The Suburban Horticulturist; or, an Attempt to Teach the Science and Practice of the Culture and Management of the Kitchen, Fruit, & Foraging Garden to those who have had no previous knowledge or practice in these departments of gardening
by J.C. Loudon
London: William Smith, 1842. Very Good +. London: William Smith, 1842. First Edition. Thick octavo. 730pp. Illustrations. Rebound in modern gray cloth over paper-covered marbled boards with paper title label to spine; new endpapers. Light rubbing to edges of boards and binding sound; pages unmarked; a Very Good or better set. Chock full of information on soil, structures... Read More
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Dr. Sevier
by George W. Cable
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1885. Very Good. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1885. First Edition, first issue without table of contents. Octavo. 473 pp. Mustard cloth stamped in black and gilt. Boards shelfworn with nudging and a few shallow nicks to spine ends; slight bump and rubbing to rear corner; cloth a bit darkened, moreso... Read More
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Old Creole Days [Signed]
by George W. Cable
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. Later printing. Signed at half title by Cable with brief inscription and dated March 22, 1893. Octavo. 303 pp. + advertisements. Frontis with tissue guard. Maroon cloth stamped in orange. Ex-library copy though with no external markings. Light rubbing to boards and joints and... Read More
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The Manxman
by Hall Caine
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1898. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's cloth, brown glazed endpapers, in white pictorial dust jacket printed in orange; [2],iii,[1],529pp. Light rubbing to jacket margins, small soil spot to rear panel, old tape reinforcement to verso, else a Near Fine copy in a Very Good... Read More
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Sinful Woman
by James Cain
Cleveland: The World Publishing Company / Tower Books, 1948. Very Good/Very Good. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company / Tower Books, 1948. First Tower Books Edition (First Printing April 1948). Octavo. 123 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark blue cloth stamped in gray; dark topstain. Dust jacket worn along edges with a few very tiny tears. Moderate wear to... Read More
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![We Are the Living [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/679/317/1592317679.0.m.jpg)
We Are the Living [Signed Limited Edition]
by Erskine Caldwell
New York: The Viking Press, 1933. Near Fine. New York: The Viking Press, 1933. Limited First Edition, signed by the author and numbered 137 of 250 copies on tipped-in limitation page at front. Octavo; viii, 264pp. Publisher's mustard cloth with brown and green rules and lettering, housed in brown paper-covered slipcase with "137" on spine panel. Top edge... Read More
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![Journeyman [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/594/276/1490276594.0.m.jpg)
Journeyman [Limited Edition]
by Erskine Caldwell
New York: The Viking Press, 1935. Very Good. New York: The Viking Press, 1935. Limited Edition, numbered 218 of 1475 copies on limitation notice at front. Octavo; [vi], 195pp. Publisher's red cloth with mounted wrap-around red and white paper title label. Housed in married slipcase (itself numbered 1383 on spine). Boards are square and sturdy, with a small... Read More
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The History of the Indian Mountain Artillery
by C.A.L. Graham; A.F. Alanbrooke [fwd.]
Aldershot, UK: Gale & Polden Ltd, 1957. Very Good +/Very Good. Aldershot, UK: Gale & Polden Ltd., 1957. First Edition. Octavo. 470 pp. Black and white photographs, illustrations, and maps, complete. Illustrated dust jacket. Navy boards lettered in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket shows light chipping with some minor creasing along edges. Boards show very mild shelfwear... Read More
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Var Tufa / Bürn
by [Punk Zines - California]
Cotati, CA: Var Tufa, 1989. Very Good. Cotati, CA: Var Tufa, n.d., ca. 1989. First Edition. Tabloid format (40cm); photo-illustrated self wrappers; [32]pp.; chiefly photo collage spreads. Previous folds, textblock uniformly toned, else Very Good and sound. Uncommon punk music zine, date based on a reference to Nirvana, which was not founded until 1987. The rear panel... Read More
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![State of California Cattle Protection Board Cattle Brands and Licensed Slaughterers 1918 [cover title: The California Brand Book 1919]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/527/448/1667448527.0.m.jpg)
State of California Cattle Protection Board Cattle Brands and Licensed Slaughterers 1918 [cover title: The California Brand Book 1919]
by [Cattle Brands] Cattle Protection Board of California
San Francisco, CA: Cattle Protection Board, 1918. Very Good. San Francisco, CA: Cattle Protection Board, 1918. First Edition. Thin octavo. 355; [1]pp. 245 pages of brand marks. Red cloth stamped in black. With a brand and ear mark handwritten on wood, property of a Frank Roach of Phelps Ranch. Boards worn and/or gnawed at extremities with minor fraying;... Read More
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![Season of the Witch [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/932/531/1651531932.0.m.jpg)
Season of the Witch [Signed]
by Morley Callaghan
Toronto: House of Exile, 1976. Fine/Fine. Toronto: House of Exile, 1976. First Edition Limited to 200 hardcover copies of which this is no. 15. Octavo; publisher's cloth in cream pictorial dust jacket; [105]pp. A Fine copy. Signed by the author on title page. Exile Editions No. 3.
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![Outside Over There [Signed by Sendak]]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/689/864/1721864689.0.m.jpg)
Outside Over There [Signed by Sendak]]
by Maurice Sendak; Jeanyee Wong [calligraphy]
New York: Harper & Row, 1981. Very Good -/Very Good -. New York: Harper & Row, 1981. First Edition. Signed by Maurice Sendak without inscription at front free endpaper. Oblong quarto; illustrated dust jacket with $12.95 price intact; red cloth boards; unpaginated. Color illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket chipped with several tears to edges and adjacent creasing. Boards worn... Read More
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Landslide
by Regan Cameron
New Zealand: Regan's Book, 1996. Very Good. New Zealand: Regan's Book, 1996. First Edition. Slim quarto; publisher's spiral-bound card wrappers; [30]pp.; chiefly photographic illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit scuffed and soiled, internally clean and sound. Very Good overall. Early artist's photo book by the New Zealand fashion photographer. OCLC locates one physical copy as of September, 2025,... Read More
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![The Ape-Man Within [Signed Bookplate Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/352/735/1404735352.0.m.jpg)
The Ape-Man Within [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by L. Sprague de Camp
Amherst: Prometheus Books, 1995. Very Good/Very Good. Amherst: Prometheus Books, 1995. First Edition with full numberline. Signed by de Camp without inscription on previous owner's unattached bookplate laid in at front. Octavo; 266pp. Illustrated dust jacket over black leatherette with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with light rubbing at spine ends. Boards are square with a... Read More
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![The Spy Who Sat and Waited [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/907/328/1455328907.0.m.jpg)
The Spy Who Sat and Waited [Signed]
by R. Wright Campbell
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. Very Good/Very Good. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. First Edition. Signed by the author without inscription and dated "Carmel [CA] '95" on half title. Octavo; 318pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $7.95 price intact; book in blue cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket tugged with small tears and creases at spine ends, a... Read More
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Mithraic Iconography and Ideology
by Leroy A. Campbell
Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1968. Very Good. Leiden, Netherlands: E.J. Brill, 1968. First Edition. Octavo. 444 pp. 26 figured and 45 plates, the latter bound in at rear. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket, presumably as issued. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Minor scuffing and smudging to boards; institutional call number and label to spine... Read More
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![Lives of the Admirals, and other eminent British seamen [Vols. I and II only]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/844/989/1517989844.0.m.jpg)
Lives of the Admirals, and other eminent British seamen [Vols. I and II only]
by John Campbell
London: Printed by John Applebee, For J. and H. Pemberton...and T. Waller, 1742. Very Good +. London: Printed by John Applebee, For J. and H. Pemberton...and T. Waller, 1742. First Edition. Two volumes; octavos (20.5cm.); full contemporary speckled calf, gilt-lettered spines in six compartments; [16],496,[28]; [8],480,[26]pp. (collated complete); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Light occasional foxing to textblock,... Read More
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Ghosts and Grisly Things [Signed]
by Ramsey Campbell
Nottingham: Pumpkin Books, 1998. Near Fine/Near Fine. Nottingham: Pumpkin Books, 1998. First Trade Edition. Octavo (22.5cm.); publisher's simulated cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xvi,300pp. Corners gently bumped, else Fine. Signed by the author on title page. Collection of twenty horror short stories, including one previously unpublished novella.
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Original Vernacular Photo Album of a Trip from Mankato, Minnesota, to British Columbia
by [Minnesota] [Canada]
Mankato, MN et al., 1890. Very Good. Mankato, MN, et al: ca. 1890s. Small oblong octavo (14x18cm.); publisher's grey card wrappers lettered in white; [16]ll. of pale grey stock to which are mounted sixteen (16) silver gelatin snapshots (all ca. 8x8cm.) on rectos only, usually with manuscript captions on facing page. Some photographs a bit overexposed at margins,... Read More
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![The Nature & Necessity, of an Habitual Preparation for Death & Judgment. A sermon preach'd at King's-Chapel in Boston, November 21st. 1758. Upon occasion of the death of Charles Apthorp, Esq [Half title: Mr. Caner's Sermon Occasion'd by the Death of Charles Apthorp, Esq.]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/247/353/1519353247.0.m.jpg)
The Nature & Necessity, of an Habitual Preparation for Death & Judgment. A sermon preach'd at King's-Chapel in Boston, November 21st. 1758. Upon occasion of the death of Charles Apthorp, Esq [Half title: Mr. Caner's Sermon Occasion'd by the Death of Charles Apthorp, Esq.]
by Henry Caner
Boston: John Draper, 1758. Very Good. Boston: John Draper, [1758]. First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); later stiff black wrappers; 24pp. (A-C4, including half title); woodcut vignette at head of p. [5]. Slightly ex-New Haven Colony Historical Society with their pressure stamps to first three leaves including upper cover, upper cover additionally creased, else a Very Good, internally fresh and... Read More
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The Absolute at Large
by Karel Capek
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. Very Good +/Very Good -. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927. First U.S. Edition. Octavo. 242 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Black boards with title labels to front and spine. Dust jacket worn and chipped with amateur tape mending and crude sympathetic color paper fill-ins to verso;... Read More
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![Other Voices, Other Rooms [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/867/564/1699564867.0.m.jpg)
Other Voices, Other Rooms [Inscribed and Signed]
by Truman Capote
New York: Random House, 1948. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1948. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, dark topstain, in blue printed dust jacket with $2.75 price present. Dust jacket toned along spine and top margins, edgewear with slight chipping at spine crown, 2" split to top of front fold. Minor wear to board extremities, spine toned, binding sound.... Read More
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In Cold Blood Manuscripts
by Truman Capote
Cambremer, France: Editions des Saints Peres, 2023. Near Fine. Cambremer, France: Editions des Saints Peres, 2023. Limited Edition of 1000 copies. Folio. 390 pp., appendix. Manuscript reproduces in facsimile throughout. Dark gray cloth stamped in silver; black silk ribbon; red endpapers. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Touch of rubbing to edges of boards. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Slipcase... Read More
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Breakfast at Tiffany's" in Esquire: The Magazine for Men, November, 1958
by Truman Capote
Chicago, IL: Esquire, 1958. Very Good-. Chicago, IL: Esquire, 1958. First Edition. Large, slim quarto (33.5cm); publisher's pictorial wrappers; 190pp.; illus. throughout. Wrappers a bit worn, bottom inch of spine foot starting to separate, textblock unevenly toned, else Very Good. Single issue of Esquire containing the first appearance of Truman Capote's novella "Breakfast at Tiffany's, illustrated... Read More
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In Cold Blood [Uncorrected Proof Copy]
by Truman Capote
New York: Random House, 1965. Very Good. New York: Random House, 1965 [but 1966]. First Edition. First Printing. Tall, narrow quarto (30.5cm); publisher's long galley sheets (rectos), comb-bound into light blue card wrappers, with the publisher's typed label mounted to front cover; [6],247,[1]pp. Holograph date of "Jan.17" in blue grease pencil at upper right corner of front wrapper,... Read More
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