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Timothy McSweeney's Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying (McSweeney's Number Four, Late Winter, 2000)

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New York: McSweeney's, 2000. Fine. 1 illustrated box containing 14 booklets, along with "Notes And Background, And Clarifying Charts And Some Complaining," and the Subscriber Agreement. Complete. Contents: A Chance Meeting by Rachel Cohen -- Symmes Hole by Paul Collins -- A Mown Lawn by Lydia Davis -- The Middle Tales by Sheila Heti -- K Is For Fake by Jonathan Lethem -- Dar(E) Apy by Ben Miller -- Hellhound On My Trail by Denis Johnson -- Paperback Nabokov by Paul Maliszewski -- The Double Zero by Rick Moody -- Dabchick by Haruki Murakami -- Four Institutional Monologues by George Saunders -- Threadworks Of The Seventeenth Century by Lawrence Weschler -- Shorter Stories by Various Authors. Paul Collins signed his initials on the title page of Symmes Hole. Booklets are in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Box is in Very Good+ Condition: rubbed at corners; clean and solid.

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Not Barn Again: Four Engravings
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Not Barn Again: Four Engravings

by DePol, John

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Council Bluffs, Iowa: Yellow Barn Press, 1997. Paperback. Very Good -. DePol, John. [16] p.: wood engravings by John DePol; 27 cm. Brown paper wrappers printed in red and stitched. Includes 2-page title page printed in red and black for a proposed book on barns that would have contained 12 engravings by DePol. The title of this small work featuring the 4 existing beautiful engravings of barns by DePol (Not Barn Again) is a reference to an organization, Barn Again, that works to save and find new uses for old barns. Text by Neil Shaver. This is one of a limited edition of 150 copies hand-printed by Neil Shaver and Joe Shaver at the Yellow Barn Press. With a small errata slip tipped in on the colophon page. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: front cover is soiled; internally crisp and bright.
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Les Oeuvres de François Rabelais, Docteur en Médecine [volumes 2 and 3]
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Les Oeuvres de François Rabelais, Docteur en Médecine [volumes 2 and 3]

by Rabelais, François

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A Geneve [i.e. Paris]: Cazin, 1782. Hardcover. Fair +. Volumes 2 and 3 of 4 ([4], 347, [1] p.; [4], 276 p.); 13 cm. Contemporary speckled calf with six spine compartments. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title and volume number; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Triple gilt-ruled borders on boards. All page edges gilt. Gilt-tooled turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. Blue ribbon bookmarks. Floral title vignette or printer's emblem. Woodcut head-pieces. Engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper with motto "Mihi Aperies Iter" and handwritten note: "The Property of W.W. Watson." In Fair+ Condition: leather is cracked along both spines with some loss at spine ends; vol. 2 lacking spine labels; joints are cracked; both text blocks are solid.
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A Short, Plain, Comprehensive, Practical Latin Grammar, Comprising All the Rules and Observation...
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Philadelphia: Thomas Desilver, 1829. Hardcover. Very Good. The Ninth Edition, Revised and Improved. viii, 184 p.; 18 cm. Modern calf with gilt-tooled spine label. Inclues index. The author, James Ross (1743-1827), was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He headed a grammar school in Carlisle, Pa., from 1780 to 1784, when he became the first faculty member of the newly founded Dickinson College. In 1792 he left Dickinson to established a school for classical learning in Chambersburg, Pa., where he wrote his popular Latin Grammar. He was professor of languages at Franklin College in Lancaster, Pa. from 18081 to 1809, when he moved to Philadelphia, where he continued to tutor students for the rest of his life. In Very Good Condition: lacking front free endpaper; closed 4-cm. tear from fore-edge of pp. 21-22; occasional soiling; light foxing; occasional marginal pencil mark; otherwise, clean and tight.
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Legs d'un Pere a ses Filles par feu le Docteur Gregory = A Father's Legacy to his...
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Legs d'un Pere a ses Filles par feu le Docteur Gregory = A Father's Legacy to his Daughters by the late Dr. Gregory, of Edinburgh

by Gregory, John

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Paris: De l'Imprimerie Anglais, 1793. Hardcover. Good. Nouvelle Edition. [24], 264 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. 19th-century repair of joints with dark brown linen; later repair of front joint with white linen. Small bookplate of the Lynn Public Library on front fixed endpaper; "Rules and Regulations" of the Lynn Free Public Library on front free endpaper. Embossed stamp of the Lynn Free Public Library on the French title page, which has on its verso a small label reading "Lynn Library Association, No. 224." A very scarce edition (3 copies on WorldCat) of this popular advice book by John Gregory (1724-1773), with parallel English and French texts. Much of Gregory's advice to his daughters paints a vivid picture of the lives of girls and women in comfortable circumstances in late 18th-century England; some advice is just as accurate today: "Do not marry a Fool." In Good Condition: loss of most leather over spine; old… Read More
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Thoughtbook of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald; with an Introduction by John R. Kuehl
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Thoughtbook of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald; with an Introduction by John R. Kuehl

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Library, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. [42] p.: facsimiles; 24 cm. Hardback with facsimile of original notebook on cover. Original glassine dust jacket. One of a limited edition of 300 copies. Illustrated title page. The diary reproduced here is from 1910-1911, when its author, later known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was 13 and 14. In Near Fine Condition: slight discoloration on endpapers; otherwise, clean and bright. Glassine dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: closed tears from upper edge of back ection; spine slightly sunned.
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Not Barn Again: Four Engravings
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Not Barn Again: Four Engravings

by DePol, John

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Council Bluffs, Iowa: Yellow Barn Press, 1997. Paperback. Very Good -. DePol, John. [16] p.: wood engravings by John DePol; 27 cm. Brown paper wrappers printed in red and stitched. Includes 2-page title page printed in red and black for a proposed book on barns that would have contained 12 engravings by DePol. The title of this small work featuring the 4 existing beautiful engravings of barns by DePol (Not Barn Again) is a reference to an organization, Barn Again, that works to save and find new uses for old barns. Text by Neil Shaver. This is one of a limited edition of 150 copies hand-printed by Neil Shaver and Joe Shaver at the Yellow Barn Press. With a small errata slip tipped in on the colophon page. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: front cover is soiled; internally crisp and bright.
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Les Oeuvres de François Rabelais, Docteur en Médecine [volumes 2 and 3]
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Les Oeuvres de François Rabelais, Docteur en Médecine [volumes 2 and 3]

by Rabelais, François

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A Geneve [i.e. Paris]: Cazin, 1782. Hardcover. Fair +. Volumes 2 and 3 of 4 ([4], 347, [1] p.; [4], 276 p.); 13 cm. Contemporary speckled calf with six spine compartments. Leather labels in second and third compartments with gilt-tooled title and volume number; gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Triple gilt-ruled borders on boards. All page edges gilt. Gilt-tooled turn-ins. Marbled endpapers. Blue ribbon bookmarks. Floral title vignette or printer's emblem. Woodcut head-pieces. Engraved bookplate on front fixed endpaper with motto "Mihi Aperies Iter" and handwritten note: "The Property of W.W. Watson." In Fair+ Condition: leather is cracked along both spines with some loss at spine ends; vol. 2 lacking spine labels; joints are cracked; both text blocks are solid.
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A Short, Plain, Comprehensive, Practical Latin Grammar, Comprising All the Rules and Observation...
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Philadelphia: Thomas Desilver, 1829. Hardcover. Very Good. The Ninth Edition, Revised and Improved. viii, 184 p.; 18 cm. Modern calf with gilt-tooled spine label. Inclues index. The author, James Ross (1743-1827), was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He headed a grammar school in Carlisle, Pa., from 1780 to 1784, when he became the first faculty member of the newly founded Dickinson College. In 1792 he left Dickinson to established a school for classical learning in Chambersburg, Pa., where he wrote his popular Latin Grammar. He was professor of languages at Franklin College in Lancaster, Pa. from 18081 to 1809, when he moved to Philadelphia, where he continued to tutor students for the rest of his life. In Very Good Condition: lacking front free endpaper; closed 4-cm. tear from fore-edge of pp. 21-22; occasional soiling; light foxing; occasional marginal pencil mark; otherwise, clean and tight.
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Legs d'un Pere a ses Filles par feu le Docteur Gregory = A Father's Legacy to his...
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Legs d'un Pere a ses Filles par feu le Docteur Gregory = A Father's Legacy to his Daughters by the late Dr. Gregory, of Edinburgh

by Gregory, John

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Paris: De l'Imprimerie Anglais, 1793. Hardcover. Good. Nouvelle Edition. [24], 264 p.; 16 cm. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper over boards. 19th-century repair of joints with dark brown linen; later repair of front joint with white linen. Small bookplate of the Lynn Public Library on front fixed endpaper; "Rules and Regulations" of the Lynn Free Public Library on front free endpaper. Embossed stamp of the Lynn Free Public Library on the French title page, which has on its verso a small label reading "Lynn Library Association, No. 224." A very scarce edition (3 copies on WorldCat) of this popular advice book by John Gregory (1724-1773), with parallel English and French texts. Much of Gregory's advice to his daughters paints a vivid picture of the lives of girls and women in comfortable circumstances in late 18th-century England; some advice is just as accurate today: "Do not marry a Fool." In Good Condition: loss of most leather over spine; old… Read More
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Thoughtbook of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald; with an Introduction by John R. Kuehl
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Thoughtbook of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald; with an Introduction by John R. Kuehl

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Library, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. [42] p.: facsimiles; 24 cm. Hardback with facsimile of original notebook on cover. Original glassine dust jacket. One of a limited edition of 300 copies. Illustrated title page. The diary reproduced here is from 1910-1911, when its author, later known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was 13 and 14. In Near Fine Condition: slight discoloration on endpapers; otherwise, clean and bright. Glassine dust jacket is in Very Good Condition: closed tears from upper edge of back ection; spine slightly sunned.
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Timothy McSweeney's Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying, Trying (Issue No. 4 Late Winter 2000)

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McSweeney's , 2000. Novelty . Very Good.
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Secret Splendor (Silhouette Classics, No 11)

Secret Splendor (Silhouette Classics, No 11)

by Claire, Erin St (Sandra Brown)

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Silhouette, 1992. Paperback. Very Good. Sandra Brown writing as Erin St. Claire, 253 pgs
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Bloody Sunrise
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Bloody Sunrise

by Spillane, Mickey

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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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The Republic Of Plato
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The Republic Of Plato: A New Version Founded On Basic English

by Richards, I.A

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1942 - noted on the copyright page as "A WARTIME BOOK This complete edition is produced in full compliance with the government's regulations for conserving paper and other essential materials" book: very good -tight, sound, and square, no previous owner marks - moderate edgewear plus rubbing to the boards - some toning from age - no dj - includes a vintage (pre - "The Google") Buccaneer Books Laguna Beach, CA out-of-print book search card
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Mars 1999 (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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Mars 1999 (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)

by O'Leary, Brian

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1987 - 1st ed ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED to include shark-faced rocket cartoon - "Exclusive Preview of the U.S. - Soviet Manned Mission - book: very good - pages show toning from age - dj: very good - some toning from age - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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John Wayne America
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John Wayne America: Why I Love Her

by Liebert, Billy and Mitchum, John

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1977 - collectable 1st edition ("1" present) Photographs and stories for each piece of music. Words and sheet music arranged for piano and guitar from John Wayne's best-selling record album... Sheet music for: Why I love Her The Hyphen My Roots Are Buried Here The People An American Boy Grows Up Face the Flag The Good Things The Pledge of Allegiance Why Are You Marching Son? Taps book: very good - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked - dj: very good - not price clipped - some tears/chipping at top of dj have been repaired with archival tape - some overall toning from age - dj wrapped in protective sleeve
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Cognac a Liquid History (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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Cognac a Liquid History (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)

by Calabrese, Salvatore

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2001 - 1st edition - INSCRIBED by author on the title page "To Anthony Salute 18 03 05" - prior owner inscription "With love for Michelle 26 Dec 2014" - "Seen through the eyes of Salvatore Calabrese, a renowned and respected cognac expert, this book is a personal and insightful perspective on the spirit that earned its image of virility and strength from Napoleon Bonaparte." - book; very good - filled with images - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked, no folded page corners, dj: not price clipped [Price in UK 25.00] - small dime size chip on the back upper left corner repaired with archival tape - slight amount of scuffing - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Unreal Tournament Bradygames Official Strategy Guide
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Unreal Tournament Bradygames Official Strategy Guide

by Marcus, Phillip

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9780744009552
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Bradbury & Evans, 2007. Covers PC-CD ROM/DVD ROM & Playstation 3 Computer Entertainment System 4to sized softcover; 271 heavy glossy pages with color illustrations throughout Brand new, but note some edgewear and blemish to top of back cover. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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More Than Forever
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More Than Forever

by McLean, Jay

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2014. Book Four in the More Than Series 8vo size trade paperback; 369 pages Please note: This book has a Mature Readers Advisory. From back: "Lucy - There is love so fierce it cannot be measured... Cameron - Forever. Everlasting. Eternal. THere is no measure of time... But our forever isn't always." Creased back cover and last few pages, worn corners. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press.
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The Birth and Death of Meaning:  An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man
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The Birth and Death of Meaning: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on the Problem of Man

by Becker, Ernest

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New York: The Free Press, 1971. Second Edition. Contents include: The Man-Apes; The Origins of the Mind; The Distinctive Human; The Inner World; Socialization: the Creation of the Inner World; The New Meaning of the Oedipus Complex; Self-Esteem; Culture and Personality; Social Encounters: The Staging of Self-Esteem; Culture: the Relativity of Hero-Systems; What is Normal?; What Would A Science of Man Then Be?; Religion: The Quest for the Ideal Heroism. 228 pages. Edgewear; light wear to covers; worn corners and light creases on spine. Deeply creased spine opens flat at pages 60/61. Thanks for shopping with us! 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and lifelong learning.. 2nd. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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A Million Miles from Boston
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A Million Miles from Boston

by Day, Karen

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2011. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 215 pages. Signed by author on title page. Stated First Edition From jacket: "(Lucy) wants to get out of Boston and forget her worries about starting middle school and about her father's new girlfriend. Pierson Point is where she feels most like herself, and where memories of her mother, who died when Lucy was six, are strong and sacred. But this summer, nothing is the same. Ian, a boy from home in Boston, comes to Pierson Point...Lucy's father wants his girlfriend to become a bigger part of Lucy's life. Though Lucy struggles against change, she gradually realizes that sometimes, change is for the better. Average wear to jacket; bumped corners and head and heel of spine, owner's name on fep. Autographed Copy sticker on front of jacket; one previously folded page corner. Quotes are for illustrative purposes only and remain the property of their copyright holders. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits… Read More
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