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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition thus. One of 500 cloth trade copies. Octavo (9.25 x 6.5 in.); 265pp; printed paper boards backed with maroon cloth, in original acetate jacket (not pictured). Fine, with a few spots of nearly imperceptible foxing to textblock top. Near fine jacket lightly rubbed, with a short split at top front corner. A sharp copy of this reprint edition of Fante's first novel, originally published in 1938.
The Invention of Morel and Other Stories by Casares, Adolfo Bioy - 1964
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The Invention of Morel and Other Stories
by Casares, Adolfo Bioy
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Austin: University of Texas Press, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. A novel and a selection of short stories by the Argentinian fantasist. Translated by Ruth L. C. Simms. Illustrated by Norah Borges de Torre, with a prologue by Jorge Luis Borges. First edition. Octavo (9.25 x 6.25 in.); 237pp.; oatmeal cloth boards, in dust jacket. A few light spots of soiling to textblock fore-edge, light bumping to spine ends, else fine in a very good (+) jacket with light wear and some small surface abrasions at spine ends. A sharp copy of this uncommon collection.
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Wait Until Spring, Bandini
by Fante, John
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Three Novels [Signed & Inscribed]
by Fuchs, Daniel
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NY: Basic Books, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed copy of this first collected edition of Fuchs' enduring novels about life in Depression-era Brooklyn, "Summer in Williamsburg," "Homage to Blenholt," and "Low Company," originally published in 1934, 1936, and 1937, respectively. Fuchs has lovingly inscribed this copy to Susan Foster, a long-time personal assistant to film and literary mega-agent Irving Paul Lazar, and later Frank Sinatra. The nature of Fuchs and Foster's acquaintance is unknown, though it seems safe to assume that they might have met during Fuchs' long tenure as a Hollywood scriptwriter. His inscription, "From one Brighton Beachcomber to another," also leaves open the possibility that the two had known each other growing up in Brooklyn. Inscribed by Fuchs and signed as "Dan" on the front free endpaper. Octavo (5.75 x 8.25 in.); vii, 380, 301, 314pp.; red cloth boards, gold lettering on spine,…
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The Book of Imaginary Beings [Signed by Borges]
by Borges, Jorge Luis, with Margarita Guerrero
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NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. A rare signed example of this compelling work of cryptozoology by the Argentinian master: an alphabetical compendium of 120 imaginary beasts culled from various literary and world-historical sources. As in many of his best-known works, Borges here takes an existing literary form--the medieval bestiary--and imbues it with new dimension through a variety of quintessentially Borgesian tactics. These include satire, tonal experiments, and the inclusion of entries that push at the limits of what we might consider fantastical beasts ("An Animal Imagined by Kafka," "Animals in the Form of Spheres," etc.). The result is uniquely hybrid text, as much a work about cultural history and the boundaries of the human imagination as it is about imaginary beings themselves. First English-language edition, following Spanish-language editions of 1957 and 1967. Here newly revised and enlarged by Borges and the translator,…
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A Frolic of His Own [Signed]
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NY: Poseidon Press, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Signed first printing of Gaddis' fourth novel, winner of the 1994 National Book Award for Fiction. Signed by Gaddis on the title page. First edition. Octavo (9.5 x 6.75 in.); 586pp.; brown boards with blue-quarter cloth spine, in dust jacket. Near fine (light shelfwear, bumping to spine ends and top of front board) in a fine unclipped jacket mildly crumped at base of spine.
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Social Studies
by Lebowitz, Fran
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NY: Random House, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Attractive signed first edition of Lebowitz's second collection of humorous essays. First printing, as designated by number line to 2 + first edition statement. Signed by Lebowitz on the front free endpaper. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 in.); 147pp.; red papered boards backed with orange quarter-cloth; gold spine lettering; in dust jacket. Fine in a near fine, unclipped jacket with a tiny chip at the base of the spine and mild toning to the flaps.
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Three Novels
by Capek, Karel
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NY: A. A. Wyn, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A superior copy of this first collected edition of Capek's trilogy of thematically linked novels. Octavo (8 x 5.5 in.); 460pp.; orange cloth boards, orange topstain, in dust jacket. The barest hint of foxing to textblock fore-edge, else fine in a very near fine, unclipped jacket, printed (per British wartime paper restrictions) on the back of a War Office topographical map of Sumatra.
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Wait Until Spring, Bandini
by Fante, John
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Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition thus. One of 500 cloth trade copies. Octavo (9.25 x 6.5 in.); 265pp; printed paper boards backed with maroon cloth, in original acetate jacket (not pictured). Fine, with a few spots of nearly imperceptible foxing to textblock top. Near fine jacket lightly rubbed, with a short split at top front corner. A sharp copy of this reprint edition of Fante's first novel, originally published in 1938.
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The Book of Imaginary Beings [Signed by Borges]
by Borges, Jorge Luis, with Margarita Guerrero
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NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. A rare signed example of this compelling work of cryptozoology by the Argentinian master: an alphabetical compendium of 120 imaginary beasts culled from various literary and world-historical sources. As in many of his best-known works, Borges here takes an existing literary form--the medieval bestiary--and imbues it with new dimension through a variety of quintessentially Borgesian tactics. These include satire, tonal experiments, and the inclusion of entries that push at the limits of what we might consider fantastical beasts ("An Animal Imagined by Kafka," "Animals in the Form of Spheres," etc.). The result is uniquely hybrid text, as much a work about cultural history and the boundaries of the human imagination as it is about imaginary beings themselves. First English-language edition, following Spanish-language editions of 1957 and 1967. Here newly revised and enlarged by Borges and the translator,…
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A Frolic of His Own [Signed]
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NY: Poseidon Press, 1994. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Signed first printing of Gaddis' fourth novel, winner of the 1994 National Book Award for Fiction. Signed by Gaddis on the title page. First edition. Octavo (9.5 x 6.75 in.); 586pp.; brown boards with blue-quarter cloth spine, in dust jacket. Near fine (light shelfwear, bumping to spine ends and top of front board) in a fine unclipped jacket mildly crumped at base of spine.
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Social Studies
by Lebowitz, Fran
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NY: Random House, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Attractive signed first edition of Lebowitz's second collection of humorous essays. First printing, as designated by number line to 2 + first edition statement. Signed by Lebowitz on the front free endpaper. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 in.); 147pp.; red papered boards backed with orange quarter-cloth; gold spine lettering; in dust jacket. Fine in a near fine, unclipped jacket with a tiny chip at the base of the spine and mild toning to the flaps.
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The Invention of Morel and Other Stories (from La Trama Celeste)
by Adolfo Bioy Casares; translated by Ruth L.C. Simms; prologue by Jorge Luis Borges
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Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1991. Second paperback printing. Softcover. Very Good. 5 7/8 x 9. B&W illustrations by Norah Borges de Torre. 3J. Translated from the Spanish. A solid and attractive copy with tight binding and square, uncreased spine. No marks to text. Faint smudging to fore-edge. Some cover wear.
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The Invention Of Morel And Other Stories
by Adolfo Bioy Casares; Ruth L.C. Simms (translator)
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Toronto , Ontario, Canada
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In very good condition, clean and unmarked, small owner label at front end page, in a fair dust jacket, shipped at spine ends and edges, $5.00 publisher's price intact on flap.
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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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Bloody Sunrise
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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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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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Quelques Optimistes.
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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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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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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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Christopher Blake
by Hart, Moss
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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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Palmares
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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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The Polynesian Triangle
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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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