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FICKE, Arthur Davison TWELVE JAPANESE PAINTERS
R.F.Seymour/Alderbrink Press Chicago (1913) First Edition Poems on the Ukioye School of Japanese painting. Ficke co-authored, with Witter Bynner, the poetical hoax, SPECTRA. One of 250 copies, 100 of which were for sale. This copy is INSCRIBED by the author for Mrs. Percival [?] and SIGNED in full and dated 1937. Fine, bright copy.
Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. 002462   details     inquire
offered by: Charles Agvent   (USA)
SINCLAIR, May THE DARK NIGHT
MacMillan New York 1924 First Edition Limited to 350 numbered & SIGNED copies. Sinclair, a major writer of her day, was a woman suffrage advocate who is perhaps best known for coining the phrase "stream of consciousness." Spine darkened o/w NF in case.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 002467   details     inquire
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MABIE, Hamilton Wright PARABLES OF LIFE
Outlook Co New York 1902 First Edition Fine with most of the original dw, in 3 pieces.
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 002471   details     inquire
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KELLY, Fred DAVID ROSS. MODERN PIONEER
Knopf New York 1946 First Edition Biography of the inventor of a steering-gear for cars & trucks & benefactor of Purdue Univ. Designed by Bruce Rogers. This copy seems to have been owned by a typesetter or designer, perhaps Rogers himself, as there are a few pencil notes indicating corrections. NF/NF
Price: USD 25.00 other currencies   order no. 002473   details     inquire
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HERRICK, Robert LOVE'S DILEMMAS
Stone Chicago 1898 First Edition Original tan cloth. Designed & decorated by Will Bradley. Near Fine
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 002474   details     inquire
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ECCLESIASTICUS...
Dodd Mead New York 1927 Includes 16 full-page color plates. VG
Price: USD 85.00 other currencies   order no. 002480   details     inquire
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MINER, Charles HISTORY OF WYOMING...
J. Crissy Philadelphia 1845 First Edition Howes M-638; New Howes M-641 "b". Essential book on this area of Pennsylvania once claimed by Connecticut. Short tear & creases in large map, slight spotting. Near Fine
Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. 002495   details     inquire
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RECKITT, William SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND GOSPEL LABOURS OF...
J. Crukshank Philadelphia 1783 First Edition Reckitt gives an account of his travels through America. Also includes the memoirs of James Gough. Evans 18146. A few pages with tears, one leaf lacking & supplied in facsimile. Some spotting, modern bookplate. Joints plasticized. Very Good
Price: USD 175.00 other currencies   order no. 002496   details     inquire
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JORDAN, J., GREEN, E. &amp; ETTINGER, G HISTORIC HOMES AND INSTITUTIONS AND GENEALOGICAL AND PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
Lewis New York 1905 First Edition A little rubbed. Near Fine
Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. 002501   details     inquire
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CARTER, Jimmy &amp; Rosalynn EVERYTHING TO GAIN. MAKING THE MOST OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
Random House New York (1987) First Edition Later printing of the First Edition. INSCRIBED in Jimmy's hand "Best wishesto ----" and SIGNED in full ("Jimmy Carter") on the half title page by bothauthors. Quite uncommon thus. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.
Price: USD 250.00 other currencies   order no. 002509   details     inquire
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WOOLF, Virginia THREE GUINEAS
Harcourt Brace New York (1938) First Edition Fine, bright copy with the dustwrapper front flap laidin.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 002510   details     inquire
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest A FAREWELL TO ARMS
Scribner New York 1929 First Edition First state of text without disclaimer and earliest state of dustwrapper with "Katherine Barclay" reading. Labels are fine and bright; light offsetting to endpapers from the dustwrapper which is intact with just minor chipping at the head of the spine and general darkening and soiling, mostly to the rear, and with absolutely no tinkering. Near Fine in above average Very Good, attractive dustwrapper.
Price: USD 4,500.00 other currencies   order no. 002517   details     inquire
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VOLLMANN, William YOU BRIGHT AND RISEN ANGELS
Atheneum New York 1987 First Edition Author's first book. Slight bump to fore-edge of front board. NF/NF
Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. 002518   details     inquire
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DANA, Richard Henry, Jr TO CUBA AND BACK
Ticknor & Fields Boston 1859 First Edition Light foxing. Covers rubbed, edgeworn; some stains on rear. VG
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 002524   details     inquire
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DOVE, Rita "The Island Women of Paris"
Minn. Center for Book Arts 1990 One of 150 numbered & SIGNED copies by the former U.S. Poet Laureate. Fine
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 002528   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue African-American Literature, History, and Art)
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JUSTICE, Donald "Young Girls Growing Up (1911)"
Minn. Center for Book Arts 1988 One of 150 numbered & SIGNED copies. Fine
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 002530   details     inquire
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LEVERTOV, Denise "The Blind Man's House At the Edge of the Cliff"
Minn. Center for Book Arts 1989 First Edition One of 150 numbered & SIGNED copies. Fine
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 002531   details     inquire
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BLY, R; HAMPL, P; McGRATH, T; &amp; TOTH, S. A 4 BROADSIDES BY MINNESOTA AUTHORS
Minn. Center for Book Arts 1986 Printed on Japanese paper by the Coffee House Press, each broadsideis one of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by the poet. Fine
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 002533   details     inquire
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O'BRIEN, Tim; BAMBARA, Toni Cade; JUSTICE, Donald; KNIGHT... BROADSIDE SUITE containing Five Broadsides in a Folder
Minn. Center for Book Arts 1987-88 Each broadside is one of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by the author. O'Brien's is an excerpt from HOW TO TELL A TRUE WAR STORY. Fine
Price: USD 300.00 other currencies   order no. 002534   details     inquire
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HIGGINSON, Thomas W OLDPORT DAYS
Osgood Boston 1873 First Edition Views of Newport, RI. BAL 8282. Minor edgewear, hinges cracked buttight.
Price: USD 135.00 other currencies   order no. 002536   details     inquire
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BRAUTIGAN, Richard WILLARD AND HIS BOWLING TROPHIES
Simon & Schuster New York (1975) First Edition Rm on bottom edge. NF/NF
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 002538   details     inquire
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KOESTLER, Arthur THE SLEEPWALKERS: A HISTORY OF MAN'S CHANGING VISION OF THE UNIVERSE
MacMillan New York 1959 First Edition Very Good in complete but worn dw.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 002542   details     inquire
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MILTON, John THE POETICAL WORKS
Tilt & Bogue London 1843 Two volumes in attractive decorated blue-green cloth. With a memoir by James Montgomery. Tilt's Illustrated Edition with 120 engravings after drawings by William Harvey. Slight hinge crack but tight and Near Fine.
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 002544   details     inquire
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SUMNER, Charles AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
Washington An interesting two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Sumner of @90 words on the rectos of a sheet folded in half to the author and orator George William Curtis regarding an article Curtis sent him called "The Ships." Theletter is dated Feb. 12th, 71, though Sumner seems to have written "6" first and then a "7" over it. The content makes it fairly clear, however, that Sumner wrote this during the presidential term of U. S. Grant, with whom he had an antagonistic relationship. In part: "All reflecting people who have not lost conscience in subjects to the Executive are afflicted by the present state of things. Never have I known such [?] to the appointed power. Through this the President rules. Nobody dares [?],-- lest some friend should lose an office. 'Vengeance is thine' saith the Press." Sumner, perhaps the most influential man in public life after Lincoln at the end of the Civil War, was a notable advocate for emancipation of the slaves and later for civil rights. Curtis, editor of HARPER'S WEEKLY duringthe Civil War years and one of the most influential American journalists ofany day, also was known for his speeches, one of which was a tribute to Sumner. Fine
Price: USD 750.00 other currencies   order no. 002549   details     inquire
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ONDAATJE, Michael IN THE SKIN OF A LION
Knopf New York 1987 First Edition SIGNED on a tipped-in sheet by the Canadian poet & novelist. Remainder stripe bottom edge; still Fine in Fine dustwrapper.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 002552   details     inquire
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THOMPSON, Stephen OLD ENGLISH HOMES
Sampson Low London 1876 First Edition Quarto (8" x 11-1/4") bound in original decorated green cloth. Illustrated with 23 mostly full-page mounted albumen photographs. Some foxing to text but the photographs are generally clean and strong. Light wear to the corners and spine tips, small rubbed spot on the front cover. Very Good or better
Price: USD 450.00 other currencies   order no. 002559   details     inquire
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McCARTHY, Cormac THE STONEMASON. A PLAY IN FIVE ACTS
Ecco Press (Hopewell, NJ) (1994) First Edition Only 7500 copies were printed of this tragedy about a Southern black familyof stonemasons. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 002560   details     inquire
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KIPLING, Rudyard THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK
Century New York 1895 First Edition Illustrated with plates. The same contents as the prior Englishedition butwith a number of differences in the text. This green cloth copy with the elephant in the center matching the first JUNGLE BOOK, though this stamped in black instead of gold. Spine sunned, little soiled. 1896 owner inscription. Very Good
Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. 002568   details     inquire
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TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH! AND OTHER SKETCHES
Slote, Woodman & Company New York (1878) First Edition Publisher's printed orange wraps. BAL 3378: "Second Edition," though secondprinting might be more accurate. Minor wear to wraps, crease to lower front corner. Very Good
Price: USD 500.00 other currencies   order no. 002570   details     inquire
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TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] PUNCH, BROTHERS, PUNCH! AND OTHER SKETCHES
E. & S. Livingstone Edinburgh [1878] First Edition First English Edition bound in original stiff green wraps rebacked with cloth retaining most of the original spine. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front free endpaper "To Rev. R. Eden, With the author's kindest regards. Mark Twain Sept. 5/78." According to BAL 3378, this edition was published in May 1878. In a 1936 sale held by the American Art Association, a copy ofClemens's Scrap Book inscribed to the Reverend Robert Eden in Sept. 1878 was sold. The Union Catalog of Clemens Letters makes no other mention of Eden. Slight offsetting to inscription caused by old newspaper clipping pasted to inner cover. Occasional soiling and wear. Quite good and scarce.
Price: USD 7,500.00 other currencies   order no. 002571   details     inquire
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TWAIN, Mark [CLEMENS, Samuel] et al THE NIAGARA BOOK
Underhill & Nichols Buffalo 1893 First Edition Publisher's decorated green cloth stamped in brown and silver. SIGNED by the book's most famous contributor "Truly yours, Mark Twain" on the first blank. BAL 3437: Fourth Printing. Contains the first appearance of Twain's "Extracts from Adam's Diary, Translated from the Original MS," on pages [93]-109. This copy also has an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from each of three of the other contributors--David Day, Edward Martin, and Peter Porter--laidin. Also laid in is an old catalogue description from Charles Sessler, Bookseller. The endpapers and preliminaries, including the front blank withTwain's signature, have been strengthened with Japanese tissue paper in thegutters. Spine a little darkened but a bright copy. Near Fine
Price: USD 5,000.00 other currencies   order no. 002572   details     inquire
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ANTIN, Mary THE PROMISED LAND
Houghton Mifflin Boston 1912 First Edition Classic autobiography of Jewish emigration to the UnitedStates illustrated with photographs. Partly unopened. Near Fine
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 002583   details     inquire
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MASTERS, Edgar Lee THE SERPENT IN THE WILDERNESS
Sheldon Dick New York (1933) First Edition #4 of only 84 SIGNED copies with an ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT PAGE bound in. Total edition was 400 copies. The manuscript leaf is from the title poem and begins: "He knew that cruelty begot cruelty, but that kindness was no sure way/To prevent it." Among the original 44 subscribers to this edition was Frank Capra. Small stain at lower corner of front cover. About Fine in original tissue dustwrapper and worn box.
Price: USD 450.00 other currencies   order no. 002587   details     inquire
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BURROUGHS, William THE LAST WORDS OF DUTCH SCHULTZ
Viking New York (1975) First Edition Film script fantasy SIGNED by Burroughs on the 1/2 title page.Near Fine in lightly soiled white dustwrapper with small chip at bottom of rear panel.
Price: USD 300.00 other currencies   order no. 002590   details     inquire
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MICHENER, James RECESSIONAL
Franklin Library Franklin Center, PA 1994 First Edition Bound in decorated leather and illustrated with a frontispiece. Limited edition preceding the trade edition with a special message by the author not in the trade edition and SIGNED by him as well. Fine
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 002592   details     inquire
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(DISCH, Thomas &amp; SLADEK, John) DEMIJOHN, Thom BLACK ALICE
Doubleday Garden City 1968 First Edition Uncommon book nearly always seen in the Book Club edition,this is the true first. SIGNED by Disch on the title page. Small stain near spine of book, signature of previous holder on endpaper. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper.
Price: USD 200.00 other currencies   order no. 002593   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue African-American Literature, History, and Art)
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BOGAN, Louise THE SLEEPING FURY
Scribner New York 1937 First Edition Poet's 3rd book. SIGNED on ffep with the signature of theater set designer Oliver Smith on pastedown. Some soiling & wear, still VG. Lacks dw.
Price: USD 175.00 other currencies   order no. 002598   details     inquire
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BERGER, Thomas KILLING TIME
Dial New York 1967 First Edition The publisher's statement on the front cover states that "KILLING TIME is abook for all those who refuse to believe that non-fiction has eclipsed the novel as a means of social and psychological revelation." INSCRIBED to --- "with all the best" and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. An uncommon signature, especially in an advance copy. Small stain lower front corner, minor soiling. Very Good
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 002604   details     inquire
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HUIE, William B. HE SLEW THE DREAMER
Delacorte New York (1970) First Edition Huie's search, with assassin James Earl Ray, for the truth about the murder of Martin Luther King. Fine in rubbed dw.
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 002618   details     inquire
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McCARTHY, Mary MEMORIES OF A CATHOLIC GIRLHOOD
Harcourt Brace New York (1957) First Edition Owner stamp on front pdown, ink number on front free endpaper. V
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 002620   details     inquire
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BERGER, Thomas KILLING TIME
Dial New York 1967 First Edition Light soiling, spine a bit darkened. Near Fine
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 002621   details     inquire
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PYNCHON, Thomas GRAVITY'S RAINBOW
Viking New York (1973) First Edition Only 4000 copies of this National Book Award winner and Burgess 99 book were printed. One of the most desired titles of modern literature. Corners lightly bumped. Near Fine in price-clipped Near Fine first issue dustwrapper.
Price: USD 1,500.00 other currencies   order no. 002622   details     inquire
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FORD, Richard A PIECE OF MY HEART
Harper & Row New York (1976) First Edition Author's first book, increasingly uncommon. Small stain to top edge near spine slightly showing at top of text near gutter. The dustwrapper is very bright with minor wear at spine tips & one corner. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper.
Price: USD 500.00 other currencies   order no. 002624   details     inquire
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ELLISON, Ralph INVISIBLE MAN
Franklin Library Franklin Center, PA 1980 Bound in full red decorated leather. Illustrated by Will Harmuth. Limited Edition reissue of this National Book Award-winning first book, a landmark novel. This is the First Limited Edition and includes a previously unpublished introduction by Ellison and is SIGNED by him. Fine
Price: USD 450.00 other currencies   order no. 002635   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue African-American Literature, History, and Art)
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DONLEAVY, J. P LEILA
Franklin Library Franklin Center, PA 1983 First Edition Bound in gilt-decorated full brown leather.The true First Edition, one of an unspecified limitation SIGNED by the author with an introduction by him not in the trade edition. Fine
Price: USD 60.00 other currencies   order no. 002636   details     inquire
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SPENDER, Stephen JOURNALS 1939-1983
Franklin Library Franklin Center, PA 1985 First Edition Limited and true First Edition SIGNED by the author and with a special introduction by him not included in the trade edition. Fine
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 002640   details     inquire
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WHITMAN, Walt SELECTED POEMS
Chas. Webster New York 1892 First Edition Decorated cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Part of the Fiction, Fact, and Fancy Series. BAL 21638: Issue A. Bookplate from 19th century library on front pastedown and a 1972 signature of a minor American poet on the front endpaper. Near Fine
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 002644   details     inquire
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WHITMAN, Walt NOVEMBER BOUGHS
David McKay Philadelphia 1888 First Edition Decorated green cloth. BAL 21430: Printing 3. Winship believes this is one of 400 copies printed in 1891 and intended by Whitman to be bound with GOODBYE MY FANCY until illness prevented him from pursuing his plans. SIGNED by the author on the front blank and INSCRIBED by Horace Traubel on the front free endpaper in 1903 to Larson Butler with initialled note belowthe inscription by Traubel stating that "this edn of N. B. bound in green was designed by W.W. for his friends, not for the market, + was never anywhere put on sale." Fine association. Few very small stains on front cover, front hinge gently cracked. Close to Fine with superb signature and inscription.
Price: USD 7,500.00 other currencies   order no. 002646   details     inquire
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WHITMAN, Walt NOVEMBER BOUGHS
David McKay Philadelphia 1888 First Edition Original green cloth, gilt. BAL 21430: Printing 3: 400 copies. Front free endpaper removed with front hinge repaired. Still a very clean copy inside and out. Quite nice.
Price: USD 250.00 other currencies   order no. 002647   details     inquire
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WHITMAN, Walt NOVEMBER BOUGHS
David McKay Philadelphia 1888 First Edition Original maroon cloth, gilt. BAL 21430: Printing 1, Binding D (probable sequence). Portrait frontispiece; top edge gilt, others trimmed. Spine and portion of rear cover with some sunning; former owner name on front pastedown. Near Fine
Price: USD 500.00 other currencies   order no. 002648   details     inquire
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WHITMAN, Walt NOVEMBER BOUGHS
David McKay Philadelphia 1888 First Edition Original maroon cloth, gilt. BAL 21430: Printing 1, Binding D (probable sequence). Portrait frontispiece; top edge gilt, others trimmed. Tiny nick to fore-edge of spine, appears to be the result of a binding defect. Front hinge strengthened. Bright, Near Fine copy.
Price: USD 600.00 other currencies   order no. 002649   details     inquire
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HAYES, Helen &amp; LOOS, Anita TWICE OVER LIGHTLY: NEW YORK THEN AND NOW
Harcourt Brace New York (1972) First Edition INSCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors to Alma. Near Fine in Very Good dustwrapper.
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 002655   details     inquire
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WIDEMAN, John Edgar THE LYNCHERS
Harcourt Brace New York (1973) First Edition His third & arguably best book. Short tears at bottom of title and dedication pages. Small sticker on pastedown. NF/NF
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 002657   details     inquire
(See also our catalogue African-American Literature, History, and Art)
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ORWELL, George NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR
Harcourt Brace New York (1949) First Edition In both the red (presumed first) and blue dustwrappers. Both are price-clipped with minor tears and edgewear at the corners and spine tips; the spine of the red dustwrapper has a jagged tear at the rear and the bottom half of the rear panel is lacking. Fine in Fair red dustwrapper and Very Good blue dustwrapper.
Price: USD 450.00 other currencies   order no. 002658   details     inquire
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KING, Stephen THE STAND
Doubleday New York 1978 First Edition First issue dustwrapper with $12.95 price. Made into a television mini-series that was well received and often rebroadcast. A thick book not especially well made by a publisher with a reputation during this period for poorly manufactured books; thus uncommon to find in this condition. Very short closed tear to dustwrapper with minor general wear. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustwrapper. Attractive copy.
Price: USD 450.00 other currencies   order no. 002659   details     inquire
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WHITMAN, Walt TWO PREFACES
Doubleday Garden City 1926 Foreword by Christopher Morley. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Fine inlightly soiled dustwrapper.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 002663   details     inquire
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HAGGARD, H. Rider &amp; LANG, Andrew THE WORLD'S DESIRE
Longmans, Green London 1890 First Edition 23-page catalogue at end dated 10/92. Light soiling and foxing. Tiny split bottom of front joint. Very Good or better
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 002666   details     inquire
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HAGGARD, H. Rider HEART OF THE WORLD
Longmans, Green London 1896 First Edition First English Edition, First Issue with error on page 271. Preceded by the American edition. With a 24-page catalogue at end dated 4/96. Light to moderate foxing. Spine lightly sunned, gilt bright. Very Good
Price: USD 100.00 other currencies   order no. 002667   details     inquire
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HAGGARD, H. Rider PEARL-MAIDEN
Longmans, Green London 1903 First Edition First English Edition. Subscription library bookplate on front pastedown. Minor wear at spine tips & corners. Light foxing. Very Good
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 002669   details     inquire
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BURROUGHS, William INTERZONE
Viking New York (1989) First Edition F/F
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 002673   details     inquire
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WHITE, Gilbert THE WORKS IN NATURAL HISTORY, COMPRISING THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SELBORNE; THE NATURALIST'S CALENDER; MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS
J White London 1802 First Edition Two octavo (5-1/8" x 8-1/4") volumes bound in one in marbled boards with recent calf spine and corners and a gilt-lettered morocco spine label. First Collected Edition, with a biographical preface by the author's nephew, John White. Illustrated with four engravings, two folding, including two hand-colored engraved plates of birds one of which is folding. Even, mostly mild, foxing. Near Fine
Price: USD 350.00 other currencies   order no. 002675   details     inquire
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BARKER, Clive THE DAMNATION GAME
Putnam New York (1987) First Edition NF/NF
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 002685   details     inquire
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GURGANUS, Allan WHITE PEOPLE
Knopf New York 1991 First Edition Short stories by a highly praised Southern author. F/F
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 002694   details     inquire
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STONE, Robert CHILDREN OF LIGHT
Knopf New York 1986 First Edition rm. F/F
Price: USD 40.00 other currencies   order no. 002695   details     inquire
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ELIOT, T. S. THE LETTERS OF.... Volume I: 1898-1922
Harcourt Brace New York (1988) First Edition rm. F/F
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 002696   details     inquire
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BUTLER, Robert Olen WABASH
Knopf New York 1987 First Edition F/F
Price: USD 85.00 other currencies   order no. 002697   details     inquire
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GADDIS, William CARPENTER'S GOTHIC
Viking New York (1985) First Edition rm. NF/NF
Price: USD 30.00 other currencies   order no. 002698   details     inquire
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BARNHARDT, Wilton EMMA WHO SAVED MY LIFE
St. Martin's Press New York (1989) First Edition Author's first book, a rambling tale of life in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.
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HERTZBERG, Nancy FRONTIER INVENTORY
Simon & Schuster New York (1989) First Edition Author's first book. Remainder mark otherwise Fine in Fine dustwrapper.
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KRIST, Gary THE GARDEN STATE
Harcourt Brace New York (1988) First Edition Author's first book, a collection of stories that won the Sue Kaufman Award for First Fiction. Remainder mark otherwise Fine in Fine dustwrapper.
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ERDRICH, Louise TRACKS
Henry Holt New York (1988) First Edition F/F
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VACHSS, Andrew BLOSSOM
Knopf New York 1990 First Edition F/F
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LEAVITT, David EQUAL AFFECTIONS
Weidenfeld & Nicolson New York (1989) First Edition F/F
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ZENOWICH, Christopher THE COST OF LIVING
Harper & Row New York (1989) First Edition First book. rm. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.
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PINON, Nelida THE REPUBLIC OF DREAMS
Knopf New York 1989 First Edition Latin-American author's seventh novel & her first book to appear in English. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.
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O'BRIEN, Tim THE NUCLEAR AGE
Knopf New York 1985 First Edition Red remainder mark at top edge, otherwise Fine in Near Fine dj.
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MITCHELL, Stephen PARABLES AND PORTRAITS
Harper & Row New York (1990) First Edition First book of his own work by this noted translator of Rilke. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.
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HUDSON, William Henry FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO
Limited Editions Club Buenos Aires 1943 Quarto, illustrated with lithographs by Raul Rosarivo. Copy#834 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer, Alberto Kraft, and the illustrator. Perhaps the most unique LEC binding, the upper half consisting of smooth rawhide with the title branded in and the lower half the rough hide of a steer from the Argentine pampa with the hair still remaining. Bound together and along thesides with rawhide thongs and with suede endpapers inside. Near Fine, lacking the uncommon duswrapper and box.
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BACON, Francis THE ESSAYES [ESSAYS] OR COUNSELS CIVILL & MORALL OF FRANCIS BACON BARON OF VERULAM VISCOUNT SAINT ALBAN
Limited Editions Club New York 1944 Folio (8-3/4" x 13") bound in half buckram and lovely gold-decorated boards. Introduction by Christopher Morley, note by A. S. W. Rosenbach. Copy #670 of 1100, one of the smaller limitations of the time for the press, designed by Bruce Rogers who has created a lovely presence for thesemarvelous essays and who has SIGNED the colophon page. Fine in slightly worn glassine and spine-darkened clamshell box.
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BELLAMY, Edward LOOKING BACKWARD
Limited Editions Club Hollywood (1941) Octavo (6-3/4" x 9") bound in a bright yellow linen decorated in red designed by DuPont to be both washable and vermin-proof. Designed by Merle Armitage and printed by Ward Ritchie. Illustrated with over thirty drawings by Elise, the wife of Armitage. Copy #1403 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist. Small, tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine with the usual broken and impractical slipcase.
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GAUTIER, Theophile MADEMOISELLE DE MAUPIN
Limited Editions Club New York 1943 Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound in quarter burgundy morocco anddecorated boards with a gilt-stamped leather spine label. Mildly erotic illustrations by Andre Dugo hand-colored in the studio of Charlize Brakeley. Copy #670 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the artist, one of the smallerlimitations at this period for the press. Fine in worn glassine and rubbed, Very Good slipcase.
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MAUGHAM, W. Somerset OF HUMAN BONDAGE
Limited Editions Club New Haven 1938 Two octavo volumes (6" x 9") bound in full imported speckled linen with leather labels. Introduction by Theodore Dreiser. Copy #131 of 1500 copies illustrated by John Sloan and SIGNED on the colophon page by the artist whocontributes 16 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS. One of the more desirable books of the press. Spines slightly sunned, as usual. Near Fine in slipcase remnant.
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FARLEIGH, John IT NEVER DIES: A COLLECTION OF NOTES AND ESSAYS 1940-1946
Sylvan Press London 1946 First Edition Very Good in Fair dw.
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KENT, Rockwell ROCKWELLKENTIANA
Harcourt Brace New York 1933 First Edition Illustrated by Kent. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author for the renowned photographer Doris Ulmann in 1933 "for his friend John D. Chase to give hisfriend Doris Ulmann." Nice association linking two artists with social concerns. Dustwrapper missing most of spine and lower fifth of rear panel. Very Good in worn dustwrapper, but a special copy.
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MORRIS, Mary VANISHING ANIMALS
Godine Boston (1979) First Edition First book, a collection of stories. INSCRIBED and SIGNED in 1981. Fine in just about Fine dustwrapper.
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STEINBECK, John ONCE THERE WAS A WAR
Viking New York 1958 First Edition Fine in bright dw with some chipping & fading to spine.
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KENNEDY, William QUINN'S BOOK
Viking New York (1988) First Edition SIGNED on title page. F/F
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CONRAD, Joseph &amp; HUEFFER [FORD], Ford Madox THE NATURE OF A CRIME
Duckworth London (1924) First Edition Written in 1906 but not published until Conrad was near death. Laid in is acard from the publisher announcing the upcoming publication of Hueffer's remembrance of Conrad. Some fading to the pink cloth and offsetting to the endpapers from the dustwrapper. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a darkened spine.
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McGUANE, Thomas PANAMA
Farrar, Straus & Giroux New York (1978) First Edition NF/NF
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BEAGLE, Peter I SEE BY MY OUTFIT
Viking New York (1965) First Edition Author's second book, an account of a trip by motor scooter across America. Lower corners slightly bumped. Fine in Very Good dustwrapper.
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BRADFORD, Richard RED SKY AT MORNING
Lippincott Philadelphia (1968) First Edition Author's acclaimed first book, a beautiful story