School Ties: Good and Bad at Games and Dutch Girls
by BOYD, William
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1985. First U.K. Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22 cm); black paper-covered boards titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 144pp. Strip of sunning at the top edge of front board with the title offset onto upper front board [from dustjacket]; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £8.95 net), with the color completely faded at spine and front... Read More
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![Protobiography [Lettered Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/437/803/624803437.0.m.jpg)
Protobiography [Lettered Edition, Signed]
by BOYD, William
London: Bridgewater Press, 1998. First, Limited Edition. Lettered Issue, one of 26 copies signed by William Boyd (this being letter 'X'). Octavo; 3/4 marbled paper over boards, quarterbound in green cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; blue topstain; 61pp. Topstain slightly uneven, else Fine without dustjacket, as issued.
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![Brazzaville Beach [Advance Uncorrected Proof]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/058/626/1684626058.0.m.jpg)
Brazzaville Beach [Advance Uncorrected Proof]
by BOYD, William
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1991. First Edition. Uncorrected Bound Galleys, softcover. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper wrappers; 316pp. Cover design by Barbara Levine and Linda Kosarin, and cover art by Thomas Woodriff. Light shelf-wear, with creases to wrapper edges, and soil to edges of textblock; Very Good. Boyd's novel follows a researcher as she studies chimpanzees in... Read More
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An Ice-Cream War
by BOYD, William
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (22.25cm); navy blue cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [xii],370,[2]pp. Upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), else Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped, with publisher's new price sticker immediately to the left of the clip; trivial wear to extremities and a hint of sunning to spine... Read More
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![Transfigured Night [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/674/486/1639486674.0.m.jpg)
Transfigured Night [Limited Edition, Signed]
by BOYD, William
London: One Horse Press, 1995. First Edition. One of 2,000 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.632. Small octavo (16.5cm); pictorial card wrappers with French flaps; [32]pp. A Fine copy, with the original bellyband intact. 82795.
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On the Yankee Station: Stories
by BOYD, William
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc, 1982. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); light grey paper and cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in black on spine; dustjacket; 217,[1]pp. Some foxing to text edges and backstrip; modest sunning to board edges; base of spine gently nudged; Very Good. Dustjacket unclipped (priced $12.95) with light wear, including tanning to... Read More
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![Taking An Inside Look At The Outdoors In Perry County; Volume I [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/997/956/1276956997.0.m.jpg)
Taking An Inside Look At The Outdoors In Perry County; Volume I [Signed]
by BOYER, Harry
Newport, PA: The News Printery, 1984. First, Limited Edition. First printing. Quarto (28.5cm.); black publisher's cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering, no dustwrapper; VI,141pp. Textblock displays mild handling wear and yellowing to edges. Final pages of book are blank, but have some tears and creases; else pages are clean and sound. Boards slightly worn on surfaces, with some trivial rubbing... Read More
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![Death of a Man [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/641/802/624802641.0.m.jpg)
Death of a Man [Signed]
by BOYLE, Kay
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; full gray-green cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; orange topstain; dustjacket; 321pp. Signed by Kay Boyle on the title page. Light rubbing to lower board edges, with some trivial offset to pastedowns; very Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, lightly sunned at spine and along front... Read More
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Monday Night
by BOYLE, Kay
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1938]. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in decorative dust jacket; [8],274pp. General edge wear to jacket extremities, including a few tiny losses and short closed tears, none affecting text; jacket spine a bit faded; bottom 1/4" of cloth uniformly faded, else Very Good or better in Very Good jacket.
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AMERICAN CITIZEN: A Poem
by Boyle, Kay
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1944. First edition. Stapled into soft brown wraps; thin 8vo. 15 pp. Boyle's wartime poem, patriotic yet challenging, written for her husband fighting in the armed forces. Fragile wraps have split down the spine. Scarce wartime production.
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![The First Lover: and Other Stories [Signed Bookplate]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/786/866/1673866786.0.m.jpg)
The First Lover: and Other Stories [Signed Bookplate]
by BOYLE, Kay
New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1933. First Edition. Second Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); navy blue cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; fore-edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 249pp. Author's signed and dated (1987) bookplate laid in. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown, with inked check marks to table of contents. Sunning to board edges, with... Read More
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Flower of The Dragon
by BOYLE, Richard
San Francisco: Ramparts Press, 1972. First Edition. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. Publisher's black cloth boards. Dustjacket. Titled in red to spine, clean and solid, in a bright example of the priceclipped photgraphic dustjacket, with some marginal edgewear and scuffing, fraying to the spine ends, and a couple of small nicks to the spine panel. 282pp. Internally clean. Inscribed by... Read More
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Drop City (Advance Uncorrected Proofs)
by BOYLE, T.C.
New York: Viking Press, 2003. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 444pp. Tight and Fine in the original wrappers. Includes a special foreword for booksellers, signed in print by Boyle.
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![Greasy Lake & Other Stories [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/882/830/829830882.0.m.jpg)
Greasy Lake & Other Stories [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
New York: Viking Press, 1985. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black cloth over light blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 229pp, [3]. Bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. Mild rubbing to base of spine, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped, lightly shelfworn, with some creasing along upper edge of front panel and sticker... Read More
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The Descent of Man: Stories
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press Book, 1979. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 219pp, [1]. Bookplate signed by author loosely laid in. Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket, with mild wear to extremities and a few small creases at upper left corner of front panel. The PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author's... Read More
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Water Music [Signed]
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press Book / Little, Brown and Company, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); navy blue cloth spine over tan paper-covered boards, with titling stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 437pp. Signed by author on title page. Upper corners lightly nudged, with slight ripple effect to rear cover and rear pages of text; Very Good. Dustwrapper,... Read More
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![Water Music [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/156/582/793582156.0.m.jpg)
Water Music [Inscribed]
by BOYLE, T. Coraghessan
Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press Book, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo; tan and navy blue paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 437pp. Inscribed by Boyle on the title page: "Herb: con amistad , T.Coraghessan Boyle." Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket. The author's second book and first novel, a historical tale about 18th century Scottish... Read More
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History of the United States Cavalry, from the Formation of the Federal Government to the 1st of June, 1863
by BRACKETT, Albert G.
Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 1970. Octavo (22.5cm). Brown cloth titled on spine; [i]-xii [13]-337, [1]pp; black and white illustrations. Pinpoint rubbing at corners, else Fine. Reprint of the 1865 original. #61830.
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Two Different Poems
by BRADBURY, Oliver
London: Cafe Books, 1970. First, Limited Edition. No. 7 of 25 signed copies, from a total edition of 500. Octavo. staple-bound card wrappers, 24pp. Fine, unread copy in the original publisher's envelope.
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![Broadside: Then is All Love? It is, it is! [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/774/720/1619720774.0.m.jpg)
Broadside: Then is All Love? It is, it is! [Signed]
by BRADBURY, Ray (poem); FITZGERALD, Scott (illustrations)
Orange, CA: The Orange County Book Society, 1981. First Edition. One of 230 copies signed by the author and illustrator. Broadside, with text letterpress printed in black and illustrations in dark brown on a sheet of beige deckle-edged Arches paper, measuring 56.5cm x 38.25cm (22.25" x 15"). Mild handling, with a faint trace of thumb-soil to lower right margin;... Read More
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![No Man Is An Island [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/407/986/1247986407.0.m.jpg)
No Man Is An Island [With Signed Bookplate Laid In]
by BRADBURY, Ray
Los Angeles: The National Women's Committee of Brandeis University, Los Angeles Area Chapter, 1952. First Edition. Slim octavo (17.75cm); printed wrappers, stapled; 10,[2]pp. A Fine copy, with a bookplate signed by the author loosely laid in. An early chapbook by Bradbury, containing an address he delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Women's... Read More
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Broadside: A Christmas Wish 1993
by BRADBURY, Ray and Margueritte
[Los Angeles: Privately Printed by Ray Bradbury, 1993]. First Edition. Broadside, with text printed in red in two columns on white laid paper, measuring 8.5" x 11". A Fine copy. Late Christmas broadside produced by Bradbury and his wife, a holiday tradition maintained by the family, sent to family and friends. This one prints Act One, Scene Two of... Read More
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![Broadside: A Gathering of Authors & Their Admonitions [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/500/535/1402535500.0.m.jpg)
Broadside: A Gathering of Authors & Their Admonitions [Signed]
by BRADBURY, Ray
[Pasadena]: The Castle Press, 1981. First Edition. Broadside, with text, decorative elements, and ruled border letterpress printed in red and black on cream deckle-edged stock, measuring 11.5" x 18" (29cm x 45.5cm). While not called for, this copy has been signed by Bradbury at lower margin. A Fine copy of this broadside, printed at The Castle Press on the... Read More
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Poster: West Coast Premiere - The Martian Chronicles
by BRADBURY, Ray
Los Angeles: Studio Theatre Playhouse, [1977]. First Edition. Original double-sided poster, with text and illustrations offset printed in black on red stock, measuring 21.5cm x 35.75cm (8.5" x 14"). Mild handling, two small abrasions on verso; Near Fine. Attractive promotional poster for the west coast premiere of Bradbury's Martian Chronicles, which opened July 28, 1977 at the Studio Theatre... Read More
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![Twice Twenty-Two: The Golden Apples of the Sun, A Medicine For Melancholy [Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/034/280/632280034.0.m.jpg)
Twice Twenty-Two: The Golden Apples of the Sun, A Medicine For Melancholy [Inscribed]
by BRADBURY, Ray (stories); MUGNAINI, Joe (drawings)
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1966. First Edition. First Printing, with publication date on title page and "47G" code present in lower gutter of p.405. Octavo; rust-colored cloth, with titles stamped in black and gilt on spine; dustjacket; 406pp. Inscribed by Bradbury on the front endpaper in an early (though not contemporary) hand. Small wrinkle to crown, else Fine... Read More
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