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New and Selected Poems, Volume Two (Signed)
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New and Selected Poems, Volume Two (Signed)

by Oliver, Mary (1935-2019)

Condition
Fine in a fine dust jacket, with publisher's round "Includes 42 New Poems" sticker on front panel of jacket.
Edition
First edition
Published
2005
Binding
Hardcover. Octavo. [xii], 178 pages
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£898.26

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Boston: Beacon Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [xii], 178 pages. Fine in a fine dust jacket, with publisher's round "Includes 42 New Poems" sticker on front panel of jacket.. Signed by Mary Oliver on the title page. This is a fantastic collection of 42 new poems, written between 2004 and 2005, and 69 poems hand-picked by Oliver… Read more about this item
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£898.26
Leaves of Grass
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Leaves of Grass

by Whitman, Walt (1819-1892)

Condition
Used - Fine. An exceptional copy.
Published
1881
Binding
Publisher's cloth over boards. Octavo. 382 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£2,245.66

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Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1881. Publisher's cloth over boards. Octavo. 382 pages. Fine. An exceptional copy.. First printing of the famous "suppressed Boston edition," seventh edition overall. Rather scarce edition of Whitman's monumental work, due to the short time it was available for sale. The publisher, Osgood, was acting as go-between for the Boston D.A. and… Read more about this item
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£2,245.66
Rider in the Sun
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Rider in the Sun

by Ware, Edmund [Pseudonym of Edmund Ware Smith (1900-1967)]

Condition
Used - Very good in a good plus dust jacket. Mild spotting to spine. Jacket has a few extremity chips, closed edge tears with associate
Edition
First printing
Published
1935
Binding
Hardcover. Octavo. 197 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£898.26

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Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company, 1935. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 197 pages. Very good in a good plus dust jacket. Mild spotting to spine. Jacket has a few extremity chips, closed edge tears with associated wrinkles, rubs along folds, and fading to spine.. The first and only novel by well-respected Maine outdoor writer, Edmund Ware Smith. Tells… Read more about this item
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£898.26
Presenting Moonshine
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Presenting Moonshine

by Collier, John (1901-1980)

Condition
Used - Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Some sections of mild browning to endpapers, slight fading to cloth along s
Edition
First printing
Published
1941
Binding
Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 351 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£269.48

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London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1941. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. viii, 351 pages. Near fine in a near fine, price-clipped dust jacket. Some sections of mild browning to endpapers, slight fading to cloth along spine and top edges of boards, small bookseller tag at lower inner margin of front free endpaper. Jacket has a minor bit of staining to… Read more about this item
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£269.48
Candide (Signed by Rockwell Kent)
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Candide (Signed by Rockwell Kent)

by de Voltaire, Jean Francois Marie Arouet (1694-1778)

Condition
Used - Bound in coarse ivory cloth with gilt embossed titles, rules, and illustration on upper board, title and ornaments on spine, dec
Edition
Limited edition, #1223 of 1470
Published
1928
Binding
Cloth over boards. Quarto. 111 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£449.13

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New York: Random House, 1928. Limited edition, #1223 of 1470. Cloth over boards. Quarto. 111 pages. Bound in coarse ivory cloth with gilt embossed titles, rules, and illustration on upper board, title and ornaments on spine, decorative endpapers. Binding shows some mild age toning, gilt dulled on spine, some rubbing to gilt illustration on upper board. Binding sound. An… Read more about this item
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£449.13
Setting Free the Bears
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Setting Free the Bears

by Irving, John

Condition
Used - Near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding shows a few tiny extremity bumps. Jacket has a closed 1 1/4" e
Edition
First printing
Published
1968
Binding
Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 335 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£269.48

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New York: Random House, 1968. First printing. Hardcover. Octavo. [viii], 335 pages. Near fine in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Binding shows a few tiny extremity bumps. Jacket has a closed 1 1/4" edge tear at bottom of rear panel, with a bit of associated wrinkling. This tear was taped from backside by prior owner. Clean, sound, and… Read more about this item
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£269.48
The Lost Weekend
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The Lost Weekend

by Jackson, Charles

Condition
Used - Good in a good dust jacket. Bound in red cloth over boards. Some minor extremity rubs, a bit of water tiding to top edge of some
Edition
First printing
Published
1944
Binding
Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [vi], 244 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£292.13

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New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc, 1944. First printing. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. [vi], 244 pages. Good in a good dust jacket. Bound in red cloth over boards. Some minor extremity rubs, a bit of water tiding to top edge of some leaves and boards. Textblock mildly age toned. Jacket has some edge chips, rubs along joint and… Read more about this item
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£292.13
The Martian Chronicles
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The Martian Chronicles

by Bradbury, Ray (1920-2012)

Condition
Used - Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in pale green cloth over boards with burgundy spine titles. Hint of browning to spin
Edition
First Edition
Published
1950
Binding
Full cloth. Octavo. 222 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Item Price
£1,572.35

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Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1950. First Edition. Full cloth. Octavo. 222 pages. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bound in pale green cloth over boards with burgundy spine titles. Hint of browning to spine. Shallow bumps to spine ends, fore corners sharp. Small bookstore label at lower edge of rear pastedown, adjacent to a 2"… Read more about this item
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£1,572.35
Watch and Ward
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Watch and Ward

by James, Henry, Jr. (1843-1916)

Condition
Used - Near fine, with a few light extremity rubs. Spine a bit cocked. Green cloth over boards stamped in gilt and blind, tan endpapers
Edition
First edition
Published
1878
Binding
Original cloth over boards. Eighteenmo. 219 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£449.13

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Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Eighteenmo. 219 pages. Near fine, with a few light extremity rubs. Spine a bit cocked. Green cloth over boards stamped in gilt and blind, tan endpapers, all textblock edges red.. Henry James's first novel, originally published serially in the Atlantic Monthly in 1871, and here for… Read more about this item
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£449.13
Tears (Signed)
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Tears (Signed)

by Balabanoff, Angelica (1878-1965)

Condition
Used - Bound in thin, flexible, red velvet-covered boards with upper board titled in gilt, which has darkened. Some shallow bumping to
Edition
First printing
Published
1943
Binding
Thin velvet-covered boards. Octavo. 159 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
Item Price
£135.13

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New York: E. Laub Publishing Co, 1943. First printing. Thin velvet-covered boards. Octavo. 159 pages. Bound in thin, flexible, red velvet-covered boards with upper board titled in gilt, which has darkened. Some shallow bumping to the Yapp edges of covers. Jacket has a few shallow edge wrinkles and light soil. Overall near fine in a near fine dust jacket..… Read more about this item
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£135.13
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories
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The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories

by Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872-1906)

Condition
Used - Bound in brown cloth over boards with illustration to spine and upper board stamped in black, white, and gilt (spine), gilt-stam
Edition
First printing
Published
1900
Binding
Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. [vi], 362 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£314.78

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New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1900. First printing. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. [vi], 362 pages. Bound in brown cloth over boards with illustration to spine and upper board stamped in black, white, and gilt (spine), gilt-stamped titles to spine and upper board. A few light rubs to spine ends and fore corner tips, some faint dulling to… Read more about this item
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£314.78
The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer
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The Conquest: The Story of a Negro Pioneer

by [Micheaux, Oscar (1884-1951)] The Pioneer

Condition
Used - Bound in light blue cloth over boards with ornamental titling in white to upper board. White spine titles quite faded. Minor ext
Edition
First edition
Published
1913
Binding
Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 311 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£1,123.22

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Lincoln: The Woodruff Press, 1913. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavo. 311 pages. Bound in light blue cloth over boards with ornamental titling in white to upper board. White spine titles quite faded. Minor extremity rubs. Slightly cocked, hinges sound. Very good to near fine overall.. Black and white photographic frontispiece plus 15 other plates (16 in… Read more about this item
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£1,123.22
[The Spire and the Gargoyle] and [Rain Before Dawn (Verse)] in The Nassau Literary Magazine, February 1917, Volume LXXII Number 7
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[The Spire and the Gargoyle] and [Rain Before Dawn (Verse)] in The Nassau Literary Magazine, February 1917, Volume LXXII Number 7

by [Fitzgerald, F[rancis]. Scott (1896-1940)] John Peale Bishop, Managing Editor

Condition
Used - Very good condition with a few edge chips to the covers, which protrude beyond the textblock on three sides. One largish chip (1
Published
1917
Binding
Printed wrappers. Octavo. [x], [297]-346, [vi] pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£1,347.40

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Princeton: Students of Princeton University, 1917. Printed wrappers. Octavo. [x], [297]-346, [vi] pages. Very good condition with a few edge chips to the covers, which protrude beyond the textblock on three sides. One largish chip (1 3/8" x 1/8") along upper fore edge that has been expertly repaired.. Advertising. Two early F. Scott Fitzgerald print appearances, one story… Read more about this item
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£1,347.40
A Roof of Tiger Lilies (Signed)
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A Roof of Tiger Lilies (Signed)

by Hall, Donald (1928-2018)

Condition
Used - Very good in a near fine dust jacket. A few leaves have soft creases from a manufacturing defect, else fine. Dust jacket has a h
Edition
First edition
Published
1964
Binding
Cloth over boards. Octavo. 63 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£112.48

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New York: The Viking Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. 63 pages. Very good in a near fine dust jacket. A few leaves have soft creases from a manufacturing defect, else fine. Dust jacket has a hint of tanning to spine.. Hall's third book of poetry, signed by him on the title page.
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£112.48
In the Penal Colony
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In the Penal Colony

by Kafka, Franz (1883-1924). Translated from the German by Willa and Edwin Muir

Condition
Used - Bound in white card covers with yapp edges. Fine in fine original clamshell box.
Edition
Limited edition, #259 of 800 copies
Published
1987
Binding
Quarto. [iv], 53 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£269.48

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[New York]: The Limited Editions Club, 1987. Limited edition, #259 of 800 copies. Quarto. [iv], 53 pages. Bound in white card covers with yapp edges. Fine in fine original clamshell box.. Lithographs by Michael Hafftka. Kafka's famous short story of an island penal colony and its brutal execution device. <br /> <br /> Four lithographs by Hafftka printed… Read more about this item
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£269.48
The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975 (Signed)
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The Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975 (Signed)

by Creeley, Robert (1926-2005)

Condition
Used - Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Slight fading to jacket spine and front panel.
Edition
First edition
Published
1982
Binding
Cloth over boards. Octavo. x, 671 pages
ISBN
9780520042438
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£224.96

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Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth over boards. Octavo. x, 671 pages. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Slight fading to jacket spine and front panel.. Robert Creeley was an important poetic voice in post-World War II American literature. This collection gathers his poetry of thirty years, exhibiting his development… Read more about this item
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£224.96
Twice-Told Tales
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Twice-Told Tales

by Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864)

Condition
Used - Mild scattered foxing, some extremity rubs and shallow chips to cloth along board edges. Hinges not cracked but joints have a fe
Edition
First edition
Published
1837
Binding
Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 334 pages (with 4 pages ads at front, 12 pages ads at back)
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£4,042.19

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Boston: American Stationers Co, 1837. First edition. Original cloth over boards. Duodecimo. 334 pages (with 4 pages ads at front, 12 pages ads at back). Mild scattered foxing, some extremity rubs and shallow chips to cloth along board edges. Hinges not cracked but joints have a few splits.. Hawthorne's third publication in book form and the first to… Read more about this item
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£4,042.19
Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry, Translated: With Notes on the Translation, and on the Original; and Two Dissertations, on Poetical, and Musical, Imitation
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Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry, Translated: With Notes on the Translation, and on the Original; and Two Dissertations, on Poetical, and Musical, Imitation

by Aristotle, translated by Thomas Twining (1735-1804), edited by Daniel Twining

Condition
Used - Dark brown blind embossed ribbed cloth over boards, with gilt-stamped spine titles, yellow endpapers. Handsome bookplate on each
Edition
Second edition
Published
1812
Binding
Original cloth over boards. Octavos. xxxii, 344 and [iv], 499 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£674.09

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London: Luke Hansard & Sons, 1812. Second edition. Original cloth over boards. Octavos. xxxii, 344 and [iv], 499 pages. Dark brown blind embossed ribbed cloth over boards, with gilt-stamped spine titles, yellow endpapers. Handsome bookplate on each front pastedown (see further description below). Some shallow chipping at spine ends and in a couple of places along joints. Splitting of… Read more about this item
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£674.09
This Side of Jordan
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This Side of Jordan

by Bradford, Roark

Condition
Used - Light wear to extremities, some mild soil to dust jacket. Very good to near fine overall.
Edition
First edition
Published
1929
Binding
Cloth-backed decorative boards. Octavo. [x], 255 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£179.65

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. First edition. Cloth-backed decorative boards. Octavo. [x], 255 pages. Light wear to extremities, some mild soil to dust jacket. Very good to near fine overall.. Drawings by Erick Berry. From the jacket: "A novel of negro life, of elemental passion and tenderness." Attractive dust jacket.
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£179.65
The Wind's Will (Signed)
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The Wind's Will (Signed)

by Byron, Gilbert (1903-1991)

Condition
Used - Fine in a very good dust jacket.
Edition
First edition
Published
1961
Binding
Hardcover. Octavo. 165 pages
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1
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Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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£314.78

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Easton, MD: The Easton Publishing Company, Inc, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 165 pages. Fine in a very good dust jacket.. Collection of Gilbert Byron's poems on themes of the Chesapeake Bay, sailing, and more. <br /> <br /> Inscribed and signed by Byron on front free endpaper, with an additional inscription by Byron on a laid in… Read more about this item
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£314.78