Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Carroll, Lewis
New York: D. Appleton and Co, 1927. small octavo, 241 pages; a facsimile of the first American edition; publisher's pictorial red cloth, printed in gilt. black coated end papers; all edges gilt. Gilt on spine a bit dull, but a handsome near fine copy.
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The Blank Cheque. A Fable
by Carroll, Lewis; Dodgson, Charles L.
Oxford: James Parker and Co, 1874. First Edition. 12mo, 14[1] pages; publisher's original orange wrappers; short closed tear ot rear wrap and a slight fold or two. Booksellers' ticket on front wrap. Internally clean and bright. Now quite scarce on the market. Very good.
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The Harp of a Thousand Strings; or Laughter for a Lifetime
by Carroll, Lewis
New York (1858): Dick & Fitzgerald. First Edition. S. P. Avery. octavo, 268 pages, 4 pages ads; publisher's pictorial rust colored cloth, printed in gilt; yellow end papers. Contains the Lewis Carroll story "Novelty and Romancement" on pages 188-194. Wear at extremities, one loose signature, but very good. Internally clean and bright.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Carroll, Lewis
Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1869. John Tenniel. First edition to be printed in America, and the second American edition, since the 1866 edition was from sheets imported from England. 12mo, 192 pages; publisher's original green cloth, printed in gilt. All edges gilt, brown coated end papers, front free end paper supplied, rear inner hinge starting. Small loss at spine... Read More
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The Rectory Umbrella and Mischmasch
by Carroll, Lewis
London: Cassell & Company, LTD, 1932. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. Small quarto, 193 pages; first printing, with "first published 1932" on copyright page. Top edges stained blue. Pictorial dust jacket, printed in red, price of "10/6 net" on front flap. Light foxing on first few and final few leaves.
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THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
by Carroll, Lewis
London: Macmillan & Co, 1876. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo. Frontispiece, 83pp., (1)pp. ad. Illustrated by Henry Holiday with nine full page wood engravings. Bound in pictorial buff cloth also designed by Holiday, binding signed with his initials; all edges gilt, black endpapers; wear at spine ends, light toning to spine. First printing with "Baker" not... Read More
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The Hunting of the Snark. An Agony in Eight Fits
by Carroll, Lewis
London: Macmillan and Co, 1876. First Edition. Very Good. 12mo, 83 pages, one page of ads. Publisher's pictorial beige cloth, printed in black. Recased, with new head-bands, new black end papers and black cloth spine. All edges gilt; owner name on half-title. First printing, with "Baker" not "Butcher" on page 83. Internally clean and bright.
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For the Train. Five Poems and a Tale
by Carroll, Lewis
London: Denis Archer, 1932. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. 12mo, 76 pages; "second impression, Feb. 1932" same year as the first. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Pictorial dust jacket, with small loss at head of spine, stain and closed tear along foot of spine. internally clean and bright.
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THE SOMBRERO. (The Fear That Walks By Noonday)
by Cather, Willa
Lincoln, NE: By the Junior Class of the University of Nebraska, 1894. Hard Cover. Very Good. Quarto. Quarter-Centennial Number, red and white cloth decorated in gilt, x, pp. illust. ads, 274pp.; xi-xxv, pp. illust. ads, Printed as the year book for 1895, for the University of Nebraska. Ms. Cather has two contributions; the poem "Anacreon" page 222, and... Read More
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The Professor's House
by Cather, Willa
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1925. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Octavo. Blue cloth spine, orange boards; top edges stained red. Housed in cloth and paper covered slipcase. A fine copy. 283 pp.
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The Psychological Review. Six Bi-monthly Parts in One Volume, Complete for 1894
by Cattell, J. McKeen & Baldwin, J. Mark
New York & London: Macmillan and Co, 1894. First Edition. Very Good. Large octavo, 659 pages, plus Index of Names and Subjects; 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards. Contains papers by such luminaries as William James, John Dewey and Francis Galton. Six bi-monthly parts, bound together: volume I, No. 1, January; volume I, No. 2, March; volume I,... Read More
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![Toytime Record and Picture Book [In Original Box] William Tell; Jack and the Beanstalk; Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/092/086/1631086092.0.m.jpg)
Toytime Record and Picture Book [In Original Box] William Tell; Jack and the Beanstalk; Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
by Centra, Hilda La
Los Angeles. Very Good+. Read the story! Hear the story! Three booklets, illustrated in color, with a record in each. Illustrated by Gus Ljunglof. Octavo, in original box. Originally presented by Post Raisin Bran. All in very good+ condition.
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Never So Few (Movie Source)
by Chamales, Tom T.
London: Allan Wingate, 1958. First British Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. 351 pp. Source of the movie starring Frank Sinatra, Steve McQueen and others.
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JOHNNY GUITAR
by Chanslor, Roy
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/About Fine. The source of the acclaimed movie starring Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge, both competing for the affections of the incomparable Sterling Hayden. 242pp., bound in 1/4 red over black paper covered boards lettered in gilt; text slightly age-toned, as we have seen in... Read More
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![Dombey and Son. The 4 Portraits of Edith, Florence, Alice & Little Paul [Together with] Eight Full-length Portraits](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/088/086/1631086088.0.m.jpg)
Dombey and Son. The 4 Portraits of Edith, Florence, Alice & Little Paul [Together with] Eight Full-length Portraits
by [Charles Dickens] Browne, Hablot K., Illustrator
London: Chapman & Hall, 1848. First Edition. Fine. octavo, two items, each bound in green printed wrappers. The 8 portraits are Dombey & Carker, Miss Tox, Mrs. Skewton, Mrs. Pipchin, Old Sol & Capt. Cuttle, Major Magstock, Miss Nipper and Polly. The Kenyon Starling - William Self copy with their bookplates. Bookplate of Francis Kettaneh. Fine; both items... Read More
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The British Army and Jewish Insurgency in Palestine, 1945-47
by Charters, David A.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. First Edition. Very Good. octavo, 267 pages; publisher's gray cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Pictorial dust jacket. A very good copy, with some underlining and a few marginal notes. Author, lecturer and scholar on South Africa, Richard Dale's copy, with his bookplate on front pastedown.
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THE SAINT AND THE FICTION MAKERS.Doubleday Crime Club
by Charteris, Leslie. Adapted By Fleming Lee
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Near Fine. Octavo. Original Teleplay by John Kruse, Additional Scenes by Harry W. Junkin. Stated First Edition. $4.50 price on dust jacket front flap. A very good+ copy with previous owner name ffep, mild cover edge wear in a near fine dust jacket... Read More
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COUNT ON THE SAINT. The Pastor's Problem and The Unsaintly Santa . Doubleday Crime Club
by Charteris, Leslie
Garden City NY: Doubleday & Company, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Fine. Octavo. Original Outlines by Donne Avenell. Developed by Graham Weaver. $8.95 price on front Dust Jacket flap. A near fine copy with previous owner name ffep. In a fine dust jacket. 181 pp.
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SALVAGE FOR THE SAINT
by Charteris, Leslie. Original Teleplay By John Kuse. Adapted By Peter Bloxsom
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Beautiful copy. 191 pp. + Ad. The 50th Saint novel.
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The Goddess. A Screenplay
by Chayefsky, Paddy
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo. A fine copy in an about fine dust jacket. This screenplay was made into the 1958 film starring Kim Stanley and Lloyd Bridges. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
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The Day the Pig Fell Into the Well
by Cheever, John (SIGNED)
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1978. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. SIGNED BY JOHN CHEEVER ON COLOPHON without personalization. LIMITED EDITION OF 275 SIGNED AND NUMBERED COPIES. THIS IS No. 258. Issued without dust jacket. Small quarto; gold cloth spine, with paper label, over decorated tan boards.
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THE ENEMY
by Child, Lee (SIGNED)
New York: Delacorte Press, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO BOOK COLLECTOR ARTHUR PARSONS ON TITLE PAGE. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 393 pp.
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Death on the Nile
by Christie, Agatha
London: Collins, for The Crime Club, 1937. First Edition. Very Good. first printing, 12mo, 284 pages; publisher's orange cloth. Very light foxing on preliminaries, text is clean and bright; front and rear boards soiled, cloth worn through at lower fore-corner. White end papers, all hinges intact. A very good straight copy. No dust jacket.
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The Murder on the Links
by Christie, Agatha
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1923. First Edition. Very Good. first printing of the true first edition, published several weeks before the UK edition. Octavo, 298 pages. Publisher's green cloth, printed in orange, cream end papeers. Wear at spine ends, front inner hinge visible; owner name and date on ffep. Internally clean and bright. No dust jacket.... Read More
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Easy to Kill
by Christie, Agatha
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1939. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. octavo, 248 pages; publisher's blue cloth, printed in black; red and yellow Red Badge Detective end papers. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. Light wear at spine ends.
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