightly soiled (some spotting), dampstaining to left-most linen backing (no warping, does not affect pastedown engraving). Slight edgewear. Several pinprick-sized holes. Map clean. Text in French.

Madrid, Spain: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas/Instituto Diego Velazquez, 1947. No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (11"x7.5") Full green leather with giltstamped title to spine, five raised bands, illustrated/gilt endapapers, silk ribbon (frayed). Large scuff with loss to leather to upper cover. Light wear to tail-edges. Pages toned. Heavily foxed title page, pencil marks & bookplate. Inscribed "Para Kitty, con todo afecto--" & signed to first page. Text in Spanish. From the Spanish Arts Archive, number 80.

Berlin, Germany: Bruno Gmünder Verlag GmbH, 2010. No additional printings listed. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Oblong 8vo (11.5"x8.5"). Unpaginated. Photographic paper-covered boards. Color with some black and white photographs throughout. Sparse text in Italian and English. Dust jacket in protective Mylar. Lads in a locker room.

London, UK: Springer/Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Near Fine. 8vo (8.5"x6"). 301pp. Photographic paper-covered boards. Lightly bumped tail corner of lower board. From the Performance Philosophy series.

Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2008. No additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo. 212pp. Black paper covered boards. Lightly rubbed covers. Interior clean and unmarked. No dj. as issued. This is volume 4 of the Consciousness & Emotion Book Series.

Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute Of Easter, 1992. No additional printings indicated. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good -. 8vo. 279pp. Maroon cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Light wear to corners. Inscription by author on title page. Pictorial Dj. scuffed and rubbed with two small closed tears on lower cover.

Metro Manila, Philippines: Institute for Inner Studies Publishing Foundation, Inc, 2008. Second edition, third printing. Trade paperback. Very Good+. 4to. 265pp. General shelf wear. Corners lightly bumped. Textblock edges soiled, several dogears. Color illustrations by Benny Gantioqui through out. Bound-in red ribbon bookmark.

Mount Shasta, CA: Ascended Master Teaching Foundation, 1995. Flex. Near Fine. 8vo (8.5"x5.5"). 567pp. White flex covers with giltstamped titles. Small stain to fore-edge of textblock, else fine.

Warsaw, Poland: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 1951. Facsimile. Paperback. Good. Oblong 4to (11"x13.5"). 41pp. Preface text in English, French, Russian and Polish, followed by facsimile manuscript scores. Heavily chipped paper over spine, binding/sewing weak. Edgewear, lightly creased corners. Covers and interior toned.

Tbilisi, Georgia: Cognition, 2011. Second edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to (10.5"x8"). 260pp. Illustrated paper-covered boards. B&W illustrations, color plates. Text in Georgian and English, translated by Elene Pagava. Illustrated dust jacket covered in protective mylar: lightly scuffed.

Cham, Switzerland: Springer International, 2017. Second edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo (9"x6.5"). 607pp. Paper-covered boards. Diagrams throughout.

Lynn, Mass: The Pioneer/Essex County Washingtonian, 1846. First edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo. (8"x6"). 208pp. Brown cloth-covered boards with blindstamped decoration to covers and giltstamped title to spine. Ex-Library: stamp and bookplate pasted to front pdep. Spine extremes worn away, corner's rubbed, top corners bumped, small dampstain to rear cover, covers lightly rubbed. Lightly toned and lightly foxed interior. A selection of prose and poetry from the periodical of the same name, previously the Essex County Washingtonian. Scarce.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo (8"x5.5"). 227pp. Green cloth-covered boards with pastedown spine label. Label sun-darkened & chipped. Gift inscription & small stains to front endpaper. Textblock edges & pages toned. Missing dust jacket, covered in seller's protective mylar. From the unpublished work of students in the courses in writing at Columbia University.

Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company, 1923. First edition. Hardcover, looseleaf. Good+. Folio (20"x15"). 10pp. booklet + 25 loose plates. 1/2 bound brown (leather-look) paper & grey cloth with decorative title, four sets of ribbon ties that connect lower cover. Soiled covers, especially the topedge of upper cover. Ties broken short. Heavy wear to corners: rubbed, 4"crease with board exposed to upper/tail corner, labeled with pen to tail-edge of upper cover, publisher's decorative bookplate to fpdep. Booklet stab-bound with cord, decorative title, illuminated letters: toned, lightly soiled covers, 2" split to head of spine. 25 loose B&W plates: cold pressed paper, deckle edges, tipped-in photo to blindstamped frame, wide margins for framing, printed copyright to each: toned, slightly sun-darkened margins.

Brussels: Royal Library Albert I., 1994. 1st ed., 1st ptg. Hardcover. VG/No dustjacket. Large 4to. 160pp. Green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on the upper board and spine. Boards slightly soiled. Amazing B&W illustrations throughout.

Holstebro, Denmark: Gyldendal, 1991. First edition. Softcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 4to (8"x10"). 232/249pp. Red paper wraps; french flaps. Sun-faded spines. Tail corner of lower board of 2nd volume bumped. B&W and color photographs throughout 2nd volume. Text in Danish. Grey cloth-covered slipcase with pastedown photographic paper: shelfwear, pastedown rubbed.

Cambridge, MD: Harvard Yearbook Publications, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 4to. 102pp. + student photos & advertisements. Burgundy cloth-covered boards with giltstamped decoration to upper cover & title to spine. Rubbed at the edges & corners of both covers. B&W photos. No dj.