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London: Collins, 1987. Bound in the publishers original moss green cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine. The 319 pages are in fresh, clean condition with no inscriptions. Housed in the eyecatching pictoral dustwrapper which has light overall wear, otherwise in very presentable condition. Still retains publishers original price on front, inside flap. This is Bernard Cornwell's eighth book in the popular Sharpe's series. An attractive book throughout.. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. FIRST EDITION.
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Cornu-copiae. Pasquil's night-cap: or Antidot for the Head-ache
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London: Reprinted by C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, 1819 Book. Good. Half leather. Originally printed by Thomas Thorp, 1612. Without half title. [iii] - viii, 119p. Vignette of Globe Theatre on title page. Light browning to page edges. Bound with Minot, Laurence. Poems, written anno MCCCLII with introductory dissertations on the Scottish wars of Edward III on his claim to the throne of France and notes and glossary by Joseph Ritson. London, J.H.Burn 1825. [iii] - xlv, [vii see below], 196p. Lacks half title - perhaps bound in later. Between introduction and text has two half titles [one with repaired tear] and repeat of title page. Bound half leather, rebacked retaining original spine, very attractive gilt decoration. Marbled boards worn. Page edges and eps marbled. Ffep cracking and starting to detach. Armorial bookplate of Charles T Hebbert..
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Sharpe's Siege
by Cornwell, Bernard
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Bacon's Essays and Colours of Good and Evil, with Notes and Glossorial Index By W. Aldis Wright
by Bacon, Francis; Wright, Aldis W.
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Macmillan and Co, Cambridge, UK, 1863. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 464pp; Green boards with gilt lettering and decoration; Part of the Golden Treasury Series; Stated "Second thousand"; Corners are bumped and chipped; Spine caps are worn; Pages are tanned; Pages up to Table of Contents are detached, but all appear to be present; Owner's inscription on logo page; Dried flower on page 185; Some spotting and soiling throughout; Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 103162. .
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TATTOOED HEART
by Keogh, Theodora
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New York: Farrar, Straus & Young. 1953. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; DJ is worn at edges. ; 261 pages .
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volume of 11 Oxberry's plays in attractive binding: Richard the third, Venice preserved, The hypocrite etc
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London: Simpkin and Marshall Book. Good. Half-Leather. 12mo. Contains a) W.Shakespeare, Richard the Third, a tragedy. 1818. iv, [ii], 68p. Jaggard p372 b) T.Otway, Venice preserved, a tragedy. 1820. iv, ii, ii, [ii], 56p. c) P. Massinger, A new way to pay old debts, a comedy. 1818. [odd pagination to prelims, then [7] - 78p d) Bickerstaff, The hypocrite, a comedy. [no date]. v, [iii], 63p. e) A.Cherry, The soldier's daughter, a comedy. 1819. 3, [v], 72p. f) T.Holcroft, Deaf and dumb, an historical drama. 1819. iii, [v], 60p. g) S.J.Arnold, The shipwreck, a comic opera, 1820. ii, [ii], 27, [1]p h) S.Beazley, Is he jealous? an operetta. 1818. ii, [iv], 25p. i) T. Knight, The honest thieves, a farce. 1820. iii, [iii], 28p. j) The magpie, or the maid of palaiseau, a melo-drame. 1820. ii, [ii], 36p. k) M.G. Lewis, Rugantino; or the bravo of Venice, a melo-drame. 1820. ii, [ii], 30p. Signs of original stab sewing to each play. Occasional spotting and browning. Some marks, small tears and creases. Titles…
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Volume of plays and oratorios published by Harrison and Co in 1779 and 1780. Includes 3 plays by Shakespeare
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London: Harrison and Co, 1779 Book. Fair. Full-Leather. Full leather, but very very worn. Interesting book plate to front pastedown initials WS and crest of hand holding a pistol, above this printed name William Clarke. Contains a) Nath. Lee, Theodosius; or the force of love. 15p. Ink owner's name to title. b) Sir John Vanbrugh. The city wives confederacy. 24p, repair to title. c) Solomon an oratorio. 4p. d) Mr Havard, King Charles I.14p. e) Mr Farquhar, Sir Harry Wildair, being the sequel of the trip to the jubilee. 19p. f) Saul, an oratorio. 6p. Small hole to inner margin of last page. g) Altered from Beaumont and Fletcher. Philaster. 16p. h) Ben Johnson [Jonson] Every man in his humour. 23p. i) Shakespeare. Coriolanus. 22p. j) Beaumont and Fletcher. The chances. 1780. 21p. k) Jephtha, a sacred drama. 4p. l) Esther an oratorio. 4p. m) W Whitehead, The roman fathers. 14p. n) Mr Moore, The foundling. 18p. o) Colley Cibber, The school-boy; or, comical revival. 8p. p) Theobald, Electra. 14p. q)…
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Wu Feng, Companion of Head Hunters and Other Stories
by Bittinger, Desmond W.
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Taiwan: Tunghai University, 1963. Pages clean, unmarked, binding tight. Covers mostly clean [just a little soiling at back cover only], extremities and covers with only a little wear, edges lightly browning. PO's name penned on title page. The other stories are: Brother's Valley and A City Which Could Not Be Taken. During a sabbatical leave from McPherson College Kansas in 1962-63, the author, an anthropologist, served as a Fulbright Lecturer in Formosa and in Pakistan. While in Formosa he lectured at two universities, did research among the mountain aborigines, and wrote the book, "Wu Feng, Companion of Headhunters". 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 American Editio. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. 8vo - over 7 3/4 to 9 3/4".
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London: Simpkin and Marshall Book. Good. Half-Leather. 12mo. Contains a) W.Shakespeare, Richard the Third, a tragedy. 1818. iv, [ii], 68p. Jaggard p372 b) T.Otway, Venice preserved, a tragedy. 1820. iv, ii, ii, [ii], 56p. c) P. Massinger, A new way to pay old debts, a comedy. 1818. [odd pagination to prelims, then [7] - 78p d) Bickerstaff, The hypocrite, a comedy. [no date]. v, [iii], 63p. e) A.Cherry, The soldier's daughter, a comedy. 1819. 3, [v], 72p. f) T.Holcroft, Deaf and dumb, an historical drama. 1819. iii, [v], 60p. g) S.J.Arnold, The shipwreck, a comic opera, 1820. ii, [ii], 27, [1]p h) S.Beazley, Is he jealous? an operetta. 1818. ii, [iv], 25p. i) T. Knight, The honest thieves, a farce. 1820. iii, [iii], 28p. j) The magpie, or the maid of palaiseau, a melo-drame. 1820. ii, [ii], 36p. k) M.G. Lewis, Rugantino; or the bravo of Venice, a melo-drame. 1820. ii, [ii], 30p. Signs of original stab sewing to each play. Occasional spotting and browning. Some marks, small tears and creases. Titles…
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London: Harrison and Co, 1779 Book. Fair. Full-Leather. Full leather, but very very worn. Interesting book plate to front pastedown initials WS and crest of hand holding a pistol, above this printed name William Clarke. Contains a) Nath. Lee, Theodosius; or the force of love. 15p. Ink owner's name to title. b) Sir John Vanbrugh. The city wives confederacy. 24p, repair to title. c) Solomon an oratorio. 4p. d) Mr Havard, King Charles I.14p. e) Mr Farquhar, Sir Harry Wildair, being the sequel of the trip to the jubilee. 19p. f) Saul, an oratorio. 6p. Small hole to inner margin of last page. g) Altered from Beaumont and Fletcher. Philaster. 16p. h) Ben Johnson [Jonson] Every man in his humour. 23p. i) Shakespeare. Coriolanus. 22p. j) Beaumont and Fletcher. The chances. 1780. 21p. k) Jephtha, a sacred drama. 4p. l) Esther an oratorio. 4p. m) W Whitehead, The roman fathers. 14p. n) Mr Moore, The foundling. 18p. o) Colley Cibber, The school-boy; or, comical revival. 8p. p) Theobald, Electra. 14p. q)…
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Bubbles
by Hewitt, Arthur Wentworth
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Rutland Vermont: The Tuttle Company. Good+. 1920. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards cover with gilt lettering. Light wear at binding edges and back cover. Aged with mild page darkening. Approx. Half of the pages remain closed and have not been cut open. Very nice original. Unmarked. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 128 pages .
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The Fish Hawk's Nest
by Stephen W. Meader
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Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company in 1952. Stated First Edition. Red texture boards are sturdy, hinges OK. Boards have marks from tape. Text is clean and unmarked, pages tanned. Several names in ink on front end page. DJ in poor condition, tear on front cover, stain on back - in plastic ocver. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 1
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Kane & Abel
by Jeffrey Archer
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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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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
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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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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
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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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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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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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