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New York: George H. Doran, 1925. Very Good in the publisher's brown paper-covered boards half-bound in ivory vellum. Burgundy leather spine-label, gilt-stamped. Top-edge gilt. 266pps. Neither the rare dustjacket nor the slipcase are present. There is modest sunning and wear in the area of the spine. The boards have light touches of soiling. Internally, there is some browning to the endpapers and a previous owner's unassuming namestamp is near the top of the ffep and, again, on the rear pastedown; there is a spot of browning, also, on pgs 178-179 from where a newspaper clipping had been laid in. The binding is slightly brittle, though sound, with all pages intact. Other than the aforementioned minor flaw to page 178, the text is in excellent, clean condition. One of 250 copies SIGNED by Huxley on a limitation page. ".Some people travel on business, some in search of health. But it is neither the sickly, nor the men of affairs who fill the Grand Hotels and the pockets of their proprietors.… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam's, 2001. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Bound in full brown cloth. The spine panel and both boards, decorative, are lushly stamped in gilt. Dark red endpapers. 353pps. No dustjacket, as issued. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The slipcase, of the same brown cloth, is faintly rubbed and has an unobtrusive black ink-mark on its base. This is one of only 200 copies, specially bound, that have been SIGNED and numbered by the author on a limitation page. <br><br><br><font color=#003366>"Set in contemporary San Francisco and in a Chinese village where Peking Man is unearthed, 'The Bonesetter's Daughter' is an excavation of the human spirit: the past, its deepest wounds, its most profound hopes. This is the story of LuLing Young, who searches for the name of her mother, the daughter of the famous… Read More

New York: Sylvan Press, 1947. This edition is limited to 1500 copies, of which this is #313. Fine in a Good glassine dustwrapper. Decorative black leatherette binding. Green endpapers and topstain. This volume is clean, tight, and square with only minimal wear. The wrapper has a couple of tears as well as a 2" chip at the spine-head and a 1/2" chip at the foot of the spine. Lavishly and beautifully illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Thus. Hard Cover. ARTHUR SCHNITZLER CASANOVA S HOMECOMING FIRST EDITIONS ROCKWELL KENT ART ARTISTS COLLECTIBLE USED BOOKS. Catalogs: Art, Limited Editions, Literature & Fiction, World.

New York: John Day, 1970. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full tan cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in gilt. Octavo. 305pps. A special limitation page reads: 'Of this special edition of China As I See It 3,000 copies have been retained by the author for presentation'. This copy is not numbered, but is SIGNED by the author. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The pages are immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light rubbing wear -- particularly at the tips and the spine-ends; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price (7.95) is intact. A beautiful copy of a scarce issue. ".With Communist control of China in its third decade, Pearl Buck takes a long view of a country that measures its history by millennia. 'China As I See It' is made up of a selection of Pearl Buck's writings and speeches beginning in… Read More

New York: John Day, 1972. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Bound in full white buckram. Both the spine and the decorative front board are stamped in black. Quarto. Burnt-orange endpapers. 177pps., with numerous black-and-white photos. Pages 95 and 97 have 1" closed tears with attendant creases, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a slight crease in the rear panel and at the lower rear tip; no chips, soiling, or tears. This is copy #402 of 1,000 SIGNED by the author on a special tipped-in sheet (in honor of her 80th birthday). A very nice, collector's-quality copy. ".'We cannot understand China's present unless we know her past,' says Pearl S. Buck. Here she shares with us her knowledge of China's past, and present, its history, religions, customs and culture, and her own memories of China, personal and public. Accompanying the text are 40… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989. Near Fine in a Very Good+ slipcase. Bound in full crimson cloth. The spine is stamped in black and gilt; the front board in gilt. Large octavo. Vellum endpapers. 531pp. First American Edition. No dustjacket, as issued. There is very faint dustspotting to the page-edges (only noticeable with close inspection), otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The slipcase -- of gray paper over boards -- is modestly soiled, rubbed, and sunned: still structurally sound, it has no chips or cracks. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Fuentes -- without further inscription -- on a special limitation page. Translated from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam and the author. ".Mexico, 1991: Black acid rain falls on 'Makesicko City', the most polluted, most populated city in the world. Amid this apocalyptic landscape a prize is being offered to the first… Read More

Providence, R. I.: Burning Deck, 1979. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full brown cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. 76pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally fine. This is one of 50 copies SIGNED (and numbered 39) by the author on a colophon sheet at the back of the book.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth.

Leeds: PS Publishing, 2001. As New in an As New dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 111pps., plus ads. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally fine; the original price is intact. This original edition is limited to 400 copies SIGNED by both the author and by Stephen Baxter (who does the Introduction) on a special limitation page. ".Richard Swift is a failure; a brilliant theorist and thinker on alien intelligence who has been excluded from the most significant project of his era due to a bitter family dispute. Bored and restless, he is shocked by the return of his oldest friend -- the supposedly dead Roland Childe. Once, Swift and Childe entertained each other with intricate games and challenges. Now Childe proposes that they -- and a small number of other experts -- tackle the greatest challenge of all: gaining entry into a sinister… Read More

West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1982. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic red. Decorative 'skull' endpapers. 123pps., with several black and white drawings. This is book #496 of 750 Signed by both the author and the artist on a limitation page. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight,square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed at the extremities; the original price (15.00) is intact.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "A short and violent detective novel, written in the hardboiled detective style of the 1930's and '40's. Its setting is contemporary New Haven, Connecticut -- an area familiar to its author, who has spent almost all of his life in that southern New England city, and has used it frequently as a locale for his… Read More

Aliso Viejo, CA, U.S.A.: James Cahill Publishing, 2002. As New in an As New slipcase. Decorative marbled paper-covered boards quarterbound in burgundy leather-look cloth. Both the spine and the front board are lushly stamped in gilt. Large octavo. Green endpapers. 434pps. No dustjacket, as issued. This is a flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The slipcase, in matching burgundy cloth and stamped in gilt, is equally fine. This is one of 600 specially bound and numbered copies SIGNED by both Cussler and Kemprecos on a limitation page. Another beautiful offering by this specialty publisher. "...In the heart of the old Soviet Union, a mining tycoon has proclaimed himself czar of Russia. Claiming Romanov ancestry and backed by billions of dollars, he is determined to overthrow the already shaky Russian government -- and U.S. opposition doesn't bother him one bit. A little crisis of their own should distract the Americans… Read More

San Francisco: Underwood-Miller Inc, 1982. Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Quarto. Gray endpapers. 560pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest touches of rubbing wear and a crease along the top of the rear panel. The original price (50.00) is intact. SIGNED by the author as well as by the dust jacket artists on a special limitation page. This is one of 500 copies , though unnumbered and stamped 'Presentation Copy' on said limitation page.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. SIGNED. First Edition. Cloth.

[Lyon]: Derrydale Press, 1993. In Fine condition. Bound in full brown leather, decoratively stamped in black and gilt. All page edges gilt. Marbelled endpapers. 359pps. + a supplement of 86pps. Numerous illustrations throughout. A beautiful, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. Volume 2 in the Derrydale Press Limited Edition Fly Fisherman's Gold Library. This is #282 of 2500 copies of the volume. The original Derrydale Press bookplate is laid in.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 41-T. Limited Edition. Full-Leather. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1981. Fine in a Fine Slipcase. No dustjacket, as issued. Bound in full navy-blue cloth. The spine is gilt-stamped. Octavo. Green endpapers. 104pps. Limited to 360 copies, of which this is #111, SIGNED by both Pinter and Fowles on a colophon page. This is an excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The Slipcase -- brick-red cloth over boards -- has the very faintest of rubs at the corners; it is, essentially, as new. This is the screenplay for the Karel Reisz film starring Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons. From the novel by Fowles. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED. Limited First… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1966. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Bound in full tan cloth. The spine is stamped in brown and gilt; the front panel in gilt and blind. Octavo. Tan endpapers. [xxxi] + 710pps. No dustjacket, as issued. The spine-panel is faintly sunned, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The slipcase, of marbled tan paper over boards and with a large title-label on one panel, has mild touches of rubbing at the corners. #226 of an edition of 250 copies SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on a special limitation page. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Cloth.

Aliso Viejo, California, U.S.A.: James Cahill Publishing, 2003. As New in an As New dustjacket in an As New slipcase. Black boards. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Large octavo. Cherry-red endpapers. 420pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket and the slipcase, of brown cloth stamped in gilt, are equally fine. This is one of only 300 numbered copies SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on a limitation page. ".Clive Cussler, creator of the bestselling NUMA and Dirk Pitt series, presents his latest and most intriguing high seas action hero: the enigmatic captain of the Oregon, Juan Cabrillo. In his first feature-length adventure, it's up to Cabrillo and his crew of expert intelligence and Naval men to put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russians and the Chinese. His gambling chip is a golden Buddha containing records of vast… Read More

San Francisco: Arion Press, 1993. Fine in cherry-red and white paper over boards with in a blue goatskin spine. The spine is stamped in white. Large quarto. 142pps., plus a colophon and 14 half-page illustrations by Washburn. This is a flawless, as new collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. Comes in a clear ascetate sleeve that has a slight crease in the front flap. This edition is limited to 300 copies, of which this is #202: signed by Shepard, Washburn, and by Andrew Hoyem who directed the designing, printing, and binding of the volume. Produced on French mouldmade Lana Royal stock. Accompanying the book is a sealed, as new, compact disc, "The Music of Sam Shepard's A Lie of The Mind" by the Red Clay Ramblers. In short, this is a beautiful item for fans of the playwright and director.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897. Very Good in the publisher's tan boards. Both the spine and the decorative, floral front board are stamped in gilt and light blue. Top edge gilt. 409pps., plus nearly fifty pages of illustrations and a frontispiece of the author. This edition is limited to 500 copies, of which this example -- likely being of the publisher's overrun -- is unnumbered. Modest rubbing and bumping to the tips and the board-edges. Faint, light soiling. Both hinges are cracked (webbing revealed), though the binding is still square and sound. Also, there is the sporadic fox-mark -- principally in the area of the endpapers; the pages are, nonetheless, exceptionally clean and bright overall. No previous ownership markings. A nice copy of this uncommon limited edition by the grandfather of Daphne Du Maurier. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be… Read More

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 2001. As New in rich blue leather, lushly gilt-stamped on all sides. Raised bands on the spine. All page-edges gilt. Octavo. Salmon-colored silk moire endpapers and a, sewn in, matching ribbon bookmark. [iii] + 182pps. A flawless, collector's quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. This copy is one of 1,075 copies SIGNED by the author on a limitation page. With a full-color frontispiece by Vincent Di Fate. Laid in are the notes about 'The Millennium Blues' and the Easton Press certificate of authenticity. ".James Gunn portrays a volatile world confronting an immensely symbolic change -- the end of the millennium. Six characters, their inner and outer lives in turmoil, struggle through the millennial year and meet the future at an exclusive New Year's Eve 2001 End-of-the-World Party ('come dressed as your favorite catastrophe'). Gripping and thought provoking, 'The Millennium Blues'… Read More

New York: Viking, 1943. In Very Good+/Near Fine condition. No slipcase. This illustrated edition is limited to 400 signed and numbered copies, of which this is #158. Fully-bound in gray cloth. Decorative 'Reina Del Pacifico' endpapers. 299pps., including 4 full-color, full-page, plates. Also, there is a large pictorial onlay on the front board. All illustrations done by the author. This copy is, overall, in excellent condition. The spine is slightly sun-darkened and there is a thin scratch in the leather spine label. Internally, there are (literally) two or three small and faint foxmarks, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous owner's markings, no bent pages, and no reading wear. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos… Read More

Forest Hills, MD, U.S.A.: Cemetery Dance Publications, 1999. As New in an As New dustjacket. Fully bound in blue cloth. The spine is stamped in silver. Pictorial endpapers. 183pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Yet to be read. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is equally fine. One of 1,000 copies SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on a special limitation page. ".Kyle Brubaker, a carefree California surfer, finds little to celebrate in a small Wisconsin town until he meets beautiful and spirited Marianne Avery. But their budding romance is snuffed when they are brutally attacked by three hoodlum brothers. With his life unraveling around him, Kyle accepts an offer of help from a mysterious carnival Gypsy. Soon after that things really go to hell." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs… Read More