THE ORIGIN OF THE BRUNISTS
by COOVER, Robert
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1966). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with light edgewear and soiling to the rear panel. Author's first book, winner of the William Faulkner Award.
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GERALD'S PARTY
by COOVER, Robert
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper.
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AARON COPLAND
by (COPLAND, Aaron) BERGER, Arthur
New York: Oxford University Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. Yellow cloth; vii, 120 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by Copland on the front endpaper to pianist Erno Balogh.
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NIXEY'S HARLEQUIN. TALES
by COPPARD, A. E
London: Jonathan Cape, (1931). First Edition. hardcover. Light fraying to the top edge of the rear board and the spine head. Very Good or better, lacking a dustwrapper. Bound in publisher's full vellum with gilt-lettered green morocco spine label. Copy #52 of 304 numbered copies SIGNED by the author.
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GOOD SAMARITANS
by COPPARD, A. E
[New York], 1934. First Edition. wraps. Fine. Victor Candell. Plain brown wraps with a printed label extending across both covers. Privately Printed at Christmas 1934 for Albert Parsons Sachs by the Spiral Press with drawings by Victor Candell. Stated limitation of 110 copies, this copy unnumbered.
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NIXEY'S HARLEQUIN. TALES
by COPPARD, A. E
London: Jonathan Cape, (1931). First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine in a Good or better white dustwrapper with expected soiling and a one-inch closed tear internally repaired with tape. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper for William Macey Stone, long- time secretary of the Carteret Book Club. Below his inscription, Coppard has added a quote... Read More
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THESE HOPES OF HEAVEN
by COPPARD, A. E
n.p.: [Blue Moon Press], [1934]. First Edition. wraps. Fine. Yellow wraps decorated by Pearl Binder. Privately Printed in January 1934 for Albert Parsons Sachs by the Blue Moon Press Ltd. in an edition of 150 copies.
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COUNT STEFAN
by COPPARD, A. E
[Waltham Saint Lawrence]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. First Edition. hardcover. Spine slightly darkened. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Robert Gibbings. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Illustrated with four wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Copy #532 of 600 copies printed by Robert Gibbings.
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SILVER CIRCUS. TALES
by COPPARD, A. E
(London): Jonathan Cape, (1928). First Edition. hardcover. Light fraying to the spine heel and bottom edges; covers slightly bowed. Very Good, lacking a dustwrapper. Bound in publisher's full vellum with gilt-lettered green morocco spine label. Copy #16 of only 125 numbered copies SIGNED by the author.
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EASTER DAY
by COPPARD, A. E
n.p., n.d [1931]. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Very Good slipcase with minor wear and splits. Green marbled boards lettered in red backed with green cloth. A lithographic reproduction of four leaves of the original manuscript of this poem, with the fifth and last page, consisting of four lines, in the author's HOLOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT. SIGNED and dated... Read More
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Alchemical Poem"
by CORSO, Gregory
California, PA: Arthur & Kit Knight, 1979. First Edition. Broadside. Light edgewear. Very Good. 14-1/2" x 22". Limited to 500 numbered copies, this fairly large (14-1/2" x 22") broadside with a rather simple line drawing by Corso of the sun peeping from behind a tree and a chair with a bird flying over comprises Volume 9 of THE... Read More
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. A CLASSIFIED AND ANNOTATED LIST OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES RELATING TO HIS LIFE AND WORKS 1797 - 1940
by CORSON, James Clarkson
Edinburgh & London: Oliver & Boyd, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a soiled, Very Good dustwrapper. Cloth; xvi, 428 pages with 2938 entries listing nearly 3,000 secondary works for bibliographies, biographies, general critical studies, studies of genres, studies of individual works, and topical studies. Descriptive annotations note reprintings and reviews.
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SIGNED ORIGINAL ETCHING: Going Home
by COSTIGAN, John
New York: Associated American Artists, n.d. [1940]. Framed Etching. Not examined out of frame but appears to be Fine. John Costigan. SIGNED ORIGINAL ETCHING (image size14" x 9") framed to an overall size of 20" x 14" with the Associated American Artists label on the rear. The image is of a weary family and a horse walking with... Read More
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ORNITHOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
by COUES, Elliot
(Mansfield): M. Martino, [1995]. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo; 859 pages. Limited to 100 copies. Approximately 5000 books and articles on American ornithology are listed, many with annotations.
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TRAVELS IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES. A Bibliography
by COULTER, E. Merton
Norman (OK): University of Oklahoma Press, (1961). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. Second Printing. Red cloth in dustwrapper. Detailed descriptions of first-hand accounts by travelers through the South in the Civil War period.
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)
by COUSINS, Norman
New York, 15 March 1966. Letter. Light creases from mailing. Fine. TYPED LETTER SIGNED "Norman" on SATURDAY REVIEW stationery to Jay Richard Kennedy regarding his request for qualified people to help him with his new position with Frank Sinatra Enterprises. Cousins was editor-in-chief of the SATURDAY REVIEW from 1942 to 1972. With Kennedy's retained copy of his letter... Read More
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CHAMBRE DES COMPTES DE PARIS. Essais Historiques et Chronologiques. Privileges et Attributions Nobiliaires et Armorial
by COUSTANT D'YANVILLE, H
Paris: Dumoulin, 1866 - 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers and spine completely detached but present; text block solid and clean. Good in loose binding. Two large, heavy quarto (11" x 14") volumes bound together in worn contemporary 1/4 red morocco leather and marbled boards, now loose in binding; viii, [ii], 1022, [1] pages. Illustrated with small heraldic coat-of-arms... Read More
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THE NOEL COWARD SONG BOOK
by COWARD, Noel
London: Michael Joseph, (1953). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with some chipping to the spine and rear. Cloth in dustwrapper (9" x 11-1/2"). With an Introduction and Annotations by Noel Coward. Frontispiece color portrait of Coward by Clemence Dane. Illustrated in color and black & white by Gladys Calthrop. INSCRIBED in Coward's hand... Read More
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SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH
by COWARD, Noel
Photograph. Attractive image in Near Fine condition. A 9-1/2" x 7" gelatin silver print of Coward at the piano, tipped at upper edge to slightly larger mount INSCRIBED "For Mrs. Jolly" and SIGNED by Coward.
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS)
by COWARD, Noel
Montreux, 18 February 1960. Letter. Fine. One page on 5-3/4" x 8' Les Avants sur Montreux letterhead to columnist Leonard Lyons SIGNED "Noel." In full: "Please tell Sylvia from me that she is a very clever girl, and thank you for sending me her piece which I thoroughly enjoyed. At last I am beginning to get really better... Read More
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I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU." A Light Comedy in Three Acts
by COWARD, Noel
London & New York: Samuel French, Ltd., 1920 [1925]. Early Edition. wraps. Near Fine. Printed green-blue wraps (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"); 71, [1] pages plus covers. Coward's First Book and his first play produced in the West End. At the age of 20, he also performed in the role of Bobbie. The play ran for a month at the... Read More
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EXILE'S RETURN
by COWLEY, Malcolm
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Hardcover. Some wrinkling to the paper at the front joint with slight splitting, apparently a publisher's defect as the book has never been handled. Near Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase with slight bubbling to the paper. Still in the original shipping box. Berenice Abbott. Quarto (6-1/2" x 9-5/8")... Read More
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EXILE'S RETURN
by COWLEY, Malcolm
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Hardcover. Spine quite sunned. Still Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Berenice Abbott. Quarto (6-1/2" x 9-5/8") bound in cloth-backed illustrated boards with the spine a dark brown natural-finish cloth woven in Holland and the sides covered with gray Fabriano Ingres paper imported from Italy reproducing the front cover of a literary... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to His Mother
by CRANE, Hart
Columbia Hts [New York], 16 November 1924. Letter. Creases from folding, otherwise about Fine. Very scarce, closely written two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED with superb content two years before the publication of his first book, WHITE BUILDINGS, to his mother, addressed as "Dear Grace." In part: "Another very active week. Luncheon with someone different every day, -- and nearly... Read More
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THE BRIDGE
by CRANE, Hart
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1981. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Richard Benson. Quarto (9" x 12") bound in a silvery gray cloth imported from the Netherlands and stamped in blind and blue; 96 pages. Introduction by Malcolm Cowley. Copy #959 of 2000 illustrated with photographs by Richard Benson printed in a tritone 300-line screen... Read More
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