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11/22/63

11/22/63

by Stephen King

Hardcover Cloth 849 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition 2011 with corresponding number line. Lovely red and black boards and gilt embossing highlight this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. An unclipped dust jacket clean and brilliant with a few wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. Heavier than standard book; S&H will be adjusted.11/22/63 is the 60th book... Read more about this item
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$25.20
A Disaffection

A Disaffection

by James Kelman

London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Secker & Warburg, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. 337 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark green boards stamped in gilt. Brown endpapers. Light wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Very slight lean to spine and a touch of rubbing to spine ends. Binding sound. Pages toned but unmarked.
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$45.00
The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries. August 1878: Vol. II, No. 8

The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries. August 1878: Vol. II, No. 8

by John Austin Stevens [ed.]

New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1878. Very Good. New York: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1878. First Edition. Octavo. 450-512 p.; 113-128 p. advertisements. Printed Wrappers. Fold-out frontis map. Wraps are chipped along edges with loss in patches at spine. General soiling and staining. Binding is holding.Pages lightly toned with some chipping to edges. Includes articles on the Verrazano Map, Champlain's Expedition of 1615, and a biographical sketch of William Livingston.
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$45.00
Who Shall Inherit the Earth

Who Shall Inherit the Earth

by A.T. Culwick

Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel Beperk, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. Cape Town: Nasionale Boekhandel Beperk, 1969. Stated First Edition. SIGNED by the author to Johns Hopkins University political science professor and author Gottfried Dietze on front free endpaper. Octavo (8.5" x 5.5"); [x], 127p. Original dustjacket over black cloth with white lettering to spine. Jacket shows light edgewear and a small crease to inner flap, but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are sturdy and square. Binding is sound... Read more about this item
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$50.00
[Folwark zwierzęcy] Folwark zwierzęcy, Komiks wg Orwella. [Animal Farm. Comics After Orwell.]

[Folwark zwierzęcy] Folwark zwierzęcy, Komiks wg Orwella. [Animal Farm. Comics After Orwell.]

(Warsaw): Gilosz & Azyl (Słowo), 1985. First edition, first issue (with price 120 zloty printed on rear cover). Oblong, format A5. Text in Polish. In publisher's, illustrated wrappers. Wrappers and pages yellowed due to the acidic paper. Uncut. Overall in near fine condition.. First edition, first issue (with price 120 zloty printed on rear cover). Oblong, format A5. Text in Polish. In publisher's, illustrated wrappers. 31, (1) p. First edition of the comics based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.... Read more about this item
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$2,341.20
Magister Ludi [original title Das Glasperlenspiel; alt. title The Glass Bead Game]

Magister Ludi [original title Das Glasperlenspiel; alt. title The Glass Bead Game]

by Hermann Hesse; Mervyn Savill [trans.]

New York: Henry Holt & Company, Inc, 1949. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 1949. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 502 pp. Printed dust jacket. Black boards stamped in white. Price-clipped dust jacket edgeworn with a few minor nicks; general rubbing; ghost of a sticker to front flap. Boards show light shelfwear and top corners slightly bumped. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good copy of Hesse's final novel, originally published just before he was awarded the Nobel... Read more about this item
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$250.00
Happiness and Other Stories

Happiness and Other Stories

by Mary Lavin

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1970. Stated First Printing. Octavo; 152pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $4.95 price intact; book in green cloth with dark green title squares and yellow lettering. Jacket shows a few small closed tears along edges and some foxing and toning to interior. Boards a bit bumped at corners and spine ends, with some light spotting down joints and spine. Front endpapers toned. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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$40.00
New and Selected Poems [Signed to William Safire]

New and Selected Poems [Signed to William Safire]

by Peter Viereck

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1967. Very Good/Very Good. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1967. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Signed by the author on full title to journalist William Safire with inscription "To Bill Safire, fellow wordsmith. Peter Viereck Feb 19 '79." Photocopy of Viereck's "To My Underwater Moon" from the Winter 1979 issue of The Kenyon Review laid in with note in pen that reads "good new quarterly, may interest you." Octavo; 176pp. Printed... Read more about this item
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$40.00
The Wraith of Knopf and Other Stories

The Wraith of Knopf and Other Stories

by Howard James

New York: Broadway Publishing Co, 1908. Very Good -. New York: Broadway Publishing Co., 1908. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Octavo. 117 pp. + 2 pp. advertisements. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Olive boards stamped in black and red. No dust jacket. Boards worn at extremities, spotting and scuffing, and two short gashes to front with minor fraying. Binding is sound. Brief exposure to rear pastedown near hinge. Light spotting to pages, but overall unmarked and legible. Scarce in... Read more about this item
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$45.00
The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series; Vol 1: 4 March - 31 July 1801

The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series; Vol 1: 4 March - 31 July 1801

by James Madison; Robert L. Brugger; et al. [eds.]

Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1986. Very Good. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1986. First Edition. Thick octavo. 526 pp. Red boards stamped in gilt. Boards show light white discoloration/scuffing to front. Binding is sound. Numerous pages dog-eared, but overall pages unmarked.
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$100.00
XIII. Le Jour Du Soleil Noir

XIII. Le Jour Du Soleil Noir

by Vance, W, van Hamme, J

Paris: Dargauld. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. 1986. Reprint. Illustrated hardback laminated board cover. 300mm x 230mm (12" x 9"). 48pp. Colour graphic illustrations. .
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$16.27
A Mirror for Witches, in Which Is Reflected the Life, Machinations, and Death of Famous Doll Bilby, Who, With a More Than Feminine Perversity, Preferred a Demon to a Mortal Lover. Here Is Also Told How and Why a Righteous and Most Awfull Judgement Befell Her, Destroying Both Corporeal Body and Immortal Soul [Signed]

A Mirror for Witches, in Which Is Reflected the Life, Machinations, and Death of Famous Doll Bilby, Who, With a More Than Feminine Perversity, Preferred a Demon to a Mortal Lover. Here Is Also Told How and Why a Righteous and Most Awfull Judgement Befell Her, Destroying Both Corporeal Body and Immortal Soul [Signed]

by Esther Forbes; Robert Gibbings [illus.]

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. First Trade Edition, with no additional printings listed. Signed by the author without inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo; [vi], 213pp. Publishers red cloth with black lettering. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly shelfworn, with a patch of surface dampstaining / fading at top front near spine and a small white spot at top back. Spine darkened, with tugging and a bit of fraying at head and tail. Some... Read more about this item
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$100.00
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples - Vol 4 - The Great Democracies

A History of the English-Speaking Peoples - Vol 4 - The Great Democracies

by Winston S. Churchill

Volume Four - The Great Democracies - 403 pages - 1958 - VERY GOOD - DJ VERY GOODFirst edition. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Book is clean, tight and square with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Volume has grey boards and black spine with red text blocks, gold embossing. Colophon with "W". BOMC dot on right corner of back cover. Minor signs of wear and/or age. An unclipped dust jacket clean, smooth and brilliant with A few wrinkles, small tears and chips - the usual shelf wear. Protected... Read more about this item
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$18.00
Joe, the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend

Joe, the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend

by Lee Spencer White & Ron J. Jackson Jr

Hardcover Cloth 325 pages. Condition Fine Dust Jacket Very Good. Presumed First edition First printing 2015 with corresponding number line. Nice tan boards with red buckram spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. No shelf wear. An unclipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
If we... Read more about this item
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$18.00
Address to the Members of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire

Address to the Members of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire

by Joseph Mayer

Liverpool: Thomas Brakell, 1867. Very Good. Liverpool; Thomas Brakell, 1867 [-1868]. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 14 ;14 ;20pp. Light wear, some foxing and dust soil. Very Good condition. Three bound pamphlets with identical titles of a regional archaeological society. Topics range from preservation of archaeological finds, future outlook of the field, and the impact of archaeology on society. Excerpt: "But on approaching the Anglo-Saxon conquest our perplexity grows into helpless confusion. The... Read more about this item
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$50.00
The Flying Parson and Dick Chrisyian

The Flying Parson and Dick Chrisyian

by Paget, Guy; Irvine, Lionel; Simpson, Charles [illus.]

Leicester: Edgar Backus. G : in good condition without dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 255mm x 190mm (10" x 7"). xviii, 292pp. 14 tinted plates as well as numerous other full page illustrations and vignettes. .
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$54.24
School of Fish [Signed Limited Edition]

School of Fish [Signed Limited Edition]

by Eileen Myles

Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. Very Good. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. Limited First Edition. Signed by Myles without inscription and numbered 11 of 100 signed and numbered copies on colophon at back. Octavo; 193pp. Illustrated slate paper-covered boards with gray cloth spine. Stiff mylar dust jacket. A couple small, water/coffee-spots to fore-edge of textblock not encroaching onto pages themselves. Boards are clean and square with very faint edgewear. Binding is secure and pages... Read more about this item
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$125.00
Beyond Desire [Signed]

Beyond Desire [Signed]

by Sherwood Anderson

New York: Liveright, Inc, 1932. Very Good. New York: Liveright, Inc., 1932. First Edition, Limited Issue of 165 copies signed by Sherwood Anderson, this being #11. Octavo. 359 pp. Black beveled boards stamped in gilt. Lacks slipcase and glassine wrapper. Boards show general scuffing, moderate edgewear with fraying to crown and brief exposure to corners. Binding is sound. Ghost of a sticker to front free endpaper and pages else unmarked. A Very Good copy.
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$100.00
A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958-1968

A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958-1968

by Ann Goldstein [ed.]; [et al.]

Los Angeles and Cambridge: The Museum of Contemporary Art and The MIT Press, 2004. Very Good. Los Angeles and Cambridge: The Museum of Contemporary Art and The MIT Press, 2004. First Edition. Quarto (28x22x4cm); 452pp, including artists' list, chronology, bibliography, and checklist. Illustrated throughout in color and B&W. Graphic card wrappers imitating a retro-periodical; deep French flaps. Cover and hefty textblock clean and crisp. The card spine, notably, is not creased or cracked. This is the... Read more about this item
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$45.00
One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream

One of Us: Richard Nixon and the American Dream

by WICKER, Tom

New York: Random House, 1991. First. hardcover. very good/very good. 731 pages, tall 8vo, royal blue boards with a navy blue cloth spine, dust wrapper. New York: Random House, (1991). First edition. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Inscribed to radio host Casper Citron on the front free endpaper: "...after another splendid interview -- and many happy returns! Tom Wicker."<br/><br/>
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$50.00
The Band on the Prom: The Llandudno Town Band

The Band on the Prom: The Llandudno Town Band

by Wolfendale, Susan M

Wales: Gwasg Carrech Gwalch, 2015 Tight copy, no internal markings, clean text pages. Slight wear to edges. This is the story of the Llandudno Town Band from 1900 with a Foreword by Gregory, Seventh Baron Mostyn. The history of the Llandudno Town Band's first 100 years is told through unprecedented access to the Band's archives and reveals the previously hidden story of the amateur musicians who became the very public face of Llandudno.
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$16.14
Corrupting Youth: Political Education, Democratic Culture, and Political Theory

Corrupting Youth: Political Education, Democratic Culture, and Political Theory

by J. Peter Euben

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. Very Good +. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997. First Edition. Octavo. 270 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket. Light edgewear to boards with some glue remnants to front joint. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper, but pages otherwise unmarked.
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$60.00
(SIGNED) Maximilian and Carlota: Europe's Last Empire in Mexico

(SIGNED) Maximilian and Carlota: Europe's Last Empire in Mexico

by Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson

Hardcover Cloth 521 pages. Condition Very Good NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition First printing 2014 with corresponding number line. Nice red boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored with slight shelf wear. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Inscribed on title page.
In this new telling of Mexico's Second Empire and Louis Napoléon's installation of Maximilian von Habsburg and his wife,... Read more about this item
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$45.00
The Reefs of Taprobane: Underwater Adventures Around Ceylon [Signed Bookplate Laid in]

The Reefs of Taprobane: Underwater Adventures Around Ceylon [Signed Bookplate Laid in]

by Arthur C. Clarke; Mike Wilson [photo.]

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. First U.S. Edition. Bookplate signed by Arhtur C. Clarke loosely laid in at front. Tall octavo. 205 pp. Color and black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with $5.00 price present. Blue and orange boards with spine stamped in black; illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket chipped and creased along edges with general rubbing and scuffing. Boards lightly shelfworn, with bumping... Read more about this item
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$250.00
THE DEMON OF THE ORIENT

THE DEMON OF THE ORIENT

by Williams, Allen S

Small octavo (7 5/8 by 5 3/8 inches) New York: Published by the Author, 1883. Original First Edition. 140 pages, frontispiece, original green hardcover cloth binding, good condition (normal, mild shelf wear, printed on paper that is now aged and brittle, but intact, with no loss; and not affecting contents which are complete).

An early expose on opium and its affect on people who use it, with details of the author's experiences while visiting Chinatown, and its opium dens; with his commentary on the... Read more about this item
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$275.00