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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. Signed on the title page by the author. First U.S. edition / First printing. Navy cloth. Fine in a dust jacket with a closed 1/8" tear on the back panel, else fine. Gunter Grass was the 1999 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Daphnis & Chloe; A Most Sweet, and Pleasant Pastorall Romance for Young Ladies, translated out of the Greek by Longus by Thornley George (Translator) - 1923
by Thornley George (Translator)
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Daphnis & Chloe; A Most Sweet, and Pleasant Pastorall Romance for Young Ladies, translated out of the Greek by Longus
by Thornley George (Translator)
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Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1923. Hardcover. Orig. maize buckram. Very good. 108 pages. 25 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 365 of 450 on Van Gelder paper. Interior contents clean and fresh. CHANTICLEER 17. Notes that Gibbings took over the Press in January 1924, and accurate information regarding early publications "was impossible to obtain." Here is one example: purportedly to be bound in "blue Michallet boards, linen backs." Our copy in maize buckram as per the special issue with two copper engravings by J.E. Labourer, with tissue guards. (The Special issue of 97 sets had five engravings). Spine darkened, golden cockerel gilt decorated front cover, and our copy with two full page engravings initialed by Labourer, plus Teg. Free endpapers toned.
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The Flounder.
by GRASS, Gunter
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Becoming (Signed Deluxe Limited Ed, w/ Bonus Photo)
by Obama, Michelle
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SIGNED BY MS. OBAMA + BONUS PHOTO! This is the Deluxe Limited Edition with slipcase issued by Crown for the holidays. Includes a lovely bonus 5x7 color portrait photo of Ms. Obama. This copy is brand new and unread. IMPORTANT: international buyers please request a shipping fee quote prior to purchase. Signed by author.
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Strange Interlude
by Eugene O'Neill
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Beautiful Condition: Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First US edition, first printing. A fine book in a fine dustjacket. Overall, this is a beautiful, clean copy of the 1928 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama - Very light wear to the dust jacket tips and crown of the spine.
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Operation Rescue; in which 25 years of misprints no 2 alike are miraculously reincarnated
by Seidenberg, Carol
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Winnetka, Illinois: Vixen Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cream cloth spine, brown boards, front cover paper label. Fine. Seidenberg, Carol. Unpaginated. Eight leaves. 21 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 26 of 35 copies: illustration, letterpress and binding by Carol Seidenberg (color engravings). Printed on a Number 4 Vandercook Press on Arches Etching paper and Fabriano end sheets. A total of six color engravings.
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Welshman's Hose
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London: The Fleuron, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated boards, black cloth spine. Fine. Nash, Paul. 61 pages. 20.5 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, one of 525 with wood engravings by Paul Nash. This collection of poetry written very early in his long career. A fresh, very bright copy.
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Ronald Rabbit Is a Dirty Old Man
by Block, Lawrence
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New York: Bernard Geis, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in fine dustjacket with a 4 mm closed tear to lower edge of rear panel. An attractive copy. ; Octavo.
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THE DANCE OF DEATH
by AUDEN. W. H.;
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Faber & Faber. London.,1933. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.7 inches). 38pp. Fine copy, finely bound in recent full dark green calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. :
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THE ORDEAL OF GILBERT PINFOLD. A conversation piece
by WAUGH. EVELYN.;
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Chapman & Hall. London,1957. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). A fine, clean copy. Finely bound in recent full dark blue morocco, spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt. Compartments with gilt lettering and decorative centre pieces. Single ruled gilt ruled border to the boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy.:
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Dalva
by Jim Harrison
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UNCORRECTED PROOF in tan wraps. Fine
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Operation Rescue; in which 25 years of misprints no 2 alike are miraculously reincarnated
by Seidenberg, Carol
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Winnetka, Illinois: Vixen Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. cream cloth spine, brown boards, front cover paper label. Fine. Seidenberg, Carol. Unpaginated. Eight leaves. 21 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 26 of 35 copies: illustration, letterpress and binding by Carol Seidenberg (color engravings). Printed on a Number 4 Vandercook Press on Arches Etching paper and Fabriano end sheets. A total of six color engravings.
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Daphnis and Chloe : Translated Out of the Greek of Longus by George Thornley in 1657
by Thornley, George (trans) / John Austen illustration
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New York: Rarity Press, Inc.. Good with no dust jacket. 1931. Hardcover. Some fading to spine. Wear to spine top. Owner name. Top page edges lightly soiled. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 199 pages .
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Daphnis & Chloe.
by George Thornley
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[1657] John Austen illustr Privately Printed for Rarity Press 1931, 1931. Paperback. Fair. G+ [Faded spine & patchy cover].
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Daphnis & Chloe
by Thornley, George ( Translated By )
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WEYMOUTH, Dorset, United Kingdom
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London: Geoffrey Bles, 1925. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, covers rubbed and rather grubby, edges uncut, illustrated, inside rear cover lightly marked, corners soft, otherwise Good without dustjacket.
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Daphnis and Chloe
by George Thornley
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Daphnis & Chloe
by Thornley, George (Translator from Greek)
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New York: Rarity Press, 1931. Privately Printed. Rarity Press, NY. Silver decorated Plum cloth boards. 200pp. A dozen plates by JOHN AVSTEN. The text "Reprinted verbatim et literatim from the edition of 1657." A delightful revival volume, done up in the spirit of Art Deco and re-wakening after the Great War (1912-18). Edges of binding faded.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Avsten, John (Art Plates). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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DAPHNIS AND CHLOE
by GEORGE THORNLEY
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Bloody Sunrise
by Spillane, Mickey
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
by Townsend, Jacinda
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Gold
by Eugene O'Neill
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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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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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Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke
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This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A…
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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Quelques Optimistes.
by Sempe
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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients
by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)
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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions…
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Manhattan Beach
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Palmares
by Jones, Gayl
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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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