The President's Mystery Plot
by Roosevelt, Franklin D., Erle Stanley Gardner, Rupert Hughes, S. S. Van Dine and Others
New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo, 157 pages; dust jacket with closed tears and small chip, and slight fading at spine; $4.95 on front flap.
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The Tragedy of X.
by Ross, Barnaby (Pseudonym of Ellery Queen)
New York: The Viking Press, 1932. First Edition. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, 373 pages; publisher's black cloth, printed in red. Top edges stained red; small, light stain to title page and half title; faint glass ring on front panel, but a very good, straight copy.
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MAUDE, a Story for Girls
by Rossetti, Christina
London: James Bowden, 1897. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Small Octavo. Limited to 500 copies. With an introduction by William Michael Rossetti, xi, 80(1)pp., (1)pp. ad, unopened and uncut; engraved portrait frontispiece. Bound in blue cloth lettered in gilt; from the library of Nicholas Salerno, with his bookplate. A very good+ copy.
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Protest and Power in Black Africa
by Rotberg, Robert I. And Mazrui, Ali A. (ed.)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1970. First Edition. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. octavo, 1274 pages; original black cloth, printed in gilt. "Written under the auspices of the Center for International Affairs, Harvard University." Internally clean and bright. Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on ffep. Professor Dale was an author, a scholar on international politics, especially South... Read More
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To Keep the Memory Green. Reflections on the Life of Richard Lancelyn Green 1953-2004
by Rothman, Steven & Utechin, Nicholas (eds.)
London & New York: The Quartering Press, 2007. First Edition. Fine/Fine. 12mo, publisher's green cloth, printed in silver. Mr. Green is the author of "A Bibliography of Sherlock Holmes" and edited a number of books containing rare A. Conan Doyle material. As new.
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Photographers in Arizona. A History & Directory
by Rowe, Jeremy
Nevada City: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Number 39 of 100 copies SIGNED by the author. Quarto, illustrated in black and white. Original black cloth printed in silver (issued without dust jacket), original black cloth covered slipcase, with pictorial label on front panel. A fine copy in a fine slipcase.
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RUNYON A LA CARTE
by Runyon, Damon
London: Constable & Company, 1946. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/About Fine. Small Octavo. 208pp., bound in dark blue cloth, spine lettering silver, previous owner's name, slight bubble in the cloth near spine; neat woner name on FEP; a very handsome, clean copy in unclipped nearly fine dust jacket.
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SHORT TAKES
by Runyon, Damon
London: Constable & Company, 1948. First British Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good++. Small Octavo. 278 pp. Bound in green cloth, spine lettering silver, light foxing endpapers otherwise nearly fine in unclipped dust jacket printed in red and dark blue small spot near front bottom corner, spine a bit toned, without any tears. A very... Read More
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Why Pray for Prosperity? Why Famine Threatened? The True Answer. Read
by Rutherford, Judge
New York: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society; International Bible Students Association, 1934. Original Wraps. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo. 31 pp. Bound in original tan printed wrappers. Early Watch Tower publication. Text and wrappers a little toned; a couple of short closed edge tears; a very good copy.
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Government. The Indisputable Evidence Showing That the Peoples of Earth Shall Have a Righteous Government and Explaining the Manner of Its Establishment
by Rutherford, J. F.
New York: Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society; International Bible Students Association, 1928. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 363 pp., 5 pages of ads at rear. Original orange cloth, blind stamped, title in gilt. A handsome copy, with slightly darkened spine and just a trace of edge wear; internally clean.
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THE KIT BOOK. For Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines. (Contains "The Hang of It" By J. D. Salinger)
by SALINGER, J. D. (Contributor). R. M. Barrows
Chicago: Consolidated Book Publishers, 1943. First Ediiton Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Second issue with 1943 date (rather than 1942) on title page. As issued with no dust jacket. Salinger's story represents his first book appearance. Pages slightly age toned is normal for this book. A very good+ copy bound in original red and blue paper... Read More
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Lord Golovlev (in Cyrillic)
by Saltykov, M. E.
Ogis: State Publishing, 1948. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. octavo, 301 pages; publisher's beige cloth, printed in blue. Illustrated in black and white, gray end papers. Cloth binding is soiled and stained, mostly on rear panel; illustration facing page 16 with some ink marks in margin, not affecting image.
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Shakespeare's Birthplace, stratford-Upon-Avon, "Authentic Cut-Out Model
by Sapcote, E. S. (Shakespeare)
Warwickshire: Waldo S. Lanchester, 1974. Fine. Waldo S. Lanchester. Folded card, 12" x 14" with instructions for assembly of the cut-outs, with original printed envelope. Fine.
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Combat Effectiveness. Cohesion, Stress, and the Volunteer Military
by Sarkesian, Sam C. (ed.)
Beverly Hills & London: Sage Publications, 1980. First Edition. Near Fine. octavo, 305 pages; original pictorial wrappers. "Sage Research Progress Series on War, Revolution, and Peacekeeping. Volume 9." Professor Richard Dale's copy, with his name stamp on half-title. Professor Dale was an author, an expert on international politics, and he delivered many lectures before the United Nations. Internally... Read More
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THE DARING YOUNG MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE - Inscribed to Saroyan's Editor
by Saroyan, William (SIGNED)
New York: Random House, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. Tall Octavo. Author's first book. SIGNED BY WILLIAM SAROYAN AND WARMLY INSCRIBED TO HIS EDITOR AS FOLLOWS: "To Kenneth Houston/a fine editor, with/sincere good wishes/for the continued/success of Literary/America, the magazine,/and the state of/the country itself-/William Saroyan./Manhattan/May 22/1935. This first edition was limited... Read More
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JIM DANDY Fat Man in a Famine, a Play
by Saroyan, William
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co, 1947. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Small Octavo. 128pp. Stamped "Review Copy" with publication date Sept. 11, 1947. Bound in red cloth lettered and ruled in black, near fine without foxing in unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine.
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Five Plays (Signed)
by Sartre, Jean-paul
Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. Fine. Robert Borja. octavo, 484 pages; bound in full red, gilt decorated leather. Signed on a front end paper, by the author. All edges gilt, silk bookmark, silk moire end papers. As new.
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THE DOCUMENTS IN THE CASE
by Sayers, Dorothy L, and Robert Eustace
New York: Brewer & Warren Inc, 1930. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Bound in tan cloth with green lettering spine and front cover, green illustration front cover. A very good+ copy with bubbling to cloth covers, mild soil covers. 304 pp.
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HANGMAN'S HOLIDAY
by SAYERS, Dorothy L.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. Stated first edition. Bound in green cloth with black lettering spine and front cover. A very good+ copy with slight fading spine, owner name ffep, bookplaate front paste down. 282 pp.
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IN THE TEETH OF THE EVIDENCE AND OTHER STORIES
by Sayers, Dorothy L.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Bound in black cloth with red lettering spine. A very good+ copy with owner inscription ffep, hinges repaired with binding still tight. 286 pp.
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THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT THE BELLONA CLUB
by SAYERS, Dorothy L.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1935. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Octavo. "First 2/6 edition 1935" stated. Bound in original red cloth with black lettering spine. A near fine copy. 283 pp. Internally clean and bright.
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Busman's Honeymoon. A Love Story with Detective Interruptions
by SAYERS, Dorothy L.
New York (1937): Harcourt, Brace and Company. First American Edition. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Octavo, 381 pages; publishers black cloth, lettered in purple. First American Edition, stated, which preceeds the first English edition. Neat owner name and date stamp on front pastedown. A handsome copy, internally clean and bright.
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Whose Body? (Adrian Goldstone copy)
by Sayers, Dorothy L.
London (1935): Victor Gollancz Ltd. First Ediiton Thus. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo, 288 pages; first 2/6 edition of 1935 and first reissue of the first Sayers novel, with the new Preface. Preliminary Note: "This re-issue of WHOSE BODY? (which has received some corrections and amendments from MISS SAYERS) has for a Preface a short biography of Lord... Read More
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THE MAN BORN TO BE KING. A Play-Cycle on the Life of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ
by SAYERS, Dorothy L.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. Presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation Dec. 1941-Oct, 1942. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket with milld age darkening spine, minimal chips. 343 pp. A very nice copy.
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The Documents in the Case
by Sayers, Dorothy L & Eustace, Robert
London (1930): Ernest Benn Ltd. First Edition. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo, 287[1] pages; publisher's black cloth, printed in orange. neat owner inscription on FEP; cloth with minor spot on spine, small hole in cloth at front hinge. Internally clean and bright. A Haycraft-Queen cornerstone; 1 of 1,000 printed.
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