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    The Printing of Books

    Jackson, Holbrook

    The 1938 first edition, in brown cloth boards with a black cloth spine and gold lettering. The rare "somewhat interesting" ex library copy, this ...

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    The Improper Bohemians

    Churchill, Allen

    A curious little volume chronicling the rich literary life of Greenwich Village in from 1912-1932, including the exploits of Edna St. Vincent Milla...

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    Madachy's Mathematical Recreations

    Madachy, Joseph S.

    A fairly scarce bit of math and logic puzzles of the sort popularized by Martin Gardner. A good tight paperback binding, with a little wear and a s...

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    Ink Drinker

    Sanvoisin, Eric

    Illustrated by Matje, Martin. A curious little tale of the scourge of the bookshop, the BOOK VAMPIRE. Later printing, VG, no jacket as issued. Sma...

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    Hawai'i Regional Cuisine: Celebrating Today's Chefs of Aloha

    Woodland, Rebecca (ed.)

    An interesting look at assorted foods of the Hawaii, focused on the cuisine of 13 chefs. First printing stated. Fine. Hardcover with internal spira...

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    What Every Girl Should Know (Little Blue Book No. 14)

    Sanger, Margarer

    One of the extremely widely sold "little blue books" from an enterprising Kansas publisher. The series included all manner of fiction and non-ficti...

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    Two Gentlemen of Verona: A Re-Creation, Complete with Pictures and Sheet Music

    John Guare; Mel Shapiro

    A curious book, this is the script/libretto (and sheet music) of a John Guare and Mel Shaprio re-working of Two Gentlemen of Verona, winner of the...

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    The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature

    Pollack, Neal

    Signed by author. Quite an oddity, from the days when Pollack, now a reformed literary bad boy, produced this over the top anthology, and then sort...

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    Shanks' Mare: Being a translation of the Tokaido volumes of Hizakurige, Japan's great comic novel of travel & ribaldry

    Jippensha, Ikku, Satchell, Thomas (translator)

    Illustrated by Hiroshige Ando. A translation of a notable Japanese comic novel from the turn of the 19th century. Laid in are multiple little (roug...

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    Paradise Alley

    Stallone, Sylvester

    Sly wrote a novel, back in the day, and guess what, it's about some working class stiffs! At any rate, VG in a like jacket. A touch of foxing to to...

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    The Book of Lost Books: An Incomplete History of All the Great Books You'll Never Read

    Kelly, Stuart

    A curious work from an author who's earliest years saw him becoming a completist collector of assorted types of books. This volume offers brief ess...

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    Complete & Utter Failure: a Celebration of Also-Rans, Runners-Up, Never-Weres and Total Flops

    Steinberg, Neil

    An amusing little book by the author, best known as a Chicago Sun-Times columnist, detailing all sorts of assorted types of failure (product design...

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    Grunt: Pigorian Chant from Snouto Domoinko De Silo

    Boynton, Sandra

    Small format hardback in as-new condition. Stated first printing, Oct 1996, SIGNED and inscribed by the author("for Gayle") in February 1999. Book...

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    The Girl

    LeSueur, Meridel

    Signed by author. Apparent first printing of this novel by noted writer, primarily of nonfiction around the proletarian movement of the 30's and 40...

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    The Smiling Pets Recipe Book

    Reisenbigler, Connie

    Signed by author on title page. Great resource for pet lovers. Easy recipes for dogs and cats. First edition. No flaws Unusual plastic shifting ima...

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    Seeing: Doubletakes

    Robert, Francois

    Signed. Similar to the photographer's title "Faces", this features color and b&w photos of everyday objects that appear to the viewer as faces....

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    A Singing Reed

    Iris, Scharmel

    Apparently, according to the available biography, Iris was a con man, plagiarist, forger, impostor... and poet. This slim volume of poetry is VG in...

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    The Country Dance Book

    Tolman, Beth and Page, Ralph

    Illustrated by Tolman, F.W.P.. Not ex-library. Red cloth boards, with minimal soil and wear, interior clean and tight. Some foxing page ends. Cloth...

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    Enchanted Streets: The Unlikely Adventures of an Urban Nature Lover

    Dubkin, Leonard

    Illustrated by Sandoz, Edouard. A charming little volume of urban naturalism from this Chicago author. Inscribed on front endpaper by the author to...

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    Tequila: A Traditional Art of Mexico

    Sanchez, Alberto Ruy

    A lavishly illustrated book on Tequila, the national drink of Mexico. First printing, NF in a like jacket. A minor bump to bottom front edge, remai...

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    A Dictionary of Yiddish Slang

    Kogos, Fred

    Slim volume of Yiddish slang expressions. For a vintage paperback, in very good condition - minimal wear, with some light browning to page edges. ...

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    Dictionary of Biological Equivalents:German-English

    Artschwager, Ernst

    Apparent first printing of this German-English medical dictionary, with lists of common German abbreviations, irregular verbs, and diagrams of vari...

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    Die Heliotherapie

    Rollier, Auguste

    Subtitled "Funfundvierzig [45]-j?hrige. Erfahrungen mit d. Sonnenkur insbes. bei d. chirurgischen Tuberkulose", this appears to be a medical text b...

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    Our Lady of the Lost and Found

    Schoemperlen, Diane

    A very nice copy of this novel about a woman visited by the Virgin Mary. Like--really visited--Mary brings a suitcase and stays a while. NF in a li...

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