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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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The Broken Spoke
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Edward Gorey on the title page. Near Fine with lean to spine, light edge wear, light foxing to pages. In a Near Fine price-clipped dust jacket with rubbing at spine extremities; toning and publisher's label to front flap.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They
by McCoy, Horace
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The Colossus of Maroussi
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Norfolk, Conn: New Directions, 1946. Second American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Second American edition. Signed by Henry Miller on the front free end paper. Publisher's black cloth with spine decorated in gilt. Near Fine with pages toned, bottom edge of boards lightly rubbed. In a Very Good dust jacket, edge-worn with several large chips, fading to the spine. An impressionist travelogue. Shifreen & Jackson A26g.
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The Star Conquerors
by Bova, Ben
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Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and inscribed to a previous owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine titles in dark blue. Near Fine with light edge wear and light toning to cloth, light insecting to edge of page block. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact, though with a small ink notation near price on flap and faint surface indents to front panel, else a very lovely example. Scarce signed.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Lee, Harper
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New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Reprint. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint of the 35th-anniversary edition. Signed by Harper Lee on the half-title page, inscribed to a former owner. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with a small tear to the bottom of the front flap fold. A lovely copy, signed by the author.
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Mash
by Hooker, Richard [Pseudonym of Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr.]
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1968. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by author as Richard Hooker on the title page with quote marks around his name; Richard Hooker is the pseudonym of Dr. Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. Near Fine, with light edge wear, toning to spine ends, small evidence of tape removal to recto of half-title page, hinge at title page over-opened. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, with light shelf wear and toning. A laid-in note in a former owner's hand reads, "Dr. Hornberger autographed this book as "Richard Hooker" while still employed as a doctor at Thayer Hospital in Waterville, Maine." Signed copies are scarce.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They
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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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The Colossus of Maroussi
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Norfolk, Conn: New Directions, 1946. Second American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Second American edition. Signed by Henry Miller on the front free end paper. Publisher's black cloth with spine decorated in gilt. Near Fine with pages toned, bottom edge of boards lightly rubbed. In a Very Good dust jacket, edge-worn with several large chips, fading to the spine. An impressionist travelogue. Shifreen & Jackson A26g.
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The Star Conquerors
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Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company, 1959. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and inscribed to a previous owner on the title page. Bound in publisher's green cloth with spine titles in dark blue. Near Fine with light edge wear and light toning to cloth, light insecting to edge of page block. In a Near Fine dust jacket with price intact, though with a small ink notation near price on flap and faint surface indents to front panel, else a very lovely example. Scarce signed.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Reprint. Fine/Near Fine. Reprint of the 35th-anniversary edition. Signed by Harper Lee on the half-title page, inscribed to a former owner. Fine, in a Near Fine dust jacket with a small tear to the bottom of the front flap fold. A lovely copy, signed by the author.
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Mash
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1968. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by author as Richard Hooker on the title page with quote marks around his name; Richard Hooker is the pseudonym of Dr. Hiester Richard Hornberger Jr. Near Fine, with light edge wear, toning to spine ends, small evidence of tape removal to recto of half-title page, hinge at title page over-opened. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket, with light shelf wear and toning. A laid-in note in a former owner's hand reads, "Dr. Hornberger autographed this book as "Richard Hooker" while still employed as a doctor at Thayer Hospital in Waterville, Maine." Signed copies are scarce.
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The Broken Spoke
by Edward Gorey
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Broken Spoke
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover, standard size (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inches). Very Good/Near Fine. Used Some glue acidification first and last free end pages. Foxing top of text block. Shelf wear top and bottom of spine and corners of both boardds.
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The Broken Spoke
by Edward Gorey
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NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. 1st thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Edward Gorey . Hardcover, small oblong format, 64 pages illustrated in color and b&w by Gorey. Light edgewear, chipping to dust jacket. Record # 384639
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by Gorey, Edward
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. Non-paginated. Full color and black & white illustrations by Edward Gorey. Price clipped dust jacket shows light wear along edges. Clean, tight copy. Record # 610269
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The Broken Spoke
by Edward Gorey
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Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. 1st Edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 7x5x0. Clean Inside With No Highlights Or Remarks. Hardcover With Dust Jacket. The Dust Jacket Has Some Small Tears At The Outer Edges. Price Clipped Dust Jacket. 1St Edition 1976 Printing.- We can ship from Canada and the USA, based on your address. Specializing in academic, collectible and historically significant, providing the utmost quality and customer service satisfaction. For any questions feel free to email us.
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The Broken Spoke
by Edward Gorey
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. No additional printings indicated. Lightly rubbed corners. Dust jacket is price clipped. Clean text. G11 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1976.
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The Broken Spoke
by GOREY, Edward
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition, trade issue. Oblong small octavo. [64]pp. Binding slightly cocked, light spotting on the page edges and the pastedowns, corners and spine ends gently rubbed, thus very good in a near fine dust jacket with a bit of rubbing along the edges.
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The Broken Spoke.
by GOREY, Edward
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NY:: Dodd, Mead & Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0396073751 . Illustrated by the author in color and black and white. First edition thus. Very good in a very good (minor edge wear and age toning) dust jacket. .
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The Broken Spoke
by Edward Gorey
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 13.5 x 19.5 cm. Oblong. Illustrated boards in matching jacket. Some chipping to the jacket at head of spine and bottom of front cover.
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The Broken Spoke
by GOREY, Edward
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, trade issue. Oblong 12mo. [64]pp. Pictorial paper over boards. Lightly rubbed at tips of corners, else a fine, bright copy in near fine dust jacket with a curved tear on the front pastedown.
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film
by Standish, Isolde
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes…
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Old Bones
by Elkins, Aaron J
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings
by Parker, Kingsley
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .
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Dead in Dixie
by Charlaine Harris
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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Songs From Appledore
by Oscar Laighton
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Garland, Texas, United States
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RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"
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Religion In A World At War
by George Hodges
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Lubbock, Texas, United States
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To be a hundred year old book, it is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the cover. Pages are beginning to tan. Religion In A World At War deals with, very specifically, religions role, place, and cause in war history. it is a justification for all that is good about man, even though, we continue to fight, Another miracle, that this book was published during Word War I.
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Maybe Tomorrow
by Roberta Fleetwood O'Keefe
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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NZ$42.21
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Burnet, Texas: Nortex Press, 1978. CL5 - A hardcover book SIGNED by author on the front free endpaper in very good condition that is cocked, some scattered light scratches and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Brown covered boards with gilt lettering. 8.5"x5.5", 84 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
by Eric Sloane
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Orange, Virginia, United States
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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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Artemis.
by Stockwin, Julian.:
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Lymm, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2002.. 1st edition. The second book in the Thomas Paine Kydd series, in which Kydd is an able seaman aboard the frigate Artemis. Fine condition in a fine unclipped dustwrapper. unclipped dustwrapper.
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Scientific wonders of the atomic age.
by Taylor, John W.R., editor.:
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London, Ariel Productions, c 1955.. Foreword by Sir John D. Cockcroft. Includes "High-speed flight" by Neville Duke, and "Rockets and Space flight" by Wernher von Braun. Large hardback in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper.
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