THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI
by Van Allsburg, Chris
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1979. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto, unpaginated. In Very Good minus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine light green with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: "$8.95." Heavy rubbing and moderate tearing to edges and corners of dust jacket. Larger tears to dust jacket at head... Read More
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THE GARDEN OF ABDUL GASAZI [Signed]
by Van Allsburg, Chris
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. First Edition, Twentieth Printing. Hardcover. Oblong, unpaginated. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine olive green with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering, price uncut: "$17.95". Slight wear to edges and corners of dust jacket. Slight warping to glue on front pastedown. Interior pages clean. Signed by Van... Read More
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SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY - NUMBER 50: THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION EXCAVATION AT TELL JEMMEH, ISRAEL, 1970-1990
by Van Beek, Gus W.; Ben-Shlomo, David [Editors]
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto, 1087 pages; VG; spine is orange with white lettering; binding has minimal wear along the top and bottom edges, has umping on the top and bottom of the spine and on the fore edge corners; pages clear; shelved front table. 1325334. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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HISTORIAE AUGUSTAE SCRIPTORUM LATINORUM MINORUM [Volume 1 only]
by van Boxhorn, Marcus Zuerius [Marcus Zuerius Boxhornius]
Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Ex officina Ioannis Maire, 1632. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, [24], 932 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full early vellum with red leather label to spine bearing gilt titling, somewhat chipped and worn. Vellum yellowed with age and lightly marked, as is usual. Corners lightly bumped and rear board with light vertical crease at... Read More
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ÆSOP. A COMEDY. AS IT IS ACTED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL IN DRURY-LANE
by Vanbrugh, John
London: printed for Thomas Bennet at the Half-Moon in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1697. Hardcover. Quarto, [8], 50, 55-76 pages. Lacking pp. 51-54 and two final advertisement leaves. In Very Good minus condition. Bound by Jon Robbins in modern period-style brown calf. Spine tanned; edges of boards slightly rubbed. Archival repairs to first and last leaves. Headings partially trimmed on... Read More
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THE PHOTOPLAY SYNOPSIS
by Van Buren Powell, A.
Springfield: The Home Correspondence School, 1919. Hardcover. 10mo, vii, 307 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's burgundy cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have slight wear including mild sunning to the spine, few minor marks and slight edge wear. Text block has slight wear including age toning/foxing to the edges. Partial cracking to the front... Read More
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN VAN BUREN [Volume II]
by Van Buren, Martin [Author]; Fitzpatrick, John C. [Editor]
New York: Augustus M. Kelley, Inc, 1969. Second Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 808 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine green with gilt lettering. Light shelf wear and soiling. Cracking on hinge along title page. Shelved in U.S. Politics. 1406882. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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THE SPACE PIRATE
by Vance, Jack, 1916-2013
A Toby Press Book, 1953. Softcover. 12mo; Good; Paperback; Spine, black with white print; Cover has light edgewear, mild creasing to spine, light shelfwear; Text block has age-toned paper, two slight edge tears to final pages; 128 pages. 1324447. FP New Rockville Stock.
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BIRD ISLE [AND] TAKE MY FACE [SIGNED]
by Vance, Jack
San Francisco, CA: Underwood-Miller, 1988. Limited Edition, #345/500. Hardcover. Octavos, two volumes; VG/VG; spines white with blue titling and grey with white titling, housed in a VG grey slipcase; dust jackets with slight wear from tight slipcase; Signed flat by Vance on the limitation page of Bird Isle, of 500 numbered sets this one is #345; shelved Rm. G.... Read More
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THE DRAGON MASTERS
by Vance, Jack; Spinrad, Norman [Introduction]
Boston: The Gregg Press, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo; VG; 102 pages; Green cloth boards, spine green with red panel and gilt lettering; Minor edge wear, some light scuffing to the spine edges and corners; Binding tight; Text block clean; Shelved in Hardcover Sc-Fi. 1328284. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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CUGEL'S SAGA
by Vance, Jack
New York, NY: Timescape Books, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 334 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine is purple with white lettering. Dust jacket is protected with a mylar covering, price uncut: '$14.95.' Minor shelf wear at the head of the spine and foxing along the top edge of the text... Read More
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CHATEAU D'IF AND OTHER STORIES
by Vance, Jack
Novato, CA: Underwood-Miller, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 284 pages; VG-/VG; spine pictorial, with red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; price uncut '$29.95'; mild soiling to boards; some soiling to upper edge of textblock; pages clean; shelved below Front Counter. 1350952. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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TO LIVE FOREVER
by Vance, Jack
New York: Ballantine Books, 1956. First Hardcover Edition. 8vo., 185 pp., VG-/VG-; teal DJ with white lettering and purple illustration; moderate shelfwear to DJ (e.g., fading to spine, age-toning to covers, rubbing to edges, chipping and slight material to head of spine); price uncut "$2.75" to top right-hand corner of front flap; all four corners of flaps slightly clipped;... Read More
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EMPHYRIO
by Vance, Jack
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1969. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 261 Pages. In Fair condition with a Good Minus dust jacket. Spine teal with white and black text. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, price uncut '$4.95'. Moderate shelfwear, including chipping along edges, sticker residue to spine, open tear on front cover. Spine cocked.... Read More
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CHATEAU D'IF AND OTHER STORIES
by Vance, Jack
Novato: Underwood-Miller, 1990. First Trade Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 284 pages; Very Good/Very Good; spine blue and patterned with red lettering; dust jacket protected in mylar covering, price uncut '$29.95'; minor shelfwear, including age-toning to jacket flaps; light foxing to top of textblock; shelved under Front Counter. 1366343. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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The Man in the Cage [signed]
by Vance, John
San Francisco, CA and Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, 1982. 148/200. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/VG; pp 173; pinkish beige spine with red and green text; limited, numbered, special edition; this is 148 of 200; dust jacket has lightly sunned spine; otherwise clean exterior; mylar wrap; cloth shows minimal wear to exterior; strong boards; text block clean; pictorial endpapers; frontispiece; signed, special edition... Read More
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THE MAN IN THE CAGE
by Vance, John Holbrook
New York: Random House, 1960. First Edition. Octavo; VG/VG-; Red jacket spine with black and white lettering; Jacket has some wear along the edges, a few creases and rubbing to both sides. Price is unclipped (2.95), though someone has written price (in pounds) in blue ink on front flap; Boards are 1/4 bound in paper with Random House Mystery... Read More
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FROM COLONIALISM TO COMMUNISM: A CASE HISTORY OF NORTH VIETNAM
by Van Chi, Hoang; Honey. P.J. [With an Introduction by]
London and Dunmow: Pall Mall Press, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, x, xii, xv, 252 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine deep beige with black lettering. Exterior has moderate plus wear including soiling, minor crinkles to the edges and mildly age toned spine. Boards have mild wear dand slight sunning to the spine... Read More
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FROM COLONIALISM TO COMMUNISM: A CASE HISTORY OF NORTH VIETNAM [INSCRIBED]
by Van Chi, Hoang; Introduction by Honey, P.J.
New York, Washington, London: Frederick A Praeger, Publishers, 1968. Third Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, x, xii, xv, 252 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine off-white with black lettering. Exterior has mild wear including faint age toning and light soiling. Price clipped front flap. Boards have extremely light wear including minor edge wear. Text block... Read More
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HITLER'S STRATEGY, 1940-1941: THE BALKAN CLUE
by Van Creveld, Martin L.
London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, 248 pages. In Good condition with a Poor dust jacket. Spine pictorial red and gray with off-white and black lettering. Dust jacket shows moderate plus wear including damp staining/soiling, several instances of chips to the edges and some age toning. Price clipped front flap. Staining prominent... Read More
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FIGHTING POWER: GERMAN AND US ARMY PERFORMANCE, 1939-1945
by van Creveld, Martin
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1982. Hardcover. Octavo, viii, xi, xiii, 198 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's red cloth bearing black lettering to the spine. Boards have very light wear with mild cocking to the spine, faint sunning to the spine. Text block has slight wear including mild age toning to the edges. Illustrated. Later printing. ... Read More
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Stability and Perfection of Nash Equilibria
by van Damme, Eric
Berlin, Heidelberg, New York: Springer-Verlag, 1991. Second, Revised Edition. Softcover. Octavo; G+/paperback; black spine with yellow and white text; second, revised edition; covers have modest handling wear; slight thumbed corners; previous bookshop's sticker to rear; faint crease to front fore edge; light edge wear; otherwise intact binding; textblock exterior edges have mild toning; clean interior; illustrated; pp 339. 1368865.... Read More
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THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER IN SYRIA
by Van Dam, Nikolaos
New York: St Martin's Press, 1979. First Publishing. Hardcover. Octavo, 147 Pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Red spine with black and white lettering. Dust jacket has light edge wear. Text block shows modest foxing on top edge and endpapers. Shelved in Netdesk Column K, ND-K. 1388036. FP New Rockville Stock. ... Read More
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LAST DRINK BIRD HEAD: FLASH FICTION FOR CHARITY [Signed]
by Vandermeer, Ann [Editor]; Vandermeer, Jeff [Editor]
Sterling, NJ: Wyrm Publishing, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 156 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Grey spine with green, red, blue, and yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, price unclipped: "35." Minor shelfwear. Textblock clean with black and white illustrations throughout. Signed flat by both Ann and Jeff Vandermeer on title page.... Read More
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World Directory of Modern Military Vehicles: Unarmored Vehicles from 1970
by Vanderveen, Bart
New York: Arco Publishing, Inc, 1984. Large Octavo; VG+/VG; Black spine with red text; DJ is clean with minimal edgewear; Black boards are clean, endpapers unmarked, spine tight; Textblock clean and unmarked. pp 256. ISBN: 0668060220. 1263502. Full-priced Rockville.
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