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First edition, first impression (Heinemann, 1967). Illustrated by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front blank: 'To Cicely Courtneidge, from Dodie Smith "Dear Octopus", Theatre Royal, Haymarket, 1967'. The inscription refers to Smith's play 'Dear Octopus', which was revived in 1967 for the fiftieth wedding anniversary of the comedy actors Dame Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hubert. Dodie Smith's married name, 'Mrs Beesley', Dodie Smith's married name is also written in ink in another hand to the front flap of the dust jacket. Additionally a postcard from the author is loosely inserted: 'Dearest Cis, Here is "The Starlight Barking" as a tiny first night present. It's also intended as a get well present to your dear poodle - I trust you'll be able to use Bill's line and say "The dog liked it". Bless you and thank you for your lovable, funny and altogether admirable performance as "Dora". Much love as ever, Dodie". 8vo, publisher's…
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The Shining
by Stephen King
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First edition, first impression (Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1977), with dust jacket price of $8.95, 'First Edition' on the copyright page and 'R49' in the margin of page 447. Signed and inscribed by the author to the front endpaper: 'For Stanley - Best. and shine on! Stephen King 1/15/82'. Fine book with a little rubbing to spine tips in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to spine tips and corners; a couple of very small chips to corners; some light toning to spine panel verso, as is common. An excellent example of a classic of the genre.
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The Starlight Barking: More About The Hundred and One Dalmatians - Signed, Inscribed and Dated by the Author
by Smith, Dodie
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The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
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First UK edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press, 1958). Originally published in the US the previous year. Signed and inscribed by the author to front endpaper verso: 'for the children of Battersea with Best Wishes... Dr Seuss'. Rare thus.Publisher's original turquoise pictorial boards. Rubbing to edges and to spine with some bumping to corners; very slight bowing to upper board; contents clean and free from names and inscriptions.A good copy of an edition that is rare to find bearing a unique inscription from the author.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Doyle, Arthur Conan
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First edition, first impression with 'violent' for violet on p. 317, and no name on the street sign on the upper board. Illustrations by Sidney Paget. Some light spotting, floral endpapers, publisher's light blue cloth with gilt edges. Spine ends repaired with some of the often-seen rubbing and soiling to the boards and spine and previous owner's bookplate to front paste-down.
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A Kestrel for a Knave
by Hines, Barry
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First edition, first impression (Michael Joseph, 1968). Signed by the author and Ken Loach - who directed the film adaptation - to bookplates affixed to the title page. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with a little toning to edges in a better than very good, unclipped dust jacket that has some rubbing to spine foot and fore-edges. An excellent copy.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
by García Márquez, Gabriel
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Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
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First US edition, first impression (Harper & Row, 1970) in first state dust jacket with the exclamation mark after 'Latin America' on upper flap. Originally published in Spanish in 1967. Original green cloth with lettering to spine in gilt and green endpapers and paste-downs. A small area of light browning to front endpaper with very minor traces of rubbing to spine tips, near fine otherwise. The original and unclipped dust jacket has very mild traces of edge wear in places with a very small chip to bottom of lower panel, a couple of tiny nicks to edges and a price fairly inconspicuously pencilled under the original jacket price. A beautiful copy of the novel's first appearance in English, housed in an attractive drop-back box.
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The Heretical Imperative: Contemporary Possibilities of Religious Affirmation
by Peter L. Berger
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The Cat in the Hat
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First UK edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press, 1958). Originally published in the US the previous year. Signed and inscribed by the author to front endpaper verso: 'for the children of Battersea with Best Wishes... Dr Seuss'. Rare thus.Publisher's original turquoise pictorial boards. Rubbing to edges and to spine with some bumping to corners; very slight bowing to upper board; contents clean and free from names and inscriptions.A good copy of an edition that is rare to find bearing a unique inscription from the author.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Doyle, Arthur Conan
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First edition, first impression with 'violent' for violet on p. 317, and no name on the street sign on the upper board. Illustrations by Sidney Paget. Some light spotting, floral endpapers, publisher's light blue cloth with gilt edges. Spine ends repaired with some of the often-seen rubbing and soiling to the boards and spine and previous owner's bookplate to front paste-down.
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The Handmaid's Tale
by Atwood, Margaret
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First Canadian edition, first impression (McClelland and Stewart, 1985). Signed and inscribed by the author to half-title: 'For Nancy - Best Wishes - Margaret Atwood'. Featuring striking dust jacket artwork by Tad Aronowicz. The true first edition, preceding that of the UK and the US. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award and more recently adapted into a successful TV series.Quarter-bound in maroon cloth with cream boards and white lettering to spine. A fine and clean copy with some of the seemingly always present rubbing to the spine ends.
The original and unclipped dust jacket has a nick to spine foot, but is otherwise beautifully crisp and sharp.
A uniquely superior example of a classic of dystopian fiction.
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A Kestrel for a Knave
by Hines, Barry
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First edition, first impression (Michael Joseph, 1968). Signed by the author and Ken Loach - who directed the film adaptation - to bookplates affixed to the title page. Original blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. A near fine book with a little toning to edges in a better than very good, unclipped dust jacket that has some rubbing to spine foot and fore-edges. An excellent copy.
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The Shining
by Stephen King
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The Shining (Signet)
by King, Stephen
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Memphis, Tennessee, United States
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The Shining (Signet)
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Houston, Texas, United States
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The Shining
by King, Stephen
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The Shining
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Rockford, Illinois, United States
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The Shining
by Stephen King
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Penguin Publishing Group, 1980. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Shining
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Penguin Publishing Group, 1980. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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The Shining
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The Shining
by King, Stephen
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Bloody Sunrise
by Spillane, Mickey
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1965 - First Edition stated - A Tiger Mann Mystery - "...for Tiger is told on his wedding day that he is needed for Operation Plato." - book: very good - tight, sound, and square - no previous owner markings - dj: vibrant colors with some rubbing to the black base and abstract sun - interesting black and white photo of Spillane on the back cover - a few chips repaired with archival tape - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Saint Monkey (INSCRIBED) (FIRST)
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2014 - 1st ed stated ("1" in number line) - INSCRIBED - authors debut book - "Fourteen-year-old Audrey martin, with her Poindexter glasses and her head humming the 3/4 meter of gospel music, knows she'll never get out of Kentucky - but when her fingers touch the pion keys, the whole church trembles." - book: very good (like new) - dj: very good (like new) - dj in protective mylar sleeve
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Poet and Peasant: A Literary Cultural Approach To The Parables In Luke
by Kenneth Ewing Bailey
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This book is in very good condition. There is little to no wear on the front, back and spine of the cover boards and there is no wear on the edges of the cover boards.There is some bumping on the cover boards. The previous owners name is written on the front end page. The pages are white, crisp and claen of any markings. "William Thomson, famous nineteenth century missionary, traveler, and author, described twenty-five years of surface study of Palestine as it relates to the Bible in his two-volume work, The Land and the Book. When he comes to describe Jerusalem he makes this remarkable statement; Do not set out...resolved to make discoveries. There is not a foot of ground that has not been already scrutinized by a thousand eyes as keen as yours, and the old adage, "If new not true," may be applied to Jerusalem and her monuments with more propriety than to any other place on earth...." - Introduction from Poet and Peasant: A…
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
by Cohen, Leonard
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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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The Merry Month of May: A Novel
by Jones, James
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New York: Delacorte Press, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Ex-Lib w/ Usual Markings and Expected Imperfections. dj protected by new Mylar wrap.. 8 vo; black boards; 361 pgs.; illust. dj. From the Critically Acclaimed Author of From Here to Eternity. a very clean copy of this classic.
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The Authentic Life Of William McKinley: Our Third Martyr President; Together With A Life Sketch Of Theodore Roosevelt The 26th President Of The United States
by Alexander K. McClure & Charles Morris, LL.D
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This book is an antique and is in fair condition. The binding is loose and cracked on the inside of the front board. Dark green cloth covered boards that have significant wear on the edges, spine and corners. The previous owners signature is written on the inside of the front board. The pages are tanned and yellowed, but are still readable.Also a Life Sketch of Theodore Roosevelt and "memorial tributes by statesmen, ministers, orators and rulers of all countries"; profusely illustrated with photos, drawings and "special pictures of the Family by Express Permission from the Owners"
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Cottonwood; A Novel
by Phillips, Scott
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- 9780345461001
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- 0345461002
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New York: Ballantine Books, 2004. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 292pp. 8vo. Paper over boards, gilt on spine. Signed by the author on half-title page. Book has a complete number line from 1-10 and is a stated First Edition: February 2004. Book is straight, bright, unmarked, unclipped, unread, and has a Brodart jacket protector. Author also wrote "The Ice Harvest" and "The Walkaway.
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Quelques Optimistes.
by Sempe
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- 9782207238615
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Paris Editions Denoel, 1992, First Edition. paperback. First edition, Paris 1992, one of 3443 printed. -- Text (the cartoon captions) in FRENCH. -- Softcover, 8.3x10.8 inches, stiff cover with flaps. Condition: near fine (small surface scratch rear cover). -- Nice collectible example of Sempe's classic cartoon work, familiar to New Yorker readers. ISBN 220723861X
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Manhattan Beach
by Jennifer Egan
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- Fine
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- ISBN 13
- 9781501184321
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- 1501184326
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Tomball, Texas, United States
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First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket with no visible flaws, as new and unread. SIGNED by the author on a tipped-in page. A pristine copy of this novel from the Pulitzer winning author of "A Visit From the Good Squad". Not remaindered, not price clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.
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Christopher Blake
by Hart, Moss
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Temecula, California, United States
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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Book has some toning to the edges; one word previous owner's name to the front free endpaper. The unclipped jacket ($2.50) has light wear to the spine ends /corners and toning to the rear panel. A very good or better copy.
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