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20th Anniversary Collection: The Epic

by Bloom, Harold

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ISBN 13
9781582882017
ISBN 10
1582882010
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New York: Reader's Subscription. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 1582882010 . Hardcover with dustjacket, "The selections in the Chelsea House 20th anniversary editions of my critical introductions represent what I myself regard as the most vital and (I hope) useful of my life's work as a literary critic. - Harold Bloom." Book is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has rubbing to the glossy surface, a professional (removable) mylar cover is included; ; 266 pages .
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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories: (The Oxford Mark Twain)
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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories: (The Oxford Mark Twain)

by Twain, Mark & Shelley Fisher Fishkin (editor)

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1st Edition; 1st Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780195101461
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0195101464
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Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0195101464 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, a fine gift/collector's copy of this good quality facsimile of the original edition, book and jacket are in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws a professional (removable) mylar cover is included ; 624 pages .
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ABC of Reading

by Pound, Ezra

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1st Edition; 1st Printing
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London: George Routledge & Sons. Very Good+. 1934. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover first printing, no dustjacket, red cloth with gold spine-title, 197 pages, a few minor flaws to this clean, attractive copy: pages 11-20 have a short edge-crease at the top, small bumps to the bottom corners, top edge of spine a bit soft .
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Adventures of a Wanderer

by Powell, Sydney Walter

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1st Edition Thus
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London, England: Jonathan Cape. Very Good. 1928. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Blue leather-like binding with bright blue title and figure with a walking stick on spine, first printing of this publisher's "Travellers' Library" edition, 255 pages + a list of other titles in this series, a narrow raised area (an inverted crease) is present on the front cover, mild scuffing to the glossy cover, some tanning to the blank end-papers, binding is tight, contents are fine .
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American Lands and Letters: Two Volumes: the Mayflower to Rip Van Winkle &  Leatherstocking...

American Lands and Letters: Two Volumes: the Mayflower to Rip Van Winkle & Leatherstocking to Poe's "Raven"

by Mitchell, Donald G.

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1897. Hardcover. 2-volume set, first printings, bound in half red leather, marbled boards and end-papers, five raised spine-bands, top edges gilt, bright gold spine-titles and decoration, features many illustrations, including a Washington Irving frontis and a Nathaniel Hawthorne frontis, the title pages each feature a small decoration and are printed in red and black ink, Volume 1 has a fold-out chronology, there are some unopened pages in each volume, the bindings are tight and clean and the contents are pristine, some moderate edge-wear is the only remarkable flaw .
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Angel of the Odd Edgar Allan Poe's Last Days in Philadelphia

by Reeser, A. L.

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Used - Near Fine
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1st Edition; 1st Printing
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Paperback
ISBN 13
9780972926553
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0972926550
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Monocacy, Pennsylvania: 1stSight Press. Near Fine. 2009. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. 0972926550 . Large paperback, mild rubbing to the cover is the only remarkable flaw to this clean, attractive copy, first printing as stated on copyright page, illustrated, "A tale of improbable possibilities and odd accidents. Or, Horror in the City of Brotherly Love" ; 74 pages .
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Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

by Tolstoy, Leo

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New York: The Heritage Press. Near Fine. 1952. Hardcover. Hardcover with the original slipcase and the publisher's "Sandglass" booklet, the only book flaw is a tiny edge-tear to the cloth at top of spine, the slipcase has no significant flaws, "The text edited and revised by Gustavus Spett and the translation revised by Bernard Guilbert Guernet," attractively illustrated with lithographs by Barnett Freedman .
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Antoine De Saint-Exupery
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Antoine De Saint-Exupery

by Robinson, Joy D. Marie

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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780805765526
ISBN 10
0805765522
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Boston: Twayne Publishers. Fine. 1984. Hardcover. 0805765522 . Hardcover, was issued without a dustjacket, "Twayne's World Authors" series, inscribed "For Jo, For auld lang syne, with great affection, Joy" on the title page, this copy looks new, no remarkable flaws, 179 pages, includes a frontis photo of Exupery ; Signed by Author .
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The Argosy: Volume XXX - July to December, 1880

The Argosy: Volume XXX - July to December, 1880

by Wood, Mrs. Henry (editor)

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Used - Very Good
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London, England: Richard Bentley & Son. Very Good. 1880. Hardcover. Quarter-leather and marbled boards, includes illustrations, nice frontis of a sailing vessel and rowboat, a well-preserved copy of this vintage publication, the former owner's name is neatly written on the blank front end-paper and some of the pages have scattered mild tanning/foxing, overall the contents are quite nice, the leather has mild edge-wear, the decorative spine with raised bands looks great ; 516 pages .
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Aucassin & Nicolete

by Lang, Andrew (Done Into English by)

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Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher. Fine. 1922. Flexible vellum binding, printed on Van Gelder paper, housed in the original slipcase, this ninth edition is limited to 925 copies, title page printed in red and black, frontis illustration with the protective tissue-guard, a direct reprint of a scarce edition published in 1887, book is in excellent condition and has no remarable flaws, the slipcase is in "Good" condition with some edge-wear and tanning on the spine, a small bookseller label from Brentano's is present .
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The Beats from Kerouac to Kesey:  An Illustrated Journey through the Beat  Generation
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The Beats from Kerouac to Kesey: An Illustrated Journey through the Beat Generation

by Evans, Mike

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1st Edition; 1st Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780762430482
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0762430486
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Philadelphia & London: Running Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0762430486 . Large format hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book has mild rubbing to the glossy cover and is in excellent condition otherwise, the black jacket has scuffing to the glossy cover but no other remarkable flaws, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "Featuring more than 200 photographs, many of which have been rarely published before..." .
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Beowulf and Judith

by Dobbie, Elliott Van Kirk (editor)

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Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
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4th Printing
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Hardcover
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New York: Columbia University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover with the original wax paper dustjacket, book looks new, no remarkable flaws, jacket has moderate tanning on the spine and edges and a few tiny edge-tears, a clean, attractive copy which includes the texts of both poems, notes on both poems, an introduction and a bibliograohy ; 289 pages .
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The Best Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham

by Maugham, W. Somerset

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New York: The Modern Library. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, "Seventeen memorable tales complete and unabridged," Toledano #8 binding, red cloth, a few small, lightly faded areas on the top black outer edge of the pages is the only remarkable book flaw and it is too minor to affect our condition rating of "fine," the jacket which lists 388 titles on the reverse, is price-clipped, has some label-residue on the front flap that has obscured some of the text, and a few tiny edge-tears, the jacket is clean and presentable and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .
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Black Opium

Black Opium

by Farrere, Claude

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Used - Near Fine
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1st Edition Thus
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Ludlow Hip Pocket And/Or Press. Near Fine. 1974. 1st Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Pocket-size paperback, first printing of this edition as stated on copyright page which is "sensuously illustrated" by Alexander King, a beautiful copy, a few tiny areas on the spine where the red color is gone and moderate darkening to the outer edge of the pages are the only remarkable flaws and they are quite minor, this edition contains illustrations of the title page of the original (French) edition, 1911; the title page of the first German edition, 1911; the front cover of th Berkeley edition, 1958" and more, with a Preface by Pierre Louys, authorized translation by Samuel Putnam, "these seventeen compelling tales delineate six periods in the history and use of opium" .
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The Book of the Courtier by Count Baldesar Castiglione (1528)

by Castiglione, Count Baldesar

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good+. 1903. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, black leather spine and gray boards, the outer hinges are worn, the front cover would be detached but the former owner neatly reinforced the covers with binding tape to secure them, the corners of the boards show some wear also, the book is very clean and the contents are fine, translated from the Italian by Leonard Eckstein Opdycke, illustrated with twelve portraits (including a frontis portrait with tissue-guard of the author) and fifteen autographs, "The Book of the Courtier was written partly at Urbino and partly at Rome, between the years 1508 and 1516, and was first printed at the Aldine Press, Venice in the month of April, 1528. There have since been published more than 140 editions, a list of which will be found at page 417 of this volume"; 440 pages .
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The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer

by Chaucer, Geoffrey and R. M. Lumiansky (translator)

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New York: Simon & Schuster. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, the Inner Sanctum Edition, "A new modern English prose translation by R. M. Lumiansky, published together with the original Middle English text of the General Prologue and the Nun's Priest's Tale. Preface by Mark Van Doren. Colorfully illustrated by H. Lawrence Hoffman." Beige cloth spine and aqua illustrated covers, color-illustrated end-papers and full-page color illustrations in the text along with black and white vignettes, the bottom edge of the book is rubbed and moderate edge-wear is present at the corners, the binding is clean and tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has a few edge-chips and tears but is clean and presentable, the original price (2.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .
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Captain or Colonel:  The Soldier in Milton's Life and Art
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Captain or Colonel: The Soldier in Milton's Life and Art

by Fallon, Robert Thomas

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1st Edition; 1st Printing
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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780826204479
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0826204473
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University of Missouri Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1984. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0826204473 . Hardcover first printing with dustjacket, inscribed and signed by the author: "For the Captain, from the Colonel. With fond regard, Robert T. Fallon." Book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket is sunned to a slightly lighter shade on the spine, else excellent condition and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "Fallon argues, Milton was a skilled master of martial narrative who used military figures for a serious artistic purpose: as an extended metaphor to examine and define the complex nature of evil" ; ; 272 pages; Signed by Author .
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Chapters from My Autobiography:  The Oxford Mark Twain
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Chapters from My Autobiography: The Oxford Mark Twain

by Twain, Mark (Author) and Shelley Fisher Fishkin (editor)

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Hardcover
ISBN 13
9780195101560
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0195101561
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Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0195101561 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, a perfect gift/collector's copy of this high quality facsimile of the original edition, both the book and jacket are in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws, the binding is tight as if unread, and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included .
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Charlotte Bronte: A Monograph

by Reid, T. Wemyss

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Used - Very Good
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2nd Edition
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London: MacMillan & Company , Ltd.. Very Good. 1877. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, no dustjacket, 236 pages, foxing to the blank end-papers but the text is fine, edge-wear at the corners, spine-ends and spine-edge, moderate cock to the spine, hinge weakness at page 64 but the binding remains secure, illustrated, including a facsimile letter written by Bronte .
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The Child Who Never Grew
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The Child Who Never Grew

by Buck, Pearl S. (Author) & James A. Michener (Foreword)

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ISBN 13
9780933149496
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0933149492
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Woodbine House. Fine. 1992. Trade Paperback. 0933149492 . Large paperback in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws to this clean, attractive copy, this is the first printing of the second edition of this memoir about the author's handicapped daughter, this unique copy is inscribed, dated and signed by Janice C. Walsh, daughter of Pearl Buck and sister/legal guardian of the book's subject, Carol Buck. Janice also wrote the Afterword for this book, her inscription reads: "To Harvey & Grace Freed - Please enjoy this simple story of my mother and sister Carol. Janice C. Wade - October 29, 1994"; 107 pages; Signed by Author .
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