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New York: Gotham, 1983. As New in wrappers. A Dogear Wryde Paper Pastime. First Printing. Unpaginated, with black and white illustrations. A small, softcover art book in flawless condition: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. A beautiful, collector's-quality copy of a scarce Gorey publication.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. X04-A.. First Edition. Original Wraps.

Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1972. In Near Fine condition. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 320pps. No dustjacket. The original owner's blindstamp is impressed at the bottom of the title page. Also the edges of the boards are vaguely faded. Otherwise clean, bright, square and soundly bound. All tips are sharp. A very nice copy.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition. Cloth.

Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1930. In Good+ condition. Half-bound in tan leather with colorfully marbled paper over boards. The spine is tooled in gilt and in blind. Octavo. Decorative endpapers. 228pps. There is a bit of rubbing wear at the tips and the spine-ends with a slight tear at the head of the spine. The binding is slightly shaken, but sound, with all pages intact. Also, a previous owner's name is neatly pencilled in the upper corner of the second fep. and there is foxing to the outer margin. Text is in Swedish. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . EDDA OG SAGA SWEDISH LANGUAGE BOOKS SAGAS LITERATURE LEATHERBOUND BOOKS NORSE NORDIC ICELAND GREENLAND MEDIEVAL TEXTS. Catalogs: Leatherbound/Franklin/Easton, Literature & Fiction, World.

New Zealand: Moa Beckett, 1993. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Gray boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Crown Quarto. Gray endpapers. 208pps., with numerous photographs. There is mild rubbing to the extremities and a slight lean to the spine, otherwise clean, tight, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The gold foil dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is faintly rubbed and has a few edge-crinkles; no chips or tears. SIGNED by Ed Hillary -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collectible copy: scarce signed. "...When the 20th century lists its achievers, the name of Sir Edmund Hillary will be among them, ranked with the greatest adventurers of this and many other centuries. Like astronauts who have looked back on their world from space, or walked the surface of the moon, Ed Hillary, after levering himself to the top of the world's highest mountain, was all at once the same and yet never the same again.… Read More

NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1975. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Bound in full green cloth. The spine is stamped in blue. Octavo. 263pps. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends, otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very lightly rubbed; no chips, soiling, or tears. The original price (8.95) is intact. An excellent, collector's-quality copy. ".Have you ever wished you could live your childhood over with the knowledge you now possess? Have you ever wished you could become a superior man with sexual and mental and physical powers surpassing everyone else's? Edward Berner, middle-aged husband and father, advertising executive on the downhill side of his career, got both wishes. He could win the girl of his dreams, he could wreck the bookies, he could dazzle the advertising world. All women would be his for the plucking, and no one would be able to… Read More

England: Cambridge University, 1932. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. [x] + 282pps., deckle-edged. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends and a touch of fading at the top of each board. Also, there is a faint soil-mark at the top of the ffep and two prices are stamped in small numerals at the bottom of the rfep. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No inscriptions. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is sunned at the spine and at the perimeters of the other panels; there is light edgewear only. The original price is intact. Includes essays by: Lascelles Abercrombie, Humbert Wolfe, Walter De La Mare, Harley Granville-Barker, C. L. Graves, F. S. Boas, John Drinkwater, Hon. Sir John Fortescue, and Sir Oliver Lodge.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1958. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Fully bound in blue-green cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt and red. Map-endpapers. Untrimmed fore-edge. 360pp. The volume, itself, is in very nice shape: there is a touch of sunning to the spine, the upper rear tip is mildly bumped, and there is light foxing to the endpapers. Otherwise clean, square, and tight. No reading wear or previous owner's markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has touches of edgewear. The spine is sunned. There is creasing on the back panel as well as some age-toning; the white jacket flaps have fox-marks. The original price of $3.95 is still intact. "When Alexander The Great decided to give an elephant to his old teacher Aristotle, a problem of logistics arose. Alexander was in India and Aristotle was in Athens. Thousands of miles of blazing deserts, towering mountains, turbulent rivers, and savage, scarcely conquered peoples lay between; and Aias, the elephant, had to have his two… Read More

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. As New in an As New dustjacket. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in white. Duodecimo. Textured tan endpapers. 146pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. Absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is equally fine; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. "...'When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.'With that opening sentance we are introduced to the eleven-year-old heroine of 'Ellen Foster.'Ellen tells her own story, with an honesty, a perceptivity, and a quite un-selfconscious heroism. Her mother dies. She stays with her father until it becomes too dangerous. She lives with a teacher, a grandmother who blames her for her father's marriage, then with an aunt. At the close she discovers a home where at last she is wanted and… Read More

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. Uncorrected Proofs. In Near Fine condition. Tan wraps, interestingly produced of stitched signatures. A label bearing the publisher's information about the forthcoming novel is affixed to the front wrap. 146pps. There are a couple of slight ripples in the front wrap, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. A very nice, collector's-quality copy of an uncommon item. ".'When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.' With that opening sentance we are introduced to the eleven-year-old heroine of 'Ellen Foster.' Ellen tells her own story, with an honesty, a perceptivity, and a quite un-selfconscious heroism. Her mother dies. She stays with her father until it becomes too dangerous. She lives with a teacher, a grandmother who blames her for her… Read More

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 1987. Uncorrected Proofs. In Near Fine condition. Tan wraps, interestingly produced of stitched signatures. A label bearing the publisher's information about the forthcoming novel is affixed to the front wrap. 146pps. There are two faint and unobtrusive specks to the fore-edge, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. ".'When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.' With that opening sentance we are introduced to the eleven-year-old heroine of 'Ellen Foster.' Ellen tells her own story, with an honesty, a perceptivity, and a quite un-selfconscious heroism. Her mother dies. She stays with her father until it becomes too dangerous. She lives with a teacher, a grandmother who blames her for her father's marriage, then with an aunt. At the close she… Read More

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Uncorrected Proof. Near Fine in glossy pictorial wraps, trade-sized (pb). 302pps. The top corners of the front wrap and the first several pages are very slightly curled. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. SIGNED and dated ('98) by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. Includes the Review Slip from the publisher, laid in. A very nice, collector's-quality copy. ".When Tom Baker dies of a possible drug overdose, Kinky Friedman, who knew Baker probably better than anyone, suspects foul play. Adding to his suspicions is the fact that a documentary Baker had been making on Elvis impersonators has disappeared, along with the only person who has actually seen the film, Baker's assistant, Legs." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly… Read More

Washington D. C.: McGill & Witherow, 1864. In Very Good+ condition. 16pps. This pamphlet has been unbound. All pages are present and in excellent, clean condition with very little yellowing and with slight creasing to the corners. This is a transcript of the speech delivered by Sherman in the U.S. Sentate on February 2, 1864., in a time when many had grown weary of the long Civil War, when the death-toll had grown to grotesque levels, and when many in the Union (as would the Confederate Army, belatedly) wrangled over the possibility of using slaves as fresh sources for soldiering. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. Soft Cover.

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. (1910). In Near Fine condition. Bound in full, pictorial, colorfully-stamped cloth. Decorative red and black endpapers. 286pps., lavishly illustrated. This is a later printing, circa. 1960: the 'white linen' edition. Very light rubbing to the boards and to their extremities. Also, there is a small, unobtrusive dot -- as of ink -- on the fore-edge. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. Internally immaculate, as if unread; no previous owner's markings. A beautiful, bright copy of this children's classic.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Here is a 'double' story of Oz. While Dorothy, her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry experience the events that lead to their going to Oz to make their home in the Emerald City, the wicked Nome King is plotting to conquer Oz and enslave its people. Later we go with Dorothy and her friends in the Red Wagon on a grand tour of Oz that is simply packed with excitement and events."… Read More

New York: Harper, 1999. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. As stated on the second page, "This book is one of a limited number of copies.signed by the author". Pale green boards quarterbound in white cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Fore-edge untrimmed. 342pp. A flawless copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. In unread condition. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a small crinkle at the heel of the spine. The original price of $25.00 is still intact on the front flap. Buy with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. SIGNED by the Author. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.

New York: Lupton Publishing. In Very Good condition. Imitation half-bound burgundy cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Top-edge gilt. 203pps. There is mild rubbing to the cloth and modest wear to the tips and the spine-ends. The binding is slightly shaken, though sound, with all pages intact. Also, the bottom corner of some pages are crimped. This volume is undated, however -- according to the publisher's address on the title-page (Nos. 72 - 76 Walker St) -- it would have been published between 1894 -1899 (the only years Lupton did business at that address). A nice copy. With notes by Joseph Devey, M.A. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . FRANCIS BACON ESSAYS NONFICTION. Catalogs: NonFiction.

London: Chapman & Hall In Very Good+ condition. Bound in half red morocco over marbled boards. Five raised bands on the spine, with each compartment stamped decoratively in gilt. Top-edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Quarto. 293pps., with a frontispiece of the author. Undated (circa 1910). There is light rubbing to the edges of the binding, otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound; no foxing whatsoever and no previous ownership markings. From the Books of the Verulam Club. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. Half-Leather.

PA: The Franklin Library, 1988. A flawless, collector's-quality copy, still in the publisher's shrinkwrap with all attendant materials. Reddish-brown leather binding, stamped on all sides in gilt and green. Raised bands on the spine. All edges gilt. Also, beautiful decorative endpapers and a silk ribbon bookmark. 272pp. Printed and personally signed exclusively for members of The Signed First Edition Society. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Full-Leather. ISABEL ALLENDE EVA LUNA SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS LEATHERBOUND BOOKS LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE LITERARY COLLECTIBLE BOOKS NOVELS. Catalogs: SIGNED, Leatherbound/Franklin/Easton, Literature, Latin-American, Literature & Fiction, U.S.A..

West Kingston, RI: Donald M. Grant, 1982. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Bound in full black cloth. The spine is stamped in metallic red. Decorative 'skull' endpapers. 123pps., with several black and white drawings. This is book #496 of 750 Signed by both the author and the artist on a limitation page. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight,square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed at the extremities; the original price (15.00) is intact.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "A short and violent detective novel, written in the hardboiled detective style of the 1930's and '40's. Its setting is contemporary New Haven, Connecticut -- an area familiar to its author, who has spent almost all of his life in that southern New England city, and has used it frequently as a locale for his… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC / Thomas Dunne, 1987. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is gilt-stamped. 250pp. An excellent copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light rubbing and edgewear; the original price (16.95) is intact. ".The inexplicable murder of Member of Parliament Gerald Culver mystifies the small resort village of Amblesea, England, and stuns Annie Maddox, proprietress of the Wellington Hotel, as she listens to the news in shocked disbelief. But the murder completely baffles Harry Lambert, ex-policeman and reluctant private eye. He enters a world that whirls with suspicion and fear against the opposing backdrops of a plush and luxurious conference center and the bleak and weather-torn boardwalk. Three grisly murders later, Lambert deduces that Annie is the only link between all four murders. But the more evidence… Read More

As New in an As New dust jacket. Bound in full black cloth. Both the spine and the decorative front panel are stamped in silver. Blood-red endpapers. 243pps. Large format. First Limited Edition Printing. This is a flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square and bright. All tips are sharp. Absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dust jacket is also As New. This is one of only 775 copies (#421) SIGNED by the author on a limitation page for members of the Cemetery Dance Book Club and never offered for retail sale. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request. 41-B. Seller Inventory # 422-6020