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KISSES
(NY)(NY): Citadel / Turner, 1991 Cloth. Fine/Bumped. Second Printing. Sq. 8vo. A book for valentines of all ages. ... (more information)
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NEW GEOGRAPHIES First Book
NYNY: Macmillan, 1922 Cloth. Very Good. Second Edition, Revised. Octavo.. ... (more information)
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HUGO'S COMPANIONS CHICAGO
{ Evanston}: Hugo's Companions, 1999 Cloth. As New/As New. First, Limited. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. One of only 222 copies. Hugo's Companions are Chicago's second oldest Sherlockian group, and the 10th B.S.I. scion society. A notable (hi)story of its first fifty years, 1949 - 1999. Among its prominent members have been Vincent Starrett, Jay Finley Christ, Orlando Park, John Bennett Shaw, William Goodrich, Ely Liebow, John Nieminski, R.W. Hahn etc.. ... (more information)
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Summer Crossing
New YorkRandom House Inc The first novel by the Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Breaking Away". Tale of East Chicago, Indiana.. ... (more information)
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KAROO
NYNY: Harcourt, Brace, 1998 Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Octavo. Posthumopus second novel. One of his screenplays was made into the movie, "Breaking Away". This novel is about a script doctor. Blurbed by Arthur Miller and E.L. Doctorow.. ... (more information)
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QUITE EARLY ONE MORNING
(New York)(New York): New Directions, 1954 Cloth. Fine/Fine. First American Edition. Octavo. Posthumous collection of two dozen pieces of prose and poetry, including the now-classic "Child's Christmas in Wales.". ... (more information)
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MARY THOMAS'S EMBROIDERY BOOK
NYNY: Gramercy, 1936 Cloth. Good/Good. New Edition. Octavo. As a special aid, the pitfalls to avoid in each type of work are marked throughout the book with a distinctive danger signal.. ... (more information)
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People Have More Fun Than Anybody: A Centennial Celebration of Drawings and Writings by James Thurber
New YorkNew York: Harcourt, 1994 Boards and Cloth. Fine/Fine Dj. 1st Edition. Octavo. 100 or so previously uncollected drawings and writings.. ... (more information)
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Collecting Himself: James Thurber on Writing and Writers, Humor, and Himself
New York: HarperCollins, 1989 Collection of previously unanthologized writings and drawings -some never before published. Includes Thurber's version of Clement Moore's "A Visit from Saint Nicholas" if it had been written by Ernest Hemingway. . 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near-Fine Dj. Illus. by James Thurber. Octavo. ... (more information)
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MANY MOONS
St.Joseph, MISt.Joseph, MI: A.M. & R.W. Roe, 1958 Cloth. Good+/Issued w/o Dj. Limited Edition. Octavo. This is the "Trade" edition, which was 2250 copies. [Bowden, A12c.1]. Decorated with Reed's whimsical color woodcuts.. ... (more information)
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SELECTED LETTERS OF JAMES THURBER
Boston: Little, Brown, 1981 Boards and Cloth. Very Good/Spine Faded Dj. First Trade Edition. Octavo. "By the way what does a thurber do? What is thurbing? 'I think I'll go out and thurb the nasturtiums.' 'Shall we go thurbing this afternoon?' -John O'Hara.". ... (more information)
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WORLD'S BEST DETECTIVE STORIES ( 9 Vols. Of Ten )
New York and LondonNew York and London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1929 Cloth. Very Good/Chipped Dj. First Edition. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. Minor chipping to dust jackets: lacks vol. 8 . "There are 52 American stories and 49 each from England, France and Germany.. ... (more information)
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JAKE
[CHICAGO IN STORY, p. 186].. ... (more information)
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QUEEN VICTORIA'S MR. BROWN
NYFrederick A. Stokes Company, 1938 Cloth. Good/No Jacket. First American Edition. Octavo. One of the sources for the film "Mrs. Brown". Presented as a biography of John Brown himself, the most remarkable royal servant in British history. Lacks front free endpaper.. ... (more information)
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The Splendid Spectacle of Portuguese Bull Fighting
Austin: Encino Press, 1967 One of 600 copies, this is one of the 300 for special friends of the Humanities Research Center. . First Limited Edition. Clothbacked Boards. Fine/Fine Dj. Illus. by Helen Torrey. Octavo. ... (more information)
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IN THE LIGHT
LondonLondon: Marlowe Galleries Ltd, 1948 Boards and Cloth. Fine/Price-clipped Dj. Limited/Numbered Edition. Duodecimo. One of only 250 copies; signed by both Tollemache and Rose. Author's first book of poems. Inscriptions by prior owner on title-page in ink.. ... (more information)
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THE AWAKENING
New YorkNew York: Street & Smith, 1900 Decorative Cloth. Good+. First Thus. 8vo. This is one of three American translations of Count Tolstoi's work also titled THE RESURRECTION. This translation is by William E. Smith. [Line, RUSSIAN LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION TO 1900, 92]. (Not in NYPL Collection). Covers soiled, names on endpapers.. ... (more information)
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CATTLE & MEN
U. Oklahoma Press, 1955 Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Octavo. [HERD 2318]. Examines the symbiotic relationship between various kinds of cattle and mankind, not just related to beef cattle. 384pp.. ... (more information)
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BIG CHERRY HOLLER
NYNY: Random House, 2001 Clothbacked Boards. Fine/Fine. First Edition. Octavo. Author's second novel.. ... (more information)
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WHAT I REMEMBER
LondonLondon: William Kimber, 1973 Cloth. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Memoirs by Frances Trollope's eldest son, also a novelist. Abridged from the 2-volumes published in 1887. 279pp.. ... (more information)
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