They: Three Parodies of H. Rider Haggard's She
by [H. Rider Haggard] R. Reginald and Douglas Menville [eds.]
New York: Arno Press / New York Times Company, 1978. Very Good +. New York: Arno Press / New York Times Company, 1978. First Combined Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown gilt-lettered leatherette; mixed pagination; illus. Very light shelf wear, else Very Good to Near Fine. Contents include "He" by Andrew Lang and Walter Herries Pollock, as well... Read More
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The Ivory Child
by H. Rider Haggard; A.C. Michael [illus.]
London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1916. Very Good. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1916. First Edition. Octavo (20 cm); 344pp. Boards in brown cloth with blind and gilt stamping. Board corners, spine ends, and hinges rubbed and bumped with slight wear to extremities. Endsheets toned with offsetting and minor erasure abrasion to first free endsheet. Previous owner bookplate... Read More
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King Solomon's Children: Some Parodies of H. Rider Haggard
by [H. Rider Haggard] R. Reginald and Douglas Menville [eds.]
New York: Arno Press / New York Times Company, 1978. Very Good. New York: Arno Press / New York Times Company, 1978. First Combined Edition. Octavo; publisher's brown gilt-lettered leatherette; mixed pagination; illus. throughout including folding plates. Corners bumped, a few faint surfaced scratches to upper cover, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Includes facsimile reprints... Read More
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Back-Trailers from the Middle Border [Inscribed to Carl Van Doren]
by Hamlin Garland; Constance Garland [illus.]
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. First Edition. Signed by Hamlin Garland at foreward page with brief inscription to Carl Van Doren. Octavo. 379 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Original pictorial cloth; dark topstain; illustrated endpapers. Price-clipped dust jacket lightly chipped and rubbed... Read More
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Pinball, 1973
by Haruki Murakami; Alfred Birnbaum [trans.]
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1985. Very Good +/Very Good. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1985. First Edition, stated. Mass market paperback (14.9cm); illustrated dust jacket over patterned paper wraps; publisher's wrap-around band; 215pp. Publisher's bookmark laid in and reading "Enjoy Reading English!" Jacket lightly rubbed along edges with slightly heavier wear to spine ends; band rubbed with some minor scuffing. Wraps... Read More
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Carter Rabbit [Inscribed and Signed by the Author and Illustrator]
by Helen Tiegreen; Alan Tiegreen [illus.]
Waynesboro, MS: News Publishing Company, 1972. Near Fine/Very God. [Waynesboro, MS]: News Publishing Company, [1972]. First Edition. Slim quarto; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; [32]pp.; color illus. throughout. Dust jacket margins a bit toned and lightly soiled, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket. Inscribed and signed by both Tiegreens on front free endpaper.... Read More
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Laughing and Crying: A study of the limits of human behavior
by Helmuth Plessner; James Spencer Churchill and Marjorie Grene [trans.]
Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1970. Very Good. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1970. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in silver foil; xiii,[1],172pp. Cloth extremities and spine sunned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper; else Very Good and sound.
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Quo Vadis." A Narrative of the Time of Nero
by Henryk Sienkiewicz; Jeremiah Curtin [trans.]
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1898. "Popular Edition." Octavo; publisher's cloth in pale green dust jacket printed in red and green; [10],541,[1],10,[2]pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, seven leaves of plates. External panels of jacket have faded to tan, faint vertical crease to spine panel, light shelf wear with brief tape... Read More
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Poems by Herman Hesse
by Hermann Hesse; James Wright [trans.]
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1970. First Edition, stated. Octavo (21.8 cm), [xiv], 79pp. Publisher's dust jacket intact with price ($4.95). Boards full bound in black cloth with gilt stamping on front and spine. Red topstain; fore-edge deckled; red-orange endsheets. Dust jacket lightly soiled with toning at... Read More
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Peter Camenzind
by Hermann Hesse; W. J. Strachan [trans.]
London: Peter Owen; Vision Press, 1961. Very Good/Very Good. London: Peter Owen; Vision Press, 1961. First UK Edition. Octavo (18.8 cm), 174pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket intact with price intact (16s). Boards full bound in light blue with gilt stamping on the spine. Dust jacket toned, especially on the back cover, with light water staining to the top... Read More
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![Where the Chill Came From: Cree Windigo Tales and Journeys [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/478/963/1689963478.0.m.jpg)
Where the Chill Came From: Cree Windigo Tales and Journeys [Signed]
by Howard Norman [ed. & trans.]
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1982. Very Good/Very Good. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1982. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); illustrated dust jacket with $15.00 price intact; boards in pale blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine; [viii],129pp. Jacket is crisp with light edgewear. Boards sturdy and square with bumping at tail. Binding sound and pages unmarked. ... Read More
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The Owl-Scatterer [Signed by Norman]
by Howard Norman; Michael McCurdy [illus.]
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. Fine/Very Good +. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. First Edition Stated. Slim oblong quarto; publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [32]pp.; black and white woodcut illus. throughout. Light shelf wear and dust-soil to jacket margins, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Signed by the author on half... Read More
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![Between Heaven and Earth: Bird Tales from Around the World [Signed by Norman]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/046/624/1676624046.0.m.jpg)
Between Heaven and Earth: Bird Tales from Around the World [Signed by Norman]
by Howard Norman; Leo and Diane Dillon [illus.]
Orlando: Gulliver's Books / Harcourt, 2004. Very Good/Very Good +. Orlando: Gulliver's Books / Harcourt, 2004. First Edition, state, with full letter line. Slim quarto; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; ix,[1],78pp.; color illus. throughout. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, corners and spine ends very slightly bumped, else Very Good or better. Boldly signed... Read More
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Goethals and the Panama Canal [Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by Howard Fast; Rafaello Busoni [illus.]
New York: Julian Messner, Inc, 1942. Very Good/Good. New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1942. First Edition. Bookplate signed by author laid in. Octavo; 230 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout by Rafaello Busoni. Pictorial dust jacket with $2.50 price; book bound in orange cloth-covered boards with illustration and text stamped in green. Gift inscription on title page from... Read More
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The Family Carnovsky
by I.J. Singer; Joseph Singer [trans.]
New York: Vanguard Press, 1969. Very Good -/Very Good -. New York: Vanguard Press, [1969]. First English-Language Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($6.95); [8],405pp. Ex-Upper St. Clair Library with usual markings, jacket a bit wrinkled, corners bumped with brief exposure, later ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Good to... Read More
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![Slow Chocolate Autopsy [Signed by author and illustrator]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/317/666/1665666317.0.m.jpg)
Slow Chocolate Autopsy [Signed by author and illustrator]
by Iain Sinclair; Dave McKean [illus.]
London: Phoenix House, 1997. Near Fine/Near Fine. London: Phoenix House, 1997. Octavo (24 cm); 190pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with price intact (£17.99). Boards bound in bright blue cloth with silver stamping to spine. Illustrated endsheets with illustrations throughout. Jacket gently creased and bumped with minor scuffing. Board corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Pages clean. A Near... Read More
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Ibn Bajjah's 'Ilm Al-Nafs
by Ibn Bajjah [a.k.a. Avempace]; M.S. Hasan Ma'sumi [trans.]
Karachi: Pakistan Historical Society, 1961. Very Good-. Karachi: Pakistan Historical Society, 1961. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed printed paper-covered boards; [4],iv,201pp. Discoloration and bubbling to boards from exposure to damp, more heavily so to rear cover, textblock a bit toned, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Good to Very Good overall.
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![España: Grand Tarde, Fiesta, Vaya Con Dios [Signed by Narahara]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/617/404/1699404617.0.m.jpg)
España: Grand Tarde, Fiesta, Vaya Con Dios [Signed by Narahara]
by Ikko Narahara; Mitsu Sawano [trans.]
Tokyo: Kyuryudo Co. Ltd, 1969. Very Good. Tokyo: Kyuryudo Co. Ltd., 1969. First Edition. Two folio volumes: illustrated cloth with multi-color endpapers and ribbons; illustrated wraps with map of Spain endpapers; black and white photographs throughout the former, many fold-out; Japanese and translated English text to the latter. Housed in publisher's illustrated slipcase; additional brown cardboard slipcase open on... Read More
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Good Taste
by Isaac Asimov; Brent Garrett [illus.]
Topeka, KS: Apocalypse Press, 1976. Very Good. Topeka, KS: Apocalypse Press, 1976. Limited Edition of 500 copies from a total run of 1012 copies, this copy not signed. Octavo. 36 pp. Black and white illustrations and photograph. Illustrated wraps with string-tie to spine. Light edgewear and curling to corners. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Very Good. ... Read More
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The Koran: Selected Suras
by [Islam] Arthur Jeffery [trans.]; Gerhard Bowering [fwd.]; Valenti Angelo [illus.]
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1993. Near Fine. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 1993. Collector's Edition. Octavo. 231 pp. Bound in full dark red leather decorated in gilt; four raised bands to spine; all edges gilt; yellow silk ribbon; red-brown moire endpapers. Touch of rubbing to extremities. Binding sound and interior unmarked; overall Near Fine.
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The Path to the Nest of Spiders
by Italo Calvino; Archibald Colquhoun [trans.]
Boston: Beacon Press, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Beacon Press, 1957. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 145 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth boards stamped in black. Price clipped dust jacket worn along edges with general rubbing and patchy staining. Boards rubbed at corners and nudged at spine ends. Binding is sound. Front free endpaper sanded but... Read More
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The Compleat Angler, or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation, Being a Discourse of Rivers Fishponds Fish and Fishing not Unworthy the Perusal of Most Anglers
by Izaak Walton; Arthur Rackham [illus.]
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1931. Very Good/Very Good +. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1931. First Trade Edition. Large octavo. 224 pp. 12 full color plates with lettered tissue guards; black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth stamped in gilt; pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt. Dust jacket lightly chipped... Read More
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Collection of Twelve Real Photo Postcards of the Running of the Bulls in Spain
by J. Elosúa; et al.
Zaragoza, Pamplona, et al.: v.p., 1930. Very Good. Zaragoza et al: v.p., ca. 1930s. Collection of twelve real photo postcards; light wear and a hint of dust-soil, else a Very Good or better collection. One example with the rubberstamp of Zaragoza photographer J. Elosúa, "Fotógrafo Taurino"; another with the rubberstamp of a Pamplona photographer (Gerardo Zaragu[?]); the remaining... Read More
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Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bertram-Haugh
by J.S. Le Fanu; Elizabeth Bowen [intro.]
London: Cresset Press, 1947. Very Good +/Very Good. London: Cresset Press, 1947. First Thus. Octavo; publisher's cloth in light blue decorative dust jacket retaining original price (8/6 net); 480pp. Moderate shelf wear to jacket margins, spine panel very gently toned, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy of this Irish Victorian "romance of terror" (as described... Read More
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![White Fang [Limited Edition, Signed by Dabcovich]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/398/707/1666707398.0.m.jpg)
White Fang [Limited Edition, Signed by Dabcovich]
by Jack London; Ray Gardner [intro.]; Lydia Dabcovich [illus.]
Lunenberg, VT: The Limited Editions Club, Printed at the Stinehour Press, 1973. Very Good/Very Good. Lunenberg, VT: The Limited Editions Club, Printed at the Stinehour Press, 1973. Limited Edition of 2000 copies signed by Dabcovich at colophon, this being #1950. Small quarto. 245pp. Illustrations cut in linoleum. Illustrated boards; glassine wrapper. Housed in publisher's slipcase with labels to... Read More
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