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CONTRA MORTEM [Signed]
by Carruth, Hayden
Johnson, VT: The Crow's Mark Press, 1967. First Edition. Small sewn chapbook printed at the Stoveside Press in Vermont; 12 mo.. 33 pp. One of 250 copies numbered and signed by the author. Errata slip laid in. Toned at extremities, else very good in sewn wrappers. The Crow's Mark Press was the author's own press.
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NORTH WINTER
by Carruth, Hayden
Iowa City: The Prairie Press, 1964. First edition. Cloth-backed decorated boards in dust jacket; tall 8vo. Designed by Carroll Coleman; decorations by Dale Ballantyne. The poet's fourth regularly published book, and second with this press. Inscribed at the colophon and signed in full by the poet. Easily very good with light soiling and shelfwear and a bookplate on the... Read More
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Essays on the Poetry of Hayden Carruth" [in] IN THE ACT/ SENECA REVIEW ISS. XX, NO. 1
by Carruth, Hayden. (SIGNED)
Geneva, NY: Hobart & William Smith, 1990. First Edition. Photographic wrappers; small 8vo. Signed by Carruth on the title page. Softbound. Octavo. 151pp including notes on contributors. Twentieth Anniversary Special Edition of the Seneca Review, Volume XX, Number 1 . Fine copy.
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Hayden Carruth: Selected Essays & Reviews [Uncorrected Proof]
by Carruth, Hayden
Port Townsend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1996. First edition. Octavo. Printed card wrappers; 304pp. Advance uncorrected proof, with related material laid in. Mild external dusting and wear; Very Good.
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Nox
by CARSON, Anne
New York: New Directions, 2010. First Edition. 23.5cm. Publisher's box bound concertina volume. Light bumping and edgewear to extremities, a little scuffing to the lower edges; internally clean and fresh. A very good, clean copy. A published facsimile of Anne Carson's poetic and touching elegy for her late brother, presented in the form of an illustrated accordion... Read More
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![The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/034/996/1689996034.0.m.jpg)
The Beauty of the Husband: A Fictional Essay in 29 Tangos [Signed]
by CARSON, Anne
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22.5cm); maroon cloth spine over burnt orange paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-147,[7]pp. Inscribed by author on title page, "Respectfully AC". A Fine copy. Dustwrapper, designed by Carol Devine Carson, unclipped (priced $22.00), with trivial surface wear and sticker to verso... Read More
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The Edge of the Sea
by CARSON, Rachel
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1955. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Blue-green cloth stamped in black, in pictorial dust jacket; patterned endpapers; [xii],276pp; in-text illustrations by Bob Hines. Spine toned, else Near Fine. Jacket unclipped ($3.95), lightly rubbed and toned and edges, spine lightly toned, one short tear to rear upper edge, mild foxing to verso: overall, around Very Good.... Read More
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Nights at the Circus
by CARTER, Angela
London: Chatto & Windus / The Hogarth Press, 1984. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24.25cm); dark red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-294,[2]pp. Some very subtle tanning to text edges, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £8.95 net), showing mild surface wear, faint wrinkling at upper spine panel, with a faint, tiny stain to... Read More
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Saints and Strangers: Short Stories
by CARTER, Angela
New York: Viking Press, 1986. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); mustard yellow cloth spine over cream paper-covered boards with tiling stamped in red on spine; dustjacket; [8],9-126,[2]pp. Trace soil to lower board margin, else Near Fine. Dustwrapper, designed by Melissa Jacoby, unclipped (priced $13.95), lightly tanned, with light shelf-wear and soil; Very Good+. Collection of short stories... Read More
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Fireworks
by CARTER, Angela
London: Chatto & Windus, 1987. First Revised Edition. First Impression. Octavo (24cm); blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],120,[2]pp. Subtle tanning to text edges, else Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket (priced £10.95). Revised edition of the English author's first collection of short fiction (originally published in 1974), gathering nine stories. 85715.... Read More
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Non-Violent Action: A Selected Bibliography
by CARTER, April, David Hoggett, and Adam Roberts
London: Housmans, [1970]. Revised and Enlarged Edition. 12mo (18cm.); original orange decorative wrappers; 83pp. Light rubbing to extremities, else Very Good or better.
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Stalingrad Speaks to the World
by CARTER, Charlotte
[Gravenhurst, ONT: Northern Book House], 1973. Octavo (21.5cm.); staplebound self-wrappers printed in red and black; 14pp. Near Fine. "Published as a Supplement to January 1973 'Northern Neighbors'" - upper cover. Reissue of an article first published in 1951 by the late Charlotte Carter, founder of Northern Book House and the "Northern Neighbors" magazine. One copy of this edition in... Read More
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The Elements of Pop-Up. A Pop-Up Book for Aspiring Paper Engineers
by CARTER, David A. and James Diaz
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1999. First Edition. First printing. Quarto. Glossy laminated pictorial boards; unpaginated. A fine copy, with all pop-ups and moveable elements intact.
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Voyage (Hart Crane)
by CARTER, Elliott and Hart Crane
[South Hadley, Mass / Northampton, Mass]: Mount Holyoke College / Smith College, [1945]. First Edition. Folio (31cm); stapled tan paper wrappers; 7pp. Lightly tanned, with trace shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Sheet music based on Carter's poem, "Voyages III". [88066].
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Glory Goes and Gets Some [Uncorrected Proofs]
by CARTER, Emily
Saint Paul: Coffee House Press, 2000. First Edition. Galley Proof, preceding first printing. Octavo; pictorial card wrappers; 231pp. Inscribed and signed on title page. A fine copy.
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The Life and Times of Little Turtle - First Sagamore of the Wabash
by CARTER, Harvey Lewis
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1987. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 275pp; illus. Bookseller's printed adhesive label on front endpaper, else a fine, unmarked copy. In the original dustwrapper, crisp and clean, Near Fine. Scholarly biography of the Miami Indian chief Little Turtle (1747-1812).
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The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen discovered by the late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter
by CARTER, Howard; [with] MACE, Arthur Cruttenden
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1923, 1927, 1933. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). 3 Volumes. Bound in publisher’s original ochre brown cloth titled and decorated in gilt and black to spines and front boards. Dustjackets. [xvi], 231; [xxxiv], 269; [xvi], 247pp. Copiously illustrated throughout all three volumes, a notably 'deluxe' piece of book production. Uniformely very good, sharp, bright copies... Read More
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WORK, FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING
by Carter, Jared
New York: Macmillan, 1981. First edition. Brown cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 47 pp. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed letter laid in. Inscribed by the author to the late Philly poet/editor Louis Mckee. The 1980 Walt Whitman Award winner, for a first book; chosen by Galway Kinnell. In this book Carter introduces his Mississinewa County, a place in... Read More
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AFTER THE RAIN
by Carter, Jared
Cleveland: Cleveland State University Poetry Center, 1993. First edition. First printing. Trade paper issue. Inscribed by the author. The poet's second collection. Back cover blurbs by Henry Taylor, Dana Gioia, Helen Vendler (NY Review of Books), Bruce Bennet (NYTBR) and Margaret Gibson. Near fine in wraps. Signed by the poet.
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![Full Fathom Five [Review Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/716/516/1626516716.0.m.jpg)
Full Fathom Five [Review Copy]
by CARTER, John Stewart (novel); Mitchell Wojtycki (illustrations)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Edition. First Printing, a review copy, with publisher's review slip laid in. Octavo (22cm); white and red cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in black on spine and front cover; dark gray topstain; dustjacket; [x],[3],4-246pp; illus. Gentle sunning to spine and upper board edges, with light shelfwear; Near Fine. Dustjacket unclipped (priced $4.95), gently... Read More
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![Man and Making - Victim and Vehicle: being the Text of the 1971 Edgar Mittelholzer Memorial Lectures [Cover Title: The Question of Identity the Victim Identified Victim as Vehicle]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/655/700/1685700655.0.m.jpg)
Man and Making - Victim and Vehicle: being the Text of the 1971 Edgar Mittelholzer Memorial Lectures [Cover Title: The Question of Identity the Victim Identified Victim as Vehicle]
by CARTER, Martin; A.J. Seymour (foreword)
Georgetown, Guyana: The National History and Arts Council / Ministry of Information and Culture, [1971]. The Edgar Mittelholzer Memorial Lectures, Fourth Series, softcover. Octavo (23cm); stapled green paper wrappers; [2],3-22pp. This copy is from the library of Puerto Rican editor, translator, and literary critic, Roberto Marquez, with his inked ownership to title page, and his usual marginal annotations and... Read More
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The Old Sergeant's Story: Fighting Indians and Bad Men in Texas From 1870 to 1876
by CARTER, Robert G. (Capt); Byron Price (introd); John M. Carroll (pref)
Mattituck: J.M. Carroll Company, 1982. First Thus. First printing of the Carroll edition (trade issue). Reprint, with new front-matter, of the 1926 edition published by Frank H. Hitchcock. Quarto. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xviii,220,[8]pp. Includes bibliographical checklist of Carter's writings. Fine, unmarked and unworn copy in original, Near Fine dustwrapper, very lightly rubbed at extremities and with a touch of... Read More
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Old Army Sketches
by CARTER, W.H. [William Harding]
Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1906. First Edition. First printing. Small octavo (19cm). Blue cloth hardcover, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; 203pp; pictorial frontispiece and four unnumbered leaves of plates. Straight and sound, with slight rubbing and soil to binding; a Very Good copy. HOWES C-202. A collection of fictionalized vignettes based on... Read More
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Horses, Saddles and Bridles
by CARTER, William H.
Baltimore: Lord Baltimore Press, 1906. Third edition. Octavo (21cm). Blue cloth stamped in black and gilt; [ii],[viii],405,[1]pp; black and white illustrations throughout. Sound though sewing loosened, mildly rubbed at edges with slight wear to corners, small perforations and partial cracks to hinges: around Very Good. First edition printed in 1895, second edition in 1902.
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Antique Tools and Instruments from the Nessi Collection
by CARTIER, Claudine, et al. (text); MAGLIANI, Mauro (photographs)
Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2004. First Edition. Quarto (30.5cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in orange on spine; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; [5],6-363,[1]pp; illus.; text is entirely in English. Light wear to extremities, rear hinge skilfully repaired following the colophon; Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Richly-illustrated catalog of antique tools and instruments from the Nessi... Read More
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