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Principles Of Microeconomics
by N Gregory Mankiw
Mankiw’s Principles of Economics textbooks continue to be the most popular and widely used text in the economics classroom. PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS, 4th Edition features a strong revision of content in all 22 chapters while maintaining the clear and accessible writing style that is the hallmark of the highly respected author. The 4th edition also features an expanded instructor’s resource package designed to assist instructors in course planning and classroom presentation and full integration of...
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Battleborn
by Watkins, Claire Vaye
Winner of the 2012 Story Prize Recipient of the 2012 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Foundation Award A National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" fiction writer of 2012 Like the work of Cormac McCarthy, Denis Johnson, Richard Ford, and Annie Proulx, Battleborn represents a near-perfect confluence of sensibility and setting, and the introduction of an exceptionally powerful and original literary voice. In each of these ten unforgettable stories, Claire Vaye Watkins writes her way...
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HUSH
by ST. JOHN, David
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with a tanned spine. Poet's first book. SIGNED on the title page and INSCRIBED in 1983 on the front endpaper: "For Bill Meredith/with endless respect/+ admiration,/+ in all good cheer!/David."
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NZ$127.66
THE TERRIBLE CHILDREN
by HACKER, Marilyn
n.p.: (Samuel R. Delaney), (1967). First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Near Fine and quite scarce. Twenty-six mimeographed 8-1/2" x 11" pages bound with two staples with photo-illustrated front and rear covers. Poet's extremely scarce first book, preceding her first regularly published trade volume--PRESENTATION PIECE, which won the National Book Award--by seven years. Published by Hacker's then-husband, science fiction writer Samuel Delaney. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author in red ink on the title page:...
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NZ$1,595.81
HARMONIUM
by STEVENS, Wallace
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name of Alice Towler on the front endpaper. Small piece lacking at the bottom blank margin of the first page of the Contents from rough opening, a few minor tears elsewhere; text a bit darkened. Poem in pencil, likely by Towler, on a rear blank. Spine label tad darkened but readable; just mild rubbing and edgewear, mostly to corners. Very Good, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. One of 500 copies in the first binding of checked cloth-backed...
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NZ$4,255.50
BATTLE OF ANGELS
by WILLIAMS, Tennessee
Murray, UT: Pharos, Spring 1945. First Edition. softcover. Small stain on front cover near spine; upper corner of text bumped. Still a Fine, bright copy, rather uncommon in this condition. Pharos: Numbers 1 & 2. Playwright's first play and first book, a double number of this periodical in original pale blue-gray wraps with yapped edges printed in red.
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NZ$851.10
THE CABALA with AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by WILDER, Thornton
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy, lacking the scarce dustwrapper. First issue of Wilder's first book, this copy in the red patterned cloth. Laid in is an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED in full by the author dated 18 February 1941 on his personal stationary to a Mr. Ording returning some books and explaining that he "found it impossible to inscribe each of them." The letter is folded in thirds but otherwise in Fine condition. Light pencil signature of previous holder...
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NZ$638.32
THE KINGFISHER
by CLAMPITT, Amy
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Review copy with slip inserted of New Yorker poet's first trade book.
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NZ$159.67
A HISTORICAL DISCOURSE, DELIVERED BEFORE THE CITIZENS OF CONCORD, 12TH SEPT. 1835 with A HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF CONCORD
by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo with SHATTUCK, Lemuel
Concord: G. F. Bemis/John Stacy, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. The Shattuck title page reinforced at the gutter. Near Fine, neatly rebacked retaining the original spine. Original blindstamped publisher's dark brown cloth containing in this order: Shattuck's HISTORY OF CONCORD (viii, 392 pages with folding map); an offprint REVIEW OF A HISTORY OF CONCORD FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW, No. XCI (20 pages); and importantly, Emerson's address on the Second Centennial Anniversary of the incorporation of...
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NZ$53,193.75
Banners
by Babette Deutsch
New York: George H. Doran, 1919. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾. Ms. Deutsch's first book. Small fraying at the top of the spine. Uniform mild fading of the boards. Square, clean, crisp, and tight..
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NZ$340.44
THE LIEUTENANT
by DUBUS, Andre
New York: The Dial Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper with two small closed tears, small ink numbers on the upper left outside rear corner, and a slightly darkened spine. Acclaimed short story writer's first book and only novel, a tale of a Marine detachment on an aircraft carrier. Dubus's stories have been made into the films IN THE BEDROOM and WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. This copy is SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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NZ$1,595.81
INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN
by CANTY, Kevin
New York: Doubleday, (1996). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Cloth-backed boards. Author's second book and first novel, SIGNED by hin on the title page.
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NZ$53.28
Hijo del pueblo: New Mexico Poems
by Quintana, Leroy V
Las Cruces, NM: Puerto Del Sol Press, 1976. First Edition. Trade paperback. Near Fine. [42] pages. The author's first book, published in an edition of only 500 copies. Quintana's poetry relishes the small moments in life and this book shows the development of his unique style. His later books won him two American Book Awards but not the readership he deserves. With an introduction by Frank Waters and drawings by Trini Lopez. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
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NZ$81.71
From Heaven Lake: Travels through Sinkiang and Tibet (signed)
by Seth, Vikram
New York: Vintage Books, 1987 reprint. SIGNED on title p. by author. 178pp. paperback 8vo: Fine. A nice signed copy of this youthful rough travel adventure to the back of beyond. Vikram Seth (b. 1952) won the 1983 Thomas Cook Award for travel writing for this first book.
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NZ$127.66
THE BULRUSH MURDERS: A Botanical Mystery **AWARD FINALIST**
by Rothenberg, Rebecca
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1992. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket very light wear, one small crease. Highly regarded first book as it was an AGATHA; an ANTHONY and a MACAVITY AWARD FINALIST. This is the first in the Claire Sharples series of mysteries. "While this first novel has a satisfying mystery at its center and enough potential villains to keep both its heroine and readers guessing, its real charm lies in the less-than-perfect romance that blossoms...
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NZ$36.77
The Litle Man Who Wsn't There
by Gordon, Mildred
Garden City, New York,: Crime Club Doubleday, 1946. 1st edition, so stated. Blue cloth is lightly soiled, lightly rubber , else very good in dust jacket with numerous nicks and folds, chip out at head and foot of spine and piece out at rear. Not price clipped, $2.00 price intact.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Book.
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NZ$32.68
CANAAN
by SMITH, Charlie
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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NZ$74.56
Views of Jeopardy with a Forewad by Dudley Fitts.
by Gilbert, Jack
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962 First paperback edition. [14],43 pp. Octavo. Original printed wrappers. A small black market on the bottom edge of the text block. A very clean crisp almost unopened copy. Volume 58 of the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Author's first book. A much superior copy with the white wrappers very clean. 1962
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NZ$280.44
AN ARMADA OF THIRTY WHALES
by HOFFMAN, Daniel G
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine dustwrapper with a tanned spine. Poet's first book, INSCRIBED to the poet William Meredith: "For Bill, whose praise at their/advent and whose friendship since/are among the most pleasant returns/these poems have brought me./Dan/Swarthmore/3 June 1961." Laid in is a small original color photograph of Meredith with a little girl annotated on the rear by Hoffman and an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from...
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NZ$531.94
The Forest Lovers
by Hewlett, Maurice
London: Macmillan & Co., 1898. Book. Near Fine. Half-Leather. Signed Maurice Hewlett. 1st Edition. 'The Forest Lovers' is set in France during the Romantic era, and the experiences of Prosper le Gai in the mysterious forest of Morgraunt. Prosper is a happy-go-lucky guy intent only upon adventure. A confirmed bachelor, happenstance suddenly compels him to marry a poor servant-girl in order to rescue her from being hanged as a witch, or handed over to a false monk. In the end his wife,...
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NZ$595.77
THE LOST PILOT
by TATE, James
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a close to Fine dustwrapper with a slightly darkened spine. The less common hardcover issue of Tate's first trade book, the title poem a tribute to his father who was lost during World War II over Germany five months after Tate was born.
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NZ$744.71
CHILDHOOD AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS
by DYBEK, Stuart
New York: Viking Press, (1980). First Edition. Hardcover. Small skimmed mark on the front endpaper from the removal of a price sticker. Near Fine in a price-clipped, Near Fine dustwrapper. Dybek's first book, a collection of stories set in Chicago. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
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NZ$106.39
STARLINGS, GRACKLES, REDWINGS
by [LEVINE, Philip] JOHNSON, Markham
Ft. Lauderdale, FL: South Florida Poetry Review, n.d. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Johnson's first book, a chapbook, selected by Philip Levine who has SIGNED this copy on the title page.
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NZ$74.56
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, I THINK
by WOIWODE, Larry
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1969). First Edition. hardcover. Fine in just about Fine dustwrapper. His first book. Nicely inscribed in 1998: "Thank you for your gracious letter + your generosity in continuing to teach my work" and SIGNED by the author. Laid in is a 1970 letter from the publisher announcing this book as the winner of the William Faulkner Foundation Award for best first novel. One of our favorite titles.
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NZ$159.67
OLD CREOLE DAYS
by CABLE, George Washington
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear to spine ends; some bubbling to cloth at bottom front corner. Very Good to Near Fine. Decorated brown cloth. BAL 2330: First Printing. First state without the ads of Cable's first book. Estimates of the number of copies printed have ranged from 100 to about 3500 with 1000 copies being likely. This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED to "Mrs. W. R. Harmount/with the compliments of the author/G. W. Cable/New Orleans, March 13, 1880."...
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NZ$1,595.81
Hay otra voz: Poems (1968-1971)
by Villanueva, Tino
Nueva York [New York]: Colección Mensaje, 1972. First Edition. Trade paperback. Fine. The Texas author's first book, a scarce key work in the Chicano literary canon. The first edition is not dated; a second printing was issued in 1974. Dating of this copy is based on the publication dates of the other books by the same publisher listed on the rear flap of the French-fold wrappers. 48 pages. 4-3/4 by 7 inches. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers.
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NZ$153.20
DAYS
by ROBISON, Mary
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Uncorrected proof in red printed wraps of this acclaimed first collection of short stories.
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NZ$42.56
