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A Letter from Pontius Pilate's Wife by Catherine van Dyke - 1929

by Catherine van Dyke

A Letter from Pontius Pilate's Wife by Catherine van Dyke - 1929

A Letter from Pontius Pilate's Wife

by Catherine van Dyke

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Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. An unusual tale from an unusual point of view! Based on ancient manuscript, this book recreates a letter to a friend of the wife of Pontius Pilate as she recounts  the inside scoop on the man who condemned Jesus Christ to death. This first edition is a very special copy because it is signed by the author and inscribed to the original owner with a date of 1930. The book is in near fine condition with some smudges on the covers and spine, and a quaint, poetic bookplate on the inside front paste board. The pages are clean and in excellent condition. 53 pages.

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  • Publisher The Bobbs-Merrill Company
  • Place of Publication Indianapolis
  • Date Published 1929
  • Keywords signed, religion,
Hacienda
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Hacienda

by Porter, Katherine Anne

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New York: Harrison of Paris, 1934. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Limited Edition, No. 475 of 895; SIGNED by Porter on title page; later issue with error corrected by a cancel; 8vo, rust cloth in green slipcase; vg (small stain on front board; faint black smudge and mark on rear board; spine sunfaded; spine ends bumped; small black mark on spine tail; eps and pages toning) in good+ slipcase (rubbed and worn; panels toned and sunned; chipping on and near foreedge; edges torn; corners bumped and worn; tears along edges). Note: this was probably signed at a much later date than publication; the signature is not on the limitation page, and it employs a light blue permanent marker-type pen, like a Flair or Pentel. Also, included is The New Mexico Quarterly Review: Volume XV, No. 3, Autumn, 1945 which includes the article 'The Art of Katherine Anne Porter' by Vernon A. Young (good only: covers heavily creased; number written on front cover; tear to front joint; spine torn and splayed;… Read More
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Spelend in de Velden des Heren (At Play in the Fields of the Lord in Dutch)
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Spelend in de Velden des Heren (At Play in the Fields of the Lord in Dutch)

by Matthiessen, Peter

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Leiden, Netherlands: A.W. Sijthoff, 1966. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Dutch edition, vg in green cloth, no dj. Book is slt. cocked and has a shelf-rub where the pages sag. INSCRIBED on ffep: "For Bill de Kooning with best wishes" (famous Dutch artist Willem de Kooning). 381 pp.
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Reflections in a Golden Eye
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Reflections in a Golden Eye

by McCullers, Carson

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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Fair. First Edition, same date of 1941 on title and copyright pages, no additional printings; grey/beige cloth, vg- (cocked; top edge darkened; spine ends and corners bumped; boards soiled; discoloration to eps from dj) in a fair first-state dj. Apparently no copies better than about 'good' of this dj exist, due to its ill-advised design. This one has the window, with rippled edges, still attached to the black paper at the bottom and the left side towards the spine (with some tears). The top of the front panel is missing, and the front flap (with $2.00 price) is detached. Elsewhere there are many chips and tears, but the text (blurb by Louis Untermeyer) on the rear panel is intact; tears repaired on inside by non-acidic Filmoplast. 183 pp.
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Dickens and His Illustrators
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Dickens and His Illustrators

by Kitton, Frederic G.

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London: George Redway, 1899. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Cruikshank, George, et al.. First Edition, no statement of Second Edition on title page; 4to; green cloth; re-cased in original green cloth boards w/new endpapers; good (spine ends bumped; fading to joints and edges; soiling to boards; foxing to first and last five pages; faint foxing to side edge; cracks throughout; Plate XXXVII and its tissue guard detached; chips to side edge of pp158-9 due to way pages cut). 22 portraits and facsimiles of 70 original drawings. Artists include Cruikshank, Seymour, Buss, "Phiz," Cattermole, Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise, Tenniel, Frank Stone, Landseer, Palmer, Topham, Marcus Stone, and Luke Fildes. 256 pp.
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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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The Confessions of Nat Turner

The Confessions of Nat Turner

by Styron, William

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New York: Random House (1967).. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xvi, 428 pp. Dust jacket has a short tear and a lightly faded spine. The price is intact. An attractive copy of this Pulitzer Prize winning novel.
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The Spider's House

The Spider's House

by Bowles, Paul

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New York: Random House, 1955. Bound in the publishers fine weave black cloth with gilt title lettering on blue and green title blocks to front panel and spine. The 406 pages remain in fresh, clean condition and are tightly bound. Discreet ownership inscription to front paste down otherwise interior of book is very clean. Book sits solid and square with all hinges strong. Housed in the distinctive dustwrapper with publishers printed price intact on front inside flap. Light wear, creasing and signs of handling mainly to head and heel of spine otherwise dustwrapper is in very good condition. Colours remain fresh and vibrant with no fading. Protected in a removable archival booksleeve to preserve its condition. The photograph supplied is a picture of the book and the dustwrapper and we are happy to send more images on request. A very presentable copy of this most interesting Paul Bowles title.. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. FIRST EDITION.
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Five Blind Men.
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Five Blind Men.

by HARRISON, Jim, Dan Gerber, George Quasha, J. D. Reed and Charles Simic

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Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press, 1969. Signed by Jim Harrison and Dan Gerber. First edition / First printing. (Softcover edition) Illustrated wrappers. Fine.
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MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA, #165, STATED 1st Modern Library Edition on copyright pg, Mentions...
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MEMOIRS OF JACQUES CASANOVA, #165, STATED 1st Modern Library Edition on copyright pg, Mentions 159 books on back of DJ & 95 cents a Copy

by by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, Venetian adventurer & Author; Edited by Madeleine Boyd, Introduction by Ernest Boyd, Not Illustrated,

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MODERN LIBRARY NY, with #165 Twice on Spine DJ in Red, 1929 FRONT DJ Shows man at door Holding candle with bizarre reflection on door as he opens it & is titled in Red ,J Inner FlapPrice Clip but 95 Cents INTACT, Illustrated Green & White Rockwell Kent RUNNING streamer MAN Endpapers are an aqua blue color Former Owner Inscription, HBDJ, with top edge stained blue. .1929, STATED 1st Modern Library Edition on copyright pg, 1st Edition THUS, NF+/VG-, AS-IS,. Jacket Priced 95 cents with 159 title listed on rear panel with pre Zip code Coupon . Small 4 1/2 X 6 3/4 in. Blue BALLOON flexible Cloth cvr with Gold Gilt man running with Streamer on Front Light WearCloth cvr , . 12mo., xii, 492 pg NO ADS IN BACK., DJ FOXED, Lightly Frayed with TINY holes at DJ Fold & EXTREMITiES Is Titled in Red on Front DJ, ; Titled & Grape Vine design Decorated Gold Gilt on Cvr SPINE, Interior nice clean light wear Fox, Spine DJ end Tiny chips Tears, Jacket has some chipping along rear top edges and… 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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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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Advance Review Copy
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ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780871136794 / 0871136791
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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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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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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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Red Pottage
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Red Pottage

by Cholmondeley, Mary

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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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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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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

by Traven, B

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Large-Print Edition
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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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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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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