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SHOGUN: A NOVEL OF JAPAN (2 Volumes, Complete)
by Clavell, James
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£132.02
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New York: Atheneum, 1975. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. [8], 533, [1]; [4], [535]- 1000, [4] pp. Book club edition. As issued, in publisher's boards with dust jackets. Binding with ony minor rubbing; dust jackets are fairly fresh, just a bit sunned at the spines. A nice copy of one of Clavell's best known… Read more about this item Item Price
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BASIL SEAL RIDES AGAIN, OR THE RAKE'S REGRESS
by Waugh, Evelyn | frontispiece by Kathleen Hale
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Published
- 1963
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£154.42
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Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. Large octavo. [6], 49, [1] pp., frontis. Limited edition, number 561 of 1000 copies. Signed by Waugh. Publisher's cloth with gilt-stamped vignette on the front board and title on the spine; top edge gilt. Spine with just a touch of sunning, else a very bright binding; contents… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SONNETS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
by Shakespeare, William | edited by W. J. Craig
- Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1913
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- Hard Cover
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£52.81
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London: Published for the Medici Society by Philip Lee Warner, Riccardi Press, 1913. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small quarto. [4], 78, [4] pp. Limited edition, numbered 974 of 1000 copies. As issued, in publisher's cloth-backed boards, top edge gilt. Some minor wear to the head of the spine; light soiling and moderate sunning to the covers; soiling… Read more about this item Item Price
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Le Corbeau; The Raven, Poeme
by Poe, Edgar Allan | translated into French by Charles Baudelaire and Stephane Mallarme; illustrated by Edouard Manet
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1949
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£84.01
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Paris: La Guilde du Livre Lausanne, 1949. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. 74, [4] pp., plates. Limited edition. In paper vellum over boards. Corners are bumped; binding is lightly rubbed, nevertheless, a presentable copy of this French translation of Poe's classic. Here presented with Poe's poem in English followed by opposite page translations by both Baudelaire and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Song Without Words: A Book of Engravings on Wood
by Ward, Lynd
- Condition
- Used - near Very Good binding
- Published
- 1936
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£220.03
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New York: Random House, 1936. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. [48] pp, illus. French fold. Limited edition, number 769 of 1250 copies. Signed by Ward. As issued, metallic paper over boards with paper spine; lacking the slipcase. Spine a trifle sunned; boards abraded; offsetting at the endpapers, otherwise contents are clean.
One of six… Read more about this item Item Price
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Vertigo: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Ward, Lynd
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1937
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£176.02
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New York: Random House, 1937. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. Illus. First edition. As issued, in printed cloth, lacking the rare dust jacket. Very light shelfwear, including some minor fraying at the spine end; contemporary owner name on the front pastedown else clean throughout.
Spiegelman, in his introduction to the Library of America's works of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Moby Dick, or the Whale
by Melville, Herman | illustrated by Rockwell Kent
- Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1930
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£176.02
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London: Cassell & Company | printed at the Lakeside Press (Chicago), 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xxxi, [1], 822, [6] pp., illus. As issued, in publisher's black cloth, lacking dust jacket. Binding rubbed and hinges a trifle loose; nevertheless, it presents fairly well. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper dated 1936, otherwise, internally clean.… Read more about this item Item Price
£176.02
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Lowlands Away
by Henri, Adrian
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine binding
- Published
- 2001
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£110.41
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Bath, UK: Old School Press, 2001. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto. [32] pp., illus. Limited edition, number 46. As issued, in cloth-backed boards with title in gilt on the front board. Bottom corners of both boards are just a trifle bumped, else a very nice copy, clean throughout. This is the fourth in a series by the… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Designed by Monroe Wheeler] CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE: A Romaunt by Lord Byron
by Byron, [George Gordon] Lord | illustrations by Francis Cyril Rose
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine binding
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£66.41
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New York: Harrison of Paris | Minton, Balch and Company, 1931. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Quarto. 236, [4] pp., illus. Limited edition, number 322 of 660 copies from the full edition of 700. In original cloth with much of the original slipcase present. Binding is quite bright but with a touch of sunning to the spine; offsetting… Read more about this item Item Price
£66.41
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GOLDEN STATE
by Bidart, Frank | note by Richard Howard
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- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ dust jacket
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£154.42
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New York: George Braziller, 1973. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. x, 50 pp. First edition, first printing. As issued, in golden cloth and dust jacket. A very bright copy with top corners of both boards very slightly bumped; dust jacket is fresh with price intact on the front flap.
A very nice… Read more about this item Item Price
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FLOATING ON SOLITUDE: THREE VOLUMES OF POETRY
by Smith, Dave
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- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Published
- 1996
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- Soft Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£22.40
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Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. xiii, [1], 331, [5] pp. First edition, first printing. Trade paperback. Signed by Smith on the title page. Minor shelf-rubbing to the covers, but largely a nice, fresh copy. Item Price
£22.40
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POEMS: REASONS FOR MOVING; DARKER; & THE SARGENTVILLE NOTEBOOK
by Strand, Mark
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1992
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- Soft Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£31.20
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. vii, [1], 105, [7] pp. First edition. Signed by Strand on the title page. Trade paperback. Only light shelf-rubbing to the covers; bookseller stamp on the first blank, else a clean copy. Item Price
£31.20
THE TERROR: A FANTASY
by Machen, Arthur
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- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ dust jacket
- Published
- 1965
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£40.00
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New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1965. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. [6], 190, [1] pp. First edition. Publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A very sharp copy with only trivial shelf-rubbing to the binding and jacket; price intact on the top of the front flap. Item Price
£40.00
WHY ORWELL MATTERS
by Hitchens, Christopher
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- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ dust jacket
- Published
- 2002
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£31.20
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Basic Books, 2002. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. xii, 211 pp. First edition, first printing. In publisher's boards with dust jacket. Only light shelf-rubbing; a trace of foxing to the fore-edge; contents clean; dust jacket is quite fresh and retains price on the front flap. Item Price
£31.20
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GLADIATOR
by Wylie, Philip
- Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Jacket Condition
- Good+ dust jacket
- Published
- 1951
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£35.20
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New York: Shakespeare House, 1951. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Good+ dust jacket. 12mo. 187, [4 (ads)] pp. In cloth-backed boards with dust jacket; top edge gilt. Binding is a bit toned at the edges; contents clean; jacket is intensely sunned at the spine with wear and chipping at the top of both panels near the spine. Item Price
£35.20
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POETRY AS SURVIVAL
by Orr, Gregory
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 2002
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- Soft Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£26.40
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Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2002. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. vii, [3], 235, [2] pp. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Orr on the title page. Trade paperback. A bit of curl to the front cover and some soiling to the fore-edge, else a very nice, clean copy. Item Price
£26.40
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CHILDREN OF DUNE
by Herbert, Frank
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- Used - near Very Good binding
- Published
- 1976
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- Hard Cover
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£31.20
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New York: Berkley Publishing Corporation | G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1976. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 444 pp. Ninth impression. In publisher's cloth, lacking the dust jacket. High school library stamp on the title page and pocket on the rear free endpaper, else clean--no other library markings; modern organizational stamp on the front free endpaper. Trade… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE KNIGHTS OF THE HORSESHOE: A TRADITIONARY TALE OF THE COKEC HAT GENTRY IN THE OLD DOMINION
by Caruthers, William A.
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- Used - near Very Good binding
- Published
- 1909
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£40.00
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New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1909. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Octavo. vii, [1], 431, [1], [10 (ads)] pp.,frontis, plates. In original decorative cloth; all four plates are present as called for. Binding a trifle soiled, but a reasonable copy; contemporary owner inscription on the front free endpaper, dated 1909. Originally published anonymously in 1845, first… Read more about this item Item Price
£40.00
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POEMS OF CHILDHOOD
by Field, Eugene | illustrated by Maxfield Parrish
- Condition
- Used - near Very Good binding
- Published
- 1922
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£31.20
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1922. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding. Small quarto. x, [2], 199, [1] pp., plates. In publisher's cloth with pictorial pastedown on the front board; vignette title page, illustrated endpapers, and 8 color plates inserted, all present as called for. Light wear to the binding; previous owner name and pencil scrawl on the… Read more about this item Item Price
£31.20
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GATHERING THE BONES TOGETHER
by Orr, Gregory | drawings by Brad Holland
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine binding
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ dust jacket
- Published
- 1975
- Binding
- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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£84.01
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New York: Harper & Row, 1975. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. 12mo. [12], 66 pp., frontis, illus. First edition, first printing. Signed by Orr on the title page. As issued, in cloth-backed boards with dust jacket. Binding and contents are clean; dust jacket is lightly soiled, but presents very well; price-clipped. Item Price
£84.01