Barbary Shore by Norman Mailer. First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Rinehart & Co., New York, (1951). First edition, first issue with page 48 with unbroken type and Rinehart “R” in a circle on the copyright page. Dust jacket in excellent condition, minor wear to top and bottom of the spine and spine and fore edges. Dust jacket is price clipped. Binding is in fine condition. Book contents clean throughout. 312 pages.... (more information)

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Mother Goose Rhymes by Logan Marshall. Illustrated Edition. Publisher: John Winston, Chicago, (1928). Black and white illustrations within the text. Title-pages indicates 300 illustrations. Binding tight but with soiling on spine. Beige boards with black text and illustration of Mother Goose reading to children. Text clean throughout, owner’s signature on first free endpaper. Nice copy. 256 pages. ... (more information)

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‘Tis by Frank McCourt. Signed first edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Scribner, New York, (1999). Signed by the author on the title-page. First edition with 1-10 number sequence on copyright page. Dust Jacket in fine condition. Dust jacket is not price clipped with a price of $26.00. Binding in fine condition. Book contents clean throughout. 367 pages. Protected by Mylar.... (more information)

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A California Idyl by Ernest McGaffey. (Poetry) First edition in flexible boards. Publisher: The Channing Auxiliary, San Francisco, (1899). Flexible boards that appear to be or like wood with quarter leather spine. 31 pages. Text by pictures and drawings of plants interspersed within the text. Binding and text in fine condition, ¾ inch square chip out of back cover. Book plate and gift inscription on first blank endpaper. Else a nice and unusual item.... (more information)

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The Deltoid Pumpkin Seed by John McPhee. First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, (1973). First edition so stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket in fine condition. Dust jacket not price clipped with price of $6.95 on the flap. Binding in fine condition. Book contents clean throughout. 184 pages.... (more information)

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Omoo. A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville. First edition, third edition in original green cloth. Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1847. Title-page in black and red lettering. Third edition, so stated on the title-page. Ads in back pages XV-XXIII and pages 1-8. Binding tight and clean. Spine faded but all the gold lettering visible. Minor wear to top and bottom of spine. Contents clean, but foxed throughout. Owner’s signature on first free endpaper. 389 pages. A very nice co... (more information)

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The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville. Publisher: New York: Dix and Edwards, 1856. First edition. Small thick 8vo. Original gray-green cloth stamed in blind with gilt spine lettering within wreath design, light yellow endpapers. Covers worn and neatly recased with almost all of the original spine retained. Text solid but with browning and foxing Some light corner staining. Tight copy. BAL 13669. Inventory #06-003. ... (more information)

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Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener. First edition in dust jacket. Dust jacket not price clipped with price of $3.00 at bottom of front inner flap. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1947. “First Printing” on copyright page. Dust jacket with minor chipping to edges. One inch tear to rear top, else an excellent jacket. Book binding in excellent condition, minor fraying at top and bottom of spine. Book contents clean throughout. Owner’s signature on front pastedown endpaper. Text browned due to publ... (more information)

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Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener. Later edition in first edition dust jacket. Publisher: Macmillan, New York, 1948. Dust jacket in excellent condition, minor chipping to top and bottom of spine. Wear along top and bottom edges, crinkling to front bottom fore edge corner. Dust jacket is not price clipped with price of $3.00. Binding in fine condition in orange cloth. Book contents clean throughout. Owner’s name on front pastedown. 326 pages. Protected by Mylar.... (more information)

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Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener. Later edition in first edition dust jacket. Publisher: Macmillan, New York, 1950. Dust jacket in excellent condition, minor chipping to top and bottom of spine, minor wear to fore edge corners. Three small lower edge tears. Overall at nice dust jacket. Dust jacket is not price clipped with price of $3.00. Binding in fine condition in beige cloth. Book contents clean throughout. Gift inscription on front free blank endpaper. 326 pages. Protected by Mylar.... (more information)

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Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener. Facsimile edition in dust jacket. Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York, 1947. Price clipped dust jacket with publisher’s name and New York address (866 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022) on back flap. Book and dust jacket are in mint condition. 326 pages.... (more information)

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Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener. 9th printing in dust jacket. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1949. “Ninth Printing” on copyright page. Dust jacket is price clipped. Dust jacket with minor chipping & soiling to edges, some chipping (1/8 inch) to top and bottom of spine, wear to corner, a very good complete jacket. Book binding in fine condition. Contents clean throughout. 326 pages. Protected by Mylar.... (more information)

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