My Antonia
by Cather, Willa
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Illustrated by W.T. Benda. Later Printing. Very Good in a Fair jacket, unclipped ($3.00), heavily soiled, chipped and with repairs on the verso. Brown cloth, frayed at the head and foot of the spine, with black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square, bound with some reading wear,... Read More
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North American Indians
by Catlin, George
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1926. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Complete in two volumes. Illustrated with 320 color illustrations from Catlin's original paintings. About Fine in Very Good plain jackets, unclipped (no price), generally soiled and rubbed, a few chips and tears. Red publisher's bindings with black ink and gilt designs on the spines and front boards. Square and firmly bound... Read More
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The Year of the Barricades; A Journey Through 1968
by Caute, David
New York: Harper and Row, Publishers Inc, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, a few small creases to pages, clean otherwise.
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Journey to the End of the Night
by Celine, Louis-Ferdinand
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Translated by John H.P. Marks. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned and rubbed, some chips and closed tears at the edges, a small tape repair on the verso. Black buckram, bumped at the top-right corner, with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound... Read More
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Furious Hours; Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
by Cep, Casey
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2019. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fourth Printing. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($26.95). Quarter teal cloth with yellow paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Cep's account of Harper Lee's work to write her own In Cold Blood to be titled The Reverend.
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Letters and Texts, 1972-1984
by Chaikin, Joseph; Shepard, Sam
New York: New American Library, 1989. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Near Fine. Edited and with a Preface by Barry V. Daniels. Near Fine. Wraps faded at the spine. Square and firmly bound, lightly soiled at the bottom edge of the text block, clean internally. A collection of correspondence with "several short plays and monologues that they produced and performed... Read More
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The Return of Nathan Brazil
by Chalker, Jack L.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1980. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed by Chalker and the cover illustrator Darrell Sweet on the title page. Near Fine. Wraps faintly rubbed, bumped at the top-right corner. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The fourth book in the Well of Souls series.
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My Confession
by Chamberlain, Samuel E.
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Introduction and Postscript by Roger Butterfield. Near Fine in a Good jacket, clipped but still priced ($6.00), generally worn with chips, tears, and tape repairs on ther verso. Red and blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, some foxing at the... Read More
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Oscar Night in Hollywood" in The Atlantic March 1948
by [Chandler, Raymond]
Concord: The Atlantic Monthly, 1948. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. Covers lightly soiled, curled and with some creases at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first appearance of one of Chandler's anthologized essays.
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Antaeus Special Essay Issue 21/22 Spring/Summer, 1976
by [Chandler, Raymond] Halpern, Daniel
New York: Antaeus, 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Good. Wraps soiled and scuffed, bumped at the corners. Square, bound with some reading wear, foxed at the edges, clean internally. This issue features Chandler's essay "Farewell, My Hollywood.
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The Raymond Chandler Papers; Selected Letters and Nonfiction, 1909-1959
by [Chandler, Raymond] Hiney, Tim; MacShane, Frank
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in an about Fine jacket, unclipped ($25.00), bumped at the edges. Brown paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of Chandler's correspondence in which he discusses his dislike of James M. Cain's writing, his views on... Read More
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The Midnight Raymond Chandler
by Chandler, Raymond
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Introduction by Joan Kahn. Good, lacking the jacket. Blue cloth, generally rubbed. Square, bound with some reading wear, orange topstain, bookplate inside the front board. A collection of Chandler's crime writing, featuring Red Wind, Trouble Is My Business, Blackmailers Don't Shoot, The Pencil, The Little Sister, and The Long... Read More
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Pearls Are a Nuisance
by Chandler, Raymond
London: Penguin, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Early Reprint. Good. Wraps bumped and creased, soiled at the spine and back cover. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, toned pages, clean otherwise. A collection of three stories alongside The Simple Art of Murder.
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Independent Study
by Charbonneau, Joelle
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Charbonneau on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($17.99). Black paper on the boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The second novel in Charbonneau's trilogy.
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The Testing
by Charbonneau, Joelle
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($17.99). Black paper on the boards with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first novel in Charbonneau's trilogy.
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Forgotten Worlds; Scientific Secrets of the Ancients and Their Warning for Our Time
by Charroux, Robert
New York: Walker and Company, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Translated by Lowell Bair. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($12.50), toned and with some creases at the flaps, rubbed and with a few short scuffs and tears at the edges. Red cloth with yellow ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a... Read More
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Jack Kerouac Selected Letters 1940-1956 and 1957-1969 [2 Volume Set]
by Charters, Ann [Kerouac, Jack]
New York: Viking Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Edited and with Introductions by Ann Charters. Second and first printing, respectively. Near Fine in Near Fine jackets, unclipped ($29.95, $34.95), bumped at the edges. Quarter black cloth with paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, a slight gap between pages 48-49 in 1957, clean otherwise.... Read More
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The Nemesis of American Business
by Chase, Stuart
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), toned at the spine, shallow chips at the top edge. Black cloth with red labels on the spine and front board. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise.... Read More
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Our Ancestors Came from Outer Space; A NASA Expert Confirms Mankind's Extraterrestrial Origins
by Chatelain, Maurice
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Translated by Orest Berlings. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, clipped (still priced at $7.95), rubbed and with some chips at the surface and edges. Quarter black cloth with red paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, ownership signature of Tom Benson on... Read More
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The Portable Chaucer
by Chaucer, Geoffrey
New York: Viking Press, 1950. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Selected, translated, and edited by Theodore Morrison. Second Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), faded at the spine, rubbed at the edges. Quarter grey cloth with blue cloth on the boards. Firmly bound with a forward lean, red edges, clean internally.
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The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
by Chaudhuri, Nirad C.
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped (21s. net), heavily soiled and rubbed, chips at the head and foot of the spine, generally rubbed and bumped. Orange cloth with a black ink panel on the spine with gilt lettering and designs. Firmly bound with a slight forward... Read More
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First Man (5 Vol. Set)
by Chazelle, Damien
Universal Pictures, 2018. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Red spines with pictorial wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of interviews, script excerpts, and criticism interspersed with movie stills. Here, the makers of the film discuss the purpose of the film, its sound design, cinematography, editing, and acting.
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The Wapshot Chronicle
by Cheever, John
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Early Printing. Good in a Good jacket, clipped, a few chips at and along the spine and edges. Quarter black cloth with green paper on the boards, some rubbing. Square and firmly bound, inscription on the front endpaper, foxed at the endpapers. Cheever's debut novel, the winner of the... Read More
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The Wapshot Chronicle
by Cheever, John
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Good. Early Printing. Good in a Good jacket, clipped, generally rubbed and worn with multiple tears and chips. Quarter black buckram with green paper on the boards, gilt rubbed at the spine. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the top edge and endpapers. Cheever's debut novel, winner of the National Book... Read More
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The Wapshot Scandal
by Cheever, John
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in an about Very Good jacket, unclipped ($4.95), rubbed at the edges and back panel, chipped at the foot of the spine. Blue buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The sequel to Cheever's National Book Award-winning The... Read More
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