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A Plurality of Words by Fontenelle, Bernard De - 1929

A Plurality of Words

by Fontenelle, Bernard De

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London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. #1546 of an edition of 1600, 1200 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press, and 400 copies for sale in the United States by Random House. John Glanvill's translation of 1688. Designed by Francis Meynell, printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press, colour-stencil decorations by T.L. Poulton. Near Fine, gilt at spine a bit dulled yet legible, prior owner bookplate and gift inscription front end pages, rear end page toned from old paper laid in. Lacking the slipcase. . Limited and Numbered Edition. Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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  • Publisher The Nonesuch Press
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1929
  • Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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Green Mansions: First Edition of Modern Library Book No. 89.1,  The Boni and Liveright Logo...
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Green Mansions: First Edition of Modern Library Book No. 89.1, The Boni and Liveright Logo appears on the front cover.,The indication for the first printing of this title listed in the Toledano Guide is the Type 2 binding used from 1920-1923, which is

by W.H. Hudson ; , Introduction by John Galsworthy, Brodzky end papers, INNER DJ FLAP 95 CENTS, Former owner gift inscription is dated 1923, ML mural appears on the Brodzky endpapers IN GREEN & WHITE OF NAKED MEN Working

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Modern Library [Boni & Liveright], New York,, 1920 The indication for the first printing of this title listed in the Toledano Guide is the Type 2 binding used from 1920-1923, which is present here, HBDJ, 1920. 1st Edition, VG/VG-, First Modern Library Edition , with 1916 on copyright pg for orig. publ of bk. MLBook No. 89.1, , Small 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 IN. Book Condition: overall condition - very good.. EARLY DUSTJACKET with 246 Titles on DJ Verso & on Back of DJ 7 95 cents on back of Dj with Pre zipCode Coupon with some pencil mrks is VG-,. DJ SLIGHT RUB, WEAR & TINY EXTREMITIES CHIPS, 289 pg. + 7 pg. of ads includes a 2 pg description of Boni & Liveright ADS include COMPLETE List of Titles starts with Modern Book of Criticisms & ends with Irish Fairy & Folk Tales by Yeats . minor edge wear spine and boards, Book is bound in DARK BLACK leatherette cloth; , otherwise, tightly bound with clean pages throughout. Nice copy,NO TOP STAIN , The spine matches MLs that… Read More
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HISTORY OF TOM JONES A FOUNDLING.  STATED First Modern Library Giant Edition, 1940.   G-54 on Red...
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HISTORY OF TOM JONES A FOUNDLING. STATED First Modern Library Giant Edition, 1940. G-54 on Red dustjacket with Black Oval on front with Man & walking Stick & Tree COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED

by Henry Fielding, 1707-1754, includes a biographical note on the author..Inner DJ Flap PriceClipped, Back Inner Flap mentions 274 Tiles & goes thru G52, Ulysses, Blank Endpapers Lite Fox

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New York: The Modern Library., 1940. HBDJ, STATED First Modern Library Giant Edition, 1940. NF/GOOD+, ML#54. 274 TITLES ON VERSO OF BACK OF DJ with the highest Giant being G54, Tom Jones, A NF copy in blue cloth with light wear FOX, in a bright, unfaded, red, blue and gold dustwrapper GOOD+, with tiny Tears Wear & end chips to Spine DJ. . Very scarce in this condition. Toledano 54.1. 861 pgs NO ADS IN BACK, The book has Toledano G4 cover, A or blank endpapers and a c jacket. These pointers indicate this is a First Modern Library Edition with a fall 1940 jacket. book is in about NF condition with a decent RED top stain. It has no writing, underlining, or missing pages. The jacket has a ¼? per side triangular chip at the top of the spine, crimping at the bottom of the spine, wear at the flap folds and light soil ,Follow Tom from his humble beginnings; experience his forbidden passion for the beautiful Sophie; and ride along with him on his colorful journey to London - where he finally… Read More
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The Acme Novelty Library Number for Winter 1994-5 4th Issue Volume 3. Sparky's Best Comics and...
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The Acme Novelty Library Number for Winter 1994-5 4th Issue Volume 3. Sparky's Best Comics and Stories.

by WARE, Chris

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Chicago / Seattle: Acme Novelty Library / Fantagraphics, 1994. Signed by Chris Ware. First edition / First printing. Oversize illustrated stapled cardstock covers. 11" x 13.75 Fine. Issued without dust jacket, Mylar jacket supplied.
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Longfellow's Poetical Works.
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Longfellow's Poetical Works.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Cowper's Poetical Works.
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Cowper's Poetical Works.

by William Cowper.

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Canary In A Cat House, The

Canary In A Cat House, The

by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. SCARCE

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Gold Medal Books #1153, 1961. Paperback, Paperback ORIGINAL, stated 1st Edition, Sept. 1961, water stain back cover & few pgs back book, minor crease Cvr, VG-,AS-IS, SOFTCOVER. First Edition. Soft Cover.
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LYRICAL WARBLINGS

LYRICAL WARBLINGS

by Podolyn, Joseph

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Private Printing. 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; All edges gilded. Signed by author. ; Color Illustrations; 196 pages; Signed by Author .
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The Last Tycoon, an unfinished novel
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The Last Tycoon, an unfinished novel

by F Scott Fitzgerald

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Scribner - Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1941,1969. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 190 pp. Quarter-bound in black cloth on blue cloth; lettered in black on the front panel and decorated in gilt on the spine; no dust jacket. no interior markings.Original ¼ black and blue cloth covers, blind stamped, flat spine with gilt title.
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Homeland and Other Stories.

Homeland and Other Stories.

by KINGSOLVER, Barbara.

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New York: Harper & Row, 1989. First edition / First printing. Off-white cloth. Very fine in fine dust jacket. A lovely copy. The author's first story collection, and her second book.
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Zero K.
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Zero K.

by DeLILLO, Don.

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New York: Scribner, 2016. Signed by Don Delillo. First edition / First printing. Special Signed Edition: One of an unspecified number of copies signed on a special page, bound in by the publisher. Blue paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 2001.
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A Plurality of Words [La Pluraliste des Mondes] [#867/1600 Nonesuch Press, 1929]

by de Fontenelle, Bernard; John Glanvill (transl.); David Garnett (prologue)

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London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No. 867 of an edition limited to 1,600 copies (400 for sale in the U.S.), hand-numbered on rear colophon, bound in limp vellum, lettered in gilt, deckled text block edges with top edge in gilt, slipcased. Designed by Francis Meynell, composed by T. W. Hay, printed on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press. Minor tanning/foxing to covers, with a hint of dampstaining along back cover fore-edge, bend/crease to bottom back corner. Slightly foxed endpapers, former owner's illus. book plate mounted inside front cover, interior otherwise clean and unmarked. Minor shelf wear to slipcase. Glanvill's 1688 translation..
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A Plurality of Words. John Glanvill's translation. With a prologue by David Garnett
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A Plurality of Words. John Glanvill's translation. With a prologue by David Garnett

by [ Nonesuch Press ]. Fontenelle, Bernard de

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[London:] Nonesuch Press, 1929 One of 1,200 copies for sale by the Nonesuch Press. Another 400 copies were sold in the United States by Random House. Designed by Francis Meynell and composed by T.W. Hay. The text is taken from the first known edition of Glanvill's translation (1688). . Original full limp parchment with gilt decoration and gilt title on spine. Octavo. With a title-page vignette of astrological symbols printed in red and black. Also with eight headpieces in blue and gray with gold accents, all hand-stenciled by T.L. Poulton. Printed in Janson type on Van Gelder paper at the Curwen Press. Minor toning to front cover and to edges. A near-fine copy of a beautiful Nonesuch Press production. In the Nonesuch Century, Meynell noted: "Usually a stenciled illustration is printed in black, and color is thereafter applied to the key pattern. Here there is no printing at all: the whole decoration is stenciled."
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Tan, Amy | Opposite of Fate, The | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book

Tan, Amy | Opposite of Fate, The | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book

by Tan, Amy

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Norwood Press, 2011. Hardcover. New. Limited Edition Hardcover Book. 2011 OR: Norwood Press Limited Numbered edition, first printing, mint, new/unread in a black leather binding with gold stamping and dust cover, signed by the author. Limited to one of 200.
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Cussler, Clive & Du Brul, Jack | Jungle, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition

Cussler, Clive & Du Brul, Jack | Jungle, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition

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Cussler, Clive & Scott, Justin | Race, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition

Cussler, Clive & Scott, Justin | Race, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition

by Cussler, Clive & Scott, Justin

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Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant | Kingdom, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition

Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant | Kingdom, The | Double-Signed Numbered Ltd Edition

by Cussler, Clive & Blackwood, Grant

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Germinal

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The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions, 1992 (1942). First Thus; Collector's Edition. Translated by Havelock Ellis. Illustrated by Berthold Mahn. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "Like New" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A gorgeous copy.
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Jacobson, Alan | Inmate 1577 | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book

Jacobson, Alan | Inmate 1577 | Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Book

by Jacobson, Alan

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The King of the Golden River

The King of the Golden River

by Ruskin, John

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5956Ruskin The King of the Golden River, A Legend of Stiria. Publisher: Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1900. RARE. Original copyright 1841. BOUND IN SUEDE LEATHER. Used . Good- condition./ None Issued. A couple of top edges show bite-size area of loss. Does not effect text. Frontispiece black and white portrait of John Ruskin. Decorated title page and decorated initial letters by Samuel Warner. Colophon reads, printed in red, as follows: SO HERE ENDETH THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, AS / WRITTEN BY JOHN RUSKIN: THE TITLE PAGE AND INITIALS / BEING DESIGNED BY SAMUEL WARNER, AND THE WHOLE / DONE INTO A BOOK BY THE ROYCROFTERS, AT THEIR SHOP, / IN EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, U.S.A., IN THE YEAR MCM. Roycroft logo with Elbert Hubbard printed in. handwritten gift inscription and signature on front free endpaper dates this item to the year 1900. Leather is in clean condition.
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The Night the Bear Came Off the Mountain
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The Night the Bear Came Off the Mountain

by Sinclair, John L

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Santa Fe: Rydal, 1991. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. Limited Edition, No. 2 of 5 copies: this is a proof copy of the First Edition, bound in fine gilt-stamped black leather with marbled endpapers. 8vo, black leather; vg+ (scratch and two faint scrapes to front cover; faint smudge to side edge); 108pp.
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Unmutilated and Correct Version
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: The Unmutilated and Correct Version

by Franklin, Benjamin; Bigelow, John

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1927. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Corners a bit rubbed, boards faintly soiled, ink date and owner bookplate of Robert N. Cherry on front flyleaf. 1927 Half-Leather. iv, 325 pp. 8vo. No binder's ticket, but appears to be a contemporary custom rebinding: blue leather spine and corners over blue cloth, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt, new end sheets. "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them.
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Ikebana Arranging Images
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Ikebana Arranging Images

by Kamata, Soseke

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Ikebana Arranging Images; Kamata, Soseke, 1950's. A nice publication given to Julia Jane Jeffers Dodge while here husband was helping Japan recover after the war. Her husband Joseph Morrell Dodge had a long and distinguished career and tried to help reform Europe but later wound up as financial advisor to Douglas MacArthur in the economic revitalization of Japan. This edition is in very good condition internally. Photos of Ikebana arrangements by the famous Japan Ikebana master. A gift given to Julia Jeffers Dodge and placed in her library. 38 single sided (double page but other side blank) on high quality Japan paper with photo examples of Ikebana, black and white. A rare publication.
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