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On the Nightmare

by Jones, Ernest

Description: Very Good + in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. In search of the mysterious often terrifying phenomenon of the nightmare. Both book and DJ are in very good conition, with a tear on the upper edge of the spine. Otherwise a bright clean copy. Read More

Tree of Death

by Muller, Marcia

Description: Near Fine. Signed by Author First UK Edition. Signed by Author. A near fine copy. Hardcover, 12mo.; pictorial boards; no jacket; slight rubbing to cover, else clean and bright. Protected in archival mylar. Uncommon. 006878 Read More

Journal of Negro History, Vol. 8

by Woodson, Carter G.

Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Excellent reference copy and in very good condition. Read More

Avenue Bearing the Initial of Christ Into the New World

by Kinnell, Galway

Description: Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Soft Cover. Good +. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Uncorrected proof of Kinnells poems, 1946-1964. Book has a small tear on the upper portion of spine, and some sunning as well. Spine also has a handwritten title along it. Otherwise a nice copy. Read More

Of the Vocation of Our Age for Legislation and Jurisprudence

by Von Savigny, Frederick Charles

Description: Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Full-Leather. No Jacket as Issued. Privately Printed. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Near Fine reprint. First published in 1814; covers Jurisprudence in the 18th century. French philosophy of Law. Purple/Blue full leather with gilt decorations and edges. A handsome copy. Read More

Legal and Political Hermeneutics

by Lieber, Francis

Description: Near Fine. No Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Full-Leather. No Jacket as Issued. Privately Printed. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Near Fine reprint. Copy number 2606. Originally published in 1839 in New York. Subtitled "Elementary Principles of Interpretation and Construction in Law and Politics." Blue full leather; gilt decorations and edges. Previous owners neat bookplate inside front cover. A handsome copy. Read More

Eneas Africanus

by Edwards, Harry Stillwell, Illustrated By Ernest Townsend

Description: Ernest Townsend. Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Cloth Green. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover. Children's edition. Bright green cloth, very good, no jacket. The eight-year wanderings of Eneas through 7 Southern states; reprint from a 1920 first printing. Read More

Your Skin in This Weather Bourne Eye-Threads & Swollen Perfume

by Stockholder, Jessica

Description: Near Fine. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall First Edition. Subtitled "Threads & Swollen Perfume". Near Fine. Published for an exhibition October 5, 1995, thru June 23, 1996. Hardcover, thin quarto, green leatherette, orange titles, no jacket as issued. A clean and tight copy. Read More

The Other Fellow

by Smith, F. Hopkinson

Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall 1899 First Thus Edition. Very Good in a Good only dustjacket. Kentucky slave stories written first-hand in heavy Black vernacular. Hardcover; small octavo; yellow decorative boards; dustjacket present but rubbed and generally worn with age. Scarce in dustjacket. Read More