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Harper's Story Books - A series of narratives, dialogues, biographies, and tales, for the instruction and entertainment of the young

By: Abbott, Jacob

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers: 1856

Seller ID: 027253

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First edition, illustrated with engravings. Red cloth boards with blind stamped lettering and decoration on front and rear covers, gold lettering and embellishmen on spine. Quite clean, tiny spots of wear to top and bottom spine edges. Binding is tight, hinges are sound. Yellow glossy endpapers with previous owner name and date (1861) neatly penned on front free endpaper. Additional name neatly penned at top edge of Chapter 1. Pages and illustrations are clean. 160 pages.
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The Iron Wolf and Other Stories

By: Adams, Richard

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Allen Lane/Penguin: 1980

Seller ID: 001127

ISBN: 071391341X

Binding: Cloth Bds

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition. Very clean brown cloth boards with no bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 142 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Fiction.
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The Town Cats and Other Tales

By: Alexander, Lloyd

Price: $14.00

Publisher: New York, E. P. Dutton: 1977

Seller ID: 028747

ISBN: 0525414304

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Slight fading to edges; no fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no previous owner names or marks. Illustrated by Laszlo Kubinyi. 126 pages + "About the Author" and "About the Artist." Beautifully illustrated jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped, slight browning to upper two inches of rear panel only. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A grand master of storytelling outdoes...
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Crime and Mr. Campion

By: Allingham, Margery

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Garden City, NY, Doubleday: 1937

Seller ID: 026061

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Book Club Edition in dust jacket. Very clean mint green boards with crisp red lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with red top stained upper page edges, clean blank endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 575 pages. Clean dust jacket has a few small edge chips. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Three of Margery Allingham's finest mystery stories are collected in this book: Death of A Ghost; Flowers for the Judge; and Dancers In Mourning.
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Servants of the Map

By: Barrett, Andrea

Price: $15.00

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

Seller ID: 014204

ISBN: 0-393-04348-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

First Edition, First Printing in clean dust jacket. Very clean beige marbled boards with gold print of author's signature on front and metallic lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square. Pages, edges and endpapers are clean and bright with no writing or marks. Endpapers are textured dark green. Dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped. 270 pgs.
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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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The Far Whistle - and Other Stories

By: Beck, Warren

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Yellow Springs, OH, Antioch Press: 1951

Seller ID: 017940

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition in original dustjacket, signed by author. Clean unfaded brown cloth boards with clean unchipped paper label on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Signed by the author on title page; also inscribed by him on front free endpaper: "With warm regards to Barbara and Hugh from Warren, in pleasant recollection of our acceptance at Bread Loaf. " 224 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has a few faint water droplet markings to spine only, some fading to lettering on spine (still legible), very shallow c...
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Mosby's Memoirs & Other Stories

By: Bellow, Saul

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1968

Seller ID: 002383

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean blue hardbound book (beige cloth spine). Pages and edges are clean. P/O name on half-title. Clean dustjacket with some closed edge tears, not price clipped, has small spot of glue residue from price sticker. Enclosed in new mylar cover.Fiction.
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Him With His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories

By: Bellow, Saul

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1984

Seller ID: 005813

ISBN: 0-06-015179-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight & square. No names, writing or bookplates. Pages and edges are clean. Clean dustjacket has not been price clipped, is unchipped, with mere hint of wear at top of spine (no tears). Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Short Stories.
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A Book of Islands

By: Bowman, John S. (Editor)

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Garden City, Doubleday & Co.: 1971

Seller ID: 016748

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Edition. Clean khaki cloth boards with brown lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean brown endpapers; no names, writing or bookplates. 345 pgs. with index. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped, tiny shallow water mark at base of spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. An anthology of short stories, all with islands as the setting, by authors such as Daniel Defoe, Jules Verne, Washington Irving, Golding, among others. 8vo. Literature.
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Tooth and Claw

By: Boyle, T. C.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 2005

Seller ID: 014612

ISBN: 0-670-03435-5

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Very clean black boards with red lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 284 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears, hint of slightest edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Short Stories.
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Erskine Caldwell's Gulfcoast Stories

By: Caldwell, Erskine

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, Little Brown: 1956

Seller ID: 009011

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Very clean green boards with black lettering on spine. No fraying, very light corner wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. 248 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is not price clipped, has short closed edge tears, slight wear at top of spine, surface abrasion at lower spine. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Fiction.
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The Star Cafe

By: Caponegro, Mary

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1990

Seller ID: 012896

ISBN: 0-684-19113-X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean turquoise boards with black cloth spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 180 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Winner of the General Electric Young Writers Award, a strikingly original debut for Mary Caponegro offering three stunning stories and one breathtaking novella linked by the theme of transformation. 8vo. Short Stories.
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World of Apples

By: Cheever, John

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, Alfred Knopf: 1973

Seller ID: 018762

ISBN: 0394483464

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

"First Edition" stated on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Clean black cloth boards with unchipped gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 174 pp. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped (5.95 on front inside flap), unchipped, no tears. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories

By: Cisneros, Sandra

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1991

Seller ID: 027312

ISBN: 0394576543

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Collectible quality SIGNED first edition, first printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Rust brown boards with dark blue cloth spine, metallic lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers - no previous owner markings. Boldly signed by author on the title page. 165 pages.
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High-Stepping Horses

By: Clarke, Frances E.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Macmillan: 1961

Seller ID: 028009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stated First Printing in clean dust jacket. Very clean mustard-yellow boards with orange high-stepping horse on cover, clean orange cloth spine with gold lettering. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 210 pages. Dust jacket with price intact (3.95 on front inside flap), no chips, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A special treasury of all-time favorite horse stories by famous authors such as Mark...
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A Glimpse of Sion's Glory & Other Stories

By: Colegate, Isabel

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Viking Press: 1985

Seller ID: 012727

ISBN: 0-670-80897-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Clean cream colored boards with black cloth spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean. 153 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, very short closed edge tear at top edge of rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Three long and beautiful stories: A beautiful girl of Bohemian habits precipitates an uncontrollable drama in a quiet provinicial town in 1938; an American scientist's expedition to Siberia in the early 1950s seems to open a completely unexpected possibility for the hum...
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A Treasury of Irish Folklore

By: Colum, Padraic (Editor)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Crown Publishers, Inc.: 1954

Seller ID: 027478

Condition: Very Good

First Edition, SIGNED by Padraic Colum, in original unclipped dust jacket. Green cloth boards with darker green lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Very slight trace of soiling. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean (faint water stain to top text block edges), with clean endpapers. Signed "Padraic Colum" on front free endpaper; tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. 620 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped, has shallow chipping at spine ends, a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new...
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The Wager and Other Stories

By: Corkery, Daniel

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Devin-Adair: 1950

Seller ID: 022623

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in clean original jacket. Clean red cloth boards with silver illustration on cover, silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with wood engravings by Elizabeth Rivers. 192 pages. Dust jacket is clean with slight edge wear and a few short closed edge tears, price clip at upper corner of front inside flap. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Sixteen of this Irish author's stories (considered his very best) are published i...
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The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories

By: Craig, Patricia

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Oxford University Press: 1990

Seller ID: 027710

ISBN: 0192141872

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

As new condition hardcover book in clean dust jacket. Gift quality. Unfaded black cloth boards with bright gold lettering and border on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. 554 pages with biographical notes. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A fine collection of 33 stories showing the scope, vigour, and enduring fascination of the detective story, as well as indicating its importance as a bar...
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Category: Short Stories/Anthologies