23 1/2 Hours' Leave
by Mary Roberts Rinehart; May Wilson Preston [illus.]
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918. Very Good +/Good. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1918. First Edition. Slim octavo (19 cm); 86pp. Two illust., including frontis, collated complete. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket. Boards full bound in cream cloth with black and blue stamping and illustration. Illustrated endsheets. Jacket lightly soiled, scuffed, scratched, and rubbed with chipping... Read More
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Our Village [Limited Edition]
by Mary Russell Mitford; Anne Thackeray Ritchie [intro.]; Hugh Thomson [illus.]
London: Macmillan and Co, 1893. Good. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. First Large Paper Edition, Limited to 470 copies. Large octavo; publisher's maroon cloth, later brown gilt-lettered morocco spine label, housed in custom cloth slipcase; lx,256pp.; frontispiece, illus. throughout, many full-paged. Top half of front joint cracked, corners a bit bumped, preliminaries foxed, else a Good or better... Read More
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Windward Heights [Signed by Conde]
by Maryse Conde; Richard Philcox [trans.]
New York: Soho Press, 1998. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Soho Press, 1998. First U.S. Edition. Signed by Maryse Conde without inscription at title page. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket; blue cloth-backed boards; 348pp. Unclipped dust jacket lightly rubbed with a chip to base of spine. Boards show minor shelfwear with some bumping to extremities; binding sound and pages... Read More
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The Keepsake for MDCCCXXIX
by [Mary Shelley et al] Frederic Mansel Reynolds [ed.]
London: Published for the Proprietor by Hurst, Chance, and Co. / R. Jennings, 1828. Very Good. London: Published for the Proprietor by Hurst, Chance, and Co., 65, St. Paul's Churchyard, and R. Jennings, 2, Poultry, [1828]. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's magenta moire silk, gilt-lettered spine, all edges gilt, binder's ticket of F. Westley to rear pastedown; vii,[1],360pp.;... Read More
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Arrows to the Sun: Bits of Buffalo Verse and Poetry
by Mary Teresa Noble [ed.]
Buffalo, NY: Whitney Printing Company, 1935. Near Fine/Very Good. Buffalo, NY: Whitney Printing Company, 1935. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's buckram in pictorial dust jacket; 158pp. Shallow chips and small losses along jacket extremities, none approaching text, the whole rather dust-soiled and lightly toned; preliminaries a bit browned, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Uncommon anthology... Read More
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Mary / Maria / Matilda
by Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley; Janet Todd [ed.]
New York: New York University Press, 1992. Very Good/Very Good. New York: New York University Press, [1992]. First Collected Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket; xxviii,[2],217pp. Light soil to dust jacket, spine very slightly cocked, corner nudged, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Forms part of NYU Press Women's Classics. ... Read More
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Dell'Arte Historica
by Agostino Mascardi
Venetia [Venice]: Nicolo Pezzana, 1674. Very Good. Venetia [Venice]: Nicolo Pezzana, 1674. "In questa ultima Impressione, con ogni diligenza rivisti, e corretti." 12mo (15cm.); full contemporary speckled calf, gilt-tooled spine in four compartments, all edges speckled red; 650,[20](collated complete); added engraved title page depicting St. George slaying the dragon, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Binding a bit... Read More
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King Cole
by John Masefield
New York: Macmillan Company, 1921. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1921. First edition. Octavo (19.8cm), [88]pp. Includes eight illustrations by John Masefield's daughter, Judith. Price-clipped, cream publisher's dust jacket with orange and black stamping on front and spine. Boards half bound in blue paper and navy cloth with pasted labels on both the front and... Read More
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Reynard the Fox; or, The Ghost Heath Run
by John Masefield
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1919. First Edition. Octavo (19.5 cm), [iv], 166pp. Publisher's cream dust jacket with black printing and price on spine ($1.60). Boards quarter bound in gray paper and gray-green cloth with gilt stamping on the spine. Dust jacket discolored on front, spine, and back... Read More
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Salt-Water Ballads
by John Masefield
London: Grant Richards, 1902. Very Good -. London: Grant Richards, 1902. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm); [xvi],112pp. Publisher's blue buckram with gilt lettering to spine; top edge gilt with bottom and fore-edge deckled. Boards scuffed at corners and along joints, with some bumps along edges, runs to cloth, and some general soiling and toning. Front hinge cracked with some... Read More
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Dead Ned: The Autobiography of a Corpse Who Rediscovered Life Within the Coast of Dead Ned and Came to What Fortune You Shall Hear
by John Masefield
New York: Macmillan Company, 1938. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Macmillan Company, 1938. First American Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's cloth in grey pictorial dust jacket; [10],289pp. A number of short closed tears to jacket extremities with subsequent creasing, though never approaching text, minor offsetting to endpaper, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. ... Read More
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Basilissa: A Tale of the Empress Theodora
by John Masefield
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1940. Very Good/Very Good. London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1940. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price (8s.), blue-grey topstain; [6],281pp. General wear to jacket extremities including a few small chips and closed tears, none approaching text, corners rather bumped, else a Very Good copy in the uncommon dust... Read More
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St. George and the Dragon
by John Masefield
London: William Heinemann, 1919. Very Good/Very Good. London: William Heinemann, [1919]. First Edition. Small octavo; publisher's cloth in blue-grey printed dust jacket; vii,[1],104pp. Moderate wear to jacket extremities, spine panel toned to tan, corners nudged, else a Very Good, clean and sound copy overall. Collection of two addresses delivered in the closing months of World War I... Read More
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The Tragedy of Nan and Other Plays
by John Masefield
London: Grant Richards, 1909. Very Good. London: Grant Richards, 1909. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's red cloth, gilt-lettered spine; [6],114pp. Spine a bit dulled, textblock lightly toned at extremities, else a Very Good copy. Collection of three short dramatic pieces by the English poet, "The Tragedy of Nan," "The Campden Wonder," and "Mrs. Harrison.
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An American Freedom Fighter Inside the CIA: Making a Difference [Signed]
by Phillip H. Mason
Alexandria, VA: Washington House, 2001. Very Good. Alexandria, VA: Washington House, 2001. First Edition. Signed by Mason with brief inscription at title page. Octavo; illustrated wraps; 259pp. Black and white photographs. Wraps rubbed with curling to corners; binding sound; pages unmarked; a Very Good copy.
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The Budapest Parade Murders: Captain North's 8th Case
by Van Wyck Mason
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc., by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1934. Very Good. Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc., by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1934. First Edition. Octavo. 308 pp. Black cloth stamped in red. Decorative endpapers. Red topstain. Lacks dust jacket. Boards show light edgewear with very brief exposure to... Read More
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The State Teacher College at Westfield
by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Massachusetts
[Boston?]: State Teachers College at Westfield, 1941. Very Good. [Boston?]: State Teachers College at Westfield, 1941. Slim octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's blue gilt-stamped cloth; 114pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, seven leaves of photographs printed on rectos only. Light shelf wear and minor soiling, spine gilt a bit dulled, else Very Good and sound.
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Jack Kelso: A Dramatic Poem
by Edgar Lee Masters
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1928. Very Good/Very Good-. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1928. First Edition with (I) on p. 264. Octavo; publisher's cloth in grey price-clipped dust jacket; [6],264pp. Jacket a bit chipped and worn along margins, old tape repair to verso, some dampstaining to upper and rear jacket panels, corners bumped, old Edgar... Read More
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Kit O'Brien
by Edgar Lee Masters
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. First Edition. Octavo (20 cm); 288pp. Boards in black cloth with gilt stamping and pictorial decoration at front, wrapped in publisher's pictorial yellow jacket with higher-priced sticker over original price ($2.50). Fore-edge deckled. Jacket generally scuffed, rubbed, and dust soiled with... Read More
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Evil Come, Evil Go
by Whit Masterson
London: W.H. Allen, 1961. Very Good/Very Good. London: W.H. Allen, 1961. First UK Edition. Small octavo; [vi], 217pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with 13s 6d net price intact; bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket shows a few shallow, closed tears along edges and a few stray scuffs, with moderate to heavy toning and foxing to... Read More
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[Magnalia Christi Americana: or, The Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from its first planting in the year 1620. unto the year of our Lord 1698]
by Cotton Mather
London: Thomas Parkhurst, 1702. Good. [London]: [Thomas Parkhurst], [1702]. First Edition. Folio (31.5cm.); seven volumes in one; full unadorned contemporary calf; each volume with separate title page and pagination. Lacking first gathering including title page (title and imprint provided by the ESTC), as well as the map plates and final two leaves of advertisements bound at... Read More
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Light Horsekeeping: How to Get a Horse and How to Keep It [Inscribed and Signed]
by Helen Mather
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1970. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1970. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($6.95); 192pp.; half-tone photographic illus. throughout. Brief biopredation along upper jacket flap fold, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed on title page: "For Kim... Read More
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The Birds of Devon
by W.S.M. Murray; Murray A. Mathew
London: R.H. Porter, 1895. Very Good. London: R.H. Porter, 1895. Second Edition with Supplement to rear. Octavo. 459 pp.; 7 pp. subscriber list; 31 pp. supplement bound in at rear. 9 illustrations and albumen photographs; map of Devonshire and two maps of migration patterns bound at rear, complete. Blue green boards stamped in gilt and black. Decorative endpapers. ... Read More
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Raditzer [Signed bookplate laid in]
by Peter Matthiessen
New York: The Viking Press, 1961. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 152pp. Boards quarter bound in blue paper and white cloth with blue stamping to spine wrapped in publisher's illustrated blue dust jacket with price intact ($3.00). Blue top stain. Jacket generally scuffed and rubbed with minor... Read More
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Race Rock [Signed]
by Peter Matthiessen
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1954. First Edition, stated. Signed by Peter Matthiessen at title page without inscription. Octavo. 306 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with "$3.50" price present. Green and black boards; yellow topstain. Dust jacket rubbed with a few minor nicks to edges;... Read More
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