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Paris: Gissey, etc., 1739. First edition.. cat40a. 12mo. [160]pp. Full contemporary calf, spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Marbled end papers. A very good copy, scattered foxing throughout. Published in English in 1739 as: "A philosophical amusement upon the language of beasts", this work was censured, and led to the author being imprisoned, then exiled from Paris for a time.
Angel Island. With Two Illustrations by John Rae. by Gillmore (Inez Haynes)
by Gillmore (Inez Haynes)
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Angel Island. With Two Illustrations by John Rae.
by Gillmore (Inez Haynes)
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NY: Henry Holt, 1914. First edition.. cat40a. [352]pp. + 10pp. ads at rear. Blue cloth, front cover stamped in blind and lettered in white, spine lettered in white. Frontispiece in color, and one double-page plate by John Rae. Very light chipping to white lettering on spine, light edge wear, quite a clean very good copy, better than usual for this fragile book, which typically has its white lettering mostly eradicated. Shipwrecked men on an unknown island discover a race of winged women. Reginald 05998. Bleiler, Science Fiction: The Early Years: 892. A re-issue was published in 1988, with an intro by Ursula K. Leguin.
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Amusement Philosophique sur le Langage des Bestes.
by Bougeant (Pere Guillaume Hyacinthe) Published anonymously.
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Mythago Wood
by Robert Holdstock
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Rock Island, Illinois, United States
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True First Edition. First Printing. Gollancz. London (1984). Fine black full cloth hardcover with gilt lettering. Fine, as new, bright white jacket with first issue boar/leaf design. A fresh, sharp copy in a new, removable Brodart sleeve. Boxed for swift, safe shipping. 12-3-b
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The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
by Patricia A. McKillip
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Caldwell, Idaho, United States
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Atheneum, August 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - VeryGood/Good. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed. light shelf wear along edges
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The Complete Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen
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Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom
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Folio Society, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good. Books unread. Scoring across top of second volume (see photo) - otherwise As New condition/Insignificant rubbing on slipcase.
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The Yellow Fairy Book
by Andrew Lang (Editor)
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Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom
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Folio Society, 2008. Hardcover. As New. Book unread and in crisp, clean and collectable condition/Insignificant rubbing on slipcase.
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Amusement Philosophique sur le Langage des Bestes.
by Bougeant (Pere Guillaume Hyacinthe) Published anonymously.
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Paris: Gissey, etc., 1739. First edition.. cat40a. 12mo. [160]pp. Full contemporary calf, spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Marbled end papers. A very good copy, scattered foxing throughout. Published in English in 1739 as: "A philosophical amusement upon the language of beasts", this work was censured, and led to the author being imprisoned, then exiled from Paris for a time.
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A Storm of Swords. The third volume of the author's 'A Song of Fire and Ice' sequence. (SIGNED)
by GEORGE R.R.MARTIN
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London, United Kingdom
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Bantam Books, New York, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Eighteenth impression of the first edition - this copy signed by the author on the title page. Large 8vo. 973pp. Paper-covered boards lettered in green at the spine. Map-illustrated endpapers. Head and base of spine lightly bruised and spine lettering very slightly defective in several places. A minor production fault finds the base of front pastedown lifting just a fraction. Very good indeed in virtually fine non-price-clipped (USA $35.00 / Canada $38.00) dust wrapper, just fractionally rubbed at head and base of spine panel..
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Freddy And The Clockwork Twin
by Brooks, Walter R.
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Freddy And The Clockwork Twin, Hardcover. Brooks, Walter. Alfred A. Knopf, 1933, 1st Ed. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. USED/ Decorated yellow boards, Gibraltar Library Binding. Good/ No DJ included. A clean, bright solid copy. Please enjoy browsing all of our Freddy The Pig titles. RARE
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A Picture For Harold's Room
by Johnson, Crockett
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Johnson, Crockett. A Picture For Harold's Room, A Purple Crayon Adventure. Harper Crest Library binding. First Edition, Harper and Brothers 1960. Used. Good Plus Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Rare/scarce. A nice find!
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A Child's Garden Of Verses
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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QUITE RARE. A Child's Garden Of Verses (1888 Charles Scribner's Sons 1st American Edition) USED. Good+ /No dust jacket included. Leatherbound edition. Please see our photos. Title page states 1888. Former owner bookplate on inside front endpaper. We consider offers
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Angel Island. With Two Illustrations by John Rae.
by Gillmore (Inez Haynes)
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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cat40a. NY: Henry Holt, 1914. First edition. [352]pp. + 10pp. ads at rear. Blue cloth designed and lettered in white. Frontispiece in color, and one double-page plate by John Rae. Internally a decent copy, with only light soiling to a couple of pages, but the binding is very rubbed and quite soiled. The white lettering and design is virtually all gone, and the cloth is grubby. So, not a great copy, but a scarce book these days. Shipwrecked men on an unknown island discover a race of winged women. Reginald 05998. Bleiler, Science Fiction: The Early Years: 892. Reprinted in 1988, with an into by Ursula K. Leguin.
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The Ghouls
by Haining, Peter ed
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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Stein & Day, New York, 1972 (Second Printing- first published 1971), 8vo., 383. quarter red cloth over green paper boardsBook has a rear lower bumped corner and a bump to lower front. There also is some soiling(red) to the front and rear boards. Internals very clean. Unclipped jacket has a "scrunch" with accompanying "waves" to the lower rear with a crease extending to the flap fold. (please see images).
Inv. # 63596 TG* bds 7/2023
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Christopher Lee’s New Chamber of Horrors
by Peter Haining
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- 9780285621527
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- 0285621521
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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binding generally clean, straight & tight. Internals are clean, though pages have darkened which is common enough with many of these UK titles due to the paper stock selected. Unclipped wrapper has rubbing/dust dulling but no tears, chips or creases.11/2023
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The Case Against Satan
by Russell, Ray
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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black cloth binding. First Printing. boards have light edgewear, corners curved in slightly. Unclipped wrapper has a 15 mm open tear on the front at the top, minor soiling. Overall, a very tidy copy of Russell's first novel.
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The Devil’s Advocate
by Neiderman, Andrew
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- Near Fine
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- First UK edition
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- 9780712638340
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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Clean tight binding with one bumped and three curved corners. Also a bit of a bump at the spine head/gutter area with a slightly cocked spine. Unclipped jacket* has subtle creases to both front and reverse along the lower edge(s). A touch of chafing also along the upper edge with rubbing/dust dulling to both front & reverse. No tears, chips or other large creases. *the price has been marked thru with "Sharpie" ink. Uncommon.Inv. # 63835 TDA* bds 11/2023
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Strategem and Other Stories (Short story index reprint series)
by Crowley, Aleister
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 9780836939729
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- 0836939727
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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Hardcover, Books for Libraries Press, Freeport, New York. 139p.This 1971 edition reprinted from the 1929 Mandrake. Silver titles on spine, Book for Libraries emblem blind-stamped lower right front board. Front pastedown has ghost of a bookseller's sticker; rear pastedown shows what appears to be an Army/Navy surplus stamp in red. A few tiny dark marks near the blind stamp and some soiling to top rear board. Minor blemishes withstanding, this is a very nice, collectible copy.Inv. # 32586 bds 2022
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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- Reprint Edition
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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NZ$75.83
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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The Elephant's Child: Just So Stories Series
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- First Edition Thus
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Kipling, Rudyard: The Elephant's Child, Just So Stories Series. 1942 First Edition Thus, Garden City Publishing. Beautifully illustrated by R.F. Rojankovsky. CHILDREN'S BOOK. Story Summary: "Because of his 'satiable curiosity' about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks." Used. VG condition/ No DJ included. Unpaged. 7 X 9 1/2
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The Satanic Mill
by Preussler, Otfried
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- Third Printing
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- Hardcover
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- 9780027751703
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- 0027751708
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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First US Edition/Third Printing**. Binding is clean, straight & very tight. Some little shelf wear but corners are square. On the ffep there is a gift inscription - but no other markings detected. Unclipped wrapper has wear at spine head and tail, also at upper front flap fold. Rear flap fold has a crease. Reverse has minor soiling. No tears, chips, other creasing or tape repairs/re-enforcements.Inv. # 63666 TSM* bds 9/2023
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The Book of Life: A Novel: All Souls Trilogy, Book 3
by Deborah Harkness
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- Near Fine
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- First
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9780670025596
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- 0670025593
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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Black boards with gold writing on spine; author's initials embossed in gold on front board. Top and bottom of book spine rumpled; illustrations on inside of front and back board. Shelf wear to top and bottom of dust jacket spine; pages and binding still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $30.00 and 0714 on front dust jacket flap.Viking First Edition; Seventh Printing as indicated by complete number line ending in "7 9 10 8" on copyright page. Signed by author on title page.The third and final book in the All Souls trilogy, Harkness' novel "deepens her themes of power and passion, family and caring, past deeds and their present consequences." Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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Astrologer
by Barcynska, Countess
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Belleville, Illinois, United States
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slight spine lean, light edgewear; binding is generally clean. Internals are clean save for Holiday inscription on ffep. Unclipped jacket 6 cm tear at lower front(with several creases in that area) & a 25 mm tear to upper front. The reverse has a 11 cm tear that runs from the top down to the middle of rear flap. Soiling is present both face & reverse. NB: "War Economy Standard" edition. Additional images available upon request. Scarce in wraps.Inv. # 63765 A* bds 10/2023
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