Recent Arrivals from Town Books of San Anselmo
Recent Arrivals from Town Books of San Anselmo
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Pogo Comic Books (4)
by Walt Kelly
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- see description
- Published
- 1958, 1960, 1970, 1967
- Binding
- Perfect Bindings with full cover illustrations
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$67.57
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This is a treasure trove of Pogo comic books first published as newspaper comic strips. Conceived and drawn by Disney-trained Walt Kelly, Pogo and his coterie of swamp pals will bring a smile to your face, if not some laugh out-loud humor to your day.
Bindings are intact and there are no internal markings. Some soilng to paper boards and fading… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$67.57
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Pogo Comic Books (4)
by Walt Kelly
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- see description
- Published
- 1951, 1972, 1974, 1970
- Binding
- Perfect Bindings with full cover illustrations
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$67.57
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Description:
This is a treasure trove of Pogo comic books first published as newspaper comic strips. Conceived and drawn by Disney-trained Walt Kelly, Pogo and his coterie of swamp pals will bring a smile to your face, if not some laugh out-loud humor to your day.
Bindings are intact and there are no internal markings. Some soilng to paper boards and fading… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$67.57
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Pogo Comic Books (4)
by Walt Kelly
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- See description
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
-
NZ$67.57
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Description:
This is a treasure trove of Pogo comic books first published as newspaper comic strips. Conceived and drawn by Disney-trained Walt Kelly, Pogo and his coterie of swamp pals will bring a smile to your face, if not some laugh out-loud humor to your day.
Bindings are intact and there are no internal markings. Some soilng to paper boards and fading… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$67.57
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Pogo Comic Books (4)
by Walt Kelly
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- see description
- Published
- 1955, 1958, 1965, 1966
- Binding
- Perfect Bindings with full cover illustrations
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
-
NZ$67.57
Show Details
Description:
This is a treasure trove of Pogo comic books first published as newspaper comic strips. Conceived and drawn by Disney-trained Walt Kelly, Pogo and his coterie of swamp pals will bring a smile to your face, if not some laugh out-loud humor to your day.
Bindings are intact and there are no internal markings. Some soilng to paper boards and fading… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$67.57
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Pogo Comic Books (4)
by Walt Kelly
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- see decsription
- Published
- 1955, 1961, 1962, 1972
- Binding
- Perfect bindings with full cover illustrations
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
-
NZ$67.57
Show Details
Description:
This is a treasure trove of Pogo comic books first published as newspaper comic strips. Conceived and drawn by Disney-trained Walt Kelly, Pogo and his coterie of swamp pals will bring a smile to your face, if not some laugh out-loud humor to your day.
Bindings are intact and there are no internal markings. Some soilng to paper boards and fading… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$67.57
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Pogo Comic Books (4)
by Walt Kelly
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- various
- Published
- 1961, 1962, 1969, 1976
- Binding
- Perfect Bindings with full cover illustrations
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
-
NZ$67.57
Show Details
Description:
This is a treasure trove of Pogo comic books first published as newspaper comic strips. Conceived and drawn by Disney-trained Walt Kelly, Pogo and his coterie of swamp pals will bring a smile to your face, if not some laugh out-loud humor to your day.
Bindings are intact and there are no internal markings. Some soilng to paper boards and fading… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$67.57
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Muse
by Jonathan Galassi
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition - Stated
- Published
- 2015
- Binding
- Charcoal grey boards with gilt spine titles
- ISBN 10
- 0385353340
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$50.68
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"Galassi chronicles the decades-long rivalry between two publishing lions, and the iconic, alluring writer who has obsessed them both. Muse is a brilliant, haunting book about the beguiling interplay between life and art, and the eternal romance of literature."--- Goodreads
No flaws to binding or dust jacket. Author signed on title page. Includes a Book Passage of Corte Madera First Edition… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$50.68
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Landfalls
by Naomi J. Williams
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 2nd Printing
- Published
- 2015
- Binding
- Charcoal grey cloth boards with white spine titles
- ISBN 10
- 0374183155
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$37.16
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Williams reimagines the actual voyage of the French of the Laperouse expedition in 1785 that circumnavigated the globe. The story is told from the many pespectives of the crew, indigenous people contacted and those at home in France.
No flaws in the binding or Dust Jacket. Includes a Book Passage of Corte Madera letter to First Editions Club Member dated August… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$37.16
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The Underworld of the East
by James S. Lee
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- no date
- Binding
- Orange cloth with black spine titles
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$109.80
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"James Lee, starting in 1895, spent 20 years pursuing all the pleasures and dangers that the Far East had to offer. He travelled with an open mind more in common with our modern times and recorded with stunning candour and great insight a world where few of his contemporaries dared to venture and speaks vividly across time to the Twenty-First… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$109.80
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A Child's Garden of Verses
by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1905
- Binding
- Black cloth with full cover, illustrated pastedown and gilt spine titles
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$177.37
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Beautifully illustrated by renowned artist and illustrator, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Stevenson's poems come alive in this sweet conpendium of poetry. Boards are slighly soiled with some very minor scuffing to edges of cover illustration. Corners bumped. Pencil nae and address on FFEP. Gilt spine titles are still very bright. Hinge is tight. All illustrations have tissue guards with part of… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$177.37
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Plant Dreaming Deep
by May Sarton
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Green cloth with bright light-green titles
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$47.30
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In Plant Dreaming Deep, Sarton shares an intensely personal account of transforming a house into a home...and finds she must "dream the house alive". She discovers peace and beauty in solitude, whether she is toiling in the garden or writing at her desk. --- Goodreads
Some bumps to corners and spine ends. Ink name on FFEP, otherwise pristine. Dust Jacket has… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$47.30
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The Fur Person
by May Sarton
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1957
- Binding
- Quarter-bound blue and grey cloth with gilt titles
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$42.23
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"This enchanting story and classic of cat literature is drawn from the true adventures of Tom Jones, May Sarton's own cat...he is a fiercely independent, nameless Cat About Town. Growing tired of his vagabond lifestyle, however, he concludes that there might be some appeal in giving up his freedom for a home." ---Goodreads
Binding has some corner wear and mild soiling.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$42.23
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The Fur Person
by May Sarton
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1957
- Binding
- Quarter-bound blue and grey cloth with gilt titles
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$42.23
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"This enchanting story and classic of cat literature is drawn from the true adventures of Tom Jones, May Sarton's own cat...he is a fiercely independent, nameless Cat About Town. Growing tired of his vagabond lifestyle, however, he concludes that there might be some appeal in giving up his freedom for a home." ---Goodreads
Binding has some corner wear and mild soiling.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$42.23
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On Turning Eighty
by Henry Miller
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- First Edition / Yes! Capra Chapbook Series
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Illustrated paper boards with black titles and pen and ink drawing on cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$363.18
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"Only 200 copies of Miller's 1972 chapbook On Turning Eighty were published by Capra Press, in collaboration with Yes! Press, it was the first volume of the "Yes! Capra" chapbook series and is 34 pages in length. The book contains three essays on topics such as aging and living a meaningful life." --- Goodreads
Paper binding is mildly soiled and corners… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$363.18
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Bridge of Years
by May Sarton
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition - Stated
- Published
- 1946
- Binding
- Teal colored cloth boards with gilt spine titles and design
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$109.80
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This review copy of May Sarton's second book has a date that precedes the 1946 copyright date. The plot follows the lives of a Belgium family (Sarton was born in Belgium) as they recover from the first World War, through the interwar years, up to 1939 as Nazi Germany comes to power.
Binding has slight fading and some soiling, otherwise clean.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$109.80
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Ireland in Pictures
by John F. Finerty
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1898
- Binding
- Heavy dark green leather covered boards with Gilt Titles on Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$126.69
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This gorgeous picture-album style book contains over 400 black and white photographs of Ireland. Subjects range from the soaring cathedrals and government buildings, to scenes of countryside and villages all the way to 19th century agricultural activities and scenes of peasant evictions.
Binding is in excellent condition with just a few bumps to corners and some mild soiling. Lovely marbled endpapers.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$126.69
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Baghdad by the Bay
by Herb Caen
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1950
- Binding
- Buff colored binding with silver titles on brown band
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$152.03
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Herb Caen's love affair with the city of San Francisco is indelibly printed in this collection of essays that originated as columns in the daily San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. Wonderful, full two-page illustrations by Howard Brodie throughout.
Binding in in excellent condition with just a little rubbing and slight fading at edges. Caen has inscribed and signed on the FFEP to… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$152.03
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The Age of Fable; or Beauties of Mythology
by Thomas Bulfinch
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Published
- 1866
- Binding
- Brown cloth with gilt titles and cover design
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$92.91
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This 157 year-old book collects fables and myths from many places. Engravings throughout. Index in the rear.
Binding is bumped, rubbed and scuffed. Spine cloth has been repaired and dark brown endpapers suggest rebinding. Hinge is cracked but intact. spine ends frayed and corners bumped. Pages show some soiling and foxing with age.
All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$92.91
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The Victoria Cross
by Lieut.-Colonel Knolly, F.R.G.S
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Edition
- Deeds off Daring Library
- Published
- c. 1885
- Binding
- Tooled green cloth with gilt and black ruling, design and titles
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$109.80
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This undated book describes those who won the Victoria Cross medal in various 19th century wars England fought around the globe. Beautifully embossed cover design and titles. Hinge is loose but intact. First page of main text is loose. Some browning to end papers. Edges and spine ends bumped. Small hole on bottom of spine. Mildly rubbed and soiled.
All proceeds… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$109.80
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We are Called to Rise
by Lara McBride
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2014
- Binding
- Quarter-bound blue and cream cloth with silver spine titles
- ISBN 10
- 1476738963
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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San Rafael, California, USA
- Item Price
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NZ$59.12
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Signed, first edtion of McBride's novel. Includes a First Edition Member's Club letter from Corte Madera's Book Passage. Three separate stories across the United States intersect and challenge individuals and families to put aside fear and despair while putting their lives back together. One or two bumps to dust jacket, otherwise fine. Boards are fine. Signed on title page.
All proceeds… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$59.12