THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN
by James, P. D. (SIGNED)
New York: Scribner, 1982. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED, AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY P. D. JAMES. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. The first American edition was published simultaneously with the Canadian first, and preceded by the British first. 328 pp. Nice, tight copy.
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DEATH OF AN EXPERT WITNESS
by James, P. D. (SIGNED)
London: Faber and Faber, 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY P. D. JAMES ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 265 pp.
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DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS
by James, P. D. (SIGNED)
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 2001. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY P. D. JAMES without personalization. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery. 415 pp.
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THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST 1904-1905
by THE Military Correspondent of the Times; [Lionel James]
London: John Murray, 1905. First Edition in Book Form. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Thick Octavo. 656pp., bound in blue cloth decoratively stamped in gilt, spine and top edge gilt, lightly rubbed at spine ends and joints, Illustrated by Percy Fisher with 9 pictorial engravings of various important officers, 35 folding maps including one large folding map at rear,... Read More
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LONE COWBOY. My Life Story
by JAMES, Will
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good++/Very Good. Octavo. A very good++ copy bound in green cloth with gilt lettering spine and front cover. Gilt lettering slightly faded, light scattered foxing. In a very good dust jacket with fading spine, creases dust jacket flaps, edge wear. 431pp.
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Essays in Pragmatism
by James, William
New York: Hafner Publishing Company, 1948. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/About Fine. Octavo. First separate edition. 176 pages. A fine copy, in a light green printed dust jacket, lightly age-toned at edges.
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THE DARK HORSE
by James, Will
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. First Ediiton. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. A near fine copy in a very good+ price clipped dust jacket with with edge wear, short closed tears. 306 pp.
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On Military Intervention. Studies Presented at Varna International Sociological Association Conference 1970. Part I.
by Janowitz, Morris (ed.) & Van Doorn, Jacques (ed.)
Rotterdam: Rotterdam University Press, 1971. First Edition. Fine/No Dust Jacket. octavo, 520 pages; original gray cloth, spine printed in black. A brilliant, as new copy. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Professor Dale was an author, an expert on international politics, and he delivered many lectures before the United Nations.
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On Military Ideology. Studies Presented at Varna Internationl Sociological Association Conference 1970. Part II
by Janowitz, Morris (ed.) & Van Doorn, Jacques (ed.)
Rotterdam: Rotterdam University Press, 1971. First Edition. Fine/No Dust Jacket. octavo, 272 pages; original gray cloth, spine printed in black. A brilliant, as new copy. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown. Professor Dale was an author, an expert on international politics, and he delivered many lectures before the United Nations.
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The Pigeon. A Fantasy in Three Acts
by Galsworthy John
London: Duckworth and Co, 1912. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 12mo, original green printed wrappers; a little wear at spine ends; internally clean. Early invoice for this book laid in, from The Antiquarian Book Company, in Stratford-On-Avon. Only 1000 copies printed.
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The White Monkey
by Galsworthy John (SIGNED)
London: William Heinemann, 1926. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. Number 66 of 265 copies SIGNED BY JOHN GALSWORTHY ON COLOPHON without personalization. Bound in original blue cloth, beveled edges; spine and top of boards a little sunned. Altogether, a Very Good+ copy.
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Candelabra. Selected Essays and Addresses
by Galsworthy John
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. First American Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Fine. Octavo. A near fine copy in a fine dust jacket; internally clean and bright. Bookstore ink stamp rear pastedown. viii, 311 pp.
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FLOWERING WILDERNESS
by Galsworthy John
London: William Heinemann, 1932. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. First Issue, bound in green cloth lettered in gilt, in a striking silver, blue and black pictorial dust jacket; previous owner's bookplate. A fine copy in unclipped dust jacket with only one short closed tear to top of front panel. Housed within a custom... Read More
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The Negro in American Civilization. a Study of Negro Life and Race Relations in the Light of Social Research
by Johnson, Charles S. (Fisk University)
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1930. First Edition. Fine. Octavo, 538 pages; publisher's navy blue cloth, spine printed in gilt. From the Forward: "To construct a reasonably faithful contemporary picture of Negro life and relationsships with the white race in the United States [in 1930], was the purpose of the long process which has culminated in this... Read More
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Angels
by Johnson, Denis (SIGNED)
New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Author's first novel; an immaculate copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED ON HALF-TITLE PAGE BY DENIS JOHNSON. Inscribed to bookseller Charles Parkhurst with his armorial bookplate laid-in. 209 pp. Price of $12.95 on front flap of dust jacket, first edition, stated.
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THE ART OF THOMAS HARDY
by Johnson, Lionel (from the Library of Estelle Doheny)
London: Elkin Matthews & John Lane, 1894. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. First Edition of the author's first book. From the library of avid book collector and philanthropist Estelle Doheny (1875 - 1958) with her bookplate. Also from the library of prolific artist and bookplate designer Pickford Waller (1896 - 1926) with his... Read More
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The Absolute Impossibility of Transubstantiation Demonstrated
by Johnson, Samuel
London: William Rogers, 1688. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. Half-title and imprimatur leaf, title [blank], i-xv (preface), 54 pp., 2 pages of ads at rear. Bound in 19th century stiff marbled boards, with paper spine; brown end papers; memorial bookplate of Northwestern University Library inside front board and Northwestern University Library blind stamp on margin of title page;... Read More
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THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE POLYGLOTT BIBLE, Containing the Old and New Testaments; with the Marginal Readings
by Bible (Stereographed By L. Johnson)
Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait, 1841. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 24 Mo. A near fine copy bound in contemporary full black leather with gilt lettering and decoration spine, gilt illustration covers, gilt inner dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers. Engraved frontispiece and title page. A beautiful little bible. viii, 587 pp. 190 pp.
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FOLLOW ME! The Story of the Second Marine Division in World War II
by JOHNSTON, Richard W.
New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Quarto. A fine copy bound in black buckram cloth with silver lettering and silver, bronze, red, and green designs spine and cover, Color map endpapers. A very nice copy. 305 pp. Black and white illustrations and color maps.
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Petting Tigers My Life as a Witness of Jehovah (Inscribed)
by Jones, Shelley Smith
Winthrop, WA: Palomino Press, 2018. Fine. octavo, 341 pages; original pictorial wrappers. INSCRIBED on the title page, to "Jim." - laid in is an ANS to "Jim" and a publisher's card promoting the present book.
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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Poems
by JONG, Erica (SIGNED)
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY ERICA JONG ON TITLE PAGE. viii, 86 pp. Author's First Book. Price of $5.95 on front flap; first edition stated. A Fine copy in a Fine Dust Jacket.
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The Letters of Junius. Two Volumes
by Junius
London: James Goodwin, 1812. Three-Quarter Leather. Near Fine. 12mo. TWO VOLUMES. 254, 244 pages; engraved title and frontis in both volumes. 19th century 3/4 leather, with red and black leather labels on spine; marbled end papers. A lovely pair, beautifully bound.
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You Bet Your Life
by Kaminsky, Stuart M.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978. First Edition. Fine/About Fine. octavo, 215 pages; pictorial dust jacket, with price of $8.95 on front flap. Owner name and date on FFEP.
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Anthropologie in Pragmatischer Hinsicht
by Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804)
Konigsburg: Friedrich Nicolovius, 1800. Half-Leather. Very Good. 8vo. Second edition, 332pp. Bound in half calf over marbled boards, flat spine ruled in gilt, joints worn. A very good copy.
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JAMAICA GALLERY. Limited Edition
by KAPPEL, Philip (SIGNED). Introduction By John P. Marquand
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1960. LIMITED EDITION. Hard Cover. Fine. Quarto. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF 1000 UNNUMBERED COPIES. ALSO SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY PHILIP KAPPEL ON FFEP. ALSO WITH TYPE WRITTEN LETTER SIGNED (TLS) BY PHILIP KAPPEL LAID IN. Includes signed and inscribed Christmas cards by Philip Kappel laid-in. First Printing.... Read More
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