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Brooklyn: Long Island Historical Society. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good. All are 1sts thus, royal 8vo editions. Vol. 1: Jaspar Dankers & Peter Sluyter, 'Journal of a Voyage to New York and a Tour in Several of the American Colonies in 1679-80', 1867. 440 pp. incl. index + 12 plates, some folding; 7-12 are chromolithographs, and there is an extra #10 bound in after #12. Gilt-stamped pebbled green cloth, teg. Vg-; slt. shakem, and there is a sm. tear at bottom of spine. Contents vg+. Vol. 2: Thomas W. Field, 'The Battle of Long Island', 1869. 549 pp. incl. index + 2 folding battle maps and 5 b&w plates. Smooth green cloth, gilt-stamped, vg+; slt. wear at spine ends. Vol. 3: Henry P. Johnston, 'The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn', 1878. In two parts, same book, 300 + 209 pp. incl. index + errata slip bound in at p. 299 + 6 maps & 4 portraits (steel engravings). 2 of the maps are very large folding maps; the thin paper is very brittle, and one map has tears in some of the folds. Smooth green cloth, gilt-stamped; vg+. Vol. 4: Moncure Daniel Conway (ed.), 'George Washington and Mount Vernon', 1889. 352 pp. incl. index. In pebbled cloth of a darker green than the other vols., gilt-stamped, teg, vg- (tears to spine ends, chip to cloth on head. An attractive set; all gilt still bright. Please be aware that shipping this item will require extra charges above our standard rate.
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
by Joyce, James
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The Clock Winder
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The Tin Can Tree
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 1st; 8vo; blue paper boards, maroon spine; encased in nf custom leather box; nf in vg+ dj. Very slight bumping to spine ends of book. DJ is lightly rubbed along corners and spine ends; edges yellowing; darkened spine; 1/4" closed tear to top edge of rear panel; 3/4" water mark to bottom edge of rear panel. First Edition--$4.95 price and 10/65 on front flap; "First Edition" with no additional printings stated on copyright page.
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Bagombo Snuff Box.
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on limitation page. Certificate signed by Kurt Vonnegut, Daniela Di Stefano and Publisher Roy S. Pfeil. First Limited edition / First printing. Number 405 of 1700 copies. Teal leather. Very fine. Certificate of Authenticity and A Note About Bagombo Snuff Box laid in.
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THE FAIR OF SAN GENNARO
by McPhee, John
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Portland: Press-22, 1981. First edition, limited to 250 copies signed by McPhee on the limitation page. 200 are numbered and 50 are roman numeralled. Copy #108. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Lacks slipcase. Fine condition. Contents are a short story written, as McPhee explains in his "Author's Note, "around 1960" before "I became completely absorbed by what the New Yorker calls 'long fact pieces.' " Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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The Clock Winder
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The Tin Can Tree
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1965. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 1st; 8vo; blue paper boards, maroon spine; encased in nf custom leather box; nf in vg+ dj. Very slight bumping to spine ends of book. DJ is lightly rubbed along corners and spine ends; edges yellowing; darkened spine; 1/4" closed tear to top edge of rear panel; 3/4" water mark to bottom edge of rear panel. First Edition--$4.95 price and 10/65 on front flap; "First Edition" with no additional printings stated on copyright page.
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on limitation page. Certificate signed by Kurt Vonnegut, Daniela Di Stefano and Publisher Roy S. Pfeil. First Limited edition / First printing. Number 405 of 1700 copies. Teal leather. Very fine. Certificate of Authenticity and A Note About Bagombo Snuff Box laid in.
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THE FAIR OF SAN GENNARO
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Portland: Press-22, 1981. First edition, limited to 250 copies signed by McPhee on the limitation page. 200 are numbered and 50 are roman numeralled. Copy #108. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Lacks slipcase. Fine condition. Contents are a short story written, as McPhee explains in his "Author's Note, "around 1960" before "I became completely absorbed by what the New Yorker calls 'long fact pieces.' " Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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Journal of a Voyage To New York in 1679-80 (Memoirs of the Long Island Historical Society Volume I)
by Jasper Dankers and Peter Sluyter; Henry C. Murphy (trans. and ed.)
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Brooklyn: by the Society, 1867. Limited ed. Leather_bound. Ex-Library. One of 1000 unnumbered copies. An ex-lib copy bound in worn three quarter leather. Marbled edges. xlvii+ 440 pp. plus XII folding plates at rear. Interior clean as are all twelve plates. The first volume of the Long Island Historical Society's publications. This issue contains the journal of the voyage made from Amsterdam in 1679 in the ship "Charles" with Thomas Singleton as captain. The owner of both the ship and its cargo was Margaret Filipse (spelled Phillipse in New Amesterdam/New York) who also charged 75 guilders for passengers. Margaret Hardenbroek Phillipse (1637-1691) was considered the wealthiest woman in early colonial New York having inherited a fortune from her merchant first husband and afterward marrying another wealthy merchant Frederick Phillipse. Margaret herself was a businesswoman, acting as agent for Dutch traders and also trading furs for small household items. Schilders account beings with the sailing from…
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Bloody Sunrise
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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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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Quelques Optimistes.
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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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Manhattan Beach
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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
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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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Christopher Blake
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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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Palmares
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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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The Polynesian Triangle
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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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