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New York: The Modern Library. xii.250pgs. Very Good condition. Dark Green leatherette binding no. 4, Bernhard endpapers [circa 1925-1929] with gilt to spine. Light wear to edges, bottom spine edge frayed, spine slightly crinkled. Owner names on front blank. List of Modern Library titles after text. #1937.. Leatherette. Very Good. 16mo - 5¾ Inches - 6 3/4 Inches Tall. James Branch Cabell, Cream of the Jest, Harold Ward, Modern Library, Leatherette Binding. ... more information

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New York: William Wood & Co., 1923. viii.248pgs. Small blue cloth hardcover, black lettering to front and spine, clean, sound, unmarked, minimal shelf wear consisting of very light rubbing to cloth at corners and spine edges. A few dog-eared page bumps. Illustrated with occasional line drawings, diagrams, tables and charts. Contents: The Bricks of the Body, Varieties of Degeneration, Pigmentation, Necrosis, Atrophy, Hypertrophy, The Blood and Its Diseases, Inflammation, Fevers, Immunity, Nature's Lines of ... more information

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Chicago, Ill.: Shasta Publishers, 1951. 230pgs. Very Good tan cloth hardcover in Good to Very Good jacket. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper. This is the second edition, following release of the R.K.O. motion picture "The Thing From Another World", set in Antarctica and starring James Arness as the alien creature. The movie was based on the title story "Who Goes There?". Jacket art by Malcolm Smith reflects the movie tie-in. Light rubbing to cloth on lower spine edge and bottom corners. Top edge of... more information

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New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1935. 8vo. xvi. 275 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover. Cream cloth with decorative front board, light general soiling, light spotted foxing to spine and bumping to corners. Owner name and date penciled on front endpaper. Scattered light foxing throughout text and several plates.Color frontis, tissue intact, of Herse and Mercury, Italian Renaissance, W. de Pannemaker, weaver. Foreword describes a brief history of tapestry, the loom, weavers, dyers, guilds and periods. Followi... more information

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1939. 8vo. 485 pgs. Very Good hardcover. Illus. frontis. Cloth is tan, attractive coarse linen texture with green and brown title piece on spine. Owner name on front paste down. Small letter "B" stamped on front pastedown, bottom of title page and edges. Light foxing to endpapers, text clean and sound. Headmaster Timothy Hulme is in a serious quandry after the academy is willed one million dollars with the stipulation that Jewish, female, and local students must be winnow... more information

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San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. 8vo. 178 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Green cloth hardbound. First edition. A motley cast of characters play out their foibles in the near vicinity of The Depot coffee shop. Set in a small town. ISBN 0865472211. #879.. ISBN: 0865472211. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fiction, Mystery, Don Carpenter, Modern First, The Dispossessed, First Edition, Novel. ... more information

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New York: Washington Square Press, 1960. vi.274 pgs. Very Good condition softcover vintage pb, clean and unmarked. Rubbing to covers at edges and corners, age-toning to page edges, binding sound, spine not creased. With 92 illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. Includes a biographical note on the author.[Lewis Carroll ia a pseudonym for C.L. Dodgson] #1715.. Softbound Pb. Very Good. Illus. by Sir John Tenniel. 16mo - 5¾ Inches - 6 3/4 Inches Tall. Alice in Wonderland, Snark, Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel, C.L. D... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1996. 462 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. First American Edition of a complete collection of Angela Carter's short stories from four books: Fireworks, The Bloody Chamber, Black Venus and American Ghosts and Old World Wonders. Introduction by Salman Rushdie. Among the stories: A young Lizzie Borden visits the circus, a pianist makes a Faustian pact in a Southern brothel, a student is taken on a ride through Hollywood's golden age, Alice is transmuted by a craz... more information

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Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.: University Press of Virginia, 1974. 8vo. xvi. 386 pgs. Fine condition hardcover, as unread. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front board. Contents: Preface, Abbreviations, Checklist of Poe Criticism Composed in English 1827-1967, Checklist of Poe Criticism in Foreign Languages, 1827-1967, Index. #2135. ISBN 0813904986. ISBN: 0813904986. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. POE EDGAR ALLAN 1809 1849 POETRY BIBLIOGRAPHY AMERICAN LITERATURE HISTORY CRITICISM 19TH CENTURY L... more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books., 1999. 8vo. 216 pgs. As New hardcover in As New jacket, clean and unmarked. The first fully illustrated tribute to Allen Ginsberg, the best-known American poet of the post-war generation, mother of the Beats, and walking embodiment of Western counterculture. ISBN 0767902785. #1487.. ISBN: 0767902785. First American Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo. Allen Ginsberg, Graham Caveney, BEAT GENERATION, Beats, Beat Poetry, GINSBERG ALLEN, Counterculture, POETS, BIOGRAPHY... more information

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New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. 8vo. 310 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Author's first novel. A story of recovery, memory and enlightenment as a young Chinese woman, after a mental breakdown and hospital sojourn, explores her past and the secrets in her extended Chinese family in order to come to terms with her hidden demons. ISBN 006018681X. #957.. ISBN: 006018681X. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Novel, First Edition, Modern First, First Firs... more information

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New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1900. 12mo. xiv. 218 pgs. Very Good condition hardcover, green cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front board, decorated on front board with a black and silver illustration of a row of baby chickadees perched atop a branch. Light rubbing to cloth at spine edges, else very little shelfwear, clean, sound, unmarked. With over one hundred photographs from nature by the author, a noted ornithologist and naturalist. #1109.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Frank M. Chapman. 12mo -... more information

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New York: Random House, 1932. xix.309pgs. Very Good condition maroon cloth hardcover with black and gilt decorated title pieces on front board and spine. Not illustrated. Clean, sound and unmarked with light rubbing to cloth along spine edges and corners. Contents: Introduction, Proem, I. The Temple Door, II. The Attack, III. Surrender, IV. Charge and Countercharge, V. The Betrayal. #1978.. No Additional Printings Indicated. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - 6¾ - 7¾ Inches Tall. Chaucer, Troilus and Cressi... more information

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Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Beacon Press, 2000. 8vo. 121 pgs. Fine condition hardcover in Fine dust jacket. A spiritual guide for approaching everyday life written by a minister at All Souls Church in New York City. Author challenges us to imagine ourselves as a "consortium of personae" approaching our lives as a series of works in progress. ISBN 0807077127. #1190.. ISBN: 0807077127. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8-1/2 X 11 Inches. Forrest Church, Lifecraft, Inspiration, Self-help, Self-Impr... more information

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New York: Columbia University Press, 1941. 8vo. 182 pgs. Very Good condition dark green cloth hardcover. Light foxing to inner margin of frontis portrait and title page. Signed, inscribed and dated by author on front endpaper: "To _ from Marshall, April 25, 1941". Light shelf wear to edges and corners, ink smudge on lower front board. Apart from authors signature, book is internally clean and unmarked. Contents: Preface, Life and Works, Reaction: Early Speculations on Heat, The Reduction of Hot Water, Body... more information

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Pennsylvania Cooperative Extension Service. 63 pgs. Publication place and date not stated. Very Good condition softcover, pamphlet bound (staples). Slight rubbing to paper along spine and bottom edge of rear cover, otherwise clean and unmarked. Contents: The colony and its organization, Making a start, Package bees, Spring Management of bees, Requeening, Swarm control, Fall management of bees, honey production, Individual management practices, Laying workers, Robbing by bees, Making Increase, Bees for polli... more information

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Portland, OR, U.S.A.: Timber Press, Incorporated (Dioscorides Press), 2003. 8vo. 344 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket, clean, crisp, unmarked. More than 50 species and cultivars have been added to this expanded edition, with addition of nearly 100 new photos and drawings by Carol D. Barner. Plants are presented alphabetically, including botanical descriptions, information on habit, blooming cycle, recommended companion plants and historical information. Contents: acknowledgements, author notes and forewor... more information

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New York: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1916. 153pgs. Very Good+ condition tan cloth hardcover, clean and unmarked, with sound binding, gilt lettering and decoration to front and spine. Slight edge and corner wear. A vintage book of essays and verse by two prolific Vermont writers, activators and educators. Sarah Cleghorn and Dorothy Canfield Fisher collaborated to produce this vintage but still relevant guide to achieving inner tranquility, self-realization and health. A small group of women meet periodica... more information

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New York: Arcade Publishing, 1999. 593 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine dustjacket, clean and unmarked. First English Language Edition. Translated from the French by Steve Cox and Ros Schwartz. A story of healing as an ill little boy explores the many forms of religious faith while travelling with his aunt. He learns the tenets and philosophies of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Shinto, yoga, animism, voodoo and more. From the publisher: "This is a hugely enjoyable story about how... more information

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London: Dorling Kindersley, 1995. 4to.312 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. Winner of the 1996 Hugo Award for Non-fiction. An informative, richly illustrated reference covering a diversity of multi-media sci-fi aspects including a chronology, bibliography of sci-fi literature, biographies of 19th and 20th century authors, historical contexts, themes associated with the chronology of the genre, pulps, classics, illustration trends, films and television. Winner of the 1996 Hugo Award for best non-fiction bo... more information

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