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London: Jonathan Cape, 1985. SIGNED uncorrected proof in red wraps. Very good+ (one spot of edgewear at bottom of spine, slight imperfections to two letters in title on front cover, see scans; cover is red, including the scan of back and spine which looks orange, but that is a trick of light; it's red!). Alice, the central character, is a social activist, squatter, demonstrator, yet looking for domesticity in the midst of disturbing unrest. 370 pages. Verified signature: signed by author in the presence of the bookseller.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition - uncorrected proofs. Soft Cover.
The Brave Cowboy. An Old Tale in a New Time. by Abbey, Edward - 1957
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The Brave Cowboy. An Old Tale in a New Time.
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First UK edition. Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1957. Abbey's second novel, filmed in the USA as Lonely Are the Brave in 1962, starring Kirk Douglas as the cowboy of the title, and Walter Matthau as the sheriff in modern America who must reluctantly pursue him. About an outsider, by a writer who was also an outsider. Green cloth lettered in gilt, and pictorial dustjacket by Stein. 277pp. A scarce book. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Light bumping to cover edges and slight lean to binding. Clean pages. Jacket has some light age toning, a few light marks to back and a few creases to front corner. Now in clear removable sleeve.
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THE GOOD TERRORIST
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The Age of Grief.
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The Bird Catcher.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Maroon cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the National Books Critics Circle Award. 2013 Winner of the $100,000.00 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, given for lifetime achievement.
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Lote de 26 novelas: Luis de Caralt editor
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26 títulos de la colección Simenon de Luis de Caralt, editor. Años 70, España. Los libros están como nuevos, con leves marcas del paso del tiempo en las cubiertas. Favor de pedir cotización de envíos detallada. A la venta los siguientes títulos:El paso de la frontera #10Los supervivientes del Telémaco #17Los Pitard #18El asesino #23La gente de enfrente #24El Señor Ratón #26La granja "El Rompeolas" #29El hombre de Londres #31El hijo de Cardinaud #33Turista de bananas #34El pensionista #35El testigo de Maletras #40Malempin #42Extraños en casa #43El fondo de la botella #48La yegua perdida #49El gran Bob #50El blanco con gafas #55El evadido #58Tío Charles se ha encerrado #59El hijo #62La callada espera #63La mala estrella #64Bergelon #66La ciudad bajo la lluvia #70Luces rojas #71
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Of Wolves and Men.
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. First edition / First printing. Gray cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wear. Fresh clean copy, gray boards have no fading and sharp corners. The author's third book and one of his best. Winner of the 1979 John Burroughs Medal for a distinguished work in the field of Natural History. National Book Award Finalist. Lannan Literary Award. Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Lillabulero: Being a Periodical of Literature and the Arts. Volume 1, Number 2.
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Chapel Hill: Lillabulero, Spring 1967. Signed by Russell Banks on title page. First edition / First printing. Stapled blue wrappers. Very good. Sunning and light wear to covers, short tear to top front cover, no loss. Includes Portfolio 2: The Shaker Dove, by Daniel Patterson inserted into a sleeve on inside rear cover. Also includes William Faulkner: a Story and Five Poems. Poetry by Lucius Shepard, Dabney Stuart, etc.
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Five Blind Men.
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The Rio Casino Intrigue, A Major North Intrigue Novel
by Mason, Van Wyck
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Mason, Van Wyck. The Rio Casino Intrigue, A Major North Intrigue Novel. Reynal & Hitchcock First Edition, 1941. MYSTERY. Used. Good/Good rare unclipped dust jacket Original $2.00 item price appears on the back flap. now protected in a mylar wrap.
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WILLIAM FAULKNER! Stated Second Issue, 2nd Printing Thus. NOBEL PRIZE WINNER. Faulkner, William: PYLON. Stated 2nd Issue, 2nd Printing 1935, Smith & Haas, NY. RARE IN THE ORIGINAL BLUE DUST JACKET. RARE SASCHA MAURER COVER ART. ART DECO. Used. Very Good-/ Very Good- Blue cloth, \ The second printing (stated). In second issue dust jacket (blank rear panel and flap. Faulkner's tale of the exciting, dangerous, and short-lived, sport of airplane "barnstorming". Set in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Original source material for the 1958 film "Tarnished Angels" Starring Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone, Robert Stack, and Jack Carson and directed by Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987)."
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DUST JACKET ONLY. NO BOOK IS INCLUDED The Aesop For Children Rand McNally & Company copyright 1919. MILO WINTER 27 X 11 7/8 Orange/Red First Edition unclipped DUST JACKET ONLY. This dust jacket (fits a volume 9 3/4 X 11 7/8) Original price $2.00. USED. Good condition.
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The Brave Cowboy, AN Old Tale in a New Time
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Salt Lake City, Utah: Dream Garden Press, 1993 "This special edition of THe Brave Cowboy...is limited to 500 numbered copies. Each copy is signed by Kirk Douglas. This is 323. Kirk Douglas" is inscribed opposite frontispiece. DUst jacket has been protected, is in near fine condition. There is one light stain which shows on fore-edge with book closed. Introduction by Kirk Douglas, illustrated with a portfolio of pictures from the movie "Lonely are the Brave."
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THE TIE MANS MIRACLE.
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New York: Morrow Junior Books., 1995. First edition.. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Stephen T. Johnson. Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson. New York: Morrow Junior Books, (1995). First edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket. faint rumpling to the jacket, otherwise near fine. ISBN: 0688134645
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Mr. Munchausen
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Mr. Munchausen .Used. Noyes, Platt & Company, Boston, 1901 First Edition. ILLUSTRATED BY PETER NEWELL, . artist/author of the "Hole Book" series. Used. Very Good / No DJ if originally issued. Front cover illustration in good shape. All colour plates present and affixed to the binding. No dust jacket is included if issued. Tight binding, gutters intact. Pages are fairly bright. A nice copy. Readers should get a Bangs out of it. 180 pages plus adverts.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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