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The Accidental Bookseller
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The Detroit Tigers
$400.00
(Gehringer, Charles) Lieb, Fredrick G.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons: New York (1946). Presumed first edition (no other printings indicated). Part of the “Putnam Sports Series”.
Signed by the author, a Hall of Fame sportswriter inducted into Cooperstown in 1973. Also signed by Charles (“Chas”) Gehringer, Hall of Fame Tigers second baseman from 1924 – 1942.
A lifetime .320 hitter with over 2,800 hits, Gehringer was one of the best fielding second baseman in the history of the game. At the time of his retirement, he owned the MLB record for double plays turned by a second baseman and remains among the all-time MLB leaders in assists and putouts.
Lieb spent nearly 70 years as a sportswriter and is credited with coining the term “The House that Ruth Built,” referring to the New York Yankees’ brand new stadium. Over his career, he covered every World Series game from 1911 to 1958, 30 All-Star games, and over 8,000 major-league baseball games.
Newsprint offset front pastedown and free end paper, little toning to rear free end paper, unobtrusive mark to front board, otherwise a bright, fresh and nearly fine copy in very good dust wrapper, corners clipped, slightly chipped at spine ends, rubbed along sides spine.
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Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe
$500.00Princeton University Press, 2016. First Edition. Inscribed, signed and dated in year of publication by Penrose, winner of 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics. Fine in nearly fine dust wrapper with light crinkling to spine tip and rear corner.
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Notable New Yorkers of 1896-1899. A Companion Volume to King’s Handbook of New York City
$250.00Under The Covers Antique And Vintage Books
New York, NY, Boston, Mass.; Moses King, Bartlett & Company, 1899. SCARCE, INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. 8vo. Hardcover. Very good. Light blue cloth covered boards with black and gilt title and decoration to front board and to spine. Minor wear to exterior includes bumping to spine ends and corners, browning to spine, and general rubbing. Minor browning to floral end papers. Interior hinges are starting though binding remains tight. Author’s inscription to second free end paper reads “To Rose Shuman with compliments of the author. June 17, 1899.” Several photos have writing next to them explaining who the person was or how the original owner knew them. Many have a faint “D” next to them, most likely to mark those who had died. Else is clean and bright. 616 pages. NY/090922
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NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY SAUNDERS
Bookplates
$300.00Under The Covers Antique And Vintage Books
Claremont, California; The Saunders Press, 1930. SCARCE. NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY RUTH THOMSON SAUNDERS. Number 69 of 110. Lovely book of bookplates designed by Saunders, who operated the Saunders Studio Press with her husband, Lynne Saunders, in the 1920s and 30s. This book includes four additional bookplates designed by Saunders. Expertly rebacked. Black cloth backed grey patterned paper covered boards with black title to front board. Minor browning and rubbing to exterior. Bumping to edges. Additional bookplates to front pastedown, rear free end paper, and rear pastedown. Light offsetting from ink to a few pages. Else is clean and bright with wonderful bookplates on every page, some in color.
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A remarkable collection of 100 Catalonian songs
Cançoner Popular [Serie 1-3] [SIGNED]
$338.94 *
* estimated currency conversionThe original three series of popular Catalonian songs, 100 in total, published between 1901 and 1913 and bound as a single volume. Signed and dedicated by Capmany to half title, in 1953, one year before his death. A remarkable collection, each song illustrated, many by leading artists, with accompanying lyrics, score and notes on the work. In VG order throughout. Stock quality and paper sizes vary, but bar occasional spotting and toning to page edges, all is clean and bright. Binding is quarter white leather, a little marked, with four raised bands with gilt titling and decoration. Front board is paper-covered with cover from third series, this fact discreetly covered by paper patch. A little marked, moreso to rear. A unique copy of an important item. 8vo. Unpaginated
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