GALLANTRY. AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DIZAIN IN TEN COMEDIES, WITH AN AFTERPIECE
by CABELL, James Branch
New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine a bit rubbed. Very Good. Howard Pyle. Decorated light green cloth, the first state binding. Illustrated with 4 full-page color plates by Howard Pyle.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by CABLE, George W
Northampton, MA, 30 November 1888. Letter. Bleed through of mounting stains to verso. Good. A one-page letter in Cable's hand and SIGNED by him as "G. W. Cable" to Mrs. Henry M. Phillips. In full: "Thank you kindly for your invitation to meet Professor and Mrs. Fiske, but Mrs. Cable's health is delicate. She is virtually confined to... Read More
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LOVERS OF LOUISIANA (TO-DAY)
by CABLE, George W
New York: Scribner, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Front hinge cracked but tight. Spine sunned and a little frayed; fore-edge of cloth discolored and worn. Good copy with fine inscription. Original gilt-lettered red cloth. BAL 2385. INSCRIBED to "My dear Mrs. Baker: /Here let you and Louise and Lucy/and me and these lovers, all, join/hands. Ever--/Yours truly" & SIGNED... Read More
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OLD CREOLE DAYS
by CABLE, George Washington
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to spine ends; some bubbling to cloth at bottom front corner. Very Good to Near Fine. Decorated brown cloth. BAL 2330: First Printing. First state without the ads of Cable's first book. Estimates of the number of copies printed have ranged from 100 to about 3500 with... Read More
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ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND MANUSCRIPTS Relating to Cable's book KINCAID'S BATTERY
by CABLE, George Washington
Northampton, MA, 1902 - 1903. Letters and Manuscripts. Some tears and wrinkles; two letters are laid down on cardboard. Very Good condition overall. Superb collection of material by this former Confederate soldier and important, neglected writer who paved the way for modern Southern writers such as Faulkner and Welty in dealing with the pervasive issue of race. Includes... Read More
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ORIGINAL DRAWING of a Nude Male Figure
by CADMUS, Paul
Drawing. Near Fine. Paul Cadmus. Original Color Pencil/Chalk Drawing (11" x 18") that served as a figural study for his painting DAVID AND GOLIATH. This drawing was acquired with a few others that were created when Cadmus was living in a summer house in Vermont owned by his friend/lover Jared French.
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A MATTER OF TASTE. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE OF INTERNATIONAL BOOKS ON FOOD AND DRINK IN THE LILLY LIBRARY, INDIANA UNIVERSITY
by CAGLE, William R
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth; xxiii, [1], 991, [1] pages. Expanded and revised edition of Cagle's important 1990 bibliography of the Lilly's collection of European and British gastronomic literature, featuring books printed from 1475 through 1962. With illustrations and facsimiles of title pages.
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AMERICAN BOOKS ON FOOD AND DRINK. A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOG OF THE COOKBOOK COLLECTION HOUSED IN THE LILLY LIBRARY AT THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY
by CAGLE, William R. and STAFFORD, Lisa Killion
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth; 794 pages. According to the publisher, "This comprehensive bibliography describes the American cookbooks in the Gernon Collection housed at the Lilly Library. AMERICAN BOOKS and its British/European counterpart, A MATTER OF TASTE, fully describe over 2,300 works in gastronomic literature and are... Read More
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SAY, IS THIS THE U.S.A.
by CALDWELL, Erskine
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, (1941). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Quarto in pictorial boards. Illustrated with photographs by Margaret Bourke-White. A wonderful collaboration.
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THE RULE OF FOUR
by CALDWELL, Ian & THOMASON, Dustin
New York: The Dial Press, (2004). First Edition. wraps. Fine in a mostly transparent Fine dustwrapper. Advance Reading Copy from Uncorrected Proofs in wraps for this first book by two young authors, a bibliomystery about a Renaissance text. Much more uncommon than the First Trade Edition. Publisher's response card laid in.
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MANUSCRIPT LETTER with a copy of MISSIONARY HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, CONTAINING THE WONDERFUL STORY OF JASON LEE, WITH SKETCHES OF MANY OF HIS CO-LABORERS ALL ILLUSTRATING LIFE ON THE PLAINS AND IN THE MOUNTAINS IN PIONEER DAYS
by [CALIFORNIA & PACIFIC NORTHWEST] HOYT, Mrs. Francis and HINES, H. K
Portland, OR and San Francisco: H. K. Hines and J. D. Hammond, 1850 and (1899). First Edition. Letter. The letter in Near Fine condition with normal folds from mailing; the writing in red ink a little difficult to read but legible. The book is Very Good with some edgewear. A closely-written 4-page letter on one sheet of paper... Read More
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A PASSION IN ROME
by CALLAGHAN, Morley
New York: Coward-McCann, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper with quarter-sized chip at head of spine and two-inch tear extending from it to the rear panel. This much under-rated Catholic Canadian writer's most elaborately symbolic novel. INSCRIBED to ------ "this is a book I like" and SIGNED by the author.
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A DENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, BRITISH AND AMERICAN, 1682-1880, WITH AN INDEX OF AUTHORS
by CAMPBELL, J. Menzies
London: David Low, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Bookplate of former bookseller F. Thomas Heller tipped to front pastedown. Near Fine in a Very Good, apparently original, slipcase. Blue cloth in slipcase; 63 pages with erratum slip tipped in. Arranged chronologically with over 700 items listed.
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PHILO WHITE'S NARRATIVE OF A CRUIZE IN THE PACIFIC TO SOUTH AMERICA AND CALIFORNIA ON THE U. S. SLOOP-OF-WAR "DALE" 1841-1843
by CAMP, Charles (editor)
Denver: Old West Publishing Company, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, without the plain white dustwrapper. Folio (9-1/2" x 13"), 84 pages. Illustrated with black-&-white gravures and color plates reproduced from the journal of William H. Myers, 1841-1842, in the Bancroft Library and a portrait of Philo White. Herman Melville's account of this voyage is in WHITE JACKET. Limited... Read More
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NINE BELOW ZERO
by CANTY, Kevin
New York: Doubleday, (1999). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Author's third book and second novel, SIGNED by hin on the title page.
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INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN
by CANTY, Kevin
New York: Doubleday, (1996). First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Pictorial wraps. Bound Galley with a form letter from the publisher laid in of author's second book and first novel.
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INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN
by CANTY, Kevin
New York: Doubleday, (1996). First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Pictorial wraps. Advance Reading copy of author's second book and first novel.
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A STRANGER IN THIS WORLD
by CANTY, Kevin
New York: Doubleday, (1994). First Edition. Wraps. Small mark on front cover, still Fine. Printed light gray wraps. Uncorrected Proof of the author's first book, an outstanding collection of short stories.
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A STRANGER IN THIS WORLD
by CANTY, Kevin
New York: Doubleday, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Author's first book, an outstanding collection of short stories, SIGNED by hin on the title page.
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INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN
by CANTY, Kevin
New York: Doubleday, (1996). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Author's second book and first novel, SIGNED by hin on the title page.
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A STRANGER IN THIS WORLD
by CANTY, Kevin
New York: Doubleday, (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Author's first book, an outstanding collection of short stories.
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A STRANGER IN THIS WORLD
by CANTY, Kevin
(London): Viking, (1996). First British Edition. Hardcover. Some aging of the cheap paper. Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Author's first book, an outstanding collection of short stories. Letter from the publisher laid in.
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NINE BELOW ZERO
by CANTY, Kevin
New York: Doubleday, (1999). First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Pictorial wraps. Advance Reading Copy with promotional material laid in of the author's third book and second novel.
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IN COLD BLOOD
by CAPOTE, Truman
New York: Random House, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Covers slightly bowed; tape stains to verso of rear endpaper where newspaper clipping, now loose, was once affixed. Mild soiling and light wear to the dustwrapper which has light tape stains to the corners and slightly darker stains to the inside flaps. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. INSCRIBED... Read More
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IN COLD BLOOD
by CAPOTE, Truman
New York: Random House, (1965). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase with a bit of sunning along the edges. Copy #78 of 500 numbered copies SIGNED by the author.
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