Category: Literature & Fiction

Haec Sancta Ars : Incunabula in the Detroit Public Library

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Friends of the Detroit Public Library : 1993

Seller ID: 21706

Condition: Near Fine

36 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall softcover, tan laid covers, 36 unnumbered pages, printed throughout in black with red highlights, select bibliography, 47 specimens of incunabula listed and described in detail. ; Forewords by Janet Whitson and Samuel Gatteno. ; Bibles, liturgies, histories, literature, etc, printed in first 100 years after invention of printing in Europe. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. No marks or major defects. ; Holiday Keepsake Series; Vol. 40
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How to Live with a Calculating Cat

By: Gurney, Eric; Illustrated by Eric Gurney

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Prentice-Hall : 1966

Seller ID: 23407

ISBN-13: 9780584105179

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Good dust jacket

124 pages; 4to (10") 27 cm; Hardcover, black boards, pink lettering, 124 unnumbered pages profusely illustrated in b/w with humorous cartoon cats (and some silly dogs and humans) ; Copyright 1962. This is 7th printing, March, 1966. ; Book shows only a touch of shelfwear. Jacket is clipped, lightly faded, and has three closed tears, long ago repaired with cellophane tape, which has since fallen off, leaving pale stains. Otherwise jacket is all present and all readable.
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Overload

By: Hailey, Arthur

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company : 1979

Seller ID: 23739

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

443 pages; 8vo (8.5") 23 cm; Sprawling novel set in northern California involving public utilities, environmental terrorism, and (egad) adultery. ; Light edgewear only. Lacks jacket.
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Man Without a Country, the : Caldwell Edition

By: Hale, Edward Everett

Price: $16.00

Publisher: H. M. Caldwell Company : 1897

Seller ID: 21163

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

79 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Small hardcover, olive green cloth, gilt lettering; decor in gilt, orange and green; [xx] + 59 pages, 79 total pages, b/w frontispiece illustration on glossy plate. ; Originally published to great acclaim in 1863. This edition 1896, 2nd printing, 1897, with new preface by author. ; The Rev. Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an author, poet, staunch abolitionist, and longtime pastor of Old South Unitarian Church, Boston. ; Almost no sign of wear. Gilt on spine dull but readable. Front and rear look almost new. Owner name penned on front endpaper, very tiny. No oth...
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Gifted Sinners, the : Complete and Unabridged

By: Ham, Roswell G. Jr.

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Avon Books : 1954

Seller ID: 20255

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

191 pages; 16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Red and gold paperback, 191 pages, list of characters, all edges inked yellow. ; Avon T-139. Copyright 1952. This is 1st paperback edition, complete and unabridged, 1954. One of the classic raunchy novels of the 1950s. ; Spine very slightly creased. Otherwise appears unread. ; Avon Books T Series; Vol. 139
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Artes 1997 : An International Reader of Literature Art and Music, CD Included

By: Harding, Gunnar, and Bengt Jangfeldt, with Wilhelm Stenhammar

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Mercury House : 1997

Seller ID: 21793

ISBN-13: 9781562790981

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

140 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; White softcover with inner flaps, 140 pages, many b/w photos and illustrations, 11 artworks in full color on glossy pages. Includes audio CD in unopened pocket, MSCD 906, entitled Wilhelm Stenhammar, A Musical Portrait, with 68 minutes of music. ; Co-published in Sweden. American editor Pat Strachan. ; Anthology of literature, poetry, art, essays, music, etc, many different authors and creators. ; Only a touch of shelfwear. Appears unread. Scarce with CD. ; Artes Series; Vol. 4
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Album : Cherished Friendships

By: Hart, Mary W.

Price: $55.00

Publisher: J. C. Riker : 1854

Seller ID: 19189

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

120 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, 6.1 x 7.7 inches, 154 x 194 mm, red leather over spine, gilt decor and 'Album' on spine, yellow textured boards, all edges gilt, about 120 unnumbered pages. ; This is an amazing unique item with 28 original poems in honor of one Mary W. Hart, written 1850s by various residents of Huntington county and Wabash county, Indiana. Some are quite extensive, with rich imagery and clever rhymes. Book also includes 6 decorative b/w engravings, as issued. ; Includes original poems by M. W. Ridgway, New Holland, Wabash county, Indiana, 1854; Viola Ridgway, New Hol...
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English Journal, The, Volume 18, Number 2, February 1929 : Official Organ of the National Council of Teachers of English

By: Hatfield, W. Wilbur

Price: $16.00

Publisher: University of Chicago Press : 1929

Seller ID: 20985

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

88 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Orange softcover, 88 pages numbered 105-192, 2 short poems, 5 articles by various experts. ; Topics include: Sir J. M. Barrie by J. B. Priestley. The Ubiquious Placement Examination by Rufus A. Coleman. The High School Annual [Yearbook] by Charles H. Butler. The Problem of Standard Speech by Kemp Malone. Plus book reviews, letters to the editor, bibliography of plays for children, more. ; Exterior lightly sunned. Small chip to spine affecting the word Journal. Interior clean, binding tight.
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Ethan Brand, a Chapter from an Abortive Romance : And Other Stories

By: Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Bedford Clarke & Company : 1884

Seller ID: 22073

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

312 pages; 12mo (7.25") 15 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, gilt spine title, black decor, floral endpapers, 44 short works including short stories, poignant poems, brief essays, by Nathaniel Hawthorne and others. ; Ethan Brand, originally titled The Unpardonable Sin, quite a spooky story, was first published in 1852. This edition 1884. Caxton Edition stated. Other authors include Louis Gaylord Clark, Fanny Fern, Alice Cary and anonymous. ; Cloth shows light to moderate edgewear. Owner name and 1884 on front flyleaf in an old hand in faded ink. Main defect: most pages are age-toned (but not brittle...
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Mosses from an Old Manse : American Classic Series

By: Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Price: $22.00

Publisher: David McKay, Publisher : 1893

Seller ID: 21168

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

472 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, dark red cloth, gilt rules and lettering, 470 + 2 pages, top edge gilt, 25 short stories by the master of psychological drama and allegory. ; Originally published 1846. This very nice edition 1893. ; A touch of wear to heel and crown. Name in pen and ink on front endpaper in a very small hand. No other marks. Cloth on rear has a few very slight wrinkles, apparently a manufacturing error. Interior clean, binding tight. ; American Classic Series
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Unbecoming Habits

By: Heald, Tim

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Ballantine Books : 1980

Seller ID: 22474

ISBN-13: 9780345289025

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

188 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Blue paperback, 188 pages, all edges inked yellow. ; Originally published 1973. This is first Ballantine edition, July 1980. "Bumbling London detective Simon Bognor discovers a quite motley band of brothers, famed producers of honey, but one of them is a most un-Christian spy and killer." ; Spine rolled but intact. A few small spots to fore-edge. Scarce.
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Death in the Stocks

By: Heyer, Georgette; Illustrated by Mitchell Hooks

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Bantam Books : 1971

Seller ID: 22561

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+

217 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Paperback, 217 pages, all edges inked yellow. ; Originally published 1935. This edition 1970, 4th printing, 1971. Vol-1 of a series of Inspector Hannasyde novels. "Murder stalks the English countryside." ; Front cover shows a faint crease, rear cover lightly sunned, pages starting to yellow from age, name penned on front page, spine slightly rolled but readable. Binding tight.
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Shadows on the Bay : Large, Easy to Read Type

By: Holland, Rebecca (Ruby Horansky)

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Popular Library : 1977

Seller ID: 22452

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+

222 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Paperback, 222 pages, all edges inked yellow, printed in 14-point type. ; "The art world inspires a masterpiece of romantic suspense! Sara Winton jumped at the chance to be assistant curator of the famous Worlon Art Institute, located in a majestic, isolated castle." ; Intact but covers and edges are spotted, owner name wriiten inside twice. Scarce.
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You Can't Take it with You, so Eat it Now ! : Everyday Strategies from Sylvia (Signed)

By: Hollander, Nicole

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Vintage Books/Random House : 1989

Seller ID: 24021

ISBN-13: 9780679722366

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

128 pages; 16mo (6") 16 cm; Oblong softcover, 128 pages, about 80 b/w cartoons, some with more than one panel, some featuring cats or dull men. Half-title page SIGNED by Nicole Hollander and Sylvia and stamped with a red-lip kiss. ; Midlife crisis? Not the ultra-feminist Sylvia! ; Very minor wear to tips. Spine faded but readable. No marks apart from autograph.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Year Book, The

By: Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin & Company : 1894

Seller ID: 20859

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

190 pages; 16mo (6.75") 17 cm; Small hardcover, green cloth, gilt lettering and decor, all edges inked green, green endpapers, frontispiece b/w photo of author, about 190 unnumbered pages, one poem for each day of the year. ; Copyright 1889, 1894. ; Superb collection of short poems and poetic excerpts from the pen of the great Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr, a pioneer physician and rare humorist. ; Old gift note penciled on front blank page. No other defects. Appears unread. ; Laid in: two tiny clippings, each with one very droll joke.
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Tenderloin : The Shadow World of Prostitutes, Pimps and Penny Ante Grifters (Paperback Original, 1968)

By: Holt, Aram

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Dominion Publishing Company : 1968

Seller ID: 13050

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

190 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Full subtitle on front cover: 'Exploring the Seamy Side of Life, A Shadow World of Prostitutes, Pimps and Penny Ante Grifters'. ; Dominion Fact Book TNC 130. Reads like fiction. Publisher catalog in rear listing dozens of similar sexploitation titles. ; Light wear to edges of covers. Pages yellowed from age but not brittle. Otherwise clean and square, appears unread. Quite rare in any condition. ; Dominion Fact Book Series; Vol. 130
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Poetical Works of Thomas Hood, the : Enlarged and Revised Edition (Humorous and Epic Poems, 1886)

By: Hood, Thomas

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell : 1886

Seller ID: 5416

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

608 pages; 8vo (9") 23 cm; For lovers of old-time humor. Poetical Works of Thomas Hood, Enlarged and Revised Edition, published by NY: Thomas Y. Crowell. Very attractive original full green cloth, black decor and gilt lettering. Dark green endpapers. Exterior states Thomas Hood's Poems. ; One of the most popular poets of his day. Includes Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, dedicated to Charles Lamb, and about 30 other epic and dramatic poems, plus about 80 humorous poems. ; Light exterior wear. No date but 'My daughter, Christmas 1886, Pontiac Mich' penned in old ink on front blank page. Pages bro...
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Mississippi Bubble, 1e, First Edition, 1902 : How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and Set and Rose Again, by a Woman's Grace, for One John Law of Lauristan, a Novel

By: Hough, Emerson; Illustrated by Henry Hutt

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Bowen-Merrill Company : 1902

Seller ID: 8219

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

452 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, dark gray-green ribbed cloth, striking silver lettering and decor. 6 glossy b/w illustrations including frontispiece. 17-page publisher catalog at rear. ; Same date, no other printings. Based on true events. Complete subtitle: 'How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and Set and Rose Again, by a Woman's Grace, for One John Law of Lauristan, a Novel'. ; Front endpaper notation dated Dec 25, 1902. Laid in: old strip of paper, on which is written in old ink, 'Love to mamma for a very happy birthday'. One blank rear page corgorbled. Book shows light edgewear. No...
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Sowers of the Thunder, The

By: Howard, Robert E.; Illustrated by Roy G. Krenkel

Price: $32.00

Publisher: Donald M. Grant : 1973

Seller ID: 22629

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

285 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Hardcover, black cloth, silver lettering, 285 pages, top edge inked black, sumptuously illustrated endpapers, full-color frontispiece, 4 full-page b/w illustrations, over 200 small b/w illustrations in text. ; Four tales of adventure originally published 1930s (The Lion of Tiberias ; The Sowers of the Thunder ; Lord of Samarcand ; The Shadow of the Vulture) by the creator of Conan. This edition 1973. Large print not stated but print is about 14 points. Introduction, illustrations and decorations by Roy G. Krenkel. ; No defects to book. Jacket shows only minor shelf...
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Register, the : Farce

By: Howells, William Dean

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin & Company : 1893

Seller ID: 9292

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

91 pages; 24mo (5.25") 14 cm; Small hardcover (3.75 x 5.25 inches) 95 x 135 mm, dark green cloth decorated in black and gilt, all edges orange, 91 pages, ads for authors other books on endpapers. ; Copyright 1893 and 1884. Title page date 1893. ; Satirical dialogues set in boarding house on imaginary Melancthon street, Boston. William Dean Howells lived 1837-1920, poet, dramatist, literary critic, author of Rise of Silas Lapham and other popular books; columnist for Harper's Magazine 1900-1920, active Unitarian. ; Gift note penned on front blank page in old ink ('Three I love I say, Wells B. I...
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Category: Literature & Fiction