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The Da Vinci Code
by Brown, Dan
Stated First (1st) Edition, First (1st) Printing (number line to 1) of Dan Brown's ground-breaking novel and basis for the Tom Hanks film. Solid black cloth boards and binding show very light shelf wear to extremities, while the dust jacket shows original price of U.S. 24.95/Canada 37.95 but has small crease to front interior flap with light shelf wear and minor rubbing and is now protected by a removable, non-damaging, archival mylar cover. Pages are clean and unmarked, binding is tight and secure....
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$49.99
MORTAL FRIENDS
by Carroll, James
Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1978. 1st edition. Green cloth binding. Green dust jacket. Nr Fine/Nr Fine (spine sunned).. 607 pp. 8vo. 24cm x 16cm.
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$10.00
PLAYING The GAME
by Buruma, Ian
London: Jonathan Cape, 1991. 1st edition. Green cloth with gold spine lettering. Dust jacket. NF/NF. 234 pp. 8vo. Novel based on the Indian Prince cricket player- K. S. Ranjitsinhji.
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$25.00
In the Heart of the Heart of the Country.
by GASS, William H
New York: Harper & Row, 1968. Signed on the title page by William H. Gass, who has added a passage from the title story, page 186: "A dissonance of parts and people, we are a consonance of towns. First edition / First printing. (A-S on the line below the First edition slug). Gold cloth. Very fine in fine dust jacket.
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$450.00
Footprints in the Snow a novel of Meiji Japan translated by Kenneth Strong 1st UK Edition
by Tokutomi, Kenjiro; Strong, Kenneth (translator)
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1970. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st UK Edition of Kenjiro's Tokutomi's novel of life in Meiji Japan; first published in Japan in 1901, this is the first edition in English translation; light foxing to endpapers, prelims and text block, minor creases to one or two pages, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, small watermark to foot of spine, o.w. Very Good.
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AU$30.00
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
by EGGERS, Dave
New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. Signed on the title page by Dave Eggers, dated 2/28/00 and inscribed To Barbara: OK now. Yes. Yes. D.E. First edition / First printing. Mauve paper spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Selected as one of the 10 best books of 2012 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. Finalist for the National Book Award.
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$115.00
The TROJAN HORSE
by Morley, Christopher. (1890-1957)
(n.p.): J. B. Lippincott Company, 1937. Stated First Edition. SIGNED. Red and blue cloth (red cloth for upper and lower boards, blue for back strip), title to upper board printed in white with a blue vignette of a Trojan head. White lettering to back strip. Top-edge stained navy blue. In a pictorial dust jacket. A VG copy in a VG jacket. Light age toning to boards, dj is rubbed with some chipping around the edges. Age toning to edges of leaves, old price stamp to last end paper, otherwise a clean...
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$40.00
POEMS
by Hawkins, Spike
Trent Bridge, Nottingham: PUblished by the Tarasque Press from the Trent Book Shop, (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca 1960 [per OCLC]. White paper wrappers, stapled. White paper dust jacket printed in black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Average wear, some age-toning & light soiling, Very Good.. Unpaginated, though 30 pp. Oblong format: 5-1/4" x 8-7/16" Contains first appearance of Hawkin's Pig Poems, later reissued separately.
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$22.50
The GODDESS ABIDES
by Buck, Pearl S[ydenstricker. 1892 - 1973]
New York: The John Day Company, 1972. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by Pearl S. Buck to front fly-leaf, in the year of publication. Grey cloth binding stamped in light blue to spine and cover. Dark blue illustrated DJ, printed in white lettering. A VG+ book in a slightly edgeworn VG dust jacket.. [2], 251, [3 (design & blank)] pp. B/w illustration to title page and rear flyleaves. 8-1/4" x 5-3/4"
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$125.00
TRACKS In The WIDEST ORBIT. Collected Poems
by Montrose, J[ames]. H. [1923 - 1984]
Sebastopol, CA: Russian River Writer's Guild, 1985. 1st printing. INSCRIBED by Edith Montrose, the author's wife. Glossy whtie paper covers printed in black & blue. Modest wear & soiling to covers, VG+. Unpaginated. 3 promotional pieces laid-in. 8vo. 9" x 6-15/16" Inscribed to "Paul", who is presumed to be Paul Mariah, named on the Acknowledgements page.
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$20.00
The THIRD LIFE Of GRANGE COPELAND. A Novel
by Walker, Alice
New York: Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich, 1970. 1st edition. Red cloth spine with grey paper-wrapped boards. Beige dust jacket (designed by Hal Siegel). VG+ (sq & tight/po name stamp to ffep & lower edge)/VG (some age toning & sunning to spine, rear panel/little-to-no edgewear or chipping).. 247 pp. 8vo.
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$75.00
GIDEON'S HOUSE
by Brody, Jane
New York: Putnams, 1984. 1st edition. ARC, with publisher announcement laid-in. Presentation copy. F/F. 206 pp, 8vo. Inscribed, in the year of publication, by author to Luther [Nichols - a one-time editor for Doubleday].
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$25.00
JEFF CLAYTON'S LOST CLUE Or The Mystery of the Wireless Murder.; Adventure Series No. 44
by Ward, William [pseudonym, house name]
Cleveland: The Arthur Westbrook Company, 1910. 1st printing (presumed). Cf., Hubin, p. 839. Color pictorial wrappers. "Hart" series advert to rear wrapper. General wear. Chip to front joint, 1" above lower edge. Paper beginning to yellow, as usual. A VG copy.. [3] - 177, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustration, p. 5 6-7/8" x 4-7/8"
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$37.50
ORIGINAL SINS
by Alther, Lisa
NY: Knopf, 1981. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG (bump to head of spine)/VG (some wear & soiling).. 8vo.
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$12.50
ASK The CARDS A QUESTION
by Muller, Marcia
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1982. 1st edition. Tomato-red cloth binding with gold spine lettering. Dust jacket. NF/VG+ (some minor wear/short tape repair to top edge of rear panel & along front flap fold).. 169 pp. 8vo.
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$50.00
The IN - WORLD
by Roberts, Lionel [pseudonym for Fanthorpe, R. Lionel. b. 1935]
[New York]: Arcadia House, 1968. Cf. Reginald 05111, for the 1st UK edition [1960]. Pink cloth binding with blue stamping. Dust jacket. Square & tight. Original publisher's jacket removed, leaving a horizontal line of black residue to upper & lower cover edges. Otherwise, VG+. Light wear to jacket, price clip, VG.. 189, [1] pp. 8vo.
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$15.00
FLIGHT Of The INTRUDER
by Coonts, Stephen
Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1986. 1st edition. Black cloth spine with grey paper-wrapped boards. Grey dust jacket. NF (slt lean)/NF. 329 pp. 8vo. A lone A-6 pilot, contrary to Navy policy, decides to stage a solo bombing run.
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$17.50
KINFOLK
by Buck, Pearl S[ydenstricker. 1892 - 1973]
New York: The John Day Company, 1949. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. VG+ (slight lean)/VG+ (light wear).. 406 pp. 8vo.
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$25.00
The NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY'S. A Fanciful Expedition to the Lost Atlantis of Show Business
by Barber, Rowland
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. 1st printing. Quarter-bound navy cloth spine with gilt stamped lettering. Purple paper wrapped illustrated boards. Color illustrated endpapers. Red top stain. Color illustrated DJ. Light wear to DJ edges. A Near Fine copy in a similar dust jacket.. [9], 351, [2 (blank)] pp. Many intratextual b/w & color illustrations. 8-3/8" x 6-3/8"
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$75.00
Virtual Light
by Gibson, William
New York: Bantam Books. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps, advance reading copy of an excerpt from Gibson's Virtual Light. Fine, but pages are browning.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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$15.00
The FOUR - CHAMBERED HEART
by Nin, Anais [1903 - 1977]
New York: Duell Sloane and Pearce, 1950. 1st edition (FPAA I, p. 277). Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Dust jacket. VG+/VG (minor extremity wear).. 187, [1] pp. 8vo.
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$125.00
Hello: A Journal, February 29-May 3, 1976.
by CREELEY, Robert
New York: New Directions, 1978. Signed on the title page by Robert Creeley. First edition / First printing. Green cloth. Very fine in fine dust jacket. Slight toning to top and bottom edges of the white jacket.
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$100.00
UP ABOVE The WORLD. A Novel
by Bowles, Paul
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. 1st edition. Greyish-purple cloth binding. Dust jacket. VG (slt lean)/VG (closed tear at head of spine/modest edgewear).. 223 pp. 8vo.
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$45.00
The Bird Catcher.
by PONSOT, Marie
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Maroon cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the National Books Critics Circle Award. 2013 Winner of the $100,000.00 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, given for lifetime achievement.
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$125.00
Snow. Translated by Maureen Freely.
by PAMUK, Orhan
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. Signed on the title page by Orhan Pamuk. First U.S. edition / First printing. Black paper spine, red paper-covered boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy of this book. Pamuk was the 2006 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review for their 10 Best Books of 2004 List.
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$350.00
