Literature Fiction

Maui: Four Seasons Resort Wailea with Permission of Random House, 1959 ( Actually 1990 ), 1st Edition, 1st Printing . ----------trade paperback size stapled softcover, a Near Fine copy in a Very Good+ slipcase with a bit of rubbing, laid in is a Four Seasons insert announcing the new resort, 28 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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Winnipeg: Harlequin #20, 1949, 1st printing. ----------paperback, solid Very Good, nice copy of this fragile vintage pb, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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N.Y.: Grove Press / Evergreen Black Cat # BC-100, 1965, 1st Printing . -----------paperback, a Very Good copy with a bit of light wear, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Text Cover. more information

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London: Hodder & Stoughton, No Date ( Circa 1918 ), 1st Printing (assumed). -----------hardcover, a solid Good copy with light soiling and wear, no date but this looks like World War 1 production standards, ink name, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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Middlesex: Penguin, 1976, 2nd Printing. ----------paperback, Very Good+, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Later printing(s). Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Illus. by John Gorham and E H Shepard . more information

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London: Arrow, 1979, 1st Printing. -----------paperback, a Very Good copy, small ink name on verso of front cover has been inked out, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Text Cover. more information

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London: Putnam, 1961, 1st Edition, 1st Printing. -----------hardcover, a solid Very Good+ copy in a Very Good dustjacket, small bit of loss at lower spine tip of jacket, Mittelholzer was born in Guyana and made his living as a writer, he committed suicide in 1965, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by Oscar Cover Art . more information

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USA: Montana Retail Lumbermen's Association: 1946, presumed 1st Edition. ----------small card covered book, 46 pages held with brass posts, Good, no copyright information, no title page but it looks like there never was one, a collection of humourous songs set to the tunes of popular songs of the day, an oddity, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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Kentfield, CA.: Fels and Firn Press, No Date ( 1976 ), 1st Printing. ----------2 pieces, both are single pages, both sheets have been folded, first sheet is 6 x 10.5 inches, front shows a photo of Kerouac with a wall of books behind him(photo bu Fred MacDarrah), rear shows "On California's Matterhorn: Kerouac's 1st Mountain: one of the locales of The Dharma Bums (photo by Philip Hyde, as well there is an ISBN number and the price of $5.95 changed to $6.95 with the word (boards) underneath), short tear on lower edge, -----the other sheet is about 8.5 x 11 inches and has the MacDarrah photo, as well there is a blurb about the book followed by publishers information, terms to the trade, European distributors address (whaich has been crossed out), US distributors address (which has been crossed out and replaced with a stamp showing the Kentfield address), as well the cost for the 2 editions of the book (softcover and hardcover) have been crossed out ( $1.50 changed to $1.95 / $5.95 changed to $6.95), any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Ephemera. Very Good. Illus. by Text Cover. more information

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London: Virgin Books, 1980 and 1981, 1st edition, 1st Printing and 1st Book Edition, 1st printing . ----------2 volumes, this comprises the FIRST publication of this story in a newspaper format, the newspaper edition is profusely illustrated in b&w, overall a Very Good copy with some light wear to the newsprint and a bit of browning to the paper, ---the second volume is the FIRST book appearance of this story, it is a Very Good+ copy, no photos in the book format edition, both editions are quite scarce, overall a very nice grouping of the 1st and 2nd editions of this scarce title, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Photo Cover. more information

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London: Heinemann, 1963, 1st Edition, 1st Printing. ......................hardcover, Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, dusty top edge on text block, , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Ulrica B Burke Cover Art . more information

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London: Tom Stacey, 1972, 1st Tom Stacey Edition, 1st Printing . -----------hard cover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket with a bit of rubbing to the edges of the jacket, considered Morrison's best book this was amde into a 7 part serial in 1972 for the BBC, photo on rear cover is a still from the series showing Nigel Rathbone as Stephen and Joseph O'Connor as Nathaniel Kemp, pencil dates on front endpaper, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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N.Y.: Everyman's Library / Knopf # 216, 1st Everyman's Library Edition, 1st Printing. .....................hardcover, Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, book is virtually new but has been bound into the boards upside down, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Toni Morrison Photo Cover. more information

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N.Y.: Penguin, 1995, 1st edition, 1st Printing. ----------small paperback, Very Good+, bit of sunning to spine, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Illus. by Pierre Bonnard Cover Art . more information

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N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, 1972, 1st US Edition, 1st Printing. -----------hardcover, Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket, creases on flaps, small chip on rear cover, short closed tear on front panel, this is Mrabet's 3rd book, UK edition was released 3 years earlier, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Isadore Seltzer cover Design . more information

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N.Y.: Royal Books ( giant Edition ) # 20, 1953, 1st edition, 1st Printing. ------------trade paperback, a Fair copy only with overall wear and creases, the Mundy is a reprint, the Willeford is a PBO ( 1st edition, paper back original ), browning to paper, still better than a reading copy, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Digest Size Softcover. Fair. Illus. by Walter Popp Cover Art. more information

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N.Y.: Phaedra Publishers, 1965, 1st Edition, 1st Printing . -----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Good dustjacket, price clipped, dustjacket is predominately white and has light soiling to the white sections, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and NOT a generic image. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good price Clipped. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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N.Y.: Robert McBride, 1918, 1st Edition, Later Printing. ----------hardcover, a Very Good copy with some soiling to the orange cloth, 4 b&w illustrations by an uncredited illustrator although the signature looks like HARGOUR ---style is reminiscent of harry Clarket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Later printing(s). Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harbour / Hargour ( ? ). more information

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Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, 1998, 1st Timber Edition, 1st Printing . ----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine price clipped dustjacket, 320 pages, b&w illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine / Price Clipped. Illus. by William McLaren . more information

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Denver: Alan Swallow, 1st Printing. -----------hardcover, a solid Good ex library copy in a Good dustjacket, library sticker on spine, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Helen Strong Cover Design . more information

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London: Religious Tract Society, no Date ( Circa 1875 ), 1st Edition, 1st Printing . ----------hardcover, a Good copy only, no jacket as issued, foxing to the paper, ink address on front blank endpaper, b&w frontispiece, 4 x 6.25 inches, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket as issued. Illus. by No Dustjacket as Issued. more information

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London: T. Nelson, 1885, 1st Printing. -----------Very Good + hard cover, with light wear, pencil name and address, colour frontispiece, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket as issued. Illus. by No Dustjacket as Issued. more information

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Cumberland: Michael Moon at the Beckermet Bookshop, 1974 (reprinting the 1811 Edition ), 1st Facsimile edition, 1st Printing. ----------trade paperback, a solid Very Good+ copy, 46 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Illus. by Text Cover. more information

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London: Hodder and Stoughton, No Date (circa 1920's), No Publishing Information ( Assumed 1st Edition, 1st Printing ). -----------6 volumes, small softcovers, about 3 x 4 inches, all in uniform format, all are Very Good+ copies although there is a small area of loss on the spine of JOY (poor Joy), all contain snippets / quotes about various subjects not necessarily relating to music but more to the subject in the title (---ie: Courage, Friendship; Love; Praise; Consolation; Joy ) and include offerings from Coleridge, George Fox; St Francis of Assisi; Jalaluddin Rumi; Brother Lawrence; Shelley; F W Robertson; Culverwel; Milton; Epictetus; Thomas a Kempis; Xenophon; Jean Ingelow; Ruskin; Goethe; St Augustine plus many, many more, all 6 volumes have a little wraparound cover (which is attached at the spine) with flaps (much like dustjacket flaps), all 6 volumes have a small colour illustration by uncredited artists, each volume has a musical instrument motif on the cover, a VERY charming set and obviously quite fragile, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+. Illus. by Various Artists. more information

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N.Y.: William Godwin, 1932, 1st Edition, 1st Printing. -----------hard cover, a solid Very Good+ copy, in a very attractive Very Good dust jacket, bookplate and ink name and date (1932) on front blank endpaper, some offset on endpapers, a nice copy, Canadian price on front dustjacket flap, US price is NOT price clipped, Noar contributed to Book Review Monthly between 1913 and 1917, was the literary editor of Vogue magazine in the 1920's and was a regular contributor of short stories to romance pulp magazines in the 1930's, YOUTH CRIES OUT ---"At eighteen Doris Blakely, a stenographer in the law offices of Jasper Richards, is plunged unawares into a bedroom scene which changes the entire course of her life. After an affair with her employer the realization dawns upon her that there is something more in life than pounding typewriter keys at $15 per week. A bed of roses heroine, Doris is a veritable modern. Absolutely contemptuous of virtue she takes the sophisticated way out because she believes her way of life is superior to that of her married sister who slaves for a worthless husband." ----pretty steamy stuff methinks for early 1930's, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989, 1st Edition, 1st Printing. ---------hardcover, a solid Good exlibrary copy in an attractive Very Good dustjacket, library sticker on spine and rear panel of the jacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. Illus. by Michael Brown cover Design. more information

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N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1975, 1st Edition, 1st Printing. -----------hardcover, a solid Good ex library copy in a Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket, scarce, looks pretty good on the shelf, his 2nd book, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good+ price Clipped. Illus. by Bob Antler Cover Design . more information

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London: MacMillan, 1955, 1st Edition, 1st Printing . -----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a solid Very Good price clipped dustjacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Price Clipped. Illus. by Text Cover. more information

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Toronto: New Stand Library #R13, 1948, 1st Printing. ----------paperback, Very Good+, a nice Canadian vintage pb., any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good+. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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Toronto: Toronto Star Weekly Novel, April 11th 1959, 1st Printing . -----------newsprint, a Very Good copy, nice artwork, the Toronto Star Weekly would include a stapled insert in the Saturday paper printing a full length novel, newsprint is starting to brown, some short tears, a sound copy, rear page has a full page colour cartoon strip by Harry Weinert titled Vignettes of Life, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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London: Sphere, Various Dates and Printings. .......................3 volumes, paperback, all Good with spine creases, could be store stamps and/or ink names, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Later and/or First Printings. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by Kevin Tweddell Cover Art. more information

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Castle Hill, New South Wales: Lifetime Distributors, 1994, 1st Edition, 1st Printing for Both Volumes. ----------2 volumes, hardcover, both are Near Fine copies, both are housed in a Near Fine slipcase, contents include: My Country By Dorothea MacKellar; Song of the Cattle Hunters By Henry Kendall; The Sick Stockrider By Adam Lindsay Gordon; Holy Dan By Anonymous; The Man from Snowy River By A B Banjo Paterson; Catching the Coach By Alfred T Chandler; A Flight of Wild Ducks By Charles Harpur; Where the Dead Men Lie By Barcroft Boake; She is the Night By Christopher Brennan; The Poor, Poor Country By John Shaw Nielson; The Diggers By Leon Gellert; The Presence of the Bush By John Le Gay Brereton; Break of Day By Neilson; Another Fall of Rain By John Neilson; Lambed Down By Anon.; Evening By Emma Frances Anderson; Australian Symphony By George Essex Evans; Bell Birds By Henry Kendall; Stirrup Song By Harry Morant; Ballad of the Drover By Henry Lawson; When the Teams Brought in the Wool By Barney O'Toole; How MacDougall Topped the Score By Thomas E Spencer; Said Hanrahan By P J Hartigan ( John O'Brien ); The Overlander By Anon.; Women of the West By Evans; Wheat By C J Dennis; Where the Pelican Builds By Mary Hannay Foott; Along a River By John Shaw Neilson; Old Botany Bat By Mary Gilmore, the poems are illustrated with colour examples of Australian artists and photos of Australia scenery, two charming little books, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as issued. Illus. by Various Artists. more information

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Toronto: Toronto Public Library / Printed By the Coach House Press, 2006, 1st edition, 1st Printing. ------------trade paperback, a Very Good+ copy, 31 pages, b&w illustrations, the transcript of a speech about writing, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo . First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good+. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace, 1995, 1st Edition, 1st Printing . -----------hardcover, octavo, a Fine unread copy in a Fine dustjacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Ralph Steadman. more information

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Middlesex: Penguin, 1960, 2nd Penguin Printing . ------------paperback, a solid Good copy, ink name and scribble on front endpaper, 203 pages plus ads, this contains: Inside the Whale; Down the Mine; England Your England; Shooting an Elephant; Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool; Politics as Literature -an Examination of Gulliver's Travels; Boys' Weeklies; Prevention of Literature; Politics and the English Language, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and NOT a generic photo. Later printing(s). Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by Text Cover. more information

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Toronto: McLeod and Allen, Publishers, 1909, 1st Edition, 1st Printing. -----------hardcover, a solid Very Good+ copy some offset to endpapers, a solid, tight square copy, ink name and date on front blank endpaper, in a Fair only (but attractive) dustjacket with some shallow chipping and tears, largish piece missing from rear panel of jacket and loss includes a portion of the lower section of the spine of the jacket, front flap was detached and has been repaired with archival tape, jacket is now in a high-quality mylar protector, a 100 year old dustjacket !!!, OSBOURNE was the stepson of Robert Louis STEVENSON with whom he co-wrote some books, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Fair. Illus. by Karl Anderson . more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1922, 1st Edition, 1st Printing. ----------hardcover, Very Good+ in a chipped and torn but largely intact attractive dustjacket, small bookseller's label, nice early dustjacket, uncommon thus, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good. Illus. by Robert E Johnston . more information

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Toronto: Copp Clark, 1913 (1920's), 1st Canadian Edition, 1st Printing. ----------hard cover, a solid Very Good+ copy, in a Good dust jacket with a closed tear on the front panel, bookplateon front blank endpaper, something blue rubbed onto rear flap of jacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good. Illus. by William L Jacobs Cover Art . more information

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Toronto: Copp Clark, 1914 (1920's), 1st Canadian Edition, 1st Printing. ----------hard cover, a solid Very Good copy, in a Good dust jacket, bookplate on front blank endpaper, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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Greenwich: Fawcett Gold Medal # s976, 1960, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Canadian Imprint. ----------paperback, Good, spine damage, signed by Aldrich as Vin Packer on title page, without inscription, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Signed by Author. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by Robert McGinnis Cover Art. more information

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Greenwich: Fawcett Gold Medal # s1241, 1962, 1st Edition, 1st Printing. ----------paperback, Good , signed by Aldrich on title page, without inscription, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Signed by Author. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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N.Y.: Lion Library # LL 153, 1957, 1st edition, 2nd Printing. -----------paperback, a solid Very Good copy, small store stamp, light overall wear but still quite attractive, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Later printing(s). Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Clark Hulings Cover Art. more information

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N.Y.: Lion # 135, 1953, 1st edition, 1st Printing. -----------paperback, a solid Good copy, overall wear but still quite attractive, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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N.Y.: Lion # 176, 1953, 1st edition, 1stPrinting. -----------paperback, a solid Good copy, repaired tear along front cover and spine, light overall wear but still quite attractive, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. more information

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N.Y.: Lion Library # LL 97, 1956, 1st Lion edition, 1st Printing. -----------paperback, a solid Good copy, light overall wear but still quite attractive, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Illus. by Clark Hulings Cover Art. more information

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N.Y.: Modern Library / Random House, 1994, Later Printing. ----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, 457 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Later printing(s). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Photo Cover. more information

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Boston: Little Brown, 1996, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing. -----------hardcover, a solid Good ex library copy in an attractive, laminated, price clipped dustjacket, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Later and/or First Printings. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Terminal Design cover Design. more information

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N.Y.: Samuel French, 1946, 1st Printing. ----------paperback, Very Good, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Text Cover. more information

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London: Oxford, 1979, Reprint. ----------hardcover, a Very Good+ copy in a Very Good+ price clipped dustjacket, ink name on front blank endpaper, an omnibus volume containing FLAMBARDS, The EDGE of the CLOUD; FLAMBARDS in SUMMER, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. Later printing(s). Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+ price Clipped. Illus. by Photo Cover. more information

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N.Y.: William Godwin, 1932, 1st Edition, 1st Printing. ----------hard cover, a solid Very Good+ copy, in a very attractive Very Good dust jacket, bookplate and ink name and date (1932) on front blank endpaper, some offset on endpapers, some loss at upper spine tip of jacket, a nice copy, Canadian price on front dustjacket flap, US price is NOT price clipped, from the front flap ---"Corridors wreaking with the odor of ether, wards filled with the agonizing moans of people too poor to pay for attention, nurses and doctors laughing and chatting about their own amours while anxious sweethearts and wives plead pitiably for relief, were only incidentals in the life of Josephine James, student nurse, who took her profession seriously. In this intimate story of a hospital nurse Josephine's love for Dr Rogers, a house physician, survives in spite of the gruesome reality and unnatural intimacy of hospital life.", any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. Illus. by Photo Cover. more information

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