NIGHT ROUNDS by Patrick Modiano - 1972

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, [1910].. Olive cloth, spine stamped in gilt, blind device on upper cover. Foxing, extremities and spine a bit rubbed, with short snags at crown, but a good, sound copy. First edition, second binding, of Pound's first major volume of criticism. This is an interesting association copy, with the ownership signature of Schuyler B. Jackson, dated "15/8/21." A total of 1250 sets of sheets were printed, of which three hundred sets were used for the American issue, and an unspecified number of copies were bound up in this slightly later binding. GALLUP A5a.

New York: The Viking Press. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Jacket and book are both first state -- first state dust jacket with the Kerouac blurb and the unrevised text and in the book on page 9 the uncorrected reference to the "fool Red Cross woman and and with "It's the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about." on pp. 85-86.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Ace, New York, 1953. First edition. Condition: Very good plus; book has slight edge wear and creasing along spine, slight darkening on interior pages. Ace Double Books D-15.Burroughs' classic "confessions of an unredeemed drug addict". His first published book. A very nice copy of this famous example of "write what you know".

1874 Missouri & Mississippi Legends INDIANS Negro Murder Native American Tales

Hopewell's book "Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi" is written in a dime novel style as a work of twisted fact and fiction. Hopewell writes on river legends, stories of Indians, Peter Griffin the hunter, Pere Marquette, Hernando De Soto, Negro murders, Blackbird, Pontiac the chief of the Ottawas, Bernard Guillet the first settler of St. Charles Missouri, Jack Pierce, and much more!

This undated edition of "Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi" features 4 full-page plates!
Item number: #12649
Price: $499
HOPEWELL, Menra
Legends of the Missouri and Mississippi.
London, Ward, Lock and Tyler [1874].

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o vi, 506
o 4 illustrations
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References: Howes H 628; Graff 1948;
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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Quite scarce
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1722 1st ed FABLES of Antoine le Brun French Literature Verse Animal Tales
Antoine Louis Le Brun was a rather unknown 18th-century French fabulist and writer whose 'Fables' were written in verse – a rather unique concept for fables. This 1722 first edition included all five books of fables in one volume.
Item number: #14736
Price: $499
LE BRUN, Antoine-Louis
Fables
Paris : Chez G. Saugrain, 1722. First edition.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [36], 356, [2]
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Provenance: Bookplate – J.B. IDT
o In Collegio Regio Lugdunensi, Professoris
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight & secure
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Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)
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London: Printed for G. Strahan Et Al. Good+. 1741. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Giving an Imperial Account to the Divan at Constantinople of the most remarkable Transactions of Europe and discovering several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (especially of that of France) continued from the year 1642 to the year 1682. Complete in eight volumes. Full leather. Spine has raised bands, gilt decorated panels & title. Vol. #1, 312pp with a frontispiece of Mahmud the Turkish Spy; #2, 276pp; #3, 287pp; #4, 288pp; #5, 276pp; #6, 264pp; #7, 248pp; #8, 280pp. Text blocks tight, clean and intact. Although some hinges are split or splitting, all covers are firmly attached. Spine ends have light wear. Prior owner signatures. Rare Section; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2231 pages .

New York: The Viking Press. 1962. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good+ price clipped dust jacket. Jacket and book are both first state -- first state dust jacket with the Kerouac blurb and the unrevised text and in the book on page 9 the uncorrected reference to the "fool Red Cross woman and and with "It's the plump Red Cross woman named Gwen-doe-lin, with the blond hair the patients are always arguing about." on pp. 85-86.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Charles L. Webster and Company. 1885. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Contains the three first printing points: "Huck Decided to Leave" on p. 9; "Him and another Man" listed on p. 87; and "with the was" on p. 57. Photogravure frontispiece of Karl Gerhardt's portrait bust of Clemens, illustrations after E. W. Kemble in the text throughout. Both hinges starting. Rubbing along panel edges. Bumping at panel corners and spine crown. Chipping at spine heel. Light staining on rear end page and both sides of FEP. .

Houghton Miflin Harcourt, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8x5x1. Signed. SIGNED IN PERSON BY MARGARET ATWOOD directly to the title page at the 2017 LA Times Festival of Books. Also briefly inscribed as shown. Includes the Festival brochure, original signing reservation, and book receipt. A breathtakingly beautiful 3rd printing in like-new gift-worthy condition. Looks fantastic with a new mylar cover added to your dust jacket. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1925. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in the original third state dust jacket professionally restored Very Good+. Scribners Seal Errors not corrected that verify true first printing: p.60, line 16–“chatter”; p. 119, line 22–“northern”; p. 165, line 29–“away”; p. 205–lines 9-10–“sick in tired”; p. 211, lines 7-8–“Union Street station”. With 3,000 third state jackets printed this is exceedingly harder find than the first two jackets. .