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New York: The Mysterious Bookshop, 2008. 1st Edition . Paper Wraps. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A short story from the artist and writer Jonathan Santlofer, "A Holiday Gift with the compliments of The Mysterious Bookshop." 30 pages. Includes a note from the publisher, and proprietor, Otto Penzler of the Mysterious Bookshop.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. First Edition Reprint. Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Uldis Klavins. Limited, true First Edition. "The Story of a Washington Newspaperwoman." "Notes from the Editors" booklet included. Genuine maroon leather with gilt designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. 304 pages. A very attractive book.

New York: Random House, 1957. Fifteenth Printing. Cloth. Fine/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The brilliant novel of a philosophical revolution of the human spirit. Price-cut dust jacket, now protected in an archival plastic cover, has edge wear with a half-inch chip at the spine head and a one-inch closed tear on the rear panel. 1,168 pages. Who is John Galt?

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Twenty-three stories hand picked by Vonnegut, stories never before published in book form. 295 pages. Clean, tight copy boldly SIGNED by Vonnegut on the title page.

New York: Farrar, Straus, and Young, 1954. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A unique novel of a woman plagued by a multiple personality disorder. First Edition, First Printing. Some age-toning to paper. Some light shelf wear. Unclipped jacket, now protected in an archival plastic cover, has some fading, age-toning, and edge wear including three closed tears. 276 pages. No names or marks.

New York, 1928. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Interesting piece of literary Americana. A chapter written as part of, but not included in, The Prince and the Pauper. First separate printing. Originally published in the Bazaar Budget in 1880, this copy privately printed by Merle Johnson in 1928. BAL #3545 and #3387. A single sheet folded once to make four unnumbered pages, measuring 8.3 by 6.25 inches. In a protective folder. Extremely scarce.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1985. Reprint . Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clare Leighton. The classic in a handsome edition. Brown, full leather; all edges gilt. Attached page-marker. Woodcuts by Clare Leighton. 178 pages.

Shelton, CT: The First Edition Library, 1989. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile of the First Edition of the classic novel. Mild shelf wear to book. Some light edge wear to dust jacket. Handsome slipcase has a slight scrap and a small chip, otherwise very sound. Tight and clean with no names or marks. 443 pages.

New York: McLoughlin Bros. Inc.. Cloth. Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No date but circa 1910. Contains "A Christmas Carol" and "The Holly Tree." 144 pages. Some rubbing and mild warping to boards. Colors and print still bright. Dust jacket, now protected in mylar has edgewear, light soiling, and some fading. Jacket is still attractive. Most desirable for its turn-of-the-century dust jacket and color frontispiece.

Philadelphia: Samuel A Dalton, 1961. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Rey Abruzzi. Number 82 of only 1300 copies prepared as a holiday greeting from Samuel A Dalton with his gift card laid in and dated, December 25, 1961. As issued in a tight, near fine slip case with some fading to edges. Format and typography by Robert Donald. Design and color illustrations by Ray Abruzzi. Text handset in16 point Deepdene. Binding by Albert Oldach & Sons. 47 pages. A very handsome, limited-edition book.

London: Chancellor Press, 1986. 1st Edition . Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Various Illustratrors . A well done collection of works form the unique, brilliant Oscar Wilde. First edition of this illustrated collection featuring various artists including Aubrey Beardsley and Charles Ricketts. A light three inch scratch to front cover of dust jacket. Mild soiling to top-edge of text block. Tightly bound with no names or marks. 855 pages.

New York: The John Day Company, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A British castle, spirits of past ages, and romance come together in this intriguing novel, quite out of Buck's ordinary realm. SIGNED by the author on the half-title page. Usual aging and shelf wear. Unclipped dust jacket, now protected in an archival plastic cover has some age-toning and one rubbing mark on cover not affecting any print. 248 pages. Atmospheric and unique.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This newly designed edition issued as part of the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first Borzoi book. Translation by Kenneth Burke. Light offsetting from jacket flaps with light age toning to gutters. Some age toning and edge wear to dust jacket. Housed in a very good, colorful slipcase. 118 pages.

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1957. Limited Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry C. Pitz. Two volumes in slipcase. Number 331 of 1500 copies; SIGNED by the illustrator Henry C. Pitz. Publication # 274 from the Limited Editions Club. Full title from the title page: "Dealing with the Firm of Dombey and Son Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation." Introduction by John Winterich. Color plates reproduced by George C. Miller. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Bound in rose-red buckram with paper labels on spines. 798 numbered pp. in all - Volume 1: xvi, 396 pp. Volume 2: 402 pp.(begins with page number 397). Very mild fading to spines. Small bookstore sticker on rear pastedown in Volume 2; the same volume has a stray mark on fore-edge of text block. One page has some light, stray marks in margin - otherwise remarkably clean with no names or other marks. Tightly bound and housed in a Very Good publisher's box that is… Read More

United Kingdom/Dublin: Alan Sutton/Gill and Macmillan, 1992. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The classic collection of 15 short stories portraying Dublin, Ireland. Introduction by Joseph McMinn. 194 pages. Illustrated with about 2 dozen full-page contemporary black and white photographs. Photographic end papers. Dust jacket has light shelf-wear with a 1/4" tear at spine head not affecting anything.

Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1965. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ray Abruzzi. Published as a Christmas greeting by and from Samuel A. Dalton. #444 of a Limited Edition of 1300 copies. Small presentation card from Dalton laid-in. 44 pages. A very handsome book, housed in a Fine slipcase.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Full-Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Joseph Isom. A limited edition. Beautiful maroon binding containing eight of Turgenev's classic stories. Frontispiece illustration by Mal Luber. Other illustrations byJoseph Isom. Translated by David Magarshack. 388 pages. All edges gilt with silk end papers and silk page-marker. Gilt designs and titles. Some wear to gilt edges. A very lovely book with no names or marks. These high quality leather books are no longer produced by the Franklin Library and are now sought after by collectors.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc. , 1979. 1st Edition . Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From the jacket flap "once in a decade, perhaps less often, a novel so clearly breaks the mold of a particular genre that its appearance becomes a publishing event.... It becomes an unparalleled modern novel of the supernatural." 483 pages. Light shelf wear and mild soiling to boards. Light soiling and rubbing to edges of text block. Bottom corners bumped. Unclipped jacket, protected in a Brodart cover, has closed tears repaired with small pieces of tape. Tightly bound with no names or marks. SIGNED by Straub on title page.

Fanklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1976. First Edition Reprint. Full-Leather. Fine/None as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ted CoConis. Limited, true First Edition. Historical fiction of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, husband of Nefertiti. Two page chart of family relationships. Genuine maroon leather with gilt and orange-red designs and titles. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin ribbon bookmark. 407 pages with full color illustrations. No names or marks. A stunningly handsome book.