A Gentleman Called
by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. First Edition with "A" to copyright page. Octavo. 189 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.95 price intact. Black boards stamped in white. Dust jacket chipped along edges with a 3 1/2" tear to top portion of front flap. Boards show light... Read More
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![A Town of Masks [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/520/804/1561804520.0.m.jpg)
A Town of Masks [Signed]
by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Signed by Davis with brief inscription to previous owner at front free endpaper. Octavo. 190 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in light blue. Unclipped dust jacket chipped and toned along edges with general smudging and rubbing. Boards edgeworn... Read More
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![Potato Tree [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/329/906/1407906329.0.m.jpg)
Potato Tree [Signed]
by James Sallis
Austin: Host Publications, 2007. Very Good. Austin: Host Publications, 2007. Stated First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; [vi], i-[viii], 180pp +[1] bio. Publisher's illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Boards lightly bumped at corners, with a few faint smudges to surface. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Collection of... Read More
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Cypress Grove [Signed Limited Edition]
by James Sallis
Harpenden: No Exit Press, 2003. Very Good/Very Good. Harpenden: No Exit Press, 2003. Limited First Edition, signed by the author and numbered 50 of 500 copies on limitation page at front. Octavo; [xiv], 255pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £20.00 price intact; book in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges, but with no... Read More
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Essence of Life in Psychic Phenomena: When Vision Is False or Withered Then Knowledge Perishes
by Immanuel Salminen
Brooklyn, NY: Finnish Newspaper Co, 1938. Very Good/Very Good. Brooklyn, NY: Finnish Newspaper Co., [1938]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in grey dust jacket printed in purple retaining original price ($2.50); 205pp. Jacket a bit dust-soiled, old faint dampstain along spine panel bleeding into rear panel and cloth beneath, old price sticker to rear free endpaper, else Very... Read More
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Philologia Sacra, qua totes ss. veteris et Novi Testamenti scrittura tum stylus et literatura, tum sensus et genuina interpretations ratio et doctrina libris quinque expenditur ac traitor; qui absoluuntur philologia..
by Salomon Glass [Salomonis Glassii]; Joannes Franciscus Buddeus [pref.]
Lipsiae: Jo. Fridrici Gleditschii B. Filium, 1725. Very Good. Lipsiae: Jo. Friderici Gleiditschii B. Filium, 1725. Edition Novissima. Thick quarto (25cm.); full contemporary parchment, manuscript spine title, all edges stained red; [4],31,[17]pp. & 2138 columns & [104]pp. (a2 [but a3] b-h4 A-7I4, a2 repeated, collated complete); engraved portrait frontispiece, title page printed in red and black. Upper cover... Read More
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![[Broadside] The Old Shades / Gothic Hall Bowling Saloon](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/813/724/1717724813.0.m.jpg)
[Broadside] The Old Shades / Gothic Hall Bowling Saloon
by Gothic Hall Bowling Saloon
New York: s.i., 1845. Very Good -. New York: s.i., ca. 1845. Broadside (45.5x31cm) printed on yellow newsprint, adorned with two woodcut vignettes. Stock untrimmed leaving the text surrounded by very wide margins, chipping and wear to extremities, old fold lines and small paper remnants to verso corners from having been previously mounted, large but faint soil spot... Read More
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Bambi: Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde
by Felix Salten
Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1923. Very Good. Berlin: Verlag Ullstein, 1923. Early Printing. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's red cloth over pictorial boards printed in black, black spine titling; 186,[6]pp.; illus. throughout. Boards significantly toned to tan, though evidence of the board's original blue color still present to rear cover, spine rather cocked, margins rubbed with brief exposure at corners, contemporary... Read More
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The Hunters [Signed]
by James Salter
Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 1997. Fine/Near Fine. Washington, DC: Counterpoint, 1997. First Counterpoint Edition with full number line. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's two-toned boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [10],233pp. Very light wrinkling to dust jacket, else Near Fine. Signed by the author on title page. The author's first novel, originally published in 1956 and loosely based... Read More
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Bangkok [Limited Edition, Signed]
by James Salter
West Hartford, CT: Raven Editions, 2004. Near Fine. West Hartford, CT: Raven Editions, 2004. First Edition, Limited to 75 copies with a frontispiece by Robert Dente tipped in of which this is no. 54. Slim octavo (20.5cm); publisher's original stitched Nepali paper wrappers; [14]pp.; frontispiece. Wrappers very slightly wrinkled at margins, else a Near Fine example. Signed by... Read More
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All That Is: A Novel
by James Salter
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013. Eleventh Printing. Signed by the author without inscription on full title. Octavo; 289pp. Illustrated dust jacket with original $26.95 price; book in white paper-covered boards with green cloth spine and gilt lettering. Jacket is crisp with very light scuffing to corners and spine... Read More
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![Under the Axe of Fascism [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/358/061/1618061358.0.m.jpg)
Under the Axe of Fascism [Inscribed and Signed]
by Gaetano Salvemini
New York: Viking Press, 1936. Good. New York: Viking Press, 1936. First Edition. Tall octavo (24.5cm.); publisher's green gilt-lettered cloth, green topstain; xiv,402pp. Cloth rather scuffed and faded along spine and margins, brief exposure at corners and spine ends, spine gilt dulled, textblock a shade toned, else a Good, internally clean and sound copy. Inscribed and signed on... Read More
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![Transition: A Collection of Fourteen Poetry Broadsides [Signed by All Contributors]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/001/564/1699564001.0.m.jpg)
Transition: A Collection of Fourteen Poetry Broadsides [Signed by All Contributors]
by Sam and Sally Green [intro.] Denise Levertov, Ed Harkness, Jody Aliesan, Alicia Hokanson, W. M. Ransom, David Lee, William Stafford, Lee Bassett, Kim R. Stafford, Barry Sternlieb, Howard Aaron, Robert Sund, Melinda Mueller and Tim McNulty [contributors]
Waldron Island: Brooding Heron Press, 1988. Near Fine. Waldron Island, WA: Brooding Heron Press, 1988. Edition Limited to 55 copies of which this is no. 544. Quarto; publisher's blue cloth clamshell box with two Japanese-style clasps housing fourteen loose broadsides. Illustration to exterior and interior of case. Rubbing to edges of sheets and case; Near Fine. Each broadside signed... Read More
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![Black Artists on Art: Volumes 1 and 2 [Two volume set, all published] [Inscribed and Signed by Samella Lewis to Lois Mailou Jones]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/885/638/1697638885.0.m.jpg)
Black Artists on Art: Volumes 1 and 2 [Two volume set, all published] [Inscribed and Signed by Samella Lewis to Lois Mailou Jones]
by Samella S. Lewis; Ruth G. Waddy [eds.]
Los Angeles, CA: Contemporary Crafts Publishers, 1969. Very Good/Very Good -. Los Angeles, CA: Contemporary Crafts Publishers, 1969 & 1971. First Editions. Two volumes; large octavos (26.5cm); publisher's cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jackets retaining original prices; xi,132; xii,140pp.; illus. throughout, some in full color. Dust jackets worn with small chips and rather long closed tears, notably to... Read More
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Black Artists on Art Volume 2
by Samella S. Lewis and Ruth G. Waddy [eds.]
Los Angeles, CA: Contemporary Crafts, 1971. Very Good. Los Angeles, CA: Contemporary Crafts, 1971. First Edition, Wrapper Issue. Large octavo; publisher's black photo-illustrated card wrappers; 140pp.; illus. throughout, many full color. Wrappers rather rubbed and a bit wrinkled with small chip at top fore-edge corner of upper cover, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. The... Read More
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The Best of the Rest: Non-Syndicated Newspaper Columnists Select their Best Work
by Sam G. Riley [ed.]
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993. Very Good +. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993. First Edition. Octavo. 341pp. Purple cloth stamped in black and gilt. No dust jacket as issued. Light rubbing to edges; sticker to rear; spine very slightly collapsed along center. Binding sound. Faint smudging to edges of text block and interior else unmarked. A Very Good... Read More
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![African Image [Signed by Haskins]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/751/062/1696062751.0.m.jpg)
African Image [Signed by Haskins]
by Sam Haskins; L. Fritz Gruber [intro.]
New York: Madison Square Press / Grosset & Dunlap, 1967. Very Good/Very Good-. New York: Madison Square Press / Grosset & Dunlap, [1967]. First Edition. Large, square quarto (31.5cm); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; unpaginated; chiefly half-tone photographic illus. Moderate wear to jacket margins including two long closed tears at top edge of upper panel, cloth margins... Read More
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Controlled Violence: On the Field and in the Booth
by Sam Huff; Kristine Setting Clark; Frank Gifford [fwd.]
Chicago: Triumph Books, 2011. Very Good/Very Good +. Chicago: Triumph Books, 2011. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm); photo-illustrated dust jacket with $24.95 price intact; blue boards with gray spine and blue lettering; [xviii],187pp; photos throughout. Jacket is crisp with light rubbing at corners and a thin dogear to rear flap. Boards clean and square with nudging at spine ends.... Read More
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![Knife in My Back [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/437/326/1718326437.0.m.jpg)
Knife in My Back [Inscribed and Signed]
by Sam Merwin, Jr.
New York: Mystery House, 1945. Very Good/Very Good-. New York: Mystery House, 1945. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, red topstain, in black pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.00); 256pp. Jacket margins rather chipped and worn, especially along front flap fold and at spine ends; overall a Very Good copy in About Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed... Read More
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![The Triune [Inscribed and Signed to Hugh Seidman]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/750/595/1703595750.0.m.jpg)
The Triune [Inscribed and Signed to Hugh Seidman]
by Frank Samperi
West Babylon, Long Island, NY: J&E Press, 1969. Very Good. [West Babylon, Long Island, NY: J&E Press, 1969.] First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue printed staple bound wrappers; [56]pp. Wrappers a bit dust-soiled and toned along spine edge, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed by fellow poet Hugh Seidman, dated 6/16/70." Both young poets were early... Read More
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Blacks in Black and White: A Source Book on Black Films (Second Edition)
by Henry T. Sampson
Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, 1995. Very Good. Metuchen: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1995. Second Edition. Octavo. 735 pages. No dust jacket, as issued. Black boards with spine stamped in white and front stamped in white with red label. Light wear to corners, with a slight roll to spine. Sticker to rear board. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.... Read More
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Molloy, Malone Dies, and The Unnamable: Three Novels
by Samuel Beckett; Patrick Bowles [trans.]
New York: Grove Press, 1959. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grove Press, 1959. First Grove Press Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($6.50); [2],577pp. Moderate wear to jacket margins, rear jacket panel and jacket verso foxed slightly bleeding through to cloth, endpapers unevenly toned; a Very Good, clean and sound copy overall.... Read More
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![Born Tying Knots: Swampy Cree Naming Stories [Signed by Howard Norman]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/703/870/1699870703.0.m.jpg)
Born Tying Knots: Swampy Cree Naming Stories [Signed by Howard Norman]
by Samuel Makidemewabe; Howard Norman [trans.]
Ann Arbor, MI: Bear Claw Press, 1976. Very Good +. Ann Arbor, MI: Bear Claw Press, 1976. First Edition. Signed by Howard Norman with brief inscription to preliminaries. Octavo; 39pp. Illustrated wraps. Light rubbing to wraps with a few minor scuffs; spine a touch sunned; binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good or better copy of Norman's... Read More
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Historical Outlines of English Sounds and Inflections
by Samuel Moore; Albert H. Marckwardt [ed.]
Ann Arbor, MI: George Wahr Publishing Co, 1957. Very Good. Ann Arbor, MI: George Wahr Publishing Co., 1957. Reprint. Octavo. 179 pp. Brown boards with gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket. Rubbing to edges with general soiling and gilt along spine dulled. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to ffep, staining along hinges, presumably from glue,... Read More
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![1984: Selected Letters [Signed by Delany]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/657/968/1717968657.0.m.jpg)
1984: Selected Letters [Signed by Delany]
by Samuel R. Delany; Kenneth R. James [intro.]
Rutherford, NJ: Voyant Publishing, 2000. Very Good. Rutherford, NJ: Voyant Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's card wrappers; xxx,351pp. Light shelf wear to wrapper margins, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author without inscription and dated College Park, 2001, on title page.
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