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The Making of Man (Modern Library No. 149); An Outline of Anthropology

by CALVERTON, V.F. (Editor); FRANZ BOAS, SIGMUND FREUD et al

New York: Modern Library, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in good jacket. Some toning and light soiling to heavily chipped and worn jacket. Text clean and unmarked. Binding square, and even rather fresh, but lightly shaken with crease to spine. Sliver of sunfading to crown and foot of spine. Gilt remains very bright.. 16mo. 4.5 x 6.625 in. xv, 879 pp. Toledano Binding Style No. 6 in blue balloon cloth, Kent's flying torchbearer device in gilt to upper cover, gilt titling to spine, top edge... Read more about this item

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£106.04

The Trial

by Kafka, Franz

New York: Modern Library. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1961. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear. Dust jacket shows normal shelfwear. Chipping to spine ends and top edge. DJ is not price clipped. Later printing that includes short bio on Kafka at end of text. Red "H" stamped on front free endpaper. ; Toledano binding style '13', Fujita endpapers, dust jacket style 'l2'. First of two dust jacket releases. ; The Modern Library; Vol. 318.2; 340 pages .

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£12.14

Introduction to St. Thomas Acquinas

by St. Thomas Aquinas, edited by Anton C. Pegis

Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Nice copy with dustjacket; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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£52.62

Tristram Shandy and a Sentimental Journey

by Sterne, Laurence

New York: Modern Library. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. 1st Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. 0679600914 . Text is clean. Cover shows light wear. Dust jacket shows minor edgewear. States 1995 Modern Library Edition with full number line including '1'; Toledano binding style '17', Bernhard Endpapers, Dust Jacket style 'r'.; Modern Library; 4.75 X 2 X 7.5 inches; 756 pages .

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£20.24

Flowering Judas and Other Stories [Modern Library No. 88.4]

by PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE

New York: Modern Library, 1940. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate to front pastedown & previous ownership signature to front free endpaper, else very near fine in very good, lightly edgeworn dust jacket. Moderate toning to spine panel. Attractive 2006 Katherine Anne Porter stamp affixed to title page. Binding square & tight, text otherwise unmarked & bright.. 12mo. 5 x 7.125 in. [x], 285 pp. + adverts ML Binding Style 8, vivid green cloth, top edge sumikuro, with Kent endpapers; in... Read more about this item

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£38.05

Candide

by Voltaire with an Introduction by Philip Littell

Boni & Liveright, The Modern Library [#47.1], 1918. First as such. Hardcover. minor wear to the extremities else a very good bright copy lacking the d.j. -- see scan. Toledano spine #1 / catalogue C4 [50 titles] / marbled endpapers / limp brown leatherette.

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£36.43

Robinson Crusoe, And A Journal Of The Plague Year

by Defoe, Daniel

New York: Modern Library. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1948. Hardcover. Text is clean. Red cloth shows almost normal wear. Dust jacket shows chipping at spine, with obvious chipping all around edges. ; Toledano binding '8', Kent Endpapers, Dust Jacket 'h5', listing 347 titles. [Kilpatrick & Wolfe, Books that Build Character (Historical Fiction - Older Readers) pg. 188 (Title listed, not this edition) ] [Burt: The Novel 100 - A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time, #77];... Read more about this item

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£20.24

Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson [Modern Library No. 54]

by WILSON, WOODROW; ALBERT BUSHNELL HART (Editor)

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1919. Early ML Printing. Hardcover. Light rubbing to edges of spine, else nearly fine. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. Lacking dust jacket.. 16mo. 4.675 x 6.625 in. [v], [i], 316 pp. ML Binding Style 1, brown 'limp croft leather' (leatherette), with gothic Boni & Liveright device in gilt on upper cover, gilt title to spine; Brodzky endpapers. Edited with an introduction by ALBERT BUSHNELL HART. North Carolinia historian, scholar, & newspaper man Darley Hiden... Read more about this item

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£34.00

Sons And Lovers

by Lawrence, D. H

New York: Boni & Liveright. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1922. Hardcover. Text is clean. Black leatherette cloth. Cover shows normal wear, multiple creaselines to spine. Endpapers and title page toned and brittle. ; Toledano binding style '3', Brodzky endpapers. [Burt: The Novel 100 - A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time, Honorable Mention] ; Modern Library; Vol. 109.1; 491 pages .

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£10.12

Human Nature And Conduct

by Dewey, John

New York: The Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1930. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear. Dust jacket shows some wear. Tear at top of rear panel of DJ from sticker removal. DJ price clipped. Red "H" ink stamped onto front free endpaper. ; Toledano binding style '10', Kent endpapers, dust jacket style 'i' listing 408 titles. 2nd of 4 dust jacket artwork designs. ; Modern Library; Vol. 173.2; 336 pages .

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£12.14

The Poorhouse Fair - Rabbit, Run

by Updike, John

New York: Modern Library. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1965. 1st Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear. Ends of spine gently bumped. Dust jacket shows wear, chipping at spine, rubbing along bottom edge of front panel. States First Modern Library Edition, 1965. ; Toledano binding style '11' Kent Endpapers, dust jacket style 'k'. [Burt: The Novel 100 - A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time, Honorable Mention (Rabbit, Run) ] ; Modern... Read more about this item

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£32.38

The Poorhouse Fair - Rabbit, Run

by Updike, John

New York: Modern Library. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1965. 1st Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows light normal wear. Ends of spine bumped. Red 'H' stamped on front free endpaper. Dust jacket shows wear, chipping at spine, rubbing along bottom edge of front panel. States First Modern Library Edition, 1965. ; Toledano binding style '11' Kent Endpapers, dust jacket style 'k'. [Burt: The Novel 100 - A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time,... Read more about this item

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£32.38

The Collected Tales Of E. M. Forster

by Forster, E. M

New York: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. 1st Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows normal wear, gentle bump to spine. Erasure mark on front free endpaper. Dust jacket shows normal wear, light edgewear, small closed tears to front panel, DJ is price clipped. Rear panel show printing error (plates not properly aligned). States First Modern Library Edition, February 1968. ; Toledano binding style '13', Fujita endpapers, Dust jacket style... Read more about this item

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£24.28

Jungle Peace (Modern Library No. 30)

by BEEBE, WILLIAM; THEODORE ROOSEVELT (Foreword by)

New York: Modern Library, 1925. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. A trace of edgewear. Previous owner's bookplate to verso of half-title.. 16mo. 4.375 x 6.625 in. xi, [iii], 297, [1] pp. Toledano Binding Style No. 4 in chocolate brown 'limpcroft leather' with Bernhard torchbearer device in gilt on upper cover; Brodzky endpapers. Stated First Modern Library Edition. Dedicated to Beebe's close friend Theodore Roosevelt ( 'to Colonel and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt I offer this volume with... Read more about this item

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£42.90

The Return Of The Native

by Hardy, Thomas

New York: Modern Library. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. 1st Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. 0679441085 . Text is clean. Cover and dust jacket show only limited wear. Base of spine bumped. States 1994 Modern Library Edition with full number line including '1'. ; Toledano Binding style 'G10', Bernhard endpapers, Dust Jacket style 'Gm'.; Modern Library Giant; 418 pages .

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£16.19

Poems of William Blake [Modern Library No. 91.1]

by BLAKE WILLIAM; WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, Editor

New York: Boni & Liveright [Modern Library], 1920. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Closed tear to p. 131, otherwise near fine. A touch of wear to upper edge of spine. Binding square & tight, text unmarked.. 16mo. 4.25 x 6.625 in. xli + [i], 278 pp. Chocolate brown flexible leatherette, with gothic BL ornament on upper cover, titled in gilt with double bars on spine; Brodzky endpapers. With a 30-pp. introduction by W.B. Yeats. A crisp copy.

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£76.90

Washington Square

by James, Henry

New York: Modern Library. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Text is clean. Grey cloth. Cover shows normal wear. Dust jacket shows wear to front panel, with tears at spine ends and chip missing from top edge of front panel. DJ is price clipped. Stubborn price sticker on front free endpaper, red 'H' ink stamped onto front free endpaper. ; Toledano binding style '10', Kent endpapers in grey, Dust Jacket style 'i'. First of two dust jacket releases. ; The Modern... Read more about this item

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£13.36

Mrs. Dalloway

by WOOLF, Virginia

New York: Modern Library, 1939. 1939 Printing. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo. 4.5 x 6.75 in. ix, 296 pp. Good in original navy cloth, with a loose front hinge, minor rubbing on the bottom edges, and previous owners' notations on the front free end paper, and a poor dust jacket that has heavy chipping on the corners and spine. The interior jacket advertises "265" titles available from the Modern Library. A previous owner has tried to reinforce the top and bottom of the jacket's spine by applying scotch... Read more about this item

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£48.57

Our Mutual Friend

by Dickens, Charles

New York: Modern Library. Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1992. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. 0679600221 . Text is clean. Grey cloth shows limited wear, with minor soiling. Dust jacket shows light edgewear, minor bump to spine ends. States 1992 Modern Library Edition with full number line. ; Toledano binding style 'G10', Bernhart Endpapers, Dust Jacket style 'Gm'. ; Modern Library Giant; 8.10 X 5.50 X 0.80 inches .

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£32.38

A Hazard of New Fortunes (Modern Library No. 25)

by HOWELLS, WILLIAM DEAN

New York: Boni and Liveright, 1917. First Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Very near fine. Charming aquatic bookplate to front pastedown. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. Lacking rare dust jacket.. 16mo. 4.5 x 6.625 in. 332 pp. Toledano Binding Style No. 1 in original chocolate brown 'limp croft leather', gothic Boni & Liveright device in gilt to upper cover, titled in gilt on spine; blue marbleized endpapers. First Printing, with publisher's 35-title catalogue (C3) preceding title page.... Read more about this item

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£85.00

The Tale of Genji (Modern Library)

by Murasaki, Shikibu

Modern Library, 1993. First Thus. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($22.00 price intact). Published by Modern Library, 1993. Octavo. Gray cloth boards stamped in gold with illustrated endpapers. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new with light shelf wear. 1325 pages. ISBN: 9780679424673. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY... Read more about this item

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£36.43

The Intrepretation of Dreams

by Sigmund Freud

Hardcover with dust jacket, published by Modern Library. Dating Modern Library editions can be tricky since the publisher did not include edition information on the copyright page. The Modern Library edition of this title was first published in 1950. From the list of titles available on the obverse of the dust jacket, 385 titles, this copy was published in Spring 1959. The classic book by the founder of psychoanalysis, in which Freud introduces his theory of the unconscious in the analysis of dream... Read more about this item

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£16.19£13.76

Flowering Judas and Other Stories

by Porter, Katherine Anne

NY. NY: Modern Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1940. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover. Just the slightest rubbing to extremities of spine and covers, no other defects. Lacking the dust jacket. . A beautiful copy, sans dust jacket. Author has SIGNED AND INSCRIBED this copy: "To Josephine Piercy of the ancient handsome names from a bread and butterish sort of name. Katherine Anne Porter June 25 1942." Josephine Piercy was a teacher of English at the University of Illinois and Indiana... Read more about this item

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£89.04

LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL: A STORY OF THE BURIED LIFE

by Wolfe, Thomas

New York: Modern Library, 1957. Cloth. Very good/good +. 626p. Endpapers toned, binding shaken, former price tag on front endpaper, jacket edges have small tears and top and bottom of spine creased. Modern Library Giant, G16. (8-1/4"x5-3/4")

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£28.33

The Poems And Fairy Tales Of Oscar Wilde Complete in One Volume

by Wilde, Oscar

New York: Modern Library. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1932. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows obvious wear, minor beverage splash stain to side text edge. Dust jacket has serious chipping at corners and spine ends. DJ price clipped. ; Toledano binding style '8', Kent Endpapers, Dust jacket style 'h5'. Second of three dust jacket artwork releases. ; Modern Library; Vol. 84.2 .