DU CHAILLU, PAUL B.

EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA. With Accounts of the Manners and Customs of the People, and of the Chace of the Gorilla, Crocodile, Leopard, Elephant, Hippopotamus, and Other Animals

London, John Murray. 1861, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Bound in full pebbled leather with raised bands, gilt titles and designs, marbled endpapers, speckled edges. Published London: John Murray, 1861. 8vo. xviii+479pp. plus28pp. publisher's catalog , dated May, 1861. Illustrated with 27 full-page engravings, including a folding frontispiece of a gorilla (the first ever of the animal), and 46 reproductions within the text. Folding map bound at the rear missing, front edge of first two sheets of catalog have old archival repair. Minor wear at the crown, hinges and tips else near fine. Internally fine, pages and plates bright white with no foxing - rare to find as such. French-American anthropologist Paul Du Chaillu spent nearly four years on his first expedition to Central Africa covering 8,000 miles. He brought back numerous specimens of exotic birds and confirmed the existence of the gorilla. His account is a seminal work on Equatorial Africa. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008512

Catalogue: Travel and Exploration

Keywords: History

GROSS, CHAIM AND RABBI AVRAHAM SOLTES (TEXT)

The Jewish Holidays: Watercolors By Chaim Gross

NY, Forum Gallery. 1972, 1st. Soft Cover, 4to. First edition thus. Softcover. Published NY: Forum Gallery, 1972. Oblong 4to. wrappers, 11" x 8 1/2", unpaginated, illustrated with color plates. Mild splash stain at top edge, line of separation to cover at the wraparound. Internally very good, clean. Good plus. Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009886

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Religion

CHALMERS, PATRICK R.

Kenneth Grahame: Life, Letters and Unpublished Works

London, Methuen. 1933, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published London: Methuen, 1933, first printing. 8vo. xvii+321pp. illustrated with plates. Outer spine cloth splitting at the joints, covers strong, name and inscription of flyleaf. Internally very good. Fair/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009052

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

CHAMBERLIN, CLARENCE D.

Record Flights

Philadelphia, Dorrance and Company. 1928. Hard, 8vo. Signed. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Philadelphia: Dorrance and Company, 1928, second printing, in the same month as the first - March, 1928. 8vo. 286pp. illustrated with b/w plates. Red linen cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Inscribed on two occasions by the author; first, on frontis photo: "To Charles Ernstberger, Jr. Clarence D. Chamberlin." Second, on front pastedown: "To Mary L. Zagoreos, with best wishes, Clarence D. Chamberlin, Aug 12th, 1961." Two weeks after Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight, aviator Clarence Chamberlin flew non-stop from New York to Germany, carry the first transatlantic passenger exceeding Lindbergh's record by 300 miles. Light wear at the heel and tips, mild fade area on spine. Very good, bright, attractive copy. New York Times obituary of Chamberlin laid in. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 009126

Catalogue: Signed

Keywords: American History & Americana

CHAMBERS, LETITIA

Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass {SIGNED}

Santa Fe, Museum of New Mexico Press. 2020, 1st. (ISBN: 9780890136584). Hard, 4to. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020, first printing. 4to. 10 1/4" x 11 1/4", 191pp. illustrated throughout with full color plates. Signed by Chambers on title page. Pictorial laminated boards, blue endpapers. Slight open wavines to upper portion of page block from bookmarks left in book, small stain on front edge, else fine in fine dust jacket. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 010131

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Antiques & Collectibles 9780890136584

CHAPELLE, HOWARD I.

The History of the American Sailing Navy: The Ships and Their Development

NY, W.W. Norton & Co. 1949, 1st. Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: W.W. Norton & Co. 1949. Small 4to. 8" x 10 1/4", xxii+558pp. illus. with 200 plans and halftones. Beige cloth with gilt titles in blue block, blue cover design, top edge tinte blue. some age toning to the endpapers and edges, two of the folding plans have separated at the fold. Good in good dust jacket with soiling, fraying and sun fade. Good/Good.

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Book number: 010628

Catalogue: American History & Americana

Keywords: Military History

CHAPMAN, F. SPENCER

The Jungle is Neutral

London, Chatto & Windus. 1949. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover. Published London: Chatto & Windus, 1949, eighth impression, 1950. 8vo. xiii+436pp. illus. frontis, b/w photos, maps, folding map at rear. Beige pebbled cloth with green titles. Light foxing on endpapges, gift inscription. Very good. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010370

Catalogue: Far East

Keywords: Military

CHASE, JOSEPH CUMMINGS

Decorative Design: A Textbook of Preactical Methods (The Wiley Technical Series for Vocational and Industrial Schools)

NY, John Wiley & Sons. 1916. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover. Published NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1916. Oblong 8vo. 10 3/4" x 8", vii+73pp. illustrated with b/w plates and reproductions. Blue cloth with gilt spine titles. The Wiley Technical Series for Vocational and Industrial Schools. Ex-library with library treatments. Closed tears to pages at bottom edge, light soiling. Good, sturdy copy. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010236

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Architecture & Design

CHEEVER, JOHN

The Wapshot Scandal

London, Gollancz. 1964, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. First British edition of author's third book - his first novel. Published London: Gollancz, 1964. Gilt stamped brown cloth. Spine slightly turned, name in ink on front end paper. Near fine in near fine dj, which is price clipped and has a 1/4 inch hole on the spine touching the "G" in Gollancz. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 000119

Catalogue: Literary & Modern First Editions

Keywords: Cheever John Wapshot Scandal First Edition Novel Fiction

CHENEY, SHELDON

The Theatre: Three Thousand Years of Drama, Acting and Stagecraft

NY, Tudor Publishing. 1937. Hard, 8vo. Hard cover. Published NY: Tudor Publishing, 1929, sixth printing (1937). 8vo. ix+558pp. illustrated with b/w reproductions. Red cloth with decorative gilt and titles, red pictorial endpapers, top edge tinted red. Very good plus, clean, bright, attractive. Trimmed rear dust jacket panel and flap laid in. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010176

Catalogue: Performing Arts

CHEVALIER, MAURICE

My Paris

NY, Macmillan. 1972, 1st. Hard, 4to. Ill.: Doisneau, Robert. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Macmillan, 1972, first printing. 4to. 9" x 11 1/4", 153pp. illustrated with color and black and white photographs by Robert Doisneau. Foreword by M. F. K. Fisher. Blue cloth with silver titles. Very good plus, clean, bright, attractive in ver good dust jacket with a rear panel closed tear, minor fray. Very Good Plus/Very Good.

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Book number: 009827

Catalogue: Photography

Keywords: Doisneau, Robert

CHICAGO, JUDY, AND LUCIE-SMITH, EDWARD

Women and Art : Contested Territory

Eagle Editions. 2004. (ISBN: 1902328442). Hard, 4to. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Great Britain: Eagle Editions, 2004. 4to. 9 1/2" x 11 1/4", 192pp. illustrated with color reproductions. Mild waviness to page block, else fine in mylar sleeved, fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009499

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 1902328442

CHIDSEY, DONALD BARR

The War With Mexico

NY, Crown. 1968, 1st. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Crown, 1968. 8vo. 192pp. illustrated. Ex-library with dust jacket in mylar sleeve glued to pastedowns. Text clean and bright, unmarked, binding very good. Good/Good.

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Book number: 010625

Catalogue: American History & Americana

Keywords: Military History

CHOMSKY, NOAM

A New Generation Draws the Line: Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards of the West

London and New York, Verso. 2000, 1st. (ISBN: 1859847897). Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London and New York: Verso, 2000, first printing. Small 8vo. 154pp. "The conflicts in Kosovo and East Timor, looked at side-by-side by Noam Chomsky, starkly illuminate the strategies of the Western powers in the new century. Chomsky convincingly argues that humanitarianism was not the moving force behind NATO’s intervention in Yugoslavia, and that there, as in East Timor, strategic concerns were dominant while the fate of the civilian population was incidental." Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009026

Catalogue: England & Europe

Keywords: 1859847897

CHRISTIE'S

The Modern Age. The Hillman and Lawrence Collections. 2 vol. 1) The Hillman Family Collection 2) The Collection of Alice Lawrence. Auction New York, 5 November 2008

NY, Christie's. 2008, 1st. Hard, 4to. First editions. 2 hard cover volumes in publisher's slipcase. Published NY: Christie's, 2008. 4to. 9 1/2" x 12", 221; 247pp. illustrated with full color plates, some fold out. Prices realized laid in. Fine in very good slipcase with light stress wear. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 009991

Catalogue: Art