Burnside Rare Books

London: Faber and Faber. First edition, first printing. Very Good with cloth heavily faded at edges and moderately faded at spine. Foxing to end sheets and lightly to edge of page block. In a Very Good+ dust jacket with publisher's price intact, light edge wear, and a bit of rubbing...

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New York: The Viking Press, 1949. New York: The Viking Press, 1949. 139 pp. First edition, first printing, first state in first issue jacket. All first points present: stated "First published by the Viking Press, Inc. in March 1949" at top of copyright page with "American Book-Stratford Press" mention below;...

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Albuquerque: Loujon Press, 1970. First edition, memorial issue. xii, [1]-45 [46-50]. Folio. Quarto spiralbound book in dazzling unprinted foil wrapper, with twelve lithographed broadside reproductions of watercolors, plus frontis and special colophon/title leaf, enclosed in orange publisher's folding cloth clamshell box. While printed in 1970, this is one of only...

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Vienna: Montessori-Schule Wien, [1926]. Limited first edition of 100 copies handsigned by Montessori on the copyright page, number 75. (1923 only date mentioned but Montessori Research Europe Newsletter 1/2011 makes case for late 1926 publication date.) 119pp. Green cloth lettered in gilt. In German. Near Fine with clean pages and...

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. First edition stated, first printing. Signed by Julia Child and Simone Beck on the title page. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Light shelf wear, light rubbing and scuff to spine cloth. Light soiling to page block. A lovely copy of the first printing...

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Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas, 1973. First edition. xxiii, 267pp. Purple cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good+ with foxed edges and a few of former owner's penciled notes, in slightly soiled and shelf-worn unclipped dust jacket. Binding a little strained from laid-in letters. A collaboration of two titans in the...

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. First edition, limited issue. Copy #392 of a limited 510, signed by Ernest Hemingway on the limitation page. Publisher's pale green paper covered boards over vellum spine, black leather title label to spine stamped in gilt, in publisher's leaf-patterned slip case with red title...

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London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1954. First edition, first printing in first state jacket priced at 12s 6d net. 248pp. Original red cloth with white spine lettering. Very Good with stains and slight bowing to boards, light foxing to edges, in original dust jacket with some offsetting from tape on...

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New York: Maecenas Press - Random House, 1969. Signed by Salvador Dali. Folio. Publisher's leather backed linen clam shell case with perfectly intact leather straps and horn claps. Limited edition, copy #1271 of 2,500, signed by Salvador Dali on the title page, containing twelve color illustrations, each with an original...

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New York: Dot Books, 1973. First edition. Signed by Richard Hell on fake author bio at front: "March 15 1996 For Marlene to improve her library (heh heh) xxx Theresa Stern + Richard." 32pp. with one page publisher list at rear. Illustrated black stiff wraps. An unread copy, Fine with...

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First edition, first printing. 216pp. Original black cloth ruled in red with silver lettering. Near Fine with publisher's name at foot rubbed, slightly bumped bottom front corner, pages toned with age. No jacket. A single page (211) opened incorrectly by printer. A very neat...

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New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1969. First edition stated, first printing. Very Good, with reading crease to spine, light touches of rubbing to cloth at tips, offsetting to gutters at front and rear end sheets. In a Very Good dust jacket with price of $4.50 intact, light toning and...

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