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Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1881. Decorated green cloth with marbled endpapers. An odd-shaped piece cut out of front free endpaper, hinges cracked, spine headers heavily rubbed, light general wear: VG/no dj. 12mo. Mason #310: 1st American edition, later impression(?) with top edges gilt instead of yellow and decorated endpapers. Binding decoration is sunflowers printed in black rather than cherub imbibing seen on some copies. Mason does not establish priority.
The United States Border Patrol by Bill Crawford - 1965
by Bill Crawford
The United States Border Patrol
by Bill Crawford
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- good
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Good. Most were deemed offensive and destroyed. A unique Collectible! A 1960's Era Biography of the United Stated Border Patrol. An interesting and provocative look back. Emphasis is on the problems with the Border with Mexico and its associated issues and enforcement protocols. 1965 Hardcover, Second Impression, Retired Elementary School Book with Institutional markings, stamped as "Discarded". Most were deemed offensive and destroyed. A unique Collectible! A 1960's Era Biography of the United Stated Border Patrol. No student names or scribbles, Tight Copy, minor reading wear. An interesting and provocative look back. Emphasis is on the problems with the Border with Mexico and its associated issues and enforcement protocols. 158 pages. + 6 1/8" x 8 1/4". In original glued on mylar cover.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (US)
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Date Published 1965
- Keywords United Stated Border Patrol., law , polide,
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Poems
by Wilde, Oscar
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- first
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- Used - An odd-shaped piece cut out of front free endpaper, hinges cracked, spine headers heavily rubbed, light general wear: VG/no dj
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- Hardcover
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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NZ$633.88
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Eve's Daughters or Common Sense for Maid, Wife and Mother
by Marion Harland Pen Name Mary Virginia Terhune
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- Used - VERY Good ++Near Mint, tight,.clean, spine is intact, no pulling. Text clean, very little yellowing, if any, corners not pumped.
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- DJ
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- New York J. R. Anderson & H. S. Allen. Boston, Lee & Shepard (18
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- Unknown
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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NZ$594.79
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New York J. R. Anderson & H. S. Allen. Boston, Lee & Shepard, 1882. New York J. R. Anderson & H. S. Allen. Boston, Lee & Shepard (1882). Olive Green boards , Black lettering with embossed Gold design to front cover and spine, clean, bright and vibrant. No. VERY Good ++Near Mint, tight,.clean, spine is intact, no pulling. Text clean, very little yellowing, if any, corners not pumped. minute shelf wear at top and bottom of spine./DJ. Mary Virginia Terhune (née Hawes, December 21, 1830 - June 3, 1922), also known by her penname Marion Harland, was an American author. She began her career writing articles at the age of 14, using various pennames until 1853, when she settled on Marion Harland. Her first novel was published in 1854 and would go on to sell over 100,000 copies. For fifteen years she was a prolific writer of best-selling women's fiction novels, as well as writing numerous serial works, short stories, and essays for magazines. After marrying Presbyterian minister Edward Payson Terhune in…
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The Art of Cartooning: Seventy-five Years of American Magazine Cartoons.
by Fisher, Edwin, Mort Gerberg, and Ron Wolin, editors.
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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- Used - Very good in a very good dustjacket.
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- 1st Edition.
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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NZ$637.28
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New York. : Scribner’s. , 1975. . 1st Edition.. Black cloth, gilt spine title. . Very good in a very good dustjacket. . 4to.. Inscribed and signed by Woodman, Gross, Wilson, and Tannenberg with original cartoons on the front endpapers. Numerous illustrations.
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In the Night Kitchen. (Signed).
by Sendak, Maurice.
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light wear to spine ends.
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- 1st Edition.
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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NZ$934.67
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New York.: Harper and Row. , 1970 . 1st Edition.. Ivory cloth, round label with title and illustration on cover, no spine title. . Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light wear to spine ends. . 28.5x22.2 cm. . Signed by the author on the ffep with no names or inscription. Dust jacket has Caldecott sticker on cover, 1070 on front flap and seven titles on rear flap, price has been clipped. Illustrated with Sendak’s fantastic illustrations.
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ROM 15 ORIGINAL-LITHOGRAPHIEN
by Pellegrini, Alfred H.
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- Limited/Numbered
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- Hardcover
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Tel-Aviv, Israel
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NZ$1,019.64
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München: Delphin Verlag, 1913. Limited/Numbered . Hardcover. Very Good. Large Folio. Alfred Pellegrini - ROM. Presented in an original decorative folder with flaps. 4 pages text by Dr. Hans Hildebrandt, Stuttgart. Edition of 120 numbered copies (this copy nr. 100) with 15 signed in pencil by A. Pellegrini. Cover with some light marginal wear and markings. Inner hinges with some minimal rust markings. Inside the plates and text very fresh and clean. VERY RARE AND UNSUSUAL ITEM. Alfred H. Pellegrini -Swiss Painter 1881-1958.
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Bagombo Snuff Box.
by VONNEGUT, Kurt
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- as new
- Hardcover
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- first
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- As New
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- First Limited edition / First printing. Number 405 of 1700 copie
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- Hardcover
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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NZ$764.73
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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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Grand (Signed/Limited)
by Williams, Tennessee
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition/First Printing
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States
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NZ$611.78
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One of only 300 numbered copies SIGNED by Williams. Fine (clean and unread) in near fine original tissue dust wrapper (one tiny hole, some toning). A SUPERB, COLLECTIBLE copy!
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Sonnets written in youth.
by Rossetti, Dante Gabriel.
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- very good
- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good
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- Hardcover
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Tuxedo Park, New York, United States
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NZ$594.79
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New York: Inkwell Press, 1992. Very Good. Edited by Vincent Torre. 32 cm; [5], 17, [1] leaves. Title page and text pages within colored borders with ornamental block printed in green. Bound in purple straight-grain brocaded silk with green pebbled leather backstrip titled in gilt; with green textured decorative paper endleaves backed with Fabriano, by Ruth Stein (unsigned). One of 45 copies printed on Stonehenge paper and signed by Torre. Few subtle but annoying stains on upper board. According to a note by Torre, these poems were not published until 1931, and are printed here for only the second time (the first time in a separate issue). Offered here in a fine hand-made binding.
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I Remember It Well , SIGNED BY LIZA on FRONT OF DJ, WRITTEN By VINCENTE MINNELLI
by Vincente Minnelli, SIGNED BY LIZA , foreword Alan Jay Lerner, FORMER OWNER STAMP Back Blank Endpaper
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- first
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- Used
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- 1ST
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- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780207956386 / 0207956383
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LONG BEACH, California, United States
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NZ$763.03
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HBDJ, Minor rub & chips DJ, 1974 ,Stated 1st edition, VG+/VG, AS-IS, 1st Published in U.S.A.
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The Tin Drum.
by GRASS, Gunter.
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- Fine
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- first
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First U.S. edition / First printing.
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- Hardcover
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Edmonds, Washington, United States
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NZ$679.76
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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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NZ$679.76