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THE PRIVATE DINING ROOM (with signed ephemera)
by Nash, Ogden
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1953
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$310.03
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Boston: Little, Brown, 1953. F/VG+; 169 pages; First edition stated; Fine in red cloth decorated and titled in black and gilt, owners' first names and date printed neatly along the hinge on the front free endpaper; in a Very Good+ clipped dustjacket, spine sunned as is usual on these volumes, and a little wear along the top edge. Sold… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$310.03
YOU'RE STEPPING ON MY CLOAK AND DAGGER
by Hall, Roger
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1957
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$412.82
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New York: Norton, 1957. NF/VG; 219 pages; First edition stated; near Fine in navy cloth titled in silver, backstrip ends and corners a bit rubbed; in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket, chipped at corners and spine ends, closed tear at top edge, spine sunned, general light shelfwear. The author's memoir of his time spent in the O.S.S. when "both were… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$412.82
The Jonesport Raffle
by Gould, John
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- Used
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$16.58
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Boston: Little, Brown, 1969. VG/G; 191 pages; First edition stated; Very Good in aqua cloth titled in black over black boards, red endpapers, corners mildly bumped, prior owner's information crossed out on front free endpaper; in a Good price-clipped dustjacket, quite rubbed, light general shelfwear, shallowly chipped at top of spine and front panel near spine. Laid in is a… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$16.58
People You Know
by Ade, George
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- Used
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1903
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$58.03
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New York: R.H. Russell, 1903. VG/none; 224 pages; First Impression stated; Very Good in blue cloth titled and decorated in dark blue; spine tanned; corners, edges, lightly rubbed; no dustjacket. Contains of series of sketches of "people you know" -- "plain observations concerning people who live just around the corner.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by John T. McCutcheon and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$58.03
Creature Comforts
by Addams, Charles
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780671438357
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$66.32
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. F/VG; unpaginated; First edition, first printing; Fine in orange cloth titled in gilt over green boards, author's facsimile signature in gilt on backstrip and front board; in a Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, chipped at bottom front edge and top of spine, short closed tears at back panel edges and corners. More than 100 b/w… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$66.32
Rhubarb
by Smith, H. Allen
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1949
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$33.16
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1949. VG/none; 301 pages; First edition stated; Very Good in green cloth titled and decorated in white and red; corners and spine ends rubbed, front bottom corner slightly bumped, back bottom corner frayed, paper toning evenly; no dustjacket. A cat inherits a baseball team.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Leo Hershfield. 12mo - over 6¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$33.16
Slouching Toward Kalamazoo
by DeVries, Peter (De Vries)
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1983
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316181723
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$41.45
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Boston: Little, Brown, 1983. F/VG+; 241 pages; First edition, stated; Fine in black cloth over blue boards, stamped in gilt on the spine and blind on the board, a small bookseller's sticker on the rear pastedown, in a Very Good+ unclipped dustjacket, short closed tear at bottom back of spine, light wear at top of spine; original Kroch's & Brentano's… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$41.45
In Our Town - Twenty Seven Slices of Life
by Runyon, Damon
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- Used
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1946
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$19.81
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New York: Creative Age Press, 1946. F/P; 120 pages; First edition; Fine in brown cloth titled in silver on the backstrip and titled and decorated with a Garth Williams illustration in silver on the front board; in a Poor but unclipped dustjacket, large chips primarily along back edges, short tears, rubbing, and a long narrow tear across the front affecting… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$19.81
As She Climbed Across the Table
by Lethem, Jonathan
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385485173
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$82.90
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New York: Doubleday, 1997. As New/As New; 212 pages; First edition stated, first printing; As New in black backstrip titled in gilt over pale gray boards, blue endpapers; in an As New dustjacket. The story of Alice, a particle physicist who falls in love with a hole in the unverse, and Philip, the particle physicist who loves her and tries… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$82.90
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE
by DeVries, Peter (De Vries)
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316182027
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$54.71
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Boston: Little, Brown, 1981. F/F; 232 pages; First edition, stated; Fine in cream cloth over purple boards, stamped in red; in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. The story of Daisy Dobbin, an 'undercover feminist' out to study sexual harassment at Metropole Magazine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$54.71
Westward Ha!
by Perelman, S.J.
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$82.07
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1948. VG/VG-; 159 pages; First edition; Very Good+ in yellow cloth titled in black on mauve background; long-ago used bookstore notes and price in pencil on front free endpaper; in a Very Good- unclipped dustjacket, general chipping, wear, soiling. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Al Hirschfeld . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$82.07
LANTERNS & LANCES
by Thurber, James
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- Used
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1961
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$82.07
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. NF/VG+; First edition, stated; near Fine in green cloth over green boards, stamped in blind on front board and gilt on spine, penciled notation erased from foreword but still visible, in a Very Good+ dustwrapper with the price unclipped, showing minor shelf wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$82.07
HEADLONG
by Frayn, Michael
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780805062854
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$54.71
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New York: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt, 1999. As New/As New; 342 pages; First American edition stated, first printing; As New in rust backstrip titled in gilt over yellow ivory boards; in an As New dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$54.71
DON'T STAND TOO CLOSE TO A NAKED MAN
by Allen, Tim
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- Used
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$19.89
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New York: Hyperion, 1994. F/F; 210 pages; First edition stated; Fine in black cloth titled in silver over yellow boards, gray endpapers; in a Fine unclipped dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$19.89
THE MOST OF S.J. PERELMAN
by Perelman, S.J.
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$82.07
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1958. VG+/VG; 650 pages; First printing stated; Very Good+ in white cloth titled in red and blue over red boards decorated in blue and yellow, top edge black, spine and bottom edge a little soiled; in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket, chipped at the back top corner of the spine, otherwise general soiling to the… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$82.07
UNDER MY HAT
by Breig, Joseph A.
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1954
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$72.95
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New York: McMullen, 1954. F/VG; 189 pages; First edition; about Fine in red cloth titled in black, pages tanning with age, in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket, general shelfwear, and short tears at the head of the spine. Extremely scarce volume in any condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$72.95
LUCKY YOU
by Hiaasen, Carl
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1997
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$18.24
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New York: Knopf, 1997. VG+; 353 pages; Very Good+ advance reading copy in decorated paper wrappers, one page dog-eared, corners a little bent, and a repaired tear at the bottom of the spine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC). Item Price
NZ$18.24
COIGN OF VANTAGE or THE BOSTON ATHENAEUM MURDERS
by McAleer, John
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$54.71
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Woodstock, Vt.: Countryman Press, 1988. As New/As New; 273 pages; First edition stated; As New in burgundy cloth titled in silver over pale taupe boards, charcoal gray endpapers; in an As New dustjacket. Edgar-Winning author's first mystery.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
NZ$54.71
THE KENNEDY WIT
by Adler, Bill (ed.)
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- Used
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- 1964
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$18.24
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New York: Citadel Press, 1964. NF/VG-; 83 pages; second printing stated; near Fine in dark orange cloth titled in black, dark yellow endpapers, tiny light colored spot on the front board, top of backstrip bent; in a Very Good- unclipped dustjacket, light shelfwear, one closed tear at the bottom front edge of the spine, and a 2" tear along the… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$18.24
RALLY ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS!
by Shulman, Max
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1957
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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NZ$36.47
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New York: Doubleday, 1957. NF/VG; First Edition, stated; 278 pages; Near Fine in yellow cloth titled in blue, top edge yellow, bottom of backstrip soft; in a Very Good price-clipped dustjacket, chipping at head and spine end, short closed tear on back, wear at folds, spine just a tad tanned. Basis for the 1958 film starring Paul Newman and Joanne… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$36.47
