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1) Love-Tales From Tallemant

London: Lon., Grafton & Co., 1925. One of 1000. Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press. . Limited Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Private Press. more information

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2) The CHOEPHOROE
Aeschylus [Gilb. Murray- trans]

London: Allen & Unwin, 1923. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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3) The EUMENIDES
Aeschylus [Gilb. Murray- trans]

London: Allen & Unwin, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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4) The Merry Bachelor - History of Vanillo Gonzales
Alain Rene Le Sage

NY: Worthington Company, 1892. First Thus. One Quarter Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by R. De Los Rios. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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5) Sanine
Artzibshev, Michael Petrovitch

NY: Viking Press, 1926. 1/2 lea. marbled ep's. TEG VG Russian lit in translation. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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6) Three And The Moon
Artzybasheff, Boris

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1929. Signed By Boris Artzybasheff . First Limited Edition . Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Boris Artzybasheff. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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7) Adventures of a Novelist
Atherton, Gertrude

Adventures of a Novelist
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1932. Signed by Gertrude Atherton . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Nearly Very Good/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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8) The Divine Comedy - In Three Volumes
Baskin, Leonard; Dante Alighieri, Translated By Thomas G. Bergin

New York: Grossman Publishers , 1969. Inscribed presentation by Leonard Baskin on ffe of volume one. Laid in is Yale University's invitation to the opening of the exhibition concerning the making of this Grossman edition of 'The Divine Comedy'. Three volumes housed in an original slipcase, redone by BAG (TheBrooklynArtGang).. Inscribed By Leonard Baskin . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket [As Issued]. Illus. by Baskin, Leonard. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. more information

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9) A Peep Into The Past
Beerbohm, Max

1923. Paper cv'd bd's. Paper label. One of 300. Unauthorized printing. Owner B.P. on fr. pd.. Limited Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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10) A Peep Into The Past
Beerbohm, Max

1923. One of 300. Beautiful period bookplate on front pastedown.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket - As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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11) An Anthology Of The Home Counties
Betjeman, John [John D. Mortimer}

Methuen & Co.. Illustrated. . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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12) THE DECAMERON
BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI

New York: Garden City Pub. Co., 1949. CORNERS BUMPED HEAD/TAIL FRAYED. First Thus. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Rockwell Kent. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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13) New England: Indian Summer 1865-1915
Brooks, Van Wyck

New York: E.P Dutton, 1940. marbled paper covered bds. Beveled edges Bottom edge moderately shelfworn.. Signed by Author. Signed Limited Edition. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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14) The Poetics Of Aristotle
Butcher, S.H

London: Macmillan, 1929. Fourth Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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15) James Gibbons Huneker
Casseres, James De

New York: Joseph Lawren, 1925. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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16) The Art of Dreaming
Castaneda, Carlos

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1993. Signed Carlos Castaneda. Limited First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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17) The Life And Adventures Of Valentine Vox
Cockton, Henry

London: Rob't. Tyas, 1853. 8vo. 1/2 calf & pig,gilt. Marbled e.p's and all edges marbled. 60 illustrations by Onwhyn. VG eng. fic/ binding. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Onwhyn. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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18) The Spy
Cooper, James Fenimore

Limited Editions Club, 1963. Signed By Henry C. Pitz. Signed Limited Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Good+ Slipcase. Illus. by Henry C. Pitz. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed. more information

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19) Lettres Cabalistiques, ou Correspondence Philosophique, Historique & Critique, Entre Deux Cabalistes, Divers Esprits Elementaires, & le Seigneur Astoroth. Nouvelle Edition, Augmenter de LXXX. Nouvelle Lettres, de Quantite de Remarques, &ce
d'Argon, Compte Jean Batiste de Boyer

The Hague : Pierre Paupie , 1741. Six volumes bound into three. The bookplate of "Hans de Hofman Sgr. de Skierilgaard" on the fr. pastedown of each volume. Hans de Hofman was a contemporary of M. De Boyer and an author. . First Edition Thus. Leather . Good/No Jacket [As Issued]. 18mo.. more information

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20) Amenities Of Literature
D'Israeli, Benjamin

London: Edw. Moxon, 1842. 8vo. Three vols. Contempory cloth & gilt lettering. A nice set that wants rebacking.. Second Edition. Cloth. Good/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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21) Tartarin of Tarascon
Daudet, Alphonse

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. The two volumes are just about fine; square, tight, bright, and clean. The slipcase is in good condition. Signed by W. A. Dwiggins. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by W. A. Dwiggins. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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22) The Jackdaw of Rhiems
Edwards, George Wharton-ill

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1919. Spine faded. edges a bit rubbed. internally vg. . First Edition. Decorative Paper Covered Bds. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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23) Misguided Lives
Elkann, Alain

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1989. Translated from Italian by Wm. Weaver. Small ink mark at top of ffe. Inscribed By Author. First Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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24) Memoir In The Middle Of A Journey
Fane, Julian

London: H. Hamilton & St. George Press, 1971. 8vo. VG+ literary memoirs/ joyce cary/ violet schiff. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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25) The Town
Faulkner, William

New York: Random House, 1957. First state with duplication of line 8 again on line 10-page 327. No date present on dust jacket.. Signed by William Faulkner. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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26) Dickens the Dramatist: On Stage, Screen & Radio
Fawcett, F. Dubrez

London: W.H. Allen, 1952. 8vo. Illustrated. Contains extensive appendices. VG/ G theatre history/dramatic arts. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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27) Sister Age
Fisher, M. F. K

Sister Age
New York: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1983. Signed M.F.K. Fisher. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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28) The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky [Boardman Robinson]

New York: Random House, 1933. Signed By Boardman Robinson . No Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Boardman Robinson . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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29) Hamlet Prince of Denmark
Gill, Eric; William Shakespeare

England: Limited Editions Club, 1933. laid in, The Monthly Letter of the Limited Editions Club, May 1933 concerning this book. Slip case good + condition. 1/2" chip at crown of spine.. Signed By Eric Gill . Signed Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Nearly Very Good/No Jacket [As Issued]. Illus. by Eric Gill . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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30) The New Country
Goodman, Henry [translator]

New York: YKUF Publishers, 1961. In a repaired dust jacket. 'Stories from the Yiddish about life in America'. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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31) Crediting Poetry the Nobel Lecture
Heaney, Seamus

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996. Signed Seamus Heaney. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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32) Schreiben Und Schriften
Hesse, Herman

Schreiben Und Schriften
St. Gallen, Switzerland, 1961. Hesse's last published book or monograph, published a year prior to his death. These privately printed pamphlets contain Hesse's thoughts and evocations during the final two decades of his life. After THE GLASS BEAD GAME, Hesse published no more novels; only short tales,poems, and monographs of this type. Housed in an elegant, cloth-covered clamshell case. . Signed Herman Hesse . First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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33) The Forest Lovers
Hewlett, Maurice

London: Macmillan & Co., 1898. Tipped in signed letter to publisher G.B. Burgin, concerning author, Israel Zangwill. First edition copy rebound by Riviere in dark green Morocco and cloth. Signed Maurice Hewlett. First Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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34) Les Travailleurs De La Mer
Hugo, Victor

Paris: L'Imprimeris Nationale, 1911. blue cloth. Illustrated #16 of 340.. Limited. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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35) The World of Aldous Huxley
Huxley, Aldous

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. Inscribed Aldous Huxley. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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36) Amaryllis At The Fair
Jefferies, Richard

London: Sampson & Low, 1887. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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37) Anthony Trollope's England
John Hazard Wildman

Rhode Island: Brown University, 1940. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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38) Miscellaneous Poems
Jonathan Swift

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Ex -lib from Univ. of Chicago with just a book plate tipped in. . Limited Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Robert Gibbings. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Private Press. more information

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39) Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
New York: Grosset & Dunlop, 1910. A patriotic presentation by Kate Wiggin dated 1918 and a further patriotic presentation in another hand, nd. Dust Jacket good+. Inscribed By Kate Douglas Wiggin . Later Printing. Hard Cover. Nearly Very Good/good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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40) Riding the Yellow Trolly Car
KENNEDY, WILLIAM

New York: Viking, 1993. First Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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41) Tobias Smollett, Doctor of Men and Manners
Knapp, Lewis Mansfield

Princeton : Princeton Univ. Press, 1949. ALS from author mounted on front pastedown. . Inscribed by Lewis Mansfield Knapp . First Edition. Hard Cover. Nearly Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by with Photos. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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42) Graziella
Lamartine, A. De

London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. NF bright copy in a G+ slipcase. Illustrated in color. Limited Edition. Paper Covered Bds. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Jacquier. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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43) The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy Gentleman
Laurence Sterne

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. Two volumes.. Signed by T. M. Leland. Signed Limited Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket [as issued]. Illus. by T. M. Cleland. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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44) Christian Behavior
Lewis, C. S

Christian Behavior
New York: Macmillan & Co., 1950. This is an uncommon book; C. S. Lewis' is a rare autograph, indeed!. Signed C. S. Lewis . Later Printing [11th]. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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45) APHRODITE
LOUYS, PIERRE

New York: ARDEN BOOK CO., 1932. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Illustated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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46) The Unknown Quantity
Mauge, Gilbert

London: The Fortune Press, 1928. bright, tight copy. 1 of 800. Pseud. of the Duchess of Rochefoucault. Limited/Numbered. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. more information

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47) Ten Novels And Their Authors
Maugham, W. Somerset

London: Wm. Heinemann Ltd., 1954. . Stamped 'overseas edition not for canada' on rear pd.. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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48) Up in the Old Hotel: And Other Stories
Mitchell, Joseph

New York: Pantheon Books, 1992. Inscribed By Joseph Mitchell . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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49) Art Of The Night
Nathan, George Jean

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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50) South Wind
Norman Douglas

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1932. Bookplate on front pastedown.. Signed by Carlotta Petrina. Signed Limited Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket [as issued]. Illus. by Carlotta Petrina. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Private Press. more information

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