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Original green buckram gilt. 8vo. pps.xi + 268 + advertisement leaf at end. Cloth unevenly faded but o/w in very good condition. Presentation copy from the author on the front free end-paper to Norman Maccoll, editor of the Athenaeum in which a number of these poems originally appeared. Also inscribed from the author to Alice Swinburne, the sister of the poet Charles Algernon Swinburne, the inscription inverted on the rear end-paper probably in error. Small book labels of Simon and Judith Nowell-Smith on front fixed ep.
Adventure in Washington by Ross, Leonard - 1940
by Ross, Leonard
Adventure in Washington
by Ross, Leonard
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Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1940. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stated first edition. Ross was a pen name of Leo Rosten, the humorist and writer. Near fine book (top edges a little sunned) in a near fine, price-intact jacket with some fading to the spine.
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The Coming of Love: And other Poems.
by Theodore Watts-Dunton
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Mystery Collectors' BookLine Issues 1-49 (Modern Mystery First Editions)
by David M. Brown, Editor
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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BookLine Publishing Co, 1995. Softcover. Very Good. 49 unbroken issue run of David M. Brown's hard-to-find Mystery Collectors' BookLine, February 1995 through Nov./Dec. 1999. BookLine was, primarily, a monthly investment newsletter focusing on modern and hypermodern mystery First Editions, comprising advice on what to buy prior to its getting hot in the marketplace. Content also included upcoming publications likely to go up in value quickly, as well as scheduled book signings, book reviews, First Edition issue points and more. Recommended authors included Cormac McCarthy, John Dunning, Sue Grafton and many others. All 49 issues are inserted into a large 3-ring binder. Most issues are 12 pages in length and measure 11" x 8 1/2". A valuable and scarce resource for booksellers and collectors of modern mystery fiction. All issues tight and complete with very occasional yellow highlighting and notations. Binders in excellent condition. Photographs of or additional information about…
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Kim
by Kipling, Rudyard
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Traduction de Louis Fabulet & Ch. Fountaine-Walker. Illustrations de Ch. Fouqueray. Troisième édition. 279 pp. 28x23 pp. Librairie Delagrave, Paris, s.d. (c.1930) --- Half-leather and marbled boards. Gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Wear to the edges and corners of the covers (see photo). Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. A dedication written on first blank page. All other pages are bright and clean. B&W full-page and in the text illustrations. Text in french.
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Slightly Foxed - Still Desirable: Ronald Searle's Wicked World of Book Collecting
by Searle, Ronald
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- 9780285629455 / 028562945x
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Granville, New York, United States
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London: Souvenir Press, 1989. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: Souvenir Press, 1989, first printing. Folio, 9" x 12", 124pp., illustrated in color, with 59 humorous cartoons and a glossary on book collecting. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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Before Adam
by Jack London
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First edition. BAL 11903. A bright, near fine copy. With 8 full-page color illustrations and numerous drawings by Charles Livingston Bull. NF in woven beige cloth with bright front boards with title and author in bright red letters traced in white; all 5 footprints clean and bright! Spine slightly slightly faded with small spot of white discoloration. End papers are bright without tanning. A collector's copy.
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RUBA 'IYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. A New Metrical Version Rendered Into English from Various Persian Sources By George Roe
by KHAYYAM, Omar [George Roe, translator]
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Granville, New York, United States
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Chicago: McClurg, 1906. First edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published Chicago: McClurg, 1906. First printing, November 3, 1906. Small 8vo., 5 1/2" x 8." 78 pages. Multi color Persian pattern paper covered boards, title page printed in red and black. Mild starting of the outer paper covered hinges, but covers strong and tight, little shelfwear to the edges and tips, slight age toning to the paper, but a very nice copy. Very good.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo..
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Some milestones in aviation.
by Johns, W.E.:
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Lymm, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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London, John Hamilton, 1935.. 1st edition. Boards and spine showing some wear, with a small triangle missing from top of spine, otherwise V.G. No dustwrapper.
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
by EGGERS, Dave
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- 9780684863474 / 0684863472
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. Signed on the title page by Dave Eggers, dated 2/28/00 and inscribed To Barbara: OK now. Yes. Yes. D.E. First edition / First printing. Mauve paper spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Selected as one of the 10 best books of 2000 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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The Name of the Wind: 10th Anniv Ed (Signed by Patrick)
by Rothfuss, Patrick; dos Santos, Dan [Illustrator]
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- 9780756413712 / 0756413710
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DAW, 2017-10-03. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 101x34x147. Signed. SIGNED BY PATRICK ROTHFUSS! A brand new 9th printing in gorgeous unread condition. Please note that I have several of these so your signature may vary slightly from the one shown in my photos. Very heavy: international buyers please request a shipping quote prior to purchase. Signed by author.
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Stop-Time
by Conroy, Frank
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Granville, New York, United States
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NY: Viking, 1967. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1967, first printing. 8vo., 304pp. Black cloth with gilt titles and brown designs and brown paper over boards, top edge tinted red, black endpapers. Author's first book, his highly acclaimed memoir. Near fine in very good minus unclipped dust jacket (price of $5.95) with loss at the spine ends and several closed tears. Dust jacket in mylar. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. 8vo.
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Journeys
by Various
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200 copies were published by Quill & Brush for the PEN/Faulkner Foundation. Features Octavia E. Butler, Michael Chabon, Maxine Clair, Annie Proulx and Jane Smiley.
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Gold
by Eugene O'Neill
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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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When We Were Orphans
by Kazuo Ishiguro
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When We Were Orphans, Ishiguro's exploration of human memory, was shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize for Fiction. This is a fine/fine copy of the first American edition (as stated on the copyright page). Dust jacket is housed in protective mylar.
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Quelques Optimistes.
by Sempe
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- 9782207238615 / 220723861X
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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
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- 9781501184321 / 1501184326
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Tomball, Texas, United States
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients
by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions…
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Cottonwood; A Novel
by Phillips, Scott
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- 9780345461001 / 0345461002
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New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 292pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on half-title page. Book has a complete number line from 1-10 and is a stated First Edition: February 2004. Book is straight, bright, unmarked, unclipped, unread, and has a Brodart jacket protector. Author also wrote "The Ice Harvest" and "The Walkaway.
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The Story of the Lost Child: Maturity, Old Age
by Elena Ferrante
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The first American edition of the final installment in Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan novels. States "first publication 2015 . . ." Book is in near fine condition. Minor damage to lower left corner on front of book, but does little distract from overall condition. Translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein. First American editions are difficult to find in this condition.
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