What About Murder? (Inscribed)
by Breen, Jon L.
New Jersey & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1981. First Edition. Fine. Octavo, 157 pages; publisher's black cloth, printed in gilt; as issued, without dust jacket. INSCRIBED to mystery collector Arthur H. Parson on ffep thus: "Milwaukee / 10-10-81 / For Arthur Parson / with best wishes / Jon L Breen" - As the author states in the... Read More
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THE BODY ON THE BEACH. A Fethering Mystery
by BRETT, Simon (SIGNED)
London: Macmillan, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED BY SIMON BRETT ON TITLE PAGE without personalization. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 327 pp.
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END RUN. A Drew Gavin Mystery
by Brewer, Steve (SIGNED)
Philadelphia: Intrigue Press, 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "THANKS SO MUCH! READ ON!" TO BOOK COLLECTOR ARTHUR PARSON BY STEVE BREWER ON TITLE PAGE. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 314pp.
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UNTIL THEY EAT STONES
by BRINES, Russell (SIGNED)
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1944. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. SIGNED, INSCRIBED AND DATED IN THE YEAR OF PUBLICATION BY RUSSELL BRINES. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with chips and short closed tears. 340 pp.
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CIVIL WAR BOOKS. A Price Checklist with Advice
by BROADFOOT, Tom
Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1996. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Large Octavo. Fourth Edition. Bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering spine and front cover. Gilt illustration front cover. A near fine copy with minimal edge wear. A nice reference book. xxxiii, 936 pp.
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Awake and Rehearse
by Bromfield, Louis (SIGNED)
New York (1929): Frederick A. Stokes Company. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. SIGNED BY LOUIS BROMFIELD ON COLOPHON PAGE without personalization. LIMITED EDITION OF 550 SIGNED COPIES. THIS IS No. 248. Octavo, silver cloth spine over boards, silver dust jacket, lettered in red, tipped onto board edges, a little wrinkled, as usual; original paper covered slipcase,... Read More
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The Collected Poems of Rupert Brooke: With a Memoir
by Brooke, Rupert
London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1927. Beautifully bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, for Marshall Field, in full tan leather, with felt lined slipcase, covered in decorative paper matching the endpapers. Octavo, all edges gilt; 16th printing. A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.
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SWATCH BOOK (Spring & Summer, 1920) SELIG BROTHERS, San Francisco's Leading Wholesale Tailors
by Selig Brothers
(U.S. Fashion Plate Co.Philadelphia, 1919). Hard Cover. Very Good. Large Folio. Men's fashion swatch book for Spring & Summer of 1920 , includes a selection of suits, trousers, vest, jackets and coats. (24) unnumbered leaves on heavy stock, front paste down is a reference guide for correct measuring and the details needed for taking measures, containing 192 swatches... Read More
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CASA GUIDI WINDOWS. A POEM
by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
London: Chapman and Hall, 1851. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 12mo. 140pp. Half-title, bound in publisher's original embossed cloth, spine lettering gilt, neat previous owner's name to title page, spine slightly darkened. Light wear at spine ends. Small repair to front inner hinge. In the primary binding, with the word "London" above publisher's name on... Read More
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One for the Road
by Brown, Fredric
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1958. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo, 189 pages; pictorial dust jacket by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., is price-clipped. Text is uniformly age-toned, as are endpapers. Owner name and date on ffep. Small check marks by two titles of author's list of books.
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Death Has Many Doors
by Brown, Fredric
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1951. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo, 215 pages; pictorial dust jacket with price of $2.50 on front flap. First edition, stated. Light marginal stain on fore-edge of final three blank endpapers. Owner name and date on ffep.
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Knock Three-one-two
by Brown, Fredric
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1959. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Small octavo, 190 pages; pictorial dust jacket is price-clipped. A little spotting on page edges, owner name and date on ffep. Dust jacket with light wear at extremities.
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Essays on the Characteristics of the Earl of Shaftesbury
by Brown, John (M.A.)
London: C. Davis, 1751. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. Octavo. 408 pages, engraved vignette on title page; late 20th century full leather binding by Peter Geraty, new end papers, spine with raised bands and panels decorated in gilt; red leather lettering piece on spine. Bound to style, edges stained red. Marginal browning to title page; internally clean; a... Read More
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Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in Their Day
by Browning, Robert
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1887. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 12mo. First issue, with the dedication page wrongly dated 1586 (MDLXXXI). 268 pages, plus 4 pages of ads. bound in original brown cloth, beveled edges. Just a trace of edge wear; unopened, near fine.
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Blue Hills Diary. Mystical Journey Into Mania
by Brown, Suzanne V., Ph.D.
Essex, UK (2012): Chipmunkapublishing, 2012. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 12mo, 288 pages; paperback. Blue Hills Diary captures the author's ascension into the astonishing heights of bipolar mania as it intensifies over a few short months. Written as lyrical prose and comprised of a series of rapidly flashing vignettes, this books sings with the joy of profound... Read More
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TRENDS IN THE WORLD ALUMINUM INDUSTRY
by BRUBAKER, Sterling
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with darkening spine, soil front cover of dust jacket. xiv, 260 pp.
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THANATOPSIS and THE FLOOD OF YEARS
by Bryant, William Cullen
New York: G. P. Putnam. Very Good. Folio. Designed and engraved by W. J. Linton. 75 COPIES PRINTED. THIS IS No. 16. SIGNED BY G. P. PUTNAM. 46 loose sheets laid-in folding brown leather and cloth portfolio with gilt lettering top and bottom of front cover. Missing ribbon ties. Edges of portfolio and leather worn, Sheets slightly age... Read More
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THIRTY POEMS
by Bryant, William Cullen
New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1863. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. Second state in original publisher's brown cloth binding D, spine lettering gilt, scattered foxing, only the slightest of overall wear. A very nice copy.
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Under the Southern Cross in South America
by Buckman, Williamson
New York: The Book Publisher's Press, 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. 482 pages. Illustrated throughout with photos by the author. Bound in a pictorial blue cloth, depicting a palm tree with stars, lettering gilt. Front inner hinge cracked, owner private library stamp front paste-down; otherwise a handsome copy.
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The Illustrated Bulfinch's Mythology (In Three Volumes)
by Bulfinch, Thomas
New York (1997): Macmillan. Fine. Giovanni Caselli. Quarto, three volumes in pictorial wrappers, in publisher's slipcase, with original shrink wrap in place. As new, first edition thus.
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The Prospectors' Manual
by Burdick, Arthur J.
South Pasadena: Way's Pocket Smelter Co, 1912. Hard Cover. Very Good. New and Revised Edition; 12mo, 167 pages, 4 pages of ads; original tan pictorial cloth, with light wear at extremities; a very good, tight, clean copy.
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JOLIE BLON'S BOUNCE. A Novel
by Burke, James Lee (SIGNED)
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY JAMES LEE BURKE ON TITLE PAGE. Inscribed to bookseller Charles Parkhurst. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 349 pp.
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Heaven's Prisoners (Inscribed)
by Burke, James Lee
New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. 292 pages; pictorial dust jacket with price of $17.95 on front flap. SIGNED by the author on ffep, additionally inscribed on the title page to mystery collector Arthur Parson. First Edition, stated, with full number line.
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Half of Paradise (Inscribed)
by Burke, James Lee
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First Edition. Near Fine. Octavo, 312 pages, publisher's tan cloth, top edges stained tan (with faint remainder mark); pictorial dust jacket, with $4.95 on front flap, faint stain at top of rear panel. Inscribed on title page to booksellers Charles and Sandy Parkhurst: "To Chuck and Sandy, / All the best, / James... Read More
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LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. Octavo. first issue, with DeVinne press imprint on page 210, signature mark "12" on page 177 and "14" on page 209. Brown coated end papers. Bound in publisher's original brown pictorial cloth, decorated in red, black and gilt. A lovely copy. From the Douglas Young Jr.... Read More
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