![The Thing Quarterly: Issue 21 [Thompson Cream]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/946/833/1391833946.0.m.jpg)
The Thing Quarterly: Issue 21 [Thompson Cream]
by Ben Marcus
San Francisco: The Thing Quarterly, 2013. Very Good. San Francisco: The Thing Quarterly, [2013]. First Edition. Side-stapled booklet (5" x 5"); 8pp + tin of Thompson Cream (2.5 oz). Housed in original cardboard presentation box. Booklet clean and crisp with faint bend at top fore-edge corner. Thompson Cream tin unsealed but unperturbed, with plastic seal still... Read More
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![For My People [Signed and inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/929/757/1695757929.0.m.jpg)
For My People [Signed and inscribed]
by Margaret Walker; Stephen Vincent Benet [fwd.]
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968. Very Good -. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1968. Sixth Printing. Small octavo (20.2cm); photo-illustrated wraps; 58pp. Front cover fairly heavily scuffed with a closed tear at fore-edge; smudging and toning to rear. Shallow dampstain at fore-edge margin of first few pages and light discoloration to both sides of half title. Very... Read More
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The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real
by Margery Williams; William Nicholson [illus.]
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. Very Good/Very Good +. New York: George H. Doran Company, n.d. but before 1927. Early American Printing, issued before Doubleday and Doran's 1927 merger. Small, slim quarto (21cm.); publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards in matching dust jacket, pictorial endpapers; 33,[1]pp.; seven color lithographic plates, three of them double-paged. Boards gently scuffed, a... Read More
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The Sailor from Gibraltar
by Marguerite Duras; Barbara Bray [trans.]
New York: Grove Press, 1967. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grove Press, 1966 [but 1967]. First American Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($5.95); 318pp. Faint remainder mark to bottom textblock edge, spine rather significantly cocked, light wear and soiling to jacket, library check-out stamps to rear free endpaper verso, otherwise... Read More
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The Letters of a Portuguese Nun
by Marianna Alcoforado; [Gabriel-Joseph de la Vergne, attr.]; Edgar Prestage [trans.]
London: David Nutt, 1893. Very Good. London: David Nutt, 1893. First Thus. Duodecimo. 209 pages. Blue cloth stamped in decorative gilt. Worn at extremities and cracked at top of front joint. Binding and interior are sound. A sensation upon its publication in 1669, this epistolary work of fiction has had its authorship disputed over the centuries. Here... Read More
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House of Mist and The Shrouded Woman: Two Novels
by Maria Luisa Bombal; Naomi Lindstrom [fwd.]
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. Very Good/Very Good. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xii,259pp. Corners bumped with subsequent light wrinkling to jacket margins, else a Very Good or better copy. Two avant-garde novellas infused with elements of magical realism by the Chilean author, translated... Read More
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Gendering Italian Fiction: Feminist Revisions of Italian History
by Maria Ornella Marotti and Gabriella Brooke [eds.]
Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999. Very Good/Very Good. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [1999]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in glossy maroon pictorial dust jacket; 253pp. Jacket margins rather rubbed with a few tiny closed tears, spine slightly cocked and corners heavily bumped, else a Very Good reading copy overall. Possibly the ownership signature of... Read More
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![How I Discovered Poetry [Inscribed and Signed by Nelson]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/676/614/1700614676.0.m.jpg)
How I Discovered Poetry [Inscribed and Signed by Nelson]
by Marilyn Nelson; Hadley Hooper [illus.]
New York: Dial Books / Penguin Group, 2014. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Dial Books / Penguin Group, 2014. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [6],103pp.; illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, spine a bit cocked, ex libris to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed... Read More
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![The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/796/323/1573323796.0.m.jpg)
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta [Signed]
by Mario Vargas Llosa; Alfred McAdam [trans.]
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. Near Fine/Very Good +. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986. First U.S. Edition. Signed by Vargas Llosa at title page without inscription. Octavo. 309 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in gilt. Rubbing and a few short closed tears to edges of unclipped dust jacket. Boards show mild shelfwear.... Read More
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![The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/080/794/1574794080.0.m.jpg)
The Language of Passion: Selected Commentary [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Mario Vargas Llosa; Natasha Wimmer [trans.]
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2003. Fine/Fine. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, [2003]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in white decorative dust jacket; x,292pp. Just About Fine. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.
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Man and the State
by Jacques Maritain
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1951. Very Good/Very Good. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago, 1951. Second Impression. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cloth, red topstain, in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.50); x,219pp. Moderate rubbing to jacket margins, small closed tear at bottom margin of upper panel, red spine lettering faded to white, corners bumped and textblock uniformly... Read More
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![Gumbo: An Anthology of African American Writing [Signed by Fifteen Contributors]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/812/724/1717724812.0.m.jpg)
Gumbo: An Anthology of African American Writing [Signed by Fifteen Contributors]
by Marita Golden and E. Lynn Harris [Editors and Contributors]; Edward P. Jones, Tayari Jones, Tananarive Due, et al.
New York: Harlem Moon / Broadway Books / Random House, 2002. Very Good. New York: Harlem Moon / Broadway Books / Random House, 2002. Stated First Edition. Chunky octavo (23cm); 804pp. Publisher’s wrappers with $17.95 price intact. Wraps bumped and rubbed. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages show some toning. A Very Good or better copy of... Read More
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A Navy Surgeon in California 1846-1847: The Journal of Marius Duvall
by Marius Duvall; Fred Blackburn Rogers [ed.]
San Francisco: John Howell, 1957. Very Good +. San Francisco: John Howell, 1957. First Edition, from a print run of 600 copies. Octavo. 114pp. Illustrations, some fold-out. Maroon cloth stamped in white and gilt. No dust jacket. Light shelfwear; a couple very minor spots; spine a trifle sunned. Binding sound. Many pages unopened, else unmarked and a Very... Read More
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![A Wreath for Edwin Markham: Tributes From the Poets of America on His Seventieth Birthday, April 23, 1922 [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed by Edwin Markham and Signed by Anna Catherine Markham]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/113/464/1485464113.0.m.jpg)
A Wreath for Edwin Markham: Tributes From the Poets of America on His Seventieth Birthday, April 23, 1922 [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed by Edwin Markham and Signed by Anna Catherine Markham]
by [Edwin Markham]
Chicago: Bookfellows, 1922. Very Good. Chicago: Bookfellows, 1922. First Edition, Limited to 300 copies. Slim octavo; publisher's cloth-backed paper-covered boards, pictorial upper cover stamped in black and gilt, housed in custom cloth slipcase; 47pp.; silhouette of Markham signed by the artist (not quite legible), final three leaves of text printed in facsimile manuscript. Boards a shade toned along... Read More
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The Mark J. Millard Architectural Collection Volume III: Northern European Books - Sixteenth to Early Nineteenth Centuries
by [Mark J. Millard] Harry Francis Mallgrave [essay]; Gerald Beasley, Claire Baines, and Henry Raine [bibliographic descriptions]
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998. Near Fine/Very Good +. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998. First Edition. Quarto; 415pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Gray cloth boards stamped in gilt; illustrated endpapers. Mild rubbing and creasing to edges of dust jacket. Boards tight in binding; a couple smudges to top edge of text... Read More
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A Yankee Prisoner in Hunland
by Clifford Milton Markle
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920. Very Good. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920. First Edition. Octavo. 52 pp. Four b&w photographs including frontis. Olive cloth with gilt lettering to front. No dust jacket. Rippling to front board and fading to edges. Binding is sound. Patch of foxing to title page, but otherwise pages unmarked. Very... Read More
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Beyond Sovereignty
by Max Mark
Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, 1965. Very Good/Very Good. Washington, DC: Public Affairs Press, 1965. First Edition. Octavo (23cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.75); [6],178pp. Moderate wear and toning to dust jacket including a few small chips and closed tears, top textblock edge a bit dust-soiled; Very Good and sound.
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![Wabi Sabi [Signed by Young]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/944/131/1717131944.0.m.jpg)
Wabi Sabi [Signed by Young]
by Mark Reibstein; Ed Young [illus.]
New York: Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers, 2008. Very Good-/Very Good-. New York: Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers, [2008]. First Edition with full number line. Slim quarto (28.5cm); publisher's glossy boards in pictorial dust jacket; [16]pp.; full color collage illus. throughout. Moderate shelf wear with brief exposure at corners, rear jacket panel... Read More
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![Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/154/123/1702123154.0.m.jpg)
Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War [Signed]
by Leo Marks
New York: The Free Press, 1998. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: The Free Press, 1998. First Edition. Signed by Leo Marks with brief inscription at title page. Octavo; 614pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black and gray boards stamped in gilt. Mild rubbing to unclipped dust jacket; boards show light shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked;... Read More
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Wittgenstein's Mistress
by David Markson
Elmwood Park, IL: The Dalkey Archive Press, 1988. Very Good +/Very Good +. Elmwood Park, IL: The Dalkey Archive Press, 1988. First Edition. Octavo. 240 pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with "$20.00" price present. Black boards stamped in gilt; red endpapers. Dust jacket lightly creased along edges with toning along top edge. Boards show light shelfwear with a couple... Read More
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Mark Twain’s Library of Humor
by Mark Twain; E.W. Kemble [illus.]; [William Dean Howells, ed.]
New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. Very Good. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. Octavo (23.7 cm), xxiv, 707pp. First Edition, second state with alphabetized index of titles and “Warm Hair'' uncredited. Boards half bound in contemporary leather and maroon cloth with gilt stamping to the leather edges and spine. Marbled endsheets and page... Read More
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![A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur [original title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/366/581/1582581366.0.m.jpg)
A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur [original title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]
by Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]; Dan Beard [illus.]
London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. Very Good. London: Chatto & Windus, 1889. First UK Edition, later state with catalog dated October 1889. Octavo. 525, [ii], 32 pp. publisher's catalog. Black and white illustrations. Publisher's red cloth stamped in black and gilt; decorative endpapers. Boards edgeworn with a couple short tears to top of spine; corners bumped; spine soiled;... Read More
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Mark Twain's Autobiography (Two Volumes)
by Mark Twain [pseud. Samuel L. Clemens]; Albert Bigelow Paine [intro.]
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. Very Good/Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. First Edition, with edition statement and H-Y code on copyright in both volumes. BAL variant A with ads at back of Vol II. Octavos; xvi, [1]-368pp; [viii], 365pp +2 ads. Frontispieces with printed tissue guards. Blue dust jackets with photo portrait vignette;... Read More
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![Bloody Kin [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/051/117/1602117051.0.m.jpg)
Bloody Kin [Signed]
by Margaret Maron
Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, 1985. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, 1985. First Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [4],181pp. Light wear to board margins, jacket spine panel a bit faded, spine a bit cocked, else a Very Good, internally clean and... Read More
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Thank You, Mr. Moto
by John P. Marquand
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936. Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's teal cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in red; [6],277pp. Light shelf wear, bump along top edge of upper cover, spine lightly cocked and sunned, very faint evidence of glue residue to front pastedown, contemporary bookseller ticket of the Junior... Read More
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