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London- UK: William Heinemann, 1898. VIA LUCIS: A Novel- by Kassandra Vivaria [i.e. Magda Sindici afterwards Heinemann.]- William Heinemann- London, UK- 1898- 1st Edition-1st Printing-UK and true first, preceding the US 1898 Richmond and the 1899 L. C. Page Editions- Hardcover:-8vo- G-VG/ no jacket as issued, 3/4 red calf leather and cloth, rubbed at extremities, thin hairline crack front exterior spine, but tight and square- new endpapers- 350pp are clean, one lower margin nick on p349, no writing-no underlining- Collation- complete- SEE PHOTOS- A very scarce novel set in Italy. The Richmond edition is held by 7 librairies worldwide, the true first Heinemann is only held by one, the British Library.- Rare- 1898 on title page- Fiction-religion-adventure-romance (3595). 1st Edition-1st Printing-UK. 3/4 Leather & Cloth. G-VG/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Freckles Comes Home by Stratton-Porter, Jeanette - 1929
by Stratton-Porter, Jeanette
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Freckles Comes Home
by Stratton-Porter, Jeanette
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear, pencilled marks on front free endpaper. Green cloth with white cover lettering. Light soiling to side text edge. Dust jacket shows minor edgewear, some chipping at spine ends. Title page gives 1929 date, but no First Edition notation on copyright page. Hard to find in a dust jacket. Thomas Fogarty dust jacket art. ; ; 297 pages .
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- Date Published 1929
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VIA LUCIS: A Novel
by Kassandra Vivaria [i.e. Magda Sindici afterwards Heinemann.]
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Sounder: Author's First Childrens Book
by William H. Armstrong
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Winfield, Illinois, United States
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Dust jacket is very worn, now protected with a mylar book cover. Clipped dj. flaps inside, both ends. No Awards listed past 1969, see photos. Book iteself in near fine condition. States this is William Armstrong's first children's book, 1069 on dj.
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Maiwa's Revenge; Or The War Of The Little Hand
by Haggard, H. Rider
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London, England / New York, New York: Longmans, Green and Company. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1888. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 216 pages: 5.5 x 7.75 in.: 1.4: KB#010055: No dustjacket is included. Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. Beautiful copy of a classic novel. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "A historical novel of Renaissance Italy." Fourth volume in the Allan Quatermain Series. Boards are dark black cloth with embossed red lettering on front and spine. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for prior owners' names that are neatly inscribed on both sides of front flyleaf), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Corners of boards and spine top are lightly rubbed. Contains 216 pages of text, followed by a 16-page catalogue of other Longmans' published works of the time. This is an adventure fantasy in which Maiwa is a woman pursuing revenge. It was originally a two-part story published in Harper's Monthly…
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BITTERSWEET.
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FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is about fine. The un-clipped dust jacket is lightly worn at the bottom of the spine and has a short closed near the head of the spine; no remainder mark. This popular mystery writer's first novel, a lesbian romance.
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VENUS RISING.
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FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book is almost fine. The unclipped dust jacket has some minimal edge wear - almost fine. 'A novel concerning an obstetrician who falls in love with a giddy young actress.' See & Brooker. The rear cover of the dust jacket is a full-bleed photo of the author; there is a second copy of this photo laid into the book.
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FROM SUN TO SOUND Bell System Science Experiment No. 1, an Experiment in Electronics Demonstrating the Conversion of Solar Energy to Sound ( Complete Experiment in Box )
by Frost, George R.
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U.S.A.: Bell Telephone Laboratories , 1965. RARE complete experiment in original box, with all parts in unopened bags. Very Good box, rubbing to edges and markered price front of box, one flap detached, book is Near Fine, light wear at spine ends. A great children's science project !. Fifth Printing. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Grinmar
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Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, United States
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174 Pages. Probably a First Edition as no other publishing dates are shown.This is a romantic novel full of brooding castle descriptions and set in old England. The book comes in Green boards with both white and gold lettering on it. The book's exterior has worn areas on all four corners and at the top and bottom of its spine, lighter wear markings on its top and bottom edges and a worn area across the top of the rear cover. The interior book, however, has no visible extraneous markings, detriments or other distractions throughout it and thus has all of its printing and illustrative plates in a very well-preserved and enjoyable condition and lastly, the bindings of the book remain tight and hence sound.If you order this book from us, it will be carefully wrapped up, padded, and then boxed and sent right away to you and will come with our genuine gratitude for your interest and your order.
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A Long Way to Go
by Borden Deal
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Decatur, Indiana, United States
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Avon, April 1967. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. First Avon Printing. Creasing along and to spine, corners and edges. Spine slightly cocked. Number and some stray lines written on cover. Price written on first page. Age toning throughout. Cover loose but attached. Some rubbing near spine. Some light soiling to back. Please see photos.
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Our Girls: Stories and rhymes for homeschool and kindergarten
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Salina, Kansas, United States
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Our Girls, A Selected Series of Entertaining Stories and Rhymes for Home, School, and Kindergarten. Written by Famous American Juvenile Authors, Among them being: Sophie May, Author of Dottie Dimple; and Mary D Brine, Author of Grandma's Attic Treasures, etc. Containing Hundreds of beautiful Illustrations Including a Colored Frontispiece. 1901; The Saalfield Pub Co. Over 100 unnumbered pages. Condition: This rare and beautiful illustrated book for young girls written in 1914 is in rather good condition, especially for its age! Edges of covers a bit frayed and normal smudges, etc to the cover.the first 2 cover pages have separated from the book but otherwise the binding is pretty sturdy. There is one name written in blue ink pen on the second cover page , otherwise, there's no other writing, crayon, cuts, or stamps within.
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Congress of the Animals
by Jim Woodring
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Longmont, Colorado, United States
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Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Cover shows very minor rubbing at corners and along spine edges. DJ has two faint sticker shadows on the back. Else As New. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Freckles Comes Home
by Stratton-Porter, Jeanette
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Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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New York: Grosset and Dunlap 1929. (hardcover) 297pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 12mo. A sequel to 'Freckles', which was written by the author's mother, Gene Stratton-Porter. Bright, clipped jacket has small tears and chips; else is clean, solid..
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Freckles Comes Home
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Grosset & Dunlap. Used - Good.
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Freckles Comes Home.
by STRATTON-PORTER, JEANETTE
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1929. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Fine copy in a fine bright dust jacket (faint crease at spine). Scarce in jacket and in this condition. The sequel to Freckles, written by the author of that book's daughter.
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Red Pottage
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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The Sky and the Forest
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Another Part of the Forest
by Hellman, Lillian
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ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST. THE VIKING PRESS, FIRST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING THUS, APRIL, 1947. Used. Very good condition/Good + condition original unclipped, $2.00 price appears on front flap. Fuscia dust jacket spine is a trace sunned. Mylar wrap. Another Part of the Forest, a play in three acts by Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes", and "The Searching Wind". Patricia Neal frontispiece.
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The Actress: A Novel
by Louise Glosser Hale
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San Rafael, California, United States
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This beautifully preserved book is in Near Fine condition. Boards, titles and decorative design are all bright and clear with no fading or chipping. Pages are clean and hinge is tight. Minor bumps to head and foot of spine. End papers are slightly soiled and original owner's name is in pencil on FFEP. There are very minor scuffs to the front cover pictorial pastedown.The author was a noted stage and screen actress of her day as well as an author and a Harper's correspondent in World War I. She was married to Walter Hale, an artist, illustrator and actor who could have been the illustrator of this book as he illustrated many other books for Louise. Priced to sell! There is only one other 1st Edition of this title for sale on the web at a much higher price.
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Germinal
by Emile Zola
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The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions, 1992 (1942). First Thus; Collector's Edition. Translated by Havelock Ellis. Illustrated by Berthold Mahn. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "Like New" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Binding and text block are tight, bright, and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Bound in full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. All edges gilt. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photo is of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books. A gorgeous copy.
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The Woman In White The Home Library Series A.L. Burt Company
by Wilkie Collins
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The Woman in White. By Wilkie Collins. The Home Library Series A.L. Burt Company. P Undated, circa 1940. Maroon cloth boards with gold gilt topstain. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice vintage copy.
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The Family Moskat
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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HARD TO FIND! The Family Moskat. A Novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Copyright 1950 Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY. VG/VG green and orange original dust jacket is included. Translated from the Yiddish by A.H. Gross.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Doyle, A. Conan
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Conan Doyle Uniform Edition (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.) THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. July, 1955. John Murray, London. USED. Good-/Good- original price-clipped dust jacket. Partial front flap only. Front flap: has been cut at odd angle. Red boards with black titling. 5 1/8 X 7 ½. 248 pages. Synopsis: Detectives "Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate as following his uncle's death, Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire." Please see our stock photo.
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Michael Strogoff: The Courier Of The Czar (PHOTOPLAY EDITION)
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Verne, Jules MICHAEL STROGOFF, THE COURIER OF THE CZAR. No info on copyright page. Grosset & Dunlap 1926 Universal-Film de France Photoplay Edition. USED. VG/Acceptable Original charging charioteer dust jacket. Front panel and spine of jacket have some loss. Please see our photos. Apple green boards with orange titles box. Film directed by Jacques de Baroncelli. Now protected by a mylar wrap. 315 pages 5 ¼ X 7 5/8.Please excuse our stack of books photos. Michael Strogoff is the only title available here.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35)
by Hugo, Victor
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Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Modern Library ML 35) Undated, circa 1950, Random House. States complete and unabridged. USED. VG/VG price-clipped original publisher's DJ. Sorry about the group photo, but Please see the item listed for sale here at 2nd book lower row. Front cover illustration depicts Quasimodo atop a moonlit gargoyled roof-top. Red boards, black topstain. 416 pages plus adverts. 4 3/4 X 7 3/8. Summary: Classic title by French Author Victor Hugo about cruelty, courage, and love.
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