THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
by CRANE, Stephen
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1944. Hardcover. Light wear to edges and spine tips with small loss of leather at the very bottom of the spine. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. John Steuart Curry. Octavo (6-7/8" x 10") bound in full chestnut leather, gold-stamped, with an illustration embossed on the front cover. Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Illustrated... Read More
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MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS
by CRANE, Stephen
(Avon, CT): Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Fine in somewhat worn glassine and a Fine slipcase. Sigmund Abeles. Large octavo (7-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in half glazed black goatskin and boards covered with homespun buckram printed with a stripe pattern in dark grey. Illustrated with 7 full-page copper etchings by Sigmund Abeles reproduced by gravure. Copy #1627 of... Read More
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MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS
by CRANE, Stephen
(Avon, CT): Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Sigmund Abeles. Large octavo (7-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in half glazed black goatskin and boards covered with homespun buckram printed with a stripe pattern in dark grey. Illustrated with 7 full-page copper etchings by Sigmund Abeles reproduced by gravure.... Read More
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THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
by CRANE, Stephen
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1944. Hardcover. Light rubbing to spine tips and upper front corner. Near Fine in an intact Very Good to Near Fine slipcase. Uncommon in this condition due to the fragility of both the soft leather and the slipcase. John Steuart Curry. Octavo (6-7/8" x 10") bound in full chestnut leather, gold-stamped, with an... Read More
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MAGGIE: A GIRL OF THE STREETS
by CRANE, Stephen
(Avon, CT): Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Very small stain on the front cover. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Sigmund Abeles. Large octavo (7-1/2" x 10-1/2") bound in half glazed black goatskin and boards covered with homespun buckram printed with a stripe pattern in dark grey. Illustrated with 7 full-page copper etchings by Sigmund Abeles reproduced by... Read More
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THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
by CRANE, Stephen
(London): The Land Press, (1988). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine clamshell box with a minor bump at the bottom corners. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11-3/4") bound by Constance K. Wozny in a striking full black morocco leather art binding with onlays depicting a poppy weeping seeds of tears, tan morocco pastedowns, and marbled endpapers. Illustrated... Read More
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FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD
by CREASY, Sir Edward
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Bookplate on the verso of the front free endpaper. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Joseph Domjan. Small folio (9-3/8" x 12-1/4") bound in full decorated buckram with a black leather label lettered in gilt; 254 pages. Copy #39 of 1500 printed at the Stinehour Press and illustrated with 15... Read More
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FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD
by CREASY, Sir Edward
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Joseph Domjan. Small folio (9-3/8" x 12-1/4") bound in full decorated buckram with a black leather label lettered in gilt; 254 pages. Copy #1175 of 1500 printed at the Stinehour Press and illustrated with 15 full-page multi-color woodcut and 14 black-and-white woodcut reproductions by Joseph Domjan.... Read More
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SPHERE
by CRICHTON, Michael
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very slight crease to top corner of front cover. Still Fine. Advance Reader's Edition in decorated wraps.
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EPIPHANIES & PHADOGRAPHS: JOYCE E TRIESTE; CON UN ALBUM JOYCIANO
by CRISE, Stelio [JAMES JOYCE]
Milan: All'Insegna del Pesce d'Oro, 1967. First Edition. Wraps. About Fine with wraparound band. Printed wraps. Copy #249 of 1000 printed by the Stamperia Valdonega di Verona. Text in Italian. Illustrated with many photographs including some of Joyce's handwriting.
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FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH. A True Story
by CROWE, Cameron
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1981). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight soiling to topped bulked text edge. About Fine in a Fine, bright white dustwrapper. Scarce in this condition. Cloth-backed boards in the first issue dustwrapper. Author's first book, made into a popular film with the screenplay also written by Crowe and starring Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and... Read More
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THE GREATEST PLAGUE OF LIFE. Or, The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant. By one who has been almost Worried to Death
by (CRUIKSHANK, George) [MAYHEW, Augustus and Henry]
(London): David Bogue, [1847]. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean. Two spines with neat repairs; rear cover of last part detached but present; early owner name in ink at the top of each front cover. Very Good in chemise and slipcase. George Cruikshank. Scarce first edition in the original 6 parts, each bound in decorated beige 5" x 7-1/4"... Read More
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JOURNAL OF A VISIT TO CONSTANTINOPLE, AND SOME OF THE GREEK ISLANDS, IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1833
by (CRUIKSHANK, George) AULDJO, John
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. Some spotting to the plates, less so than what seems typical for this title; the text clean. Light edgewear. Very Good to Near Fine. George Cruikshank. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards with modern calf rebacking; xii, 259, [1] pages. Illustrated with 2 text engravings after William Gell... Read More
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VUES DE SAUVE
by CRUMB, Robert
[Galérie Vidourle Prix], 1991. First Edition. Prints. Fine. Robert Crumb. Portfolio of 8 prints (8-1/2" x 12") of Crumb drawings, all picturing his home and its locale in the South of France, housed in a paper portfolio with a title print pasted on the center. The portfolio is SIGNED by Crumb on the front cover beneath the title... Read More
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MEMORY OF SNOW with the ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK used for the illustration
by CSOORI, Sandor
Great Barrington: Penmaen Press, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Covers soiled, otherwise Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Woodblock in close to Fine condition. Michael McCurdy. One of 200 case-bound copies (of a total edition of 750) illustrated by Michael McCurdy with a wood-engraved portrait of Csoori on the dustwrapper cover and the title page. The Hungarian poet's first... Read More
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MEMORY OF SNOW
by CSOORI, Sandor
Great Barrington: Penmaen Press, (1983). First Edition. softcover. Fine. Michael McCurdy. One of 500 softbound copies (of a total edition of 750) illustrated by Michael McCurdy with a wood-engraved portrait of Csoori on the front cover and the title page. The poet's first book in English, translated by Nicholas Kolumban.
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MEMORY OF SNOW
by CSOORI, Sandor
Great Barrington: Penmaen Press, (1983). First Edition. Hardcover. Covers soiled, otherwise Near Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Michael McCurdy. One of 200 case-bound copies (of a total edition of 750) illustrated by Michael McCurdy with a wood-engraved portrait of Csoori on the dustwrapper cover and the title page. The poet's first book in English, translated by Nicholas Kolumban.... Read More
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I: SIX NONLECTURES
by CUMMINGS, E. E
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Mild staining to cloth. Very Good in a Fair dustwrapper with much loss at the top rear and spine tips. The Trade Edition of these lectures containing much poetry INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front endpaper by the poet to author Fritz Peters: "A Merry Xmas/+/Happy New Year/to/Fritz Peters/from/Marion +... Read More
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I: SIX NONLECTURES
by CUMMINGS, E. E
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, bright copy lacking the uncommon dustwrapper. Copy #31 of 350 of these lectures containing much poetry SIGNED by the poet on the limitation page. In addition this copy is INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper: "inscribed (on behalf of/Burton L. Stratton)/for Allen Jefferson by/E. E.... Read More
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GRAND MAN: MEMORIES OF NORMAN DOUGLAS
by CUNARD, Nancy
London: Secker & Warburg, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner initials on front pastedown beneath dustwrapper flap. Near Fine in a lightly worn, Near Fine dustwrapper. An affectionate and highly personal recollection of one individualist of another. With extracts from his Letters, appreciations by Kenneth Macpherson, Harold Acton, Arthur Johnson, Charles Duff, and Victor Cunard, and a biographical... Read More
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THE JUDGE IS FURY
by CUNNINGHAM, J. V
New York: The Swallow Press and William Morrow and Company, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with light edgewear. Author's second book, 1000 copies printed by Carroll Coleman at the Prairie Press. Master of the epigram and one of our most underrated poets.
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GOLDEN STATES
by CUNNINGHAM, Michael
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Very small stain at the base of the rear panel of the dustwrapper. Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper. Pulitzer Prize winner's first book.
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DIARIES OF MARIO M. CUOMO. THE CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR
by CUOMO, Mario
New York: Random House, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. With an enigmatic SIGNED INSCRIPTION by the author "Chuck and Rosalind,/Thank you for your/faith at a time when I/needed it most./I wish you all good things, /for 120 years./Mario" and dated by him 6/15/32. We assume the date is intentional.
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PRUE AND I
by CURTIS, George William
New York: Dix, Edwards & Co., 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Small leather bookplate, old bookseller's ticket. Slight bubbling to cloth, minor rubbing. Near Fine in chemise and a Very Good slipcase. Original blue cloth. BAL 4270: Binding A. Johnson High Spot. Dedicated to Mrs. Henry W. Longfellow. Curtis, editor of HARPER'S WEEKLY during the Civil War years and... Read More
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THE CONFESSIONS OF EDWARD DAHLBERG
by DAHLBERG, Edward
New York: George Braziller, (1971). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in slipcase, as issued. Of a total of 200 numbered and SIGNED copies, this copy has a SIGNED page tipped in but with no printed limitation. An important book by this much underrated writer.
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