THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE
by DUMAS, Alexandre (Pere)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1973. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine gold foil slipcase. Cyril Arnstam. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in blue linen with an embossed gold fleur-de-lis design at the center of the front cover. Illustrations by Cyril Arnstam that have been hand-colored through stencils in the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #751 of 1500 SIGNED... Read More
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THE BLACK TULIP. A ROMANCE
by DUMAS, Alexandre (Pere)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1951. Hardcover. Minor darkening to the spine with a few small stains. Near Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase. Frans Lammers. Octavo (7-5/8" x 11") bound in full natural morocco leather with a tulip design stamped in gilt and black leather on the front cover and a gold-stamped black leather spine label.... Read More
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PETER IBBETSON
by DU MAURIER, George
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. George du Maurier. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") bound in gilt-lettered black morocco leather-backed decorated boards; 368 pages. Introduction by the author's granddaughter, Daphne du Maurier. The 85 illustrations are reproduced from the author's original drawings for the first time directly and in their original... Read More
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PETER IBBETSON
by DU MAURIER, George
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase. George du Maurier. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") bound in gilt-lettered black morocco leather-backed decorated boards; 368 pages. Introduction by the author's granddaughter, Daphne du Maurier. The 85 illustrations are reproduced from the author's original drawings for the first time directly and in... Read More
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PETER IBBETSON
by DU MAURIER, George
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. Wear to the head of the spine with slight loss of leather. Very Good, lacking the slipcase. George du Maurier. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") bound in gilt-lettered black morocco leather-backed decorated boards; 368 pages. Introduction by the author's granddaughter, Daphne du Maurier. The 85 illustrations are reproduced from the author's original... Read More
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PETER IBBETSON
by DU MAURIER, George
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1963. Hardcover. Small rubbed spot at the heel of the spine. About Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. George du Maurier. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") bound in gilt-lettered black morocco leather-backed decorated boards; 368 pages. Introduction by the author's granddaughter, Daphne du Maurier. The 85 illustrations are reproduced from the author's original... Read More
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LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE
by DUNBAR, Paul Laurence
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Some soiling and rubbing to the cloth. About Very Good. Decorated green cloth with frontispiece portrait of the author. An early collection of poetry by this child of Kentucky slaves.
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BRING IT UP FROM THE DARK
by DUNCAN, Robert
[Berkeley]: Cranium Press, 1970. First Edition. Broadside. Small hole in the margin. Near Fine. A 10" x 15" broadside of a poem by Duncan printed for Cody's Books.
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BRING IT UP FROM THE DARK
by DUNCAN, Robert
[Berkeley]: Cranium Press, 1970. First Edition. Broadside. Fine. A 10" x 15" broadside of a poem by Duncan printed for Cody's Books.
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THE TORCH PASSES
by DUNNING, John
[Huntington Beach, CA]: (James Cahill), (1995). First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Second printing in printed wraps (5 3/8" by 8"). SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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WALKING LIGHT
by DUNN, Stephen
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. A first collection of essays and memoirs by this accomplished poet.
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FITS AND STARTS: SELECTED POEMS OF JACQUES DUPIN
by DUPIN, Jacques. Paul AUSTER (Translator)
(Berkeley): Living Hand, (1973). First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Translated by Paul Auster with a three-page introduction by him. One of 1000 numbered copies, though none of the copies we have seen have been numbered.
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OEDIPUS
by DURRENMATT, Friedrich
[New York]: Limited Editions Club, (1989). First English Edition. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. Fine in a close to Fine, mildly sunned cloth slipcase with suede lining. Marie Cosindas. Folio (10-3/4" by 14-1/2") handsewn and quarter-bound by hand with burgundy Nigerian Oasis Goatskin on the spine and natural linen boards; xv, 41 pages. This First English-language edition of Durrenmatt's... Read More
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ARCHIVE OF 26 SIGNED LETTERS, SIGNED MANUSCRIPT, ETC
by DURRELL, Lawrence
1970 - 1986. Letter. Very Good to Near Fine. Includes 9 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED (ALSs), 17 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs), 1 TYPED MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (TMS), 3 telegrams, and various materials comprising thousands of words. The recipient is actress and friend Fiddle Viracola to whom Durrell closes one letter: "Dearest and fairest of women, pearl beyond price, direst of... Read More
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TUNC
by DURRELL, Lawrence
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1968. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Durrell has written the name "Jeffrey Miller" and SIGNED his own name below it on the front blank. Durrell's first novel after THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET.
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NUNQUAM
by DURRELL, Lawrence
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper.
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GREENFIELD HILL: A POEM IN SEVEN PARTS
by DWIGHT, Timothy
New York: Childs and Swaine, 1794. First Edition. Hardcover. Occasional minor stain or foxing, but quite clean in a Very Good contemporary binding, a little rubbed on the spine with a very short split at the top joint, covers tight. Overall a Near Fine survival. Contemporary sheep; 53, [4], 66-183, [1] pages [as issued]. BAL 5048; Church Catalog... Read More
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CHILDHOOD AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
by DYBEK, Stuart
New York: Viking Press, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Small skimmed mark on the front endpaper from the removal of a price sticker. Near Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper. Dybek's first book, a collection of stories set in Chicago. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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THE COAST OF CHICAGO
by DYBEK, Stuart
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. First Edition. Softcover. Promotional slip stapled to inside front cover, otherwise Fine. Uncorrected Proof in cream printed wraps of this collection of stories.
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SIGNATURE
by EARHART, Amelia
Framed Autograph. But for a small nick or two to the frame, Fine. Bold SIGNATURE of Earhart attractively matted and framed to an overall size of 11-3/4" x 16-1/2".
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JIM THE BOY
by EARLEY, Tony
Boston: Little, Brown & Company, (1999). First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Uncorrected Proof/Advance Reading Copy in pictorial wraps of the author's second book and first novel.
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HERE WE ARE IN PARADISE
by EARLEY, Tony
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., (1994). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper, essentially new. Cloth-backed boards. Author's first book, an impressive collection of stories.
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THE AMERICAN ANNUAL: ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE EARLY HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA
by EASTMAN, Mary H[enderson]
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, [1854]. First Edition. Hardcover. Foxing, mostly light and marginal but occasionally in the image. A few pages toward the end partly detached. Some fading and light wear to spine ends. Very Good. Seth Eastman. Quarto (7-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in the publisher's gilt-decorated gray cloth, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 21 fine steel-engraved plates,... Read More
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THE IRIS: AN ILLUMINATED SOUVENIR FOR MDCCCLII (1852)
by [EASTMAN, Mary & Seth] HART, John (editor)
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852. First Edition. Hardcover. The Presentation plate filled out by the owner in December 1852. Moderate to heavy foxing and staining throughout, the plates darkened a bit but still fairly clean and quite attractive. Overall a Very Good copy with early color plates of Native Americans. Seth Eastman. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/4") bound... Read More
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THIRTY ONE SONNETS
by EBERHART, Richard
New York: The Eakins Press, (1967). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine unprinted acetate dustwrapper and a Fine slipcase, as issued. Brick cloth. Number 64 of only 99 numbered and SIGNED copies.
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