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Of Friendship; an essay from A Week on the Concord and the Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David; Designed by Bruce Rogers - 1901

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Of Friendship;  an essay from A Week on the Concord and the Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David; Designed by Bruce Rogers - 1901

Of Friendship; an essay from A Week on the Concord and the Merrimack Rivers

by Thoreau, Henry David; Designed by Bruce Rogers

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Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press/ Houghton Mifflin , 1901. #465 of 500 copies, the 1st separate edition. Tall 12mo, original cloth-backed boards, title vignette in red and colophon printed in red, edges untrimmed, internally clean. Fine, lacking the slipcase. One of the first books designed by Bruce Rogers. Uncommon. . Limited and Numbered First Edition. Cloth Backed Boards . Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by `. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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  • Date Published 1901
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The Du Mauriers
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The Du Mauriers

by du Maurier, Daphne

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London: Victor Gollancz, 1937. Handsomely bound in half dark green crushed morocco over marbled boards, gilt decorations, rules and lettering with five raised bands back, marbled end papers, top edge gilt. Near Fine, light rubs at corners, some soiling for edge of page block. Fold out table at rear with 2" tear at one fold, small corner creases. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Rise of the Russian Empire
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The Rise of the Russian Empire

by Munro, Herbert H. (Saki)

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London and Boston : Grant Richards / L. C. Page & Co., 1900. SCARCE First Edition of his first published book. Herbert H. Munro would go on to write under the pen name of Saki or just H.H. Munro, becoming well-known for sardonic writing on Edwardian society, generally in the form of short stories. Very Good in original yellow cloth, the cloth lightly soiled, small rubs at spine ends and corners. slight toning to end pages, the name stamp of Rawson Bennett, front gutter and at p.143. Rawson Bennett was "Head of Electronics Design Division, from 1943 to 1946. He was awarded the Legion of Merit 'for exceptionally meritorious conduct' during his tour of duty in the Bureau of Ships. The citation further states: '(he) also designed sonic and supersonic underwater sound apparatus so urgently required by the Fleet for the destruction of Axis submarines and Japanese shipping"." He retired from the Navy as a Rear Admiral.(Naval History and Heritage Command website). . First… Read More
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Under a Glass Bell
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Under a Glass Bell

by Nin, Anais; Engravings by Ian Hugo

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Denver: Alan Swallow, 1961. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR at half-title page -" For Carmen Anais Nin". SCARCE SIGNED in this Swallow edition. Near Fine, small rubs to paper at spine. Appears unread, a lovely copy. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Swallow Paperback Edition . Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A Letter from the Bastille Written to His Wife; Heretofore Unpublished , Now in the Collection of...
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A Letter from the Bastille Written to His Wife; Heretofore Unpublished , Now in the Collection of Mr. Graham Nash

by Marquis De Sade; Translated and Introduced by Gregory A. Pearson, Together with a Facsimile of the Original

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Los Angeles: Privately Printed (Press of the Pegacycle Lady), 1975. #119 of 150 copies. Presentation Association Copy, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at the colophon -" for Gary Steigerwald William & Victoris Dailey" and also SIGNED AND INSCRIBED below by rock star Graham Nash -"To Gary Graham Nash, 4 March 76" with Nash's hand drawn in ink self-portrait. A Fine copy, quarter buckram with paste-paper boards hand-made at the press, label printed in blue and black. Printed in Centaur & Arrighi types on Arches Laid paper. 150 copies printed of which 75 were for sale. 9 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : facsimile. Gary Steigerwald was at the time an employee of Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Books, where Graham Nash purchased the de Sade letter from Victoria Dailey. One of the most elegant productions of the Press of the Pegacycle Lady, and SCARCE in current commerce. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Quarter Buckram. Fine/No Jacket. Tall 8vo.… Read More
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Lolita
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Lolita

by Nabokov, Vladimir

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Paris: The Olympia Press, 1958. Second Printing, November 1958 stated. Publisher's original green wrappers, priced at 2400 Francs. No. 66 in the Traveller's Companion Series. Two volumes, Very Good, wear to bottom of Vol. II at bottom of spine with some paper loss and curling. light edgewear. Vol. I with 1 page top corner creased. Basis for Stanley Kubrick's 1962 film starring James Mason and Shelley Winters, for which Vladimir Nabokov received an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. SCARCE in either of the first two printings. . Second Printing. Original Wraps. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Prince and Betty
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The Prince and Betty

by Wodehouse, P.G.; Illustrations by Will Grefe

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New York: W. J. Watt & Company, 1912. First American Edition, published January, 1912, preceding the British First. Very Good Plus, the gilt and illustrations particularly bright. Separation to page block at head of spine, front hinge has been repaired. A handsome copy. . First American Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Works of Thomas Gray In Prose and Verse. Four Volumes, Complete
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Works of Thomas Gray In Prose and Verse. Four Volumes, Complete

by Gray, Thomas; Edited by Edmund Gosse

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New York: A. C. Armstrong, 1885. RARE. Complete set in publisher's original blue cloth, gilt spines, dark brown end papers, tops gilt. Near Fine, slight rubs to cloth at tips. A quite handsome set. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Dramatic Works of Robert Greene, to Which are Added His Poems
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The Dramatic Works of Robert Greene, to Which are Added His Poems

by GREENE, Robert; with Some Account of the Author, and Notes by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, B. A.

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London: William Pickering, 1831. Two volumes in fine stamp-signed bindings by Hayday of full polished calf, gilt backs, marbled end papers, tops gilt. Very Good, title labels mostly lost, hinges showing some wear, scattered spotting to end papers only, corners rubbed, small stamp of Tilden Library dated 1895 verso of title pages. Interiors clean and lovely. A rather uncommon Pickering publication with a quite interestin New York City provenance. Samuel Jones Tilden (1814-1886) was a former New York governor who had run for U.S. president in 1876. He went down in history as the first man to win the popular vote, but lose the electoral vote. His personal book collection comprising some 20,000 volumes, along with a good portion of his estate became the driving force behind the foundation of the New York Public Library. . First Collected Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Lilac Wind
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Lilac Wind

by Poems by W. R. Johnson on a pulp painting made by Claire Van Vliet with Kathryn Clark.

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Brookston, IN: Twinrocker Papermill, 1983. #105 of 150 copies SIGNED by Claire Van Vliet and Kathryn Clark. Housed in clamshell case from Japan covered in dark plum cloth with pale grey silky cloth inside and purple calf label on the spine with silver lettering. Printed at The Janus Press in Newark, Vermont. The pulp painting is shaped 12" high and accordions out to 60" wide. Publisher's prospectus laid in. A Fine and lovely artist's book. . SIGNED. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Accordion Folded Paper . Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.
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An Account of the Origin of the "Pickwick Papers"
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An Account of the Origin of the "Pickwick Papers"

by Mrs. Seymour; Widow of the Distinguished Artist who Originated the Work ; Jane SEYMOUR; Frederic George KITTON; Charles Dickens

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London: Printed for the Author, 2, Drayton Villas, Old Brompton , 1901. "With Mr. Dicken's Version, and her reply thereto,showing the Fallacy of his Statements; also letters of her Husband's and other distinguished men." Originally published 1854. The re-issue of 1901, published and wth a Preface by F. G. Kitton, bibliographer of Dickens. x, 28 pp. One of only 50 copies for Subscribers, this copy unnumbered and unsigned by Kitton.There were only 21 subscribers listed at limitation page at the time of publication. Bound in quarter calf dark brown pebbled morocco, pale yellow end papers. Very Good, front hinge starting, contemporary newspaper clipping about the publication pasted to front end page, old bookseller's description laid in, tears to calf with some loss at spine ends and calf rubbed at corners. WorldCat locates two copies, both held by the British Library. SCARCE.. Limited Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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Of Friendship: An Essay From A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers (1901)
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Of Friendship: An Essay From A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers (1901)

by Henry David Thoreau

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Of Friendship: An Essay From A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers (1901)

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Of Friendship: An Essay From A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers (1901)
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Of Friendship: An Essay From A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers (1901)

by Henry David Thoreau

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Of Friendship: an Essay From A Week on the Concord and the Merrimack Rivers
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Of Friendship: an Essay From A Week on the Concord and the Merrimack Rivers

by Henry David 1817-1862 Thoreau

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Of Friendship: an Essay From A Week on the Concord and the Merrimack Rivers

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Of Friendship: An Essay From A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers (1901)
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Of Friendship: An Essay From A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers (1901)

by Thoreau, Henry David

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Of Friendship

by Henry David Thoreau

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Of Friendship
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Of Friendship

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OF FRIENDSHIP: AN ESSAY FROM A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS
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OF FRIENDSHIP: AN ESSAY FROM A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS

by Thoreau, Henry David

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(Cambridge, MA): The Riverside Press, 1901. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, spine and front cover gilt-stamped. Rogers, Bruce. 12mo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, spine and front cover gilt-stamped. vi, 88, (2) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Lacking the slipcase. Spine lightly age darkened. Else near fine. Introductory note. BAL 20197. Borst A1.6; Allen 31; Warde & Haas 52. Borst and Warde & Haas note typography by Bruce Rogers. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books... Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB).
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Gypsies

Gypsies

by Greenfeld, Howard

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New York: Crown Publishers. An account of the Gypsy way of life, including its origins, history, traditions, customs, occupations, and the changes that modern living has occasioned. EX LIBRARY/USUAL MARKINGS. Profusely & WONDERFULLY illustrated w/photos, Introduction, Bibliography, Index, 111 clean, crisp & solid pp. Excellent Personal cpy/Reference! . Good. Hardcover. 1977.
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Kane & Abel
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Kane & Abel

by Jeffrey Archer

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New York, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club/Has Jacket. Book is a book club edition. Quite a few closed tears, chips, and other signs of wear to the dust jacket. Some bumping to the boards at corners, edges and ends of the spine. Pages are clean.
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Cold Mountain

Cold Mountain

by Frazier, Charles

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NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good; Light foxing to fore-edges.. 1997. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. 0871136791 . Glossy softcover binding. An advance copy of Frazier's National Book Award-winning first novel, a wonderful Civil War tale about a Confederate soldier who deserts the army after being wounded and hospitalized and tries to make his way back to his North Carolina home and sweetheart. Later made into a great movie directed by Anthony Minghella. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .
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Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural
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Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural

by Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (1871-1945)

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228 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards with quarter brown spine and dark green lettering to spine label and cover. First edition, first issue. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Corners bumped and slightly chipped, spine heal rubbed, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.
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The Hand of the Potter: A Tragedy in Four Acts
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The Hand of the Potter: A Tragedy in Four Acts

by Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (1871-1945)

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209 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter brow cloth with dark green lettering to spine and cover over green boards. First edition, second state with half-title tipped to stub. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Chip at front edge, spine heal bumped, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.
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We Loved Them Once

by Rivers, Ronda

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NY: Vantage Press, 1954. Pages [135] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Tan boards, black lettering, clean, minor shelf wear. PO's name penned to endpaper. Set in 1950's America. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Not Stated Assumed First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.
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St Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
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St Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England

by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)

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v+321 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. First British edition. St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Unable to write, Stevenson dictated thirty chapters of the novel to his stepdaughter as a diversion from his debilitating illness. He alternated dictating St. Ives and The Weir of Hermiston but gradually lost interest in the former. The plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier, after his capture by the British. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, shelf wear, hinges and spine heal moderately rubbed, previous owner's name on front end paper else a very good copy.
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And Four To Go
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And Four To Go: A Nero Wolfe Foursome

by Rex Stout

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This book is in very good condition except for the dust jacket. It is in acceptable condition THe dust Jacket is worn, torn and fading. The previous owner's name is written at the top of the first page.Four Nero Wolfe novels in miniature, published in book form for the first time. Christmas Party, Easter Parade, Fourth of July Picnic and Murder is no Joke. There is a marking on the first page.
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Dobrodruzstvi Toma Sawyera a Huckleberryho Finna.

Dobrodruzstvi Toma Sawyera a Huckleberryho Finna.

by Twain, Mark; Jiri Hejna

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Praha: Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury SNKLHU, 1961, hardcover. Apparent first edition in Czech 1961, with the illustrations by Jiri Hejna, of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Translated into CZECH by Frantisk Gel. 393 pages. -- Hardcover. Good used condition (yellow cloth cover some soil) with very good minus dust jacket (spine sunned).
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The Two Drovers
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The Two Drovers

by Scott, Sir Walter

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Westwood, NJ: Kindle Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1971. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Common to this edition, the spine is quite sunned compared to the dark green half cloth, but gilt lettering remains bright. A pinpoint speck to the front cover's paper. The slipcase has minor wear to corners, the tail is bumped.; Sir Walter Scott's arguably best short story of the rough life of two cattle drivers in Scotland, privately printed in celebration of his bicentennial birthday. Copy 242 of an edition of 680 and signed on the colophon by Coleman O. Parsons who wrote an extensive Foreword for this edition. Frontispiece is a fanciful lion with spread claws, printed in red. The front pastedown bears a portrait of Scott, but I'm partial to the frontis, instead. Text block trimmed at the head edge. Printed by Meriden Gravure on Hale Paper's mould-made rag paper designed by F. T. Jackson and bearing a facsimile of Sir Walter Scott's signature of 1827. Bound by A.… Read More
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