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The Decisive Moment Simon and Schuster in collaboration with Editions Verve of Paris, NY 1952 - Unpaginated. Folio, 37 x 27.5. 126 full-page photographs with cover designed and executed by Henri Matisse. This the American edition from the French edition by Verve, "Images a La Sauvette." Engraving and printing by Draeger Freres, Paris. " The Decisive Moment" Captions laid-in. Considered the father of modern photojournalism, he used a 35 mm Leica camera, composing in the view finder, and what he saw you got -- no cropping or dark room manipulation. Clean, fresh copy, some cellotape repairs to spine. Orig. pictorial boards. Very good [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA] 
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The Natural New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1952. First edition, first printing. In Very Good condition. Bumping to page corners. Front paste down and front and rear end papers have labels and markings. Exterior shows sunning to spine, edge wear, and uneven discoloration. In a facsimile dust jacket. [Bookseller: Burnside Rare Books]
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Jura. La Chaux-de-Fonds, La Cité du Livre, 1952. - Gr. in-4°, 178p. Edition de luxe imprimée sur vélin à la cuve et illustrée de 34 pointes-sèches originales de André Jacquemin. Tirage total 190 exemplaires. Celui-ci un des 15 exemplaires accompagnés d'une suite des pointes-sèches tirée sur Japon. Sans doute le plus bel ouvrage paru sur le Jura au XXe siècle. Magnifique exemplaire, évidemment fort rare avec la suite. en feuilles, sous couverture imprimée rempliée, chemise et étui. [Bookseller: Le Cabinet d'Amateur]
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LES BUCOLIQUES Pharmaciens Bibliophiles 1952 - VIRGILE LES BUCOLIQUES Texte établi et traduit par un auteur incertain M.DCC.LI. Gravures sur cuivre de Marcel ROCHE 1952, éditions des Pharmaciens Bibliophiles imprimée sur les presses de Fequet et Baudier pour le texte et par Camille Quesneville pour les gravures In-4( 25 x 31,5 cm), 159 pages en feuillets libres sous chemise rempliée et boitier cartonné illustré de 11 gravures hors texte et 22 gravures in texte de Marcel ROCHE (1890-1959), serpentes Exemplaire n° II nominatif pour M.Bonvoisin, tirage total à 190 exemplaires numérotés de 1 à 150 et de I à XL on y joint le menu du diner des pharmaciens bibliophiles donné à l'hôtel Lutétia à Paris le 10 février 1953, ce menu est illustré d'une gravure sur cuivre numéroté 38/65 avec envoi et signature autographe de Marcel Roche, on y ajoute quelques pages de biographie de l'illustrateur par Anne-Marie Dyèvre Etat : infimes frottements au boitier, papier bien blanc, bel exemplaire bien complet Poids : 2,100 kg [Attributes: Signed Copy; Soft Cover] [Bookseller: Librairie KPMA Sarl]
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How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (1st printing) Simon & Schuster, New York 1952 - Simon and Schuster. New York. 1952. 148 pages. First Edition. First Printing. First Edition stated on the copyright page. Original first issue DJ with $2.50 price intact on the DJ flap. An uncommon first printing. The basis for the Broadway play and the motion picture. The book is tight and clean internally. Green cloth panels show only slightest rubbing along the corners. Mild uneven toning to green cloth. Vintage signature on FFEP from previous owner. Most minor soiling (barely). The yellow DJ shows rubbing and chipping along the edges. An open chip to the DJ along the base of the backstrip. VG in VG dj. A scarce first printing of the modern day classic from 1952. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Medium Rare Books LLC]
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To Catch a Thief - NY: Random House, 1952. Hard Cover w/ DJ. First Edition, First Printing (stated with no additional printings are indicated). Text is clean and solid, no names or markings. Lower text block is lightly stained. Not ex-library. Bindings are strong, showing little wear. Cover corners and spine ends are lightly bumped and the endpapers are lightly discolored. The white DJ shows edge wear and small closed tears and lightly chipped on spine ends. Also shows rubbing and light soiling. The DJ is not price clipped ($2.50) and is protected in mylar jacket. Book and DJ condition: VG. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Needham Book Finders]
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Die Schweiz baut. Ein Reisebericht in und durch die Schweiz. Ergänzungsbericht zum Bericht vom Oktober 1951. Hamburg, Eigenverlag, 1952.. 46 hektographierte Bll. mit 98 mont. Photographien sowie mont. Plänen und Kartenausschnitten. 4°, illustr. Broschur.. Dähn war leitender Baudirektor in Hamburg und maßgeblich am Wiederaufbau der Stadt nach 1945 beteiligt. Die 1951 mit einer Reihe von Architekten, Geschäftsführern von Baugenossenschaften u.a. unternommene Reise in die Schweiz "diente dem Studium des Wohnungsbaues, insbesondere aber dem Studium von Wohnsiedlungsanlagen und deren gärtnerische Gestaltung." Den Berichten von Besichtigungen verschiedener Schweizer Siedlungen gehen eine Teilnehmerliste mit Reiseplan, ein kurzer Bericht über den Zustand der Stadt Kassel als auch der aufgesuchten Hotels u. benutzten Landstraßen voraus. Diesem folgt ein Kapitel über die Vorteile der Summaheizung u. über deren Besichtigung in Darmstadt u. Mannheim samt damit verbundender Unterlagen für das Amt für Wohnungswesen in Hamburg. Folgende Schweizer Orte wurden aufgesucht u. photographiert: Freudenstadt, Zürich (Alsbisriederstraße, Siedlung am Katzenbach, Neubühl), Basel, Bern, Interlaken, Altdorf, Vierwaldstätter See, Luzern, Genfer See, Genf, Lausanne, Montreux. - Mit 2 Finanzierungs- u. Baukostenübersichten. - Guter Zustand. [Bookseller: Antiquariat Galerie Joy]
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Chansons Polulaires Lattonnes - Latviesu Tautas Dziesmas (12 Vol.) Imata, Copenhagen 1952 - 12 Volumes , beige cloth binding with silver band on front panel, title on brown label on spine cover all 12 volumes in fine condition, binding tight and square no damage, spine cover lightly darkened, Vol.X top edge spotted. Text clean and unmarked, no names ,no stamps. Collection of historical latvian folksongs [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover] [Bookseller: H&G Antiquarian Books]
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The Ivory Grin Alfred A. Knopf 1952 - Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Second Printing, May 1952 stated on the copyright page. Book has slight edge wear and fading along top edges. The dust jacket has the original price of $2.50 printed on the front flap. Negligible chipping at the corners and spine ends. Comes housed in a custom slipcase. [Attributes: Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Bookbid]
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East of Eden New York: Viking Press, 1952. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very good. First Edition, First printing with all the points.* Book is tight, straight, square with even pages and good tips. Some light foxing to fore-edges. Interior is clean. No writing, bookplate or marks and not BC, ex-library or remaindered. Dust jacket is not price clipped. Some soiling and chips and wear to points and extremities (see photos.) Protected in a Brodart cover. Basis for the film starring James Dean in his first major screen role and nominated for four Academy Awards. *The first trade edition states "First published by The Viking Press in September 1952" on the copyright page with no statements of subsequent printings, and 1952 on the title page. Boards are light green. Dust jacket has Steinbeck's photo on rear with no blurbs. The first state has "bite" on page 281, line 38. This was corrected to "bight" during the first printing and stands corrected in subsequent printings. [Bookseller: Armadillo Alley Books]
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Nouvelle Series XXe Siecle 3 Art et Poesie Depuis Apollinaire Paris: Cahiers d?Art, San Lazzaro, 1952 Pictorial cover by Apollinaire: Calligramme. With four original lithographs by Miro, Calder, Henri Michaux, and Giacometti (double page). Beginning with N.3 of the Nouvelle Series, Gualtiero di San Lazzaro introduced the supplement: Chroniques du Jour, where the most importants, French and international, artistic movements and art shows, will be discussed. This copy is very good condition. Text in French. More Pictures on request [Bookseller: Marninart, Inc (ABAA-ILAB)]
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Hohe Eule. Heimatblatt für Stadt und Kreis Reichenbach (Eulengebirge). Unabhängige Zeitschrift zur Erhaltung und Vertiefung heimatlicher Verbundenheit. 32 Jahrgänge / 2. Jahrgang - 33. Jahrgang, 1952-1985 in 11 einheitlichen Leinen-Einbänden . Ludwig, Warendorf, 1952-1985. Zusammen circa 6600 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen, Leinen, Quart. - sehr gute Exemplare - [Bookseller: Celler Versandantiquariat, Einzelunterne]
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FORT CONCHO AND THE TEXAS FRONTIER San Angelo Standard-Times, 1952., 1952. First edition. 8vo. Presentation inscription by the author, "For Ken Huddleston, Nov. 1, 1987 – Ken: I won’t try to recount it here, but next time we get together for a leisurely visit I’ll relate, for the record, something of the story of the making of this book – which, from the standpoint of art, printing and binding, I’ll personally guarantee to be sound –J Evetts Haley (brand)". Cloth, 352 pp., illus., 4 maps & diagram of the fort. Designed and produced by Carl Hertzog. Illus. by H.D. Bugbee. Maps by Jose Cisneros. A truly great history of the West Texas frontier. "Fort Concho was not only the center of significant events; it was the geographic and strategic hinge upon which history swung. From this vital pivot swung the great campaigns that swept the Comanches off the southern plains, that blocked at last the renegade Apaches along the Mexican border, and that extended a generally protective shield across the heart of Texas...by the very magnitude of its stage and the vital movements of its time, it was destined to occupy a place in history."--J. Evetts Haley. "This is one of the best books about any of the vital string of federal forts established in West Texas to tame the frontier."--John H. Jenkins. A "must" for any Texana or Indian Wars collection. Fine, tight copy, in lightly rubbed dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Highly recommended. Becoming scarce. [Bookseller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS]
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The Old Man and the Sea New York: Charles Scribner's & Sons, 1952. First edition. Octavo, original light blue cloth. Fine in a fine first issue price-clipped dust jacket without the usual fade to the spine. A superior copy. Upon its publication in 1952 by Charles Scribner's Sons, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction the following year and was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954. The novel reinvigorated Hemingway's literary reputation. It initiated a reexamination of his entire body of work. The novel was received with such alacrity, that it restored many readers' confidence in Hemingway's capability as an author. Indeed, the publisher even wrote on an early dust jacket, calling the novel a "new classic," and it was compared by many critics to such revered works as William Faulkner's "The Bear" and Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. [Bookseller: Raptis Rare Books, ABAA/ ILAB]
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Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway (First Ed) New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. 140 p. Blue cloth with silver lettering. First edition, first printing. (All points present: letter "A" on copyright page with publisher's seal; no deboss spot on back board. Jacket has photo of Hemingway in olive ink, no mention of book club on front flap or Nobel mention.) Good- in Very Good dust jacket. Clean text. Previous owner name in ink on front paste down. Spine letting rubbed off; rubbing, staining. and fading to cloth. Endpapers have foxing. The dust jacket presents well, chipped at head, nick in spine, wear at extremities, price intact ($3.00). [Bookseller: Burnside Rare Books]
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The Old Man and the Sea New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,, 1952. Octavo. Original light blue calico-grain cloth, spine lettered in silver, author's name to front board in blind. With the pictorial dust jacket. Spine faded, some white spotting to the boards; a very good copy in the bright jacket that has a toned spine and rear panel, extremities rubbed and nicks to the spine ends. First edition, first printing. [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]
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Invisible Man New York: Random House, 1952. First Edition. Ellison's first novel, which he began writing while serving in the Merchant Marines during World War II. "The story begins with a terrifying odyssey of one man's search for his own identity through his high school days to the campus of a Southern Negro college and then to New York's Harlem. Here the main character becomes involved in a series of complex adventures, deceltions and betrayals, as much by himself and his own illusions. His heroes have an identity and yet he ends up as a nonentity." Winner of the National Book Award in 1953, and cited in The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels list (#19), Invisible Man remains one of the 20th century's most enduring works on the Black experience in America. BLOCKSON 86; COAN p.187. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); two-tone black and beige cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in white and dark gray on spine; black topstain; dustjacket; 439pp. Hint of offsetting to front endpaper, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.50), with Gordon Parks' photo of Ellison on rear panel; subtle, professional restoration to spine ends and corners (. [Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books]
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Selbstbildnis vor der Staffelei (Winterbild). 1952. Farblithographie in Schwarz-Braun, Hellblau und Ocker. U.l. innerhalb der Darst.: CA, rechts unten in Bleistift signiert. . 27,8 : 17,8 cm auf weissem Bütten 30 : 21 cm.. Arntz 155. - Eines von 400 signierten Exemplaren als Neujahrsblatt 1952/593. - Drucker: Wolfsberg, Zürich. Mit Schrift im unteren Bildrand: "S'Winterchindli luegt do ine / Was macht ächt au dä Ma do inne? / Aer macht was är nit cha lo si / Aer molt und het si Freud derbi". [Bookseller: Gerhard Zähringer Antiquariat und Galeri]
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Charlotte's Web New York: Harper and Brothers,, 1952. Pictures by Garth Williams. Octavo. Original light brown linen, titles to spine and front board in black and light blue, blue and white spider-web patterned endpapers. With the pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by Garth Williams. Extremities slightly rubbed, text block a touch strained but still firm, light stains to text block, mainly to margin but occasionally affecting text. A very good copy in a price-clipped, gently toned jacket with a few small nicks. First edition, first printing. Presentation copy inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title: "For Debbie with best wishes, sincerely Garth Williams". [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]
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Bird-Dieties in China Ascona: Artibus Asiae, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brick cloth lettered in gilt. Very good/No Dust Jacket. 191 pages in text. Folio, 32 x 24 cm. Limited edition, copy 18 of 350. Sixty-one full page plates. extensive List of References, Index of Subjects and Places. In myths from China and Japan, the phoenix does not emerge from a fire but instead causes itself to be reborn during times of good fortune. Cultures in northern Europe and Asia credited birds with establishing their social orders, especially kingships. The Japanese believed that sacred birds guided their second emperor in conquering his enemies before the founding of his dynasty. [Bookseller: Royoung bookseller, Inc. ]
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Apollinaire (Matisse, Henri). Rouveyre, AndrÈ. Apollinaire. Paris: Raisons dí...tre, 1952. #233 of 300 copies. (Entire edition 350: 30 signed by author and artists with a suite of lithographs. 20 copies hors commerce number I to XX; 300 as this.) Folio. (327 x 255mm; 13 ? x 10\"). Unbound as issued in forty eight signatures. Illustrated with 1 aquatint for the frontis, 7 lithographs in black, with 6 hors text et one cul-de-lampe, lettrines in linogravure. Very fine copy with original glassine. In original folding chimese and slipcase (a few tiny nicks) both printed in original lithographs by Matisse. Text Coulouma, Paris; Lithograph cover and slipcase by Mourlot Paris (24 April 1952. For full description see: http://www.goldenlegend.com/pdfs/Matisseapolo.pdf [Bookseller: Golden Legend, Inc.]
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The Nymphs of Fiesole. With the woodcuts made by Bartolommeo di Giovanni for a lost quattrocento edition, which were used to illustrate various later texts and have now been reassembled and recut. - Verona, Officina Bodoni 1952. 28,7 : 19,5 cm. 2 w.Bl., XI,(1), 127,(3) S., 1 w.Bl. Mit 23 Orig.-Holzschnitten von Fritz Kredel nach B. di Giovanni u. 1 Fasimile nach dem Titelblatt der Erstausgabe von 1597. Orig.-HPergamentband mit Rtitel in Gold, Goldfileten, Buntpapierbezug in violettem Wellenmuster, handumst. Kapital u. KGoldschnitt. Mardersteig 102. - Handpressendruck in 225 nummerierten Exemplaren in Griffo-Type auf handgeschöpftem Fabriano-Bütten. - Englischer Text nach der französischen Übertragung von A. Guerin. - Nachwort von Giovanni Mardersteig. - Tadelloses Exemplar des wichtigen Drucks der Presse. [Attributes: First Edition] [Bookseller: Gerhard Zähringer, Antiquariat & Galerie]
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LIFE ON THE TEXAS RANGE Austin: University of Texas Press, 1952., 1952. Photos by Erwin E. Smith. Text by J. Evetts Haley. First edition. Quarto. From the library of Al Lowman. Inscribed, "For Al Lowman who too belongs to the Texas range. J. Evetts Haley." Decorated cloth, 112 pp., pictorial endpapers, frontis., 80 photographs by Smith. Laid-in is a prospectus that promotes the sale of the book before publication, plus related newspaper clippings in facsimile. Fine in a pictorial slipcase with light wear to the edges. SIX SCORE 55. HERD 966. 44/44 69. DOBIE p.119. ROBINSON 110. DYKES HIGH SPOTS 120. [Bookseller: BUCKINGHAM BOOKS ]
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Femton Dikter. Inledning av E. Tykesson. Mit 7 sign. Orig.-Farbradierungen von J. Friedlaender. Stockholm, Bibliofila Klubben 1952.. Lose Lagen in Orig.-Umschlag in Orig.-Halbpergamentschuber mit goldgepr. RTitel. 30 : 24 cm. - 1 von 88 num. Exemplaren. - Die Radierungen gedruckt auf mit Wasserzeichen versehenem Bütten mit der Handpresse von G. Leblanc, Paris. Titel und Text in Braunrot und Schwarz. Frühe und seltene Illustrationsarbeit von Friedlaender. - Gutes Exemplar. - Not in Schmücking. - 1 of 88 numb. copies. With 7 signed orig. etchings in colors by J. Friedlaender. Loose sheets in orig. wrappers in orig. half vellum slipcase with gilt lettering. Early and rare illustration by Friedlaender. - Fine copy.. [Bookseller: Ketterer Kunst GmbH vorm. F. Dörling Gmb]
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The Hoods Crown Publishers, New York 1952 - First edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with rubbing and tiny tears, mostly at the spine ends, and a bit of foxing on the rear panel. Fictionalized autobiography of a Jewish gangster and his friend and partner that was the basis for the controversial Sergio Leone film, *Once Upon a Time in America,* with a great cast featuring James Wood, Robert DeNiro, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday Weld, Burt Young, Joe Pesci, and Danny Aiello. A lovely and exceptionally scarce title. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover] [Bookseller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA]
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East of Eden NY, Viking, 1952, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. This flawed masterpiece was the big book which Steinbeck waited all his life to write, it was the source for the film classic directed by Elia Kazan and which starred the legendary James Dean as Cal in his first film role, Goldstone & Payne A32b, Morrow 218. Bookplate of a noted Steinbeck collector, near fine. [Bookseller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman]
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The Film of Murder in the Cathedral London: Faber and Faber Limited,, 1952. Octavo. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in silver and purple on blue, top edge blue. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece, 5 colour plates, 48 monochrome plates. Ownership signature to the front free endpaper and bookseller's ticket to the front pastedown. Occasional minor foxing to contents, endpapers browned. A very good copy in the foxed jacket that has some nicks to the extremities. First edition, first impression. Signed by T. S. Eliot on the title page. [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]
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The Nymphs of Fiesole. With the woodcuts made by Bartolommeo di Giovanni for a lost quattrocento edition, which were used to illustrate various later texts and have now been reassembled and recut. . Verona, Officina Bodoni 1952. 28,7 : 19,5 cm. 2 w.Bl., XI,(1), 127,(3) S., 1 w.Bl. Mit 23 Orig.-Holzschnitten von Fritz Kredel nach B. di Giovanni u. 1 Fasimile nach dem Titelblatt der Erstausgabe von 1597. Orig.-HPergamentband mit Rtitel in Gold, Goldfileten, Buntpapierbezug in violettem Wellenmuster, handumst. Kapital u. KGoldschnitt.. Mardersteig 102. - Handpressendruck in 225 nummerierten Exemplaren in Griffo-Type auf handgeschöpftem Fabriano-Bütten. - Englischer Text nach der französischen Übertragung von A. Guerin. - Nachwort von Giovanni Mardersteig. - Tadelloses Exemplar des wichtigen Drucks der Presse. [Bookseller: Gerhard Zähringer Antiquariat und Galeri]
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The Old Man and the Sea Charles Scribner's 1952. Hardcover Book Condition: Very Good Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Charles Scribner's, New York 1952. First Edition / First Printing. Scribner's "A" with the Seal, no additional printings. Blue cloth boards with silver lettering. Jacket priced at $3.00. Book Condition: Very Good+, tight spine, clean pages. Fading at the foot of the boards, shelf wear. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good, shelf wear, chipping. Rubbing, short tear. Wrapped in a new mylar cover. [Bookseller: 1st Editions and Antiquarian Books]
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Bonner historische Forschungen. Hrsg. von Max Braubach, ab. Bd. 33 von Stephan Skalweit. Bde. 1-52 (ohne 46). Bonn, Röhrscheid, 1952-1984.. Gr.-8°. Hln./Ln., Bd. 43 und ab Bd. 45: Orig.-Kart. (Bibl.-Expl. m. R.-Sign., hs. Besitzvermerk a. Tit.-Rückseite).. <br><i>Versand mit Post/DHL; D: 3-5 Tage; EU: 5-10 Tage</i> [Bookseller: Antiquariat Clemens Lehmann-Dronke]
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East of Eden . NY, Viking, 1952, first edition, dust jacket. Hardcover. Wood grain slipcase, one of 1,500 copies Signed by Steinbeck, this was the book he waited all his life to write, the result is a flawed masterpiece, but it is a masterpiece nonetheless, it is also the source for the film version that launched the brief, but brilliant career of James Dean, it was also the source for a Broadway musical and a television mini-series, Goldstone & Payne A32a, Morrow 217. Absolutely fine, very scarce in this condition and especially scarce with both the acetate jacket and slipcase, this is the best copy we have ever seen. [Bookseller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman ]
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Kiss Me, Deadly (First Edition) New York: E. P. Dutton, 1952. First Edition. First Edition. Jacket is the variant with the triangular device at the top right corner of the front panel (one of two designs, no priority). & & Spillane's seventh novel and the basis for the hard-boiled film noir, directed by Robert Aldrich, scripted by A.I. Bezzerides and starring Ralph Meeker as Mike Hammer. The violent and inventive film was a major influence on the French New Wave directors and enjoys a considerable cult following. & & Near Fine in a bright, about Near Fine dust jacket. Jacket is lightly rubbed at corners, with a faint vertical crease at the spine, and a thin blue horizontal strip across the top and bottom of the white rear panel (from an old Brodart protector). For this title, an exceptionally nice copy overall.& & Penzler, Mickey Spillane, p. 13. [Bookseller: Royal Books, Inc.]
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Chapter Thirty-four From the Novel East of Eden Bronxville, privately printed, 1952, first edition, wrappers. Softcover. First separate printing of this chapter from Steinbeck's big, rambling flawed masterpiece, Steinbeck writes beautifully how there is only one story -- the struggle between good and evil, one of 125 copies printed on the hand-press by Valenti Angelo, bound in limp buff wrappers, this is variant 2 with the title page containing a red and black rectangular design of leafy and bare branches between the title and "PRIVATELY PRINTED 1952" with the limitation notice on page 10 (although the pages are unnumbered), the variants are believed to be trial copies, no priority has been determined, Goldstone & Payne A32d, not recorded by Morrow, this was John DePol's copy with his spare bookplate, DePol (1913-2004) was an artist and one of America's foremost printmakers and wood engravers, his prints can be found in the permanent collections of many libraries and museums, he contributed to publications by the Allen Press, Red Ozier Press, Stone House Press, and others, The Book Club of California recently produced a major work on him (John DePol A Catalogue Raisonne of His Graphic Work 1935-1998). The usual age-toning, else fine. [Bookseller: James M. Dourgarian, Bookman]
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PAPYRUS, OR THE CRAFT OF PAPER. Translated by Eric Laughton The Paper Publications Society, Hilversum, Holland 1952 - 8vo. stiff hand-made paper wrappers, marbled paper-covered cardboard slipcase with paper cover and spine labels. (ii), 68, (2) pages. First edition in English, limited to 200 numbered copies. With a three page foreword by E.J. Labarre. This is the first translation of this 17th century poem on hand-papermaking into English and one of the best guides that we have to the technical aspects of papermaking during the early years. Produced on the handmade paper of J. Barcham Green. Slipcase rubbed along edges. An uncommon title. stiff hand-made paper wrappers, marbled paper-covered cardboard slipcase with paper cover and spine labels [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover] [Bookseller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB]
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Charlotte's Web. Pictures by Garth Williams. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1952 - Octavo. Original light brown linen, titles to spine and front board in black and light blue, blue and white spider-web patterned endpapers. With the pictorial dust jacket. Extremities slightly rubbed, text block a touch strained but still firm, light stains to text block, mainly to margin but occasionally affecting text. A very good copy in a price-clipped, gently toned jacket with a few small nicks. Illustrated throughout by Garth Williams. First edition, first printing. Presentation copy inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title: "For Debbie with best wishes, sincerely Garth Williams". [Bookseller: Peter Harrington. ABA member]
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MY LIFE'S HISTORY New York: Harper, (1952). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in tissue dustwrapper with minor chips and a Fine slipcase. Bound in half red morocco leather and decorative boards. Illustrated with facsimiles of letters and 16 full-color plates of her paintings. One of 270 numbered copies of this beautiful book SIGNED by the artist on the limitation page. [Bookseller: Charles Agvent]
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In Country Sleep and Other Poems New York: New Directions, 1952. Slim small 4to, 34, (1, colophon)pp. Original green-gray boards, dust-jacket browned and chipped at head. Photo of Thomas pasted to title-page, another clipped from a magazine loosely inserted. Bookplate of Mrs. A.M. Huntington New York. First US edition. Signed ÒDylan ThomasÓ at the front and dated ÒOctober 1953Ó -- just days before his death in NY on Nov. 9th after going into a coma on Nov. 4th. As he only arrived in New York on October 19 for what would be his final tour, this book must have been signed in those two weeks between his arrival and his death. A poignant association copy though for whom it was signed one can only guess -- perhaps Mrs. Huntington whose modest book-label under the d/j flap seems to have been there since publication. The book includes ÒDo not go gentle into that good nightÓ, perhaps his most famous poem, which appears here for the first time in America. [Bookseller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller]
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