DESCENT OF MAN
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Little, Brown, (1979). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in price-clipped Near Fine dustwrapper with light edgewear. His first book, a collection of short stories. INSCRIBED to ---- "con amistad" and SIGNED by the author in 1994 on the title page.
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WATER MUSIC
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. As with a number of copies we have seen, the headband is poorly manufactured but does not affect the integrity of the book and, needless to say, goes unnoticed by most. There's a light remainder stripe at the top edge which someone has partly and neatly whited out; the dustwrapper... Read More
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DESCENT OF MAN
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1979). First Edition. Hardcover. Some faint spotting to covers; light foxing to bulked text edges. Very Good in a Near Fine dustwrapper with light chipping to the spine tips and corners. Boyle's first book, SIGNED by him on the title page and dated 12 September 1995.
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WATER MUSIC
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. Bottom front corners slightly bumped. Still Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Boyle's second book and first novel, an account of the travels of eighteenth century Scottish explorer, Mungo Park, in West Africa. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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WATER MUSIC
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1981). First Edition. hardcover. Just about Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Boyle's second book and first novel, recounting the travels of eighteenth century Scottish explorer, Mungo Park, in West Africa.
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DESCENT OF MAN
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Little, Brown, (1979). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor edgewear and a 3/4" closed tear at the bottom rear panel. His first book, a collection of short stories, SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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DESCENT OF MAN
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1979). First Edition. Wraps. Light foxing to covers, bulked text edges, and first few pages; some light soiling to wraps and small chips from the middle and bottom of the spine. Still Near Fine. Beige printed wraps. The uncorrected proof of Boyle's first book, rarely seen in this scarce advance format.
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GREASY LAKE & OTHER STORIES
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
New York: The Viking Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Dustspotting to top bulked edge and slight foxing to endpapers. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with trivial wear to the head of the spine. Cloth-backed boards. Boyle's second collection of stories.
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THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
New York: Viking, (1993). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Near Fine. Advance Uncorrected Proof in pictorial wraps of this novel of Kellogg's beginnings in Battle Creek. Made into a film.
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THE ROAD TO WELLVILLE
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Decorated blue leather. Color frontispiece. Limited and true First Edition with an introduction by Boyle not in the trade edition and SIGNED by the author on the limitation leaf. A fictional account of the beginnings of the Kellogg dynasty in Battle Creek. Made into a movie.
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WORLD'S END
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
New York: Viking, (1987). First Edition. Remainder stripe on bottom edge, otherwise Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. His monumental novel, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, epic in scope.
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WORLD'S END
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
New York: The Viking Press, (1987). First Edition. Hardcover. A few small stains to the front board. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. His monumental novel, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, epic in scope and a joy to read. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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WATER MUSIC
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. Minor bump to bottom front corner. Still Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Boyle's second book and first novel, an account of the travels of eighteenth century Scottish explorer, Mungo Park, in West Africa.
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SHE WASN'T SOFT
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
London: A Bloomsbury Quid, (1996). First Edition. Softcover. As New. A paperback original (there was not hardcover issue) published only in England of this short story that originally appeared in the NEW YORKER in 1995.
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DESCENT OF MAN
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Little, Brown, (1979). First Edition. hardcover. Superb copy in dustwrapper of author's first book. Possible review copy with promotional leaflet, lightly tanned at edges, laid in.
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SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
by BOYT, Rose [FREUD, Lucien]
London: Jonathan Cape, (1989). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper, essentially new. The dustwrapper for this first novel was designed by Lucien Freud.
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THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES
by BRADBURY, Ray
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Fine in glassine, lacking the slipcase. Attractive edition of this classic in new condition. Joseph Mugnaini. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-3/8") bound in full silk-screened black buckram. Designed by Ernst Reichl with 11 color lithographs drawn directly on the metal by Joseph Mugnaini with the prints pulled from his plates. One of... Read More
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BEST SF. SCIENCE FICTION STORIES
by BRADBURY, Ray; BLISH, James; et. al
London: Faber and Faber Limited, (1955). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a short closed tear at the front near the spine. The first in a series of science fiction titles edited by Edmund Crispin. Many of the contributions mark their first appearance in book form, including James Blish's "A Case Of Conscience,"... Read More
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TIME PRESENT, TIME PAST: A MEMOIR
by BRADLEY, Bill
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the title page by the former basketball star and presidential candidate: For Don Penny--/with respect and/humble recognition of my/limitations/Bill." Former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley speaks with affection about his small-town upbringing and traces the road he took through sports... Read More
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SOUTH STREET
by BRADLEY, David
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild sunning to edges of boards; foxing to bulked edges of text. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with typical sunning to spine. Author's first book.
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SOUTH STREET
by BRADLEY, David
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild sunning to edges of boards; foxing to top bulked edge of text. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor wear to the bottom front edge. Author's first book.
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ROOM AT THE TOP
by BRAINE, John
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1957. First American Edition. Hardcover. A little foxing to the front endpaper and pastedown. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Highly acclaimed first book made into a film.
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AN ANALYSIS OF GOTHICK ARCHITECTURE: Illustrated by a Series of upwards of Seven Hundred examples of Doorways, Windows, etc. and Accompanied with Remarks on the Several Details of an Ecclesiastical Edifice
by BRANDON, Raphael and J. Arthur
London: David Bogue, 1849. New Edition. Hardcover. Mostly light to moderate foxing, heavy to a few plates. The first volume is broken internally with the pages loose but all accounted for. Overall a Good set. Two small folio volumes (9-3/4" x 12-1/2") bound in original gilt-lettered and decorated brown cloth. Complete with 157 full-page plates and numerous... Read More
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THE THREEPENNY OPERA
by BRECHT, Bertolt
New York: Limited Editions Club, (1982). Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Jack Levine. Tall octavo (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in black linen imported from Holland and stamped in gold. English version by Desmond Vesey with English lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrated by Jack Levine including an ORIGINAL THREE-COLOR LITHOGRAPH frontispiece created... Read More
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THE THREEPENNY OPERA
by BRECHT, Bertolt
New York: Limited Editions Club, (1982). Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Jack Levine. Tall octavo (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in black linen imported from Holland and stamped in gold. English version by Desmond Vesey with English lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrated by Jack Levine including an ORIGINAL THREE-COLOR LITHOGRAPH frontispiece created for this... Read More
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