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  Hessen-Darmstadtische priviligirte Land-Zeitung
Darmstadt: Roether, 1978. A facsimile reprint of the first year's run (1777) of this newspaper. Near fine in publisher's boards.
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 221
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  The High Command: Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men
Camden, New Jersey: The Haddon Craftsmen, 1935. Only edition of this desperate appeal for peace, published on the eve of the Second World War. One of 1,000 copies printed on fine paper. Presentation slip laid in. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Fine in a near fine board slipcase.
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 945
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  Impacto y futuro de la civilizacion espanola en el nuevo mundo
Madrid: Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario, 1991. Proceedings of a conference held in San Juan in 1990. 4to, original wraps. Fine.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 933
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GARCIA CARRAFFA, A. AND A.  Solar Catalan, Valenciano y Balear
San Sebastian: Libreria Internacional, 1968. 4 vols. First edition. The most complete work on Catalan, Valencian, and Balearic heraldry and genealogy. Over 4,000 full-color reproductions of coats of arms on hundreds of plates. Handsomely bound in full cloth. 25 cm. Fine.
USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 167 | £UK 150.25 | JP¥ 22064] Book number: 247
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ADAMS, RAMELLE  Strawberry Point
Lunenburg, Vermont: The Stinehour Press, 1984. One of 250 copies printed on fine laid paper. 4to, original wraps. Fine.
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 | £UK 18.25 | JP¥ 2648] Book number: 923
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ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY  A Sprig of Andromeda: A Letter from Louisa May Alcott on the Death of Henry David Thoreau
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1962. First printing of this letter, which appears here both in facsimile and transcript. One of 1250 copies. Printed on good paper. 4to, original wraps. Minor staining to front cover, else fine.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 1441
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BALDRICH, FRANCISCO (FRANCESC)  Cajon de sastre. Anecdotas por Francisco Baldrich.
Barcelona: (the author), 1913. First and only edition. ONE OF ONLY 8 COPIES PRINTED of this charming compilation of humorous memories and anecdotes from turn-of-the-century Barcelona. Mainly in Spanish, but with some Catalan. Signed by the author. Printed amateurishly, but fortunately the author selected decent paper, which is not at all fragile. 105 + 4 pp. 12mo. Original printed wraps. Minor wear to wraps, else fine. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE BOOK, PERHAPS THE ONLY SURVIVING COPY. Not in Palau.
USD 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 183.5 | £UK 165.5 | JP¥ 24271] Book number: 2924
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BAROSH, MIYOSHI, SYLVERE LOTRINGER, GREGG ARAKI, LESLIE DICK, ET AL.  Now Time no. 1
Los Angeles: Now Time, 1992. First (and probably only) issue of this deliberately avant-garde publication on literature, philosophy, and the arts. Contributors include Gregg Araki and Leslie Dick. Includes an interview with Sylvere Lotringer. Folio. Original wraps. Fine and bright. Subscription for laid in. Scarce.
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 1849
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BATES, JOSEPH D., JR.  The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly
Boston: David R. Godine, 1987. First edition. Deluxe edition, limited to 85 copies bound in quarter leather by Claudia Cohen and signed by the author, with an additional portfolio of color plates also signed by the author, and an actual mounted and matted salmon fly, signed on the mat by the dresser. The fly in this copy (and in very few other copies) was dressed and signed by Ron Alcott, the only fly-dresser singled out and discussed in the book for his excellence (full-page photograph on page 175). Large 4to, fine in clamshell box.
USD 1250.00 [Appr.: EURO 834 | £UK 751.25 | JP¥ 110322] Book number: 1027
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BORSI, GIOSUE  L'ultima lettera di Giosue Borsi a sua madre
Firenze (Florence), 1906. A letter from the front, sent after the author had been killed in combat. Printed on fine wove paper. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Small 4to, sewn in wraps (with red, white, and green string, modeled on the Italian flag). Uncut. Some discoloration to front cover caused by offsetting from another book. Internally fine. Very scarce.
USD 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.5 | £UK 39.25 | JP¥ 5737] Book number: 1440
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FUNDACIO ENCICLOPEDIA CATALANA  Catalunya Romanica
Barcelona: Fundacio Enciclopedia Catalana. 28 volumes, complete. The monumental survey of medieval Catalan art, architecture, history, and culture. Tens of thousands of illustrations. Folio. Publisher's simulated leather. Fine.
USD 3750.00 [Appr.: EURO 2501.5 | £UK 2253.75 | JP¥ 330965] Book number: 1782
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FUNDACIO ENCICLOPEDIA CATALANA  Gran Enciclopedia Catalana (The Great Catalan Encyclopedia)
Barcelona: Fundacio Enciclopedia Catalana. 24 volumes plus supplement, complete. The massive Catalan encyclopedia. Over 12,500 pages. Over 31,000 illustrations. Over 150,000 articles. Large 4to, publisher's simulation leather. Fine.
USD 2750.00 [Appr.: EURO 1834.5 | £UK 1652.75 | JP¥ 242708] Book number: 1781
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FUNDACIO ENCICLOPEDIA CATALANA  Historia, Politica, Societat i Cultura dels Paisos Catalans (History, Politics, Society, and Culture of Catalonia and Other Catalan-Speaking Lands)
Barcelona: Gran Enciclopedia Catalana. 13 volumes, complete. A monumental survey of Catalan history, society, and culture. Tens of thousands of illustrations. Folio. Publisher's leather. Fine.
USD 1750.00 [Appr.: EURO 1167.5 | £UK 1051.75 | JP¥ 154451] Book number: 1783
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COLE, BILL (WILLIAM DAVID)  Fishheads. The Early History of Contract Bridge at Harvard
Louisville, KY: Devyn Press, 1991. First edition of Cole's humorous fictional account of contract bridge at Harvard University during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT. Like new.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 2572
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SOCIETE ANGEVINE POUR LE PLACEMENT DES COLONS EN ALGERIE (LIEUTAUD, NOTAIRE A ALGER)  Societe Angevine pour le Placement des Colons en Algerie: Projet de Colonisation.
Angers: Cosnier et Lachese, 1847. A French scheme to create a utopian community in Algeria. 15 pp plus 5 large folding lithographed maps and plans. Printed on very good wove paper. Large 4to. Sewn into original printed wraps. Slight traces of wear to wraps, else fine and bright. Extremely rare.
USD 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 197 | £UK 177.5 | JP¥ 26036] Book number: 3358
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GRANGES, CH.-M. DES AND OLIVER TOWLES  Histoire de la Civilisation Francaise des origines a nos jours
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1933. About 500 pages, with maps and illustrations. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Near fine.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 917
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DUNCAN, GARNETT  Bowie Claims
Washington, D.C.: United States Government, 1848. One-page pamphlet concerning Spanish land claims in Arkansas, which had been deemed fraudulent. Just think..Clinton could've been Spanish. One 8vo sheet, disbound. Very good.
USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 1142
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GOLDMAN, WILLIAM (GLORIA STEINEM ASSOCIATION COPY)  Hype & Glory
New York: Villard, 1990. FIRST EDITION of this book about the Cannes Film Festival and the Miss America Pageant. ASSOCIATION COPY, with a friendly SIGNED presentation inscription from Goldman to feminist leader GLORIA STEINEM. Large 8vo. FINE IN A FINE (price-clipped) DJ.
USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 116.75 | £UK 105.25 | JP¥ 15445] Book number: 2906
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GOULD, LOIS (GLORIA STEINEM ASSOCIATION COPY)  A Sea-Change (GLORIA STEINEM association copy)
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1976. FIRST EDITION of this novel by Gould, one of the leading feminist novelists of her generation. ASSOCIATION COPY, with a warm SIGNED presentation inscription from Gould to feminist leader GLORIA STEINEM. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth and boards. FINE IN A FINE DJ.
USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 116.75 | £UK 105.25 | JP¥ 15445] Book number: 2907
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BERNAT DE GRANOLLACHS (JORDI RUBIO, EDITOR)  El Lunari de Bernat de Granollachs. Edicio de 1513. Reproduccio facsimil de l'exemplar existent a la Biblioteca de Catalunya.
Barcelona: Les Belles Edicions, 1948. Outstanding facsimile edition of the only known copy of the Lunari, a fascinating Catalan almanac covering, rather than a single year, almost half a century. Beautifully illustrated throughout with woodcuts. Printed in red and black. Edition limited to 265 numbered copies printed on fine Guarro laid paper. 4to. Original wraps. FINE AND BRIGHT, WITH NO DEFECTS.
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 2938
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GUNTHER, JOHN (GLORIA STEINEM ASSOCIATION COPY)  Twelve Cities (GLORIA STEINEM association copy)
New York: Harper & Row, 1969. FIRST EDITION of this "insider's" view of 12 major world cities, written with verve by a major travel writer. ASSOCIATION COPY, with a long, warm, and indeed somewhat flirtatious SIGNED presentation inscription from the author to feminist leader GLORIA STEINEM, dated March, 1969. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth. FINE AND BRIGHT IN A FINE DJ.
USD 175.00 [Appr.: EURO 116.75 | £UK 105.25 | JP¥ 15445] Book number: 2905
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KELLER, HELEN  Our Duties to the Blind
Boston: Thomas Todd, 1904. First and only edition of this emotive paper presented by Helen Keller at the first annual meeting of the Massachusetts Association for Promoting the Interests of the Adult Blind. Beautifully printed on fine laid paper. 12mo, original wraps. Absolutely fine and pristine.
USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 63.5 | £UK 57.25 | JP¥ 8384] Book number: 633
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LEBLANC, ELY  Choses et gens du Hoggar
Alger (Algiers): P. & G. Soubiron, 1930. A fascinating first-hand account of a 40-day sojourn (late February-early April, 1928) among Tuareg Berbers in the central Sahara. The author perceived the inevitable decline of their nomadic lifestyle, and was among the last eyewitnesses to describe their culture. ONE OF ONLY 50 NUMBERED COPIES (4) ON SPECIAL ALFA WOVE PAPER. Several full-page photographic plates. 8vo. Original wraps. Uncut. FINE AND BRIGHT. Large-paper copies are rare (and copies printed on regular paper are crumbling into dust).
USD 150.00 [Appr.: EURO 100.25 | £UK 90.25 | JP¥ 13239] Book number: 3554
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MANCINI, FIORELLA  The Doges of Fashion: Disguise or Reality / I Dogi della Moda: Travestimento o realta
Venice: Commune di Venezia, 1984. Profusely illustrated fashion-show catalogue, with color photographs on every page. Designers represented include Armani, Fendi, Givenchy, Klein, Rabanne, Versace, and many others. Folio, wraps. Fine in a fine acetate dj.
USD 85.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.75 | £UK 51.25 | JP¥ 7502] Book number: 942
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REGNIER, MATHURIN AND E. COURBET (BRACQUEMOND)  Oeuvres de Mathurin Regnier: Texte original, avec notice, variantes & glossaire par E. Courbet. Frontispiece etching by Bracquemond
Paris: Lemerre, 1869. Critical edition of the works of Regnier, printed on fine laid paper. Frontispiece etching by Felix Bracquemond. Small 8vo, full leather, top edge gilt, other edges uncut. Rubbing to joints and corners, internally fine.
USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 50.25 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6619] Book number: 1055
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