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The Seigneurs of La Saulaye

By: Abbott, Johnston

Price: $6.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan: 1928

Seller ID: 015531

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean red cloth boards with gold lettering and decorative title box on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers, with tiny previous owner name and date on front free endpaper. 379 pgs. Clean dustjacket with price intact ($2.50 on front inside flap), some corner clipping to front flap, slight wear to paper at top edge of spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. An historical French adventure story.
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The Golden Fleece ( La Toison D'or)

By: Achard, Amedee

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, L. C. Page & Co.: 1900

Seller ID: 008378

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean decorated blue cloth boards (illustration of two horsemen at a gallop), bright gilt lettering on cover and spine. Slight wear at spine corners, fraying started at bottom spine edge. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, no foxing. Small neatly penned 1903 previous owner inscription at top of front free endpaper. Frontis illustration with tissue guard; 5 additional illustrations. 435 pgs.
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Aeschylus I; Aeschylus II (Two volumes)

By: Aeschylus

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library: 1960

Seller ID: 025956

Two volume set from the seven-volume Greek Tragedy series in Modern Library editions. Both in clean original dust jackets, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar covers. (There are a few instances of marginal notes or underlining by a previous owner in these volumes). Both are edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. Descriptions follow: Aeschylus I - This is a first Modern Library edition with 393 titles listed on inverse of dust jacket, Toledano binding no 8. Clean light gray cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No fraying or wear; bindin...
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Balloon Top: A Novel of Growing Up in Japan

By: Albery, Nobuko

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Pantheon: 1978

Seller ID: 015551

ISBN: 0-394-50146-2

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean white cloth boards with purple lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 255 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has slight wear at top and bottom spine edge, slight vertical crease to front panel, no chips. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The story of a young girl growing up under the American occupation of Japan but coming of age during the tumultuous postwar sixties. 8vo. Japan.
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Jo's Boys

By: Alcott, Louis M.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Boston, Roberts Brothers: 1887

Seller ID: 020331

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Decorated brown cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Small spot of wear-through at top spine corner. Light soiling to boards. Binding is tight, no cracking, with slight lean. Clean floral endpapers. Small previous owner name neatly penned on back of frontispiece. Frontispiece portrait of author with clean original tissue guard. 365 pp. + advertising. "Copyright 1886, by Louis M. Alcott" on copyright page, 1887 on title page.
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Jo's Boys

By: Alcott, Louisa M.

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Boston, Roberts Brothers: 1886

Seller ID: 024409

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

First Edition. Green cloth boards with black, red and gold decoration, gold lettering. Very light soiling and wear. No fraying or wear-through. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Clean floral endpapers. Very lightly penciled name on blank fly leaf dated December 26th, 1886. Frontispiece portrait of Louisa M. Alcott with clean tissue guard. Copyright, 1886 by Louisa M. Alcott, 1886 on title page. Text block measures 1-1/16th width. 18 pages of publisher's advertising at rear of book.
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Heroes of the Empty View

By: Aldridge, James

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 1954

Seller ID: 014463

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean brown cloth boards with gold lettering on spine and small illustration of man on camel blind stamped on front cover. Binding is tight and square, no cracking. Pages, edges, and endpapers are clean and bright; no writing or marks. 428 pgs. Brightly colored orange dustjacket is not price clipped, has closed horizontal tear to spine and 2" vertically down to base along front spine edge. A few small closed tears along edges and some chipping to corners. Biography of author on rear panel. Jacket designed by Jean Carlu. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The Empty V...
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The Running Tide

By: Aleksander, Irina

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Duell, Sloan, & Pearce: 1943

Seller ID: 027030

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Tiny spots of wear at base of spine. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (slight browning), with small neatly penned previous owner name at top edge of front free endpaper. Translated from the Russian by Bernard Guilbert Guerney. 264 pages. Illustrated dust jacket is not price clipped, has shallow chipping at top edge of spine, a few short closed edge tears, some age-toning. Large photo of author on rear panel holding an elegant cigaret...
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The Zone of Interest

By: Amis, Martin

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred A. Knopf: 2014

Seller ID: 028576

ISBN: 0676977839

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Fine

Fine Stated First United States Edition in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean light green boards with blue-green spine, gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 306 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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This Generation: A Selection of British and American Literature from 1914 to the Present with Historical and Critical Essays

By: Anderson, George K. And Eda Lou Walton

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Scott, Foresman and Company: 1939

Seller ID: 016829

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean rust brown cloth boards with blue circular title box on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Very small previous owner name neatly penned at top edge of front free endpaper; no other marks. 975 pgs. with index of first lines. Includes works by Robert Frost, Henry Louis Mencken, George Santayana, Amy Lowell, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Gertrude Stein, Katherine Mansfield, Archibald MacLeish, Ezra Pound, Carl Sandburg, William Faulkner and many more. approx. 7" x 10". Literature.
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Archetypes of the Family in Literature

By: Armens, Sven

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Seattle - London, University of Washington Press: 1966

Seller ID: 014196

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean tan cloth boards with blue lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean and bright. Previous owner's name neatly penned on front free endpaper. Clean dustjacket is price clipped and has a few tiny closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Literature.
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The Swan of Usk

By: Ashton, Helen

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, MacMillan: 1940

Seller ID: 015046

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean green cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Nice sharp corners, no fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Previous owner name and address written on front fixed endpaper. 320 pgs. Clean unfaded dustjacket with price intact, slight wear at top and bottom spine edge, a few very short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Historical novel about the life of Henry Vaughan, Welsh Royalit soldier, country physician, mystic and poet. 8vo. Fiction.
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The Land of Rumbelow

By: Baker, Carlos

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1963

Seller ID: 016407

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, first printing, with "A" on copyright page. Unfaded red cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No fraying or wear; tiny bump to one corner tip. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 370 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, one very short edge tear at top rear panel edge, with just a hint of edge wear. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A novel about a man who has slowly surrendered to an overwhelming belief ...
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Servants of the Map

By: Barrett, Andrea

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, W.W. Norton & Co.: 2002

Seller ID: 014263

ISBN: 0-393-04348-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Clean marbled beige boards with gold lettering on tan spine. Author's name in gold on front cover. Binding is tight and square. Bumping to front top corner tip. Pages are clean and bright; clean endpapers with no writing or marks. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, small closed tear at upper front flap fold corner, soft wrinkle at same corner. 267 pgs. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover.Literature.
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A Window in Thrums

By: Barrie, J. M.

Price: $70.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd Mead: 1896

Seller ID: 023319

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Decorated American trade binding (signed binding - GWE - George Wharton Edwards). Clean green cloth boards with black, gold, green and white decoration on cover and spine. No bumping or fading; very tiny pinpoint spot of wear at lower spine corner. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with gilt top page edges, clean endpapers. No names, writing or bookplates. Illustrations by Clifton Johnson. Introduction by Clifton Johnson. 272 pages with glossary. Copyright 1896 by Dodd Mead on both title page and copyright page. Clear protective (removable) mylar cove...
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Auld Licht Idylls

By: Barrie, J. M.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chicago, Donohue, Henneberry & Co.: 1900

Seller ID: 024291

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Decorated American trade binding - no date of publication, circa 1900. Small book, size approx. 6" x 4-1/2". Clean brown cloth boards with elaborate silver decoration and circular title box on cover, silver lettering and decoration on spine. Mere hint of very light surface wear to spine corners, no fraying or fading. Binding is tight, pages are clean, with slight tanning. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 192 pages.
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The Exquisite Perdita

By: Barrington, E.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: New York, Dodd Mead: 1926

Seller ID: 014093

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean blue silk cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Tiny spot of wear at base of spine, very slight surface wear to corners. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean decorated endpapers. PRESENTATION EDITION, LIMITED TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY COPIES, SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER. Color frontis portrait of Perdita Robinson with clean tissue guard. Printed on high quality paper. 377 pgs.
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Once in Aleppo

By: Barton, Donald R.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1955

Seller ID: 015843

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean rust brown cloth boards with black title box, yellow lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Slightest hint of fading to lower front board corner. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean bright endpapers; no names, writing or marks. "A" on copyright page indicating first printing. 424 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has faint water stain to lower spine & rear corner of back panel, unchipped edges, narrow scratch/chip to lower rear corner panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A vividly romantic story moves at a live...
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Contemporary Southern Prose

By: Beatty, Richmond Croom and William Perry Fidler

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, D. C. Heath & Co.: 1940

Seller ID: 007829

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean green cloth boards with clean paper label on spine (unchipped). No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 614 pgs. Contains work by Faulkner, Marjorie Rawlings, Erskine Caldwell and other important contemporary southern writers. 8vo. Literature.
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Zuleika Dobson

By: Beerbohm, Max

Price: $12.00

Publisher: New York, Modern Library (Boni & Liveright): 1925

Seller ID: 021955

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Modern Library 116, early printing. Toledano binding no. 2. Brown faux leather flexible boards with gold Modern Library/BL logo on cover, gold lettering on spine. Small spot of wear-through to lower right spine corner. Binding is tight, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean Brodsky endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Introduction by Francis Hackett. 358 pages.
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Category: Literature