Better Left Unsaid
by Daisy Princess of Pless; edited with an introduction and notes by Major Desmond Chapman-Huston
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1931. 10th printing. Hardcover. [good solid copy, slight bumping to corners of rear cover, internally very clean; the foil jacket is edge- and surface-worn but largely intact]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) "Women will love this book," claims the jacket blurb (written by some man, no... Read More
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Please Don't Call Me Tarzan
by Chapman, Mike
Newton IA: Culture House Books. Fine in Near Fine dj. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. [very nice copy, no discernible wear to book; the jacket shows just the slightest traces of surface wear]. (B&W photographs) Biography of Herman Brix, an outstanding college athlete (and medal-winning shot-putter at the 1928 Olympics), who had been a bit actor in... Read More
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Evil Through the Ages: An Outline of Indecency
by Chappell, George S.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1932. 2nd printing before publication. Hardcover. [minor shelfwear only, slight age-toning to edges of text block; the jacket has a few nicks along the edges, with very shallow chipping at both ends of the spine]. (cartoon illustrations) A satirical, mock-scientific swipe at the Puritanical... Read More
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Down from the Mountain
by Charbonneau, Louis
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Co.. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice copy, clean and tight with minimal shelfwear, spine very slightly turned; jacket mildly rubbed, shows a bit of wear at spine extremities]. "A novel of high adventure in the pioneer West." .
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Jean Renoir [*SIGNED* by Renoir]
by Chardère, Bernard, and Max Schoendorff, eds.
Lyon (France): Cinématographique). Very Good+. 1962. Nos. 22-23-24 (May 1962). Softcover. [modest external wear and light soiling, some creasing in spine]. (Premier Plan, 22-23-24) Series (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED and SIGNED (lightly, in pencil) by Jean Renoir at the top of the contents page: "My best wishes to / Bob Dickson. / Jean Renoir." A special triple-issue... Read More
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The Young Divorcees [*SIGNED*]
by Charell, Lissa
New York: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dj. (c.1963). First Edition. Hardcover. [some soiling to edges of book; jacket mildly soiled, a few small tears, some corner wear]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the ffep in 1971. Signed by Author .
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Idle Hands
by Charles, Edward (pseud. for E.C.E. Hemsted)
Boston/New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shephard Company. Very Good. 1936. First American Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [light external soiling and moderate shelfwear, small vintage bookseller's rubber stamp (Bertrand Smith's Book Store, Long Beach, California) at bottom corner of front pastedown]. English novel, about something or other -- artists, some kind of school, people having ... Read More
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British Films 1962
by Charman, Bernard, ed.
Welwyn Garden City (U.K.): The Alcuin Press. Very Good+. [1962]. Spiral bound. [modest external wear, front-cover laminate just starting to left at one corner]. (B&W photographs) Spiral-bound promotional book, designed to promote British films for the Continental marketplace. Each of the three dozen films highlighted is given a double-page spread, with credits, photos, and... Read More
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Barbary Brew: A Romantic Novel
by Charters, Zelda Stewart
New York: Stackpole Sons. Very Good in Very Good- dj. (c.1937). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [solid copy, some wear to the lower extremities (slight fraying at bottom corners and base of spine), light dust-soiling to top edge; jacket has minor tears at a couple of corners, small nick at fore-edge of front panel, slight paper loss... Read More
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Darlin' Bill: A Love Story of the Wild West
by Charyn, Jerome
New York: Arbor House. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.1980). First Edition. Hardcover. 0877952833 . (price-clipped) [tight clean copy, bottom corners bumped; jacket shows minor wear along bottom edge, small tear at lower rear corner]. The book "recreates--and reincarnates--the life of the legendary hero of the wild West, James Butler Hickok--also known as 'Wild... Read More
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Shadow of a Hero
by Chase, Allan
Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good dj. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. [light wear to book, slight fading to cloth along top and bottom edges, small vintage bookseller's rubber-stamp (Bertrand Smith's Acres of Books, Long Beach, California) at bottom corner of front pastedown; jacket has tiny tears at several corners, some edgewear and minor... Read More
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Sandhog
by Chase, Borden
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company. Very Good in Good dj. (c.1938). First Edition. Hardcover. NOISBN . [light shelfwear, very slight deterioration to binding at top of spine; jacket is heavily edgeworn, soiled, shallow chipping along top edge, large chip at bottom of rear panel (no loss of text)]. The second book that the author managed to squeeze... Read More
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Sandhog
by Chase, Borden
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company. Very Good+. (c.1938). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [a good sound copy, light shelfwear, very slight bumping to a couple of corners; the title page and both endpapers are rubber-stamped "Property of Vanguard Films, Inc." and the front endpaper also bears the small printed label of Myron Selznick & Company (see... Read More
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East River
by Chase, Borden
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dj. (c.1935). First Edition. Hardcover. [quite a decent copy, moderately shelfworn and with some smudging and marking to the cloth (mostly on the back cover), but nice enough that's it a bit of a shock to discover (from the rear endpaper) that it was once a ... Read More
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Father Vikenty [*SIGNED*]
by Chavchavadze, Paul
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Near Fine in Very Good dj. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. [a nice clean book with minimal shelfwear; the jacket is moderately edgeworn, with some minor creasing near the edges here and there]. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "To Jane Novak, / With sincere appreciation and regards, and a... Read More
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The Golden Tag
by Chaze, Elliott
New York: Simon and Schuster. Very Good+. 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket) [good sound copy, spine slightly turned, spine cloth a bit faded, gilt spine lettering dulled]. Uncommon novel (the author's second), set in New Orleans, about a somewhat hard-boiled (and hard-drinking) newspaperman and his pregnant wife. In the course of the story... Read More
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Come Watch the Sun Go Home
by Chen Chen (pseud.)
New York: Marlowe & Company. Fine in Fine dj. (c.1998). First Edition. Hardcover. [brand-new copy, with no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. In this "memoir of upheaval and revolution in China," the author writes movingly of her family's travails over the course of Chinese history from the 1930s to the 1990s. "Having fled... Read More
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Come Watch the Sun Go Home [*SIGNED*]
by Chen Chen (pseud.)
New York: Marlowe & Company. Fine in Fine dj. (c.1998). First Edition. Hardcover. [brand-new copy, no discernible wear to book; the jacket has the tiniest touch of wear along the top edge, still presents "as new" in fresh mylar protector]. SIGNED by the author (no inscription) on the half-title page, additionally dated "Los Angeles 2000" in... Read More
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The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan: Tales from the Ming Dynasty
by Feng Menglong (translated by Ted Wang and Chen Chen)
New York: Welcome Rain Publishers. Fine. (c.2007). 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. [as-new, unblemished copy]. Trade PB (woodcut illustrations) This collection of eight newly-translated 17th Century tales is "a long overdue contribution to the treasury of translated Chinese literature" (from the Introduction). In her Preface, co-translator Chen Chen discusses how she came to be familiar... Read More
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The Abbot and the Widow: Tales from the Ming Dynasty [*SIGNED* by translator]
by Ling Mengchu (translated by Ted Wang and Chen Chen)
Norfolk CT: EastBridge. Fine. (c.2004). First Edition. Hardcover. (pictorial boards; no dust jacket, as issued) [a nice as-new copy with no discernible wear]. (woodcut illustrations) SIGNED by translator Chen Chen on the half-title page. This collection of ten newly-translated 17th Century tales is "a long overdue contribution to the treasury of translated Chinese literature" (from... Read More
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The Abbot and the Widow: Tales from the Ming Dynasty [*SIGNED* by translator]
by Ling Mengchu (translated by Ted Wang and Chen Chen)
Norfolk CT: EastBridge. Fine. (c.2004). 1st Edition (softcover issue). Softcover. [as-new, unblemished copy]. Trade PB (woodcut illustrations) SIGNED by translator Chen Chen on the half-title page. This collection of ten newly-translated 17th Century tales is "a long overdue contribution to the treasury of translated Chinese literature" (from the Introduction). In her Preface, co-translator Chen... Read More
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Notes of a Soviet Actor
by Cherkasov, N[ikolay] (translated from the Russian by G. Ivanov-Mumjiev and S. Rosenberg)
Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House. Near Fine in Very Good dj. [1957]. Revised Edition(?) [see notes]. Hardcover. [book is very nice, with only light handling wear; jacket moderately soiled, spine a little darkened]. (B&W photographs) Memoir of the noted Soviet/Russian actor, best remembered for his titles roles in Sergei Eisenstein's epics ALEXANDER NEVSKY and IVAN THE... Read More
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Walk Away from 'Em
by Chess, Elliot
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good dj. (c.1941). First Edition. Hardcover. [nice bright clean book, just a trace of wear to extremities; jacket shows a little wear and minor paper loss at spine corners, a few other tiny closed tears, 2.5" split at bottom of front foldover (very unobtrusive)]. If there's such a... Read More
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The Wonders of Robots
by Chester, Michael
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good. (c.1962). Unstated edition. Hardcover. (pictorial covers; no dust jacket) [the "Putnam Guaranteed Library Binding," although this is NOT an ex-library book; moderate soiling to covers, light bumping/fraying to a couple of corners, internally clean]. (The Wonders of Science Library) Series "There are robots all around us. ... Read More
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Heroes of the Negro Leagues [including DVD]
by Chiarello, Mark, and Jack Morelli
New York: Abrams. Fine in Near Fine dj. (c.2007). First Edition. Hardcover. [both book and jacket essentially as-new, the jacket having only a touch of dog-earing at the top of the spine (but now in new mylar); DVD (never opened or played) is included in rear pocket]. (watercolor portraits) "First published as trading cards in 1990, these... Read More
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