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Doubleday, This is a BOOK CLUB EDITION, 1965 HBDJ, 1965, Early Reprint, 253 PGs, Book VG Condition and Dust Jacket in VG- Condition with minor wear around the edges DJ & Tiny Chips , Light Soil Back DJ , Interior NiCE tight Clean. Beige Grey Cloth Lettered in Black on SPine light Wear, Publishers RedDye Stain on Top Pgs Edges . Gothic Mystery set in both Mediaeval Rome and the present day, which includes the classic elements of the Genre; murder, and haunting from a phantom.. Signed by Author. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover.
A Star's Progress -by Katherine Everard / Gore Vidal (AKA: Cry Shame ) by Everard, Katherine (penname for Gore Vidal ) - 1950
by Everard, Katherine (penname for Gore Vidal )
A Star's Progress -by Katherine Everard / Gore Vidal (AKA: Cry Shame )
by Everard, Katherine (penname for Gore Vidal )
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New York, NY: N.Y. / New York: E P Dutton, 1950, 1st Edition, First Printing , 1950. ----------hardcover, about 5.5w x 8.25h inches, a solid Very Good example, a bit of age toning to the green boards, some foxing and browning to the pages, offset and age darkening to the endpapers, foxing to the edges of the text block, in an attractive Good dustjacket, light wear and rubbing, some small chips and short tears, flake at extremities, a bit of age toning and foxing, overall a tight square copy of a scarce Vidal title, super des Vignes cover art, this was later released as a paperback with the title Cry Shame, , any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (see description)/Good (see description). Illus. by Jean Des Vignes Cover Art. NOT Price Clipped.
- Bookseller Leonard Shoup (CA)
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- Publisher N.Y. / New York: E P Dutton, 1950, 1st Edition, First Printing
- Place of Publication New York, NY
- Date Published 1950
- Keywords A Star's Progress -by Katherine Everard / Gore Vidal (AKA: Cry Shame )
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THE FLIGHT OF THE FALCON, a New Novel ,SIGNED on Title Page By Author, Italian Courier Becomes Circumstantially Involved in Murder of Old Peasant Woman in Rome , FICTION, Classic Murder Novel from the Popular Mystery Writer. Gothic Mystery
by DAPHNE DU MAURIER, SIGNED By Famed Writer Daphne Du Maurier Autographed (with Fountain Pen in Blue Ink on Title page) INNER Flap DJ Priceclipped, Autograph GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC, Blank Endpapers,DJ By Larry Lubin
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LONG BEACH, California, United States
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Bagombo Snuff Box.
by VONNEGUT, Kurt
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on limitation page. Certificate signed by Kurt Vonnegut, Daniela Di Stefano and Publisher Roy S. Pfeil. First Limited edition / First printing. Number 405 of 1700 copies. Teal leather. Very fine. Certificate of Authenticity and A Note About Bagombo Snuff Box laid in.
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The Doings Of Raffles Haw
by Doyle, A. Conan
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Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States
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London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited. Very Good. 1892. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 256 pages: 4.75 x 7.5 in.: 1: KB#011155: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Boards are original Dark Blue with wear at corners and gilt lettering on spine. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright (except for endpapers being lightly age-darkened), tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "Raffles Haw is a millionaire, or billionaire, thanks to his possession of a secret which furnishes him with an inexhaustible supply of money. " and "The attempts by Raffles Haw, a rich eccentric, to help the poor only backfire, as his wealth brings out the worst in those around him." .
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The Tin Drum.
by GRASS, Gunter.
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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New York: Pantheon, (1962). First U.S. edition / First printing. Red cloth. Fine in price-clipped jacket about fine. The author's first novel, and most famous work. This is a bright sparkling copy. The jacket is on a heavy stock with a thick varnish. Though price clipped, it is not to be confused with the lighter uncoated book club issue. Gunter Grass was the Winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Friend of My Youth.
by MUNRO, Alice. Inscribed to Seymour Lawrence.
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- ISBN 13
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Signed on the title page by Alice Munro. Additionally inscribed to legendary book publisher Seymour Lawrence: For Seymour Lawrence with all good wishes Alice Munro. First edition / First printing. Precedes the Canadian edition. Red cloth spine, green paper-covered boards. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Alice Munro was the 2013 Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature. Friend of My Youth was the winner of the Trillium Award
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John Inglesant, A Romance
by [Shorthouse, Joseph Henry]
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Hardback. Very Good. Cornish Brothers, Birmingham, 1880, [first edition, privately printed]; 8vo, pp [viii], (9)-577; good later binding in half brown pigskin, green marbled boards and end papers, spine decorated gilt and with raised bands, top edge gilt; lacks half title; slight browning or dust marking in places but nevertheless a very good copy of what was to become a minor Victorian classic, the story set in the time of Charles I. Shorthouse, 1834-1903, came from a Quaker manufacturing family in Birmingham (actually Edgbaston), duly entering the family business. However, he and his wife moved to the Church of England in 1861 identifying themselves with the "Oxford School of High Churchmen". He also began to suffer from epilepsy and duly left his industrial work to write, spending the decade to about 1876 working on "John Inglesant". As he was unable to interest a publisher Shorthouse decided to have the book printed on his own account and it appeared in 1880 in a…
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Sailor Song.
by KESEY, Ken
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- Fine
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- First edition / First printing.
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- ISBN 13
- 9780670835218
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- 0670835218
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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New York: Viking, 1992. Signed in gold ink and dated 1992 by Ken Kesey. First edition / First printing. White cloth spine, beige paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods.
by ECO, Umberto
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- 9780674810501
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- 0674810503
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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Ghosts. The New York Trilogy Volume 2.
by AUSTER, Paul
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- 9780940650701
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1986. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Navy cloth. As New. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. The second book in the New York Trilogy.
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What's Bred In The Bone.
by DAVIES, Robertson
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- ISBN 13
- 9780771596841
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1985. Inscribed by the author: Robertson Davies for Viola Sullivan. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, brown paper-covered boards. Fine in about fine dust jacket with edge-wear that is common to this title.
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Kane & Abel
by Jeffrey Archer
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Decatur, Indiana, United States
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New York, 1979. Book Club. Hardcover. Book Club/Has Jacket. Book is a book club edition. Quite a few closed tears, chips, and other signs of wear to the dust jacket. Some bumping to the boards at corners, edges and ends of the spine. Pages are clean.
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Cold Mountain
by Frazier, Charles
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- 9780871136794
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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NY: Atlantic Monthly Press. Very Good; Light foxing to fore-edges.. 1997. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. 0871136791 . Glossy softcover binding. An advance copy of Frazier's National Book Award-winning first novel, a wonderful Civil War tale about a Confederate soldier who deserts the army after being wounded and hospitalized and tries to make his way back to his North Carolina home and sweetheart. Later made into a great movie directed by Anthony Minghella. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 267 pages .
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Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural
by Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (1871-1945)
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228 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's stiff boards with quarter brown spine and dark green lettering to spine label and cover. First edition, first issue. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Corners bumped and slightly chipped, spine heal rubbed, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.
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The Hand of the Potter: A Tragedy in Four Acts
by Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert (1871-1945)
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209 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter brow cloth with dark green lettering to spine and cover over green boards. First edition, second state with half-title tipped to stub. Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (August 27, 1871 December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist. He pioneered the naturalist school and is known for portraying characters whose value lies not in their moral code, but in their persistence against all obstacles, and literary situations that more closely resemble studies of nature than tales of choice and agency. Condition: Chip at front edge, spine heal bumped, lightly soiled else about very good lacking jacket.
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Red Pottage
by Cholmondeley, Mary
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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We Loved Them Once
by Rivers, Ronda
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NY: Vantage Press, 1954. Pages [135] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Tan boards, black lettering, clean, minor shelf wear. PO's name penned to endpaper. Set in 1950's America. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. . Not Stated Assumed First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre
by Traven, B
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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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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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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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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St Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England
by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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v+321 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine. First British edition. St. Ives: Being The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1897) is an unfinished novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. It was completed in 1898 by Arthur Quiller-Couch. Unable to write, Stevenson dictated thirty chapters of the novel to his stepdaughter as a diversion from his debilitating illness. He alternated dictating St. Ives and The Weir of Hermiston but gradually lost interest in the former. The plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Capitaine Jacques St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier, after his capture by the British. Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed, shelf wear, hinges and spine heal moderately rubbed, previous owner's name on front end paper else a very good copy.
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Dobrodruzstvi Toma Sawyera a Huckleberryho Finna.
by Twain, Mark; Jiri Hejna
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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Praha: Statni Nakladatelstvi Krasne Literatury SNKLHU, 1961, hardcover. Apparent first edition in Czech 1961, with the illustrations by Jiri Hejna, of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Translated into CZECH by Frantisk Gel. 393 pages. -- Hardcover. Good used condition (yellow cloth cover some soil) with very good minus dust jacket (spine sunned).
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