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La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts
by Arnoult, Léon
Léon Arnoult: La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts. Les phases ornamentales de la mode (The variability of taste in the arts. The ornamental phases of fashion). Printed and published by Devambez "À l'enseigne du masque d'Or". Paris, 1921. ARNOULT Léon - William ABLETT (1877-1937 illustrator). Preowned, Signed. A l'Enseigne du Masque d'Or, chez Devambez, 1921, in-4°, 87 pp + 7 plate illustrations, printed in 303 numbered copies. Sewn, original printed stiff wrapper over blind wrapper. Printed...
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£161.77
A Son of the Circus
by Irving, John
New York: Random House, 1994. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Near Fine, front cover crease (visible only on inside)..1st page excised by publisher, as with all other copies of this advance edition.. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Uncorrected Proof.
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£81.29
GIANTS IN THE EARTH: A Saga Of The Prairie.
by Rolvaag, O. E. [Ole Edvart], 1876-1931
New York:: Harper & Brothers,, 1927.. First edition -. Good in illustrated wrappers (some spine slant and creasing to the spine, wear to the edges of the covers) - pencilled notation of June 1st on the first page. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Very uncommon proof of the first English appearance of this classic novel of a group of Norwegian pioneers and their struggles to build a home in the desolate prairie-land of the American Midwest. Originally published in Norwegian as two...
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£284.52
Casa Guatemalteca: Architecture, Landscape, Interior Design Katia Niesiolowska
by Niesiolowska, Katia; Villegas Jimenez, Benjamin; Bourda, Ange A.; Lujan Munoz, Jorge
Villegas Editores, 2000. hardcover. Very Good. 9x1x11. Very good condition. Clean text without highlighting or underlining. Tight spine. Wear to the exterior. Foxing to the top edge of the text block.
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£48.77
World of Wonders.
by DAVIES, Robertson
New York: Viking, Inc., 1976. First edition / First printing. Uncorrected proof. Orange wrappers. Inevitable light fading to the orange paper spine, else near fine. Contains publisher's photocopied note laid in. Third book in the Deptford Trilogy.
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£81.29
JIM DANDY Fat Man in a Famine, a Play
by Saroyan, William
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Small Octavo. 128pp. Stamped "Review Copy" with publication date Sept. 11, 1947. Bound in red cloth lettered and ruled in black, near fine without foxing in unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine.
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£81.29
THE SAD SUDDEN DEATH OF MY FAIR LADY
by Forbes, Stanton] Tobias Wells
Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Crime Club Doubleday, 1971. near fine in dj. REVIEW COPY... 1933 Chicago World's Fair Century of Progress Exposition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Review Copy.
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£27.31
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A Drink before the War [uncorrected page proof]
by Lehane, Dennis
New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. ix, [1], 268 p.; 23 cm. Paperback with turquoise covers. Signed by the author on the half title page. A pair of private investigators in Boston who "fly in the face of institutionalized bigotry and corruption" and "question the definition of 'racially motivated incidents'" to solve the case. This was the first novel by Dennis Lehane, who wrote for the HBO series The Wire and went on to write novels that were...
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£188.59
Hill of Fire
by Lewis, Thomas P. with Illustrations by Joan Sandin
Harper and Row, I Can Read, 1971. First edition, first printing, trade binding. Hardcover. nearly fine with nice bright d.j. Inscribed and signed by Lewis on the front endpaper.
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£48.77
An Overpraised Season: 10 Stories of Youth
by Zolotow, Charlotte editor
Harper and Row, 1973. First [Stated]. Hardcover. a little cocked else very good with worn d.j. Inscribed to Sidney and Doroth Fields.
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£16.26
CANNERY ROW
by Steinbeck, John
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 7 3/8" x 4 3/4" First Issue (January, 1945) ADVANCE REVIEW COPY 208pp., (1)pp. list of Steinbeck's other works. Bound in blue paper wraps lettered in black; A very good to fine copy and scarce in nice condition.
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£528.38
White Fox
by Chen Jiatong
Uncorrected proof - trade paperback, published by Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic, 2020. The first in the White Fox series. A young white fox, named Dilah, returns home to find his mother gravely injured. Before she dies, she tells him about a treasure with the power to make animals human. 269 pages, translated by Jennifer Feeley. . There are no creases to the cover or spine. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. Edges of the text block are clean. Would appear to be an unread...
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£3.25
Metals in America's Historic Buildings U.S. Department of Interior National Park
by Margit Gayle, John G. Waite
U.S. Department of Interior National Park Service Preservation Assistance Division, 1980. Paperback. Good. Good condition. Used copy with some notes and underlining. A couple notes on the first page. Wear to the exterior. Please see pictures for condition.
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£24.39
WOLFWATCHING
by Hughes, Ted
London, United Kingdom: Faber and Faber, 1989 UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF BOUND COPY for the cased and paperback editions (actually copied by Faber from corrected page proofs). Prepublication first edition. [Probable publication date: 18 September 1989.] 55pp. Green soft cover. Clean text pages. "Wolfwatching" was Hughes' 14th collection of poetry - he digs deeply into his own childhood and his family history, as well as writing about nature's violence and the meaning he finds in it....
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£43.50
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
by MARKHAM, Robert [AMIS, Kingsley]
Jonathan Cape, 1968. VG. Uncorrected Proof Copy. 13 x 18.5cm. Publisher's device in white repeated over lime green softcovers, 255pp. Gilbert, p612. Spotting to both covers with slight toning and creasing to the spine. Light creases to the corners of the covers slightly affecting the corner tips the first and last few pages. The binding is firm and square. Internally, there is no name, inscription or bookplate, a number "10" in pencil at the top corner of the first page and "Kingsley Amis"...
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£375.00
The Early Stories 1953-1975
by Updike, John
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A Knopf Publisher, 2003. Advanced Reading Copy. Soft cover. Very Good. Pre-Publication Uncorrected proof copy prior to publication date of November 2, 2003. Softcover in very good condition. Light orange heavy paper wraps. Shows shelf & edge wear and a deep bump to back top corner which resulted in indent / wrinkles to top corner of last one hundred pages. First page is reproduction of final jacket cover in black & white on paper stock. Text block clean &...
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£19.92
Heart Breaker
by Ferrigno Robert
New York: Pantheon Books, 1999. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). Advance Reading Copy.. VG Pictoral softcover w/black lettering. 1999. ARC.SIGNED by author on title page Light wear to covers from use, otherwise all of text unmarked. Covers clean. Binding solid. 282 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall..
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£14.63£13.17
Thoughts in the Wilderness (Review Copy)
by Priestley, J(ohn) B(oynton) (1894-1984)
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/About Fine. Octavo. A review copy, with publisher's slip laid in, showing publication date of April 2, 1958, in America. Bound in original gray cloth, spine lettering dark blue. Fine in a near fine dust jacket, with price of $4.00 on front flap.
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£81.29
MASTERPIECE AFFAIR
by Royce, Kenneth
N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1973. 1st American Edirion, with complete number line beginning with 1. edges lightly sunned, else about fine in dust jacket. REVIEW COPY. Spider Scott. Interesting note; the review slip states a price of $5.95 but the jacket price is $6.95.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.
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£19.51
THE OX-BOW INCIDENT
by Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
New York: Random House, 1940. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. Octavo. Advance Reading Copy. 309pp. Bound in blue and black pictorial dust jacket over wrappers, with edge wear. A story of the West in 1885, which was later made into the classic film starring Henry Fonda. A very good copy.
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£325.16
Krome-Kraft by Farber Brothers New York City
by Farber Brothers
New York: Farber Brothers, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Staplebound Wraps. Near Fine. 47 pp. primarily illus. 31 cm. Folio. Softcover. Staplebound stiff wraps in shiny silver and aqua, lettering in black, watercolor decorations to upper cover. [Title from cover]. Book Condition: Near fine with bits of salt and pepper wear to extremities. A very handsome copy. The original Krome Kraft product catalog with a profusion of half-tone illustrations, depicting hundreds of named and numbered Krome...
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£44.71
OPENING CHAPTERS OF WHITE JAZZ. A Novel
by Ellroy, James (SGNED)
New York: Knopf, 1992. Original Wraps. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. SIGNED BY JAMES ELLROY ON TIPPED-IN BOOKPLATE without personalization. Avance Excerpts. Fine in original wrappers. 26 pp.
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£24.39
Snow Angels.
by O'NAN, Stewart
New York: Doubleday, 1994. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. First state uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine. GRANTA 20 author.
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£81.29
SIN KILLER.
by MCMURTRY, Larry
UNCORRECTED PROOF in decorated paperback wraps. FINE.
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£16.25
Caveat Emptor: A Novel of the Roman Empire (The Medicus Series)
by Downie, Ruth
N.Y.: Bloomsbury, 2010. First Edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine, unread copy of the Advance Reading Copy with publishers letter laid in. In her fourth novel, Ruth Downie brings to life the corruption and treachery of Roman-occupied Britain, as it closes in on her winsome leading man, Gaius Petreius Ruso. Ruso and Tilla, now newlyweds, have moved back to Britannia, where Ruso's old friend and colleague Valens has promised to help him find work. But it isn't the kind of...
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£5.85
