A DISCOURSE ON ANCIENT AND MODERN LEARNING
by Addison, Joseph
London: For T. Osborne, 1739. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Small Quarto. Published several times within the same year, through at least nine printings that we are aware of. 28pp. Bound in earlier 1/4 calf over marbled paper covered boards, endpapers perhaps a bit newer than 19th century binding. A very nice copy of Addison's thoughts and... Read More
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Le Grand Meaulnes (#47 of 50 copies)
by Alain-fournier, Henri
Bruxelles: Editions Du Nord, 1943. Original Wraps. Very Good+. Nelly Degouy. Number 47 of 50 copies on Holland Van Gelder paper, with an extra suite of 30 color plates in original envelope; original paper covered slipcase. Original pictorial wrappers, original glassine dust jacket. A lovely copy, internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind; glassine dust... Read More
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CAPTAIN POISON. EL CAPITAN VENENO [bound with] MOORS AND CHRISTIANS
by Alarcon, Pedro Antonio De (1833-1891)
(Missouri, 1913 & 1914): Manuscript. Full-Leather. Very Good+. Quarto. Manuscript English translation from the original Spanish of Alarcon by John Thornton Worths. 346pp. in a lovely script on rectos only, handsomely bound in a fine red straight grained morocco, tile gilt within triple rules with corner embellishments, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, green floral endpapers, all edges... Read More
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Tuesdays with Morrie (Uncorrected Bound Galley proofs)
by Albom, Mitch
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1997. Original Wraps. Fine. Uncorrected bound galley proofs, in original wrappers; 12mo. A fine copy.
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Dracula Unbound (Signed)
by Aldiss, Brian W.
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1991. First Edition. Fine. Frank Mayo. octavo, 196 pages; publisher's red full-leather binding, decorated in gilt. SIGNED on a front end paper by the author. Silk moire end papers, silk bookmark, all edges gilt. A signed first edition.
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ENTERING SPACE an Astronaut's Odyssey (With TLS By Joseph Allen)
by Allen, Joseph (SIGNED) with Russell Martin
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1985. Original Wraps. Very Good+. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by the author and with TLS on Space Industries letterhead and envelope laid in. Revised and enlarged edition to include Joe Allen's first-hand account of the triumphant satellite rescue mission. Illustrated with excellent color photos. 239(1)pp., bound in pictorial wraps; a very good+ clean... Read More
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Background To Danger
by Ambler, Eric
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1937. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. octavo, 280 pages; tanning to inner and outer hinges; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $2.00 on front flap, small loss at spine ends, light wear at extremities; soiling to rear panel of dust jacket. First American Edition, stated. Owner name and date on FFEP.... Read More
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Perhaps Women (Signed By the Author)
by Anderson, Sherwood
New York: Horace Liveright, 1931. First Edition. Very Good. 12mo, 144 pages; the author's own copy, SIGNED by him on upper margin of the front free endpaper. Internally clean and bright. Spine fading, with some wear at ends; front and rear boards with some fading and stains. No dust jacket.
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HORSES AND MEN Tales, Long and Short, from Our American Life
by Anderson, Sherwood
New York: B.W. Huebsch, Inc, 1923. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. 347pp. Bound in orange cloth, paper spine label, in very good printed dust jacket showing just a bit of wear along top edge, and very minor wear to spine ends; previous owner's stamp to front and rear pastedowns.
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Military Organization and Society
by Andrezejewski, Stanislaw
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul LTD, 1954. First Edition. Fine. octavo, 195[16] pages; publisher's green cloth, spine printed in gilt. As issued, without dust jacket. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate and signature on front pastedown. Professor Dale was an author, expert on South Africa and gave lectures before the United Nations.
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Moscovia Gloriosa. Das Unter Dem Allerdurchlauchtigsten ... Petro I. Oder Grossen, Hochst-Gluckseligst Bluhende Moscau
by Anonymous
Erfurt: Jungnicol, 1741. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo. 327 pages. Bound in tan boards, vellum spine with title printed in black. Title page printed in red and black. A very handsome, tight copy; text block is very clean; first few leaves with faint stain.
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MARY KAY: You Can Have it All. Lifetime Wisdom from America's Foremost Woman Entrepreneur
by Ash, Mary Kay (SIGNED)
California: Prima Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. xiv, 258 pp. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on FEP BY MARY KAY ASH. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
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The Neutrino. Ghost Particle of the Atom
by Asimov, Isaac
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. Small owner name stamp on FEP; a fine copy in a very good dust jacket, with 1/8" chip at head of spine. 223 pp.
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The Union Club Mysteries (INSCRIBED)
by Asimov, Isaac
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/About Fine. Octavo. octavo, 214 pages; INSCRIBED by the author on title page: "To Arthur / Isaac Asimov / 22 Oct 83" - inscription is to mystery collector Arthur H. Parson. First edition, stated. Dust jacket with price of $13.95 on front flap. Mr.... Read More
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Ancestors
by Atherton, Gertrude
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. 709 pages. Bound in original blue cloth with family crest on front panel, in gilt, red and black. A spectacular copy.
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APPLETON'S COMPLETE ATLAS OF THE WORLD, Introduction to Physical and Historical Geography, and an Alphabetical Index of the Latitudes and Longitudes of 72,000 Places
by Atlas
New York, nd (ca.1855): D. Appleton & Co. Hard Cover. Very Good. Folio. 228 text pages, 56pp index with sixty-one elegantly engraved and colored maps with comparative scales. Maps are from the London sheets published by H.G. Collins. Internally clean and bright; bound in original cloth covered boards, spine is 3/4 brown calf renewed to style; red leather... Read More
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Fracture. Proceedings of an International Conference on the Atomic Mechanisms of Fracture Held in Swampscott, MA
by Averback, B. L., Felbeck, D. K., Hahn, G. T., Thomas, D. A.
Cambridge: MIT, The Technology Press, John Wiley & Sons, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 646 pages; original green cloth; fine in a fine dust jacket.
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Aviation School and Training Grounds for the Signal Corps of the United States Army. Letter from the acting secretary of war, transmitting report of commission of army officers appointed by the secretary of war
by [Aviation, Signal Corps]
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916. Original Wraps. Very Good. 64th Cong., 1st sess. House. Doc. 687, transmitting report of commission of Army officers appointed by the secretary of war to investigate and report upon advisability of the acquirement by the United States Government of land near the bay of San Diego, Cal., and elsewhere on the Pacific, Gulf... Read More
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Narrative of the Deportation to Cayenne, and Shipwreck on the Coast of Scotland
by Ayme, J. J. Job; Aime, J. J. Job
London: J. Wright, 1800. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Fine. Observations on the present state of that Colony, and of the Negroes; and an account of the situation of the deported persons at the time of his [the author's] escape." Octavo, 282[14] pages. Bound with half title, frontis and List of Deported Persons and 3 pages of publisher's ads.Three-quarters red... Read More
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From Cotteswold and Beyond. Poems
by Baddeley, W. St. Clair (SIGNED)
Painswick: E. F. Millard. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. 96 pages; original blue cloth, printed in gilt. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR ON FEP and dated April 24, 1923. Internally clean; light wear at extremities. Very good+.
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London and Its Environs. Handbook for Travelers
by Baedeker, Karl
LEIPZIG: Karl Baedeker, 1908. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Good. 15th revised edition, 452 (44) pages; large folding map at front, several single and folding plans throughout with large folding maps at rear; 9 maps and 19 plans in total, although dust jacket states only 5 maps and 24 plans. Bound in red cloth stamped in blind... Read More
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Test Case. Italy, Ethiopia, and the League of Nations
by Baer, George W.
Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1976. First Edition. Very Good+. octavo, 367 pages; original black cloth, printed in gilt. No dust jacket. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Professor Dale was an author, a scholar on international politics and he delivered many lectures before the United Nations.
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Landslide (Publisher's Presentation Copy)
by Bagley, Desmond
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. octavo, 252 pages; publisher's presentation copy with "With compliments of Doubleday & Company, Inc." stamped on front pastedown. Pictorial dust wrapper, with price of $4.95 on front flap. Bookplate on half-title; owner name and date on FFEP. Red on dust jacket spine is slightly faded.
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NATIONAL VELVET
by Bagnold, Enid
New York: William Morrow and Co, 1935. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good-. Octavo. Advance review copy (ARC), bound in original pictorial dust jacket over wrappers. A very good- copy in protective mylar. Mild wear and damstains covers. 8vo. 303 pp.
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Shakespeare
by Bailey, John
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1929. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo, 208 pages; original pictorial cloth, printed in gilt. A fine copy, with neat owner name on FEP.
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