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New York: Charles Scribner's Son, 1950. 308pp Rare 1st Printing. Has Scribner's "A" on copyright page. Clean with no marks.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. Stated 1st printing. The writing of Peter Altenberg, 174 of them. (175 pages. ) Illustrated in brown line art. Frontispiece is Don Juan, painting by Alexander King in vivid color. Pictorial end pages. Book come in it's own pictorial sleeve on one side, and black with gold lettering and drawing on the other by Alexander King. Slipcase has light wear. Text clean.. 1st Printing. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Slipcase. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1946. 118pp. Green cloth binding. Orwell's famous novel which is regarded in the literary field as one of the most famous satirical allegories of Soviet totalitarianism. Orwell based the book on events up to and during Joseph Stalin's regime. Orwell, a democratic socialist, and a member of the Independent Labour Party for many years, was a critic of Stalin, and was suspicious of Moscow-directed Stalinism after his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. Previous owner name inside front cover - otherwise clean.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1987. 282pp/illus. In a city of sultans, seductresses and apes, Balian of Norwich is pursued through a maze of stories by the Father of Cats, Fatima the Deathly, Shikk the halfman and many others. The Arabian Nightmare pervades the darkness of medieval Cairo. . Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The New American Library, 1968. 288pp. End-paper map. In this book, the author chronicles his adventures over the four days of the October 1967 anti-Vietnam demonstrations in Washington. Stated 1st printing. $5.95 price present. Clean.. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: MacMillan, 1958. 360pp. 1st printing. Story of a company of U.S. Marines during United Nations troops retreat from the Yalu River during the Korean War. Clean. 1st Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: The Author, 1920. Original green cloth, upper board and spine lettering gilt. Illustrated with drawings of the principals and evidence. First Illustrated and Definitive Edition with a specially written afterword. Clear plastic for dj. Text clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Viking, 1951. 280pp. DJ has edgewear and chipping. Text clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. Book has 304 pages. Tiny bit of wear to edge of dj. Clean and tight. Another 007 novel by John Gardner.. First Edition. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co., 1955. 256pp. 1st ed Inscribed by author on ffep. Light wear to dj. Text clean. BL. Inscribed by the Author. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: Dana Estes and Charles E. Lauriat, 1884. Limited edition - Each volume marked #141 of 315 copies on Parchment Linen Paper. Overall very good condition. Titles on spine faded, call number at bottom of spine, owner signature with 1884 date inside front cover. Engraved frontis with several illustrations in each volume. I - 487 pages, II - 470 pages, III - 465 pages, and IV - 465 pages. . Edition De Luxe. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday & Co, 1949. Historical romance set in early 19th century England.; 253 pp. State first ed. $2.75 price on dj. Ligfht chipping to dj.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

New York: Arno Press, 1967. 367pp/illus. Price clipped on dj. Clean. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New York: Rarity Press, 1931. Privately Printed. Rarity Press, NY. Silver decorated Plum cloth boards. 200pp. A dozen plates by JOHN AVSTEN. The text "Reprinted verbatim et literatim from the edition of 1657." A delightful revival volume, done up in the spirit of Art Deco and re-wakening after the Great War (1912-18). Edges of binding faded.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Avsten, John (Art Plates). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paris: Henri Babou and Jack Kahane, 1930. 2 vols 1st "Authorized Unexpurgated Edition". 1 of 300 copies. Original publisher's printed buff paper wrappers.VG+-Nr Fine books in a VG slipcase, which shows some shelfwear.2 volumes: xii, 194; 212, [2] pp. 10-1/4" x 8" Death of a Hero is a World War I novel, Aldington's first. The work contains extensive colloquial speech, including profanity, discussion of sexuality and graphic descriptions of the war and of trench life, which Aldington, a WWI veteran, proclaimed as true to life. However, at the time of publication, there was extensive censorship in England, with a goodly number of contemporary works targeted by the censors. Clean with no marks.. 1st Edition. Card Covers. Near Fine/No Jacket - Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.: Naval Institute Press, 2000. Book has 303 pages. Light wear to edge of dj. A novel about Dog Company Six - the commanding officer of Company D in the Korean war. In this story, a marine rifle company.. Hard Cover/Boards. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Richard R. Smith, 1949. 440pp/maps and end-paper maps.cover; edgewear; most inner pages very clean and unmarked. This historical novel is autographed by the author on the title page. The book tells the story of the Abercrombie and Bradstreet campaigns in the pre-Revolutionary War era. Two pages have lettering - rest clean.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Doubleday, 1955. 253pp/illus. Price clipped. DJ has light edgewear. Text clean. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, England: George Newnes, Ltd, 1901. 342pp/illus. 1st Edition - Second state binding of mid-blue cloth decorated and titled in black to upper and spine, with white endpapers. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and eleven further plates. A near fine copy that shows well. The novel tells the story of a journey to the moon undertaken by the two protagonists, a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford, and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilization of insect-like creatures they call Selenites. Light wear at top and bottom of spine. Overall, tight clean copy of a rare book.. 1st Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Charles Scribners, 1940. A handsome copy of this First Edition/First Printing with the Scribner's "A" on copyright page. Pastedowns and endpapers slightly discolored but excellent overall condition. Hemingway's great novel of the Spanish Civil War focuses on a small band of brave Spanish women and men, risking their lives to carry out the explosion of a For Whom the Bell Tolls has been called Hemingway's most ambitious novel, and it is the one in which his political convictions reveal themselves most fully: he effectively conveys the idea that a people's freedom is worth fighting, and even dying, for. Clean and tight. 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.