Recent Arrivals from The Accidental Bookseller, IOBA, FABA
Recent Arrivals from The Accidental Bookseller, IOBA, FABA
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The White Cliffs
by Miller, Alice Duer
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition, Sixth Printing.
- Published
- 1940
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$248.64
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Signed, dated and inscribed by Miller to her "dear friend and collaborator", composer Jerome Kern.
Slight tanning to gutters of end papers, otherwise a fine, fresh and unread copy in a very good or better dust wrapper, tanning to the spine and with a few closed edge tears.
Jerome Kern was one of the most important American theatre composers of the early… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
by Bailyn, Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, Fifth Printing.
- Published
- 1971
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$580.16
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Signed, dated, and inscribed by Bailyn.
Awarded both the Pulitzer and Bancroft Prizes, Bailyn's work is considered one of the most influential studies of the American Revolution published during the 20th century and was hailed at its first appearance as "the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation."
In an interview for Bailyn's New York… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$580.16
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The North American Indians
by Catlin, George
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1913
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$1,077.44
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First edition thus. Illustrated with 320 color illustrations plus folding map, 2 volumes rebound in buckram.
A very good copy, top edge gilt, prior owner's bookplate, two plates loose and missing piece from frontis tissue guard in volume 1.
Though not the first artist to paint American Indians, Catlin was the first to picture them so extensively in their own territories and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,077.44
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O to Be A Dragon
by Moore, Marianne
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1959
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$248.64
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Signed by Moore on the front free endpaper, and dated Sept. 17, 1959 [the date of publication] on the copyright page. Also, Moore has crossed off "Literary" and capitalized "E" for essays for her Predilections title listed on the rear jacket flap.
Scant wear to the corner tips, else a fine copy in very good dust wrapper with a few snags,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Prices and Production
by Hayek, Friedrich A.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing, so stated.
- Published
- 1932
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$290.08
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Very good, spine tips and corners rubbed. Internally fine with no markings. Item Price
NZ$290.08
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Paddington.
by Bond, Michael
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$372.96
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A collection of classic Paddington stories issued as a fortieth anniversary celebration.
Signed by Bond on the title page. Fine in like dust dust wrapper. Item Price
NZ$372.96
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Making Your Case
by Scalia, Antonin and Garner, Bryan A.
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2008
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$2,072.00
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Signed by Scalia as "Nino" and inscribed "with respect and affection" for Henry Abraham. Nino is the nickname Scalia acquired early in life, partly in remembrance of his grandfather, for whom he was named, and is how he was known to close friends.
The recipient is almost undoubtedly Henry J. Abraham, University of Virginia Law Professor, scholar on the judiciary and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$2,072.00
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Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
by Kushner, Tony
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First revised, combined edition
- Published
- 2013
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$248.64
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Signed by Kushner on title page. Fine in like dust wrapper. Item Price
NZ$248.64
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Out of my League
by Plimpton, George
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Later printing
- Published
- not dated (c. 1968)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$414.40
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The story of Plimpton pitching to the likes of Willie Mays, Ernie Banks and Richie Ashburn at Yankee Stadium.
Inscribed by Plimpton for Baseball Hall of Famer and Cardinals great pitcher Bob Gibson. Accompanied by a brief 30-40 word autograph note signed by Plimpton to Gibson.
A fine copy in bright, fresh dust wrapper, fine save for a small chip to the… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$414.40
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Ankor Wat
by Ginberg, Allen
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine-
- Edition
- First edition in wrappers
- Published
- 1968
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$331.52
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Great full page inscription from Ginsberg "For Sally, pix of the orient", signed, dated and with a small flower drawing. Stamped in red with the author's oriental seal. Sally is Sally Grossman, American model and wife of Bob Dylan's one-time manager Albert Grossman. Sally is best known as the young woman languorously stretched out on the cover of Dylan's 1965… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$331.52
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The Problems of Physics
by Leggett, A. J.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1987
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$497.28
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Uncommon hardcover issue, inscribed by the author who went on to win the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Some spotting to the front free end paper and top of text block, else a fine copy in near fine dust wrapper, very lightly spotted lower spine and a little tanned on the spine verso. Item Price
NZ$497.28
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The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It
by Hofstadter, Richard
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1948
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$1,491.84
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Inscribed to Bill Smith and signed by Hofstadter. While not definitively established, the recipient could be fellow historian William E(rnest) Smith, whose work The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics is cited by Hostadter as a source and influence on his interpretations on anti-bank views (pages 355-56).
Some pencil annotations sprinkled sporadically throughout the book. A very good copy in 60%… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,491.84
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Taxi Driver
by Schrader, Paul
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 2018
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$248.64
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Limited edition, 119/500 signed by Schrader, screenwriter of this Scorsese / De Niro film as well as Raging Bull.
Fine in fine dust wrapper. Item Price
NZ$248.64
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The Concept of Law
by Hart, H.L.A.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First printing of first edition
- Published
- 1961
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$580.16
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First printing of first edition and uncommon thus.
A cornerstone of legal thought, Hart's work has been hailed as "the most important work of legal philosophy written in the twentieth century". It has remained "one of the most influential texts of analytical legal philosophy", as well as "the most successful work of analytical jurisprudence ever to appear in the common law… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$580.16
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Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, 1940
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1940
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$414.40
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Baseball rule book (5"x7") with "Compliments of Ford C. Frick 1940" engraved on the cover. Distributed to umpires and coaches, this copy bears the ownership signature of George L. Kelly, Hall of Fame first baseman, then a coach with the Boston Braves.
Frick was National League President from 1934 - 1951 and was the third commissioner of baseball, serving from 1951… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$414.40
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The Africa of Albert Schweitzer
by Joy, Charles R. & Arnold, Melvin (Albert & Helene Schweitzer)
- Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 1948
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$1,657.60
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Signed by both Albert Schweitzer and his wife Helene. Books signed by Albert alone are uncommon; books signed by both Albert and Helene are scarce indeed.
While Albert received many of the accolades, including winning the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his "reverence for life" philosophy, Helene's biographer noted that she edited and proofread a number of Schweitzer's books in multiple… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,657.60
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In Darkest Africa
by Stanley, Henry M.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1890
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$5,387.20
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First edition of the classic 19th-century account of African exploration.
A signed presentation copy from Stanley to Dr William Garden Blaikie, author of the definitive biography of Dr. Livingstone: The Personal Life of David Livingstone (1880), with materials chiefly from Livingstone's unpublished Journals and Correspondence in the possession of his family, at whose request the book was undertaken.
Inscribed "To Professor Blaikie… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$5,387.20
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The Northumberland Fusiliers
by Wood, Walter. (Truslove & Hanson Arts & Crafts Binding)
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1901
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$828.80
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Contemporary full green morocco signed binding by Truslove & Hanson of Sloane Street in arts and crafts style. All edges gilt; spine with raised bands dotted in gilt; compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Regiment's motto Quo Fata Vocant (Whither the Fates call) tooled on front cover in gilt. Double dentelles, marbled endpapers.
A lovely, well preserved copy. Item Price
NZ$828.80
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The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory
by Heisenberg, Werner
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- undated (c. 1950)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$331.52
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Neat name, spine leaning a bit, otherwise a fine unmarked copy in dust wrapper, clipped at corners (price still intact), one open and one closed edge tear and a few small chips. Overall, a very attractive copy of this classic, difficult to find in hardcover. Item Price
NZ$331.52
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Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire / American Freedom / American Democracy (1761-1845)
by Remini, Robert
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977, 1981, 1984
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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NZ$248.64
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First edition, the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson published in three separate volumes.
Volumes 1 and 2 inscribed by Remini, volume 3 signed. Recipient's name in volumes 1 and 3, hidden by dust wrapper front flaps. Spotting to top text block in volume 1, else a very good to near fine set in well preserved, unblemished dust wrappers.
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NZ$248.64
