Ezi's Big Fat Chicken Eggs
by [Hand-Painted Signs]
United States, 1960. Very Good. United States: ca. 1960s. Original hand-painted sign (91.5x61cm); acrylic paint and hand-made black and red decal letters on wood plank. Paint a bit chipped along margins, chicken painting starting to crack, some light soil, else Very Good. Vibrant and handsome hand-painted sign advertising Ezi's big fat chicken eggs adorned with quite a lovely... Read More
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The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
by Alan Sillitoe
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First American Edition. Octavo. 176 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $3.50 price present. Red and black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket worn along edges with mild chipping, toning, and creasing; rubbing to rear panel. Boards shelfworn and bottom corners bumped. Binding sound.... Read More
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![In the Beginning: Tales from the Pulp Era [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/537/093/1413093537.0.m.jpg)
In the Beginning: Tales from the Pulp Era [Signed]
by Robert Silverberg
Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2006. Near Fine/Near Fine. Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2006. Limited Edition of 1000 signed copies, this being #236; stated First Edition. Signed by Silverberg on limitation page. Octavo. 335 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Boards show a touch of wear to... Read More
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Born with the Dead: Three Novellas
by Robert Silverberg
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975. Very Good/Very Good. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1975. First UK Edition. Octavo. 267 pages. Printed dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. In addition to the title novella, includes "Thomas the Proclaimer" and "Going." Price-clipped dust jacket is rubbed along edges with some light general spotting. Boards are nudged at... Read More
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The Death of Monsieur Gallet
by Georges Simenon
New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1932. Very Good. New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1932. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's royal blue cloth, black spine titling; 263pp. Soiling on spine, slightly affecting front and back boards. Light finger soil to textblock, else Very Good condition. In a hotel room in Sancerre, France, the body of one Emile... Read More
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![Weather Forecast for Utopia & Vicinity: Poems 1967-1982 [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/402/949/1568949402.0.m.jpg)
Weather Forecast for Utopia & Vicinity: Poems 1967-1982 [Signed]
by Charles Simic
Barrytown, NY: Station Hill, 1983. Very Good+. [Barrytown, NY]: Station Hill, [1983]. First Trade Edition, Wrapper Issue. Small slim quarto; publisher's white card wrappers printed in red and black; [6],48pp. Light wear and toning to wrapper extremities, else Very Good or better. Signed by the author on title page.
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![White: A New Version [Limited Edition, Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/802/491/1387491802.0.m.jpg)
White: A New Version [Limited Edition, Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Charles Simic
Durango, CO: Logbridge-Rhodes, 1980. Near Fine. Durango, CO: Logbridge-Rhodes, 1980. First thus, limited to 722 copies. Octavo (20cm.); publisher's stitched grey printed wrappers; [2],27pp. A hint of fading along spine, else Fine. Bookplate signed by the author laid in. Inaugural publication of the Logbridge-Rhodes Press, though an "earlier version" of this poetry collection was first published in... Read More
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Song of Kali
by Dan Simmons
New York: Bluejay Books, 1985. Very Good+/Near Fine. New York: Bluejay Books, 1985. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 311pp. Boards in black cloth with gilt stamping to spine, wrapped in publisher's intact illustrated jacket ($15.95). Jacket gently scuffed with bumping to margins and light toning to verso. Board corners and spine ends gently bumped with minor fading at... Read More
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![Children of the Night [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/244/568/1699568244.0.m.jpg)
Children of the Night [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Dan Simmons
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1992. Very Good +. Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1992. Limited Edition of 726 copies signed by Dan Simmons at half title; this being one of 200 Deluxe copies, though this copy unnumbered. Octavo; 320pp. Black leather spine lettered and ruled in gilt over moon illustrated paper-covered boards; red endpapers. Housed in publisher's... Read More
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![Going After the Rubber Chicken [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/667/189/1588189667.0.m.jpg)
Going After the Rubber Chicken [Inscribed and Signed]
by Dan Simmons
Arvada, CO: Roadkill Press, 1991. Fine. Arvada, CO: Roadkill Press, 1991. First Edition. Slim octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers; [4],72pp. Just About Fine. Inscribed and signed by the author on title page. Collection of three "Guest of Honor" Speeches.
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![The Stars of Axuncanny: A Novel [Publisher's Galley]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/052/093/1341093052.0.m.jpg)
The Stars of Axuncanny: A Novel [Publisher's Galley]
by David Simms
Livingston, AL: Livingston Press / University of West Alabama, 2006. Very Good+. Livingston: Livingston Press / University of West Alabama, 2006. Advance Reading Copy. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's pictorial card wrappers; [6],177pp. Some wear from handling, else Very Good and sound.
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The Woman Destroyed
by Simone de Beauvoir; Patrick O'Brian [trans.]
London: Collins, 1969. Very Good/Very Good -. London: Collins, 1969. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; 255pp. Illustrated dust jacket over publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Price-clipped jacket shows a good-sized dampstain to front panel and flap -- staining mainly visible to interior, but with some external cockling to front panel and running / separation to laminate... Read More
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The Blood of Others
by Simone de Beauvoir; Roger Senhouse & Yvonne Moyse [trans.]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. First American Edition. Octavo. 292 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Orange boards stamped in purple; orange topstain. Possibly remaindered with purple "R" stamped to rear pastedown. Unclipped dust jacket chipped at extremities; a few short closed tears; touch of wear to folds and spine... Read More
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Democracy's Stepchildren: A Study of Need and Belief
by Elizabeth Leonie Simpson
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., Publishers, 1971. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1971. Stated First Edition. Octavo; 240 pages. Flag-design dustjacket over red boards with silver stamped publisher's logo and lettering. Jacket faded along top with moderate edgewear. Tight and square in binding. One previous owner's notation on final page, otherwise clean and free of... Read More
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The Turks of Bulgaria (1878-1985)
by Bilal N. Simsir
London / Nicosia: K. Rustem & Brother, 1988. Very Good/Very Good. London: K. Rustem & Brother, 1988. First Edition. Octavo; xvii + 329pp, including bibliography and index. Appended section of 16 documentary and photographic illustrations. Teal dustjacket over black boards; gilt spine lettering. Jacket slightly faded along top edge and spine, but with no chips or... Read More
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Saddling the Rabbit [Signed]
by Iain Sinclair
Devon, UK: Etruscan Books, 2002. Very Good +. Devon, UK: Etruscan Books, 2002. First Edition. Small quarto (15 cm); 60pp. Perfect bound in pictorial golden brown panels. Covers bowing out slightly with minor bumping and scuffing to panels. Pages clean. A Very Good or better copy. Signed by Sinclair on the title page. A collection of... Read More
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![Dining on Stones; or, The Middle Ground [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/872/117/1626117872.0.m.jpg)
Dining on Stones; or, The Middle Ground [Signed]
by Iain Sinclair
London: Hamish Hamilton, 2004. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Hamish Hamilton, 2004. First Edition. Octavo (24cm); [viii],449pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £16.99 price intact; boards in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with very faint edgewear. Boards are square with light nudging at corners and spine ends. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. ... Read More
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![Dark Lanthorns: David Rodinsky's A to Z London Walked Over by Iain Sinclair [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/449/608/1626608449.0.m.jpg)
Dark Lanthorns: David Rodinsky's A to Z London Walked Over by Iain Sinclair [Signed Limited Edition]
by Iain Sinclair
Uppingham, UK: Goldmark, 1999. Near Fine/Near Fine. Uppingham, UK: Goldmark, 1999. Limited Edition of 250 signed and numbered copies, of which this is 189. Small octavo (19 cm); 45pp. Publisher's pictoral red, blue, and white dust jacket. Boards full bound in eggshell cloth with black stamping to spine. Photographs throughout. Dust jacket lightly scratched with minor creasing. Binding... Read More
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![The Dark Night [Limited Edition, Signed by the author]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/009/078/1538078009.0.m.jpg)
The Dark Night [Limited Edition, Signed by the author]
by May Sinclair
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. Limited Edition of 350 copies signed by Sinclair, this being #99. Tall octavo. 126 pp. Parchment-backed blue boards with spine lettered in gilt. No dust jacket. Light rubbing to spine with brief exposure to corners. Binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate and... Read More
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No Pasaran! (They Shall Not Pass): A Story of the Battle of Madrid
by Upton Sinclair
Newcastle, UK: Collet's and Workers' Bookshop, 1937. Very Good/Very Good. Newcastle, UK: Collet's and Workers' Bookshop, 1937. Collet's and Workers' Bookshop Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial unclipped dust jacket by Grett; 239pp. + advertisements. Moderate shelf wear to jacket margins with small chips to edges; spine faded. Rubbing to edges of boards; spine a trifle sunned; a few nicks... Read More
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A Captain of Industry, Being the Story of a Civilized Man
by Upton Sinclair
Girard, KS: The Appeal to Rison, 1906. Very Good/Fair. Girard, KS: The Appeal to Reason, 1906. First Edition. Octavo; 142pp. Printed dust jacket with $1.00 price to front; book in blue cloth with white lettering and border. Jacket separated in two with most of the spine missing except for the band with title and author; 3" tear along... Read More
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![Stories for Children [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/117/883/1496883117.0.m.jpg)
Stories for Children [Signed Limited Edition]
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1984. Very Good. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1984. Limited First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription and numbered 150 of 400 copies on limitation notice at front. Octavo; [x], 337pp. Blindstamped beige cloth with black title square and gilt lettering to spine. No dust jacket, as issued. Housed in dark brown... Read More
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![The Image and Other Stories [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/448/424/1475424448.0.m.jpg)
The Image and Other Stories [Signed]
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1985. Near Fine. New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1985. Limited First Edition of 450 copies signed by Singer at limitation page, this being #96. Octavo. 310 pp. Red-brown cloth stamped in black and gilt. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Boards gently bumped at bottom of spine. Binding is sound and pages... Read More
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A Day of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
New Yorik: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969. SIGNED by the author without inscription on half title. Octavo (8" x 6"); [xii], 227p. Covers lightly edgeworn with a few smudges but no chips or tears. Covers curving outward a bit at fore-edge, with page block curving a bit as... Read More
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Social New York Under the Georges 1714-1776 (Two Volumes)
by Esther Singleton
Port Washington: Ira J. Friedman, 1969. Very Good. Port Washington: Ira J. Friedman, 1969. Empire State Historical Publications Series, No. 60 - Reissue of the 1902 edition. Two Volumes. Octavo; xix, 197pp, [iv], [198]-407pp. Red cloth with black title bar and gilt lettering to spines. Boards lightly shelfworn, with superficial chewing to cloth along with some scuffs and... Read More
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