CHRIS'MUS' IS A' COMIN' & Other Poems
by Dunbar, Paul Laurence
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1905. Fine. 3 1/4" x 5 3/4" [BAL 4957] First edition thus; 48pp., bound in stiff paper wraps, dust jacket title orange within gold decorative panel, title page with same design in pale green and orange, top edge gilt. There were two different designs issued for this title, one dated 1907 on... Read More
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The Political Thought of John Locke. An Historical Account of the Argument of the 'Two Treatises of government'
by Dunn, John, Fellow of King's College
Cambridge: University Press, 1969. First Edition. Fine/Fine. octavo, 290 pages; publisher's red cloth, original dust jacket, with price on front flap. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Professor Dale was author, expert on South Africa and gave lectures before the United Nations. Internally clean and bright.
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TWO O'CLOCK EASTERN WARTIME
by DUNNING, John (SIGNED)
New York: Scribner, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY JOHN DUNNING without personalization. 475pp., bound in 1/4 black paper over blue paper covered boards, spine lettering silver; a fine copy in fine dust jacket.
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BOOKED TO DIE a Mystery Introducing Cliff Janeway
by DUNNING, John (SIGNED)
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY JOHN DUNNING wihout personalization. First Cliff Janeway novel; 321pp., bound in 1/4 dark blue cloth over blue paper covered boards, spine lettering in foil blue; a fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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Tune in Yesterday. The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio 1925-1976
by Dunning, John
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Large Octavo. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket; a lovely copy. xiii, 703 pp.
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THE HOLLAND SUGGESTIONS. A Novel of Suspense
by DUNNING, John (SIGNED)
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1975. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JOHN DUNNING ON TITLE PAGE. Inscribed to bookselller Charles Parkhurst. ALSO SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "IF EVERYBODY HAS A TREASURE-HAUL BOOK INSIDE THEM, THIS HAS BEEN MINE" BY JOHN DUNNING ON AN OLD ALGONQUIN BOOKS BOOKMARK without personalization. Old Algonquin Books is... Read More
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THE BOOKWOMAN'S LAST FLING
by DUNNING, John (SIGNED)
New York: Scribner, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY JOHN DUNNING without personalization on the title page, after Mr. Dunning's brain surgery. 337pp. Bound in 1/4 brown cloth over goldenrod paper covered boards; spine lettering gilt. A fine bright copy in fine unclipped pictorial dust jacket.
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THE BOOKMAN'S LIMERICKS
by DUNNING, John (SIGNED)
Minneapolis: Dinkytown Antiquarian Books, 2003. First Edition. Original Wrappers. Fine. SIGNED BY JOHN DUNNING. A fine copy bound in original printed wrappers. In publishers sealed clear plastic bag. One of a limited edition published for different regional book fairs. This copy published for the Boston International Antiquarian Bookfair Oct. 31 - Nov. 2, 2003. Preccedes the publishing of... Read More
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On the Air. The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio - Signed
by Dunning, John
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Large octavo, 822 pages; book and jacket make a perfect copy, inscribed to bookfriends: "To Chuck and Sandy - / Good bookfriends / Best Luck - / John Dunning / Seattle / 9-3-98." Armorial bookplate of Charles Parkhurst.
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Booked to Die (Inscribed)
by Dunning, John
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. First Edition. Fine/Fine. octavo, 321 pages; pictorial dust jacket with $19.95 on front flap. INSCRIBED to mystery collector, Arthur Parson thus: "To Arthur Parson / Best luck, / John Dunning / 4 - 9 - 95" on the title page. First printing, with full number line. Owner name and date on ffep.... Read More
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The Bookman's Wake (The Dedication Copy)
by DUNNING, John (SIGNED)
New York: Scribner, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. THE ONLY DEDICATION COPY. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON THE DEDICATION PAGE BY JOHN DUNNING: "Jack [Kisling] & Mary - Truly, without youse guys there'd be no book - Cheers & Stuff/John/2-24-95/five weeks before pub date." John Dunning and the... Read More
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The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
by Durham, Marilyn (SIGNED)
New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY MARILYN DURHAM ON FFEP. 246 pp. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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Tunc
by Durrell, Lawrence (SIGNED)
London: Faber & Faber, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY LAWRENCE DURRELL ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. 316 pp. A fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket.
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Blue Thirst (Signed)
by Durrell, Lawrence
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1975. First Edition. Fine/About Fine. octavo, 56 pages; number 163 of 250 copies, signed by the author. An as new copy in a nearly fine original acetate dust jacket, with a short closed tear at foot of front fold.
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Vega and Other Poems
by Durrell, Lawrence
Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 1973. First Edition. Fine/Fine. octavo, 54 pages; publisher's black cloth, spine printed in gilt. Dust jacket with price of $5.95 on front flap. A lovely copy.
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THE TREE OF IDLENESS and Other Poems
by Durrell, Lawrence
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. 48pp, bound in burgundy cloth, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in a so near fine dust jacket.
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PAH-SHE-PAH-HOW. (Indian Tribes of North America)
by Mckenney and Hall (Lehman & Duval)
Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, 1835. Very Good. Offered is a very good hand colored lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C. B. King, originally published in McKenney and Hall's "Indian Tribes of North America." Unframed. Offsetting from previous matting. Sheet size: 18 x 12 3/4 inches. Pashepahaw was a Sauk chieftain, known as the Stabber. "Indian Tribes of... Read More
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A Theory of Stable Democracy
by Eckstein, Harry
Princeton (1983-91): Center of International Studies, Princeton University, 1961. Very Good. quarto, 50 pages; blue-green printed wrappers, staple bound. "Research Monograph No. 10, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs." Wrappers slightly faded at edges. Professor Richard Dale's copy, signed by him on front wrapper. Professor Dale was and author, international authority on political science and delivered... Read More
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RANEY. A Novel
by EDGERTON, Clyde (SIGNED)
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1985. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY CLYDE EDGERTON ON TITLE PAGE. A Fine copy in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. $12.95 price on front flap of Dust Jacket. 227 pp. Author's First Book.
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THE HISTORY AND POETRY OF FINGER RINGS
by Edwards, Charles
New York: Redfield, 1855. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Small Octavo. Color frontispiece, 239pp., (12)pp. ads at rear.textual illustrations. Bound in publisher's light maroon cloth, spine gilt and evenly sunned to tan extending a bit to rear board; contemporary owner's name in pencil to front free endpaper, and small owner's stamp to next endpaper; internally clean and... Read More
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ZUR AFFINEN FELDTHEORIE
by Einstein, Albert (1878-1955)
Np; (1923). First Edition. Fine. offprint from Sitzungsberichten der Presussichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Sitzung der physikalishch-mahematischen klasse vom 31 mai, XVII. p. 137-140, bound in original orange printied wraps; quarto (254 x 184mm). Einstein's first investigation of Weyl's ideas, published in the present work, introduced the notion of distant parallelism; however, Einstein later rejected Weyl's theory. Housed in... Read More
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Wrath in Burma. The Uncensored Story of General Stilwell and International Maneuvers in the Far East (Signed)
by Eldridge, Fred
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1946. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo, 320 pages, original green cloth, spine printed in gilt; dust jacket with $3.00 price on front flap, map end papers. SIGNED by the author on half-title. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind; bookplate.
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THE SPANISH GYPSY. A Poem
by Eliot, George
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Small Octavo. Author's Edition, from Advanced Sheets. Bound in original green cloth with gilt lettering spine, front cover. Light wear at extremities and lower spine. 287 pp.
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Daniel Deronda. Four Volumes
by Eliot, George
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1876. First Edition. Very Good. Eight volumes in four. A complete set. Publisher's variant red cloth; first issue, without inserted "contents" leaves, volume I, page 83, line 2 with misprint "reponsive" and errata tipped-in after title page of volume II (part III). Yellow coated end papers, with several replaced with matching... Read More
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THE USE OF POETRY AND THE USE OF CRITICISM, Studies in the relation of Criticism to Poetry in England
by Eliot, T.S.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good-. Octavo. 149pp., bound in burgundy cloth, spine lettering gilt, previous owner's name, slight damp staining to last few leaves on very edge of out margins, a very good copy in unclipped dust jacket showing heavy damp staining with chipping along the top edge... Read More
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