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Printed for F. Style. London.,1739. FIRST, AND ONLY, EDITION. 8vo. Front wrapper, ii,28pp. Lacking the half title but with the rare printed front wrapper (showing the price of Six Pence) laid down and bound in. Text complete. Top edge of pages have been cut and gilded, the others are untrimmed. Pages a bit marked and rubbed but overall a very good example. The original front wrapper has some small areas of loss to the edges and corners and has been professionally laid down. Bound in modern half red crushed morocco by C. Walters. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Compartments lettered in gilt. Boards with dark red cloth. Burgundy endpapers. Previous owners bookplate (Douglas Peter Crossman, Earl Stonham) on front pastedown endpaper. Overall a very good copy of this uncommon political satire, mocking the supporters of George II and Prince James Stuart, the Old pretender. Not in Halkett & Laing.:
Great Men and Famous Women (4 Volumes) by Horne, Charles F - 1894: A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History
by Horne, Charles F
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Great Men and Famous Women (4 Volumes): A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History
by Horne, Charles F
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New York: Selmar Hess, 1894. Not States. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket as issued. Handsome four volume set illustrated with printed tissue overlays protecting black and white plates and engravings. Gilt titles and decoration to front covers and spines, quarter leather over matching pebbled boards, marbled end papers, red page edges. Bindings tight, heavy wear to leather corners with some chipping, most spines chipped a bit with some cracking, , interior pages very lightly tanned, tissue intact, most volumes appear never to have been opened, no obvious markings on pages, former owner's name on blank page, second volume front hinge cracking, fourth volume front and back boards detached, gilt bright on all volumes.
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A Hue and Cry After Part of a Pack of Hounds, Which broke out of Their Kennel in Westminster. To which is added, Modern Characters, By another Hand
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David Balfour: Being Memoirs of His Adventures At Home And Abroad (First Ameridan Printing)
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U.S.A.: SCRIBNERS, 1893. First American Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. First American Edition--First Printing. From the recently auctioned collection of M. B. Goldstone & Homer Goldstone (Steinbeck's bibliographers) with the superb gold bookplate lightly attached to the front pastedown. This copy is in dark tan cloth with dark brown and silver decorations and lettering to the front board. Spine is decorated in same with gold gilt lettering. A handsome copy with slightly toned cloth spine with tiny specks of splashes at the heel. Original owners name in ink and dated 1894 on front free endpaper. Otherwise a tight and sturdy copy with a strong hinge and binding. A very collectible copy. 406 pp with 4 pp of advertising at the verso.
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Abner Jarvis
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Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 254 pages. The story of a young country man and his adventures in college. Orange cloth binding with black lettering on spine. Minimal edge wear and fading, corners bumped, top and bottom of spine a little bumped with slight reading crease in spine, spine a little cocked, interior pages very lightly tanned with no obvious markings and a little spotting, a few page edges miscut, former owner's name in pencil on front free end paper. Nice hard to find collectible!
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Porgy
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THE ROSE B EDITION. Du Bose, Heyward. Porgy (1925 George H. Doran Mauve "B" Hardcover 1st Edition/ 2nd printing thus, known as the Mauve or Rose "B" Edition. Decorated By Theodore Nadejen. USED. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Mauve/Purple boards with gold gilt titling and owl cartouche. ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL FOR "PORGY AND BESS", THE DRAMATIC BROADWAY MUSICAL AND MOTION PICTURE, SCORED BY AMERICAN COMPOSER GEORGE GERSHWIN.
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Ten Little Indians (Greenway Edition)
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Ten Little Indians Dodd, Mead Greenway Edition, Copyright 1967 by Agatha Christie Mallowan. States: First published in the Greenway Edition in the United States 1978. Number line starts with 2. Used. VERY GOOD/ VG Unclipped original bright orange fish motif dust jacket. ffp $8.95 A nice, crisp copy in a mylar wrap. DJ spine states 24. Our DJ spine is slightly sunned. "Ten Little Indians, aka And Then There Were None and (offensive language alert) Ten Little N*ggers, is a mystery novel by the English writer Agatha Christie, described by her as the most difficult of her books to write. It was first published in the United Kingdom by the Collins Crime Club on 6 November, 1939 as Ten Little N-ggers, after the children's counting and minstrel song, which serves as a major plot element."
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Black Tickets
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New York: Delacorte/Lawrence (1979).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Pages yellowing, dust jacket has a couple of very small tears. The price is intact. This award-winning author's first book by a major publisher. "These stories of America's disenfranchised - men and women light-years away from the American dream - are quite unlike any in our literature. She's an original, and this book of hers is a crooked beauty." - Raymond Carver
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Orationes; Ad Optimorum Librorum Fidem Editae
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Lipsiae: B.G. Teubneri [circa 1846]. (Hardcover set) 361, 358, 329pp. Good to very good. 3 volumes bound in 3 / 4 green leather with marbled boards. There is what appears to be an official stamp dated 13 May 1846 on the back of each title page. The covers are somewhat worn and rubbed, the edges of the pages are spotted and there is some spotting on the pages, there is an owner inscription on the front inner board of each volume, and the inner hinges are cracked. Text in Greek Language. (Classics, Orations).
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Arthur & George
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London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. First Edition. Original Cloth. As New/No Jacket as Issued. Jonathan Cape, London, 2005. Hardback. Book Condition: As New. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardback. Book in in MINT/UNREAD condition. No dustjacket, as issued. Complete with promotional bookband which is also in MINT condition. SIGNED by Julian Barnes shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Abner Jarvis
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Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 254 pages. The story of a young country man and his adventures in college. Orange cloth binding with black lettering on spine. Minimal edge wear and fading, corners bumped, top and bottom of spine a little bumped with slight reading crease in spine, spine a little cocked, interior pages very lightly tanned with no obvious markings and a little spotting, a few page edges miscut, former owner's name in pencil on front free end paper. Nice hard to find collectible!
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The Death of Jim Loney.
by WELCH, James
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New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Signed on the title page by James Welch. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in a dust jacket with minor wear, else fine. The jacket is much more attractive than usual for this book. The scarcest of Welch's novels, especially in nice condition.
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Great Men and Famous Women; A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History .. Volume 1
by Horne, Charles F 1870-1942
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Sagwan Press, 2015-08-24. Hardcover. Good. 0.7500 9.2100 6.1400. Mild to Moderate creasing / bending to covers and pages. Book is otherwise very clean, unmarked and 100% functional.
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Great Men And Famous Women - Vol.1
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New York: Selmar Press, c.1894. VG/--. Corners softly bumped. Minor cloth fray to spine foot. Interior near fine, with dozens of full-page photogravures and wood-engravings. All page edges gilt. Volume One of eight. 204pp
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GREAT MEN AND FAMOUS WOMEN: A series of pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History
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New York: Selmar Hess, 1894. (1894), 407pp, illus., aeg, Vol. II - Soldiers and Sailors, corners slightly bumped, slight shelfwear to cover, some soiling to rear cover, spine ends worn, no dj, contents clean & unmarked.. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket.
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Great Men and Famous Women (Volume 8); A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
by Charles F Horne
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Great Men and Famous Women (Volume 4); A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
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Great Men and Famous Women (Volume 6); A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
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Great Men and Famous Women (Volume 7); A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
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Great Men and Famous Women (Volume 3); A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
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Great Men and Famous Women (Volume 5); A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
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Great Men and Famous Women (Volume 2); A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
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Kane & Abel
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Cold Mountain
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NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good; Light foxing to fore-edges.. 1997. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. 0871136791 . Glossy softcover binding. An advance copy of Frazier's National Book Award-winning first novel, a wonderful Civil War tale about a Confederate soldier who deserts the army after being wounded and hospitalized and tries to make his way back to his North Carolina home and sweetheart. Later made into a great movie directed by Anthony Minghella. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .
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Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural
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228 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards with quarter brown spine and dark green lettering to spine label and cover. First edition, first issue. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Corners bumped and slightly chipped, spine heal rubbed, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.
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The Hand of the Potter: A Tragedy in Four Acts
by Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (1871-1945)
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209 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter brow cloth with dark green lettering to spine and cover over green boards. First edition, second state with half-title tipped to stub. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Chip at front edge, spine heal bumped, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.
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Red Pottage
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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We Loved Them Once
by Rivers, Ronda
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NY: Vantage Press, 1954. Pages [135] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Tan boards, black lettering, clean, minor shelf wear. PO's name penned to endpaper. Set in 1950's America. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Not Stated Assumed First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
by Traven, B
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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St Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
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v+321 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. First British edition. St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Unable to write, Stevenson dictated thirty chapters of the novel to his stepdaughter as a diversion from his debilitating illness. He alternated dictating St. Ives and The Weir of Hermiston but gradually lost interest in the former. The plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier, after his capture by the British. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, shelf wear, hinges and spine heal moderately rubbed, previous owner's name on front end paper else a very good copy.
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Dobrodruzstvi Toma Sawyera a Huckleberryho Finna.
by Twain, Mark; Jiri Hejna
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Praha: Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury SNKLHU, 1961, hardcover. Apparent first edition in Czech 1961, with the illustrations by Jiri Hejna, of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Translated into CZECH by Frantisk Gel. 393 pages. -- Hardcover. Good used condition (yellow cloth cover some soil) with very good minus dust jacket (spine sunned).
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