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Stone by George Mackay Brown - 1987

by George Mackay Brown

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Stone by George Mackay Brown - 1987

Stone

by George Mackay Brown

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A pristine copy of the most beautifully produced book of all of George Mackay Brown's works.The book is the result of a collaboration between Brown and his friend, the renowned photographer, Gunnie Moberg who provided the magnificent pictures of stone. Published as a limited edition of 125 copies signed by the author and photographer. Hand press printed at the Officina Bodoni by Gabriella and Martino Mardersteig. Half leather binding. The book is presented in a dove grey slipcase. An outstanding copy of this rare and magnificent book.
  • Bookseller Boreas Books GB (GB)
  • Illustrator Photographs by Gunnie Moberg
  • Format/Binding Half leather binding.
  • Book Condition Used - Fine
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Kulgin D Duval and Colin H Hamilton
  • Place of Publication Verona
  • Date Published 1987
  • Size 4to

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OTHER MINDS
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OTHER MINDS

by McEwan, Ian

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First Edition
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Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States
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London: Bridgewater Press, 2001. First edition, limited to 138 copies, of which 100 were numbered, 26 lettered and 12 roman numeralled. This is copy #2. Signed by McEwan on the limitation page as issued. Colourmaster paper bound in Ratchford Atlantic cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Publisher's acetate dustwrapper. Contents are an excerpt from Atonement. Issued before the novel's publication. Fine condition in a Fine dustwrapper.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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The Drover's Cook and other Verses
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The Drover's Cook and other Verses

by Quilty, Tom

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1st Edition
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Forrestfield, Western Australia, Australia
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Sydney Australia: F H Johnston, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. A genuinely rare 1st edition of Australian poetry with dedication. Dust jacket is in fair condition and is browning to the spine with small losses. The original jacket is a form of tracing paper with a cobweb pattern visible when held to the light. Exceptionally scarce jacket is fragile and has been placed in a loose protective sleeve. The book is well preserved with no major faults. The book is inscribed 'to Noel Miles with my compliments Tom Quilty.' Noel was a geologist for a mining company that worked the Hall's Creek - De Grey area in the 1950's. Thomas John Quilty (1 April 1887 - 1979) was an Australian station owner, pastoralist, philanthropist, and bush poet. To this day he still holds the record for the largest freehold land acreage in Australia's history; over 3 million acres for a single property. In total, he controlled over 4.5 million acres of land. The book also… Read More
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Storm Island
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Storm Island

by Ken Follett

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First Edition
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Hardcover
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9780354042789
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0354042785
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Flat signed by author on the title page, ""Best Wishes, Ken Follett."" Hardcover 1st Edition/ 1st Printing. Minimal scratches and wear. Fine book in fine jacket. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity for author's signature. Your books ships to you with protective mylar jacket, bubble wrapped in cardboard box.
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Carotid Cornucopius
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Carotid Cornucopius

by Sydney Goodsir Smith

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First edition
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St Margarets Hope , Orkney, United Kingdom
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'CAROTID CORNUCOPIUS: The first 4 fitts making "One Quart" by Gude Schir Skidderie Smithereens of Crankmirligo.' Blue paper-covered boards with title printed in black. Presentation copy from the author with eight line handwritten inscriptions by Sydney Goodsir Smith on front endpaper. This is the 1947 first edition with a limited run of just 300 copies. Frontispiece illustrated with print of an auk. 80 pages. Sydney Goodsir Smith was a poet, critic and journalist who is best remembered for his contribution to the 20th century revival of poetry in the Scots language. Discolouration around edges of cover and some wear to extremities. A scarce title from a truly eccentric writer.
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Religion
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Religion: God and All Things

by W J Spratly

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First Edition
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Hardcover
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Red cloth with gold gilt lettering to front cover and spine. A very rare title as evidenced by this being the only copy available on the Internet. Gilt to all page edges. Undated but circa late 1800s. A very good copy. 66 pages. No dust jacket as issued. Shelf wear to all extremities and neat previous owner name to front endpaper. The book contains an allegorical poem concerning Providence, Blasphemy, Atheism, Infidelity, Wisdom and Inspiration. The author also wrote 'A Key to Truth, Superseding Darwinism by a Theory of Atomic Force', 'The Rise and Reign of Chaos, A Scientific Epic' and 'The Spectral Rock, A Poem'. This is the only example of this title available on the internet.
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The Heretical Imperative

The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation

by Peter L. Berger

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First edition
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Paperback
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9780385159678
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0385159676
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Palm Desert, California, United States
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$25.00

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This used paperback book is in very good condition. The pages are clean and neat. The binding is tight. The boards are clean inside and out.
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Storm Island
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Storm Island

by Ken Follett

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Used - Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780354042789
ISBN 10
0354042785
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The Woodlands, Texas, United States
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First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Flat signed by author on the title page, ""Best Wishes, Ken Follett."" Hardcover 1st Edition/ 1st Printing. Minimal scratches and wear. Fine book in fine jacket. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity for author's signature. Your books ships to you with protective mylar jacket, bubble wrapped in cardboard box.
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Carotid Cornucopius
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Carotid Cornucopius

by Sydney Goodsir Smith

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First edition
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Hardcover
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St Margarets Hope , Orkney, United Kingdom
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'CAROTID CORNUCOPIUS: The first 4 fitts making "One Quart" by Gude Schir Skidderie Smithereens of Crankmirligo.' Blue paper-covered boards with title printed in black. Presentation copy from the author with eight line handwritten inscriptions by Sydney Goodsir Smith on front endpaper. This is the 1947 first edition with a limited run of just 300 copies. Frontispiece illustrated with print of an auk. 80 pages. Sydney Goodsir Smith was a poet, critic and journalist who is best remembered for his contribution to the 20th century revival of poetry in the Scots language. Discolouration around edges of cover and some wear to extremities. A scarce title from a truly eccentric writer.
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Religion
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Religion: God and All Things

by W J Spratly

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Used
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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St Margarets Hope , Orkney, United Kingdom
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Red cloth with gold gilt lettering to front cover and spine. A very rare title as evidenced by this being the only copy available on the Internet. Gilt to all page edges. Undated but circa late 1800s. A very good copy. 66 pages. No dust jacket as issued. Shelf wear to all extremities and neat previous owner name to front endpaper. The book contains an allegorical poem concerning Providence, Blasphemy, Atheism, Infidelity, Wisdom and Inspiration. The author also wrote 'A Key to Truth, Superseding Darwinism by a Theory of Atomic Force', 'The Rise and Reign of Chaos, A Scientific Epic' and 'The Spectral Rock, A Poem'. This is the only example of this title available on the internet.
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Storm in the Village
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Storm in the Village

by Miss Read

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Used - Very Good+
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Very Good
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First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
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St Margarets Hope , Orkney, United Kingdom
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$79.18

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Book in very, very good condition with bright, clean, tight text block. Dust cover in very good condition with some little shelf wear to top and tail. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. 247 pages. Illustrated by J S Goodall. This is the true first edition of 1958, Michael Joseph published an American edition one year later in 1959 with the same dust jacket design. A scarce book as a first edition and a rare book with dust jacket. 'Storm in the Village' is the third of Miss Read's Fairacre books. Please view photographs for additional information regarding condition.
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Dove-Marks on Stone. Poems for George Mackay Brown.

by BROWN, George Mackay. Various contributors

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BABEL, Schondorf, Germany., 1995. First edition. Octavo. 18 pages. Sewn wrappers with flaps. A poem, ''Carol'', by George Mackay Brown, and poems for him by Seamus Heaney, R.S. Thomas, Catherine Fisher, Christopher Jenkin-Jones, K.A. Perryman (the publisher of this book), Sheenagh Pugh and Deborah Randall. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega.Out of a total edition of 225 copies this is one of 25 signed by all the contributors (apart from Brown himself) and with a tipped-in photograph of Brown by Gunnie Moberg who also provides her signature. Loosely inserted is an Autograph Postcard Signed by George Mackay Brown and dated 3/xii/95: about 150 words to the publisher Kevin Perryman thanking him for the latest issue of BABEL magazine and reporting on the ''very bleak wintry weather'' and ''quite a bad cold, the kind that drains the energy''. The card is in the original envelope hand-addressed by Brown.Fine. Among the scarcest of… Read More
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Bloody Sunrise
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Bloody Sunrise

by Spillane, Mickey

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Very Good
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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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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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)

by Townsend, Jacinda

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Used - Near Fine
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Near Fine
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First Edition
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Hardcover
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9780393080049
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0393080048
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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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Poet and Peasant
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Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke

by Kenneth Ewing Bailey

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9780802834768
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0802834760
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This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A… Read More
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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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New
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Not Issued
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Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC)
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Paperback
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9780802160478
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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 Merry Month of May

The Merry Month of May: A Novel

by Jones, James

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Very Good in Very Good DJ. Ex-Lib w/ Usual Markings and Expected Imperfections. dj protected by new Mylar wrap.
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First printing
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Hardcover
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Golconda, Illinois, United States
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New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Ex-Lib w/ Usual Markings and Expected Imperfections. dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; black boards; 361 pgs.; illust. dj. From the Critically Acclaimed Author of From Here to Eternity. a very clean copy of this classic.
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The Authentic Life Of William McKinley
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The Authentic Life Of William McKinley: Our Third Martyr President; Together With A Life Sketch Of Theodore Roosevelt The 26th President Of The United States

by Alexander K. McClure & Charles Morris, LL.D

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Used - Fair
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Memorial Edition
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Hardcover
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This book is an antique and is in fair condition. The binding is loose and cracked on the inside of the front board. Dark green cloth covered boards that have significant wear on the edges, spine and corners. The previous owners signature is written on the inside of the front board. The pages are tanned and yellowed, but are still readable.Also a Life Sketch of Theodore Roosevelt and "memorial tributes by statesmen, ministers, orators and rulers of all countries"; profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and "special pictures of the Family by Express Permission from the Owners"
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Cottonwood; A Novel
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Cottonwood; A Novel

by Phillips, Scott

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Used - Fine
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fine
Edition
First edition. First Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780345461001
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0345461002
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Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States
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New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 292pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on half-title page. Book has a complete number line from 1-10 and is a stated First Edition: February 2004. Book is straight, bright, unmarked, unclipped, unread, and has a Brodart jacket protector. Author also wrote "The Ice Harvest" and "The Walkaway.
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Quelques Optimistes.

Quelques Optimistes.

by Sempe

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First Edition
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9782207238615
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220723861X
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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

Manhattan Beach

by Jennifer Egan

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Used - Fine
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Fine
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781501184321
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1501184326
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Tomball, Texas, United States
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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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Christopher Blake

by Hart, Moss

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Used - Very Good
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Very Good
Edition
1st Edition.
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Hardcover
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Temecula, California, United States
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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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