Search Results: Titles starting with A from Independent Books

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945 386 numbered pp; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; t.e. lt foxed, gift inscription inked front ep, which also has a med scuff. Cover: v lt green, dk green titles front, dk green/purple titles spine; v lt shelfwear. DJ: unclipped, purple, portrait front, white titles front/spine; moderate edge/shelfwear w/ closed tears (some tape repaired), sm chips, white spot front t.e., price sticker back flap. "Woollcott told many stories and told them magnificently. But this story-which he lived-is probably his masterpiece."

New York: Whittelsey House (McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.), 1955 Unnumbered pp; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; a.e. slightly tanned. Cover: red, black titles front/spine; modest shelfwear, extrems somewhat worn, closed tear across spine, back b.e. crnr mildly bumped, back tail has tiny wear hole. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, red, b/w/red artwork front, white titles front/spine, photo + black text back; moderate edge/shelfwear head/tail well chipped, med closed tears w/ crinkles back, sm-med closed tears front. Duotone illustrations throughout. Darling kid's counting and alphabet book. DJ is scarce.

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927 By calling this book the A-B-C of Aesthetics I mean to imply that it does not get very far but that it tries to start as near the beginning as possible. From the collection of David Wight Prall, Professor of aesthetics and philosophy at Berkeley and Harvard, his bookplate pasted to the front ep. Condition notes: 271 numbered pp +1; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, f.e. deckled; a.e. lt sunned, eps toned. Dr. Prall clearly did not agree with the author on much of this text and there are numerous instances of pencil annotations challenging in the text. . Cover: yellow paper over boards w/ burgundy decoration, black backstrip, gilt titles spine; modest shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, sm scuff to front b.e., and top corner worn through.

Great Britian: Oxford University Press, 1959 368 numbered pp; HB w/DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight; no defects. Cover: navy, gilt ornamentation and titles spine; minimal shelfwear, slight bump front top corner. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, gray, blue ornamentation front/spine, blue text all surfaces; spine lightly tanned, head a little tattered, minor wear to t.e. and corners. Shows" . . . how allusion works in Pope, not as an end in itself, but in order to bring the reader to a richer and livelier reading of the poetry."

MEADVILLE,PA.: THE ALLEGHENY COLLEGE HISTORY COMPANY, 1916 599 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, marbled eps, frontis; front hinge starting, t.e. dusty/a little soiled. Cover: med blue, gilt ornamentation front, gilt titles spine; light shelfwear, a little rubbed, back bottom corner bumped. Heavy.

Washington, DC: Alicia Patterson Foundation, 1996 Vol. 18, No. 1. Mississippi Misery: Residents can’t Cash in if they Can’t Read; The Imports, more. 42 pp.

Washington, DC: Alicia Patterson Foundation, 1992 Vol. 15, No. 1. Massacre in Guatemala; Approaching Financial Meltdown, more. 62 pp.

Washington, DC: Alicia Patterson Foundation, 1992 Vol. 15, No. 2. How the Soviets Destroyed a Sea in Thirty Years; Vigilante Economics, more. 62 pp.

DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE INC. 4 Comedies. Scripts from the 1960s to the 1980s. Stapled spines. Pages: annotated, bright, tight, Pennant disbound (wraps missing). All but Pennant in VG(-) condition, Pennant in Fair condition. Miss Firecracker includes terrific frontis photo of a 1985s vintage high-kicking Holly Hunter.

NEW DELHI: MAHAYOG CENTRE, 1984 63 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight; a.e. tanned, hinge crack at copyright page. Cover: glossy white wraps, multi-color graphics front, photo back, black titles/text front/back; v lt shelfwear, v sm tear leading edge spine, 1/4" of b.e. of lamination missing in manufacturer's defect.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Comapny, 1895 202 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; a.e. tanned, PO name inked front ep, mildly cocked. Cover: gray, med green ornamentation/titles front/spine; lt shelfwear, extremities a bit worn, overall lt rubbing, moreso to spine.

New York: Dodd, Mead and Comapny, 1895 202 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, frontis; a.e. tanned, ffep excised, front hinge cracked, "Not Exchangeable" stamped ep and half title. Cover: green, dk green ornamentation/titles front/spine; moderate shelfwear, extremities worn, several sm dampstains front/back, overall tanning, esp spine.

Colon: Abbott Magic Company, 1964 Large format. Includes hundreds of items from Abbott's 10 to Zombie. Disbound, covers and all pages present. Needs re-gluing. Covers are modestly worn, bottom corners thumbed, light stains to covers.

Calgary: The University of Calgary Archaeological Association, 1972 From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the title p. Condition notes: 261 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, errata bound in front. Cover: cream wraps, b/w photo + reverse titles front, black titles spine; minimal edge/shelfwear.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, 1953 Anthropological Papers No. 38, from Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 151, pp 225-283, plates 16-19. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the first p. Condition notes: stapled spine, (i), 225-283 numbered pp + 4 pp plates; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight. Cover: olive wraps, black device + titles front; v lt edge/shelfwear, scuff or misprinting results in loss of some subtitle information

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974 180 numbered pp +1; HB w/ DJ. Pages: clean, bright, tight, red topstain, f.e. deckled. Cover: med brown, gilt titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear, slight fading t.e. DJ: unclipped in Brodart, white, brown/black/red titles front/spine, photo back; v lt edge/shelfwear, slight fading of spine. The story of "a man who believes (almost) in the glamour of his own life." The confident, over-indulgent professional of the 1970s.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1939 Sandburg's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Lincoln, complete in 4 volumes. Includes 426 half-tones and 244 cartoons, letters, and documents. Condition notes - Pages: clean, bright, tight, yellow topstain, f.e. deckled, photo frontis in vol. 1 (President Lincoln visits Army of the Potomac Headquarters, October 1862); a.e. barely tanned. Cover: navy, blindstamped signature front, gilt titles and rules spine; several corners and edges mildly bumped, heads mildly wrinkled, .minimal shelfwear, extrems barely worn. A very nice and complete set.

New York: The Review of Reviews Corp., 1929 277 +1 pp.; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; owner info inked to ep, t.e. dusty, edges lightly tanned. Cover: med blue w/ gilt artwork stamped to front, gilt titles to front and spine; moderate wear to corners, head, and heel, spine modestly faded w/ gilt dulled. The campaign, election, and inauguration through the eyes of the written media's satirists.

New York: C. Wells, 1830 346 numbered pp +24; HB. Pages: clean, ivory/foxed, tight, frontis; modest page waviness, PO info inked, penciled, and stamped (egad!) front eps, both hinges have been reinforced. Cover: full calf, no titles; substantial shelfwear, extrems well worn, cloth tape reinforced spine, which is giving away at the joints. Complete, this is a candidate for re-binding.

Washington, D.C.: American Anthropological Association, 1970 Includes program + dozens of abstracts. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His name inked to the cover. Condition notes: 125 numbered pp +5; TPB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; edges slightly sunned. Covers: white wraps, olive front w/ white titles, olive titles spine; lt edge/shelfwear, spine mildly sunned.