Double or Quits
by A.A. Fair [pseud. Erle Stanley Gardner]
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941. Very Good. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey cloth with red titling, red topstain; [6],279pp. Moderate rubbing to cloth margins, light dust-soil, brief damp spots to top textblock edge, textblock a bit toned, else Very Good and sound. Hardboiled crime novel featuring the detective... Read More
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Gold Comes in Bricks
by A.A. Fair [pseud. Erle Stanley Gardner]
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1940. Very Good-. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1940. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in gilt, reddish-brown topstain; [6],280pp. Moderate wear to cloth margins, spine crown starting to fray, corners nudged, spine gilt significantly dulled, textblock a bit toned, else Good to Very Good overall.
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The Case of the Irate Witness: A Perry Mason Mystery and Other Stories
by Erle Stanley Gardner
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1972. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1972. First Edition. Octavo. 192 pages. Illustrated dust jacket with $4.95 price intact. Black boards stamped in white. Jacket is rubbed at edges with a very small closed tear at bottom of spine. Toning along top edge verso.... Read More
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The Land of Shorter Shadows: Exploring Baja California [Inscribed and Signed]
by Erle Stanley Gardner
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1948. Very Good/Good. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1948. Third Printing. Octavo (24cm); publisher's cloth, yellow topstain, map endpapers, in yellow and pink photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($5.00); 228pp.; photographic plates by the author throughout. Dust jacket quite chipped and worn along margins with extensive tape repair to verso,... Read More
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Cops on Campus and Crime in the Streets
by Erle Stanley Gardner
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1970. Very Good/Very Good. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1970. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's cloth-backed boards in blue decorative dust jacket retaining original price ($5.00); 156pp. Upper jacket panel lamination a bit bubbled, possibly a flaw at time of production, scarring to boards from previously removed tape, scattering foxing to... Read More
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The Case of the Hesitant Hostess
by Erle Stanley Gardner
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1953. Very Good/Good+. New York: William Morrow & Company, [1953]. First Edition. Octavo (19cm); publisher's boards in pictorial price-clipped dust jacket by Charles Lofgren; x,275pp. Jacket quite rubbed, wrinkled and worn with old tape repair to verso, some scuffing to boards as well, else a Very Good copy in Good or better... Read More
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The Case of the Negligent Nymph
by Erle Stanley Gardner
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1950. Very Good/Very Good. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. 275 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Blue boards stamped in black. Ex-library with internal markings. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed with tape remnants to flaps. Boards rather worn and bumped with some patchy creasing. Binding... Read More
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![Drifting Down the Delta [Dust jacket title: Gypsy Days on the Delta: Carefree Adventure Cruising the Inland Waterways of the Sacramento Delta]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/664/896/1690896664.0.m.jpg)
Drifting Down the Delta [Dust jacket title: Gypsy Days on the Delta: Carefree Adventure Cruising the Inland Waterways of the Sacramento Delta]
by Erle Stanley Gardner
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1969. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1969. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket retaining original price ($7.50); xiii,[3],205pp.; photographic illustrations throughout. A few small chips and closed tears to jacket margins with brief tape repair to verso, cloth margins lightly rubbed, else Near Fine in... Read More
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Licence Renewed
by [Ian Fleming] [James Bond] John Gardner
London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1981. Very Good/Near Fine. London: Jonathan Cape and Hodder & Stoughton, 1981. First Edition. Octavo. 270 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £6.50 price intact; black boards stamped in gilt. A touch of rubbing to jacket edges but no chips, tears, or marks.. Boards very slightly cocked with rubbing to edges. Binding... Read More
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The Alliterative Morte Arthure, The Owl and the Nightingale, and Five Other Middle English Poems in a Modernized Version with Comments on Poems and Notes
by John Gardner
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971. Very Good/Very Good. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1971. First Edition. Signed by Gardner without inscription on full title. Octavo; [xi], 298pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $12.50 price intact; book in patterned reddish-purple boards and navy cloth spine with gilt lettering and red decoration. Jacket lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends... Read More
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The Resurrection
by John Gardner
New York: The New American Library, 1966. Very good/Very Good. New York: The New American Library, 1966. Stated First Printing. Octavo; [x], 241pp. Printed dust jacket with $4.95 price intact; book in brown faux-grain boards with black cloth spine and gilt lettering to spine. Jacket a bit edgeworn with a light dampstain over tail of spine. Front and... Read More
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Range Justice
by Brian Garfield
New York: Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy and Company, 1960. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy and Company, 1960. First Edition. Octavo. 221pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Green cloth boards stamped in black. Mild rubbing to edges of unclipped dust jacket; spine toned. Boards show very light shelfwear; brief glue residue to base of rear... Read More
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The Lawbringers [Signed]
by Brian Wynne Garfield
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. Near Fine/Very Good+. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1962. First Edition, First Printing Stated. Octavo (22 cm); 179[1]pp. Boards in dark orange and black cloth with orange and white stamping to spine, wrapped in intact pictorial jacket ($3.75). Jacket gently bumped and rubbed at margins with minor scuffs to panels, crease to... Read More
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Raccolta de Monumenti piu interessanti del Rl. Museo Borbonico e di varie collezioni private
by Raffaele Gargiulo
Napoli [Naples]: Raffaele Gargiulo, 1842. Very Good-. Napoli [Naples]: Publicati da Raffaele Gargiulo, 1842. Later printing. Quarto (28cm.); 19th-century green textured boards (recased), gilt-lettered spine; title page & 160 leaves of plates (collated complete), including one folding; volume bound with 12pp. contemporary manuscript index in rear providing the names of each artwork depicted in the plates, as well... Read More
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![American Military Swords: An Annotated Bibliography [Limited Edition, Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/453/154/1690154453.0.m.jpg)
American Military Swords: An Annotated Bibliography [Limited Edition, Signed]
by Leonard J. Garigliano
Parsonsburg, MD: Leonard J. Garigliano, 1991. Very Good. [Parsonsburg, MD: Leonard J. Garigliano, 1991.] First Edition, Limited to 500 copies of which this is no. 138. Quarto (28cm); publisher's spiral-bound pictorial card wrappers; [2],vi,[1],189pp. Wrapper margins toned, brief soil to upper cover, else Very Good and sound. Signed by the author on limitation statement inside upper cover. ... Read More
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The Tyranny of the Dark
by Hamlin Garland
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1905. Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1905. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in light green, black, and gilt; iii,[5],438pp.; frontispiece, seven leaves of plates. Light scuffing to cloth margins with brief fraying at spine ends, spine slightly cocked, front hinge starting, else a Very Good, bright and... Read More
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A Treatise on the Artificial Propagation of Fish, With the Description and Habits of Such Kinds as Are the Most Suitable for Pisciculture, Also, Directions for the Most Successful Modes of Angling for Such Kinds of Fish as Are Herein Described
by Theodatus Garlick
New York: A.O. Moore, Agricultural Book Publisher, 1858. Very Good. New York: A.O. Moore, Agricultural Book Publisher, 1858. Reprint. Octavo; publisher's brown cloth, covers blind-embossed with the image of a fish, gilt-lettered spine; 142,[2](ads)pp.; four leaves of plates and myriad text illus. throughout. Cloth a bit scuffed with chipping and fraying at spine ends and corners rather bumped,... Read More
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Tidewater Tales
by William C. Garnett
Dunnsville, VA: Tidewater Publishing Company, 1927. Very Good. Dunnsville, VA: Tidewater Publishing Company, 1927. First Edition. Octavo. 237, [2] pp. Black and white photographs. Maroon cloth stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with brief exposure and minor fraying; general spotting and scuffing; spine soiled and dulled. Binding is sound. Light spotting to preliminaries; previous owner's bookplate... Read More
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![The Magic Striptease [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/411/337/1615337411.0.m.jpg)
The Magic Striptease [Inscribed and Signed]
by George Garrett
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1973. Very Good/Very Good-. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1973. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket by Wendell Minor retaining original price ($7.95); [10],272pp. Jacket margins a bit worn with old dampstain affecting top fore-edge corner of upper panel slightly affecting front flap, light foxing to... Read More
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![The Darker Mask [Signed by Phillips and Two Other Contributors]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/223/104/1683104223.0.m.jpg)
The Darker Mask [Signed by Phillips and Two Other Contributors]
by Gary Phillips and Christopher Chambers [eds.]
New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2008. Fine/Near Fine. New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates Book, 2008. First Edition with full number line. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 388pp.; illus. throughout. A hint of shelf wear along top edge of jacket, else Fine. Signed by Gary Phillips, Naomi Hirahara, and... Read More
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White Dog
by Romain Gary
New York: An NAL Book / The World Publishing Company, 1979. Very Good/Very Good. New York: An NAL Book / The World Publishing Company, 1979. First American Edition. Octavo. 279 pp. Printed dust jacket with $6.95 price present. Black and white boards stamped in gray and silver. Review slip laid in. Dust jacket rubbed and toned along edges;... Read More
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![Habitations of the Word: Essays [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/997/931/1652931997.0.m.jpg)
Habitations of the Word: Essays [Signed]
by William H. Gass
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, [1985]. First Edition with full number line. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's cloth-backed boards in white decorative dust jacket retaining original price; 288pp. Moderate wear and light soil to dust jacket, very light spotting to top textblock edge, else a Near Fine copy in Very Good... Read More
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Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife
by William H. Gass
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1971. First Knopf Edition. Tall, slim octavo (26cm.); publisher's cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; [64]pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Price-clipped dust jacket soiled and lightly wrinkled along edges; mild surface scratching. Dust soiling and fading along edges; spine slightly cocked. Binding sound and pages... Read More
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The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux; Andre Castaigne [illus.]; [Alexander Teixeira de Mattos] [trans.]
New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1911. First American Edition. Octavo (7 7/16"x 5"); [viii], 357pp. Five full-color illustrations -- frontis with tissue guard and four double-page plates -- all present. Scarce original illustrated dust jacket with $1.25 net price to spine; book in publisher's brown cloth with blindstamped Phantom and cream... Read More
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![Elizabeth Robins, 1862-1952: Actress, Novelist, Feminist [Review Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/547/275/1671275547.0.m.jpg)
Elizabeth Robins, 1862-1952: Actress, Novelist, Feminist [Review Copy]
by Joanne E. Gates
Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1994. Near Fine/Very Good. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, [1994]. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in glossy photo-illustrated dust jacket; xi,[3],297pp.; black and white photographic illus. throughout. Light shelf wear, top edge of upper jacket panel lightly sunned, shallow crease to front flap, else Very Good or better. Review copy with rubber-stamp to... Read More
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