Undine and Sintram and His Companions
by La Motte Fouqué {Friedrich] de; Translated from the German by F. E. Bunnett
Philadelphia: The Rodgers Company, No date. Hardcover. Very Good. 342pp. Sextodecimo [15 cm] Light brown cloth over boards with decorative stamping in silver and dark brown on the spine and front board. Ex-library with just a library label on the front pastedown. Lightly rubbed at the spine ends and corners of the covers. Tiny split in the cloth... Read More
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Report of the Governor of Idaho, Made to the Secretary of the Interior, for the Year 1884
by Bunn, William H. (Governor); Henry M. Teller (Secretary of the Interior)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1884. 13pp. Thin octavo [23 cm] Light green and black printed wraps. Very good. The covers and pages are lightly creased and age-toned. There are multiple small losses from the paper along the fold of the spine and the edges of the wraps. A small tissue repair has been made to the top right... Read More
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The Pilgrim's Progress (The Hughes-Stanton / Hermes Pilgrim's Progress) - 2 volume set
by Bunyan, John; Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes (Illustrators)
London: Cresset Press, 1928. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes. (viii), 175; (viii), 163pp. Folio [37 cm] Full black parchment vellum with gold spine lettering, and raised bands. Top edges gilt. Light wear to covers; corners lightly worn; spines spotted; spines a bit chipped at the foot. No slipcase. Printed in an edition limited... Read More
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The Pilgrim's Progress and Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
by Bunyan, John; W. Clark Gilpin (preface); John F. Thornton; Susan B.Varenne (editors)
New York: Vintage Spiritual Classics, 2004. A Vintage Spiritual Classics Original; First Edition. Paperback. New. 400pp. [20.25 cm]. Illustrated wraps. Now available together in a single volume, these two classics were written by seventeenth-century England’s most famous prisoner of conscience, Baptist John Bunyan (1628-1688). Imprisoned for twelve years for his preaching, he wrote first a dramatic allegory of... Read More
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The Pilgrim's Progress and Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
by Bunyan, John; W. Clark Gilpin (preface); John F. Thornton; Susan B.Varenne (editors)
New York: Vintage Spiritual Classics, 2004. A Vintage Spiritual Classics Original; First Edition. Paperback. New. 400pp. [20.25 cm]. Illustrated wraps. Now available together in a single volume, these two classics were written by seventeenth-century England’s most famous prisoner of conscience, Baptist John Bunyan (1628-1688). Imprisoned for twelve years for his preaching, he wrote first a dramatic allegory of... Read More
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The Mapping of North America: A List of Printed Maps 1511-1670
by Burden, Philip D.
England: Raleigh Publications, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/fine. 568pp. Folio [37cm]. Maroon cloth over boards. Title stamped in gilt on spine and front board. Lovely illustrated endpapers. Slight indentation runs from head to foot of spine. Mild soiling to textblock edges. ****May require extra postage due to weight, particularly if shipping outside of the United States. This... Read More
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The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection: A Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
by Burgard, Timothy Anglin; Karin Breuer and Jill D'Alessandro
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2007. First hardcover edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 193pp. Quarto [29 cm] Black cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the spine. There are a couple of long scratches on the front panel of the dust jacket. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name. From the dust... Read More
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A Long Trip to Teatime
by Burgess, Anthony
New York: Stonehill Publishing Co. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 120pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Red cloth over boards with silver lettering on the spine and front board. The spine ends and corners of the covers are mildly bumped and rubbed. In a dust jacket, with rubbing to the surface, and toning to the inside flaps.... Read More
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The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby's End
by Burgess, Anthony
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. SIGNED. Signed and inscribed by author on half-title: "To ----, with regards and a happy Christmas. 1975, Anthony Burgess". 161pp. Octavo [22 cm]. Hardcover in blind-embossed and gilt-stamped black cloth with jacket. Light toning and slight irregular fading to jacket; boards are crisp and unworn excepting... Read More
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Enemy in the Blanket (J. B. Priestly copy); The Doctor is Sick; Enderby Outside; Earthly Powers; End of the World News
by Burgess, Anthony
London: Heinemann, 1982. Uncorrected Proofs, 5 UK Editions; Hutchinson. Paperback. Very good. 4 octavos and 1 tall skinny quarto. Printed wraps. Some fading and wear to the exteriors. Text blocks occasionally fragile. The wrappers of "Earthly Powers' are a bit soiled. Two of the front wraps have minor notations in pen. "Enemy in the Blanket" bears the bookplate... Read More
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Moses: A Narrative
by Burgess, Anthony
New York: Stonehill Publishing Company, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 189pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Brown cloth with title and author gilt stamped on backstrip. Rubbing to the front board and bumped at the corners, Very Good. The dust jacket shows light rubbing to its corners, Very Good. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Boytnick p.3.
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The Enemy in the Blanket
by Burgess, Anthony
London: Heinemann, 1957. Uncorrected Proof Copy. Paperback. 221pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Red and black printed wraps. Very good. The spine is rolled. The dust jacket, designed by John Rowland, is in good condition, with darkening, more so at the jacket's spine, and on the rear panel. There are a handful of small closed and open tears in the edges,... Read More
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Urgent Copy: Literary Studies
by Burgess, Anthony
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 272pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Mustard yellow and white illustrated wraps, with the title printed in black on the spine and front cover. Very good. A date and numerical notation have been written in pen on the spine and front cover. The top and fore text block edges are lightly foxed. Anthony Burgess'... Read More
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Urgent Copy: Literary Studies
by Burgess, Anthony
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. 272pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Mustard yellow and white illustrated wraps, with the title printed in black on the spine and front cover. Very good. The spine and minor areas of the covers are sunned. Anthony Burgess' personal selection of the best of his book reviews during a period of six years. These... Read More
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A Vision of Battlements
by Burgess, Anthony
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 241pp. Octavo [22 cm] Beige cloth-effect paper over boards with blue ink stamped lettering and olive green double ruled lines on the spine. Very good condition. The spine is subtly rolled, and the spine ends and corners of the covers are gently bumped and rubbed. With the... Read More
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My Forty Years in Africa
by Burger, John F.
Agoura, California and London, England: Ellen Enzler-Herring of Trophy Room Books and Rowland Ward of Holland & Holland. Limited Edition (#14 of 25). Leather bound. Near Fine. 195pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/2 green moroccan over green boards in a matching slipcase. Raised bands and gilt titles to backstrip. Zebra print endsheets and pastedowns. This facsimile of the first... Read More
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The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby's End
by Burgess, Anthony
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. SIGNED. 161pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Black cloth over boards. The extremities are mildly rubbed and the spine is slightly rolled. In a dust jacket, with subtle toning and soiling, and light edge wear. Signed and inscribed (to no person in particular) by author on half-title:... Read More
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The Lost Get-Back Boogie
by Burke, James Lee
New York: An Owl Book; Henry Holt and Company, 1987. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Good +. SIGNED. 241pp. Octavo. Illustrated wraps. Remainder mark at foot. Wear to wraps. Thin 1 1/2" stain to fore-edge of rear wrap and to the fore-edge margins of the final 40 or so pages. Else the pages are clean. A novel about loyalty... Read More
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Cadillac Jukebox
by Burke, James Lee
New York: Hyperion, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. As new/As New. [INSCRIBED] 297pp. Octavo. [23cm]. 1/4 dark blue paper over tan boards. Title stamped in gold on spine. Dust jacket is white with embossed design on front panel and picture of author on rear panel, spine reads "Special ABA collectors edition" along with book title and author's name. Signed... Read More
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A Morning for Flamingos: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
by Burke, James Lee
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1990. Hardcover. Fine/fine. SIGNED. 294pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/4 black cloth over matching boards. Title stamped in silver on spine. Signed by James Lee Burke on the title page. This is the author's fourth book. His work has been awarded an Edgar Award two times for Best Crime Novel of the... Read More
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Half of Paradise
by Burke, James Lee
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good-. SIGNED. 312pp. Octavo [22 cm] in tan cloth. Light dampstaining to the price-clipped jacket and spine.
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Sunset Limited
by Burke, James Lee
New York: Doubleday Publishing Inc, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. [INSCRIBED]. 309 pp. Octavo. [24 cm]. 1/4 gray cloth over cream boards with original dust jacket. Inscription on title page reads,"To Jerry, All the best, James Lee Burke". The murder of a labor leader intrigues Dave Robicheaux.
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Bitterroot
by Burke, James Lee
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. [SIGNED]. 334pp. Octavo. [23cm] 1/4 dark blue paper over blue boards. Illustrated dust jacket. Signed by author on title page in black ink. From author's website: When Billy Bob Holland gets a call from a fellow Vietnam War veteran, he closes his Texas-based law practice for... Read More
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Susa Young Gates: Daughter of Mormonism
by Burke, Romney
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2022. First Edition. Hardcover. New. SIGNED. 472pp. Octavo. [23.5cm] Photographically illustrated paper over boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the title page. "Brigham Young had over 50 wives and 56 children, but none has better name recognition than daughter Susa Young Gates (1856–1933). Yet she, like... Read More
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Geochemistry of Ground Water- Surface Water Interactions and Metals Loading Rates in the North Fork of the American Fork River, Utah, From an Abandoned Silver/Lead Mine: A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geology
by Burk, Neil I.
Logan, UT: Utah State University, 2004. Student thesis. Hardcover. SIGNED. 207pp. Quarto. Bound in sturdy black cloth with gilt stamped titles on the spine and front cover. Very good. The covers are lightly soiled and stained. The pages are clean. May require extra postage due to weight. Inscribed by the author on the front free endsheet. Subjects include Tertiary... Read More
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