ARCHIVE OF A TYPED MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (TMS), 8 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs), and other material
by CONNELL, Evan S
Sausalito, CA, 1986 - 1988. Letter. Condition varies a bit, but mostly Near Fine to Fine. The eight-page TYPED MANUSCRIPT, titled "Pre-Columbian Apprentice" and SIGNED by Connell at the top of the first page, recounts his purchase of a 500 year-old Mayan ceramic figure and how that led him to collect pre-Columbian art and inspired him to write... Read More
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MR. BRIDGE with MRS. BRIDGE
by CONNELL, Evan S
Berkeley: North Point Press, October 1981. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Two "Advance Page-Proof" copies (11" x 8") of this re-issue as a boxed set of Connell's best-known novels.
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MR. AND MRS. BRIDGE
by (CONNELL, Evan S., Jr.) JHABVALA, Ruth Prawer
Los Angeles: Creative Artists Agency, Inc., [1989]. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Three-hole punched sheets (8-1/2" x 11") bound with brads in CAA printed white covers. SIGNED by Connell on the title page. First Draft screenplay based on Connell's novels MR. BRIDGE and MRS. BRIDGE. The 1990 Merchant-Ivory motion picture starred married couple Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.... Read More
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SHATTERHOUSE
by CONNELLAN, Leo
(Chester, MA): (Hollow Spring Press), (1983). First Edition. wraps. Stains to front covers. Very Good. Wraps decorated by Bruce MacDonald. One of 1000 copies printed, the first 25 issued signed. There is no indication that this is one of those 25, but it is SIGNED on the title page by the poet. In addition it is INSCRIBED on... Read More
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THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS
by CONRAD, Joseph
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Near Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase. Millard Sheets. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in imported green morocco-backed boards decorated in black and gilt. Introduction by Howard Mumford Jones. Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. Illustrated with six full-page watercolors and line drawings by Millard Sheets. Copy #333... Read More
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THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS
by CONRAD, Joseph
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Millard Sheets. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in imported green morocco-backed boards decorated in black and gilt. Introduction by Howard Mumford Jones. Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. Illustrated with six full-page watercolors and line drawings by Millard Sheets. Copy #887 of 1500 SIGNED... Read More
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THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS
by CONRAD, Joseph
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Fine in worn glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a small bump. Millard Sheets. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in imported green morocco-backed boards decorated in black and gilt. Introduction by Howard Mumford Jones. Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. Illustrated with six full-page watercolors and line drawings by... Read More
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THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS
by CONRAD, Joseph
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Small rubbed spot on the spine. Close to Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Millard Sheets. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/2") bound in imported green morocco-backed boards decorated in black and gilt. Introduction by Howard Mumford Jones. Printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. Illustrated with six full-page watercolors and line drawings... Read More
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THE SECRET AGENT. A Drama in Three Acts
by CONRAD, Joseph
London: Privately Printed for Subscribers Only by T. Werner Laurie, 1923. Second English and First Signed Edition. Hardcover. Spine sunned. Near Fine. Handsomely rebound in full green morocco leather with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, gilt dentelles, top edge gilt. Portrait frontispiece with tissue guard. Copy #912 of 1000 SIGNED by the author.... Read More
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THE SECRET SHARER
by CONRAD, Joseph
New York: Limited Editions Club, (1985). hardcover. Fine in a Fine clamshell box. Bruce Chandler. Octavo (7" x 10") bound in full handwoven silk from Thailand with an inlay of goatskin stamped in gold. Introduction by Ian Watt. Copy #131 of 1500 illustrated with 3 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS by Bruce Chandler and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon... Read More
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THE NATURE OF A CRIME
by CONRAD, Joseph & HUEFFER [FORD], Ford Madox
London: Duckworth & Co, (1924). First British Edition. Hardcover. Some fading to the pink cloth and offsetting to the endpapers from the dustwrapper. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a darkened spine. Written in 1906 but not published until Conrad was near death. Published the same year as the American edition, though slightly later. Laid in... Read More
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AN OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS
by CONRAD, Joseph
Avon: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown; spine mildly sunned. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with light wear to the backstrip label. Robert Shore. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in linen printed with an allover design adapted by John McCrillis from a batik pattern. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Introduction by Clifton... Read More
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YOUTH. TYPHOON. THE END OF THE TETHER
by CONRAD, Joseph
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine red paper slipcase. Robert Shore. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in deep blue levant morocco, with the title stamped in pure gold leaf on a maroon spine panel, and blue sailcloth sides, 251 pages. Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press. Illustrated with 3 color spreads... Read More
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HEART OF DARKNESS
by CONRAD, Joseph (Sean SCULLY)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1992. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine case with some sunning to the edges. Sean Scully. Large (10" x 12") quarto bound in full black goatskin leather with the spine and front cover stamped in 22-karat gold in a clamshell box covered with black Italian cotton. Copy #226 of only 300 numbered copies... Read More
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NOSTROMO. A TALE OF THE SEABOARD
by CONRAD, Joseph
San Francisco: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good silver-paper slipcase with light wear. Lima de Freitas. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/8") bound in sea-green rough linen cloth stamped in aluminum foil on the front cover and backed with genuine brown marine burlap with a turquoise linen label also stamped in aluminum; 408 pages. Designed by... Read More
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YOUTH. TYPHOON. THE END OF THE TETHER
by CONRAD, Joseph
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine red paper slipcase. Robert Shore. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in deep blue levant morocco, with the title stamped in pure gold leaf on a maroon spine panel, and blue sailcloth sides, 251 pages. Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press. Illustrated with 3 color spreads... Read More
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LAUGHING ANNE & ONE DAY MORE
by CONRAD, Joseph
London: John Castle, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Neat owner name dated 1924 on front endpaper. Some offsetting to endpapers from dustwrapper which is soiled at the rear with chips to the spine head extending slightly to the front cover and to the top corners. Near Fine in Very Good dustwrapper. First Combined Edition with a new introduction by... Read More
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AN OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS
by CONRAD, Joseph
Avon: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Hardcover. Private blindstamp to title page, still Fine in a Fine slipcase. Robert Shore. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in linen printed with an allover design adapted by John McCrillis from a batik pattern. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Illustrated with 12 full-page color plates after acrylic paintings by... Read More
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YOUTH. TYPHOON. THE END OF THE TETHER
by CONRAD, Joseph
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a close to Fine red paper slipcase. Robert Shore. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11") bound in deep blue levant morocco, with the title stamped in pure gold leaf on a maroon spine panel, and blue sailcloth sides, 251 pages. Printed at the Ward Ritchie Press.... Read More
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AN OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS
by CONRAD, Joseph
Avon: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Robert Shore. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in linen printed with an allover design adapted by John McCrillis from a batik pattern. Printed at the Stinehour Press. Introduction by Clifton Fadiman. Illustrated with 12 full-page color plates after acrylic paintings by Robert Shore. Copy #457... Read More
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STOP-TIME
by CONROY, Frank
New York: Viking Press, (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with hardly any rubbing or soiling. Increasingly difficult to find in this condition. His first book, with blurbs on the dustwrapper by Norman Mailer and William Styron.
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STOP-TIME
by CONROY, Frank
New York: Viking Press, (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight spotting to bulked top edge of text. Some foxing to rear flap and more noticeably to interior of the dustwrapper but with no trace on exterior which has much less rubbing and soiling than usually found for this title. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. His first book,... Read More
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STOP-TIME
by CONROY, Frank
New York: The Viking Press, (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper with light soiling at the rear. His first book, with dustwrapper blurbs by Mailer and Styron.
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THE SHAKO. The Magazine of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. Vol. 33, #1
by (CONROY, Pat)
[Charleston, SC]: The Citadel, Fall 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Very light use. Near Fine. Quarto (9" x 12") bound in pictorial wraps. The scarce official organ of the student body at the Citadel, this issue distinguished by the presence of very early writing by Pat Conroy, author of THE GREAT SANTINI, THE PRINCE OF TIDES, and other novels,... Read More
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ELLA CINDERS IN HOLLYWOOD
by CONSELMAN, Bill
Boston: The Stratford Company, (1930). First Edition. Hardcover. 1936 owner inscription on front endpaper. Small skim mark to front board; light edgewear. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. Cloth-backed decorative boards with an art-deco pattern. A Hollywood novel.
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