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London: Chatto & Windus, 1993. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards. Fine, with some toning to the pages in very fine dust jacket. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and Winner of the inaugural International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, South-East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book from the Region Award.
A DOUBLE BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY by Twain, Mark - 1902
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A DOUBLE BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY
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New York: Harper & Bros, 1902. Very good+ (some slight separation between first free endpaper and binding, but still secure; worn spine heel and crown; 1 of the 7 plates tipped in originally has loosened with small pieces missing from the bottom edge but picture intact). See scans. TEG and cover gilding are intact, including the cover epigram, "We ought never to do wrong when people are looking." Beautifully printed. 179 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Lucius Hitchcock.
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Remembering Babylon.
by MALOUF, David
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Ben-Hur: 1967-1915
by Lew Wallace
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Roberta B. Marks : A Place Between / Un Lieu Entre
by Marks, Roberta B. (texts by Harry Mathews, Margaret A. Miller, A. D. Tinkham, and Marie Chaix)
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Key West, FL: Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House, 2003. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 88pp, printed wrappers. This elegantly produced exhibition catalogue includes texts by Harry Mathews and others (printed in English and French). Unmarked copy, light wear.
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New Classic Quarterly 3 (Number 3, 1976)
by Sepalma, Sydney Sipho (ed.), Moteane Melamu, Mafika Gwala, Fatima Dike, Nkathazo Ka-Mnyayiza, Andre de Villiers, Kerry Swift, Fanyana Mazibuko, Bicca Maseko, Shabbir Banoobhai, Themba Ka-Miya, et al
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Johannesburg, South Africa: New Classic Publications Trust Fund, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 80pp, printed wrappers. Scarce third issue of the mid-1970s revival, under black editorship, of this important South African literary magazine. Unmarked copy, light wear and spotting to wrappers.
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The Hobbit or There and Back Again
by J.R.R. Tolkien
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A Flag for Sunrise.
by STONE, Robert
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The Wall
by Hersey, John
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Comments: SIGNED in blue ink by JOHN HERSEY on third free endpaper (bound in, not tipped in); tissue guard laid in. 1982 Franklin Library Limited Edition leather bound collector's edition. Rich deep green hand-cut full leather boards with ornate gilt design. Hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Lovely green silk moire endpapers, matching bound-in ribbon. Textblock clean, tight, square, black and white illustrations by Luba Krugman Gurdus. No d-j issued.Synopsis: Riveting & compelling, The Wall tells the inspiring story of forty men & women who escape the dehumanizing horror of the Warsaw ghetto. John Hersey's novel documents the Warsaw ghetto both as an emblem of Nazi persecution & as a personal confrontation with torture, starvation, humiliation & cruelty–a gripping, visceral story, impossible to put down.
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The Man of Jasmine and Other Texts
by Zurn, Unica (translated and introduced by Malcolm Green)
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London: Atlas Press, 1994. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 208pp, printed wrappers. The rare first Atlas edition of this collection of texts by this fated Surrealist author. Tight copy (appears unread), minor bump to one corner, some toning to interior stock.
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The Glass 5 (Autumn 1950) - Open City by Jean Paris
by Borrow, Antony (ed.), Jean Paris (translated by Iain Cuthbertson)
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Lowestoft, England: The Glass, 1950. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 20pp, stapled wrappers. Rare postwar literary journal published and edited by eccentric English Fortean Antony Borrow. This issue entirely devoted to Open City by Jean Paris. Unmarked copy, light wear and dusting to lap wrappers.
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From Russia with Love (Slipcase)
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A Double Barrelled Detective Story
by Mark Twain
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A Double Barrelled Detective Story (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition)
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A Double Barrelled Detective Story: A short story by Mark Twain in which Sherlock Holmes finds himself in the American west
by Twain, Mark
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Les Prairies Numeriques, 2020-10-21. Paperback. Very Good. 0.2362 8.1890 5.7874.
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A Double Barrelled Detective Story (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)
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MP3 Audio CD. 14.99 by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910"Rediscover This Timeless Classic - The Ultimate MP3 Audiobook CD Experience!"
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A Double Barrelled Detective Story (EasyRead Large Edition)
by Mark Twain
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A Double-Barrelled Detective Story (Mark Twain's Collector's Edition)
by Twain, Mark
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Jazzybee Verlag, 2017. Paperback. New. 40 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.10 inches.
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A Double Barrelled Detective Story (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition)
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MONKEY AND THE THREE WIZARDS.
by Harris, Peter
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New York: Bradbury Press., 1977. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Michael Foreman. Pictures by Michael Foreman. Translated by Peter Harris. Scarsdale, New York: Bradbury Press, (1977). First U.S. edition. Hardcover, dust jacket. Clothbound. The book is very good with a number on the front free endpaper. The jacket is good only with wear on the edges and missing a few small pieces and a few tears. ISBN: 0878881107.
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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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WAR STORIES. Poems about Long Ago and Now.
by Nemerov, Howard
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London: University of Chicago Press., 1987. Proof.. Softcover. Near fine. Chicago & London: The University of Chicago Press, 1987. Uncorrected proof. Near fine. This copy has the title page for another publication bound in, which is not unusual for this proof. The rest of the book is the proof for this Howard Nemerov title. Softcover.
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And Four To Go: A Nero Wolfe Foursome
by Rex Stout
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This book is in very good condition except for the dust jacket. It is in acceptable condition THe dust Jacket is worn, torn and fading. The previous owner's name is written at the top of the first page.Four Nero Wolfe novels in miniature, published in book form for the first time. Christmas Party, Easter Parade, Fourth of July Picnic and Murder is no Joke. There is a marking on the first page.
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The Mudlark
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole
by Engle, Joanna
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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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Shadow of Night: A Novel
by Deborah Harkness
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Black boards with gold writing on spine; author's initials embossed in gold on front board. Top and bottom of book spine rumpled; illustrations on inside of front and back board. Very slight shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine; pages and binding still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $28.95 and 0712 on front dust jacket flap. Viking First Edition; First Printing as indicated by complete number line ending in "1" on copyright page.The second book in the All Souls trilogy, Harkness' novel "weaves a rich and splendid tapestry of alchemy, magic, and history." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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The Plays Of Eugene O'Neill (Three Volume Set): Volume I: Strange Interlude, Desire Under The Elms, Lazarus Laughed, The Fountain, The Moon Of The Caribees, Bound East For Cardiff, The Long Voyage Home, In The Zone, Ile, Where The Cross Is Made, The Rope, The Dreamy Kid, Before Breakfast, Volume II: Mo
by Eugene O'Neill
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The books in this multi-volume set are in very good condition. There is almost no wear on all three books in this set. The front, back, spine and cover boards are in very good condition as well as the edges. There is minor bumping on the corners of all three books. The previous owners name is written on the inside of the front cover boards of all three books. The pages of all three books are tanned and yellowed but clear of any markings. This multi-volume set contains the complete plays of Eugene O'Neill.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
by Traven, B
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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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Aurora Dawn or, The True History of Andrew Reale
by Herman Wouk
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New York: Venture/Simon and Schuster, 1947. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the FIRST EDITION of HERMAN WOUK'S very first novel: AURORA DAWN, written during his final year's on a WWII ship in the Pacific fleet. Later on, Wouk would win the Pulitzer Prize for CAINE MUTINY, and his WIND'S OF WAR would become a famous television mini-series. Many other novelists, publishers and historians have called Wouk "an American Tolstoy." The 1947 date on the copyright page matches the 1947 on the title page, making this a FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING THUS. 5 1/2" x 8 1/8", 241 pages, with the ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. Overall book is NEAR FINE. Pages = FINE: old price on first fep, light staining from glue on front reverse cover and first and last fep's, else very clear, tight, sharp, no additional marks. Cover (blue cloth boards with gold gilt design and "H W" on front, gold gilt…
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