UNDER THE ATEBRIN MOON. A HAVERSACK FROM NEW GUINEA. BEING STORIES AND VERSE BY SERVICEMEN IN NEW GUINEA, MEMBERS OF THE NEW GUINEA WRITERS' CLUB
by NEW GUINEA WRITERS' CLUB
Sydney and London: Angus and Robertson, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Newspaper clipping of a critique of the book pasted to the front pastedown. Slightly cocked. Very Good, lacking a dustwrapper. Anthology of short stories by Australian servicemen in New Guinea. This copy belonged to one of the contributors, Kenneth Mullens, with his bookplate on the front free endpaper.... Read More
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)
by COBB, Irvin
New York, 23 May 1929. Letter. Near Fine. On 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" personal stationery Cobb forwards his autograph. Cobb was a humorist and columnist who at one time was the highest paid staff reporter in the United States.
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BYPATHS IN DIXIE: FOLK TALES OF THE SOUTH
by COCKE, Sarah Johnson
New York: E. P. Dutton, (1911). First Edition. Owner name dated 1912 on front blank. Hinges cracked but tight. Very Good and uncommon. Duncan Smith. Collection of tales in dialect revolving around the Black Mammy. Illustrated with 7 plates by Duncan Smith.
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A SERIOUS MORNING (Number 9 of the YES! CAPRA CHAPBOOK SERIES)
by CODRESCU, Andrei
Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in glassine dustwrapper. Pictorial boards. Copy #17 of 100 numbered and SIGNED copies.
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THE LAST OF THE GREAT SCOUTS: THE LIFE STORY OF COL. WILLIAM F. CODY ("BUFFALO BILL")
by (CODY, William F. "Buffalo Bill") WETMORE, Helen Cody
Chicago & Duluth: The Duluth Press Publishing Company, (1899). First Edition. Hardcover. A name beneath Cody's inscription has been erased. Front hinge cracked, holding by the cords; cheap paper still very good with a few pages roughly opened. Some rubbing to the spine edges and a heavily rubbed spot about the size of a dime on the rear cover.... Read More
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DICTIONNAIRE ICONOGRAPHIQUE DES ORCHIDÉES
by COGNIAUX, Celestin Alfred and GOOSSENS, Alphonse
Brussels: F. Havermans, 1897-1907. First Edition. Softcover. Library labels on spines and penciled numbering on title leaves but no library marking to contents. Plates overall very good to fine, a few of the folding plates splitting along the crease, some plates with small adhesion spots from opposing leaves. Very Good or better and quite scarce. Collection of original... Read More
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THE DIAMOND ATLAS ... THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
by COLBY, Charles
New York: Morse and Gaston, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing here and there, but maps mostly very clean. Leather from spine lacking; front cover holding by one cord. Good. Small square quarto (6-1/4" x 7-1/4") in original publisher's binding of full red morocco leather with heavy gilt decorations; 239 pages. Illustrated with 55 hand-colored maps and charts,... Read More
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MEMOIR, PREPARED AT THE REQUEST OF A COMMITTEE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, AND PRESENTED TO THE MAYOR OF THE CITY, AT THE CELEBRATION OF THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW YORK CANALS
by COLDEN, Cadwallader
New York: Corporation of New York, 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Light to moderate foxing, but generally a Near Fine and special copy of this rare and attractive book. Quarto (7-3/4" x 9-3/4"), bound in full gilt-decorated calf leather with the city seal blindstamped on both covers, neatly rebacked with the original spine laid down; v, [3], 408, [2]... Read More
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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
by COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Light, scattered foxing. Minor edgewear and a few scuffs on the rear board. Very Good, lacking the chemise and slipcase. Edward A. Wilson. Thin quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in full russet ostrich hide, certainly one of the more unusual bindings of the press. Illustrations by Edward A. Wilson hand-colored by... Read More
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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
by COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Mild rubbing to spine tips and corners, neatly retouched. Near Fine in a Very Good chemise with and a Good slipcase with splits to the top edge. Edward A. Wilson. Thin quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in full russet ostrich hide, certainly one of the more unusual bindings of the press.... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle
n.p., n.d.. Letter. Near Fine. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Colette" written in French on both sides of one 8-1/4" x 5-1/4" piece of blue paper to Monsieur and Madame Albert, neighbors to whom she gives thanks.
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AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): SOUVENIRS DE PAQUES
by COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle
[Paris], n.d. Manuscript. Small pieces of mounting tape at corners on verso. Near Fine. A 5-1/4-page handwritten MANUSCRIPT in French, with numerous corrections, SIGNED "Colette" at the conclusion on the rectos of six 8-1/4" x 10-1/2" sheets of blue paper with the imprint "Immeuble Marignan titled "Souvenirs de Paques," which translates as Easter Memories. The text is untranslated.... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle
n.p., n.d. Letter. A couple of minor smears; crease from mailing. Very Good. A one-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, unusually, as "Colette Willy," written in French in purple ink to an unknown recipient on black-bordered mourning stationery (4-1/2" x 7"). "Willy" was the pen name of Colette's first husband, Henry Gauthier-Villars, an author of whom she said she would... Read More
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TYPED MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (TMS)
by COLETTE, Sidonie-Gabrielle
28 - 29 January 1940. Manuscript. Paperclip impression at corners, old horizontal crease. Near Fine. A six-page TYPED MANUSCRIPT in French SIGNED "Colette" at the conclusion on 8-1/4" x 10-3/4" sheets of paper. One of several lectures Colette gave on Radio Mondial. This one concerns her views of mondanité or worldliness.
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PUNCH AND JUDY
by COLLIER, John Payne
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Small university bookplate on the front pastedown, otherwise a Fine copy in glassine and a close to Fine chemise and slipcase. George Cruikshank. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in pictorially embossed blindstamped full cowhide. Copy #565 of 1500 designed by Frederick Warde and illustrated with collotype reproductions of the original etchings... Read More
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PUNCH AND JUDY
by COLLIER, John Payne
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Slight rubbing to spine tips and along edges. Near Fine in a close to Fine chemise and slipcase. George Cruikshank. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in pictorially embossed blindstamped full cowhide. Designed by Frederick Warde and illustrated with collotype reproductions of the original etchings by George Cruikshank and 24 sketches in... Read More
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PUNCH AND JUDY
by COLLIER, John Payne
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Short split at the top of the chemise with some staining to the slipcase. Just about Fine in a Very Good chemise and slipcase. George Cruikshank. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in pictorially embossed blindstamped full cowhide. Copy #1208 of 1500 designed by Frederick Warde and illustrated with collotype reproductions of... Read More
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THE WOMAN IN WHITE
by COLLINS, Wilkie
Woodstock, VT: Limited Editions Club, 1964. hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase. Leonard Rosoman. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10") bound in deep blue cloth stamped with gilt decoration and sides covered with a harmonizing hand-marbled paper imported from France; 616 pages. Designed by Frank J. Lieberman and printed at the Elm Tree Press. Introduction by... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by COLLINS, Wilkie
5 May 1865. Framed Letter. Not examined out of frame but appears Near Fine. One-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to Henry Murray on a 4-1/2" x 7" sheet matted and framed to an overall size of 10-1/2" x 13-1/2". In full: "I have much pleasure in writing these lines, and in so complying with your wish to possess... Read More
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TOWNSHIP MAP OF THE STATE OF IOWA Compiled from the United States Surveys & Other Authentic Sources
by COLTON, George W
New York: J. H. Colton, 1854 [1855]. First Edition. Hardcover. Map quite nice with only very minor separations at a few fold junctions; cloth cover partially detached. Very Good. Folding pocket map dated 1854 with full period hand-coloring and ornamental border (24" x 29") in gilt-lettered cloth, as issued.
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THE THREE TOURS OF DOCTOR SYNTAX. A Poem: IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE; IN SEARCH OF CONSOLATION; IN SEARCH OF A WIFE
by [COMBE, William] [HAND-COLORED PLATES]
London: Nattali and Bond, n.d. Ninth Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean and fresh with just an occasional spot of foxing; binding bright. Fine. Thomas Rowlandson. Three large octavo (6-1/4" x 9-7/8") volumes beautifully bound by Morrell in full red morocco leather with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spines with five raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edges gilt. With two... Read More
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SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER Honoring Ernest Hemingway
by CONDON, Richard
Key West, 17 July 1989. Document. Fine. Attractive First Day Cover with an image and stamp of Hemingway postmarked in Key West SIGNED by the American political novelist, author of THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE and many other novels.
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THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS
by CONFUCIUS
Shanghai: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Softcover. Minor scratches to lettering on front of box. Fine in a Fine Chinese redwood box with lettering incised by hand. Octavo (8" x 11") bound in full silk brocade wrappers. Copy #1286 of 1500 translated with an introduction by Lionel Giles and printed on handmade Chinese paper. Four illustrations printed on double... Read More
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THE WAY OF THE WORLD. COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS
by CONGREVE, William
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. T. M. Cleland. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound in maroon linen embossed with a design by T. M. Cleland to give the effect of eighteenth-century brocade; gilt-lettered black leather spine label. Designed and illustrated by Cleland with the plates colored... Read More
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THE WAY OF THE WORLD. COMEDY IN FIVE ACTS
by CONGREVE, William
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. T. M. Cleland. Quarto (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound in maroon linen embossed with a design by T. M. Cleland to give the effect of eighteenth-century brocade; gilt-lettered black leather spine label. Designed and illustrated by Cleland with the plates colored by hand in the studio of... Read More
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