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New York: John Furman, 1800. Hardcover. Near Fine. Translated by William Roscoe. "Re-printed for William Cobbett." 30, 44, 34 p.; 14 cm. (18mo). Signatures: A-I6. Contemporary binding: half speckled calf with marbled paper over boards. Gilt rules on spine; black morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title: The Nurse. All page edges speckled. English translation only, from Roscoe's bilingual edition of 1798. Includes Roscoe's introduction on the life and works of Tansillo, largely adapted from G.A. Ranza's Italian edition of 1767, with Latin passages from book 12 of the Noctes Atticae of Aulus Gellius. Evans, 38604. In Near Fine Condition: corners rubbed; pages are clean and tight. An attractive early 19th-century binding.

1790. 1790 EPITRES ET EVANGILES DES DIMANCHES ET FETES DE L'ANNEE, AVEC DE COURTES REFLEXIONS Atoul: Chez Joseph Carez, 1790 432pp sm 8vo Text in French Original vellum binding, spine with raised bands, compartments stamped in gold Contemporary small somewhat faded signature on tpage small hand-colored religious plate dated 1824 laid-in Boards slightly bowed, hinges are tight, the interior is clean and bright; overall a fine hardcover.

New York: Scribner's, 1972. Signed on the title page by Robert Creeley. First edition / First printing. White printed cloth designed by the artist Robert Indiana. Fine in fine dust jacket.

MODERN LIBRARY NY #53, 1930 HBDJ, Grey cloth Red Label on frontBK VERY GOOD COND WITH light edge Fade, DJ is VG tiny edge chips wear Appears to be a First Edition, , However NOT Stated & UNDATED 1930 ?, 322 Titles Listed inside DJ & over 300 on BACK of DJ, with Prezipcode Coupon & $1.10 . above price sticker reads As of April 15, 1947, the price of The Modern Library in U.S.A. is $1.25 a copy, cannot find any other date. No writing, no remainder mark, not price clipped. Minor wear to edge of dust jacket (reinforced with wide clear shipping tape). Minor tanning to dust jacket and outside edge of pages. 322 Tiles Listed inside DJ & over 300 on Back of DJ, with Prezipcode Coupon, Text is complete and unabridged, CLEOPATRA NIGHTS IS EXOTIC NOVELETTE, classic story (complete) of ancient Egypt, noted for its lyrical description of the era, and the question put as to whether or not you might like to spend an evening with Queen Cleopatra at her palace...on one condition. 1st Edition.… Read More

Paris: Lefèvre, 1825. Hardcover. Near Fine -. 3 volumes ([4], xxiv, 386 p., frontispiece portrait, double-leaf engraved map; [4], 456 p.; [4], 386 p.); 23 cm. Polished calf spines with gilt-tooled title and volume on leather labels. Decoration in gilt and black on spines. Marbled paper over boards. Top page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers in a different pattern. Part of the publisher's series Collection des Classiques François. Former owner's circular light blue stamp: "St. T." on series title page. In Near Fine- Condition: spines and edges very lightly rubbed; front board of vol. 3 slightly faded along upper edge; otherwise clean and bright.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2015. Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First Printing. Ivory paper-covered boards. Very fine in fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy.

New York: New Directions, 1990. Signed on the title page by the Robert Creeley. First edition / First printing. Blue cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First U.S. edition / First printing. Blue cloth. Very fine in very fine, price clipped dust jacket.

One of 200 NUMBERED & SIGNED COPIES - signed by Updike. SIGNED & NUMBERED in slipcase, without dust jacket, as issued. One of 200 NUMBERED & SIGNED copies - signed by Updike. Both the book and slipcase are in fine conditon - in the original publisher's shrink wrap.

Heyward, Du Bose. The Country Bunny And The Little Gold Shoes. 1939 Houghton Mifflin First Edition, First Printing Thus. QUITE RARE in this first printing. No other printings listed. ILLUSTRATED BY MARJORIE FLACK. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket Included. Library Bound. Bright red pictorial boards with red, green, and gold ornamentation. Plot Summary: "With twenty-one baby bunnies to look after, mother bunny Cottontail abandons her dream of becoming an Easter Bunny. But when Grandfather Bunny spies her perfectly behaved brood, he's so impressed that he makes Cottontail the most important Easter Bunny of all!"

Round the Red Lamp: Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life. By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Author of the Sherlock Holmes Series. First American Edition. D. Appleton & Co. Copyright 1894. A collection of medical and detective stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes detective series. VG condition/ no DJ included if originally issued. A square, solid copy with bright pages. A rare find in nice condition like this one. 5 x 7 ¾. 307 pages plus adverts.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. Signed by Susan Sontag on a bookplate, which is laid into the book (not mounted). First edition / First printing. Brown cloth. Subtle fading to extremities, else fine in fine, price-clipped dust jacket.

London: Faber and Faber, 1971. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering. No marks or inscriptions. In unclipped dust jacket protected in removable mylar cover. Very fine copy in very fine dust jacket. 55 pp., 22,5 x 14 cm. .

New York / Portland: HarperCollins / Powell's Books, 2016. Signed by Michael Chabon. First edition / First printing. Black paper spine, white paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. In very fine slipcase. Selected by New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani as her top pick for the Eight Best Books of 2016. Signed on a specially printed page as part of Powell's "Indispensible" Series. Includes the Q & A booklet.

Boston: Back Bay Books / Little Brown and Company, 1999. 1989. Careless Love is Signed by the author on the title page. First edition / First printing. Black cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Careless Love is very fine in very fine dust jacket. Last Train to Memphis is fine in a fine dust jacket. Both of Guralnick's superb biographies of Elvis Presley. Careless love is signed, Last Train to Memphis is not signed.