![The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/004/079/1428079004.0.m.jpg)
The Day Lincoln Was Almost Shot: The Fort Stevens Story [Signed]
by Benjamin Franklin Cooling III
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow PRess, 2013. Fine. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2013. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's pictorial boards, no jacket as issued; xv,[1],322pp.; illus., chiefly photographs. Just About Fine. Signed and dated in year of publication by the author on title page. History of the Battle of Fort Stevens in present-day Northwest Washington, D.C.
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![Red Clay to Richmond: Trail of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/486/953/1565953486.0.m.jpg)
Red Clay to Richmond: Trail of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A [Inscribed and Signed]
by John J. Fox III
Winchester, VA: Angle Valley Press, 2004. Near Fine/Near Fine. Winchester, VA: Angle Valley Press, [2004]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in glossy photo-illustrated dust jacket; xix,[1],472pp.; illus. throughout including maps. Just About Fine condition. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper verso.
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The River Breaks Up: A Volume of Stories
by I.J. Singer; Maurice Samuel [trans.]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. Very Good/Very Good-. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. First English-Language Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.50), grey topstain; [8],367pp. Jacket extremities rather chipped and toned, spine panel significantly darkened and brittle with one-inch loss at spine foot and closed tear mid-panel, small white soil spot... Read More
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![A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things, As Written by Fra Elbertus... [Signed Limited Vellum Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/137/939/1659939137.0.m.jpg)
A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things, As Written by Fra Elbertus... [Signed Limited Vellum Edition]
by Elbert Hubbard; Emma Johnson [illuminations]
East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1901. Very Good. East Aurora, NY: The Roycrofters, 1901. Limited Edition of 50 copies printed on Imperial Japan Vellum, illumined by hand, and signed by Elbert Hubbard and Emma Johnson on colophon; frontispiece additionally signed by Hubbard. Octavo; contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, spine elaborately stamped in gilt with an art nouveau... Read More
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![A Touch of Innocence [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/223/402/1693402223.0.m.jpg)
A Touch of Innocence [Signed]
by Katherine Dunham; Paul Oliver [jacket illustration]
London: Cassell, 1960. Very Good/Very Good. London: Cassell, 1960. First UK Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in unclipped pictorial dust jacket by architecture and Blues historian Paul Oliver; 312pp. Dust jacket shows rubbing to edges with a short closed tear to top edge of front panel; spine sunned. Mild shelfwear to boards; old staining to top edge; binding sound and... Read More
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Two Kids & The Three Bears
by John Dennis Brown; Gerald Burns [cover illustration]
Quincy, IL: Salt Lick Press, A Lucky Heart Book, 1976. Very Good +. Quincy, IL: Salt Lick Press, A Lucky Heart Book, 1976. First Edition. Octavo. 27pp. Illustrated wraps. Light rubbing to edges; binding sound; publisher's "Busy All The Time" stamp to interior, else unmarked; Very Good or better; uncommon.
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A Touch of Innocence [Signed]
by Katherine Dunham; Jules Maidoff [jacket illustration]
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959. Very Good -/Very Good -. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1959. First Edition. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket; blue cloth boards stamped in gilt; 312pp. Unclipped dust jacket chipped with surface scratching and smudging. Shelfwear to boards; edges sunned; a few scuffs. Binding sound; some smudges and spots to endpapers; Good... Read More
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Our Women Keep Our Skies from Falling: Six Essays in Support of the Struggle to Smash Sexism / Develop Women
by Kalamu ya Salaam; Douglas Redd [cover illustration]
New Orleans, LA: Nkombo, 1980. Very Good. New Orleans, LA: Nkombo, 1980. First Edition. Octavo. 64pp. Illustrated wraps. Moderate rubbing and smudging to wraps; binding sound; some underlining and brief marginalia in pen; Very Good. Includes "Women's Rights are Human Rights," "Rape: A Radical Analysis from an African-American Perspective," and "Revolutionary Struggle / Revolutionary Love," among others. Uncommon... Read More
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![[Title in Russian and Zulu] Skazki Zulu: Izinganekwane [Zulu Folk Tales]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/055/245/1689245055.0.m.jpg)
[Title in Russian and Zulu] Skazki Zulu: Izinganekwane [Zulu Folk Tales]
by I.L. Snegirev; Nikolai A. Ushin [illus.]
Moskva: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1937. Very Good. Moskva: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1937. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); publisher's red pictorial cloth lettered in blind, upper cover stamped in red and black, housed in modern chemise and paper-covered slipcase; [4],246pp.; ten leaves of full-color plates (collated complete), half-tone illus. throughout. Cloth rubbed at margins, corners bumped, textblock quite... Read More
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La Pensee Politique de Kant: Metaphysique de l'ordre et dialectique du progres
by [Immanuel Kant] Georges Vlachos; Marcel Prelot [pref.]
Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1962. Very Good. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1962. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's white decorative wrappers printed in pink and purple; xx,590pp. Light shelf wear, spine lettering faded, contemporary ownership signature to half title, else Very Good and sound. Forms part of the series Bibliothèque de la Science Politique.
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![Incunable Leaf from La mer des histoires [aka Rudimentum novitiorum]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/724/651/1683651724.0.m.jpg)
Incunable Leaf from La mer des histoires [aka Rudimentum novitiorum]
by [Incunable]
Lyons [Lyon]: Jean Du Pré, 1491. Very Good. [Lyons [Lyon]]: [Jean Du Pre], [1491]. Disbound. Incunable leaf [DIIII]; apparent variant (earlier?) state with pagination from LoC copy missing on ours. Folio (32x23.4cm). Majority-of-page genealogical woodcut on recto with brief column of text along left; rubricated initials in red and blue with 46 lines of text plus headlines in... Read More
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Theft
by Rachel Ingalls
London: Faber & Faber, 1970. Very Good/Very Good. London: Faber & Faber, 1970. First Edition. Octavo. 95 pages. Printed dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket worn along edges with mild creasing and a few short tears with neat repairs to verso; general smudging. Boards bowed along fore-edge; edgeworn. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Still... Read More
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![Der Streit um die Existenz der Welt [I: Existentialontologie / II: Formalontologie]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/324/355/1564355324.0.m.jpg)
Der Streit um die Existenz der Welt [I: Existentialontologie / II: Formalontologie]
by Roman Ingarden
Tubingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1964. Very Good +. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1964-5. First Editions. Two volumes in three; octavos; publisher's green cloth, gilt and black spine titling. Spines a shade sunned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpapers, else a Very Good to Near Fine set.
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Attack Alarm
by Hammond Innes
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo. 287 pp. Gray cloth boards stamped in black. Lacks dust jacket. Boards rather worn with light fraying to extremities; general soiling and scraping; staining to spine. Binding sound. Off-setting and staining to endpapers along with unfortunate tape remnants,... Read More
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![Gale Warning [UK title: Maddon's Rock]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/875/500/1606500875.0.m.jpg)
Gale Warning [UK title: Maddon's Rock]
by Hammond Innes
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1948. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1948. First American Edition (stated First Edition, with publisher's B-X code). Octavo. 272 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Tan and gray patterned cloth stamped in black and brown. Price-clipped dust jacket chipped and creased light rubbing and smudging to surface. Spine ends... Read More
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The Paper Thunderbolt
by Michael Innes
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1951. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1951. First US Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 333pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with price intact ($3.00). Boards full bound in red cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Dust jacket generally scuffed and dust soiled with minor soiling to front cover... Read More
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Three Tales of Hamlet
by Rayner Heppenstall; Michael Innes
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1950. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1950. First Edition. Octavo (22 cm); 192pp. Boards full bound in orange cloth with black stamping to spine inside publisher's cream dust jacket with price intact (10/6). Toning, scuffing, bumping, and creasing to dust jacket. Board corners and spine ends bumped and boards bowing... Read More
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Test Your I-Q on Religiosity & Churches
by Carver Bible Institute
Atlanta, GA: Carver Bible Institute, 1950. Very Good. Atlanta, GA: Carver Bible Institute, n.d., ca. 1950. First Edition. Six-paneled brochure; halftone photographic illus. throughout. Moderate wear from handling, small damp stain along top edge, brief ink note to rear panel, else Very Good. Brochure issued by the Atlanta branch of the Carver Bible Institute, "The faith... Read More
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[Sammelband] Notes on the Spanish-American War
by Office of Naval Intelligence
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1900. Very Good. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1900. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's green blind-embossed cloth lettered in gilt, original upper wrappers of each title bound in; mixed pagination; illus. and folding maps throughout. Light wear to cloth extremities, chiefly spine ends and corners, some dampstaining to rear cover, else Very Good, contents fine.... Read More
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A Collier's Friday Night
by D.H. Lawrence; Edward Garnett [intro]
London: Martin Secker, 1934. Near Fine/Very Good +. London: Martin Secker, 1934. First Edition. Octavo (19 cm); vii,87pp. Dark green cloth-bound boards with paper label to spine wrapped in publisher's intact jacket (5s). Green top stain. Jacket gently rubbed at joints with toning and dust-soiling overall. Verso heavily toned. Board corners and spine ends very gently bumped and... Read More
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Edgar Allan Poe: 1 Frontispice et 12 Illustrations de Robert West
by Edgar Allan Poe; Robert West [illus.]; Yves-Gerard Le Dantec [introduction]
Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936. Very Good. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936. First Edition. Folio; 12 lithographed plates housed in original white pictorial chemise; frontispiece and introduction printed on laid in bifoliums. Touch of soiling and wear to edges of chemise including chips and splits along spine. Light toning and smudging to edges of interior plates, else clean and unmarked; a... Read More
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The Seal in the Bedroom and Other Predicaments
by James Thurber; Dorothy Parker [intro]
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1932. Very Good/Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1932. First Edition, stated. Quarto. Unpaginated. Black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket; illustrated boards. Wrap-around seal in two pieces and affixed to rear free endpaper. Dust jacket heavily chipped with several tears and general rubbing and scuffing. Creasing to... Read More
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Le Solitaire: Roman
by Eugène Ionesco
[Paris]: Mercure de France, 1973. Near Fine/Near Fine. [Paris]: Mercure de France, 1973. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); publisher's card wrappers in white dust jacket; 190pp. Light wear and toning to jacket extremities, else Very Good to Near Fine. The French playwright's only novel, published in English as "The Hermit" in 1975.
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![Rosemary's Baby [Signed by Levin]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/033/435/1684435033.0.m.jpg)
Rosemary's Baby [Signed by Levin]
by Ira Levin; James Gunn [intro.]
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2000. Near Fine. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2000. Publisher's Signed Collector's Edition. Signed by Ira Levin at limitation page. Octavo. 245pp. Bound in full red leather; decorated in gilt; all edges gilt; moiré endpapers; silk ribbon. Publisher's Certificate of Authenticity laid in. A few scuffs and spots to boards. Binding sound and... Read More
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Adventures of the Infallible Godahl
by Frederick Irving Anderson
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company Publishers, 1914. Very Good. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company Publishers, 1914. First Edition. Octavo. 241 pp. Black and white illustrations. Black and blue boards lettered in orange. No dust jacket. Boards lightly edgeworn with some general scuffing and rear corners very slightly bumped. Rubbing to spine. Binding sound. Bookseller... Read More
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