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1100 Obscure Points - The Bibliographies of 25 English and 21 American Authors

By: Schwartz, Dr. Jacob

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, The Ulysses Book Shop: 1931

Seller ID: 028182

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Limited Edition ("This copy is No. 333 of the First Edition Limited to 666 Numbered Copies"). Yellow-orange cloth-covered boards with bevelled edges, gold lettering on cover and spine. Light soiling from handling. Wear to corners. Binding is tight, hinges are sound - no cracking. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Erratum slip at Page 4. Foreword by the author. 95 pages. Excellent book for the bookseller or collector of classic writers such as Poe, Thoreau, Twain, Whitman, Dreiser, Yeats, D. H. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley and many more.
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The Passionate Pirate

By: Strouse, Norman H.

Price: $400.00

Publisher: North Hills, PA, Bird & Bull Press: 1964

Seller ID: 014430

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

LIMITED EDITION of which this is No. 14. Very clean brown patterned boards with brown leather spine, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean. Printed and bound by the Bird & Bull Press at North Hills, Pennsylvania. The text is printed on 17 x 22 "Mosher" hand-made paper and set in Janson, Centaur and Arrighi types. The story of Thomas Bird Mosher, famous publisher of fine small press books; illustrated, including wood-cut portrait of Thomas Mosher. 91 pgs. A beautiful book, a true collectible for any admirer of fine books...
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Bookless In Baghdad: Reflections On Literature, Writing, And Writers

By: Tharoor, Shashi

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A., Arcade Publishing: 2005

Seller ID: 017077

ISBN: 1-55970-757-7

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing, with full number line on copyright page. Very clean blue boards with bright silver lettering on spine. Tiny bump to lower spine corner edge. Binding is tight & crisp, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean blue endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 277 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. Part memoir, part essay, part literary criticism by one of the best in a generation of Indian authors. Shashi Tharoor tells us what Iraqis go through in their beleaguered land merely ...
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Books from Chapel Hill - A Complete Catalogue 1923-1945

By: University of North Carolina Press

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC, The University of North Carolina Press: 1946

Seller ID: 022821

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in original dustjacket. Clean blue cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Hint of surface wear at spine corners. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 206 pages. Dust jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has shallow chipping at top and bottom spine edges. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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An Occupation for Gentlemen

By: Warburg, Fredric

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts, Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press: 1960

Seller ID: 028220

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Stated First Printing in clean original dust jacket. Clean red boards with beige cloth spine, red and brown lettering on spine. 1/4" closed tear at top spine edge, else no wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, small previous owner date (6-2-60) penned at top corner of front frfee endpaper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 288 pages with index. Clean jacket is price clipped at upper corner of front inside flap, has long closed diagonal tear to rear panel which has been carefully taped on blank side of dust jacket, a...
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Imprint of a Publisher: The Story of Frank Gannett and His Independent Newspapers

By: Williamson, Samuel T.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Robert M. McBride & Co.: 1948

Seller ID: 008731

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean green cloth boards with gold title box on spine. No fraying or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Presentation plate on front fixed endpaper to Charles A. Mattison by Rochester Times Union. Pages are clean. 308 pgs. Clean dustjacket is not price clipped, has closed tear at front spine fold extending into spine, small closed tear at base of spine fold, small corner chips. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. 8vo. Biography.
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The Romance of Great Books and Their Authors

By: Winterich, John T.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Halcyon House: 1929

Seller ID: 001235

Binding: Cloth Bds

Condition: Very Good

374 pgs. VG Green cloth, gilt lettering & decoration on spine. Spine and cover edges faded. Clean and tight, nicely illustrated. First published under title of "Books and the Man".Books on Books.
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The Shadow of the Wind

By: Zafon, Carlos Ruiz

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, Penguin Press: 2004

Seller ID: 028733

ISBN: 1594200106

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

First Edition, First Printing with full number line, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean teal paper-covered boards with gold author initials on cover, burgundy spine with gold lettering. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Translated by Lucia Graves. 487 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, one very tiny closed edge tear(1/16"), not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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