THE SPECIMEN BOOK OF FRUITS, FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL TREES. Carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature, for the Use of Nurserymen
by DEWEY, D. M
Rochester, NY: D. M. Dewey, [1865]. First Edition. Hardcover. Some peripheral soiling of several plates, many showing only minimal staining. Eleven plates show some smearing of the color, several suggesting that the smearing might have occurred before the original paint had dried. Circular brown stain measuring 1" on front cover. Very Good. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") bound in... Read More
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COLLECTED POEMS OF H. D
by D., H. [Hilda DOOLITTLE]
New York: Liveright Publishing Company, (1940). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper with a darkened spine and a few small tears. First published in 1925, this is the Sixth Printing, though the uncommon dustwrapper states "Sixth Edition" on the spine.
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JOHNNY SUEDE. LESSONS IN LOVE. AN ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
by DiCILLO, Tom
New York, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Original Typescript bound in flexible black wraps. This screenplay appeared 3 years before DiCillo's first film, JOHNNY SUEDE, which cast the then-unknown Brad Pitt and Catherine Keener in what would be their first starring roles. It received a nomination for a Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. DiCillo... Read More
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MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK Extra Illustrated with Autographs, Photographs, and Original Art
by DICKENS, Charles
London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Contents clean; some rubbing to corners. Near Fine. George Cattermole and Hablot Browne. Three volumes (7" x 10-1/2") bound by Riviere & Son in green crushed levant morocco leather, neatly rebacked retaining the original spines, with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-decorated and lettered spines, gilt dentelles, top edges gilt, with the original... Read More
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THE SHORT STORIES OF CHARLES DICKENS
by DICKENS, Charles
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1971. hardcover. Fine in worn glassine and a close to Fine slipcase with the backstrip slightly sunned. Edward Ardizzone. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in black vellum-finish buckram and boards covered in imported marble paper. Copy #887 of 1500 designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Sprial Press and illustrated with... Read More
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THE SHORT STORIES OF CHARLES DICKENS
by DICKENS, Charles
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1971. hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Edward Ardizzone. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in black vellum-finish buckram and boards covered in imported marble paper. Copy #39 of 1500 designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Sprial Press and illustrated with 16 full-page colored line... Read More
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by DICKENS, Charles
New York & London: E. P. Dutton and Company/J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., (1933). Hardcover. Owner inscription on front endpaper; very slight rubbing to spine tips. About Fine in a paper slipcase. C. E. Brock. Small octavo (4-1/4" x 5-7/8") bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full polished red morocco leather with gilt-ruled covers, gilt-tooled spine in compartments... Read More
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DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF DOMBEY AND SON. WHOLESALE, RETAIL, AND FOR EXPORTATION
by DICKENS, Charles
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1957. Hardcover. Small university bookplate on the verso of the front endpaper of each volume. Spines evenly sunned, as nearly always the case. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Henry C. Pitz. Two large octavo (6-1/2" x 10") volumes bound in full rose-red buckram with printed paper labels on the spines. Illustrated... Read More
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THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
by DICKENS, Charles
[England]: Limited Editions Club, 1933. hardcover. Foxing to covers, typical darkening to the endpapers, otherwise contents bright and fresh. Very Good in a Good slipcase, rubbed with some splitting. Hugh Thomson. Small folio (8-1/2" x 12-3/4") bound in decorated yellow buckram. Copy #305 of 1500 designed, printed, and bound by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press with... Read More
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AMERICAN NOTES FOR GENERAL CIRCULATION
by DICKENS, Charles
Avon, CT: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Raymond F. Houlihan. Large octavo (6-5/8" x 9-3/4") bound in genuine tan calfskin leather and decorated gray boards; 316 pages. Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Introduction by Angus Wilson. Of 2000 copies, this is out-of-series and not numbered. Illustrated with... Read More
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by DICKENS, Charles
Boston: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Hardcover. About Fine, lacking the slipcase. Gordon Ross. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in cloth-backed boards covered in paste paper hand-made by Rosamond Loring in a Christmas tree design with each copy different from the next. This is copy #1374 of 1500 designed and printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press... Read More
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by DICKENS, Charles
Boston: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Hardcover. Light foxing to endpapers. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Gordon Ross. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in cloth-backed boards covered in paste paper hand-made by Rosamond Loring in a Christmas tree design with each copy different from the next. This is copy #1434 of 1500 designed and printed by D. B. Updike... Read More
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
by DICKENS, Charles
Edinburgh: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Spine slightly darkened with some rubbing, much nicer than usually found. Near Fine in an intact Very Good slipcase. Gordon Ross. Quarto (7" x 10") bound in green buckram and printed by R. & R. Clark with a previously unpublished 6000-word preface by George Bernard Shaw. This edition is also bibliographically important... Read More
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THE CHIMES
by DICKENS, Charles [Arthur RACKHAM]
London: Limited Editions Club, 1931. hardcover. Spine a bit darkened, as usual, but gilt bright. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Arthur Rackham. Quarto (7-3/4" x 11-1/2") bound in decorated buckram with gilt highlights; 166 pages. Designed and printed by George Jones. Copy #397 of 1500 illustrated with six full-page black and white illustrations and fourteen smaller black and... Read More
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HARD TIMES FOR THESE TIMES
by DICKENS, Charles
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1966. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. Charles Raymond. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10") bound in beige English buckram and boards covered in dark blue paper imported from Italy. Copy #1087 of 1500 designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Sprial Press and illustrated with 15... Read More
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HARD TIMES FOR THESE TIMES
by DICKENS, Charles
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1966. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Charles Raymond. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10") bound in beige English buckram and boards covered in dark blue paper imported from Italy. Copy #887 of 1500 designed and printed by Joseph Blumenthal at the Sprial Press and illustrated with 15 wash drawings in color... Read More
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HELMETS
by DICKEY, James
CT: Wesleyan, (1964). First Edition. Wraps. Covers a little soiled. Very Good. Poet's second solo book, the wraps issue
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DROWNING WITH OTHERS
by DICKEY, James
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1962). First Edition. Wraps. Minor rubbing to covers. Near Fine. Pictorial wraps. Issued simultaneously in softcover and hardcover, this is the softcover issue of Dickey's first book under his name (preceded by INTO THE STONE where he appeared with two other poets). This copy SIGNED by the poet on the title page.
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INTO THE STONE in POETS OF TODAY VII
by DICKEY, James
New York: Scribner, (1960). First Edition. Hardcover. Small bump to bottom edge. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with light wear. Dickey's true first book, a collection of 24 poems issued together with collections by Paris Leary and Jon Swan. One of the more uncommon volumes in this series, this is an Advance Review Copy with a... Read More
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THE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON
by DICKINSON, Emily
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Very slight rubbing to tips and corners. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. Scarce in this condition. Helen Sewell. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound in full top-grain black sheepskin with a morocco grain and the title stamped in gold leaf on the front cover and spine; 320 pages. Each sheet... Read More
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FURTHER POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON. Withheld from Publication by Her Sister Lavinia
by DICKINSON, Emily
Boston: Little, Brown, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Partly unopened. Near Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase. Edited by her niece Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, this collection contains over 150 poems hitherto unpublished. Illustrated with a facsimile of the poet's handwriting. This is copy #295 of 450 (of a total of 465).
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THE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON
by DICKINSON, Emily
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. First Centenary Edition. Hardcover. Slight darkening to spine. Near Fine in an attractive binding. Would make a wonderful gift. Edited by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson. Octavo (5-1/8" x 8-1/8") bound by Riviere & Son in full scarlet morocco leather with double gilt-ruled borders, an elaborately gilt-decorated spine with five... Read More
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[LETTERS FROM A FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA, TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE BRITISH COLONIES]
by [DICKINSON, John]
[Philadelphia]: [David Hall, and William Sellers], [1768]. Second Edition. Softcover. Title page lacking and replaced by a modern photocopy; Fahnestock Bequest 1869 embossed stamp on the first page of text; early owner signatures on the top blank margin of two text pages; closed tear with no loss to margin of another page; even browning to text. Overall, despite the... Read More
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A BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
by DIDION, Joan
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, (2002). First Easton Press Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Gilt-decorated brown leather. Illustrated by Oscar Liebman. Limited and SIGNED by the author. Author's Note and Authenticity Certificate laid in.
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THE STORY OF JERRY SIMPSON
by DIGGS, Annie
Wichita, Kansas: Jane Simpson, (1908). First Edition. Hardcover. A 1912 owner inscription on the front blank. Fine, bright copy. Gilt-lettered dark green cloth. The story of flamboyant "Sockless" Jerry Simpson, three-term member of Congress from Kansas, and his political career in Kansas and in Congress, the Farmers Alliance and the Peoples Party, and more. Laid in a small... Read More
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