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A Lion is in the Streets
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New York: Whittley House / McGraw Hill, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket..
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Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve and has age-toned; the white of the rear panel is darkened. First Edition, First Printing.
Awarded the California Book Award for General Literature (Silver) (1945). A backwoods salesman's rise to the presidency and ultimate downfall. James Cagney played the role of a clever and ruthless Southern politician, in the in the 1953 Raoul Walsh film. Based on the life of the flamboyant former governor of Louisiana Huey Long.
Signed by the Author with an Inscription.
Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve and has age-toned; the white of the rear panel is darkened. First Edition, First Printing.
Awarded the California Book Award for General Literature (Silver) (1945). A backwoods salesman's rise to the presidency and ultimate downfall. James Cagney played the role of a clever and ruthless Southern politician, in the in the 1953 Raoul Walsh film. Based on the life of the flamboyant former governor of Louisiana Huey Long.
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Life Is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition
by Berry, Wendell
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Geisha Of Pontocho
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"Geisha Of Pontocho", by P. D. Perkins 1954 - First EditionHand Signed by the AuthorVintage Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket10 1/4" x 7 1/2" - 195 Pages The dust jacket is in good minus condition with an edge chip, edge bends and tanning on the inside. The jacket is now protected with a Mylar cover. The hardcover book is in good condition. The pink beautifullydecorated boards are in great condition with minimal wear and some light fading. The book has been hand signed by the author on the title page in black ink. The book is in good condition, free from rips, tears, bends, stains, and writing. The end pages have some tanning. The pull down map is in good minus condition with edge bends. There are fabulous black and white photos throughout the book . The binding is square and tight. Pontocho is one of the oldest and most famous Geisha districts in Japan. Please See All Photos
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François Villon
by Lewis, D.B. Wyndham
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New York and Hartford: Coward-McCann, Inc. And Edwin V. Mitchell, Inc., 1928. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 407pp. Brown embossed boards, gilt lettering to cover and spine. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Book is clean and unworn, mild toning to contents, former owner's name on front pastedown. Unclipped dust jacket is missing large piece from head of spine with some loss of text, edges chipped, archival tape repair, front panel and spine darkened. Preface by Hilaire Belloc.
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The Bridges of Madison County
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Warner Bros., 1992. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Publisher: Warner Books, NYC., 1992. First Printing April 1992 as stated. Dust cover fine and no price clipped, name of original owner on a small label on the inside front cover, book clean and unmarked,
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The Secret Series 4 Books Collection Set Hero, Power, Magic, Secret by Rhonda Byrne
by Rhonda Byrne
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The Paris Diary of Ned Rorem.
by ROREM, Ned
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New York: George Braziller, 1966. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth. Very fine in price-clipped, fine dust jacket. The author's first book.
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Bibliomania (Miniature)
by Flaubert, Gustave
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[A tale] Illustrated by Dugald Stermer. 69 pp. 6,9x4,7 cm. The Somesuch Press, Dallas, Texas, 1984. No. 212 of 325 numbered copies, printed from Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem Holland and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A., Limoges, France. --- Text in english. Leather bound, gilt lettering and decoration on front cover. All edges gilt. Numbered and signed copy. No wear. Unmarked.
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Farther Away: Essays
by Jonathan Franzen
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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The Wishsong of Shannara
by Terry Brooks
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First Trade Paperback edition, published concurrently with First Trade Hardback edtion. Signed by author on title page. Good copy with shelfwear to edges, toning to pages. Creases to back cover. Page block is tight. Please inspect photos, message with any questions.
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Barkskins.
by PROULX, Annie.
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New York: Scribner, 2016. Signed by the author on the first page following the end-paper. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, beige paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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A Lion is in Thestreets
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The Blakiston Company, 1945. Hardcover. Good. A Novel.
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A Lion is in the Streets
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The Sun Dial, 1955. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A LION IS IN THE STREETS
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A Lion is in the Streets
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Garden City, NY: Sun Dial Press Inc, 1945. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. & FG 552 & FG 582 & FG 409 or 408**. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.
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A lion is in the streets
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A lion is in the streets
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A lion is in the streets
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The Blakiston Company, 1945. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Double Delicious!: Good, Simple Food for Busy, Complicated Lives
by Seinfeld, Jessica
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Tolar, Texas, United States
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HarperCollins, 2010. Pictorial boards show no wear. . Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. Only library markings are stamps . Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Vance, Steve; Hubbard, Lisa . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library.
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A LION IS IN THE STREETS
by Langley, Adria Locke
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McGraw-Hill, New York, 1945, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dj. Octavo, hardcover, VG in green boards with white lettering and design. Very well preserved from 1945. Whittlesey House edition. 483pp, her first novel, based on the life of Huey Long. It was made into a film of the same name in 1953. She also was a fervent supporter of the repeal of Prohibition.
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A Lion is in the Streets
by Langley, Adria Locke
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McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1945. Green boards cloth have light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound. . Third Printing. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Under Fire: An American Story
by North, Oliver L
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Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film
by Standish, Isolde
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New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes…
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Old Bones
by Elkins, Aaron J
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings
by Parker, Kingsley
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .
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Dead in Dixie
by Charlaine Harris
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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Songs From Appledore
by Oscar Laighton
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RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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Maybe Tomorrow
by Roberta Fleetwood O'Keefe
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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Burnet, Texas: Nortex Press, 1978. CL5 - A hardcover book SIGNED by author on the front free endpaper in very good condition that is cocked, some scattered light scratches and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Brown covered boards with gilt lettering. 8.5"x5.5", 84 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
by Eric Sloane
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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Civil War England.
by Young, Peter.:
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London, Longman, 1981.. 1st edition. Concentrates on the military aspects of the war, including the soldiers, arms and armour, the battles, and siege warfare. Longman Travellers Series. There is a small stamp on the front endpaper, otherwise in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper.
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