Astin, A.E., F.W. Walbank, M.W. Frederiksen, and R.M. Ogilvie, eds.

The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume VIII: Rome and the Mediterranean to 133 B.C. , Second Edition

Cambridge, England, Cambridge University Press, 1993. Second Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. The presence of 13 maps plus lots of battle and architectural plans and graphs and charts and tables, greatly augments this big, fat, comprehensive survey of the Cambridge Ancient History series, Volume VIII in the series. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover copy, bound in a brick-red buckram cloth, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, clean, unmarked interior but for some scattered pencil markings, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, and with chipping along edges. From the personal library of the noted English historian of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, Professor Peter Morris Green, now of Iowa City, Iowa, 99 years old, nearly blind, but still working, in this case on a new translation and with annotations, of Herodotus, his favorite historian. Contributions by the editors and by, among others, H.H. Scullard, John Briscoe, R.M. Errington, A.K. Narain, Elizabeth Rawson, C. Habicht, E. Gabba, and W.V. Harris. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xiii, 2-625 pp..Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Good,

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Book number: 357478

Catalogue: Ancient Greece and Rome

Keywords: A.E. Astin F.W. Walbank M.W. Frederiksen R.M. Ogilvie Ancient Rome Ancient Greece Ancient history

Atchity, Kenneth John

Sleeping with an Elephant: Selected Poems, 1965-1976

St. Petersburg, Florida, Valkyrie Press, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers beyond sunning along edges, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Previous owner's inscription, else clean and unmarked. 78 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 356774

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry poems Kenneth John Atchity

Atchity, Kenneth John

Sleeping with an Elephant: Selected Poems, 1965-1976

St. Petersburg, Florida, Valkyrie Press, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers beyond sunning along edges, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Previous owner's inscription, else clean and unmarked. 78 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry poems Kenneth John Atchity

Wadsworth Atheneum

11 New England Sculptors

Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy, pictorial covers, and featuring the sculptural work of Alexander Calder, Naum Gabo, Peter Grippe, David Hayes, William Kent, Conrad Malicoat, Thomas Morin, Mike Nevelson, David Von Schlegell, Hugh Townley, and H.C. Westermann. Unpaginated, but roughly 22 pp. Foreword by C.C. Cunningham, the Director of the Wadsworth Atheneum Gallery.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 347624

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: sculpture|Sculptors|Alexander Calder|Naum Gabo|Peter Grippe|David Hayes|William Kent|Conrad Malicoat|Thomas Morin|Mike Nevelson|David Von Schlegell|Hugh Townley|H.C. Westermann

C.E.B.; Wadsworth Atheneum

Alexander Calder: Mobiles; Naum Gabo: Kinetic Constructions and Constructions in Space

Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, 1953. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Original stapled paper wrappers, illustrated on front panel by two kinetic sculptures, one each from Alexander Calder and Naum Gabo. Introductory essays by C.E.B., 20 black-and-white plates divided unevenly between the two sculptors. Fine frontis portrait of each author in black-and-white. Undated, but published by Wadsworth Atheneum in 1953. Photograph of Alexander Calder by Herbert Matter, and of Naum Gabo by E. Irving Blomstrann. 27 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 347559

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Naum Gabo|Alexander Calder|kinetic sculpture|art history|sculpture|mobiles

Atkinson, Cale

To the Sea

New York, Disney/Hyperion, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, unmarked interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Glossy, pictorial boards. Unpaginated, but roughly 22 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 355349

Catalogue: Children

Keywords: Cale Atkinson children's books

Atterbury, Rowley Streatfeild

The Contributors

Westerham, Kent, England, Westerham Press, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Near pristine copy, being the paper of a talk delivered to the Wynkyn de Worde Society at Stationers' Hall on 16th May, 1974, in Westerham, Kent, England. Replete with black-and-white photographs of master printers and binders, pages of stationers ads, including tipped-in. Bound simply in gray paper over boards, distinct lettering to spine, gray paper wraps thereover, with paper title label affixed neatly. Clean and unmarked of interior. Page in facsimile of the Doves Press Bible, a Note from Sir Francis Meynell. Quite fascinating. 31 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine

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Book number: 351781

Catalogue: Books and Bookbinding

Keywords: Francis Meynall

Atwood, Margaret

Bluebeard's Egg, and Other Stories

Boston , Houghton Mifflin , 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. From the personal library of Larry McMurtry, as purchased from Inkq, and with his iconic personal library bookplate affixed neatly inside front flap. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, just a bit wear along spine head, very slight sunning to spine. Stated First Edition, First Printing, with "1" or "a" in "number" line present. 281 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,

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Book number: 355087

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Margaret Atwood Larry McMurtry

Atwood, Margaret

In Other Worlds: Sf and the Human Imagination

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, McLelland & Stewart, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of essays and critical reviews on science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction and historical fiction. Unique in the trade, being both SIGNED by the author Margaret Atwood and with a bookplate SIGNED by Ursula K. Le Guin laid in. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Short octavo format, with 255 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . As New/As New,

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Book number: 351526

Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: signed Margaret Atwood Ursula Le Guin science fiction

Atwood, Margaret

Life Before Man

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, McLelland and Stewart, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. SIGNED by the author Margaret Atwood at the half-title. Margaret Atwood would later win the 1993 Trillium Award and a number of others. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. 317 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New/As New,

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Book number: 351528

Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: signed Margaret Atwood

Atwood, Margaret

A Sampler from Moral Disorder

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, McLelland & Stewart, 2006. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 14 pp. snippet from one of the marvelous short stories that comprise Margaret Atwood's then new collection, her first since Wilderness Tips, staple-bound and in bright, glossy wraps. Eleven short stories stretching from 1930s to contemporary Toronto.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine

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Book number: 351529

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Keywords: Margaret Atwood signed

Waverly Auctions

Auction Catalogue 149, Maps and Atlases, Book Miscellany, Travel and Exploration, Photography and Graphics

Bethesda, Maryland, Waverly Auctions, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the tan printed, illustrated wraps. Auction held in Bethesda, Maryland, September 17, 1998. 755 items described there, with a range of plentiful illustrations in black-and-white including early cheesecake photographs of her.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New

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Book number: 355139

Catalogue: Bibliographies and Bibliographers

Keywords: Maps and Atlases Book Miscellany Travel and Exploration Marilyn Monroe Photography and Graphics

Auden, W.H.

About the House

New York, Random House, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Edition, First Printing, stated. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned endpapers at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. Two sections of Auden's then current poems: Thanksgiving for a Habitat; In and Out. 84 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 356773

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: W.H. Auden poetry poems

Audsley, James

The Book of Ballet

London, Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., 1967. Third Revised Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Bright raspberry pictorial cloth boards, with white lettering to spine and front cover, also white line illustration of a couple dancing ballet. Dust jacket present but moderately worn and price-clipped, now protected in a plastic protector. Black-and-white photographic endpapers front and rear. 112 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Good,

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Book number: 351713

Catalogue: Performing Arts

Keywords: James Audsley ballet the performing arts

Auping, Michael

New Work / New York

Los Angeles, The Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 12mo 7" - 7. Sterling condition softcover copy of a gallery exhibition catalog, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the simple printed light blue wraps. Roberta Allen, Laurie Anderson, Jennifer Bartlett, Ross Bleckner, Jon Borofsky, Pimchas Cohen Gan, Chris Darton, William Fares, Joel Fischer, Susan Rothenberg, Doug Sanderson, Richard Francisco, and many others. Brilliant black-and-white reproductions printed on high-gloss paper. Unpaginated, but roughly 40 pp. Furling to rear bottom tip.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine

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Book number: 350468

Catalogue: Art and Artists

Keywords: Michael Auping|Roberta Allen|Laurie Anderson|Jennifer Bartlett|Ross Bleckner|Jon Borofsky|Pimchas Cohen Gan|Chris Darton|William Fares|Joel Fischer|Susan Rothenberg|Doug Sanderson|Richard Francisco