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JURGEN. A COMEDY OF JUSTICE

JURGEN. A COMEDY OF JUSTICE

by CABELL, James Branch

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Westport: Limited Editions Club, (1976). Hardcover. Spine evenly discolored from sunning, otherwise Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Virgil Burnett. Tall octavo (7" x 11") bound in full purple buckram stamped in gold on the front with an illustration by Virgil Burnett who has illustrated the book with numerous drawings including 8 full-page drawings with colors applied by hand at the Walter Fischer Studio. Copy #877 of 2000 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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JURGEN. A COMEDY OF JUSTICE

JURGEN. A COMEDY OF JUSTICE

by CABELL, James Branch

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Westport: Limited Editions Club, (1976). Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Virgil Burnett. Tall octavo (7" x 11") bound in full purple buckram stamped in gold on the front with an illustration by Virgil Burnett who has illustrated the book with numerous drawings including 8 full-page drawings with colors applied by hand at the Walter Fischer Studio. Copy #533 of 2000 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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GALLANTRY. AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DIZAIN IN TEN COMEDIES, WITH AN AFTERPIECE

GALLANTRY. AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DIZAIN IN TEN COMEDIES, WITH AN AFTERPIECE

by CABELL, James Branch

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New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit rubbed. Very Good. Howard Pyle. Decorated light green cloth, the first state binding. Illustrated with 4 full-page color plates by Howard Pyle.
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OLD CREOLE DAYS

OLD CREOLE DAYS

by CABLE, George Washington

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to spine ends; some bubbling to cloth at bottom front corner. Very Good to Near Fine. Decorated brown cloth. BAL 2330: First Printing. First state without the ads of Cable's first book. Estimates of the number of copies printed have ranged from 100 to about 3500 with 1000 copies being likely. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED to "Mrs. W. R. Harmount/with the compliments of the author/G. W. Cable/New Orleans, March 13, 1880." Mrs. Harmount was the wife of W. R. Harmount, a lieutenant in the Union Army who was captured by the Confederates at Chancellorsville and sent to Libby Prison. He also attended the State Convention of the Colored People of Louisiana in January of 1865.
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BONAVENTURE. A PROSE PASTORAL OF ACADIAN LOUISIANA

BONAVENTURE. A PROSE PASTORAL OF ACADIAN LOUISIANA

by CABLE, George Washington

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Publisher's maroon cloth, lettered in orange and gilt. Cable's first work on the Arcadians (Cajuns) in the bayou country west of New Orleans. SIGNED by the author on a front blank: "Yours truly/G. W. Cable/Auburn Dec. 3, 1888" below a rather faded owner inscription dated June the same year by Shirley Snow.
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LOVERS OF LOUISIANA (TO-DAY)

LOVERS OF LOUISIANA (TO-DAY)

by CABLE, George W

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New York: Scribner, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Front hinge cracked but tight. Spine sunned and a little frayed; fore-edge of cloth discolored and worn. Good copy with fine inscription. Original gilt-lettered red cloth. BAL 2385. INSCRIBED to "My dear Mrs. Baker: /Here let you and Louise and Lucy/and me and these lovers, all, join/hands. Ever--/Yours truly" & SIGNED by the author in Northampton in 1919. A desirable copy of Cable's last book inscribed to a friend of his daughter, Lucy. Mrs. Charles Baker's cousin, Everett Wheeler, married Alice Gilman, daughter of Cable's friend and the first president of Johns Hopkins, Daniel Gilman.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

by CABLE, George W

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Northampton, MA, 30 November 1888. Letter. Bleed through of mounting stains to verso. Good. A one-page letter in Cable's hand and SIGNED by him as "G. W. Cable" to Mrs. Henry M. Phillips. In full: "Thank you kindly for your invitation to meet Professor and Mrs. Fiske, but Mrs. Cable's health is delicate. She is virtually confined to the house and on Tuesday evening, December fourth, I must be in Columbus Ohio. With regrets I beg to remain." Mrs. Phillips might possibly be the widow of Henry Myer Phillips, Pennsylvania's first Jewish congressman.
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ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS Relating to Cable's book KINCAID'S BATTERY

ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS Relating to Cable's book KINCAID'S BATTERY

by CABLE, George Washington

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Northampton, MA, 1902 - 1903. Letters and Manuscripts. Some tears and wrinkles; two letters are laid down on cardboard. Very Good condition overall. Superb collection of material by this former Confederate soldier and important, neglected writer who paved the way for modern Southern writers such as Faulkner and Welty in dealing with the pervasive issue of race. Includes 9 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs) to Confederate officer Alexander Porter Morse; 1 AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to publisher Charles Scribner; 2 AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS SIGNED (AMSs) addressed to Morse's children; and 2 TYPED LETTERS, unsigned, from Morse to Cable; along with 5 envelopes addressed in Cable's hand. The letters mostly concern Cable's work and his interest in Morse's experiences in the Civil War. The letter from Cable to Scribner is one of introduction for Morse. Some excerpts: "I have begun another cavalry story of New Orleans and Vicksburg, and I want to sit you down in my library and make you talk. Oh dear! how can I… Read More
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ORIGINAL DRAWING of a Nude Male Figure

ORIGINAL DRAWING of a Nude Male Figure

by CADMUS, Paul

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Drawing. Near Fine. Paul Cadmus. Original Color Pencil/Chalk Drawing (11" x 18") that served as a figural study for his painting DAVID AND GOLIATH. This drawing was acquired with a few others that were created when Cadmus was living in a summer house in Vermont owned by his friend/lover Jared French.
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THE GALLIC WARS

THE GALLIC WARS

by CAESAR, Julius

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Verona: Limited Editions Club, 1954. Hardcover. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper and Fine slipcase. Bruno Bramanti. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/4") bound in half rust-linen stamped in gold with a decorative wood-block paper made by hand by Antonio Gabbrielli of Montecatini. With a spirited new "first person" translation by John Warrington and a preface by John Mason Brown. Illustrated with thirty wood engravings by Bruno Bramanti. Printed and bound at the Officina Bodoni by Giovanni Mardersteig. Copy #323 SIGNED by the illustrator and the printer on the colophon page.
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AMERICAN BOOKS ON FOOD AND DRINK. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOG OF THE COOKBOOK COLLECTION HOUSED IN...

AMERICAN BOOKS ON FOOD AND DRINK. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOG OF THE COOKBOOK COLLECTION HOUSED IN THE LILLY LIBRARY AT THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY

by CAGLE, William R. and STAFFORD, Lisa Killion

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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth; 794 pages. According to the publisher, "This comprehensive bibliography describes the American cookbooks in the Gernon Collection housed at the Lilly Library. AMERICAN BOOKS and its British/European counterpart, A MATTER OF TASTE, fully describe over 2,300 works in gastronomic literature and are testaments to the collecting achievements of Dr. and Mrs. John Talbot Gernon. The collection was donated to the Lilly Library in 1979 by Dr. and Mrs. Gernon, and their European collection of cookbooks were added in 1984. A MATTER OF TASTE, which describes the collection's British and European works, was published in 1990. The Gernon Collection also includes books on agriculture and gardening, brewing, distilling and wine-making, health and diet, household management, and the operation of restaurants and hotels."
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A MATTER OF TASTE. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF INTERNATIONAL BOOKS ON FOOD AND DRINK IN THE...

A MATTER OF TASTE. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF INTERNATIONAL BOOKS ON FOOD AND DRINK IN THE LILLY LIBRARY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

by CAGLE, William R

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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth; xxiii, [1], 991, [1] pages. Expanded and revised edition of Cagle's important 1990 bibliography of the Lilly's collection of European and British gastronomic literature, featuring books printed from 1475 through 1962. With illustraions and facsimiles of title pages.
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SAY, IS THIS THE U.S.A.

SAY, IS THIS THE U.S.A.

by CALDWELL, Erskine

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New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Quarto in pictorial boards. Illustrated with photographs by Margaret Bourke-White. A wonderful collaboration.
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THE RULE OF FOUR

THE RULE OF FOUR

by CALDWELL, Ian & THOMASON, Dustin

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New York: The Dial Press, (2004). First Edition. wraps. Fine in a mostly transparent Fine dustwrapper. Advance Reading Copy from Uncorrected Proofs in wraps for this first book by two young authors, a bibliomystery about a Renaissance text. Much more uncommon than the First Trade Edition. Publisher's response card laid in.
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PICTURESQUE LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. ILLUSTRATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE

PICTURESQUE LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. ILLUSTRATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE

by [CALIFORNIA] (FRIEND, Herve)

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Chicago: American Photogravure Co., 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine perished, front cover and endpaper detached; contents Fine. Folio (9-3/4" x 12") in broken publisher's gilt-decorated leather-backed cloth; 16 pages of text and 65 full-page photogravure plates with tissue guards. From the unidentified author's preface: "To fully illustrate the many beautiful spots to be found in Los Angeles County ... we have taken the choicest (views) from varied subjects ... to familiarize the tourist and resident with localities as will excite and interest in them." Photographer Herve Friend was one of the most skilled landscape photographers working in the United States at the time. Images include the San Gabriel Canyon and the San Gabriel Mountains, Santa Monica, Arroyo Seco, Long Beach, and Catalina Harbor. Cowan (III) page 397.
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MANUSCRIPT LETTER with a copy of MISSIONARY HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, CONTAINING THE...

MANUSCRIPT LETTER with a copy of MISSIONARY HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, CONTAINING THE WONDERFUL STORY OF JASON LEE, WITH SKETCHES OF MANY OF HIS CO-LABORERS ALL ILLUSTRATING LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS IN PIONEER DAYS

by [CALIFORNIA & PACIFIC NORTHWEST] HOYT, Mrs. Francis and HINES, H. K

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Portland, OR and San Francisco: H. K. Hines and J. D. Hammond, 1850 and (1899). First Edition. Letter. The letter in Near Fine condition with normal folds from mailing; the writing in red ink a little difficult to read but legible. The book is Very Good with some edgewear. A closely-written 4-page letter on one sheet of paper (15-1/2" x 9-7/8") folded in half and written on all 4 pages of neat script in black ink with another 2 pages of content overwritten vertically in red ink. Written by the wife of the Rev. Francis S. Hoyt, a Methodist minister, previously of the New Jersey Conference, and first president of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, to her parents in Cincinnati, Ohio. Writing from Salem on 10 December 1850, Mrs. Hoyt describes their steamer trip from the Isthmus of Panama, north along the Pacific Coast (with stops at Acapulco, Mexico, and San Diego, Monterey, and San Francisco, California) and on to their new home. She notes that the steamer she was on was the first to "bear the… Read More
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A PASSION IN ROME

A PASSION IN ROME

by CALLAGHAN, Morley

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New York: Coward-McCann, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper with quarter-sized chip at head of spine and two-inch tear extending from it to the rear panel. This much under-rated Catholic Canadian writer's most elaborately symbolic novel. INSCRIBED to ------ "this is a book I like" and SIGNED by the author.
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PHILO WHITE'S NARRATIVE OF A CRUIZE IN THE PACIFIC TO SOUTH AMERICA AND CALIFORNIA ON THE U. S....

PHILO WHITE'S NARRATIVE OF A CRUIZE IN THE PACIFIC TO SOUTH AMERICA AND CALIFORNIA ON THE U. S. SLOOP-OF-WAR "DALE" 1841-1843

by CAMP, Charles (editor)

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Denver: Old West Publishing Company, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, without the plain white dustwrapper. Folio (9-1/2" x 13"), 84 pages. Illustrated with black-&-white gravures and color plates reproduced from the journal of William H. Myers, 1841-1842, in the Bancroft Library and a portrait of Philo White. Herman Melville's account of this voyage is in WHITE JACKET. Limited to 1000 copies.
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A DENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, BRITISH AND AMERICAN, 1682-1880, WITH AN INDEX OF AUTHORS

A DENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, BRITISH AND AMERICAN, 1682-1880, WITH AN INDEX OF AUTHORS

by CAMPBELL, J. Menzies

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London: David Low, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate of former bookseller F. Thomas Heller tipped to front pastedown. Near Fine in a Very Good, apparently original, slipcase. Blue cloth in slipcase; 63 pages with erratum slip tipped in. Arranged chronologically with over 700 items listed.
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A STRANGER IN THIS WORLD

A STRANGER IN THIS WORLD

by CANTY, Kevin

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New York: Doubleday, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Author's first book, an outstanding collection of short stories.
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