Blazek, Doug; Baker, Clark et al.

The Green Horse for Poetry. Vol. 1. No. 3

Bowling Green, OH, Bowling Green State University, Publisher, 1973. Wraps. Yellow green wraps with an illustration of a horse, with black duct-tape style spine. 110 pages. a single issue of this 'little magazine' devoted to poetry, containing work both traditional and experimental. Includes work by Doug Blazek, Clark Baker, John Tagliabue, Emilie Glen, and others. GOOD+ condition. Uneven fading to the covers, especially along the extremities. Creasing present along the hinges and fore edges. Very light soiling. Interior clean and solid. Good .

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Book number: 006767

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn Poetry

Clay, Bertha M.

He Dared to Love

New York, Street and Smith. Wraps. circa 1925. Color illustrated wraps. Number 253 in the New Bertha Clay Library. 212 pp. plus ads. A romance novel published under the Street and Smith house name Bertha M. Clay. While it was originally a pseudonym for Charlotte Mary Brame, it was adopted by male writers for Street and Smith. GOOD condition. Covers toned and soiled, with some wrinkling and creasing. Minor chipping, tearing and loss along the extremities. Text block toned. Paper brittle. Good .

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Book number: 016383

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn

Clay, Bertha M.

Two True Hearts

New York, Street and Smith. Wraps. no date, circa 1925. Color illustrated wraps. Number 240 in the New Bertha Clay Library. 254pp. A romance novel published under the Street and Smith house name Bertha M. Clay. While it was originally a pseudonym for Charlotte Mary Brame, it was adopted by male writers for Street and Smith. GOOD condition. Covers toned and soiled, with some wrinkling and creasing. Rear cover a bit grubby looking. Minor chipping, tearing and loss along the extremities. Text block toned. Paper brittle. Good .

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Book number: 016988

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn

Cleland, Robert

Barbara Allan. The Provost's Daughter. Once a Week Library. July, 1890. Vol. 1. No. 22

New York, P.F. Collier, 1890. Wraps. Printed wraps, with a text ad for Crosby's Phosphites on the front and an illustrated ad for Pear's soap on the rear. 180 pp. Double columned text. With a few ads in the front and rear. Standard Victorian literature. GOOD condition. Wrappers browned, moderately soiled and stained, notably along the extremities. Wrappers chipped and creased along the extremities, with a 1 1/2 inch piece torn off from the lower rear cover. Some insect damage along the fore edge of the last several pages and rear cover. Text block browned. Ownership signature present. Good .

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Book number: 008019

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn

Bielski, Alison J.; Cross, Colin; Gettisburg, M.A.; Horovitz, Michael; Mercer, David; Morris, Steve; Parfitt, Will; Reid, David; Thomas, Robert S.; Ward, J.P.; Williams, Clive et al.

Rumpus No. 4. October 1969

Swansea, Rumpus/University of Wales, Swansea, Publisher, 1969. Wraps. Side stapled orange wraps. 20 pp. With a single page broadsheet laid in, as issued. Issue number four of this little magazine featuring experimental work both in form and content, including work by concrete and experimental poet Alison Bielski. The No Walls Broadsheet Number 16 features "A paradigm of things" by Chris Morgan. GOOD condition. Spotting and staining to the upper front cover, with a dampstain to the lower front cover. Minor soiling and darkening. Faint crease to the upper corner. Minor browning to the paper. Good .

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Book number: 013283

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn Poetry Little Magazines

Cocteau, Jean

A Call to Order

London, Faber and Gwyer, 1926. Cloth. Brown cloth. No jacket. 248 pp. Frontis portrait by Cocteau. A collection of essays written between 1918 and 1926 reflecting on art, literature and culture. By Jean Cocteau, and artist and writer associated with surrealism and avant garde movements. This includes the "Cock and the Harlequin," "Professional Secrets," and others. GOOD condition. General fading and minor offsetting to the covers. Light edgewear. Text block toned. Good .

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Book number: 017448

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn Essays/ Non Fiction Art

O'Connor, Frank; Ives, Burl; Munkacsi, Martin (photographer)

Gentry Number Six. Summer 1953

New York, Reporter Publications, 1953. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Folio. Illustrations throughout, as well as pastedown items, fabric swatches, etc. Lacking the seed packet on page 50. A single issue of this magazine, featuring an article, with photos, on Martin Munkacsi, the noted Hungarian born photographer known for his sports and fashion photography, including several innovations in outdoor action photos. Also present are three short stories by the Irish author Frank O'Connor: 'The Bridal Night,' 'Don Juan's Temptation,' and 'Legal Aid.' With a column on folk music by Burl Ives and an article on Buckminster Fuller. Gentry was a somewhat short lived general interest magazine for men, focusing on fashion and culture, and notably including fabric swatches, tipped in color illustrations, etc. GOOD condition. Covers creased, scuffed and soiled, with uneven darkening and fading. Some wear along the extremities. Interior clean and solid. Good .

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Book number: 007532

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn Fashion

Conrad, Joseph

The Children of the Sea

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1897. Cloth. 1897 date given, but presumed later. Dark blue cloth with a light blue and white printed illustration of a ship on the front cover. Approximately 6 by 4 inches. Presumed early American edition of this novel based on Conrad's experiences as a sailor and his black shipmate. GOOD condition. General fading, some scuffing and minor soiling to the covers. Cloth frayed and worn along the hinges and extremities. Minor toning to the text block. Slight lean to the binding. Good .

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Book number: 014573

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn

Conrad, Joseph

The Rover

London, T. Fisher Unwin, Publisher, 1923. First British Edition. Cloth. First UK edition, preceded by the US edition. First state with the g missing on page 221, line 2. Dark green cloth in unclipped jacket. 317 pp. A semi-historical tale portraying how life on land was affected by a naval blockade at sea. POOR jacket on a GOOD book. Heavy chipping, tearing and loss to the jacket along the extremities. Tape scars and stains at the foot of the spine. Moderate soiling and darkening, with some staining, to the jacket. Cloth darkened, with some soiling. Ring stain to center rear cover. Some faint spotting and discoloration to the covers. Endpapers offset. Light foxing to the page edges. Good/Poor.

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Book number: 019428

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn

Craik, Georgiana M.

Anne Warwick. A Novel

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1877. Original Wraps. Believed first US edition, probably preceded by an English edition. Printed Wraps. Number 481 in the Library of Select Novels. 104 pp, plus 8 pages of ads in the rear. First four pages of the book also ads (for other books). A novel written by Craik, perhaps better known for her children's work. The Orlando Project (internet source for women writers of the British Isles) states that she " often features self-sufficient heroines more capable than the men they marry." POOR/FAIR condition, LACKING the rear wrap. Front wrapper DETACHED but present. Ring stain to the lower front wrap. Minor soiling and general fading. Wrapper chipped and split along the binding edge, with the lower half MISSING. Light curling at the corners. Previous owner's name stamped to the center front cover. Text solid with foxing to the upper fore edge. Poor .

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Book number: 005292

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn Georgiana Craik

Miss Mulock (Dinah Craik)

A Noble Life. The Arm Chair Library. No. 10

New York, F.M. Lupton, 1893. Original Wraps. Printed wraps with an ad on the rear cover listing this title and others. 64pp. Victorian literature. A whole work printed in a digest sized format. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy browning along the wrapper extremities. Minor soiling. Light chipping, tearing and splitting along the wrapper binding. Minor chipping and tearing along the extremities. Moderate to heavy browning in the interior. Good .

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Book number: 004778

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn

Crawford, Lynn

Solow

West Stockbridge, MA, Hard Press, 1995. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 72 pp. A collection of short stories, the author's first book. VERY GOOD+ condition. Light toning and edgewear. Very Good .

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Book number: 019418

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn

Crebillon, Claude Prosper de Joylot

Le Sopha. Two Volumes

Paris, Roissard Grenoble, 1970. Limited. Wraps. #195 of 844 copies printed. Printed white wraps in light green clothbound folders in matching slipcases. 185, 165 pp. Black and white illustrations, often erotic in nature, of nude or semi-nude women. All text in French. A novel originally appearing anonymously in 1742, presenting a satirical and slightly erotic tale of the soul of a young man condemned to inhabit a couch or sofa until two virgin lovers consumated their relationship on him. Through this tale, Crebillon satirizes many of the upper class in France at that time. Crebillon had to go into exile for a time due to the appearance of this work. VERY GOOD books in about very good cases. Some soiling to the spine of volume 2. Minor toning. Slipcases and folders very faded along the spines, with minor rubbing. Cloth frayed along the extremities. Very Good .

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Book number: 010645

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn Erotica

Paley, Grace; Algren, Nelson; Ozick, Cynthia et al.

The Noble Savage Number 2

New York, Meridian Books, 1960. Wraps. First edition, stated first printing. Printed wraps. 255 pp. Second issue of this short-lived little magazine, edited by Saul Bellow, and published between 1960 and 1962. This number with work by Grace Paley, Nelson Algren, Cynthia Ozick, etc. GOOD condition. Minor to moderate scuffing, soiling and edgewear. A few minor stains to the covers. Good .

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Book number: 018206

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn Poetry Little Magazines

Various authors; Dale, Daphne (editor)

Living Thoughts in Words That Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist. Salesman's Sample

Philadelphia, Elliott and Beezley, 1891. Cloth. Green cloth decorated in gilt, silver foil and black ruling. Color frontis, with several two toned illustrations throughout. Sample leather binding strip tipped in on the inside front cover. A salesman's sample of this work collecting poetry, aphorisms, etc. Order form at the end of the text, with one name written in. Partial examples of text throughout. GOOD+ condition. Minor fading, scuffing and edgewear. Minor soiling. Text block toned. Owner's name and address on the second endpaper. Good .

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Book number: 016979

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Noisbn Americana