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London: Secker & Warburg, 2004. First edition, limited to 100 leather-bound numbered copies issued signed by de Bernieres on the title page. Copy #68. Full leather. Satin pagemarker. Issued without dustjacket. Slipcase. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine slipcase.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
THREE ACADEMIC PIECES by Stevens, Wallace - 1947
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Cummington, MA: The Cummington Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 37 pp. One of 92 copies (of a total of 246 copies in three issues) in light blue paper-covered boards printed on Beauvais/Arches paper. Lacking the plain white paper dust jacket. Binding by Arno Werner; initial letters by Wightman Williams. First book publication of these poems. Lovely book from Harry Duncan's great press. Spine and edges faded, previous owner's name on ffep, else about fine. Edelstein A12.
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BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS
by de Bernieres, Louis
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THE SAME DOOR
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First edition, first prnt. First issue dustjacket with reviews of Updike's first novel on the rear panel. Signed by Updike on the half-title page. Beginning board edge toning and beginning foxing on the rear panel, pastedowns and foreedge; dustjacket with edgewear, mostly at the spine folds and corners, short closed tear with few shallow wrinkles at the rear flap bottom corner with internal tape reinforcement (not apparent on the outside), three small perforations on the front flap fold. Altogether, a tight, clean copy with still bright, intact dustjacket. Very Good condition in about Very Good dustjacket in an archival cover. Updike's first story collection.
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Bagombo Snuff Box.
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Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1999. Signed by Kurt Vonnegut on limitation page. Certificate signed by Kurt Vonnegut, Daniela Di Stefano and Publisher Roy S. Pfeil. First Limited edition / First printing. Number 405 of 1700 copies. Teal leather. Very fine. Certificate of Authenticity and A Note About Bagombo Snuff Box laid in.
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THE FAIR OF SAN GENNARO
by McPhee, John
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Portland: Press-22, 1981. First edition, limited to 250 copies signed by McPhee on the limitation page. 200 are numbered and 50 are roman numeralled. Copy #108. Quarter cloth and paper-covered boards. Lacks slipcase. Fine condition. Contents are a short story written, as McPhee explains in his "Author's Note, "around 1960" before "I became completely absorbed by what the New Yorker calls 'long fact pieces.' " Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition.
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The Tin Drum.
by GRASS, Gunter.
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New York: Pantheon, (1962). First U.S. edition / First printing. Red cloth. Fine in price-clipped jacket about fine. The author's first novel, and most famous work. This is a bright sparkling copy. The jacket is on a heavy stock with a thick varnish. Though price clipped, it is not to be confused with the lighter uncoated book club issue. Gunter Grass was the Winner of the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature.
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THE DANCE OF DEATH
by AUDEN. W. H.;
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Faber & Faber. London.,1933. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 5.7 inches). 38pp. Fine copy, finely bound in recent full dark green calf, flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Single ruled gilt border on boards. Top edge gilt. :
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods.
by ECO, Umberto
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1994. Signed on the title page by Umberto Eco. First edition / First printing. Green paper spine, blue paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.
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Der Golem
by Gustav Meyrink
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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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LONELY WHITE SAIL. Or Peace is Where the Tempests Blow.
by KATAEV. VALENTINE. -- Malamuth. Charles, Translates from the Russian
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George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1937. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (8 x 5.6 inches). A fine copy in a late twentieth century fine leather binding by Morrell of London. Half deep red morocco. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping and floral tooling. Compartments double ruled, decorated and lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. A beautiful copy of this first English edition of the Author's autobiographical novel, set against the backdrop of the 1905 Russian revolution, inspired by his childhood in Odessa.
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Social Studies
by Lebowitz, Fran
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NY: Random House, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Attractive signed first edition of Lebowitz's second collection of humorous essays. First printing, as designated by number line to 2 + first edition statement. Signed by Lebowitz on the front free endpaper. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 in.); 147pp.; red papered boards backed with orange quarter-cloth; gold spine lettering; in dust jacket. Fine in a near fine, unclipped jacket with a tiny chip at the base of the spine and mild toning to the flaps.
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THREE ACADEMIC PIECES
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Cummington, MA: The Cummington Press, 1947. First edition. 37 pp. One of 92 copies (of a total of 246 copies in three issues) in light blue paper-covered boards printed on Beauvais/Arches paper. Lacking the plain white paper dust jacket. Binding by Arno Werner; initial letters by Wightman Williams. First book publication of these poems. Lovely book from Harry Duncan's great press. Spine and edges faded, previous owner's name on ffep, else about fine. Edelstein A12.
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Three Academic Pieces; The Realm of Resemblance, Someone Puts a Pineapple Together, Of Ideal Time and Choice
by Stevens, Wallace
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(Cummington, Massachusetts): The Cummington Press, 1947. First edition. Boards. Typical fading to edges; spine slightly darkened and with a short, neat separation near base; very good, without the plain white dust jacket.. Small 8vo, 37pp; original pale blue-green boards printed in black on the spine and with yellow design on front board. One of 92 copies on Beauvais Arches with handcolored initials, out of the total edition of 246 copies. Edelstein A12.
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Three Academic Pieces: The Realm of Resemblance, Someone Puts a Pineapple Together, Of Ideal Time and Choice
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Cummington, Mass. : The Cummington Pres, 1947. # XLVII (47) of 52 numbered copies with hand-colored initials SIGNED BY AUTHOR Wallace Stevens at colophon page (out of a total edition of 246). Printed from Blado & Poliphilus types and from initial letters cut in wood by Wightman Williams on Crown & Sceptre paper. In original quarter cloth over marbled paper boards. Near Fine, small rubs at corners, a faint stain line top corner rear cover. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Handmade Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Limited Edition.
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Three Academic Pieces: The Realm of Resemblance," Someone Puts a Pineapple Together," [and] "of Ideal Time and Choice.
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Massachusetts: The Cummington Press, 1947. CUMMINGTON PRESS. Signed Limited edition. One of fifty-two copies signed by the author, out of a total edition of 246. This being number 36. Octavo (7 11/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 196 x 133 mm). [1]-37, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [5, blank] pp. A large hand-colored initial at the start of each of the three pieces. Printed on Crown & Sceptre paper. Publisher's quarter cloth over marbled paper boards. Boards slightly beveled. Spine lettered in gray ink. Edges untrimmed. Boards lightly browned, and edges very lightly rubbed. Overall about fine. "These pieces were read, in February 1947, at Harvard University under the auspices of the Morris Gray Fund; they were first printed in Partisan Review for May 1947, & appear in the present edition by arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., publisher of Mr. Stevens' Harmonium, Ideas of Order, The Man with the Blue Guitar, Parts of a World, & Transport to Summer." (Introduction). Edelstein. HBS 68426. $4,250.
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Three Academic Pieces: The Realm of Resemblance, Someone Puts a Pineapple Together, Of Ideal Time and Choice
by Wallace Stevens
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Cummington, MA: The Cummington Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. fine. Fine first edition, only the most minute wear. A bright fresh copy. 37, [2] pp. With hand-colored initials.(8vo), cloth backed decorative boards. One 52 copies signed by Wallace Stevens on Crown & Scepter watermarked paper. Delightful book.
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Three Academic Pieces
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[Cummington, MA]: The Cummington Press, 1947. First edition, No. LII of 52 signed copies. 37, [3] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Cloth spine and boards. Near fine. First edition, No. LII of 52 signed copies. 37, [3] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. One of 52. Stevens was deeply interested in Harry Duncan's Cummington Press, and wrote his editor at Knopf, Herbert Weinstock concerning this work, "certainly as interesting as any young printer in the country ... I very earnestly wish to oblige Mr. Duncan." Edelstein A12; cf. The Letters of Wallace Stevens, p. 547
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Bloody Sunrise
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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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Gold
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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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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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Quelques Optimistes.
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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
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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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Two Novels by Anthony Powell. Venusberg. Agents & Patients
by POWELL, Anthony (1905-2000)
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New York: Periscope-Holliday, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine-. First American Edition of two early novels. 8vo: [4],328pp. Publisher's quarter-bound black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, slate grey paper-covered boards; dust jacket, priced $4.75, replicating (separately, on front and back panels) Osbert Lancaster's illustrations for the original wrappers. Near Fine (top edge soiled and stained, gilt a bit faded, gift inscription on fly-leaf); about Fine jacket. Lilley A.10. First collected in 1952 by Rinehart for the Periscope Book Shop and Holliday Bookshop in New York; the unsold stock was reissued in 1965 by Little, Brown, Powell's then American publisher (our copy), with publisher's label pasted to jacket's spine panel. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions…
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Palmares
by Jones, Gayl
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Beacon Press, 2021. 1st Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Galleys. Fine in illustrated wraps. By the author of Corregidora.
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Christopher Blake
by Hart, Moss
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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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Men Die
by Humes, H.L. (Harold Louis)
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New York: Random House, 1959. Book. Illus. by Sam March (dust jacket design). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. Small octavo. Humes's second novel, following 'The Underground City,' both of which led to his being considered by Esquire magazine as having the same promise as two obscure guys named Updike and Styron (whoever they are). Anyway, he met a guy named Leary who introduced him to a little substance known as LSD, and after seriously indulging his fondness for the hallucinogen he became a trifle paranoid and a bit delusional, which pretty much ended his writing career. Humes was co-founder (with Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton) of The Paris Review. He died of prostate cancer in 1992. Black cloth w/gilt lettering, 184 pages. Mildly cocked, light general wear, in price-clipped dust jacket w/light rubbing, light edgewear, creases to fore-edges of both flaps..
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