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North Andover: Kat Ran Press, 1998. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0x0x0. Eichner, Sara. Signed by author. Signed by illustrator. Limited edition, hand numbered #35 on limitation page, and signed by Julia Alvarez and Sara Eichner. Faint stain on rear panel of clamshell case. Original mailing envelope from Kat Ran Press containing a duplicate prospectus laid in. 1998 Large Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio in publisher's clamshell case with prospectus. One of 65 copies, only 50 of which were available for sale.From the enclosed prospectus: "Julia Alvarez and Sara Eichner have worked separately to create the combined suite of poems and prints, Seven Trees. This second offering from the Kat Ran Press is the first printing of Ms Alvarez's most recent series of autobiographical poems. Each poem, like a growth ring on a tree, represents a different stage of maturation and development in the poet's life... Sara Eichner celebrates the intimate structures of trees from a… Read More

Grove Press, Inc, 1984. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Good. Ungerer, Tomi. 1st printing. Light smudges to rear wrapper, wrappers lightly rubbed, general wear. 1984 Trade Paperback. 286 pp. Two novels in one volume: School Life in Paris, and Lovely Nights of Young Girls. Erotic illustrations by Tomi Ungerer.

New York: Harper & Row, 1968. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 152x104x32. Signed by author. Early printing ($10.00 jacket price, M-S code with no first edition statement on copyright page). Signed by author without inscription on title page. Minimal wear to jacket corners. 1968 Hard Cover. xiii, [3], 580 pp. 8vo. Translated by Thomas P. Whitney. "Moscow, Christmas Eve, 1949. The Soviet secret police intercept a call made to the American embassy by a Russian diplomat who promises to deliver secrets about the nascent Soviet Atomic Bomb program. On that same day, a brilliant mathematician is locked away inside a Moscow prison that houses the country's brightest minds. He and his fellow prisoners are charged with using their abilities to sleuth out the caller's identity, and they must choose whether to aid Joseph Stalin's repressive state -- or refuse and accept transfer to the Siberian Gulag camps and almost certain death.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 84x9x127. Signed by author. First edition. Signed and dated by author on half-title page (March, 1994), inscription ('For Dr. Ron Rigli') appears to have been added in a separate hand. Certificate of authenticity from an auction company laid in. 1991 Hard Cover. 119 pp. 8vo.. Translated from the original Russian by Alexis Klimoff. A collection of essays on various topics by the author of Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.

London: Printed for Private Distribution Only, 1898. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Limited edition, #10 of 30 copies. Rebound in full red leather by Zaehnsdorf. 1898 Full-Leather. 25 pp. Full red leather, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Three short poems by Robert Louis Stevenson (author of Treasure Island, Kidnapped, etc.). This edition was never intended for public distribution, but examples of this 30-copy print run, which contains facsimiles of manuscript material, somehow found their way onto the market.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons / The Knickerbocker Press, 1927. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. Corners a bit rubbed, boards faintly soiled, ink date and owner bookplate of Robert N. Cherry on front flyleaf. 1927 Half-Leather. iv, 325 pp. 8vo. No binder's ticket, but appears to be a contemporary custom rebinding: blue leather spine and corners over blue cloth, gilt titles and rules, top edge gilt, new end sheets. "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them.

[Harrogate, Tennessee]: Lincoln Memorial University, 1894. Limited Edition. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Limited edition, #399 of an unspecified limitation, this set 'especially prepared for Harry J. Williams.' Signed by John Wesley Hill opposite limitation page. Copyright page states 1894, but this is clearly reproduced from the plates of the original - this set is circa 1905. Volume 1 has very minor discoloration to edges of cloth on rear board, minor wear to corners, spine a bit faded. Complete in twelve hardcover volumes. Red half-leather, gilt titles and decorations, top edges gilt, decorative endpapers. A complete collection of Abraham Lincoln's works, including speeches, letters, biographical writings, etc., with an introduction by John Wesley Hill and special articles by various other contributors. The editors were Lincoln's private secretary and assistant secretary, and also served in various other governmental roles, Hay going on to become Secretary of State… Read More

New York: William L. Allison Company, 1890. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. No date, circa 1890. Rear board of sixth volume repaired at joint, spines slightly faded, board edges lightly rubbed with tiny blemish to D of Deronda and light soil to top edge of the same volume. Complete in eight volumes. 8vo. Leather spines and corners, gilt titles, rules, and decorations in compartments, top edges gilt, marbled boards and endpapers. 'George Eliot' was of course a pen name for Mary Ann Evans, who was among the most important authors of the Victorian era. Virginia Woolf called Middlemarch "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people." Includes: Scenes of a Clerical Life: The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton, Mr. Gilfil's Love Story, Janet's Repentance [with] Silas Marner, The Lifted Veil, and Brother Jacob; Adam Bede; The Mill on the Floss; Romola; Felix Holt, the Radical [with] Impressions of Theophrastus Such; The Spanish Gypsy, The Legend of Jubal, and… Read More

Pennsylvania: East/West Visions, 2000. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12x9x0. Griffing, Robert. First edition. Rear jacket panel lightly soiled. 2000 Large Hardcover. vii, 152 pp. Color reproductions throughout. Artist known for his hyper-realistic depictions of Native Americans. The Art of Robert Griffing has over 75 color photographs of his paintings along with a wonderful biographical section and personal anecdotes about his art. Griffing's paintings focus on Native Americans' Early Woodland culture and many historical aspects of the culture are addressed in the text as well.

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926. First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Catlin, George. First thus. Chicago Milk Council advertisement laid in. Minimal wear to corners. Bindings tight, pages clean and bright, gilt decorations strong with no fading and only the slightest loss of gilt on the base of the first volume's spine. A truly excellent copy. 1926 Hard Cover. ix, 298; xii, 303 pp. Red cloth, elaborate black and gilt titles and decorations. 320 beautiful color illustrations on 180 plates, including 3 maps (one of which is a four-panel fold-out). The illustrations were carefully engraved from the author's original paintings. An exceptionally decorative and colorful edition of Catlin's famous work. "A collection of works by reporter and painter George Catlin presents a record of the last high afternoon of glory for the Native American nations west of the Mississippi and brings into sharp view his compassion for their plight.

Canterbury, New Hampshire: S.N, 1830. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Boards rubbed and soiled, ink note from district clerk on front board, ink owner name on front endpaper, evidence that leaves were once pressed between some blank pages. 1830 Hard Cover. Unpaginated, ruled pages as one would expect to see in a ledger. Leather spine, olive paper over boards. A manuscript book detailing board elections, budget votes, and other administrative matters related to the operation of Canterbury, New Hampshire's School District No. 4, written in the hands of several different clerks.

Berkeley, CA: Image Comics, Inc, 2016. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 11x7x1. First edition. No jacket. Minor general wear. 2016 Large Hardcover. Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critical tongue-attractors like Young Avengers and PHONOGRAM reunite to create a world where gods are the ultimate pop stars and pop stars are the ultimate gods. But remember: just because you're immortal, doesn't mean you're going to live forever. Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #1-5.

New York: Random House, 1947. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x0x11. Dr. Seuss [Geisel, Theodore Seuss]. First edition, early printing, in binding variant D with bright green cloth, close-mouthed fish, 4-line copyright notice (Younger & Hirsch 53d). Pages faintly toned, minor wear to board and jacket corners, 1/4 inch chip from rear jacket corner. 1947 Large Hardcover. 52 pp. In this colorful picture book, a boy named Marco goes fishing in a small pond called McElligot's Pool. As he sits waiting for a bite, a farmer calls him a fool and says "You'll never catch fish in McElligot's Pool!" Marco, however, refuses to be discouraged and spends the rest of the story describing all the fish that could be coming to McElligot's Pool from the ocean.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. First American Edition. Large Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Dore, Gustave; Vedder, Elihu. First American edition thus. Corners exposed, boards a bit rubbed and lightly soiled with abrasion along front edge, one page loose but included, 2 inch stain along top margin of first third of pages. 1884 Large Hardcover. 23, [1], followed by 25 unpaginated engraved plates (Dore's 26th engraving appears on p. 17). Elephant folio: 18 1/2 x 14 5/8. Original grey cloth boards with beveled edges, all page edges gilt, black stamped titles. Front board decorated with an image of an angel with gilt-stamped wings. A variant exists which includes purple embellishments, mainly to the angel's face and body - these are not present here. Includes 27 engravings: 26 from illustrations by Gustave Dore, and a title vignette from an illustration by Elihu Vedder. This was Dore's last published work, released the year after his death. It was published simultaneously in the… Read More

Hartford, Conn.: Chicago, Ill.: Cincinnati, Ohio. : The American Publishing Company / A. Roman & Co, 1876. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Brehm, Worth. First edition, second issue, variant A, printed on laid paper with mispagination of prelims (BAL 3369). Unusually well-preserved (boards are often soiled and/or abraded). Hinges weakening but still holding firmly (this edition is notoriously fragile), one gathering proud at fore edge but not sprung from binding, light creases down front free endpaper, ink name on front paste-down (James H. Finney, Port Jervis NY). 1876 Hard Cover. xvi, [17]-274, [6] pp. Blue cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations. Engraved frontispiece and illustrations throughout text. Arguably the most important novel in the American literary tradition. Inspiration for multiple film, television, and theatrical adaptations, and iconic enough to inspire references in other media as well, from comic books to the popular song by Rush. Tom Sawyer has a nose… Read More