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New York: Coward-McCann , 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near-fine with slight shelf wear, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good dust jacket ($2.50 price intact) with slight wear at the extremities. A nice copy of this scarce title.
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Strange Welcome
by F.A. Chittenden
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The Indian Cookery Book: A Practical Handbook to the Kitchen in India, Adapted to the Three Presidencies; Containing Original and Approved Recipes in Every Department of Indian Cookery; Recipes for Summer Beverages and Home-Made Liqueurs; Medicinal and Other Recipes -- Very Rare 1st Printing
by A Thirty-Five Years' Resident
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Bombay: Thacker Spink & Co., 1880. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First printing of this rare title, with no other copies found for sale on-line or in recent auction records; a reprint from 1891 does occasionally appear. Very good in soft cloth boards with slight lean to spine. Professionally rebacked with original spine laid down, and neat repair to interior hinges. Offsetting to endpapers and light stain to lower right edge of first 20 pages, otherwise clean and tight. Complete with 123 pages including blank pages between each page of text for taking notes (as issued). An early Indian cookery book compiled anonymously by a "Thirty-Five Years' Resident" and containing recipes and cooking methods on rice, curries, soups, fish, vegetables, preserves, liqueurs and more, along with information on medicines, perfumes and cosmetics. An excellent copy.
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Tricks of the Touts
by A Victim (J.T. Henshaw)
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J.T. Henshaw, 1912. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Originally issued in soft cover, this copy has been bound in half-cloth with the author and title written on the spine. Very good with some rubbing to the boards. Ownership stamp on front pastedown, title page and dedication page, otherwise clean and unmarked. A nice copy of a scarce title.
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Things Fall Apart -- Signed
by Achebe, Chinua
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. 2nd Printing . Hardcover. Fine. Second printing of the first Everyman's Library edition, housed in variant dark blue boards with title box on front cover (unlike the common red boards with front cover blank). A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out, SIGNED AND DATED BY ACHEBE on the flyleaf. A beautiful signed copy of Achebe's famous novel.
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Things Fall Apart
by Achebe, Chinua
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McDowell Obolensky, 1959. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing of the first edition, featuring gray boards, reviews on rear panel of dust jacket, and $3.95 price on front flap (the first printing shows $3.75). Near-fine with slight foxing to endpapers and top page edges, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket with slight rubbing to extremities and a touch of soiling to rear panel. A beautiful copy of this scarce title, one of the most important novels to come out of Africa in the 20th Century.
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Arrow of God
by Achebe, Chinua
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New York: John Day, 1967. 1st Edition . First U.S. edition, so stated on copyright page. Fine with tiny ownership stamp at bottom corner of flyleaf, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket (price clipped) with slight rubbing at the spine ends and corners. A beautiful copy of this very scarce title, which along with Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease comprises Achebe's famous "African Trilogy.
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The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral -- Signed
by Ackerman, Diane
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William Morrow, 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near-fine with slight sunning to edges of boards and faint ownership info embossed at bottom of flyleaf, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket ($6.95 price intact) with a very faint crease along the top edge of the rear panel and a tiny associated edge chip. INSCRIBED BY ACKERMAN on the half-title page. A beautiful signed copy of the poet's rather scarce first book.
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Locked Room Murders and Other Impossible Crimes -- Signed
by Adey, Robert
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Ferret Fantasy, 1979. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with a light scuff mark to the edge of the front flap fold. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the flyleaf. Features information on nearly 1,300 "Locked-room" mysteries--from short stories to novels--with the puzzle presented (e.g., the victim was stabbed in an empty room while the only entrance was under constant guard), the sources where one might find the story (e.g., a particular magazine or publisher) and the solution. A beautiful copy of a scarce title.
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Cooperstown: Baseball's Hall of Famers -- Signed by Bob Feller, Brooks Robinson, Lou Brock, Duke Snyder, Billy Williams, Monte Irvin and Bobby Doerr
by Adomites, Paul, (editor); Bob Feller, Brooks Robinson, Lou Brock, Duke Snyder, Billy Williams, Monte Irvin and Bobby Doerr
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Publications International, 1997. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Fine in laminated boards, featuring photos, articles and stats for all 230 players inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame through 1997. A unique copy, SIGNED BY SEVEN HALL-OF-FAMERS: Bob Feller, Brooks Robinson, Lou Brock, Duke Snyder, Billy Williams, Monte Irvin and Bobby Doerr (the players have signed next to their photos). Obviously very scarce thus.
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Night Voices: Strange Stories
by Aickman, Robert
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London: Victor Gollancz, 1985. 1st Edition . Fine in a fine dust jacket--bright and clean inside and out. A beautiful copy.
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The Wanderer (Le Grand Meaulnes)
by Alain-Fournier
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New Directions. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine. Scarce reprint by New Directions published as NC16 in its New Classics Series (circa 1940s). The dust jacket is one of several done for this series by the famous graphic designer Alvin Lustig. A fine book, bright and clean inside and out. In a very good dust jacket ($1.50 price intact) with light chipping to the spine ends and corners, and a touch of soiling to the rear panel. A very attractive copy.
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The Life of George Chaffey: A Story of Irrigation Beginnings in California and Australia
by Alexander, J. A.
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Melbourne: Macmillan & Co., 1928. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine copy, bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket (price clipped) with slight sunning and wear to spine. Fold-out map in rear. Personal copy of prominent Fresno businessman and developer A.G. Wishon with his signature on the flyleaf. A beautiful copy of a very scarce title.
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The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain
by Alexander, Lloyd
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New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Margaret Zemach. Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with a touch of wear at the top of the front panel. A beautiful copy of Alexander's prequel to The Chronicles of Prydain.
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Allen's Engineers' Manual and Directory
by Allen, A.S.
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San Francisco: Gensler Press, 1904. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Very good in maroon boards with slight wear at corners; interior clean and unmarked. 114 pages featuring information on boilers and other power sources prevalant in the early 1900s, along with advertisements from oil companies, machine works and other related businesses. Very scarce.
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Baseball Coach's Handbook of Offensive Strategy and Techniques
by Allen, Archie P.
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Prentice-Hall, 1964. 1st Edition . Fine in a near-fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear. An excellent copy of a scarce title.
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The Floating Light Bulb -- Signed Review Copy
by Allen, Woody
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Random House, 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a fine dust jacket, INSCRIBED "To Ruth, With best wishes, Woody Allen" on the half-title page. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. A beautiful signed copy.
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The Forest Runners: A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky
by Altsheler, Joseph
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Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1935. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near-fine with a touch of shelf wear, otherwise clean and bright inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket ($3.50 price intact) with a touch of rubbing at the spine ends and corners. A beautiful copy of this rather scarce title.
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The Women of the South in War Times
by Andrews, Matthew Page
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The Norman, Remington Co., 1924. New Edition Revised. Very good with crease to rear board; slight offsetting to endpapers, otherwise clean and tight. In a very good dust jacket with slight wear at extremities and inch by quarter inch chip at base of spine. A nice copy.
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Petals on the Wind
by Andrews, V.C.
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Simon and Schuster, 1980. 1st Edition . Near-fine with a touch of bumping to spine ends, otherwise clean and tight. In a near-fine dust jacket ($14.95 price intact) with a trace of rubbing to spine ends and a closed tear at the top of the rear panel. An excellent copy of Andrews' scarce second novel.
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I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings -- Signed Second Printing
by Angelou, Maya
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New York: Random House, 1969. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing with 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 number line on copyright page but lacking the statement of "First Edition." Near-fine with a trace of shelf wear, otherwise bright and clean inside and out. In a near-fine dust jacket ($5.95 price intact) with slight rubbing at the spine ends and corners. INSCRIBED BY MAYA ANGELOU on the blank page opposite the title page. Includes the flier from the Barnes & Noble event in New York City where Angelou signed the book in October 2007. A beautiful signed copy of Angelou's famous autobiography.
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