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Hurricane Years

By: Cameron, Hawley

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Boston, Little Brown & Co: 1968

Seller ID: 13016

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; [SIGNED] 1968 Little Brown HC/DJ 1st edition. Warmly inscribed by Hawley to author and fellow prominent Lancaster PA figure, Samuel Slaymaker. Solid clean copy in a clean neat dust jacket with just mild rub at spine ends and edges. VG+/VG; Signed by Author
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Mothers, Tell Your Daughters Stories

By: Campbell, Bonnie Jo

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, W. W. Norton & Company: 2015

Seller ID: 33116

ISBN: 0393248453

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 272 pages; 1st printing. New copy from publisher's sales representative stock. New in dust jacket
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Mother Raspberry.

By: Careme, Maurice and Marie Wabbes (Illust)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, Thomas Crowell Co: 1969

Seller ID: 15276

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

4to 11" - 13" tall; Larger format HC/DJ. 1st American edition. In color pictorial cloth and matching pictorial dust jacket. Very tight in the spine; feels unread. Prior ownership name stamp to the blank front endpage of the office for Curriculum, Lutheran Church, Missouri. Jacket price clipped front flap and with a tiny closed tear top edge of cover panel. All else about as new. Fresh attractive copy, marred only by the several line typographic ownership ink stamp at front. VG++/VG++. ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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Gaston Lachaise; Portrait Sculpture

By: Carr, Carolyn Kinder & Margaret C.S. Christman & Alan Fern & Gaston Lachaise

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, DC, National Portrait Gallery: 1985

Seller ID: 21435

ISBN: 0874743052

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

B&W Photographs; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 170 pages; Large-format paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Bright, snug and clean; no marks. Mildly reader-creased spine. Illustrated with B&W photographs. VG++ ... Oversize book may require additional charges for expedited or international shipping.
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Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

By: Carroll, Lewis & John Tenniel & Gertrude A. Kay (Illusts)

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott: 1923

Seller ID: 31943

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Color Plates and b/w drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 241 pages; Presumed 1st edition thus. Soundly bound in original red cloth with pictorial design stamped to cover in black; title lettering to cover and spine in gilt. Spine lettering dulled with fading to but with titles still readily legible. Cloth a bit toned/faded at spine; some crimping and trace fray to cloth at spine ends and corner tips. Some shallow silverfish pitting to the top edge of the page block. Contents soundly bound and neat with a gift inscription penned to the blank verso of the front flyleaf. Handsomely illustrated ...
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Going Down with Janis

By: Caserta, Peggy & Dan Knapp

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, Lyle Stuart: 1973

Seller ID: 40791

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket

0818401567 Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 298 pages; 1st edition. Soundly bound and clean in original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $7.95 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Prior owner bookplate to front endpage. Dust jacket a bit toned at spine and edges with rubbing to edges. Nicks and mild fray to jacket at spine ends along with a tiny chip top edge of the front panel and a pair of short closed tears top edge of rear panel. Uncommon memoir marketed at the time - but still relevant - for the author's close and intimate association with Joplin. VG+/VG-
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The Secret of 37 Hardy Street

By: Casey, Robert J

Price: $90.00

Publisher: New York, The Bobbs-Merrill Company: 1929

Seller ID: 38717

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages; 1st edition. Soundly bound in original pictorial dust jacket. Soundly bound in tahtched purple cloth with title panels in gilt to cover and with title lettering in gilt to spine. In scarce original pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $2 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Jacket moderately sunned at spine; with light general toning to surfaces and considerable rubbing and wear at edges. Shallow nicks and chipping along jacket edges and spine ends; scrunching and closed tears to jacket top front corner. See photos for jacket condition. Hardy's 1s...
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The Pussios and the Purr

By: Cautley, Helen and Bonham, Mary E. , (Illustrator)

Price: $110.00

Publisher: Ny: London: Montreal, Louis Carrier: 1929

Seller ID: Alibris.0004687

Binding: Hard cover

Condition: Good+

B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 80 pages; Louis Carrier & Co Medium large HC (4to) with large color title panel on paper mounted to cover board. Original blue cloth; spine unlettered, as issued. 1st edition. Square sound copy; gift inscription neatly penned to front illustrated end page. Cloth rubbed and just a little frayed at corners and spine end. Cover title illustration generally bright and clean with a small "half-dime" sized abrasion and a bit of shelf soiling apparent in the whites. A few pages with mild thumb soiling at fore margins and one page opened a bit ro...
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A King and a Few Dukes

By: Chambers, Robert W.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons: 1896

Seller ID: 37617

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

363 pages; 1st edition. In publisher's original blue cloth with title design in cream and gold. Endpages with partial splitting in the hinges; text block soundly bound and generally neat. Prior owner name and 1907 date penned to front flyleaf; mild soiling to endpages. Cloth a bit toned at spine with dulling to the title lettering. Published shortly after his "King in Yellow" this is one of Chambers' historical novels, uncommon the 1st edition. G+
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You Remind Me of Me

By: Chaon, Dan

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books: 2004

Seller ID: 24690

ISBN: 0345441419

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 356 pages; Paperback is tight, bright and fresh in glossy pictorial covers. Just a hint of wear to exteriors. Appears and feels unread; about as new. An uncorrected proof/ advance reader's edition. VG++
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The Horse-Stealers, and Other Stories

By: Chekhov, Anton and Constance Garnett (Trans. )

Price: $185.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Co.: 1921

Seller ID: 26024

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 312 pages; Very handsome copy is bright, snug and very neat in original dark green cloth with title lettering very brightly in gilt to spine and in blind to upper board. Just trace shelf rub to cloth at tips. Mounted to the front pastedown is the attractive pictorial bookplate of book collector, Redmond Conyngham, designed and engraved by noted historian of American printmaking, David McNeely Stauffer. A few pages opened a little roughly at front edge with a few more remaining unopened. An exceptionally nice copy. NF
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The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories

By: Chekhov, Anton and Constance Garnett (Trans. )

Price: $165.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Company: 1922

Seller ID: 26025

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 308 pages; Very handsome copy is bright, snug and very neat in original dark green cloth with title lettering very brightly in gilt to spine and in blind to upper board. Just trace shelf rub to cloth at tips. Mounted to the front pastedown is the attractive pictorial bookplate of book collector, Redmond Conyngham, designed and engraved by noted historian of American printmaking, David McNeely Stauffer. An exceptionally nice copy. NF
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The Affair; A Jack Reacher Novel

By: Child, Lee

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press: 2011

Seller ID: 38949

ISBN: 0385344325

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 405 pages; 1st printing. HC/DJ. Inscribed and signed by Child on the title page. Bright, snug and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with publisher's $28 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Just a whisper of shelf evidence to jacket edges. NF/NF; Signed by Author
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Never Go Back; [Enigmatic Authorial Inscription - Signed]

By: Child, Lee

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press: 2013

Seller ID: 38950

ISBN: 0385344341

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 416 pages; 1st printing. Enigmatic authorial inscription top edge of title page - "Reacher - Susan Turner is your Irene Adler" [Holmes reference]. Signed by Child to the bottom edge of the same page. Bright, tight and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket with $28 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. NF/NF; Signed by Author
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Nothing to Lose [SIGNED - with Inscription]

By: Child, Lee

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press: 2008

Seller ID: 38951

ISBN: 0385340567

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 407 pages; 1st printing. Author's topical inscription top edge of title page - "To Steve - Reacher did nothing" and signed by Child along the bottom edge of the same page. Snugly bound and neat in crisp edged and bright pictorial dust jacket with $27 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. Prior owner's ink stamp bookplate to front flyleaf. Trace shelf evidence to jacket edges. VG++/VG++ or better; Signed by Author
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Worth Dying For [SIGNED - with inscription]

By: Child, Lee

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press: 2010

Seller ID: 38952

ISBN: 0385344317

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 384 pages; 1st printing. Authorial inscription to front endpage - "To Steve - It's worth reading, and it's worth dying for!" and signed by Child along the bottom edge of the same page. Snugly bound and very neat, with just trace shelf evidence to jacket edges which retains publisher's $28 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. 2010 invoice from B&N 17th St NYC presumably site of the signing. NF/VG++; Signed by Author
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Personal [SIGNED - with inscription]

By: Child, Lee

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, Delacorte Press: 2014

Seller ID: 38953

ISBN: 0804178747

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket

Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 368 pages; 1st printing. Authorial inscription to front endpage - "To Steve - Reacher said nothing ..." and signed by Child along the bottom edge of the same page. Snugly bound and neat, with just trace shelf evidence to jacket edges which retains publisher's $28 issue price intact to unclipped front flap. VG++/NF; Signed by Author
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Gunga Din Highway

By: Chin, Frank

Price: $13.95

Publisher: Minneapolis, Coffee House Press: 1994

Seller ID: 18307

ISBN: 1566890373

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 418 pages; Uncorrected Proof in black & white pictorial card stock wraps. Tight, unread copy with just a hint of storage/shelf evidence at tips/ NF copy of the prepublication advance prrof copy.
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Widow's Point [Advance Uncorrected Proof]

By: Chizmar, Richard & Billy Chizmar

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Baltimore MD, Cemetery Dance: 2018

Seller ID: 36929

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 156 pages; [Advance Uncorrected Proof]. Pre-publication 1st printing in original glossy pictorial wraps. Bright tight and clean; appears unread. Trace shelf evidence to covers and a very slight curl to the cover at the front edge. VG++
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The Burden

By: Christie, Agatha and Mary Westmacott (Pseud)

Price: $17.50

Publisher: New York, Arbor House Publishing Company: 1972

Seller ID: 24672

ISBN: 0877950571

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

1972 Arbor House HC/DJ 1st US edition Square, sound and genrally neat. Unclipped dj is glossy and neat w/ just a touch of very light edge wear. Prior owner sticker ins cvr. Else unmarked. VG/VG; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages; Square, sound and genrally neat. Pictorial dust jacket is glossy and neat w/ just a touch of light shelf/handling wear to edges. Unknown publisher or retail sticker attached to the front pastedown. . Else unmarked. VG/VG
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