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London: Putnam, 1955 First printing of the first British edition. Light toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; price-clipped dust jacket with a few closed tears, tanning to spine, and light paper loss along edges.
The Rescue [Signed] by O'Brien, Edna - 1983
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Stevenson, Peter. A Fine copy of the first edition, first printing, in the Publisher's laminated illustrated boards (mild pushing at the spine ends), SIGNED BY EDNA O'BRIEN on the title page; a children's story by one of Ireland's most prominent modern authors. Signed copies of the book are exceedingly hard to find. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY EDNA O'BRIEN.
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Adventures in the Skin Trade
by Thomas, Dylan
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EUROPEAN WITCH TRIALS: Their Foundations in Popular and Learned Culture, 1300-1500
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London, United Kingdom: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976 [First published in 1976 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd] Now out of print. 181pp with index, notes, calendar of witch trials. Clean text pages with no internal markings. Very good copy except that there is no dustjacket. Contents: Introduction; Chronological Survey; Distinction of Popular and Learned Traditions; The Content of Popular Tradition; The Imposition of Learned Notions; The Social Context of Witch Trials; Conclusion; Calendar of Witch Trials; List of Abbreviated Titles; Notes; Addenda; Index. The book explores the relationship between clerical and lay notions of witchcraft in late medieval Europe. Richard Kieckhefer is a professor of religion and history at Northwestern University, and a world renowned historian working on the late Middle Ages in Western Europe.
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Beau Ideal
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NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1928. First American edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1928, first printing. 8vo., 374 pages. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and cover design. Spine lettering dull but legible. Some spotting to covers, slight wear at the extremities, mild toning to end papers. Good.. 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket. 8vo..
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The Garden Next Door
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Grove Pr, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Slight rubbing to jacket; slight internal browning to edges; else a near fine copy internally. [6], 243 pages. Short novel concerning a Chilean writer and his wife, set in Madrid. Originally published in Spain in 1981 under title: El Jardin De Al Lado. Boldly signed by Donoso in black ink on half-title page.
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The Lacuna
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Kingsolver, Barbara (1955- ) The Lacuna New York: Harper. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780060852573 . A handsome First printing of the first edition in Fine condition in an equally unblemished dust-jacket . Story of a boy, Trotsky and communism and art...A great read and a fine collectible book.
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Dancing in the Movies
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Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1986 First printing of the first edition, beige cloth spine, ivory cloth boards, 144 pages. 1 of only 1,500 copies printed. Winner of The Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction. Author's first book. A faint stain to outer textblock, else the book and dust jacket fine, as new condition.
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The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks
by Davies, Robertson
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Toronto: Clarke, Irwin and Company, 1947. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Fine but for Discard stamp on title page which is in a stub, and another Discard stamp on back endpaper. No Warning to reader . (hence 2nd state), in jacket with touch of toning to spine, and slightest edgewear, but no chips..
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EUROPEAN WITCH TRIALS: Their Foundations in Popular and Learned Culture, 1300-1500
by Kieckhefer, Richard
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London, United Kingdom: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976 [First published in 1976 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd] Now out of print. 181pp with index, notes, calendar of witch trials. Clean text pages with no internal markings. Very good copy except that there is no dustjacket. Contents: Introduction; Chronological Survey; Distinction of Popular and Learned Traditions; The Content of Popular Tradition; The Imposition of Learned Notions; The Social Context of Witch Trials; Conclusion; Calendar of Witch Trials; List of Abbreviated Titles; Notes; Addenda; Index. The book explores the relationship between clerical and lay notions of witchcraft in late medieval Europe. Richard Kieckhefer is a professor of religion and history at Northwestern University, and a world renowned historian working on the late Middle Ages in Western Europe.
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Socrates In Love: Novel (Socrates in Love)
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U.S.A.: VIZ Media LLC, 2005 Boy meets girl. Girl gets terminal illness and dies. Described as a "tear jerker from page one", this is the all-time bestselling novel in Japanese history. First printing of US edition. The book does not appear to have been read: the pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and there is no bumping. The dust jacket has some very light soiling along the joint and there is a small indentation on the back (see photos). Not price-clipped and there are no remainder marks. Comes in a Brodart protective cover. All books are bubble-wrapped and packed in a sturdy shipping box when mailed.
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The Lacuna
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Kingsolver, Barbara (1955- ) The Lacuna New York: Harper. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 9780060852573 . A handsome First printing of the first edition in Fine condition in an equally unblemished dust-jacket . Story of a boy, Trotsky and communism and art...A great read and a fine collectible book.
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The Rescue
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Hodder, October 1983. Hardcover . Very Good/No Jacket. Good Hardcover with No DJ. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.
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The Rescue
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Hodder & Stoughton, 1983. Small bump/abrasion to spine bottom.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Pictorial Boards/No Jacket. Illus. by Stevenson, Peter.
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The Rescue
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Hodder & Stoughton. first edition, hardcover super octavo (VG) all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
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The Rescue
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London: Hodder And Stoughton. New. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0340338962 . Pictorial hardcover, no dustjacket as issued. 4to. First edition. Book is as new; with beautiful color illustrations by Peter Stevenson. 44 pp. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 44 pages .
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The Rescue
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London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Peter Stevenson. Fine.
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Bloody Sunrise
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Gold
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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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Quelques Optimistes.
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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Manhattan Beach
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients
by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)
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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions…
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Christopher Blake
by Hart, Moss
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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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Palmares
by Jones, Gayl
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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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The Polynesian Triangle
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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