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To Walk The Line.
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To Walk The Line.

by QUAMMEN, David

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Used - Fine
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First edition / First printing.
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Hardcover
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Signed by Quammen on the title page. Additionally, this is copy number 43 of 225 copies that the author signed on a tipped-in bookplate and authorized for distribution by Signed Editions Limited. First edition / First printing. Orange cloth spine, orange paper-covered boards. Very fine in near fine dust jacket. The author's first book.
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The Story.
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The Story.

by ONDAATJE, Michael. Illustrated by David Bolduc

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  • as new
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As New
Edition
First Trade Edition / First printing.
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Hardcover
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Toronto: Anansi, 2005. Signed by the author. First Trade Edition / First printing. Black paper-covered boards, with a small illustration tipped to the front board. Very fine with very fine band wrapped around the rear board, as issued.
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The Hunt for Red October
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The Hunt for Red October

by Clancy, Tom

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Used - Very Good +
Edition
First edition. First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
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Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1984. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. 387pp. 8vo. Red cloth on boards with gilt lettering. Book is straight and relatively tight. Dust jacket has no price, ISBN is on lower right corner of jacket rear, six blurbs from Jack Higgins, Joseph Wambaugh, Clive Cussler, Edw. L. Beach, John Moore, and Stansfield Turner, Admiral, in that order. Copyright page has 18 lines with no printing statement, book weighs 1 lb. 13.5 ounces with Brodart jacket (and 1 lb. 13.2 oz. without Brodart). ISBN number also appears on lower right rear of book. Book spine ends are bumped. Moderate wear to book edges. Jacket has three short tears, one on lower edge front, one upper edge rear, and the third at the upper right corner. Small crinkle to lower edge of jacket front and to the jacket at spine head. Slight yellowing to the white dust jacket. Laid in is a photocopy of a Wall Street Journal book review by John R. Alden from Oct. 22, 1984. Jacket is Brodart… Read More
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Uncle Sam's Emancipation; Earthly Care a Heavenly Discipline; and other tales and sketches
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Uncle Sam's Emancipation; Earthly Care a Heavenly Discipline; and other tales and sketches: and Other Tales and Sketches

by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Used - Very Good
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First UK edition
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Hardcover
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Lanvellec, France
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Engraved title page with facing engraving signed M.Jackson titled UNCLE SAM'S EMANCIPATION: "O; massa may die; then nobody knows who get me, and nobody to take my part. No, master, I rather be free man"-Page 17. Also regular half-title and title page, 160pp. (plus 16 pages ads. for 1853 New Illustrated Works published by T. Nelson and Sons, London and Edinburgh.) Bound in contemporary marbled boards.
Londres : T. Nelson and Sons, 1853. Page de titre gravée avec gravure en regard signée M.Jackson intitulée UNCLE SAM'S EMANCIPATION "O ; massa peut mourir ; alors personne ne sait qui m'aura, et personne pour prendre ma part. Non, maître, je plutôt être un homme libre" -Page 17. Aussi faux-titre et page de titre réguliers, 160pp. (plus 16 pages d'annonces pour 1853 New Illustrated Works. Relié dans des planches marbrées contemporaines.
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A Widow for One Year [SIGNED Association Copy with ALS]
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A Widow for One Year [SIGNED Association Copy with ALS]

by Irving, John

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Used - Near Fine
Edition
1st
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Hardcover
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Granville, New York
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Amsterdam: Anthos, 1998. Signed first edition of rare English language Dutch edition of Irving's novel. The true first edition of Irving's novel, preceding the release of the US and UK editions. SIGNED presentation from Irving to motorcycle legend Cook Neilson, who took the photo of Irving that was used for the dust jacket of the book: "For Stepp and Cook - with my appreciation and affection - John Irving, April 1, 1998." Together with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Irving on his stationery to Neilson laid in, in which Irving says that Neilson's photos will also be used on the UK edition, and jokes that another photo, to be used for the American and Canadian editions is more flattering, because it doesn't show Irving's face. Closes with mention of a nearby school in Vermont. Neilson was a preeminent motorcycle journalist and editor of Cycle Magazine. As a motrocyclist, Neilson won the Daytona Superbike race in 1977 on a Ducati. He was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of… Read More
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They

by McCoy, Horace

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Used - Very Good+
Edition
First British Edition
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Portland, Oregon
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London: Arthur Barker Ltd, 1935. First British Edition. Very Good+/Good. First British edition. Signed by author on front free endpaper, inscribed to former owner and dated August 1944. [vi], 233 pp. Original buckram cloth lettered in red. Very Good+ with light stain to fore edge, slight curving to boards, in Good dust jacket with some light dampstaining, spine panel darkened, chipped along edges. An existential examination of America via the marathon dance craze of the Great Depression, which inspired a 1969 film directed by Sydney Pollack.
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All the Sad Young Men
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All the Sad Young Men

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott

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Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
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Portland, Oregon
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. First Edition. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing with no damage to type on pages 38, 90 and 248; in a first state dust jacket with lips unbattered. Bound in publisher's green cloth with titles in blind on the upper board, and stamped in gilt on the spine. Fine, almost appearing as new, with bright and sharp gilt lettering. Faint wear at corners and bumping to bottom corner of lower board, creating a tiny, corresponding chip to the dust jacket. A breathtaking copy, one would be hard-pressed to find one nicer.
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Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

by Farrell, Henry

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
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Lukeville , Arizona
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New York, Rinehart and Co, 1960, hardcover, 245 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, slight spine-end touches, text-block edges deeply tanned as is common with this book. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, slight spine-end, edge and corner nicks, two short closed edge tears to front panel, rear panel rubbed, in new Brodart sleeve. The classic modern novel, one of the earliest in the psychological thriller genre, and basis for the 1962 Robert Aldrich film, starring Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and Victor Buono.
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Sinking Ship Blues.
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Sinking Ship Blues.

by BREYTENBACH, BREYTEN. Translated by Andre Brink, Ria Leigh-Loohuizen and Denis Hirson. With introductory poem by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. With drawings by Breytenbach

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As New
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First edition / First printing.
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Paperback
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Edmonds, Washington
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Toronto: Oasis, 1977. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Printed wrappers with calligram art by Ludwig Zeller. Very fine in fine tissue jacket. The author's first book to be published in English and rare signed. Because of his political activity in opposition to Apartheid, Breytenbach was convicted of High Treason in 1975. He served seven years of a nine year sentence.
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Der Golem
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Der Golem

by Gustav Meyrink

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Used - Very Good-
Edition
First edition
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Hardcover
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Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Leipzig, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1915 (Copyright indicates, correctly, 1915, title page 1916, which has been cause of considerable confusion). Octavo, red boards, cloth covered spine and corners, 500 pp. Decorative title on cover and spine, ribbon, top-edge gilt. No printing date, which indicates this is the true first edition (after 100 numbered copies). Printed on mold-made paper. An excellent copy, some mild rubbing and faint spots on cover, spine a little toned, else fine. Nice little bookplate in the shape of a postal stamp on flyleaf. No foxing, just the slightest toning at top edge of paper. Ships from Mexico City by DHL or FedEx, insured. More pictures available upon request
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Selected Essays of William Carlos Williams.

Selected Essays of William Carlos Williams.

by WILLIAMS, William Carlos.

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Used - Fine
Edition
First edition / First printing with New Directions label on titl
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Hardcover
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Edmonds, Washington
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New York: Random House, 1954. First edition / First printing with New Directions label on title page. (Wallace A-40). Green cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket.
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The Tao of Pooh
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The Tao of Pooh

by Hoff, Benjamin

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Used - Near Fine
Edition
1st Edition
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Hardcover
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Modesto, California
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New York: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1982. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. E. H. Shepard. 158 pp. First edition stated, first printing. Clean, bright, square book with light rubbing to spine and just one board corner bumped, some offsetting and light toning to endpapers. Bright dust jacket is free of tears, with slight edgewear and a few minute crinkles near the edges, light rubbing where cloth meets the boards. Some slight softening at top and bottom of spine and one ~1-2mm whitened spot of wear at top of spine. Presents nicely in fresh mylar dust jacket protector. The Tao of Pooh has itself become a cultural icon and the first printing is scarce.
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The Hobbit
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The Hobbit: There and Back Again

by Tolkien, J.R.R.

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Used - Good+
Edition
1st ed, 1st state
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Hardcover
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Victoria, Texas
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First American edition, first state with a bowing hobbit on the title page, and Chapter VII mistakenly titled Chapter VI. Bound in publisher's original buff cloth (slight staining) stamped in blue and red; lacking the dust jacket. Good + with light foxing to cloth and loosening on the interior spine, corners rubbed; former owner labels. More photos available upon request.
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Jurassic Park - Custom Slipcase
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Jurassic Park - Custom Slipcase

by Michael Crichton

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Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition
First English Edition; First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
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Cape Town, South Africa
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London: Century. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Possibly Crichton's best known work and forming the basis for the hugely successful Steven Spielberg film. The 1st UK hardcover. NF or better book, square, but with some age toning of the pages, internally clean without any issues. NF or better DJ, old store price sticker on the back. Unclipped and now with a clear protective cover. This copy also comes with a custom slipcase for protection. .
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
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The Adventures of Tom Bombadil: And Other Verses from The Red Book

by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Used
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First US edition
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Hardcover
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New York, New York
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TOLKIEN, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel]. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from The Red Book. With Illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1963. 8vo, 64pp. Color pictorial boards. 6 full-page two-color illustrations and numerous smaller b&w and two-color illustrations. Top and bottom edges a bit worn, tiny bit of soiling to rear free endpaper, else a clean, tight copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (minute wear at edges).
First US edition, being issued one year after the UK edition. A collection of 16 poems, including two which feature the beloved character of Tom Bombadil who was first encountered by Frodo Baggins in
The Fellowship of the Ring, and Sam Gamgee's own poem,Oliphant. These poems are presented as an actual translation from The Red Book of Westmarch, a manuscript supposedly written by hobbits, and some of which are attributed to Samwise Gamgee and Bilbo Baggins. Featuring delightful illustrations by Pauline Baynes (perhaps best-known for her illustrations… Read More
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