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Saroyan's Fables, by William Saroyan; Warren Chappell

by William Saroyan

Condition
Used - Collectible: Very Good
Jacket Condition
None as Issued
Published
1941
Binding
Hardcover
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Harcourt, Brace, 1941. Hardcover. Collectible: Very Good/None as Issued. Author signed limited edition #146 of 1000 in slipcase which is missing the top panel and is age toned. Book is clean tight and unmarked. Please email for photos.
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This Quiet Dust and Other Writings [Hardcover] by Styron, William

by William Styron

Condition
Collectible: Like New
Jacket Condition
None as Issued
Published
1982
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394509341
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Random House, 1982. Hardcover. Collectible: Like New/None as Issued. #239 of 250 signed limited edition issued in slipcase. no jacket as issued but now in mylar, both book and slipcase as new Please email for photos.
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Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep [Hardcover] by Bemelmans, Ludwig

by Bemelmans Ludwig

Condition
Used - Collectible: Very Good
Jacket Condition
None as Issued
Published
1943
Binding
Hardcover
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NZ$169.20

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VIKING PRESS, 1943. Hardcover. Collectible: Very Good/None as Issued. 271 of 500 copies (400 for sale) , specially bound and numbered, and signed by the author. . Gray cloth, pictorial onlay, leather spine label. Plates. Lacks the slipcase no marks. Please email for photos.
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The Chosen; a Novel [Import] [Hardcover] by potok, chaim

by Chaim Potok

Condition
Used - Collectible: Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good
Published
1967
Binding
Hardcover
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Simon and Schuster, 1967. Hardcover. Collectible: Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Author inscribed (personalized)1967 Simon & Schuster 6th printing hardcover in jacket (torn along back flap) rubbed and chipped. Binding is tight, text is unmarked signed Please email for photos.
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Tales and Novels in Verse From the French of La Tontaine By Several Hands

by Jean de La Fontaine

Condition
Used: Very Good
Jacket Condition
None as Issued
Published
1762
Binding
Leather Bound
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Samuel Humphreys, Edinburgh, 1762. Leather Bound. Used: Very Good/None as Issued. Small leatherbound published in Ediburgh in 1762 raised bands gilt title spine area is dried with small loss, paper is age toned. 195 pages bookplate to front pastedown. Please email for photos.
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OF HUMAN BONDAGE by W. Somerset Maugham

by W. Somerset Maugham

Condition
Used - Good
Published
1915
Binding
Hardcover
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George H. Doran Company, 1915. Hardcover. Good. Author inscribed and signed 1915 George H. Doran second state without the typo on page 257. Lacks jacket and is dust dulled and toned. Corners lightly bumped, binding tender. Inscribed to Oscar Cesare and dated May 1923, Cesare was a political cartoonist. pictures available upon request Please email for photos.
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Letters Home by Sylvia Plath: Correspondence 1950-1963 by Sylvia Plath

by Sylvia Plath

Condition
Used - Very Good - Collectible
Jacket Condition
None as Issued
Published
1975
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780060133726
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Harper & Row, 1975. Paperback. Very Good - Collectible/None as Issued. Uncorrected proof 11" x 5.5 " in wrappers shows light shelfwear with corner bump. No title to spine Please email for photos.
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Museums and women, and other stories by Updike, John

by John Updike

Condition
Used - Fine - Collectible
Jacket Condition
Fine
Published
1972
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780394481845
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NZ$338.40

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Knopf, 1972. Hardcover. Fine - Collectible/Fine. Signed limited edition in slipcase as new looks unread faint cigarette odor. Please email for photos.
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On Taste, &c., 1732-1735 (Popeiana) by Concanen

by Concanen

Condition
Very Good - Used
Jacket Condition
None as Issued
Published
1975
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780824012496
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Garland Publishing, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good - Used/None as Issued. Red cloth no jacket as issued looks unread with very faint age/shelfwear only. Reprint of A miscellany on taste, by M. Concanen, of Of good nature (anonymous) of Of false fame, by L. Welsted, of Mr. Taste, the poetical fop (anonymous) and of A collection of pieces in… Read more about this item
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The town beyond the wall by Wiesel, Elie

by Elie Wiesel

Condition
Used - Very Good - Collectible
Jacket Condition
Good
Published
1967
Binding
Hardcover
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Holt Rinehart Winston, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good - Collectible/Good. Author inscribed (personalized) 1967 new edition Holt Rinehart Winston hardcover in jacket (bumped, rubbed and one closed tear ) book is tight and clean feels unread . signed ferg Please email for photos.
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The Lady is Cold [Hardcover] by White, E. B

by E. B. White

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1929
Binding
Hardcover
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Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. Author inscribed and signed 1929 Harpers first edition C-D printing. Inscribed as follows " For B.A. and Mrs. Adams with love. EBW (slip of paper taped to flyleaf which states "Bristol Adams taught journalizm in the Agriculture School at Cornell University". No jacket minute corner bump, light… Read more about this item
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Cannery Row [Hardcover] by steinbeck, john

by John Steinbeck

Condition
Used - Very Good - Collectible
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
Second Printing
Published
1945
Binding
Hardcover
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Viking Press, 1945. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good - Collectible/Very Good. 1945 Viking first edition second state in yellow cloth book is clean tight and unmarked, jacket has closed tears to rear panel and light chip at tail of spine ferg Please email for photos.
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Rain by Maugham, W. Somerset

by W. Somerset Maugham

Condition
Like New
Published
1951
Binding
Paperback
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Dell, 1951. Paperback. Like New. 1951 Dell Book #2 original cover price 10c small staple bound paperback with cover art by Victor Kalin. First separate edition of this story that originally appeared in collection of stories The Trembling Leaf issued in 1921. As new but for minute shelfwear and age tone, looks unread Please email for photos.
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Peony by Buck, Pearl S

by Pearl S. Buck

Condition
Used - Very Good - Collectible
Jacket Condition
Good
Published
1948
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9789997405197
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HarperCollins, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good - Collectible/Good. 1948 John Day NY Book club edition with author signed letter tipped into flyleaf dated 7/24/1948 jacket chipped and torn (ferg) Please email for photos.
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Shakespeare's workshop, by Lawrence, William John

by Lawrence William John

Condition
Very Good - Used
Jacket Condition
Missing
Published
1928
Binding
Hardcover
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B. Blackwell, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good - Used/Missing. 1928 Houghton Mifflin clean tight and unmarked no jacket Please email for photos.
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The lost beauties of the English language: An appeal to authors, poets, clerg..

by Charles Mackay

Condition
Used - Good - Collectible
Jacket Condition
None as Issued
Published
1974
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780841461543
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NZ$194.58

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Folcroft Library Editions, 1974. Hardcover. Good - Collectible/None as Issued. 1874 Chatto & Windus London embossed boards no jacket head spine damaged binding intact but weak light marks ffep and title 8vo 370pp ferg Please email for photos.
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The sergeant by Murphy, Dennis

by Murphy Dennis

Condition
Used - Collectible: Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Published
1958
Binding
Hardcover
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Shakespeare Head, 1958. Hardcover. Collectible: Very Good/Very Good. 1958 UK Shakespeare Head First UK , 1958; Hard cover, Lengthy John Steinbeck blurb on front dust wrapper. Red boards with gilt title on spine are in vg condition. Text clean and bright, a firm copy Please email for photos.
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