Meet — The Tiger!
by Leslie Charteris
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club; Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1929. Very Good. Garden City, NY: The Crime Club; Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. First edition stated. Octavo (19.5cm); 296 pp. Black publisher's boards with title stamped in red on cover and spine. Book is in very good condition with some rubbing to corners and edges... Read More
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The Ace of Knaves: The Saint Goes Into Action
by Leslie Charteris
Garden City: The Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937. Very Good. Garden City: The Crime Club / Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1937. First Edition, stated. Octavo (19.7cm); publisher's black cloth with red lettering and decoration to spine; red topstain; [xii],296pp. Missing jacket. Boards shelfworn with light bumps to corners and spine ends, some faint scuffs to... Read More
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The Misfortune of Mr. Teal
by Leslie Charteris
Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc.; Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1934. Very Good. Garden City, NY: The Crime Club, Inc.; Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1934. First Edition stated. Octavo (19.5cm). Black publisher's cloth. Red top stain. 326 pp. Boards have light rubbing with slight fraying to cloth at head and foot of spine. Front... Read More
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The White Rider
by Leslie Charteris
London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1930. Very Good. London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1930. First edition. Octavo (19cm); 253 pp. Publisher's red cloth binding with text stamped in black. Very good condition with some rubbing to edges and tear at head of spine. Spine toned and spot on center of rear board. Binding is tight. Pages... Read More
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The Saint Sees It Through
by Leslie Charteris
Garden City, N.Y.: The Crime Club; Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1946. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, N.Y.: The Crime Club; Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. First Edition stated. Octavo (20cm); 223 pp. Publisher's cloth binding in pictorial dust jacket with original $2.00 price. Dust jacket is in very good condition with some edge wear and rubbing. Jacket chipped... Read More
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![The Counsel of Two Confederate Kings to set the son of Tabeal on the Throne, represented as evil, in it's [sic] natural tendency and moral aspect. A sermon occasion'd by the present rebellion in favour of the Pretender. Preach'd in Boston, at the Thursday-Lecture, February 6th. 1745, 6](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/604/840/1581840604.0.m.jpg)
The Counsel of Two Confederate Kings to set the son of Tabeal on the Throne, represented as evil, in it's [sic] natural tendency and moral aspect. A sermon occasion'd by the present rebellion in favour of the Pretender. Preach'd in Boston, at the Thursday-Lecture, February 6th. 1745, 6
by Charles Chauncy
Boston: D. Gookin, 1746. Very Good -. Boston: Printed for D. Gookin, over against the Old South Meeting-House, 1746. First Edition. Small octavo; removed (and unfortunately stapled at a recent date); 43,[1]pp. ([A]-D4 E-F2, collated complete with half title page). Stock a bit soiled and a few leaves significantly toned, external leaves spotted, else a Good to Very... Read More
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An Unbridled Tongue a Sure Evidence, That Our Religion Is Hypocritical and Vain. A Sermon Preach'd at the Boston Thursday-Lecture, September 10th, 1741
by Charles Chauncy
Boston: Rogers and Fowle, 1741. Very Good. Boston: Printed and Sold by Rogers and Fowle over-against the South East Corner of the Town-House, 1741. First Edition. Small octavo; modern stitched card wrappers, manuscript titling to upper cover; 30pp. ([A]-C4 D3, lacking half title and final leaf (blank?)). A Very Good, still quite fresh copy. Sermon delivered by... Read More
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Ministers Cautioned Against the Occasions of Contempt. A Sermon Preached before the Ministers of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, at their Annual Convention, in Boston; May 31. 1744
by Charles Chauncy
Boston: Rogers and Fowle, for Samuel Eliot, 1744. Very Good. Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for Samuel Eliot in Cornhill, 1744. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers, upper cover title in calligraphic manuscript; 54,[2]pp. ([*]2 a2 B-G4, collated complete with half title and final blank). A Very Good, fresh and sound copy. From the title page: "N.B.... Read More
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![A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of the Reverned [sic] Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Late Pastor of the West-Church in Boston: who departed this life on Wednesday morning, July 9. 1766, Aetatis 46. Delivered the Lord's Day after his decease](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/753/062/1582062753.0.m.jpg)
A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of the Reverned [sic] Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Late Pastor of the West-Church in Boston: who departed this life on Wednesday morning, July 9. 1766, Aetatis 46. Delivered the Lord's Day after his decease
by Charles Chauncy
Boston: R. and S. Draper, Edes and Gill, and T. and J. Fleet, 1766. Very Good. Boston: R. and S. Draper, Edes and Gill, and T. and J. Fleet, 1766. First Edition. Octavo; modern stitched card wrappers, upper cover titled in calligraphic manuscript; 40pp. (]A]-E4, collated complete with half title page). Minor toning to textblock, else a Very... Read More
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The Benevolence of the Deity, Fairly and Impartially Considered
by Charles Chauncy
Boston: Powars & Willis, 1784. Very Good. Boston: Powars & Willis, 1784. First Edition. Octavo; full contemporary calf over wood scaleboards recently rebacked, original endpapers retained; x,[11]-293pp. ([A]^4 B-2N^4, collated and complete). Brief loss of leather to extremities exposing scaleboard underneath, more so to rear cover, endpaper extremities quite darkened, contemporary ownership signature of an N. Chauncey to... Read More
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The Validity of Presbyterian Ordination Asserted and Maintained. A discourse delivered at the anniversary Dudleian-Lecture, at Harvard-College in Cambridge New-England, May 12. 1762. With an appendix, giving a brief historical account of the epistles ascribed to Ignatius; and exhibiting some of the many reasons, why they ought not to be depended on as his uncorrupted works
by Charles Chauncy
Boston: Richard Draper / Thomas Leverett, 1762. Very Good. Boston: Printed and Sold by Richard Draper, in Newbury-Street, and Thomas Leverett in Cornhill, 1762. First Edition. Octavo; modern stitched card wrappers, yapp edges, manuscript spine titling; 118pp. (A^8 B-O^4, collated and complete with half title). Ownership rubberstamp inside upper cover, brief spotting to half title page, else a... Read More
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Constantin Brancusi: Shifting the Bases of Art
by [Constantin Brancusi] Anna C. Chave
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Fine/Very Good +. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. First Edition with full number line. Quarto; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; xiv,[2],335pp.; photographic illus. throughout, many in color. Very light curling to jacket margins, mild wear with a couple tiny tears at spine ends, else a Near Fine copy.
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Ramban (Nachmanides): Commentary of the Torah. Numbers
by Charles B. Chavel [ed.]
New York: Shilo Publishing House, 1975. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Shilo Publishing House, [1975]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in blue dust jacket; vi,[2],424pp. Moderate wear and wrinkling to jacket margins, a few short closed tears, front flap creased, corners bumped, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else Very Good and sound.
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Edinburgh
by Alexander Chee
New York: Welcome Rain, 2001. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Welcome Rain, 2001. First Edition (stated). Octavo. 212 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is lightly rubbed along edges with a touch of toning to verso. Bookseller sticker to rear panel. Very light shelfwear to bottom edge of boards and... Read More
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The Air Defence of Britain, 1914-1918
by Christopher Cole; E.F. Cheesman
London: Putnam / Bodley Head, 1984. Very Good +/Very Good. London: Putnam / Bodley Head, 1984. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's simulated cloth in yellow photo-illustrated price-clipped dust jacket; x,486pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Light soil to jacket, spine panel a shade sunned, corners gently tapped, else Very Good or better overall.
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The Brigadier and the Golf Widow
by John Cheever
New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition, stated, in first-issue jacket with author's photo on rear panel. Octavo; publisher's cloth in red and black price-clipped dust jacket; [10],275pp. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, brief rubbing at spine crown, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good jacket.... Read More
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![The Brigadier and the Golf Widow [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/511/596/1610596511.0.m.jpg)
The Brigadier and the Golf Widow [Signed]
by John Cheever
New York: Harper & Row, 1964. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Harper & Row, 1964. First Edition, stated. Signed on tipped-in leaf after half-title. Octavo (21.1 cm), [xii], 275pp. In price-clipped dust jacket with author's photo on rear panel. Boards full bound in publisher's black cloth with gilt and red stamping on the spine. Light shelf... Read More
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![Heart: An American Medical Odyssey [Signed by Dick Cheney and Reiner]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/212/425/1521425212.0.m.jpg)
Heart: An American Medical Odyssey [Signed by Dick Cheney and Reiner]
by Dick Cheney; Jonathan Reiner; Liz Cheney
New York: Scribner, 2013. Near Fine/Very Good +. New York: Scribner, 2013. First Edition. Signed by Dick Cheney and Jonathan Reiner with brief inscription to previous owner at title page. Octavo. 344 pp. Photographs. Printed dust jacket. Red and gray boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show very light shelfwear. Binding... Read More
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![The Last Auroch [Limited Edition, Signed] [Autograph Letter Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/652/565/1699565652.0.m.jpg)
The Last Auroch [Limited Edition, Signed] [Autograph Letter Laid in]
by Maxine Chernoff
Iowa City, IA: Now! Press, 1976. Very Good. Iowa City, IA: Now! Press, 1976. First Edition, Limited to 55 copies of which this is no. 33. Slim octavo (23.5cm); publisher's gray printed card wrappers; [6],33pp. Light wear to wrapper margins, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author on colophon in rear. The poet's first book,... Read More
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Let's Get the Rhythm of the Band: A child's introduction to music from African-American culture with history and song
by Cheryl Warren Mattox; Varnette P. Honeywood [illus.]
Nashville: JTG of Nashville, 1994. Very Good. Nashville: JTG of Nashville, 1994. First Edition. Oblong quarto; publisher's staplebound pictorial wrappers; 63pp.; color illus. throughout. General wear from handling, tiny chip mid-spine fold, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Uncommon educational booklet reproducing the lyrics and piano music of songs that "celebrate the colorful beauty of the... Read More
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Death of a Prankster: A Hamish Macbeth Mystery
by M.C. Beaton [pseud. Marion Chesney]
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Very Good/Very Good. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Stated First Edition: June 1992 with full numberline. Small octavo; [viii], 151pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $16.95 price intact; book in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn with rubbing at corners, but with no chips or tears. Boards are... Read More
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The World's Championship Match Played at Havana between Jose Raul Capablanca and Dr. Emanuel Lasker with an introduction, the scores of all the games annotated by the champion, together with statistical matter and the biographies of the two masters
by [Chess] Jose Raul Capablanca; Emanuel Lasker; Hartwig Cassel [ed.]
Havana: [s.i.], 1921. Very Good. [Havana?]: 1921. First Edition Limited to 600 copies. Octavo; publisher's maroon gilt-lettered boards, decorative endpapers; 39pp.; black and white illus. throughout. Staining and a few paper remnants to boards; light wear to extremities; corners bumped. Binding sound. Touch of spotting to interior; mild dampstaining to fore-edge of text block, with text unaffected; overall a Good... Read More
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![The Library of Chester Beatty: A Catalog of the Indian Miniatures [Three volume set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/561/384/1589384561.0.m.jpg)
The Library of Chester Beatty: A Catalog of the Indian Miniatures [Three volume set]
by [Chester Beatty]; Sir Thomas W. Arnold; J.V.S. Wilkinson [ed.]
London: Privately Printed by John Johnson at The Oxford University Press and Published by Emery Walker, Limited, 1936. Very Good. London: Privately Printed by John Johnson at The Oxford University Press and Published by Emery Walker, Limited, 1936. First Edition. Three folio volumes. Nineteen color plates and eighty-four in monochrome with tissue guards, collated and complete. Gray cloth... Read More
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La Croisade de Lee Gordon: Roman / Lonely Crusade
by Chester Himes; Richard Wright [pref.]; Yves Malartic [trans.]
Paris: Correa / Chemin de Fer, 1952. Very Good/Good. [Paris]: Corrêa / Chemin de Fer, [1952]. First French Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's card wrappers in pictorial dust jacket; 384pp. Dust jacket rather worn, front flap nearly split along fold, several small chips and closed tears to margins with subsequent creasing, wrappers a bit rubbed, textblock uniformly toned due... Read More
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
by G.K. Chesterton
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. Good. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. First American Edition, stated, with K-W code. Octavo (19.5cm); publisher's maroon boards with green lettering; [vi],365pp; frontis. Missing dust jacket. Boards rubbed and scuffed with exposure along edges; spine ends chipped away with brief loss of text at head; lettering dulled, with some general smudging... Read More
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