Titles starting with A from Charles Agvent

New York: Grove Press, (1968). First Edition. cloth. Near Fine in Very Good or better dustwrapper. Warhol's first novel, transcribed from tapes. Bump to upper front cover. Dustwrapper complete with ink alteration to price, some light soiling, and a few closed tears to the rear. ... more information

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Garden City: Doubleday, 1969. First Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED to Mollie and SIGNED by the poet on the 1/2 title page on 27 June 1969. Small white ink number on spine of book and faintly on the spine of the dustwrapper. ... more information

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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1939). wraps. Very Good. Printed wraps. Second Printing. From the library of poet Theodore Roethke with his SIGNATURE "Roethke" in black ink on the front cover. There a few marginal checks next to words in either pencil or green ink: credible, demean, feature, mortician, and a few others. Circular stain to front cover slightly affecting the signature. ... more information

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Toronto: Ganglia, [1967]. First Edition. wraps. Fine. Single 3-1/4" x 4-1/4" sheet of blue paper folded once. Apparently one of approximately 50 copies printed. Author's second publication. ... more information

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New York: B. W. Dodge & Co., 1909. hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Livingston 328. Pirated Edition, preceding the first edition of this collection of stories. This is one of the last copies to be bound with the front cover lettered in red rather than gold. Hinge cracked at rear but very tight; covers bright and fresh. The scarce dustwrapper is complete with only minor chipping at the spine tips and corners. ... more information

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[London]: Faber & Faber, n.d [1942]. First Edition. wraps. Fine in original envelope. Scarce. A small (1-1/2" x 5") 32-page ABC book in pictorial wraps housed in a large envelope (3" x 5-1/4") with a similar design to the cover. Charming color illustrations. OCLC locates only one library with a copy. ... more information

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[Waltham Saint Lawrence]: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. First Edition. cloth/boards. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Title-page and three full-page wood engravings by Paul Nash. Copy #389 of 400. The First English Translation (by Brian Rhys) of this tale about a man who must choose between Christian and Muslim heavens. Boards slightly bowed with mild sunning to the spine. ... more information

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New York: Harper & Row, (1971). First Edition. Near Fine in a soiled but still Near Fine dustwrapper. Small remainder sticker on front pastedown. Upper front corner badly bumped. ... more information

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Frankfort: P. H. Perrenon, 1783. First Edition. 1/2 calf. Moderate foxing, plates generally clean. Spine very worn.. 5 folding plates & 6 maps. Quarto, xxii [2] 160 pages. The large folding maps with hand-coloring depict Turkey, Russia, Poland, and other European countries. ... more information

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New York: William Morrow, 1983. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. F/F. The first book of stories by a writer John Gardner called "one of this country's best novelists. ... more information

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London: S&J, 1918. First Edition. Spine a bit worn, label partly lacking. In later slipcase. G. ... more information

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New York: N. Brown, 1922. First Edition. Some foxing to covers. Small stain in gutter first few pages. G+. Small leather bookplate. ... more information

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(Shelton, CT): (First Edition Library), n.d. hardcover. Fine in Fine dustwrapper and slipcase. An exact facsimile of the First Edition except for the disclaimer on the copyright page and the FEL logo on the rear flap of the dustwrapper. ... more information

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New York: House of Books, 1962. First Edition. Fine in original glassine, as issued. One of 300 SIGNED copies, this out-of-series & not numbered. ... more information

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New York: Knopf, 1985. First Edition. Cream wraps. A little soiled & worn. Very Good & uncommon in this 1st state.. Uncorr. Proof. ... more information

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New York: Knopf, 1985. First Edition. F/F. Basis for the acclaimed film. ... more information

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Troy: Parker and Bliss, 1812. First Edition. leather. Very Good in attractive binding. Full recent calf incorporating the original rear calf board and the original spine label; 372 pages. Complete with appendix and the list of subscribers including William G. Taylor who has written his name in several places in this book and dated it August 1812 in Albany. ... more information

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New York: Ranney, 1849. First Edition. Original printed wraps. Covers soiled, tear at rear; marginal stains. Decent copy.. Frontis. of riot scene. 32 pages. Sensational & detailed account of the riot that had as its origin a petty quarrel between Edwin Forrest, thought by many to be the first great American actor, & the British actor William Macready. The result was the "sudden death or mutilation of more than fifty citizens," many of whom were innocent bystanders. The riot scene frontis... more information

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New York: Phoenix Book Shop, 1969. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. One of only 100 numbered and SIGNED copies. ... more information

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New York: Scribner, 1891. First Edition. Decorated cloth. Very Good. 12 plates. ix, 258 pages. ... more information

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