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('Order of the Temple of the East' or 'Order of Oriental Templars') Hymenaeus Beta (William Breeze) has been involved in the occult since at least August of 1978, when he was initiated into the Minerval degree of OTO. Of his many accomplishments perhaps his best known has been the establishment\/protection of the OTO’s legal guardianship + publication of Crowley’s works. In addition, H.B. has edited many of Crowley’s works including ‘Equinox’, Vo.3, #10(Weiser), ‘Equinox of the Gods’(New Falcon), ‘Magick: Liber ABA: Book 4’(Weiser), + ‘Diary of a Drug Fiend’(Red Wheel).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMagick, Liber ABA, Book 4 is widely considered to be the magnum opus of 20th-century occultist Aleister Crowley, the founder of Thelema. 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The unnamed narrator, a muddled freelance writer, is 34 and no closer to finding happiness than he was in the previous book. Divorced, bereaved and abandoned by his various lovers, he is drawn to the Dolphin Hotel--a strange and lonely establishment where Kiki, a woman he once lived with, ``upped and vanished.'' Kiki and the Sheep Man, an odd fellow who wears a sheepskin and speaks in a toneless rush, visit the narrator in visions that lead him to two mysteries, one metaphysical (how to survive the unsurvivable) and the other physical (a call girl's murder). In his searchings, he encounters a clairvoyant 13-year-old, her misguided parents and a one-armed poet. All the hallmarks of Murakami's greatness are here: restless and sensitive characters, disturbing shifts into altered reality, silky smooth turns of phrase and a narrative with all the momentum of a roller coaster. If Mishima had ever learned the value of gentleness, this is the sort of page-turner he might have written. -PW","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4162104580,"sku":"","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/144.JPG?v=1439262077"},{"product_id":"the-life-i-live-collected-poems-written-and-fully-illustrated-by-lois-lenski-first-in-dust-jacket","title":"Life I Live: Collected Poems. Written and Fully Illustrated by Lois Lenski. First. In Dust Jacket.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Life I Live: Collected Poems (Fully Illustrated by Lenski); Lois Lenski; Walck (1965); 1st\/1st (7.50 price on front flap); 8vo, VGVG; Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand; Hb-Bright blue w\/crisp, stamped gilt lettering+decoration to front+spine, almost no edgewear. DUST JACKET-Bright multi-colored pictorial front w\/blue back,white lettering, chipping to spine top\/bottom\/points, brodart protected. 238pps- clean (previous owner’s name inked on last name. ‘The Life I Live’ is first complete collection of Lenski's verse: 368 selections, profusely illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeloved author+illustrator of children’s + young adult books + poetry, Lois Lenski won the Newbery Medal for her 1946 book ‘Strawberry Girl’ part of a collection of American regional children’s novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the book’s forward written by Lenski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is the happiest of all my books. Into it has gone a lifetime of love and devotion to children. Most of my poems have been spontaneous outpourings, only a few have been devious contrivings. They have sung themselves to me at odd times and in unexpected places- at the supermarket or the kitchen sink, in the garden while weeding or in bed at night and during illnesses at home or in the hospital when I have been kept from my regular work. My poems are the very essence, the fabric behind all my work for children. The themes in them are my life’s blood. They are my legacy to the children I love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4162211140,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/148.JPG?v=1439262751"},{"product_id":"imagination-cycle-by-ginny-ruffner-author-artist","title":"Imagination Cycle by Ginny Ruffner (Author\/Artist)","description":"Imagination Cycle; Ginny Ruffner(Author\/Artist), Bruce Foster(Paper Engineering\/Design); Museum of Northwest Art(2008); 1st; 8vo; VG\/ VG; Not ex-lib, Not remainder, Not Book Club; HB-Stiff accordion pleated, multi-colored cardstock supporting sculptural pop-up design on both sides bound w\/flexible cloth strips,very minimal edgewear; Slipcase- Multi-color pictorial w\/black lettering to cover + spine, no apparent edgewear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGinny Ruffner is an artist who is recognized for her versatility in glass and in combining glass with other materials. She is a pioneer in the field of contemporary flameworking, encouraging her students and other artists to break away from the traditional themes of flameworked glass and to develop flameworking as a means of expression for art. Ginny Ruffner's glass sculpture can be seen in galleries and museum collections the world over. Graduating in 1975 with a Masters degree in painting from the University of Georgia, Ruffner relocated to Seattle, WA ten years later and became a significant addition to the burgeoning art glass scene. “My intention has always been to get people to think creatively,” Ruffner says. “By recontextualizing familiar objects, the mind can go to work without the individual even realizing it: what interests me most is the moment when the mind moves from the known to the unknown.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Imagination Cycle she has teamed up with paper engineer, Bruce Foster to create this unique pop-up. This beautifully illustrated and crafted pop-up book explores the wonder and curiosity that leads artists young and old to new ideas and creations by taking the reader on a journey through the \"what ifs?\" and \"why nots!\" that challenge anyone who picks up a paintbrush or doodles a sketch. Ruffner surprises and inspires the reader as calligraphic text winds amid starry skies, faces hide beneath flaps and pockets, and wildly inventive pop-ups leap off each page. The book turns convention on its head when the end isn't even the end at all, but reveals more pages on the reverse side!. Perfect for the budding young artist or the playful and artistic adult in your life!","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4163635076,"sku":"","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/162.JPG?v=1439274280"},{"product_id":"birds-of-california-large-paper-edition-by-william-leon-dawson-4-volume-set-1923","title":"Birds of California: Large Paper Edition by William Leon Dawson 4 volume set. 1923","description":"\u003cp\u003eBirds of California: Large Paper Edition; William Leon Dawson; South Moulton (1923); Signed (Vol.1only); Limited to 350 (un-numbered); 4-Vol. Set; VG (all vols); Oversize folio (12.2\/8”x 9.4\/8”); Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand; All Vols: Hb-Light olive green textured cl w\/stamped pale green lettering\/design on front cover + spine, lightly bumped, slight edgewear, smudging. Deckle edged paper (top edge gilt), Title pages printed in red + black, 30-tissue protected photogravure plates, 110-tissue protected colour plates by Major Allen Brooks (tissues decorated w\/descriptive letterpress) 120 duotone plates + over 1100 half-tone illustrations scattered throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNoted American ornithologist, author, lecturer W.L. Dawson was a lifelong photographer of birds + author of numerous articles + books on the subject. His major works include ‘Birds of Ohio: A Complete Scientific + Popular Description of the 320 Species of Birds Found in the State’(1903),+ ’Birds of Washington: A Complete Scientific + Popular Description of the 372 Species of Birds Found in the State’(1909.) In 1915 he founded the Museum of Comparative Oology (soon to become the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History) acting as its first director until 1925. He founded The Birds of California Publishing Company, was involved w\/ several nature conservation clubs as well as lectured on several species of birds, their habitats + the importance of conservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Although Dawson had successfully produced other ornithological works, this was by far the most ambitious project he had undertaken + he quickly ran into financial problems which were not resolved until he found a patron in Mrs. Ellen Brown Scripps who was willing to underwrite the entire cost. With almost unlimited funds now available, the author spared no expense in making this an ornithological [sic] + typographical tour-de-force. The different editions were all printed from the same hand-set type and+y of paper + the quality of bindings.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4163854084,"sku":"","price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/169.JPG?v=1439276507"},{"product_id":"books-of-blood-by-clive-barker-illustrated-by-jk-potter-and-harry-o-morris-signed-by-barker-and-potter","title":"Books of Blood by Clive Barker. Illustrated by JK Potter and Harry O. Morris. Signed by Barker and Potter","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks of Blood; Clive Barker(Author), JK Potter\/Harry O. Morris(Illust.); Scream Press(1985); Signed by Author+Illustrator(JK Potter); 1st\/1st; VG\/VG; Not Ex-Library, Not Book Club, Not Print on Demand; Hb-Maroon w\/stamped black lettering to spine, blind-stamped lettering to front, almost no apparent edgewear; Dj-Blank red w\/silver lettering to spine, almost no apparent edgewear, brodart protected; 455ppgs- Each story leads w\/black+white illustration, pgs flat, binding tight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese stories are not for the faint of heart or anyone with a weak stomach; they are graphic, brutal, and disturbing. I really can’t remember the last time I had such a gut-wrenching experience reading horror. Books of Blood Vol. 1 is a must read for fans the horror genre and is a promising start to the Books of Blood collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Books of Blood Vol. 1 opens with the story “The Book of Blood” which serves as a framing device and sets the tone for the rest of the book. Right away Barker lets the reader know that this will be a violent, other-worldly experience. These are the tales of the dead, the damned, and the wronged. Before any of the stories begin Barker starts the book with the clever phrase: “Everyone is a book of blood; wherever we’re opened, we’re red.” This isn’t just a hokey play on words; Barker intends it to pertain quite literally to the stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach story has its own strengths and weaknesses, but all are highly original and extremely enjoyable. Books of Blood Vol. 1 skillfully demonstrates Barker’s mastery of the genre and has given him a seat next to the greatest horror authors of all time. On to Vol. 2.-Rocky Holland, The Fiction Pub\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4164117508,"sku":"","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/181.JPG?v=1439279079"},{"product_id":"history-of-sacramento-county-california-with-illustrations-descriptive-of-its-scenery-residences-public-buildings-fine-blocks-and-manufactories-1880","title":"History of Sacramento County, California, with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Manufactories. 1880","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistory of Sacramento County, California, with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Manufactories. Thompson \u0026amp; West Publishers. Oakland California. 1880. Cloth covers with leather spine. This is a big heavy book. I weigh it as more than 8 lbs. 1.7 lbs, Binding feels a little loose, created by the shear weight of the book. The binding does not appear to have been reinforced or repaired after publication. There is bright gilt decoration and lettering to the front cover, quite faded on the leather spine. There is significant wear to the spine and cover edges. Fly leafs, both front and back are all creased and folded, None of the text are pages creased.The first flyleaf is quite worn due to being folded outside the book There is a sticker of previous ownership inside the front cover, also that of D. Hicks and Co. San Francisco whom I find in a 1878 S.F. Directory to be a book binder, possibly the original. THe frontispiece has been torn from the book, without tearing into the illustration, remains laid in the book. There is a three inch or so tear in the fold out map but no pieces are missing. THere is sign of some moisture inside the back cover, but none in the rest of the book. Not Ex-Library, Not Book Club, Not Print on Demand. Selling books since 1978. I have tried to name all the flaws. there may be more, but that is what I see. OVERSIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The 294 pages of text and 221 engravings give a comprehensive look at the county, and its citizens, its organizations, and its industries in 1880.\" (from an ad for the cd book) but ours doesn't need a computer, with which to browse it. special. this is 't\u003cspan\u003ehe earliest comprehensive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\"\u003ehistory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\"\u003eSacramento \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegion. The illustrations clearly distinguish the Thompson \u0026amp; West imprints from other contemporary \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"match\"\u003ecounty \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehistories: rather than the usual array of pioneer portraits, the lithographic plates in this volume depict in exceptional detail, albeit in a somewhat idyllic and stylized manner, businesses, residences, ranch scenes, etc., all with informative captions.' 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An unauthorized printing of Crane's popular collection of nursery rhymes set to music. Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand.  Book is not in good condition. There is wear to the cover edges and heavy scraping on the back cover. The pages, while still being held into the binding are almost completely separated from it. The pages are whole with no tears. The only real child markins I find are some pencil notations on the half-title page and the flyleaf facing it. There is some light smudging mostly from fingerprints and handling almost entirely on the page margins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNineteenth-century American publisher McLoughlin Brothers pioneered the use of chromolithography in the production of color picture books starting in the 1860s. Until that point, most children’s books were illustrated with wood engravings that were locked into the printing press form along with set type.Coloring these images generally entailed using hand-colored stencils or employing a system of printing with wood blocks inked with colors–a system that was labor intensive and frustrating..McLoughlin Brothers was among the earliest American children’s book publishers to experiment with the new chromolithographic technology. By the 1870s, McLoughlin Brothers also developed a notorious reputation as a publisher of unauthorized reissues of British picture books, including those issued by English picture book publisher Frederick Warne \u0026amp; Co., whose books were imported from London by Scribner, Welford, and Armstrong–a branch of Charles Scribner and Company. It is probably no accident that a vitriolic letter penned by English illustrator Walter Crane attacking the McLoughlin Bros.’ gaudy and unauthorized reproduction of his Baby’s Opera appeared in the September 1877 issue of Scribner’s Monthly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(Pictuered beside the Mcluoghlin version) is the illustration and music for “I saw Three Ships” published in London George Routledge \u0026amp; Sons; the illustrations are engraved on wood and printed in color by Crane’s collaborator Sir Edmund Evans. It is an elegant piece of color relief printing; note the muted shades of yellow, violet, and peach worn by the three angels. In the hands of McLoughlin Brothers, Evans’ wood engravings are turned into chromolithographs, and the colors are robust shades of purple, orange, and green; the pale tint of the angels skin in Evans’ hands becomes a more life-like hue in the McLoughlin version, giving the angels the look of actual young girls dressed like angels. Both versions are beautiful, but they are an apple and an orange, and at a retail cost of 75 cents, the McLoughlin version was clearly cheaper to produce and purchase; the cost of the Routledge edition was probably well over a dollar and possibly double the cost of the McLoughlin copy. Posted by Laura Wasowicz for the American Antiquarian Society blog on 1\/4\/2013.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWalter Crane (15 August 1845 – 14 March 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children’s book creator of his generation[1] and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter 19th century. 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A number of pages have foxing and some wear on the edges. There is a descrete number stamp on the last page. The pages are flat with no folds or tears. AH15b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn elderly man in search for a companion cat for his wife brings home a selection of - \"Cats here, cats there, Cats and kittens everywhere. Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, Millions and billions and trillions of cats...\" How to choose which one...Winner of Newbery Honor award in 1929.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWanda Gag pioneered the double-page spread in this book. Writer and reviewer Anita Silvey explained \"She used both pages to move the story forward, putting them together with art that sweeps across the entire page spread: her favorite illustration fell in the center of the book - with the old man carrying cats against the rolling hills.\"- Anita Silvey, 100 Best Books for Children. This book remains popular with children, parents, and critics alike. In 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up, Kaylee Davis calls the book an \"enchanting tale\", and says \"Gag's charming, folk-art style, simple black-and-white illustrations, lyrical language, and catchy refrain that children will happily repeat with each reading, make this a family favorite. - Wiki. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4262705412,"sku":"","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150815_174424.jpg?v=1439687670"},{"product_id":"a-childs-good-night-book-by-margaret-wise-brown-illustrated-by-jean-charlot-the-scarce-1943-first-printing-with-dust-jacket-with-scarce-wolo-book-plate","title":"A Child's Good Night Book by Margaret Wise Brown. Illustrated by Jean Charlot. 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(Sorry, this is a description of a Margaret Wise Brown book, not a wolo book plate) THere are erasure marks on the first blank page and other than a light fold to the first 2 page top tips, the pages are flat with no creases or folds. There are no child markings in the book. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages, however, I do detect what appears to be the remnants of a lank page between the rear blank flyleaf and the rear end paper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an early book by Margaret Wise Brown who is the well-known and prolific author of \"Good-Night Moon\" and \"Runaway Bunny\" “There was library buyer resistance to the size [of the first edition]—shelving was fixed and, in the 40s, librarians were inflexible—with the result that A Child’s Good Night Book was redone in 1950 in a standard large vertical format” (Bader, 270). Cotsen 1609.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Capturing the slow rhythm of a sleepy world, Margaret Wise Brown writes of birds and animals, automobiles and sailboats, and finally children as they settle for the night in quiet darkness\" \"Charlot's softly colored lithographs catch the drowsy spirit of the text\" from the front flap of the dust jacket. (The typos are mine) A 1944 Caldecott Honor book for Charlot's illustrations. 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St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1891. 1253 pages. Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand.  10\"x7\"x3\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI believe this to be the original bucdkram binding with leather label stating \"Black's Law Dictionary\" There is some wear to the cover and heavy bumping to the cover tips. The covers show soiling from usage and black spots. Inside there is evidence of repair. The front hinge has been reinforced, possibly from publication, but the back hinge shows signs of having been glued, with the two back pages bound in with a tasteful tape that comes close to matching the page color.  On page 1251 there has been some paper repair where a piece of the page was missing (about 1\/2\" square), causing parts of several words to be missing. On ther reverse side of the page, the text doesn't extend far enough for the repair to have caused a problem. The front end page corner is clipped. Occaisionally there are minor smudges and light page folds inside , but generally, the pages are flat and clean. I found no previous owner markings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack's Law Dictionary is the most widely used law dictionary in the United States. It was founded by Henry Campbell Black (1860–1927). It is the reference of choice for definitions in legal briefs and court opinions and has been cited as a secondary legal authority in many U.S. Supreme Court cases. AH18a","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4335685060,"sku":"","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150818_104808.jpg?v=1439922939"},{"product_id":"the-joy-of-cooking-by-irma-s-rombauer-1936-first-printing","title":"Joy of Cooking by  Irma S. Rombauer 1936 first printing","description":"The Joy of Cooking: A Compilation of Reliable Recipes with an Occasional Culinary Chat. by Irma S. Rombauer with Illustrations Marion Rombauer Becker. Bobbs-Merrill Company: Indianapolis and New York. (1936) First printing. (After a scarce self-published edition) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first printing was published in an edition of 10,000 copies, pioneered a new recipe format: First, a chronological listing of ingredients and then instruction for preparation [what we now know as \"action format\"]. Unfortunately, Irma signed a contract with Bobbs-Merrill which assigned the copyright of both the 1931 (self-published edtion) and 1936 editions to Bobbs-Merrill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis copy has light wear on the cover edges. There is some light stripes of staining on the bottoms of the pages and light soiling on the other sides of page edges (probably will not be noticable in our photographs). There are no stains, cooking or otherwise, no previous owner markings of any kind. Pages are flat withn no folds or creases. I see a few pin-prick sized specks on the title page and inside front cover, also probably will not be noticable in our photographs. BInding is abslolutely tight with no looseness to the pages. Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand. AH19a","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4392371972,"sku":"","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150819_174504.jpg?v=1440033647"},{"product_id":"criminal-prosecution-and-capital-punishment-of-animals-by-e-p-evans-1906","title":"Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E.P.Evans 1906","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eCriminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E.P.Evans. William Heinemann: London 1906. 384 pages. including appendix with original documents, some in French and Latin. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Original blue cloth with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover has bumping tp the corner tips, light wear to the cover edges. Front endpaper has a small blue ink rectangle where it looks like an old bookseller's mark was covered over. The front and back inside blank page is browned from apparently a high acid conent paper impression (two pages, see the photos). Generally, the pages are flat and clean with no dog-earing or folds, well I found on light page fold somewhere inside the book. The only previous markings I see, are an occaisional light pencil line in the margin, out lining a passage of interest, easily erasable. I erased some, but could have missed some. BInding is abslolutely tight with no looseness to the pages. AH20a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan an Animal Commit a Crime? This pioneering work collects an amazing assemblage of court cases in which animals have been named as defendants--chickens, rats, field mice, bees, gnats, and (in 34 recorded instances) pigs, among others-- providing insight into such modern issues as animal rights, capital punishment, and social and criminal theory. Evans suggests an intriguing distinction between trials of specific animals or particular crimes, such as the \"murder\" of an infant by a pig, and trials for larger, catastrophic events, such as plagues and infestations. In the latter case, Evans suggests a parallel to witchcraft. Edward Payson Evans [1831-1917], a historian, linguist and associate of Ralph Waldo Emerson, taught at the University of Michigan before moving to Germany, where he became a specialist in Oriental languages and German literature. A prolific author, his other Animal-related books are Animal Symbolism in Art and Literature and Animal Symbolism in Ecclesiastical Architecture, both published in 1887. CONTENTS Introduction 1. Bugs and Beasts before the Law 2. Mediæval and Modern Penology Appendix Bibliography Index; \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4417603588,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150820_131055.jpg?v=1440105639"},{"product_id":"little-brown-bear-by-johnny-gruelle-first-printing","title":"Little Brown Bear by Johnny Gruelle. first printing","description":"Little Brown Bear by Johnny Gruelle. P. F. Volland Company, Chicago, 1920 (no later printings stated). Cloth spine whith illustrated boards. One of the Volland \"Sunny Book\" Series. Pages not numbered (40 pages). Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHard cover has wear on the edges. SOme blemishes on the front and back covers. PAges are not dog-eared with no previous owner markings, but some tanning to from and end illustrated free end papers. SOme light tanning? a the bottom of the pages. A few of the pages have some smudging on the bottom. Three pages have inch long tears at the bottom, 2 are near the spine. One or 2 others feel delicate. WHile complete and without tears to the joints, there is some looseness to the bottom of thebinding and there is some looseness some of the pages, although none are about to fall out. AH23a","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4492220612,"sku":"","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150823_172731.jpg?v=1440377369"},{"product_id":"big-u-by-neal-stephenson-first-edition","title":"Big U by  Neal Stephenson. First Edition.","description":"\u003cp\u003eBig U by Neal Stephenson. Vintage Books, New York. September 1984. First Edition. no later printings listed. paperback. There was no hardcover edition printed before or simultanious to this edition. Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Neal Stephenson's first published book. \"If George Orwell had written a novel more like Animal House (the movie) than like Animal Farm (the book), and if Orwell were a young American whose early twenties were spent in the 1980's, and if Orwell counted among his concernsthe origins of consciousness in the brakdown of the bicameral mind, Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons, computer piracy, and heavy-metal rock verses Bach fugues, the result would perhaps have been comparable to the Big U. (the back cover of the book)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePAperback with one crease at the bottom edge of the front cover. The tips of the cover and pages slightly bumped. Very light edge wear. There is slight dust soiling on the top edge of the pages. There are some surface scrapes to the back cover. Now the plus: This book has never been read. Binding is absolututely tight with lots of spring and absolutely NO CREASING TO THE SPINE, no looseness to the pages or binding. Ordinarily, Iwould take a picture of the title and copyright page of the book, but it is too problematic to hold this book open far enough for such photographs. AH23b\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4500950980,"sku":"","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150823_194402.jpg?v=1440385357"},{"product_id":"constitution-of-liberty-f-a-hayek-first-edition","title":"Constitution of Liberty. F. a. Hayek.  FIRST EDITION","description":"\u003cp\u003eConstitution of Liberty. F. a. Hayek. FIRST University Chicago Press. (1960) first edition (no additional printings listed) HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. NO PREVIOUS OWNER MARKINGS. Dust Jacket: edge-wear, several edge-tears (none longer than 1\/2\") and bumps. Some rubbing on the front panel. NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. BOOK: Really nice condition, slight age toning to the page edges, two miniscule ink spots inside the front cover. Covers are slightly bowed. Paul Elder (bookseller) sticker inside the back cover. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Slight shelf-wear on the bottom. A beautiful copy of a seminal work on social theory.  Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFriedrich Hayek (1899 – 1992), born in Austria-Hungary as Friedrich August von Hayek and frequently referred to as F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian and British economist and philosopher best known for his defence of classical liberalism. Hayek shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Gunnar Myrdal for his \"pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and ... penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHayek was a major social theorist and political philosopher of the twentieth century,[2][3] and his account of how changing prices communicate information which enables individuals to co-ordinate their plans is widely regarded as an important achievement in economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Constitution of Liberty is a book by Austrian economist and Nobel Prize recipient Friedrich A. Hayek. The book was first published in 1960 by the University of Chicago Press and it is an interpretation of civilization as being made possible by the fundamental principles of liberty, which the author presents as prerequisites for wealth and growth, rather than the other way around.(wikipedia) AH24a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4516072196,"sku":"","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150824_113817.jpg?v=1440443661"},{"product_id":"vintage-bradbury-by-ray-bradbury-the-scarce-buckram-bound-edition","title":"Vintage Bradbury by Ray Bradbury. The Scarce Buckram bound edition","description":"Vintage Bradbury by Ray Bradbury. Ray Bradbury's own selection of his best stories with an introduction by Gilbert Highet.\" FIRST VINTAGE EDITION, September, 1965. v-294.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Scarce Buckram bound edition, published simultaniously with the paperback. All but one story reprinted from other books (Curry).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHard cover has bright gilt lettering an illustration on the front cover and spine. The is light wear on thew top and bottom of the spine and on the cover tips. There is an almost erased pencil price inside the front cover. A couple of grey smudges on the half-title page. There is a light dust staining on the top of the pages. There are no folds or dog-earing to the pages. Other than mentioned there are no previous owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. This book may have never been fully op0ened, let alone read. Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand. AH24b","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4520783620,"sku":"","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150824_143822.jpg?v=1440455944"},{"product_id":"major-campaign-speeches-of-adlai-e-stevenson-1952-limited-numbered-399-1000-signed-by-stevenson","title":"Major Campaign Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson 1952. Limited numbered 399\/1000 Signed by Stevenson.","description":"Major Campaign Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson 1952 by Adlai E. Stevenson with an introduction by the author (Stevenson). Random House (1953). Limited numbered 399\/1000 Signed by Stevenson. First printing stated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdlai Ewing Stevenson II (1900 – 1965) was an American politician and diplomat, noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent public speaking, and promotion of liberal causes in the Democratic Party. (He was) Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1952 even though he had not campaigned in the primaries. Stevenson was defeated in a landslide by Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election. In 1956 he was again the Democratic presidential nominee against Eisenhower, but was defeated in an even bigger landslide. He sought the Democratic presidential nomination for a third time in the election of 1960, but was defeated by Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. After his election, President Kennedy appointed Stevenson as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He served from 1961 to 1965. (Wikipedia)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHArdcover in slipcase. The slipcase is faded o n most sides, with some stain and signs of wear on the spine of the slipcase. The book itself shows litle if any signs of wear or use. There is some discoloration to the bottom of the page tips frpom an unknown source. The gilt lettering on the spine the book is btight and unfaded. PAges are flat with no folds or creases. I see no previous owner markings of any kind. The biniding is tight with no looseness to the pages. This book may have never been fully op0ened, let alone read. Not Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand. AH24c","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4523686212,"sku":"","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150824_185805.jpg?v=1440470199"},{"product_id":"postman-always-rings-twice-by-james-m-cain-first-edition","title":"Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. FIRST EDITION","description":"The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First edition stated. WIth first state dust jacket. DUST JACKET with unclipped $2.00 price has lots of little edge wear, tears and chips - mostly along the top edge, nothing longer than 1\/2\". Heaviest on the top of the spine. Otherwise, there are no unusual folds to the dj. Wrapped in mylar protector. BOOK has some darkening of the bottom edge of the cover, possibly from wear, or from shelving. There is tanning to the endpages on the areas not covered by the dj. There are also a few smudges and specks inside the both end papers. The page edges appear to have foxing or perhaps that is soiling. Free of previous owner marking except for inside the back cover, the book was previous owned by a rental library. Their stamp is inside the back cover with 13 due dates stamped on the rear flyleaf. The latest stamp is from July 20, 1934 (the year of publication). These are the only library markings, no catalogue stamps , no envelopes, no classification stamps on the spine. There are some flaws in the pages and I may have missed some, On page there is a small blotch on line 8 that appears to have been an ant pressed into the book, but it doesn't scrape off, and there is no corresponding impression on the facing pace, pages 164 and 165 there are a number of black smudges the cause of which I can't determine. There are a few of these spots , but much lighter, on the following few pages and on page 132, 133. All of these have brushed (except on page 163) off to some extent, so they must be some sort of powder. I do find some light spots of smudging the same color as that on the edges of the pages, but much lighter, on some of the pages in the same area. The binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. The book is slightly cocked. There is some sort of creasing inside the front cover, possibly from publication, as I don't see how it could have happened otherwise. And the bottom corner of the title page has a tip folded. Not Facsimile, Not Print on Demand. THIS HAS THE ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Postman Always Rings Twice' was Cain's first novel, although he had ben published otherwise, \"an earlier book, 'Our Government' and of numerous articles, sketches, and short stories which have attracted more than usual attention andd provoked more than usual discussion\". (From the rear flap of the dust jacket) The novel was quite successful and notorious upon publication, and is regarded as one of the more important crime novels of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Postman Always Rings Twice has been adapted numerous times, into a film seven times- including the film in 1946 starring Lana Turner and John Garfield and the 1981 remake from a screenplay by David Mamet directed by Bob Rafelson and featuring Jack Nicholson and Jessica Lange, an opera, and two (Wikipedia) AI06a","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":4911126276,"sku":"","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20150906_160238.jpg?v=1441583316"},{"product_id":"rescuers-a-fantasy-by-margery-sharp-first-edition-with-a-long-inscription-by-sharp","title":"Rescuers a fantasy. by Margery Sharp First Edition with a long inscription by Sharp","description":"\u003cp\u003eRescuers a fantasy. by Margery Sharp with Illustrations by Garth Williams. Little, Brown and Company. (1959). Stated \"First Edition\". with a long inscription that appears to be in Margery Sharp's handwriting - \"Happy Birthday 1959\/to\/\"My Baby Mousie\"\/and his family of\/\"mouses\" from\/(the original) Mama Mousie\/Kemp Leach\"(herself)\/who like \"Miss Bianca\" is off\/on a \"charming adventure\"K\/(KMargery Sharp\". Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. DUST JACKET: has age tanning, mostly evident in the back panel but in reality is extensive. There is edge wear. A small gouge on the middle of the front edge of the spine that breaks through the paper. Has the original price $3.50. There are no unusual folds or signifiant missing pieces. Now in Mylar dust jacket protector BOOK: Appears to have foxing on the top of the pages, and some on the top edge of the cover (dust soiling) and some brown staining on the bottom edge of the cover.There is a bit of stain inside the front cover. There are no previous owner markings in the book (highlightinhg or othrwise) no creases or folds to the pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print-on-demand. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargery Sharp (1905-1991) was an English author writing numerous books, both for children and adults. Her most famous work is The Rescuers series about a mouse named Miss Bianca, which was later adapted in two animated feature films, The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under by Disney. The Rescuers, though originally written for an adult audience, became hugely popular with children. Sharp continued the series with a further eight books, illustrated by Garth Williams, who had previously illustrated other children's classics like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little. 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Ironically the book is dedicated to the \"women\" behind a successful man. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a paperback book with some wear on the cover edges and light bumping to the cover tips. There is slight separation behind the copyright page. There is a small black streak on the bottom of the pages. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings in the book (highlightinhg or othrwise) no creases or folds to the pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print-on-demand. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKeane was famous for the paintings portraying mostly of young people with soulful 'Big Eyes'. It was later shown in some 'paint-offs' that he was not the artistic talent, but that his second wife, Margaret was the painter of the 'Big-Eye' portraits. She would later adapt the style from children to various animals and adults. 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Also there is a thin hole inside the margin of page 26 coming nowhere near text. The edge of the page block is tanned and\/or soiled and I find a some finger prints on two or three pages. I find no previous owner pen or pencil marks. Ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print-on-demand. BD09a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Micheaux Book \u0026amp; Film Company produced some films, he is regarded as the first major African-American feature filmmaker, the most successful African-American filmmaker of the first half of the twentieth century[1] and the most prominent producer of race films.[2] He produced both silent films and \"talkies\" after the industry changed to incorporate speaking actors.\"-Wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHomesteader was Micheaux's third book. There had been negotiations to nturn it into his first feature film, but they fell through. Later he did produce his first feature film entitltled 'Homesteader', but that was based on his first book 'The Conquest'. from Wikipedia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17603283588,"sku":"","price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/IMG_20160409_172326.jpg?v=1460250538"},{"product_id":"safe-and-sound-by-lucia-berlin-poltroon-press-hard-cover","title":"Safe and Sound by Lucia Berlin.  Poltroon Press Hard cover","description":"Safe and Sound by Lucia Berlin. Poltroon Press (1988). Tipped in color illustrations by Frances Butler who is one of the founders of the press and still an active artist. Hard cover with no dust jacket. isbn 10: 0918395054. In correspondence with the publisher there was only one printing of this hard cover edition and while there was no limitation stated, the publisher said there were only 200 copies printed.  Berlin did much, but not most of the typesetting for this book. Pages numbered to page 101. The tipped in plates uniquely printed on a tissue paper. There is the remnant of a price sticker on the front cover and a former bookseller discrete pencil marking on the first blank page. I can't tell if the multi-colored embossment on the front cover is worn or faded, but is still very attractive. The gilt lettering on the spine is bright and unfaded. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings in the book (highlighting or otherwise) no creases or folds to the pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Not ex-Library, Not Facsimile, Not Print-on-demand. BE19b\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLucia Brown Berlin (November 12, 1936 – November 12, 2004)[1] was an American short story writer. She had a small, devoted following, but did not reach a mass audience during her lifetime. She rose to sudden literary fame eleven years after her death, in August 2015, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux's publication of a volume of selected stories, A Manual For Cleaning Women, edited by Stephen Emerson. It hit The New York Times bestseller list in its second week, and within a few weeks, had outsold all her previous books combined.-wikipedia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBerlin was never a bestseller, but was widely influential within the literary community. She aspired to Chekhov's objectivity and refusal to judge. She has also been widely compared to Raymond Carver and Richard Yates. One of her most memorable achievements was the stunning one-page story \"My Jockey,\" which captured a world, a moment and a panoramic movement in five quick paragraphs. It won the Jack London Short Prize for 1985. Berlin also won an American Book Award in 1991 for Homesick, and was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.-Goodreads","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":19277401796,"sku":"","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20160519_170355.jpg?v=1463719970"},{"product_id":"mouse-that-roared-by-leonard-wibberley-first-printing","title":"Mouse That Roared by Leonard Wibberley. first printing?","description":"Mouse That Roared by Leonard Wibberley. Little, Brown and Company. Boston, Massachusetts (1955). 280 pages. . Copyright listed as 1955 with no statement of later printing. Usually Little Brown states \"first edition\". This may be an exception. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has chipping, rubbing and bumping on the edges. Some staining to the edges. Not price-clipped. Original price $3.50. Now protected in mylar dj cover. BOOK: Tan colored spine with green paper colored boards. Light cover edge wear. Dust spoiling to the top of the page block. A light staining on the front and back end papers, with some bleeding to the very edge of the page inside the back end paper. A pin-point sized stain on the leading edge of the page block. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK02a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1956, the country of Gran Fenwick, population 6000 citizens declares open war on the United States of America. Gran Fenwick's invasion army of twenty-odd archers defeats the super power. The basis of the 1959 movie of the same name starring Peter Sellers.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27039521416,"sku":"","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161102_215933.jpg?v=1478150712"},{"product_id":"shepherd-of-guadaloupe-by-zane-grey-first-edition","title":"Shepherd of Guadaloupe by Zane Grey FIRST EDITION","description":"Shepherd of Guadaloupe by Zane Grey. Harper \u0026amp; Brothers Publishers. 1930. \"FIRST EDITION\" stated with a Harper date code of c-e indicating printing of March, 1930. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has chips, wear and tears. Price corner was torn off. Now protected by mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. A stain is on the top of the leading edges of both front ond back cover. Some dust soiling to the top of the page block with perhaps some foxing to the other edges of the page block. A previous owner signature inside front cover. Illustrated endpapers show some tanning. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are clean with no unusual folds, creases or dog-earing. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK06c","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27290533064,"sku":"","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161106_155433.jpg?v=1478533269"},{"product_id":"razors-edge-by-w-somerset-maugham-first-trade-edition","title":"Razor's Edge by W Somerset Maugham first trade edition","description":"Razor's Edge by W Somerset Maugham. Doubleday, Doran \u0026amp; Co., Inc., Garden City: New York. 1944. \"First Edition after the printing of a limited edition of seven hundred and fifty copies\" stated. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Not price-clipped with original price of $2.75. Statement \"This book is standard length, complete and unabridged, manufactured under wartime conditions in conformity with all government regulations controlling the use of paper and other materials\". Some wear on edges with some 1\/8\" tears along the bottom edge. There seems to be light soiling to the edge of the back flap. No unusual folds. No missing pieces. Now protected with mylar dj cover. BOOK: Some cover edge wear. Gilt lettering on spine is slightly faded.  I find a couple of pin-head sized dark spots on the first blank page. Pages are lighly tanned, with a bit of dust soiling on the top of the page block. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK10b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Razor's Edge tells the story of Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life. The story begins through the eyes of Larry's friends and acquaintances as they witness his personality change after the War. His rejection of conventional life and search for meaningful experience allows him to thrive while the more materialistic characters suffer reversals of fortune. The book was twice adapted into film, first in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, and Herbert Marshall as Maugham and Anne Baxter as Sophie, and then a 1984 adaptation starring Bill Murray.\" - Wikipedea","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27439982792,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161110_172633.jpg?v=1478828942"},{"product_id":"projection-of-the-astral-body-by-sylvan-j-muldoon-and-hereward-carrington-first-edition-with-dust-jacket","title":"Projection of the Astral Body by Sylvan J. Muldoon and Hereward Carrington. First Edition with DUST JACKET","description":"Projection of the Astral Body by Sylvan J. Muldoon and Hereward Carrington. London, Rider \u0026amp; Co. Paternoster House, 1929. XLI [41] to introduction and extracts from Mr. Mundoon's letters, 242 pages text., with 12 plates. First Edition of this classic work. Jacket indicates this is a 2nd impression. Navy blue cloth with bright gilt titling to spine. with scarce DUST JACKET. DUST JACKET: has wear and chipping along the edges and extremities. There is rubbing with a bit of black discoloration to nthe entire jacket. Now protected with a mylar dj cover. BOOK: Bright gilt lettering on spine. Light cover edge wear with some bumping. A little bit of wear on the front of the spine. Some surface scuffing. Foxing on edges of the page block. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages, althoughthere is some separation in front of page 53. Ownership book plate and discerete bookseller's sticker inside the front cover. Light tanning to paper inside the covers. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing and other than very occaisional foxing, clean. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK13a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This fascinating book contains the remarkable account of Sylvan Muldoor's out of body experience, scientifically edited by one of the world's foremost psychic researchers, Dr. Carrington. Including both the detailed account of Muldoor's experiences and instructions on the technique of projecting the astral body, this book is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of anyone with an interest in the subject.\" a bookseller's blurb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27532085000,"sku":"","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161113_135729.jpg?v=1479076412"},{"product_id":"beastly-boys-and-ghastly-girls-1st-printing-drawings-by-tomi-ungerer","title":"Beastly Boys and Ghastly Girls--1st Printing. Drawings by Tomi Ungerer.","description":"Beastly Boys and Ghastly Girls--1st Printing. Poems collected by William Cole. Drawings by Tomi Ungerer. World Publishing Company. (1964). \"First Edition\" stated with no statement of later printings. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has wear and bumping to edges. A 1\/4\" in diameter stain on the top edge of the back panel. A small light stain on the lower front spine. Not price-clipped. No tears or pieces missing. Now protected with a mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. Slightly cocked. Bookseller's pencil price on first blank page. Erasure attempted, unsuccessful. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK16a \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriggling, giggling, noisy, tattling, and just plain naughty boys and girls fill the pags of this exuberant collection of verse. Impish drawings by Tomi Ungerer perfectly accentuate the nonsense and fun of the collection.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27641211208,"sku":"","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161116_175945.jpg?v=1479349242"},{"product_id":"dispossessed-an-ambiguous-utopia-by-ursula-k-le-guin-first-printing","title":"Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin. First Printing","description":"Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin. Harper \u0026amp; Row Pub., NY 1974 - Stated first edition, with corresponding full number line on last page-74 75 76 77 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Some soiling to the front panel. Light sun-fading to the spine. Front flap has a vertical fold. Light edge wear. No clips or missing pieces. Not price-clipped. Now protected with a mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light edge wear. Foxing to the top edge and leading edge of the page block. It looks like then front end paper had been stapled creating a slight indentation on the next few pages. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK20a \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ursula K. Le Guin, winner of the National Book Award in children's literature and of science fiction's Nebula and Hugo awards for her novel \"The Left Hand of Darkness\", has here produced a stunning tour de force.\" - Promo from the front flap.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia is a 1974 utopian science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin, set in the same fictional universe as that of The Left Hand of Darkness (the Hainish Cycle). The book won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1974,[1] won both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1975,[2] and received a nomination for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1975.[2] It achieved a degree of literary recognition unusual for science fiction works due to its exploration of many ideas and themes, including anarchism and revolutionary societies, capitalism, individualism and collectivism, and freedom versus imprisonment.\" - Wikipedia","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27701960721,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161120_134516.jpg?v=1479689516"},{"product_id":"confederacy-of-dunces-by-john-kennedy-toole-second-printing","title":"Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.  Second Printing","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. Louisiana State University Press 1980. \"Second Printing\" stated. ISBN 0807106577. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Price-clipped. With Walker Percy review on the back panel. Has edge wear, a couple of 1\/4\" tears on the back of the spine on top. Now protected with a mylar dj cover. BOOK: Light cover edge wear. Slightly cocked. Has a light brown stain on the bottom of the page block with some shelf soiling there. Stain does not bleed onto the page surfaces. Previous owner bookplate inside front cover. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. Photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BK22a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"John Kennedy Toole (\/ˈtuːl\/; December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist from New Orleans, Louisiana, whose posthumously published novel A Confederacy of Dunces won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He also wrote The Neon Bible. Although several people in the literary world felt his writing skills were praiseworthy, Toole's novels were rejected during his lifetime. After suffering from paranoia and depression due in part to these failures, he committed suicide at the age of 31.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDunces is a picaresque novel featuring the misadventures of protagonist Ignatius J. Reilly, a lazy, obese, misanthropic, self-styled scholar who lives at home with his mother. It is hailed for its accurate depictions of New Orleans dialects. Toole based Reilly in part on his college professor friend Bob Byrne. Byrne's slovenly, eccentric behavior was anything but professorial, and Reilly mirrored him in these respects. The character was also based on Toole himself, and several personal experiences served as inspiration for passages in the novel.\" - Wikipedia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":27734551697,"sku":"","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161122_104236.jpg?v=1479841278"},{"product_id":"desert-solitaire-a-season-in-the-wilderness-by-edward-abbey-first-edition","title":"Desert Solitaire. A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey. FIRST EDITION","description":"Desert Solitaire. A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey. Drawings by Peter Parnall. McGraw-Hill Book Company. (1968) \"FIRST EDITION\" stated, with no listings of subsequent printings. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has edge wear. Bumping and minor chipping to the top and bottom of the spine. 1\/2\" tear on the top of the front panel. 1\/4\" tear on the top of the back panel with a couple of much smaller tears. No large missing pieces. Not price-clipped. Now protected with a mylar dj cover. BOOK: Slightly cocked. Bumping to the to and bottom of the spine and some cover tips. Previous owner's name inside the front cover written in black felt pen. A light stain is inside the back cover. Does not appear to effect other pages.  Some light notations in pencil on the last blank page. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BL19a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Illustrations are based on the author's drawings of petroglyphs and pictographs found in southern Utah and Arizona. Introspective and poetic observations about nature from Abbey's desert seasons as a Park Ranger.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28149649233,"sku":"","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161219_222715.jpg?v=1482217362"},{"product_id":"house-of-leaves-by-mark-z-danielewski-uncorrected-proof-copy","title":"House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - uncorrected proof copy","description":"\u003cp\u003eHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski. NY, Pantheon, (2000). The uncorrected proof copy of his first book (which states \"2nd edition\" on the title page, but has \"first edition\" and full number line on the copyright page). Blue wrappers with DUST WRAPPER. Reportedly, one of 293 copies printed. DUST JACKET: Has rubbing and bumping to the edges. No tears or clips. Has the cover price of the hard cover book. BOOK: Has light soiling on the top of the page block. The front cover seems to be creased along the spine. A light corner crease is on nthe front cover. some pages are bumped on the bottom corner with perhaps a light dog-earing on the bottom tips. Light gouging on the bottom of the page block. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BL20a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28159516561,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161220_191724.jpg?v=1482292460"},{"product_id":"vallejos-of-california-by-madie-brown-emparan","title":"Vallejos of California by Madie Brown Emparan","description":"Vallejos of California by Madie Brown Emparan. Gleeson Library Associates, University of San Francisco. MCMLXVIII. (1968). 464 pages. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 7\"x 10 1\/2\". Signed by author, Madie Brown Emparan, on the title page, and her husband, Richard Raoul Emparan, to whom the book is dedicated, on the dedication page. Laid in is a Christmas card from the Emparans with a short gift inscription from them on the back of the card. Also laid in is a blurb, in an envelope, about this book, talking about the book and stating that it is in a limited edition of 1000 copies. There is no other indication on the book as to how many copies were printed. A third lay-in is the original sales slip. Hard cover with no dust jacket. Bright gilt lettering is on the front cover and spine. Inside the front cover are remnants from bookplates and address stickers which had had attempted removal. The cover, the top of the page block, and the bottom of the page block, have a bit of soiling. Many of the pages were published attached to each other. Most of the page separations were successful, except some of the pages where the tear went awry, but not torn into the text, and one or two pages that were not separated. Otherwise, there are no previous owner markings. Binding is tight with no looseness to the pages. Pages are flat without creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. BL22b\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"All readers will be grateful to Madie Brown Emparan for her 20-year research in preparation for this book. She had access to a great number of unpublished letters and documents.....Here for the first time is available the complete story on Vallejo. Every aspect of his life - as a writer, rancher, a military commander, colonizer of Northern California, an early advocate of annexation to the United States, a family man is covered in vivid detail. the illustrations which add much to the handsome typography, consists of twelve portraits; one of Vallejo and one of his wife, the remaining ten of his sons and daughters.\" - from the blurb about the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28184774929,"sku":"","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20161222_182956.jpg?v=1482466861"},{"product_id":"last-american-hitch-hiker-tales-of-wander-by-mark-dean-kneeskern","title":"Last American Hitch-Hiker - Tales of Wander by Mark Dean Kneeskern","description":"Last American Hitch-Hiker - Tales of Wander by Mark Dean Kneeskern. Engelhart Printing. Written between 2006 and 2013. Published 2013. 259 pages. A number of full page black and white illustrations, presumably by Kneeskern. Paperback. One crease on the front cover, along the spine. ift inscription on title page, \"Light \u0026amp; Laughter\/are\/eternal\/Burning Man\/2016\/SL\". Otherwise no previous owner markings. Other than mentioned, no creases to cover. Pages have no creeases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CD01a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He was \"the last American hitchhiker,\" born and raised in Iowa and without a car or cellphone for more than a decade. His closest thing to a permanent home was a parked, solar-powered school bus modified with adobe near the U.S.-Mexico border in Terlingua, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSadly, he was killed Sunday in Fairfield by — of all things — a massive freight train that struck him just hours after what would be his final book reading.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe nomadic, unencumbered life of artist Mark Dean \"Eyeball\" Kneeskern, 42, is being mourned by the countless friends he met during his ramblings.\u003cbr\u003e\"None of this was a choice for me,\" Kneeskern said of his peripatetic ways in his final recorded interview (Aug. 28). \"It was kind of just fate leaping in, telling me what to.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKneeskern was hit by the train shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday on the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad that runs through Fairfield. Police continue to investigate the death and have struggled to flesh out the timeline of his final hours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKristian Day, owner-operator of the Orpheum Theater in Fairfield, where Kneeskern spoke Saturday evening in front of a couple dozen people, recorded Kneeskern's final interview for his own \"Parallel Roads\" podcast. Kneeskern left the Orpheum around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Day, and attended a local cookout. He reportedly left that party shortly before 10 p.m. and went to the Arbor Bar, where he stayed until around closing time.\u003cbr\u003eThe missing chunk of Kneeskern's timeline is from 1:30 a.m. Sunday until he was discovered on the tracks, presumably en route to the house where he had planned to spend the night.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNobody has raised the specter of suicide. Kneeskern, universally described as irrepressibly upbeat and lovably goofy, recently had published \"The Last American Hitch-Hiker: Tales of Wander\" and was writing a sequel based on his travels by bus. He had street smarts. He survived hundreds of hitchhikes by developing his own rules of thumb, and yet he said he had refused only three rides from suspicious characters in all his years on the road.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe liked to \"puzzle together a living\" by selling his book as well as sculptures and other artwork. He played the occasional band gig, sometimes with a homemade washtub bass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe became a hitchhiker in Terlingua 11 years ago when both bike tires were flat and he needed to get to work. The \"cute girl\" who gave him his first lift turned out to be Shannon Carter, with whom he would spend the rest of his life. - From an on-line obituary of Kneeskern.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32053796433,"sku":"","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170401_175038.jpg?v=1491096619"},{"product_id":"men-and-angels-the-art-of-james-c-christensen","title":"Men and Angels: The Art of James C. Christensen","description":"Men and Angels: The Art of James C. Christensen by James C. Christensen with Kate Horowitz. Greenwich Workshop Press. First Printing (stated with complete number line from 1-5.) (2008). ISBN-13: 978-0867131024.  11\"x14\"x1\". Hardcover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Has some edge rubbing. No clips, tears or unusual folds. Now protected in mylar dust jacket cover. BOOK: Shows some cover edge wear. A light spot of soiling toward the bottom edge of the front cover. Finger print marks on the half-title page. Otherwise no previous owner markings. Pages have no creases, folds or dog-earing. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CD23a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A major retrospective from the master of fantasy fine art Artist James C. Christensen's keen observation of humanity and endless supply of imagination have made him one of the world's most beloved artists. From his childhood in Culver City, California, to his professional career at Brigham Young University, Christensen has cast his perceptive eye on the world, translating it into engaging and inventive art. Men and Angels is the definitive retrospective on Christensen, who was at the forefront of the resurgence of fantasy-as-fine-art just as Tolkien merged literature and fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames C. Christensen, nicknamed the \"Professor of the Imagination,\" lectures widely on art and creativity, from MBA programs to state art education conferences. The winner of multiple awards from the World Science Fiction Convention and the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, he is the subject of five previous books including Voyage of the Basset and The Art of James C. Christensen: A Journey of the Imagination. He lives in Orem, Utah.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate Horowitz is a writer, poet, and undefeated-at-home Jeopardy! fanatic. She lives with her husband in Connecticut and has recently replaced her lifelong fantasy of joining the circus with that of running away to join the Christensen family.\" from a bookseller's blurb.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33336410705,"sku":"","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170423_190442.jpg?v=1493001379"},{"product_id":"griffin-and-the-minor-canon-by-frank-stockton-with-illustrations-by-maurice-sendak","title":"Griffin and the Minor Canon by Frank Stockton. With Illustrations by Maurice Sendak","description":"Griffin and the Minor Canon by Frank Stockton. With Illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Holt Library Edition. (Not ex-library, but an edition designed to be sent to libraries) (1963) First Edition - stated. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Illustrated cloth cover. Light cover wear. Cover a bit soiled, particularly on the back cover. Inside the front cover is a label thatr has been partially removed: \"Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc....return postage guaranteed...e return to children's book dept.\" My guess is that some copies of this book were sent to some libraries to see if they wanted to purchase to be placed in the library. This copy may have been sent to somebody for their review, and we don't know if the book was ebver returned, but it obviously did not remain in the Holt Chidren's Dept. My guess is that these copies are quite scarce not having been processed by a library. I see no reference to a copylike this either in bibliography or on line. I would certainly accept  ffeedback in this regard. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. 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Previous owner embossed stamp on the first blank page. A pin-head sized spot on the title page and the page facing. Very light evidence of dust soiling on top edge of page block with a small abrasion on the leading edge of the page block. Otherwise pages are clean with no previous owner markings that I find, and without tears, folds or creases. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages and appears to have never been fully opened, let alone read. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CF17a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Here at last is the inside story of the birth of the Psychedelic Age. Albert Hofmann, famed research chemist, recounts the intriguing history of his problem child, LSD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe follow Dr. Hofmann on a tortuous journey of discovery: the systematic research, the incredible accidents, the frightening personal experiment that was, nearly forty years ago, the first LSD trip.\" from the blurb on the dust jacket.","brand":"formerly Shakespeare and Company Books, now VIcarious Experience","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35901662673,"sku":"","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0374\/0649\/products\/20170617_171213.jpg?v=1497746070"},{"product_id":"asimovs-annotated-paradise-lost","title":"Asimov's Annotated Paradise Lost","description":"Asimov's Annotated Paradise Lost with text by John Milton and notes by Isaac Asimov. Doubleday \u0026amp; Company, Inc. New York. 1974. First Edition stated with no subsequent printings listed. 761 pages. ISBN-10: 0385079923. Hard cover with dust jacket. DUST JACKET: Some edgew wear and bumping. A bit sun-faded on the spine. Light wear on the edges of the spine. No major pieces missing. Not price-clipped. Now protected in mylar dust jacket cover. BOOK: A bit of dust on the top edge of the page block. I find one page with a tiny tip fold. Otherwise pages are clean with no previous owner markings that I find, and without tears, folds or creases. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages and appears to have never been fully opened, let alone read. Not ex-library, not remaindered, not a facsimile reprint. More photos available on request. For sale by Jon Wobber, bookseller since 1978. CF18a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\" Paradise Lost has always been difficult reading. It is packed with allusions to the Bible, classical mythology, and history - allusions that are, for the most part, lost on the twentieth-century reading. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this latest edition of the Asimov \"Guides,\" the author comes to the reader's aid. Relying on his vast store of knowledge, Asimov explains all the references to astronomy, alchemy,astrology. 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