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WOLFWATCHING
by Hughes, Ted
London, United Kingdom: Faber and Faber, 1989 UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF BOUND COPY for the cased and paperback editions (actually copied by Faber from corrected page proofs). Prepublication first edition. [Probable publication date: 18 September 1989.] 55pp. Green soft cover. Clean text pages. "Wolfwatching" was Hughes' 14th collection of poetry - he digs deeply into his own childhood and his family history, as well as writing about nature's violence and the meaning he finds in it....
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$55.11
The Early Stories 1953-1975
by Updike, John
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A Knopf Publisher, 2003. Advanced Reading Copy. Soft cover. Very Good. Pre-Publication Uncorrected proof copy prior to publication date of November 2, 2003. Softcover in very good condition. Light orange heavy paper wraps. Shows shelf & edge wear and a deep bump to back top corner which resulted in indent / wrinkles to top corner of last one hundred pages. First page is reproduction of final jacket cover in black & white on paper stock. Text block clean &...
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$24.50
The Afterlife and Other Stories (Incl the Uncorrected Proof)
by John Updike
New York: Knopf. As New in As New dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A collection of Updike short stories. A very collectable set of first edition and uncorrected proof. First edition book is as new. Warmly inscribed to noted bibliophile and Updike collector; "for Albert J Raman that epic collector and exemplary Philadelphian John Updike". Dust jacket also as new, unclipped with archival protection. Uncorrected proof with white wrappers also as new. A great...
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$90.00
Saving Grace
by Garwood, Julie
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1993 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition ARC book is tight with no markings, minor soiling to page edges, diagonal crease on one corner of back wrap, minor rubbing and soiling to wraps.
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$30.00$22.50
JIM DANDY Fat Man in a Famine, a Play
by Saroyan, William
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Small Octavo. 128pp. Stamped "Review Copy" with publication date Sept. 11, 1947. Bound in red cloth lettered and ruled in black, near fine without foxing in unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine.
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$100.00
SEABISCUIT. AN AMERICAN LEGEND. The True Story of Three Men, a Great Racehorse, and the Will to Win
by HILLENBRAND, Laura
New York: Random House, 2001. First Edition. Original Wraps. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Advance Reader's Edition. Near Fine in original wrappers. 341 pp. Award winning biography of the thoroughbred racehorse.
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$175.00
Mother of Sorrows
by McCann, Richard
New York: Pantheon Books, 2005 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. first edition ARC book is tight with no markings, minor rubbing to wraps.
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$16.00$12.00
World of Wonders.
by DAVIES, Robertson
New York: Viking, Inc., 1976. First edition / First printing. Uncorrected proof. Orange wrappers. Inevitable light fading to the orange paper spine, else near fine. Contains publisher's photocopied note laid in. Third book in the Deptford Trilogy.
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$100.00
Insect Dreams: The Half Life of Gregor Samsa
by Estrin, Marc
E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2002 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition uncorrected proof is tight with no markings, a couple of dogeared pages with minor rubbing to wraps.
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$20.00$15.00
Alice, I Think
by Juby, Susan
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Avon Tempest, 2003 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. first edition, uncorrected proof is tight with no markings, light soiling to page edges, spine slightly cocked, wraps have some rubbing and soiling along with a moisture stain on surface of front and back wrap.
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$16.00$12.00
A Thread Of Grace
by Russell, Mary Doria
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 2005 Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition ARC is tight with no markings, minor rubbing to wraps.
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$16.00$12.00
Night of Blood
by Knaak, Richard
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: WIZARDS OF THE COAST, 2003 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition, ARC is tight with no markings, spine slightly cocked, some tanning to page edges, book is tight with no markings, minor rubbing to wraps.
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$18.00$13.50
The Marvelous Effect
by Cle, Troy
Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2007 Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. first edition ARC book is tight with no markings, some curling at corners with a few dogeared pages, minor rubbing to wraps.
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$16.00$12.00
OPENING CHAPTERS OF WHITE JAZZ. A Novel
by Ellroy, James (SGNED)
New York: Knopf, 1992. Original Wraps. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED BY JAMES ELLROY ON TIPPED-IN BOOKPLATE without personalization. Avance Excerpts. Fine in original wrappers. 26 pp.
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$30.00
Krome-Kraft by Farber Brothers New York City
by Farber Brothers
New York: Farber Brothers, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Staplebound Wraps. Near Fine. 47 pp. primarily illus. 31 cm. Folio. Softcover. Staplebound stiff wraps in shiny silver and aqua, lettering in black, watercolor decorations to upper cover. [Title from cover]. Book Condition: Near fine with bits of salt and pepper wear to extremities. A very handsome copy. The original Krome Kraft product catalog with a profusion of half-tone illustrations, depicting hundreds of named and numbered Krome...
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$55.00
THE OX-BOW INCIDENT
by Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Octavo. Advance Reading Copy. 309pp. Bound in blue and black pictorial dust jacket over wrappers, with edge wear. A story of the West in 1885, which was later made into the classic film starring Henry Fonda. A very good copy.
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$400.00
Snow Angels.
by O'NAN, Stewart
New York: Doubleday, 1994. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. First state uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine. GRANTA 20 author.
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$100.00
Thoughts in the Wilderness (Review Copy)
by Priestley, J(ohn) B(oynton) (1894-1984)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/About Fine. Octavo. A review copy, with publisher's slip laid in, showing publication date of April 2, 1958, in America. Bound in original gray cloth, spine lettering dark blue. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with price of $4.00 on front flap.
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$100.00
La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts
by Arnoult, Léon
Léon Arnoult: La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts. Les phases ornamentales de la mode (The variability of taste in the arts. The ornamental phases of fashion). Printed and published by Devambez "À l'enseigne du masque d'Or". Paris, 1921. ARNOULT Léon - William ABLETT (1877-1937 illustrator). Preowned, Signed. A l'Enseigne du Masque d'Or, chez Devambez, 1921, in-4°, 87 pp + 7 plate illustrations, printed in 303 numbered copies. Sewn, original printed stiff wrapper over blind wrapper. Printed...
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$199.00
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A Drink before the War [uncorrected page proof]
by Lehane, Dennis
New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. ix, [1], 268 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with turquoise covers. Signed by the author on the half title page. A pair of private investigators in Boston who "fly in the face of institutionalized bigotry and corruption" and "question the definition of 'racially motivated incidents'" to solve the case. This was the first novel by Dennis Lehane, who wrote for the HBO series The Wire and went on to write novels that were...
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$232.00
The Mosquito Coast
by Paul Theroux
Advanced Reading Copy. Yellow illustrated wraps in near fine condition, light foxing at edges. null.
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$40.00
IN THE ELECTRIC MIST WITH CONFEDERATE DEAD
by BURKE, James Lee
NY: Hyperion, 1993. FINE condition in FINE covers. NY. Hyperion. SOFTCOVER. 1993. UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF as issued by pubisher for the hardcover edition, Spring 1993. AS NEW, bound in dust jacket image stiff paper wraps. Square and tight, UNREAD, NO spine crease. Very thin light rub top of cover, see image, else FINE. Sixth in the series featuring Dave Robicheaux. Stored in Archival sleeve.. Uncorrected Proof. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine Original Wraps.
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$35.00
CANNERY ROW
by Steinbeck, John
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 7 3/8" x 4 3/4" First Issue (January, 1945) ADVANCE REVIEW COPY 208pp., (1)pp. list of Steinbeck's other works. Bound in blue paper wraps lettered in black; A very good to fine copy and scarce in nice condition.
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$650.00
Gertrude and Claudius - Including Uncorrected Proof Very Rare Signed Set
by John Updike
New York: Knopf. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A rare double signed set of first printing and uncorrected proof. Updike's 19th novel tells the story of the King and Queen of Denmark before the events in Shakespeare's Hamlet. The book is as new with no defects, inscribed on the first free end paper to notable bibliophile and Updike collector Albert Raman; "For Albert J Raman Best Wishes John Updike". Dust jacket also in as new...
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$90.00
Metals in America's Historic Buildings U.S. Department of Interior National Park
by Margit Gayle, John G. Waite
U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service Preservation Assistance Division, 1980. Paperback. Good. Good condition. Used copy with some notes and underlining. A couple notes on the first page. Wear to the exterior. Please see pictures for condition.
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$30.00
