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SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Kesey, Ken - 1964

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SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION by Kesey, Ken - 1964

SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION

by Kesey, Ken

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New York: Viking Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 8vo. Textured blue-gray cloth, with blue lettering and green bands on spine. Blue and green cover decoration ["K K"]. Green top stain. Viking logo on half title page. 628 pages. Ghost of tape on middle of both front and rear FEPs and the half title page. Small stain at bottom corner of rear FEP and inside rear cover. No names, or marks to text, but there is a vertical list of numbers on the Rear FEP. Dust-jacket (with "$7.50" price intact), designed by Paul Bacon, gives photographic credit to "Hank Krangler" and has a two line Kesey biography on rear flap. Dust-jacket has the same ghost of tape at middle of both interior flaps, and slight darkening along both top and bottom of both interior flaps. Dust-jacket front flap has a small crease at bottom edge.

A solid copy of the first edition, first printing, in a bright, first state dust-jacket.
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  • Edition First edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Viking Press
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1964

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REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
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REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

by Yates, Richard

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Stated First edition
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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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Boston: Little, Brown, 1961. Stated First edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. 8vo. Quarter red cloth and black boards, with gilt lettering. 337 pages. An Advance Review Copy in promotional dust-jacket. No names, remainder marks, or marks to text. Spine [blank] and flap folds of dust-jacket are slightly toned, with a tiny chip at spine tail. A Fine copy in special dust-jacket of Yates' first novel.
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A FAN'S NOTES:

A FAN'S NOTES: A Fictional Memoir

by Exley, Frederick

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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Red-orange paper covers with black title and promotional statement on cover. 385 pages. The Advance Reading Copy of Exley's first book. Spine and corners worn. No names or marks.
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Don't Drink the Water.

Don't Drink the Water.

by Allen, Woody.

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NY, Random House, 1967, first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover.. Author's First Book, frontispiece photo from the play of this comedy, the play starred Kay Medford, Lou Jacobi, Anita Gillette, Donna Mills, and others. Fine in a very good plus jacket.
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods.
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods.

by ECO, Umberto

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Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780674810501 / 0674810503
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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Ghosts. The New York Trilogy Volume 2.
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Ghosts. The New York Trilogy Volume 2.

by AUSTER, Paul

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Hardcover
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9780940650701 / 0940650703
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. As New. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The second book in the New York Trilogy.
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REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
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REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

by Yates, Richard

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Boston: Little, Brown, 1961. Stated First edition. hardcover. Fine/very good. 8vo. Quarter red cloth and black boards, with gilt lettering. 337 pages. An Advance Review Copy in promotional dust-jacket. No names, remainder marks, or marks to text. Spine [blank] and flap folds of dust-jacket are slightly toned, with a tiny chip at spine tail. A Fine copy in special dust-jacket of Yates' first novel.
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A FAN'S NOTES:

A FAN'S NOTES: A Fictional Memoir

by Exley, Frederick

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First edition
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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Red-orange paper covers with black title and promotional statement on cover. 385 pages. The Advance Reading Copy of Exley's first book. Spine and corners worn. No names or marks.
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The Tin Drum.
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The Tin Drum.

by GRASS, GŸunter.

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Near Fine
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Hardcover
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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New York: Pantheon, (1962). First U.S. edition / First printing. Red cloth. Fine in price-clipped jacket about fine. The author's first novel, and most famous work. This is a bright sparkling copy. The jacket is on a heavy stock with a thick varnish. Though price clipped, it is not to be confused with the lighter uncoated book club issue. Gunter Grass was the Winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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HIND'S KIDNAP:
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HIND'S KIDNAP: A Pastoral on Familiar Airs

by McElroy, Joseph

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Used - Very good +
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Stated First edition
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Hardcover
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Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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New York: Harper & Row, 1969. Stated First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 8vo. Gray cloth, with red spine lettering. Red top stain. Gray end papers. 534 pages. No names or marks. Illustrated dust-jacket (with "$8.95" price intact) is chipped, with small, closed tears at top of both the front and rear panels.
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Uncle Remus Returns
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Uncle Remus Returns

by Joel Chandler Harris

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Good-
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First Edition
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First Edition. With Illustrations by A. B. Frost & J. M. Conde. 8vo, publisher's illustrated tan cloth in chipped dust jacket. Hardcover Condition. Fine. Boards are bright, clean, and well preserved, tight, and square. DJ spine is missing approximately three-fourths. DJ front has a 1-3/4" tear originating from the spine. DJ has edgewear and chipping. 175 pp.
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Sometimes a Great Notion

Sometimes a Great Notion

by Ken kesey

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9780553238310 / 0553238310
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Random House Publishing Group, 1976. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Sometimes A Great Notion

by Ken Kesey

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9780965450270 / 0965450279
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Sometimes a Great Notion (Penguin Classics)
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Sometimes a Great Notion (Penguin Classics)

by Kesey, Ken

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UsedGood. Condition: GOOD - Used with some wear from use. May include stickers on cover, missing or wear to dustcover, inside cover, spine, slight curled corners, stains, and wear to the fore edge. All orders ship via UPS Mail Innovations - can take up to 14 business days from first scan to be delivered. The cover has little markings, dings, and wear. Corners have dings and wear. The pages show little markings, dings and wear. Pages have some folded corners. Some stains on the page and page edges. There is some rippling and/or warping of the pages that does NOT affect readability.
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Sometimes a Great Notion (Penguin Classics)
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Sometimes a Great Notion (Penguin Classics)

by Kesey, Ken

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Sometimes A Great Notion

by Kesey, Ken

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PB. good. LIT
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Sometimes a Great Notion

by Kesey, Ken

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Bantam Books, 1972. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Sometimes a Great Notion

by Kesey, Ken

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Bantam Books, 1972. Mass Market Paperback. 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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Sometimes a Great Notion

by Kesey, Ken

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Bantam Books. 1972. Paperback. UsedAcceptable. Paperback; 15th printing of the Bantam edition first published in 1965; scu ffing, soiling, and edge wear to exterior; creasing to front cover and spin e; tear to top corner of first four pages; heavy fading to pages; in accept able condition with clean text, firm binding. .
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Sometimes a Great Notion
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Sometimes a Great Notion

by Kesey, Ken

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Sometimes a Great Notion
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Sometimes a Great Notion

by Kesey, Ken

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Penguin Books. Used - Good. Paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.
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THE TIE MAN’S MIRACLE.

THE TIE MAN’S MIRACLE.

by Schnur, Steven

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9780688134648 / 0688134645
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New York: Morrow Junior Books., 1995. First edition.. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Stephen T. Johnson. Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson. New York: Morrow Junior Books, (1995). First edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket. faint rumpling to the jacket, otherwise near fine. ISBN: 0688134645
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Gold
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Gold

by Eugene O'Neill

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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories

by Cohen, Leonard

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9780802160478 / 0802160476
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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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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

by Traven, B

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Large-Print Edition
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Hardcover
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9780786201006 / 0786201002
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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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Samuel The Seeker
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Samuel The Seeker

by Sinclair, Upton

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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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The Mudlark

The Mudlark

by Bonnett, Theodore

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Doubleday & Co., 1949. Used-very good. Hard Bound
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

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Reprint Edition
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)

by Christie, Agatha

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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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