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Boston: R. Bowyer, 1817 - 1820. First Edition. Hardcover. Scattered toning, some offsetting and mild foxing, wormhole to upper margin at the front few pages of the first volume; small library blind-stamps to titles and to all plates; mild rubbing and repairs to the binding. Very Good. Three octavo (6-5/8" x 9-7/8") volumes bound in 19th century black half-morocco leather with matching corners and marbled boards. Illustrated with 60 engraved color plates, the first 10 hand-colored and the others color-printed. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN BOTANICAL BOOK as well as the first book with color-printed plates produced in America. Bigelow received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and was professor of medicine and botany at Harvard College.
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AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, BEING A COLLECTION OF THE NATIVE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES
by BIGELOW, Jacob
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CANAAN
by SMITH, Charlie
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New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Remainder mark on the bottom edge of the bulked text. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Acclaimed Southern author's first book.
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CANAAN
by SMITH, Charlie
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New York: Simon & Schuster, (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Acclaimed Southern author's first book. Without the usual remainder mark.
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CONCURRING BEASTS
by DOBYNS, Stephen
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New York: Atheneum, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with very minor wear. First book, a collection of poems that won the Lamont Poetry Selection for 1971, by a writer now known for his mysteries. Lamont Prize card and errata slip laid in.
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EDWIN MULLHOUSE
by MILLHAUSER, Steven
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First Edition. hardcover. Remainder mark on the bottom edge otherwise a nice, tight copy. Dustwrapper is also attractive with a 3/4" closed tear on the front panel, some general soiling, and a small paper defect on the rear panel. About Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. First book by the winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize.
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EDWIN MULLHOUSE
by MILLHAUSER, Steven
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First Edition. hardcover. Owner signature under front flap; spotting to top edge of bulked text. Very minor edgewear to dustwrapper with light soiling. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. First book by the winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize.
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EDWIN MULLHOUSE
by MILLHAUSER, Steven
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First Edition. hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor wear to heel and light soiling to rear. First book by the winner of the 1997 Pulitzer Prize.
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GOLDEN STATES
by CUNNINGHAM, Michael
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New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1984). First Edition. Hardcover. Very small stain at the base of the rear panel of the dustwrapper. Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper. Pulitzer Prize winner's first book.
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THE INK TRUCK
by KENNEDY, William
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New York: Dial, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. A small fleck of white paint is at the base of the front cover and at the rear which also has a small creased area at the fore-edge. The last five pages have minor damage at the very outside margin at the bottom from the paint stain. Near Fine and very scarce. Tall printed yellow wraps, 164 pages. The very scarce, oversized (11" tall) Uncorrected Proof of Kennedy's first book. "Uncorrected Galleys" is printed on both the front cover and title page. A pencil date of 9/30/69 has been crossed out with 10/10/69 written in pencil below it, obviously referring to publication date.
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THE INK TRUCK
by KENNEDY, William
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New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with minor rubbing and a faint paperclip impression to the front panel. First book by the author of IRONWEED.
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THE JOKE
by KUNDERA, Milan
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New York: Coward-McCann Inc., (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. Slight rubbing of gilt on the spine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a one-inch closed tear and a faint sticker remnant on the front. The true First American Edition of Kundera's first novel and his first book translated into English.
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RACE ROCK
by MATTHIESSEN, Peter
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New York: Harper & Brothers, (1954). First Edition. Hardcover. Very minor chipping to spine tips and short tear to top front panel of dustwrapper over the "ss" in Matthiessen. Near Fine in a Very Good, attractive dustwrapper. Author's first book, the issue bound in full green cloth, no priority known.
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SETTING FREE THE BEARS
by IRVING, John
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New York: Random House, (1968). First Edition. hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. Irving's scarce first book, this the issue in red cloth-backed boards. There was also an issue in full red cloth with the text bulking slightly smaller. No priority has been proven, though the number of cloth-backed copies seems to outnumber greatly the number in full cloth.
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