The Life of Humphry Davy, Bart. LL.D. Late President of the Royal Society, Foreign Associate of the Royal Institute of France [Two volume set]
by [Sir Humphry Davy] John Ayrton Paris
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Very Good. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. First Edition. Two octavo volumes; bound in modern brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine; new endpapers; marbled edges; 416; 463pp. Frontis portrait; fold-out facsimile. Light rubbing to edges of boards; bindings sound; ownership stamp to front pastedowns; pages unmarked; a Very... Read More
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![An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/304/640/1702640304.0.m.jpg)
An Oral History of Atlantis: Stories [Signed]
by Ed Park
New York: Random House, 2025. Near Fine/Very Good +. New York, Random House, 2025. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (21.6cm); illustrated dust jacket with $28.00 price intact; boards in black cloth with silver lettering; [xii],203pp. Jacket is crisp with a brief bump to bottom rear. Boards are square and sharp. Binding sound and pages unmarked. ... Read More
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Mrs. Falchion: A Novel
by Gilbert Parker
New York: Home Publishing Company, 1893. Very Good. New York: Home Publishing Company, 1893. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue decorative cloth, black and gilt titling; 283pp. Extremities a bit rubbed and spine slightly cocked and nudged at ends, light dust-soil, front hinge cracked but holding, else a Very Good, still quite presentable copy. One of the... Read More
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New-York Gazette; Or, The Weekly Post-Boy. Monday, February 15, 1768. Number 1311
by James Parker [publisher]
New York: James Parker at the New Printing Office, 1768. Very Good -. New York: James Parker at the New Printing Office, 1768. Monday, February 15, 1768 issue. Folio. 4 pp., printed in three columns. General spotting, light chipping to edges, with tears to folds though remains intact. Pen inscription to front margin. Colonial newspaper from... Read More
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Two Pieces of Ephemera relating to the man who took down McKinley's assassin, including a ticket to an early lecture and a cabinet card
by James Benjamin "Big Jim" Parker
Chicago, 1901. Very Good. Chicago: 1901-2. Two pieces of ephemera relating to the Black waiter "Big Jim" Parker (1857-1907), who attempted to save McKinley from assassination. The pieces include a ticket to an early stop on his lecture tour in Chicago (6x10cm.) and a cabinet card depicting a portrait painted after a photograph (17.5x12.5cm.). Lecture invitation a bit... Read More
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![Drake: A Pageant-Play in Three Acts [Signed with Autograph Poem]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/268/888/1617888268.0.m.jpg)
Drake: A Pageant-Play in Three Acts [Signed with Autograph Poem]
by Louis N. Parker
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1912. Very Good. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1912. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); full contemporary gilt-embossed parchment by Bickers & Son, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; x,[4],117pp.; frontispiece, three leaves of plates. Parchment lightly soiled, textblock a shade toned and early leaves foxed, else a Very Good or better, quite brilliant... Read More
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![New England War Veterans of the American Revolution and of Later Wars of Abraham Parker's Family and of His Brothers James, Joseph, John and Jacob, Compiled by His Great, Great, Great, Grandson [Author's Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/071/212/1580212071.0.m.jpg)
New England War Veterans of the American Revolution and of Later Wars of Abraham Parker's Family and of His Brothers James, Joseph, John and Jacob, Compiled by His Great, Great, Great, Grandson [Author's Copy]
by William Thornton Parker
Northampton, MA: s.i., 1923. Very Good. Northampton, MA: 1923. First Edition. Slim octavo; bespoke two-toned gilt-lettered cloth; [2],14,[10],20pp.; photographic frontispiece & two leaves of plates. Cloth rather dust-soiled and a bit scuffed at extremities, related contemporary newsclipping mounted to rear flyleaves and prospectus to another work compiled by William Thornton Parker tipped to rear pastedown, else Very Good... Read More
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![The Learning Tree [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/414/611/1721611414.0.m.jpg)
The Learning Tree [Signed]
by Gordon Parks
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1963. First Edition, stated. Octavo; black cloth boards stamped in gilt, gray illustrated endpapers, in black unclipped dust jacket; 303pp. Jacket rather worn with chipping and short tears along edges. Boards show light wear and moderate spotting; slight lean to spine but binding sound. Overall... Read More
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![In the Blood [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/196/722/1717722196.0.m.jpg)
In the Blood [Signed]
by Suzan-Lori Parks
New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2000. Very Good +. New York: Dramatists Play Service, 2000. First Edition. Octavo (20cm); 73pp. Trade paperback with pink wraps and black text. Wraps slightly bumped and faded along spine; small circle of sticker residue on front panel. Binding sound. Textblock, endsheets, and interior pages clean. A Very Good or better copy of... Read More
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Translating Style: The English Modernists and Their Italian Translations
by Tim Parks
London: Cassell, 1998. Very Good+/Near Fine. London: Cassell, [1998]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in blue pictorial dust jacket; ix,[1],245pp. Very light shelf wear to jacket margins, corners bumped, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Uncommon study by the prolific British novelist with chapters focused on James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Barbara, Pym (!), and Virginia... Read More
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[Broadside] Poverty Partty
by [Ladies Aid Society] [Ooof] [Poverty Parties]
Allentown, PA: [Ladies Aid Society], 1896. Very Good. [Allentown, PA?]: [Ladies Aid Society], 1896. Original printed broadside (22x14.5cm) for a "Poverty Partty" (read Poverty Party) given by the Ladies Aid Society. A few nicks; folds; Very Good. An artifact of the Gilded Age trend of the Poverty Party in which the rich would dress up and... Read More
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Della Perfettione Della Vita Politica
by Paolo Paruta
Venetia [Venice]: Presso Paolo Baglioni, 1650. Very Good. Venetia [Venice]: Presso Paolo Baglioni, 1650. Quarto; full contemporary parchment, contemporary manuscript spine titling, all edges speckled; [8],260,268,[12]pp. (collated complete); steel engraved author portrait to title page, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces throughout. Parchment a bit spotted and dust-soiled, corners bumped, occasional soil and worm-holing to textblock, neat modern manuscript... Read More
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Aga pi fres-cia
by Frank Dituri [photos]; Pier Paolo Pasolini
Milano: Federico Motta Editore, 2001. Very Good. Milano: Federico Motta Editore, 2001. First Edition. Tall octavo (9.75" x 6.25"); [72]pp. Photos throughout. Trilingual (Friulian, Italian, and English) poems. Illustrated card wraps with French flaps. Covers a bit shelfworn with light bumping at top corners and some general smudging to surface. Dime-sized inkstain to half title with adjacent smudging,... Read More
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![[Text in Russian] Delo Pasternaka](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/964/094/1549094964.0.m.jpg)
[Text in Russian] Delo Pasternaka
by Boris Pasternak
Miunkhen: Izdatel'stvo Ob'edineiia Politicheskikh Emigrantov iz SSSR (TSOPE), 1958. Very Good. Miunkhen [Munich]: Izdatel'stvo Ob'edineiia Politicheskikh Emigrantov iz SSSR (TSOPE), 1958. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey printed card wrappers; 112pp.; two leaves of plates. Light wear to extremities, wrappers a bit toned and dust-soiled, textblock uniformly browned due to inferior paper quality, occasional underlining throughout. Very Good and... Read More
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The Healer
by Yves Etienne Patak
New York: Vantage Press, 2005. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Vantage Press, 2005. First Edition. Octavo. 324 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. Light wear to dust jacket. Touch of shelfwear to boards. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good or better copy of a scarce thriller featuring an exorcist and a... Read More
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![The Magician's Assistant [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/266/011/1579011266.0.m.jpg)
The Magician's Assistant [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Ann Patchett
London: Fourth Estate, 1998. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Fourth Estate, [1998]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [8],359pp. Minute shelf wear, else a Near Fine copy. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.
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The Collected Poems of Kenneth Patchen
by Kenneth Patchen
New York: A New Directions Book, 1968. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: A New Directions Book, 1968. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 504 pp. Printed dust jacket with $12.50 price present. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt; red topstain. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with a bit of toning to spine. Very light wear to edges... Read More
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Uncollected Essays
by Walter Pater
Portland, ME: Printed for Thomas B. Mosher and Published by Him, 1903. Very Good. Portland, ME: Printed for Thomas B. Mosher and Published by Him, 1903. Limited Edition of 450 copies. Octavo. 161 pp. Paper covered boards with title label to spine. Printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Light soiling and toning to boards with some rubbing... Read More
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![Debbie Go Home and Other Stories [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/228/393/1605393228.0.m.jpg)
Debbie Go Home and Other Stories [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Alan Paton
Helsinki: Eurographica, 1985. Very Good +/Near Fine. Helsinki: Eurographica, 1985. First Eurographica Edition Limited to 350 copies of which this is no. 13. Octavo; publisher's card wrappers in blue printed dust jacket; 51,[27]pp.; latter portion of volume devoted to facsimile reproductions of the original manuscript. A few tiny dents along wrapper margins, jacket spine panel a shade sunned,... Read More
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The Adventures of Shay Mouse: The Mouse from Longford
by Pat [Patrick] McCabe; Margot McCabe [illus.]
Dublin: Raven Arts Press, 1985. Very Good +. Dublin: Raven Arts Press, 1985. First Edition. Signed by McCabe at half title without inscription. Octavo. 64pp. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations. Mild rubbing to edges with curling towards edges; crease to front wrap along spine. Binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good or better copy of Patrick... Read More
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Statics and Dynamics of Alloy Phase Transformations
by Patrice E.A. Turchi [ed.]; Antonios Gonis [ed.]
New York: Plenum Press, 1994. Very Good. New York: Plenum Press, 1994. Octavo. 737 pages. Black and white illustrations. Glossy white boards stamped in black and blue. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Part of NATO ASI Series; Series B: Physics Vol. 319. Some light soiling to edges of boards. Spine cocked. Binding gives a little but... Read More
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The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories
by Patricia Highsmith; Graham Greene [fwd.]
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1970. Near Fine/Very Good. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1970. First Edition, stated. Octavo (21.5cm); xiv,177pp. Illustrated dust jacket; boards in black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Price-clipped jacket is rubbed along edges with some tugging and scuffing at spine ends. Boards are square with a light bump at tail. Binding is... Read More
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![The President's Daughter [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/755/134/1614134755.0.m.jpg)
The President's Daughter [Signed]
by Jack Higgins [pseud. Henry Patterson]
London: Michael Joseph, 1997. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Michael Joseph, [1997]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [8],336pp. Just a hint of wear to jacket margins, else a Near Fine example. Title page signed and date in year of publication by the author. Jack Higgins' sixth... Read More
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![East of Desolation [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/180/293/1447293180.0.m.jpg)
East of Desolation [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Jack Higgins [pseud. Henry Patterson]
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. / The Crime Club, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc. / The Crime Club, 1969. First U.S. Edition. Bookplate signed by Higgins loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 192 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original "$3.95" price present. Blue boards stamped in silver. Dust... Read More
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One Man's War: the diary of a leatherneck
by Corporal J.E. Rendinell; George Pattullo
New York: J.H. Sears & Company, Inc, 1928. Very Good. New York: J.H. Sears & Company, Inc., 1928. First Edition. Octavo. 177 pp. Black cloth stamped in purple. No dust jacket. Worn along edges with some fraying and rubbed along spine. Binding is sound, ownership inscription to front free endpaper, pages otherwise unmarked. Story... Read More
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