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Brave New World Revisited

Brave New World Revisited

by HUXLEY, Aldous

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1958
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1
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1958. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); blue-gray paper and black cloth-covered boards, with blocked and titled in grey and gilt on spine; dustjacket; x,147,[3]pp. Light wear to extremities, else a clean, very Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny tears and some mild… Read more about this item
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Shadow on the Hearth

Shadow on the Hearth

by MERRIL, Judith

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
1950
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$60.00

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Garden City: Doubleday, 1950. First Edition. First printing. Octavo; cloth hardcover; [8],277,[3]pp. Fine in bright, unclipped dustwrapper (priced $3.00 on front flap). The author's first novel, a cold-war classic set in a genteel suburb of New York following an apocalyptic nuclear attack. Source for the 1954 television drama Atomic Attack which starred Phyllis Baxter and Walter Matthau.… Read more about this item
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Limbo. A Novel

Limbo. A Novel

by WOLFE, Bernard

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
(1952)
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1
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$200.00

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New York: Random House, (1952). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Black cloth hardcover, with foil-stamped decorations in colors; dustjacket; 438pp. Small spot of abrasion at upper edge of rear board; mild ageing to endpapers; still a tight, Very Good or better copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $3.50 on front flap), bright and whole with a few small… Read more about this item
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One by One

One by One

by GILLIATT, Penelope [née Penelope Ann Douglass Conner]

Condition
Used
Edition
First American Edition
Published
1965
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$75.00

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New York: Atheneum, 1965. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); green paper-covered boards over brown cloth backstrip, titled in blind on cover and gilt on spine; yellow topstain; yellow dustjacket by Lawrence Ratzkin; 190pp. Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.95) with evidence of price sticker removal on the upper front panel; mild sunning to spine; Very Good+. … Read more about this item
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The Twig Benders

The Twig Benders

by CHASE, Wilda

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
n.d., ca. 1969
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1
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$125.00

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New York: The Feminists, n.d., ca. 1969. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); self-wrappers staplebound at top left-hand corner; 6pp.; printed from typescript on green stock. Light wear to extremities else Very Good or better. The Feminists organization rubberstamp to top edge of p. 1 as issued. Described in The Feminists publication catalog as "a pornographic study of pornography." Dystopic tale… Read more about this item
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$125.00
The Twig Benders

The Twig Benders

by CHASE, Wilda

Condition
Used
Edition
First Edition
Published
n.d., ca. 1969
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1
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$125.00

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New York: The Feminists, n.d., ca. 1969. First Edition. Quarto (28cm.); self-wrappers staplebound at top left-hand corner; 6pp.; printed from typescript on tan stock. Fine condition. Described in The Feminists publication catalog as "a pornographic study of pornography." Dystopic tale set at the fictional Eastgate Finishing School for Boys where the pupils must go around naked at all times… Read more about this item
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Player Piano [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]

Player Piano [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]

by VONNEGUT, JR. Kurt

Condition
Used
Edition
Book Club Edition
Published
1952
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Winchester, Virginia, USA
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$450.00

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Book Club Edition. Octavo (20.75cm); teal cloth, with titles stamped in dark purple on spine; dark yellow topstain; dustjacket; [8], 295, [1]pp. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Pinpoint wear to spine ends and corner tips, lower corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with contemporary date (6/6/53) in ink to upper… Read more about this item
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$450.00