Recent Arrivals from Lorne Bair Rare Books

Paris: Présence Africaine, [1970]. First Edition. 12mo (18cm.); original white pictorial wrappers; 206,[1]pp.; 6 leaves of plain photographic plates printed on rectos and versos. Fine. Special emphasis on cross country and track and field; also includes chapters devoted to sports in specific cities (Abidjan, Dakar), as well as chapters on basketball, boxing, judo, table tennis, and women athletes. … Read more about this item

New York: Award Books, [1969]. First Edition. 12mo (17.5cm.); original pictorial card wrappers; 185,[7](ads)pp; line drawings throughout by Lawrence F. Sykes. Textblock uniformly toned, else Fine.

[N.p: 1881]. Octavo broadside (24cm x 16cm). Printed in black in a single column; seventeen lines of type including three-line heading; first three lines separated by triple rules. Slight rippling and adhesions to verso where removed from an album, still complete and Very Good. Broadside extra from an American newspaper identified only as the "Index," announcing the imminent… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1831. First American Edition. 16mo (14.5cm). Calf-backed marbled boards; 216pp. A strong, Very Good copy, lightly worn and with a private shelf label at base of spine. Pencil subject index added on front free endpaper. Ownership signature of Henry W. Tovey (Harvard historian) to flyleaf. A noted anti-labor tract by the British author… Read more about this item

London: Gollancz, 1964. First U.K. Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's deep red cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 176pp. Clean and bright with only light wear and bumping to the extremities and spine ends, in a bright and striking yellow dustjacket with some totally unnecessary tape reinforcment to the verso. A very good copy indeed. One of Freeling's wildly… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner's, 1980. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo. 21.5cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled in silver gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 240pp. Very light rubbing and wear to extremities in a clean, bright dustjacket with some very minor traces of wear to the extremities. A very good copy indeed. Internally clean. A complex novel ostensibly dealing with a mysterious… Read more about this item

London: Gollancz, 1983. First Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's bright red cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 184pp. A fine copy in dustjacket, bright, clean, and with minimal wear. Internally clean with a signed authorial bookplate laid in at the front. A strikingly British murder mystery involving an eccentric family in a sprawling house on the edge of Dartmoor,… Read more about this item

New York: Arcade Publishing, 1999. First English Language Edition. Narrow octavo; black cloth spine over red cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; 151pp. Tight, unmarked copy, Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $18.95 on front flap); crisp, clean and unworn, Fine or very nearly so. This collection of Cioran's aphorisms, originally published in 1952 by Gallimard, was his… Read more about this item

Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1970. First English Language Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; pink topstain; 183,[3]pp. Tight, clean, Near Fine copy, free of markings or notable wear. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $5.95 on front flap), lightly toned and soiled on lighter portions, Very Good+. The second of the Romanian philosopher's works to be… Read more about this item

Crozet, VA: Crossing Point, 2001. First Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Publisher's decorated card wraps. 572pp. Claen and sharp, some very light wear to extremities, a very good copy. Internally clean. Collected testimony from a number of qualified witnesses regarding military or government cover ups and conspiracies.

New York: New Directions, 1956. First Edition. Tall octavo. Cloth-backed patterned boards; dustjacket; 117pp. Gentle fading to board edges; front endpapers faintly foxed, else a tght, clean, Very Good or better copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.50 on front flap), slightly sunned on lighter portions and rubbed on lower third of spine, Very Good.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1864. First Edition. Octavo. 23cm. Contemporary half brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards. 607pp. Some light scuffing and wear to binding extremities, with some signs of cosmetic conservation to the fore-edges of the binding, and some rubbing to the paper covered boards. All edges marbled. Strong and solid, a very good copy. Internally… Read more about this item

New York: Covici-Friede, 1938. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (28cm); taupe cloth, blocked and titled in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; unpaginated [96]pp; photographically illustrated. Gently spine-sunned, lightly shelfworn, with foxing to spine, joints, board edges, and upper edge of textblock; pronounced offsetting to gutters at endpapers from binder's glue, though text and illustrations are mostly clean;… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1964. First Edition. Octavo. 22cm. Publisher's grey cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 234pp. Light bumping to spine ends and some faint sunning of the cloth at edges, in a clean, bright example of the dustjacket with a couple of closed tears. A very good, bright copy. Internally clean, top edge stained orange. The… Read more about this item

Boulder, Co: Cassandra Press, 1985. First Edition. Quarto. 25.5cm. Publisher's decorated card wraps titled to spine and front panel. 296pp. Some marginal wear and creasing clean and bright, a little dog-earing to the front cover. A very good strong copy. Internally clean, small corner of paper missing to top of title page. A surprisingly scarce and rather dauntingly detailed… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1960. First Edition. Octavo. 20cm. Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 167pp. Bumping to corners and spine ends, clean and presentable in a strong pictorial dustjacket with some toning to edges and spine panel, and a faint cup ring to the front panel. A good, bright copy in dustjacket. Internally clean. Waugh's… Read more about this item

No Imprint: For The Author, n.d. [1935 -1948]. Three pieces of promotional ephemera, produced for Ray Myers during the 1940's and later. Comprising: Pamphlet, 23cm x 15cm. Original grey card wraps, titled in black to front wrap. Clean and sharp with a small closed tear to the upper of the fore-edge, not interfering with text. Signed in pencil by… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1953. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); two-tone yellow and blue cloth, with titles stamped in alternate colors on spine and front panel; dustjacket; [xiv],428pp. Tiny crimp to cloth at crown, faint foxing to upper edge of textblock, else a clean, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95), with light wear to spine… Read more about this item

New York: Light Impressions Corporation, n.d. [1975]. First, Limited Edition. 4to. 30cm x 23.5. Limited to 50 copies only. Publisher's grey paper-faced card portfolio, titled to a paper label applied to the front panel, minor rubbing and scuffing to extremities, purely superficial, and a little soiling to the white paper label. Portfolio perhaps a trifle flattened, but essentially a… Read more about this item

London: Chapman and Hall, 1961. First Edition. Octavo. 19cm. Publisher's dark blue cloth titled in gilt to spine. Dustjacket. 311pp. Sharp and clean, light wear to edges and spine ends and a slight bubbling of the cloth to the front board, in a bright example of the dustjacket with a little toning of the spine and some soiling of… Read more about this item