Category: Literature & Fiction

Trinity : A Novel of Ireland

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company : 1978

Seller ID: 21151

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

751 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Book Club Edition; Hardcover, dark green fabrikoid, 751 pages, several b/w maps and diagrams, monochrome endpaper maps. ; Book club edition stated on jacket flap. No dimple. Copyright 1976. We assume this unit was released in 1978. Code on jacket (1990) is not a date. ; Book shows only very light edgewear. Owner name penned on reverse of front free endpaper. Jacket has visible edgewear, one small chip, three small closed tears, but all readable.
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Re/Search No. 8/9 : J. G. Ballard (Re Search Number 8, 9)

By: Vale, Vale

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Re/Search Publications : 1989

Seller ID: 23393

ISBN-13: 9780940642089

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

172 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, 172 pages, appendix, 78 b/w photos and illustrations. Some nudes. ; Copyright 1984. This is 4th printing, October, 1989. Contents include 3 interviews, 8 short stories, 14 essays and reviews, biography, bibliography, more. Contributors include J. G. Ballard, David Pringle, Graeme Revell, William S. Burroughs. Photos by Bobby Neel Adams and Ana Barrado. ; Light edgewear only. Copyright page inscribed to Bill and SIGNED by author J. G. Ballard (James Graham Ballard).
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Search for the Rabbit, The, and What it Taught Allison : A New Report from Wonderland (Signed)

By: Valloglise, P. Luc

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Lorien House : 1988

Seller ID: 20098

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

138 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; White softcover, 138 pages, line drawings by author, 26 chapters, each featuring one letter of alphabet. Not written for children but suitable for all ages. ; Isbn 0934852553. Blurb: "Taking the wrong subway train in New York, Allison encounters a series of talkative characters leading her through the maze of Wonderland until it all begins to make sense." ; No defects to book. Front blank page inscribed and SIGNED by author. Scarce in any condition.
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Huszadik Szazad Masodik Feleben, a : In the Second Half of the Twentieth Century

By: Vatai Laszlo

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Vatai Laszlo : 1968

Seller ID: 23945

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

109 pages; 12mo (7.25") 19 cm; HUNGARIAN text throughout. Softcover, gray covers, 109 + 3 pages, 11 pieces. We don't read Hungarian but some appear to be essays, some short stories. ; Published by author in Detroit, Michigan. ; Only a touch of wear. No marks, no tears, no defects of any kind.
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Mysterious Island, the : Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth

By: Verne, Jules; Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth

Price: $185.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons : 1920

Seller ID: 23150

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

493 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Tall hardcover, green cloth, full-color paste-down on front depicting characters on runaway balloon, 493 pages, many b/w illustrations in text, monochrome illustrated endpapers, 16 superb full-color illustrations on glossy plates including title page and paste-down. ; Originally published 1874. This edition, with new illustrations, 1918. This printing dated 1920. ; During the American Civil War, a group of refugees are deposited on a mysterious volcanic island and fight for survival against harsh nature and pirates. A sequel of sorts to Twenty Thousand Leagues Und...
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Daffodil Murder, The

By: Wallace, Edgar

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Triangle Books : 1938

Seller ID: 21355

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

305 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, black lettering, blue endpapers, 305 pages. ; Copyright 1921. This edition May, 1938. ; A classic mystery-thriller by the famed and prolific British author of King Kong. ; Almost no sign of use. Cloth on spine very slightly faded. Pages starting to yellow from age. No marks. Lacks jacket. Binding tight. ; With this item you will also get three additional Edgar Wallace mystery-thrillers, all vintage hardcovers in similar condition: The Hairy Arm, The Secret House, The Strange Countess.
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Robert Elsmere

By: Ward, Mary Augusta (Mrs. Humphrey Ward)

Price: $30.00

Publisher: John B. Alden, Publisher : 1895

Seller ID: 20169

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

657 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, brown cloth, black decor, gilt title on spine, 657 pages. ; Mrs. Humphrey Ward (1851-1920) was one of the most popular novelists of the late 19th century. This, her most famous novel, originally published 1888, was loosely based on life of radical Unitarian minister Moncure Daniel Conway. Mrs. Ward herself was also Unitarian but a staunch opponent of woman suffrage. This novel was an enormous bestseller in its day and controversy swirled around it for years. ; Cloth shows light edgewear mainly at heel and crown. No marks. Spine slightly misshapen but i...
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Zenobia ; Or, the Fall of Palmyra : In Letters of L. Manlius Piso, from Palmyra, to His Friend, Marcus Curticus, At Rome

By: Ware, William

Price: $25.00

Publisher: John B. Alden, Publisher : 1892

Seller ID: 16200

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

191 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Dark brown cloth, black lettering and decor, 191 pages, main text in 2 columns. ; Historical romance, a ficionalized account of Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra (Syria, Palestine, Egypt and other areas) who went to war against the Roman Empire in the 3rd Century. ; Originally published in 1836. This edition dated 1892. Owner name on front endpaper dated 1898. This was a popular book in its time and was reprinted often; exact number of this printing is unknown. ; Written by the Rev. William Ware (1797-1852) who was perhaps more famous as a novelist than as a Unitarian min...
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Day of the Locust, The

By: West, Nathanael, with Budd Schulberg

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Time Inc : 1965

Seller ID: 21358

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

168 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Softcover, stiff black and pink covers with chaotic illustrations, [xxiv] + 168 pages. ; Copyright 1939. This edition, with new introduction by Budd Schulberg, 1965. ; Dark, sprawling novel with dysfunctional human beings and mob violence set in 1930s Hollywood. Made into major film 1975 starring Donald Sutherland, Burgess Meredith, Karen Black, William Atherton. ; Lower tip of front cover missing. Spine slightly rolled. No other defects. Scarce edition. ; Time Reading Program Special Edition Series
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Youth Walks on the Highway : Limited Edition, 1930

By: Wetjen, Albert Richard; Illustrated by John Alan Maxwell

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Heron Press : 1930

Seller ID: 12947

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

69 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Hardcover, dark green cloth over spine, gilt lettering, brown and yellow patterned boards, deckle edges, b/w woodcut decorative initials throughout, and 11 b/w woodcut illustrations. Many nudes of both sexes but no highly explicit illustrations. ; First edition stated, also limited edition, number 664 of 750 stated. Erotica. F/m bondage story with woman dominatrix. ; Edges of boards quite worn. Foxing to a few leaves. No marks apart from limitation number in old ink. Binding tight.
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Pennsylvania Pilgrim, the : And Other Works

By: Whittier, John Greenleaf

Price: $58.00

Publisher: James R. Osgood & Company : 1872

Seller ID: 22075

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

129 pages; 12mo (7") 15 cm; Hardcover, green cloth over beveled boards, gilt lettering, dark brown endpapers, 129 pages, about 10 small b/w illustrations, introduction giving brief bio of Whittier's subject, Francis Daniel Pastorius, early German immigrant, founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania, famous anti-slavery activist. ; Same date. NAP. Main text is Whittier's the Pennsylvania Pilgrim, with endnotes, plus 12 other short poems. ; Cloth worn at heel and crown. Small chip to fore-edge of title page, not affecting any text. Owner initials in a small hand in fountain pen on rear blank page. One...
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Selected Poems of William Carlos Williams : Enlarged Edition with a New Introduction by Randall Jarrell

By: Williams, William Carlos, with Randall Jarrell

Price: $7.00

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation : 1969

Seller ID: 21614

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

174 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Softcover, b/w portrait photo on front, [xviii] + 174 pages, index, about 100 poems. ; NDP131. Originally published 1949. This is expanded edition, 1968, 6th printing, 1969. Brilliant introduction by Randall Jarrell. ; Very little wear. Pages starting to yellow from age. Several leaves lightly creased at upper tip. Three pages have a brief note penned in margin. No other defects. ; New Directions Paperbook Series; Vol. 131
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Marrying Too Late, a Tale : 1e, 1st Edition, 1857

By: Wood, George

Price: $22.00

Publisher: D. Appleton & Company : 1857

Seller ID: 20738

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

432 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Hardcover, brown blindstamped cloth, gold title on spine, 432 pages, dark brown endpapers, a few footnotes and endnotes. ; 'Dedicated to Our New Evangel, Dell-Eva, of Clifton, Ohio.' ; A rollicking 45-chapter novel with love, romance, Italian castles, mysterious counts, maidens in distress, and some truly odd proselytizing, by famous Baptist writer. ; This is an actual book from 1857, not a flimsy computer-generated fake. ; We have graded this item Fair. Cloth quite worn, chipped along lower front fore-edge. Front flyleaf has two names penned in very old ink. Front e...
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Jokes Every Woman Should Know

By: Worick, Jennifer

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Quirk Books : 2013

Seller ID: 20520

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

144 pages; 16mo (6") 16 cm; Small hardcover, red boards, gray endpapers, 144 pages, about 200 jokes and brief humorous quotations from famous woman comedians. ; No defects. No jacket.
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Uncrowned King, The : (1st Edition, 1910)

By: Wright, Harold Bell; Illustrated by John R. Neill

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Book Supply Company : 1910

Seller ID: 18349

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

118 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Small hardcover, red cloth, gilt lettering, 118 pages, 11 monochrome illustrations including 5 half-page illustrations, 6 full-page plates, depicting kings, princes, horses, castles, fairies, etc. ; 1st edtion, NAP. This is Wright's fourth novel and lists only his three previous titles. Illustrated by John Rea Neill, famous illustrator of Oz Books. ; Light edgewear. Gilt on front and spine all quite bright and sharp. Endpapers tanned with age. Rear endpaper creased, with two small closed tears.
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Category: Literature & Fiction