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Random House, New York, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. WILLIAM FAULKNER. Knight's Gambit, New York: Random House, 1949.Octavo, first edition with no additional printings mentioned on copyright page, pp. [ii], 246, red cloth boards with black labels and gilt decoration to spine and front, top edge tinted gray-blue. A crime novel.Condition of this book:Jacket shows some minor cracking and chipping at fore corners and spine ends, light soiling to rear panel. A couple small dusty stains mar the front board. Small spot of discoloration to top stain. Overall very good to near fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1940s; Fiction. Pictures of… Read More

Random House, New York, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. WILLIAM FAULKNER. Big Woods, The Hunting Stories, New York: Random House, 1955.Octavo, first edition, pp. 210, green cloth boards with black label on spine, gilt lettering and black paw print on front, decorations by Edward Shenton. Four stories in the great Southern outdoors.Condition of this book:Jacket is price-clipped, chipped at edges, overall very good. Book is near fine with a bit of edge wear. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1950s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53824. .

Random House, New York, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. WILLIAM FAULKNER. The Town, a novel of the Snopes family, New York: Random House, 1957.Octavo, first edition, second state, pp. 371, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine and front, lacking first-state points: top edge tinted green (not gray), endpages white (not gray), no date on jacket flap, but original price is still there, as is the p. 327 misprint.Condition of this book:Remarkably fine quality in a sea of beaten-up Faulkners. Just utterly flawless. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1950s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53826. . Read More

Smith & Haas, New York, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. WILLIAM FAULKNER. Pylon, New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1935.Octavo, first edition, pp. 315, blue cloth boards with a black band all around, gilt lettering in the band, top edge tinted black. An airport novel.Condition of this book:Underside of jacket has been tape-repaired at the spine. Jacket is price-clipped, chipped at spine ends, and darkened. Book is good with discoloring to the spine cloth and browning endpages. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1930s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53822. .

Greenhill, London, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Near Fine. FABER DU FAUR, CHRISTIAN. With Napoleon in Russia, London and Pennsylvania: Greenhill/Stackpole, 2001.Oblong folio, first edition, pp. 208, black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine, full-page color reproductions of the soldier-artist's illustrations, with his memoir edited and translated by Jonathan North.Condition of this book:Covers rubbed at bottom edge, jacket lightly worn, images fine. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Russia; 19th century; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 1853674540. ISBN/EAN: 9781853674549. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52563.… Read More

Longman & Co, London, 1819. Early Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. FEARON, HENRY BRADSHAW. Sketches of America, A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through the Eastern and Western States, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819.Octavo, third edition (first was 1818), xv, 454, modern maroon cloth rebinding preserving original calf backstrip, gilt-stamped lettering on spine, preliminary leaves browned and brittle, interior very good and sound. See Sabin 23956, Howes F65, Oak Knoll Afro Americana (2nd ed.) 795. "Unflattering picture of the western frontier" (Howes). Fearon's book consists of reports addressed to 39 English families who were considering moving to America. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1… Read More

Frederick Stokes, New York, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. MARY FENOLLOSA. Blossoms From a Japanese Garden, A Book of Child-Verses, New York: Stokes, 1913.Octavo, first edition, pp. 60 plus 20 color illustrations mounted on card stock, gray cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt lettering, black birds and a color print on front. English-language rhymes about the people of Japan, illustrated by unidentified Japanese artists.Condition of this book:Spine ends and fore corners rubbed, spine gilt dulled, small stain on free front endpaper, overall very good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; United States; 1900-1920; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this… Read More

Viking, New York, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Signed by Author. JASPER FFORDE. The Well of Lost Plots, New York: Viking Press, 2004.Octavo, first American edition, pp. xv, 375, 7 (ads). color frontispiece, paper-covered boards signed on the title page by Fforde, simply as "Jasper," as usual. A Thursday Next detective tale.Condition of this book:Fine; in fine jacket. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Humour. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0670032891. ISBN/EAN: 9780670032891. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55212. . 9780670032891

Viking, New York, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Signed by Author. JASPER FFORDE. The Eyre Affair, New York: Viking Press, 2001.Octavo, first American edition, pp. viii 374, paper-covered boards signed on the title page by Fforde, simply as "Jasper," as usual. A Thursday Next detective tale, with time travelers wreaking havoc.Condition of this book:Fine; in fine jacket. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; Humour. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0670030643. ISBN/EAN: 9780670030644. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55364. . 9780670030644

William Pearson, New York, 1833. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. FIBBLETON, GEORGE [Asa Greene]. Travels in America, New York: William Pearson, 1833.12mo, first edition, pp. 216, original purple cloth boards (new browned). The author claimed to be "Ex-Barber to His Majesty" but was actually a physician who became a bookseller, according to Sabin 28585. See also Howes G376. This book is a satire on Isaac Fidler's "Travels in America," reporting on such absurd spectacles as swine-pulled stagecoaches on Broadway in New York.Condition of this book:Ex-library, boards worn, losses at spine ends, upper panel missing a small chunk of cloth.Leaves clean and tight, not much foxing. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight:… Read More

Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1917. Early Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. EUGENE FIELD. Verse and Prose, Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1917.Quarto, pp. ix, 64, blue cloth boards half-bound in vellum with gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, slipcased, illustrated with photos and manuscript facsimiles, introduction by William P. Trent. BAL 5800: "Reprint save for the following: 'Oh, London is a Fine Town' and certain other scraps and trifles."Condition of this book:Near fine with a sunned spine that has a small spot. Slipcase worn but fully functional. Size: Octavo (staQuartondard book size). 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; United States; 1900-1920;… Read More

Scribner, New York, No date. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Fair. FIELD, EUGENE. Poems of Childhood, New York: Scribner's, undated (1920s).Large octavo, expanded edition with added poetry, pp. x, 199, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and Maxfield Parrish illustration mounted on front, 8 illustrated plates by Parrish. This edition was an expansion of the 1904 first edition, with added poetry by Mary French Field and Julia Sutherland Field. The surreal endpage illustrations -- with a boy battling a giant who is riding an apparently cooked red lobster -- are retained here, as are all the other Parrish illustrations. Condition of this book: Chunk missing from lower corner of Parrish illustration mounted on dust jacket; overall the jacket is fair with stains and chips at the edges. It's all protected under Brodart. The book is near fine with minor rubbing at extremities and ordinary age-toning; Parrish plates fine. Size: Octavo… Read More

self-published, Pennsylvania, 1996. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. New Book/New. FLETCHER, J.M.W. Edward Willis Redfield 1869-1965, An American Impressionist, Pennsylvania: self-published, 1996.Quarto, pp. x, 214, red printed boards with gilt-stamped lettering on front and spine, color plates. Thorough, high-quality treatment of a significant regional artist who was a leader in the so-called New Hope School. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; United States; Antiques & Collectibles. ISBN: 0965240207. ISBN/EAN: 9780965240208. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51076. . 9780965240208

Nilsson, Paris, 1929. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Full Leather). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Maggy Monier. JEAN de la FONTAINE. Contes, Paris: Editions Nilsson, 1929.Tall octavo, pp. 236, 7 tipped-in color illustrations, brown morocco boards with gilt-stamped lettering and raised gilt devices to spine, two raised bands, stamped fleurons and rules to front and back panels, image of La Fontaine mounted into the front in a pieced-together gilt frame with a cupid theme, top edge tinted pink with gilt devices stamped in. Binder's signature is stamped in gilt in the rear panel, but I cannot read it. The illustrations are watercolors by the Belgian painter Maggy Monier, beautifully hand-colored. This is a gorgeous presentation of a popular edition that was originally released in paperback; text in French, printing La Fontaine's well-loved Tales.Condition of this book:Minor flaking to the gilt on the spine, but overall fine. Size: Octavo (standard book… Read More

Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative, New York, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. FORCHE, CAROLYN. El Salvador, Work of Thirty Photographers, New York: Writers and Readers Publishing Cooperative, 1983.Oblong quarto, first paperback edition, pp. 120, wraps, about a hundred duotones, library markings, card pocket. A news photography collection documenting the violence plaguing El Salvador since the 1970s, with heavy representation by Susan Meiselas, who also gets an editing credit.Condition of this book:Fair, heavy wear to covers, bumped corners, short tears at spine ends, photos fine. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Photography; El Salvador; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0863160646. ISBN/EAN: 9780863160646.… Read More

Austin, Hertford, 1915. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. SIR HERBERT GEORGE FORDHAM. Roads & Travel Before Railways in Hertfordshire & Elsewhere, Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons, 1915.Octavo, pp. 36, wraps, facsimile illustrations, inscribed "with the author's kind regards" on the cover, dated 1915. Contains two addresses given to the Hertfordshire Natural History Society in 1914 and 1915.Condition of this book:Paper at upper spine perished, cover is starting to come loose; all else fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; England; 1900-1920; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54570. .

Black Cat Press, Chicago, 1966. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. NORMAN W. FORGUE [compiler]. A Testament of Freedom, Ideas Worth Fighting For, Chicago: Black Cat Press, undated (1966).Miniature (about 6x6.25cm or 2.5x2.25 inches), pp. 43, 1 (colophon), wraps. A collection of pithy quotes; Bradbury, Black Cat 25.Condition of this book: Near fine with faint signs of use. Size: Miniature. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; United States; 1960s; Reference. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53996. .

John Murray, London, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. FORTESCUE, B. Napoleon's Heritage, an ethnic reconstruction which explains his mortal duel with England, London: John Murray, 1934.Octavo, first edition, pp. xix, 318, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, frontis portrait. Forget little-man's complex; it turns out Napoleon was motivated by his Corsican ethnicity.Condition of this book:A few stains to covers and edges, overall very good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Military & Warfare; France; 19th century; Psychology & Psychiatry. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52554. .

Dennis Dobson, London, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. RUSSELL, ERIC FRANK. Far Stars, London: Dennis Dobson, 1961.12mo, first collected edition of short stories that were printed in sci-fi magazines, pp. 191, blue cloth boards with gilt-stamped lettering on spine. Contains The Waitabits, P.S., Allamagoosa, Legwork, Diabologic and The Timeless Ones.Condition of this book:Small, inoffensive dampstain to rear of jacket, top edge darkening, else fine. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Britain/UK; 1960s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52678. . Read More

George M. Hill, Chicago, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: W.W. Denslow. L. FRANK BAUM The Songs of Father Goose, Chicago: George M. Hill, 1900.Quarto, first edition, pp. 84, printed boards quarter-bound in red cloth, illustration by W.W. Denslow (no color) and music by Albert N. Hall, gift inscription on free front endpaper. One of the 3 books Baum released in 1900, including and no doubt overshadowed by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.Condition of this book:Boards chipped at edges, a bit darkened. Clean and tight. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Illustrator: W.W. Denslow. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 1900-1920; Children. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Read More