Recent Arrivals from Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
Recent Arrivals from Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA

Why I Wake Early; New Poems
by OLIVER, MARY
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2004
- Condition
- Fine in original hunter green cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780807068762
- Item Price
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$250.00
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Boston: Beacon Press, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in original hunter green cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket.. Octavo. 6.5 x 8.75 in. 71 + [1] pp.
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$250.00

Frontier Crossroads: The Evolution of Newport Vermont
by NELSON, EMILY M.
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1977
- Condition
- Fine in original dark grey cloth and near fine dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780914016427
- Item Price
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$30.00
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Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing for the Newport History Committee, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in original dark grey cloth and near fine dust jacket.. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. [viii], 254 pp. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs, pictorial endpapers.
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Guide to Biblical Coins
by HENDIN, DAVID
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1987
- Condition
- Markings to a few pages, otherwise near fine in original cloth and very good dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780886873288
- Item Price
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$35.00
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New York: Amphora Books, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Markings to a few pages, otherwise near fine in original cloth and very good dust jacket.. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. 206 + [1] pp. + 16 black & white plates. Inscribed by author David Hendin to neurosurgeon Dr. Ludwig Kempe on front free endpaper.
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$35.00

Playing the Viola; Conversations with William Primrose
by DALTON, DAVID
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1989
- Condition
- Very good in original glossy pictorial wrappers. Binding tight, text clean and bright.
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780198161950
- Item Price
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$45.00
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Very good in original glossy pictorial wrappers. Binding tight, text clean and bright.. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. xii + [ii], 244 pp. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs, as well as music examples.
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$45.00

Oeuvres [3-Volume Set]
by MARQUIS DE SADE
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 8211
- Condition
- Fine in original blue cloth, with clear acetate dust jackets and ribbon markers. Presented in publisher's fine glossy slipcases.
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Item Price
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$250.00
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Éditions Gallimard, 8211. Later Printing. Hardcover. Fine in original blue cloth, with clear acetate dust jackets and ribbon markers. Presented in publisher's fine glossy slipcases.. Duodecimos. 4.5 x 7 in. Three volumes. Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. Text in French.
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$250.00

The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine [5-Volume Set]
by PELIKAN, JAROSLAV
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 8211
- Condition
- A very near fine set in original wrappers. Vols. 2 and 4 in original shrinkwrap. Bindings tight, texts clean and bright.
- Edition
- Later Printings
- Item Price
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$75.00
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 8211. Later Printings. Paperback. A very near fine set in original wrappers. Vols. 2 and 4 in original shrinkwrap. Bindings tight, texts clean and bright.. Octavos. 6 x 9 in. Vol. 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600); Vol. 2: The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600-1700); Vol. 3: The Growth of Medieval… Read more
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$75.00

The Soul of the Ghost Moth: Paths of a Naturalist
by CALLAHAN, PHILIP S.
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1981
- Condition
- Near fine in original cloth and near fine dust jacket, price-clipped.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780815963097
- Item Price
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$40.00
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Old Greenwich, CT: The Devin-Adair Company, 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine in original cloth and near fine dust jacket, price-clipped.. Small octavo. 5.5 x 8.5 in. xiv + [ii], 108 pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white reproductions.
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$40.00
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A Trail of Heart's Blood Wherever We Go [Proof, Signed]
by OLMSTEAD, ROBERT
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1990
- Condition
- Fine in original yellow wrappers.
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- ISBN
- 9780394575391
- Item Price
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$30.00
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New York: Random House, 1990. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Fine in original yellow wrappers.. Octavo. 6.125 x 9.25 in. 416 pp. Unrevised proof copy, signed by Robert Olmstead on title page.
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$30.00

The Land of Canaan
by ASIMOV, ISAAC
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1971
- Condition
- Several previous ownership signatures, including lable to front pastedown, otherwise near fine in original cloth and near fine d
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$40.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Several previous ownership signatures, including lable to front pastedown, otherwise near fine in original cloth and near fine dust jacket. Binding square and tight, text clean and bright.. Octavo. 6.25 x 9.25 in. [x], 306 pp.
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$40.00

Baga: A Novel
by PINGET, ROBERT
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1967
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket, price-clipped.
- Edition
- First English Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$25.00
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London: Calder and Boyars, 1967. First English Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket, price-clipped.. Small octavo. 5.5 x 8.25 in. 135 pp. Translated from the French by John Stevenson.
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$25.00
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Wild Thyme, Green Magic: Stories [Advance Uncorrected Proof]
by VANCE, JACK
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2009
- Condition
- Near fine in glossy wrappers.
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- ISBN
- 9781596062269
- Item Price
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$45.00
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(Burton, MI): Subterranean Press, 2009. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Near fine in glossy wrappers.. Octavo. 6 x 9 in. 354 + [1] pp.
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Father's Day: A Novel [Advance Readers Copy]
by BATCHELOR, JOHN CALVIN
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1994
- Condition
- Fine in glossy wrappers.
- Edition
- Advance Reading Copy
- ISBN
- 9780805032666
- Item Price
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$30.00
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New York: Henry Holt, 1994. Advance Reading Copy. Paperback. Fine in glossy wrappers.. Octavo. 6 x 9 in. xi + [i], 528 pp.
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$30.00
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Crystal Nights and Other Stories [Advance Uncorrected Proof]
by EGAN, GREG
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2009
- Condition
- Near fine in glossy wrappers.
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proof
- ISBN
- 9781596062405
- Item Price
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$35.00
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(Burton, MI): Subterranean Press, 2009. Uncorrected Proof. Paperback. Near fine in glossy wrappers.. Octavo. 6 x 9 in. 310 pp.
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La Sculpture Nègre Primitive
by MUNRO, THOMAS and PAUL-GUILLAUME
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1929
- Condition
- Near fine in original printed wrappers. Binding sound, text bright, with scattered light pencil annotations, otherwise unmarked.
- Edition
- First French Edition
- Item Price
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$50.00
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(Paris): G. Crès, 1929. First French Edition. Paperback. Near fine in original printed wrappers. Binding sound, text bright, with scattered light pencil annotations, otherwise unmarked.. Short octavo. 6 x 7.75 in. 87 pp. + 43 black & white photographic plates.
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Art of the Ibo Ibibio Ogoni
by SCHEINBERG, ALFRED L.
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1975
- Condition
- Near fine in original white wrappers.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$50.00
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(New York): Endicott-Guthaim Gallery, Inc. in association with Alfred L. Scheinberg, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Near fine in original white wrappers.. Thin quarto.8.5 x 11 in. 28 pp. Exhibition catalogue. Illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs. Scarce.
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$50.00
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Butte County [Inscribed]
by FOX, MATTHEW
- Seller
- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2009
- Condition
- Fine in original pictorial wrappers.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$35.00
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Somewhere, NJ: Gorilla / Big Top Press, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Fine in original pictorial wrappers.. Octavo. 6 x 9 in. 258 pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white reproductions. Inscribed by author on half-title.
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Measures and Men
by KULA, WITOLD
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1986
- Condition
- Rune bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise fine in original quarter-cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780691054469
- Item Price
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$40.00
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Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Rune bookplate to front pastedown, otherwise fine in original quarter-cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket.. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. 386 + [2] pp. Illustrated with a suite of reproductions of black & white photographs, frontispiece.
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$40.00

A Journey of Two Psalms; The Reception of Psalms 1 and 2 in Jewish and Christian Tradition
by GILLINGHAM, SUSAN
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 2013
- Condition
- Fine in fine glossy dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN
- 9780199652419
- Item Price
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$40.00
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in fine glossy dust jacket.. Octavo. 6.5 x 9.5 in. xx, 344 pp. Illustrated with a suite of reproductions in color.
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$40.00
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Peter Francisco: Virginia Giant [Signed]
by SHAFFER, JANET
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1976
- Condition
- Fine in original cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket.
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Item Price
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$35.00
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Durham, NC: Moore Publishing Company, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine in original cloth and fine pictorial dust jacket.. Thin octavo. 5.75 x 8.75 in. [xii], 124 pp. Signed by Janet Shaffer on front free endpaper.
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Iustitia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification [2-Volume Set]
by MCGRATH, ALISTER E.
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- Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA
- Published
- 1993
- Condition
- Near fine in glossy wrappers.
- Edition
- Later Printings
- Item Price
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$40.00
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. Later Printings. Paperback. Near fine in glossy wrappers.. Octavos. 5.25 x 8.5 in. xiii + [i], 252; vii + [i], 264 pp. Vol. 1: The Beginnings to the Reformation; Vol. 2: From 1500 to the Present Day. Vol. 1 = 1993 Reprint; Vol. 2 = First Paperback Edition.
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