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BONNELL, F. W. and F. C. Conrad Aiken. A Bibliography (1902-1978).
San Marino: Huntington Library, 1982, octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 292pp. First Edition. A comprehensive bibliography which follows the format of the Pittsburgh and Soho series of bibliographies. Fine.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 1   details     inquire
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English Royal Signatures.
London: HMSO, (1981), quarto, wrappers. (12)pp. 2nd impression. With 33 signatures illustrated and catalogued. Fine.
Price: USD 10.00 other currencies   order no. 4   details     inquire
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BLUMENTHAL, Joseph. Typographic Years. A Printer's Journey Through a Half Century 1925-1975.
New York: Beil, (1982), octavo, brown cloth in dust jacket. 153pp. First Edition. Printed at The Stinehour Press. For more than fifty years Joseph Blumenthal, the renowned designer-printer, has stimulated concern for the arts of the book in the United States. In this professional autobiography he has written a fascinating account of his life with fine printing - his " search for clarity" from the halcyon days of the 1920's through the 1970' s. With a strong sense of the historical forces that have made printing what it is today, he tells about the development of his Sprial Press, where he succeeded in producing a consistentyly distinctive style of printing, and the times in which it thrived; about his growing education in the graphic arts; and about the personalities with whom he has carried forward the traditions of bookmaking. With 30 illustrations. As new in flawless dust jacket.
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BLUMENTHAL, Joseph. The Printed Book in America.
Hanover: Univ Press of New England, (1989), quarto, cloth in dust jacket. xvi, 250pp. Second Printing. From the colonial period up until the present day, Blumenthal touches on many of the prominent publishers, printers, and typographers of their time: William Bradford, Benjamin Franklin, "Colonial Women", Isaiah Thomas, De Vinne, Mosher, Stone & Kimball, Copeland & Day, The Elston Press, Walter Gilliss, D. B. Updike, Bruce Rogers, Goudy, Will Bradley, Dwiggins, Edwin and Robert Grabhorn are just a few of those discussed. With numerous illustrations and a bibliography. Fine.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 9   details     inquire
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  HARTHAN, John. Bookbindings.
London: HMSO, (1985), octavo, wrappers. 152pp. Third Edition. Using examples of bindings from the V& A Museum, this book is a guided tour of the historical development of this ancient craft. This edition contains much new material. Extensively illustrated. Fine.
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McDONNELL, Joseph and Patrick Healy. Gold-Tooled Bookbindings Commissioned by Trinity College in the Eighteenth Century.
(Ireland): Irish Georgian Society, (1987), quarto, cloth in dust jacket. xvii, 340pp. First Edition. A documented study of the bookbindings commissioned by Trinity College, Dublin, in the eighteenth century. This represents the first in a series of Studies in the History of Irish Bookbinding. Illustrated with 102 bindings and over 500 rubbings of binders tools. "[The authors] rightly see binding as an adjunct to local printing and publishing on this occasion, and so include an extensive series of printing records, for example, incidentally documenting Berkeley's interest in Greek." David McKitterick, "The Book Collector", Spring, 1989. Fine.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 12   details     inquire
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  BROWN, Anthony. Boswellian Studies. A Bibliography.
(Hamden): Archon, 1972, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xiv), 134pp. Revised edn. A thorough compilation of the reviews and other public comment made on Boswell's work from his time to 1972. Very fine.
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  SCHRODER, John. Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts by Rupert Brooke, Edward Marsh & Christopher Hassall.
Cambridge, Eng: Rampant Lions Press, (1970), large quarto, cloth. 134pp. Limited to 450 numbered copies, this copy out-ot-series, unnumbered. Frontispiece of Rupert Brooke by Joan Hassall. Illustrated. Very fine.
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ENGEN, Rodney. Randolph Caldecott 'Lord of the Nursery'.
London: Bloomsbury, (1988), quarto, boards in dust jacket. 104pp. Second edition. The text represents a comprehensive selection of Caldecott's work, followed by a checklist of his published illustrations and his paintings in oit. With over 100 illustrations, 9 in color.
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  WHALLEY, Joyce Irene and Vera Kaden. The Universal Penman. A Survey of Western Calligraphy from the Roman Period to 1980.
London: V & A Museum, 1980, oblong quarto, wrappers. (x), 152pp. First Edition. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, July -September, 1980. Extensively illustrated. All facets of the V & A Collection are highlighted with representative pieces of manuscript, engraved and printed calligraphy from the Roman times to the twentieth century. A final section focuses on the history of the Study of Calligraphy and Works specially commissioned for the exhibition. Fine.
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  LAMBOURNE, Lionel. An Introduction to Caricature.
London: V & A Museum, (1983), octavo, boards. 48pp. First Edition. Illustrated with black and whitephotographs. From its beginning in the Baroque era, when humorous art began to distort the individual man, "and thus reveal the very essence of a personality" pictorially, caricature has had a splendid career in England: Hogarth, Rowlandson, Granville are all here along with examples from the Italian and French traditions. Very fine.
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ORUM, Poul. Scapegoat.
New York: Pantheon, (1975), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Minimal edgewear. Fine copy.
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  FOWELL, Frank and Frank Palmer. Censorship in England.
New York: Burt Franklin, (1970), octavo, cloth. xii, 390pp. Reprint. Illustrated. A history of censorship in England particularly as it was applied to the dramatists and literary figures of the 16th and 17th centuries. Very fine.
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HARDIE, Martin. English Coloured Books.
London: Fitzhouse Books, (1990), quarto, boards in dust jacket. xxiv, (340)pp. Reprint of the firstedition of 1906. This edition with an introduction by James Laver. A classic, comprehensive study of color printing. Hardie's book opens with two chapters on the medieval origins of color printing and on the methods of book illsutration from 1500 to 1800. These are followed by 22 detailed chapters on individuals, publishers and the development and improvement of special methods and techniques through to the early twentieth century. A final chapter deals with collecting. Illustrated. With a comprehensive index. Fine.
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SITWELL, Sacheverell and Handasyde Buchanan and James Fis... Fine Bird Books, 1700-1900.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (1990), folio, cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 180pp. First AmericanEdition. With a foreword by S. Dillon Ripley. Illustrated with 52 color plates. Sitwell's text highlights the master illustrators and their careers, but the focus of the book is a 90 page bibliography by Buchanan and Fisher that describes editions, plates and methods of reproduction as well as providing a final Reference Bibliography on bird books. Buchanan was a major London book collector and dealer, while Fisher was "perhaps the most popular figure in ornithological circles." An appendix by Buchanan defines the various printing processes for natural history plates. Very fine.
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DICKINSON, Donald C. Dictionary of American Book Collectors.
New York: Greenwood, (1986), octavo, cloth. xvi, 384pp. First Edition. A biographical dictionary of359 significant American collectors who died before 1985, whose collections are distinguished by quality, unity and superior physical condition. A brief biographical/bibligraphical description is followed with a bibliography of catalogues published on the collection, published writings of the collector, etc. With appendices listing collectors under specialties. Very fine.
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BRODSKY, Louis Daniel and Robert W. Hamblin. Faulkner: A Comprehensive Guide to the Brodsky Collection. Volume I: The Bibliography.
Jackson: Univ Press of Mississippi, (1982), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xx,416pp. First Edition. Illustrated. A listing of more than 2,000 items in this Faulkner collection including manuscripts, books, letters, early drawings in school publications, here organized chronologically from family documents from the 1880s to publications about Faulkner from the 1980s. Very fine.
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PETERSEN, Carl. On the Track of the Dixie Limited. Further Notes of a Faulkner Collector.
La Grange, IL: Colophon Book Shop, 1979, octavo, wrappers. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Material added to the Petersen collection in the five years following EACH IN ITS ORDERED PLACE. Illustrated. Mint.
Price: USD 22.50 other currencies   order no. 37   details     inquire
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BRUCCOLI, Matthew J. F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Descriptive Bibliography.
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1987, octavo, cloth. (xx), 479pp. Revised Edition. Partof the Pittsburgh Series in Bibliography. A detailed, illustrated bibliography covering Books and Separate Publications; Contributions to Books; Contributions to Periodicals; Miscellany; Translations; Musical Settings; Recordings; Dedicatory Poems and Poems Referring to Stevens; Books about Stevens; Books Partially about Stevens in Periodicals; Book Reviews; Dissertations. New.
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Printed Books and Manuscripts from the Estate of John F. Fleming.
New York: Christie's, 1988, quarto, wrappers. 185pp. 373 lots. With a 1 1/4pp. introduction by Nicolas Barker. "Items from the private library of John Fleming, removed from Larchmont, New York, are indicated by the letters 'PL' in parentheses at the end of the particular entries. All other items are from his business stock." The balance of items from the business stock were subsequently sold at Swann Galleries. An interesting catlaogue of books and manuscripts belonging to this most influential bookdealer who, aolng with Edwin Wolf 2nd, documented his years working for A. S. W. Rosenbach in the biography ROSENBACH. Some items are left from the Rosenbach stock and the detailed descriptions give their fascinating histories. Extensivley illustrated, with three color plates and a full color frontispiece of Mr. Fleming standing in the beautifully appointed "shop". Fine.
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  JONES, Mark, Paul Craddock and Nicolas Barker, (editors). Fake? The Art of Deception.
Berkeley: Univ of California Press, (1990), large quarto, cloth in dust jacket. "What is a fake andwhy are fakes made?...More than 600 objects from the British Museum and many other major collections are included here. There are spectacular fakes, once hailed as masterpieces of ancient and modern art. There are mermen and manuscripts, Chinese bronzes and Chinese Porcelain. There are literary and documentary frauds and political forgeries that have changed the course of detection are described. But many puzzles remain: the book concludes with a discussion of intriguing cases like the Vinland Map, the 'Aztec' rock-crystal skull and the musterious discoveries at Glozel which continue to preplex curator, historian and scientist alike." Extensively illustrated. Includes examples of faked illuminated manuscripts, bookbindings, and, of course, T. J. Wise. Very fine.
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  DARNTON, Robert and Daniel Rockey, (editors). Revolution in Print. The Press in France, 1775-1800.
Berkeley: Univ of California Press, (1989), quarto, wrappers. (xvi), (352)pp. First Edition. Illustrated. The essays attempt to answer the question: "What was the role of printing in the French Revolution?" With a final exhibition checklist and notes for the essays. Fine.
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SKELTON, Christopher, (editor). Eric Gill: The Engravings.
Boston: Godine, (1990), small folio, cloth in dust jacket. 478pp. First Trade Edition, American Issue. "This monumental book, compiled by Gill's nephew, Christopher Skelton, and based on the limited edition, contains Gill's complete oeuvre - from his religious subjects to his erotic fantasies, from his designs for the sumptuous editions of THE FOUR GOSPELS and THE CANTERBURY TALES to his tiny pressmark for the Curwen Press. Most are reproduced in their original dimensions, with examples in both color and black and white." Fine.
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Printed by Hague and Gill. A Checklist prepared in conjunction with the exhibit "A Responsible Workman"... (Cover title).
(Los Angeles: UCLA Library, 1982), octavo, wrappers. 48pp. First Edition. With a 4 1/2pp. introduction by James Davis. With some illsutrations of devices and Gill's "Pigotts Road" map reproduced on back cover.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 44   details     inquire
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YOUNG, Philip and Charles W. Mann. The Hemingway Manuscripts. An Inventory.
University Park: Penn State Univ Press, (1969), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 138pp. First Edition. Illustrated. An annotated inventory of the complete literary estate left by Hemingway, including much that was unpublished. Fine.
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The Estelle Doheny Collection. Part II. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts.
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, Dec 2, 1987, large quarto, cloth. (126)pp. 46 items listed. From the Foreword to the catalogue: "Although her main interest was book collecting, she nevertheless managed to assemble a small, but select collection containing some quite remarkable manuscripts... Every aspect of medieval manuscript production is represented, from fine examples of early German monastic books to late Renaissance calligraphic works and the remarkable cut-work book for Anne of Austria. The dominant theme of the collection is religious, but in each category the choices were obviously careful and remarkably judicious..." Extensively illustrated with 14 black and white and 66 full color illustrations. Fine.
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HESS, Joan. Much Ado in Maggody.
New York: St. Martin, (1989), octavo, boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Author's third Maggody mystery. Mint.
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GRUMBACH, Doris. The Missing Person.
New York: Putnam, (1981), octavo, boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Novel set in Hollywood around the late 1930s. Author's third novel. Very fine.
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HANSEN, Joseph. Early Graves.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1987), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. A Dave Brandstetter mystery. Very fine.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 58   details     inquire
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SNOW, C.P. The Conscience of the Rich.
New York: Scribner's, (1958), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. With the bookplate of Little, Brown editor Ned Bradford on front pastedown. Minor restoration to jacket, price clipped.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 60   details     inquire
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THOMAS, Craig. Wolfsbane.
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, (1978), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Author's second novel. Fine copy.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 63   details     inquire
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CAMPBELL, R. Wright. Malloy's Subway.
New York: Atheneum, 1981, octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Small spot of restoration to jacket spine foot. Fine.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 70   details     inquire
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VAN ASH, Cay. The Fires of Fu Manchu.
New York: Harper & Row, (1987), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Author's second Fu Manchu mystery. Very fine.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 71   details     inquire
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DEIGHTON, Len. Winter.
New York: Knopf, 1987, octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Mint.
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WRIGHT, Eric. Smoke Detector.
New York: Scribner's, (1984), octavo, boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Author's second mysteryfeatures Inspector Charlie Salter. Mint copy.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 77   details     inquire
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PURDY, James. In the House of Solitary Maggot.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1974, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Second novel in Purdy's Sleepers in Moon-Crowned Valleys sequence. Fine copy.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 82   details     inquire
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CHEEHAK, Susan Taylor. The Story of Annie D.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989, octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Author's first book. Mint.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 84   details     inquire
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ASHFORD, Jeffrey. The D.I.
New York: Harper & Bros., (1961), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Few tiny nicks to jacket spine head. Fine, bright copy.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 89   details     inquire
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ISRAEL, Peter. I'll Cry When I Kill You.
New York: Mysterious Press, (1988), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Mint copy.
Price: USD 20.00 other currencies   order no. 92   details     inquire
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EAMES, Hugh. Sleuths, Inc: Studies of Problem Solvers.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1978), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Taking the fictional detectives of five renowned mystery writers -- Arthur Conan Doyle, Georges Simenon, Dashiell Hammett, Eric Ambler and Raymond Chandler -- author advances the thesis that these detectives are a projection of the societies in which the writers lived. Fine.
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THURBER, James. Thurber Country.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953, octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Collects twenty-six pieces, including "File and Forget", accompanied by Thurber's distinctive line drawings. Chip to jacket spine, small tear. Near fine.
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LOGAN, Margaret. Deathhampton Summer.
New York: Walker, (1988), octavo, boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Author's first mystery. Mint.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 103   details     inquire
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GARDNER, John. The Cornermen.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1976, octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Very fine.
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LAFARGE, Oliver. The Door in the Wall.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Collects twelve stories, about half of which were previously unpublished. With a Foreword by William Maxwell. Light spotting along top edge, spine foot dampstained.Near fine.
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RECHY, John. This Day's Death.
New York: Grove, (1969), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Author's third novel. Minor restoration to jacket spine head, endpaper offset. Fine.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 116   details     inquire
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INNES, Michael (J. I. M. Stewart). Appleby and the Ospreys.
New York: Dodd, Mead, (1987), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Mint.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 122   details     inquire
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BOUCHER, Anthony (ed). The Quality of Murder.
New York: Dutton, 1962, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Anthology of true crime stories compiled by the Mystery Writers of America. Light stain on front jacket panel, nicks to jacket spine ends.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 123   details     inquire
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WYLLIE, John. The Long Dark Night of Baron Samedi.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1981, octavo, boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Mint.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 125   details     inquire
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WILSON, F. Paul. Black Wind.
New York: TOR, 1988, octavo, boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Mint.
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SNOW, C.P. In Their Wisdom.
New York: Scribner's, (1974), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Very fine copy.
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ROTH, Gerhard. Winterreise.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1980), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Author's first novel in English translation. Very fine.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 128   details     inquire
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WOLITZER, Hilma. Ending.
New York: Morrow, 1974, octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Author's first novel.Rear endpaper incorrectly trimmed, else very fine.
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ROSS, Frank. The Shining Day.
New York: Atheneum, 1981, octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Very fine.
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GOLD, Herbert. Swiftie the Magician.
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1974), octavo, boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Mint copy.
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  CLEARY, John. City of Fading Light.
New York: Morrow, (1985), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Near mint.
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PARKER, Robert B. Perchance to Dream.
New York: Putnam, (1991), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Parker's sequel to Chandler's The Big Sleep. Mint copy.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 137   details     inquire
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HARCOURT, Palma. Agents of Influence.
New York: Walker, (1978), octavo, boards in dust jacket. First American Edition. Light soiling to jacket. Very fine.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 138   details     inquire
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FORSYTH, Frederick. The Fourth Protocol.
(New York): Viking, (1984), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. `. First American Edition. Near mint.
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BRAVERMAN, Kate. Lithium for Medea.
New York: Harper & Row, (1979), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Author's first novel. Nearly imperceptible damping along upper extremity. Fine.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 143   details     inquire
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MEEK, M.R.D. This Blessed Plot.
New York: Scribner's, (1991), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Mystery featuring Lennox Kemp. Mint.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 146   details     inquire
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CANNING, Victor. The Kingsford Mark.
New York: Morrow, 1976, octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Very fine.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 147   details     inquire
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LLEWELLYN, Sam. Blood Orange.
New York: Summit, (1989), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Very fine.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 148   details     inquire
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PAUL, Barbara. In-Laws and Outlaws.
New York: Scribner's, (1990), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Mint.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 149   details     inquire
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SANGSTER, Jimmy. Touchfeather, Too.
New York: Norton, (1970), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Fine copy.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 150   details     inquire
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NORTON, Andre. Forerunner: The Second Venture.
(New York): TOR, (1985), octavo, boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Near mint.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 151   details     inquire
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BURLEY, W.J. Charles and Elizabeth.
New York: Walker, (1981), octavo, boards in dust jacket. First American Edition. Light bump to spine head. Very fine.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 153   details     inquire
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MEYER, Nicholas. Confessions of a Homing Pigeon.
New York: Dial, (1981), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Touch of spotting to lower extremities & fore-edge, else fine.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 158   details     inquire
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PORTER, Katherine Anne. The Never-Ending Wrong.
Boston: Atlantic/Little, Brown, 1977, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Illustrated withphotographs. Porter's memoir of her involvement with the Sacco-Vanzetti trial, published on that event's 50th anniversary. Very fine copy.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 162   details     inquire
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O'FAOLAIN, Sean. Foreign Affairs and Other Stories.
Boston: Atlantic/Little, Brown, (1976), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First American Edition. Collects eight stories. Very fine.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 163   details     inquire
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HUMPHREY, William. Proud Flesh.
New York: Knopf, 1973, octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Author's third novel. Minor restoration to jacket spine head, else fine.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 164   details     inquire
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BUSCH, Frederick. Take This Man.
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, (1981), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Very fine copy.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 165   details     inquire
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YOUNT, John. The Trapper's Last Shot.
New York: Random House, (1973), octavo, boards & cloth in price clipped dust jacket. First Edition.Author's second book. Very fine.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 166   details     inquire
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WEBB, Charles. The Abolitionist of Clark Gable Place.
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1975), octavo, boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Very fine.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 168   details     inquire
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HELLMAN, Lillian. Maybe.
(London): (Macmillan), (1980), octavo, cloth in dust jacket. First English Edition. Near mint.
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 169   details     inquire
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WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Knightly Quest: a Novella and Four Short Stories.
(New York): New Directions, (1966), octavo, cloth in price clipped dust jacket. First Edition. First issue binding, of which there were 3,938 copies. Very fine.
Price: USD 85.00 other currencies   order no. 174   details     inquire
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ADAMS, Richard. The Plague Dogs.
(London): Allen Lane, (1977), octavo, boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Author's third novel. Fine copy in price clipped jacket.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 177   details     inquire
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  CALDWELL, Erskine. Tenant Farmer.
New York: Phalanx Press, (1935), octavo, green wrappers. First Edition. First publication in the Phalanx Press pamphlet series. Very fine copy of this fragile issue.
Price: USD 175.00 other currencies   order no. 178   details     inquire
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BARTH, John. Todd Andrews to the Author. A Letter of Letters.
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1979, octavo, boards & cloth. First Edition. Limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Barth. Designed and printed by Grant Dahlstrom. Mint.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 179   details     inquire
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BRUCCOLI, Matthew. Nelson Algren: A Descriptive Bibliography.
Pittsburgh: Univ of Pittsburgh Press, 1985, octavo, cloth. (xiv), (186)pp. First Edition. Illustrated. With particular attention to dust jacket descriptions.
Price: USD 29.95 other currencies   order no. 188   details     inquire
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CARR, John Dickson. The Demoniacs.
New York: Harper & Row, (1962), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Ink mark on front endpaper and front jacket flap. Fine copy.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 190   details     inquire
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COHEN, William S. & Gary Hart. The Double Man.
New York: Morrow, (1985), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Fine copy.
Price: USD 17.50 other currencies   order no. 194   details     inquire
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LEWIS, Roy Harley. Fine Bookbinding In the Twentieth Century.
London: David & Charles, (1984), large octavo, grey boards in dust jacket. 151pp. First Edition. This is a look at this century's leading binders, their work and their varied approaches to it - often described in their own works. It includes a chapter on collecting bindings. Extensively illustrated with a fine selection of photographs, in color and black and white, it shows the very varied approaches of the different personalities, their superb craftsmanship and beautiful, stimulating, sometimes controversial designs. Jacket slightly discolored from sun, else fine and clean.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 197   details     inquire
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ELLIN, Stanley. Star Light, Star Bright.
New York: Random House, (1979), octavo, boards & cloth in dust jacket. First Edition. Fine copy.
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  Ramsden, Charles. French Bookbinders, 1789-1848.
London: Batsford, (1989), quarto, boards in dust jacket. xiv, 228pp. Reprint. Illustrated. Listing the binders alphabetically, Ramsden in brief notes gives addresses, dates, details of apprenticeship and partnership, and specification such as gauffer, as French binding assigns forwarding to one binder and finishing to another. Very fine.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 199   details     inquire
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