Category: Literature & Fiction

Pisma, Tom 1-6 : Works, Complete in 6 Volumes

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Polish American Book Company : 1943

Seller ID: 23224

Condition: Very Good in Poor dust jacket

1592 pages; 12mo (7.25") 1 cm; POLISH text throughout. Set of 6 volumes bound as 3 hardcovers, red cloth, black lettering, white jackets with author portrait on fronts, 271 + 232 + 254 + 320 + 317 + 252 pages, total of 1592 glossy pages. Some vols have footnotes or endnotes. ; Works by national poet of Poland, Adam Mickiewicz, 1798-1855. ; Tom Pierwszy, Ballady, Sonety, Powiastki, Wierszs Rozne i-iv. Tom Drugi, Wierszs Rozne v-vi. Tom Trzeci, Dziady. Tom Czwarty, Pan Tadeusz. Tom Piaty, Artykuly Literackie, Goethe i Byron, Wielka Tydzien, etc. Tom Szosty, Historyi Polskiej, Zywila, etc.; Books...
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Knight of the Golden Melice, the : A Historical Romance

By: Adams, John Turvill

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Derby & Jackson : 1857

Seller ID: 21161

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

473 pages; 12mo (7.5") 19 cm; Hardcover, olive green blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spine, pale yellow endpapers, [vi] + 473 + 2 pages, rag (cotton fiber) paper throughout. ; Copyright page 1856. Title page 1857. ; Set in New England in 1600s, starring gallant rogue who titles himself Knight of the Golden Melice (honeybee) defending Native Americans against self-righteous Puritans; a popular novel in mid-1800s. ; Cloth worn at tips. Mild to moderate foxing throughout. Gilt on spine worn but just readable. Front free endpaper missing. Binding intact. (Amazonbuyers please note: This is a ...
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Homebodies

By: Addams, Charles; Illustrated by Charles Addams

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Simon & Schuster : 1954

Seller ID: 23233

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

90 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, grayish-pink cloth over spine, black boards, [iv] + 90 pages, 2 color cartoons on endpapers, 90 macabre full-page b/w cartoons by the great Charles Addams ; Copyright 1954. This is 2nd printing, 1954.; Worn at tips. Front cover slightly discolored. A few very small spots here and there. Lacks jacket.
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Cheer : Lot of 6 Issues, 1963-1964

By: Advance Blueprint Company

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Advance Blueprint & Reproduction Company : 1963

Seller ID: 12031

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

16mo (6.5") 17 cm; Lot of 6 issues. Small softcover booklets, 4.75 x 6 inches, 119 x 163 mm, 16 pages per issue, with short jokes, humorous cartoons in b/w and monochrome throughout. ; Promotional item published by blueprint company in Detroit. Issues are: October 1963, January 1964, February 1964, March 1964, April 1964, July 1964. ; Very light edgewear. One issue has a few tiny spots to front cover, name in blue ballpoint on same, in small hand. Otherwise no marks. All bindings intact. Scarce.
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Prometheus Bound : Translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

By: Aeschylus, translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Liberal Arts Press : 1950

Seller ID: 24236

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

56 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Green softcover, 56 pages, concise introduction. ; Written by Aeschylus about 465 BCE. Translated in iambic pentameter by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1851. This is new edition with new introduction by Walter R. Agard, 1950. Series edited by Oskar Piest. ; Almost no wear. Two pages have small smudges to margins. No other marks or defects. Binding is tight and square. A scarce edition. ; Little Library of Liberal Arts Series; Vol. 24
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Ohne Wort : Not a Word

By: Aldebert, Bernard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Verlages Kurt Desch : 1954

Seller ID: 23776

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

128 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Softcover with jacket, 128 unnumbered pages, about 100 b/w humorous cartoons, each with 1 to 8 panels, none with words. ; Originally published in France as Sans Paroles, 1954. This is first German edition, 1954. ; Great gags from 16 top cartoonists including Sine, Gad, Jean Dejoux, Pouzet, Chaval, Michel Douay, Bernard Aldebert and more. ; No marks, no major defects, but light edgewear and a touch of foxing here and there.
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Music Master, the : A Love Story and Two Series of Day and Night Songs, with Nine Woodcuts . . .

By: Allingham, William; Illustrated by Arthur Hughes

Price: $15.00

Publisher: University Microfilms : 1967

Seller ID: 9403

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

221 pages; 12mo (7.25") 19 cm; Hardcover, teal-green cloth, [xvi] + 221 pages, color illustration on front paste-down, tan endpapers, 7 monochrome illlustrations and titles in magenta, otherwise text in black, 62 songs and ballads including title ballad. Texts only, no tunes. ; 7 woodcuts by Arthur Hughes, 1 by D. G. Rossetti, 1 by John E. Millais. ; Originally published in London, 1855. This is a fine quality facsimile reprint, 1967, with a new intrduction by C. A. P. ; A few tiny very pale spots to front paste-down. Otherwise clean and crisp, appears unread. Scarce. ; Legacy Library Facsimil...
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How to Pick Up Girls : Ivory Tower

By: Alterman, Ira; Illustrated by Marty Riskin

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Ivory Tower Publishing Company : 1982

Seller ID: 22817

ISBN-13: 9780880320276

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

48 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Tall softcover booklet, 48 pages, ridiculously funny text, 38 b/w photos and cartoons. Bound in, as issued, is a humorous sheet of paper intended to be used as gift wrapping. ; Copyright 1981. This is 5th printing, 1982. ; Risque humor. Not for the squeamish. Photos feature overweight men and women. No actual nudity but awfully close. ; Light edgewear, maintly to tips. No other defects. Scarce.
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Maledicta 11, the International Journal of Verbal Aggression : Volume 11, 1990-1995 (Volume XI)

By: Aman, Reinhold

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Maledicta Press : 1990

Seller ID: 22503

ISBN-13: 9780916500313

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

160 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Orange softcover, glossy covers. Scholarly articles on 'offensive' and 'derogatory' language. Topics include: Open letter to Janet Reno from editor (out of prison). Papua New Guinea. African folklore. Bigot '-ists'. Comedian responses to hecklers. Bowdlerization of Faulkner. Plus departments, other articles. ; Issn 0363-3659. ; No defects.
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Maledicta 3, the International Journal of Verbal Aggression : Volume 3, Numbers 1 and 2, 1979 (1 Volume)

By: Aman, Reinhold

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Maledicta Press : 1979

Seller ID: 3957

ISBN-13: 9780916500481

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

304 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Stiff orange softcover. 304 pages. Scholarly articles on 'offensive' and 'derogatory' language. Topics include: Gay terminology. Black Arts movement. Insults in Irish, Yoruba, Arabic, Spanish, Greek, English, Russian, Swiss German. Portuguese nicknames. Plus departments, other articles. ; Issn 0363-3659. ; No defects.
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Maledicta 5, the International Journal of Verbal Aggression (V) : Volume 5, Numbers 1 and 2, Summer and Winter 1981, Elias Petropoulos Festschrift (1 Volume)

By: Aman, Reinhold

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Maledicta Press : 1981

Seller ID: 22502

ISBN-13: 9780916500252

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

352 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Orange softcover. Scholarly articles on 'offensive' and 'derogatory' language. Topics include: Chinese. Tonga. French. Farsi. Dutch. Menomini (Native American) terms. Prison slang. Genital pet names. College sexual slang. Ethnic acronyms. Plus departments, other articles. ; Issn 0363-3659. ; Tiny spot on fore-edge, otherwise no defects.
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Maledicta 6, the International Journal of Verbal Aggression (VI) : Volume 6, Numbers 1 and 2, Summer and Winter 1982 (1 Volume)

By: Aman, Reinhold

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Maledicta Press : 1982

Seller ID: 3961

ISBN-13: 9780916500269

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

320 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Orange softcover, 320 pages, scholarly articles on 'offensive' and 'derogatory' language. ; Topics include: Canadian. Australian. Argentinian. Greek. Italian. Japanese. Farsi. Polish. German. Lesbian terminology. License plate taboos. Plus departments, other articles. ; Issn 0363-3659. Compled 1982, published July 1983.; One leaf creased at corner, otherwise no defects.
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Maledicta 7, the International Journal of Verbal Aggression : Volume VII, 1983

By: Aman, Reinhold

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Maledicta Press : 1983

Seller ID: 20222

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

320 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Orange softcover, 320 pages, scholarly articles on 'offensive' and 'derogatory' language. ; Topics include: Peter Tamony interview and articles. Dietary stereotypes and slurs. Poonerisms. Offensive medical slag. Graffiti proverbs. Italian and Catalan insults. Dictionary definitions of smegma. Many more. Plus departments, etc. ; Issn 0363-3659.; Textblock very slightly bowed. No other defects.
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For Love and Glory

By: Anderson, Poul

Price: $13.00

Publisher: Tor Books/Tom Doherty Associates : 2003

Seller ID: 17255

ISBN-13: 9780312874490

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

304 pages; 8vo (8.5") 22 cm; Hardcover, 304 pages. ; 1st edition, full number line. ; No defects to book or jacket.
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Mork and Mindy : A Video Novel

By: Anobile, Richard J.

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Pocket Books : 1979

Seller ID: 21991

ISBN-13: 9780671827540

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

176 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Red paperback, 176 glossy pages, 2 to 4 full-color photos per page, taken directly from the television show, and placed in order, with dialog balloons. ; Same as a Fotonovel; this was the top of the line method, before affordable home video, to enjoy a show at home as often as you want. This book is based on "Mork: Hour Special' (the premier episode of "Mork and Mindy," a spin-off of Happy Days) written by Dale McRaven. ; Paperback original. Only a touch of edgewear. ; Pocket Video Novel Series
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Birds, The, and, The Frogs : Collector's Edition Bound in Genuine Leather (Easton Press)

By: Aristophanes, with Dudley Fitts; Illustrated by Marian Parry

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Easton Press : 1979

Seller ID: 20352

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

144 pages; 4to (11.5") 30 cm; Tall hardcover, dark green leather, gilt lettering and decor, [xii] + 52 + [xviii] + 62 pages, 144 total pages, all edges gilt, green moire cloth endpapers, page-marker ribbon, dozens of b/w and color illustrations. ; Contents: 1) The Birds, by Aristophanes, with introduction by Dudley Fitts, illustrated by Marian Parry. 2) The Frogs, by Aristophanes, translated by William James Hickie, with introduction by Gilbert Seldes, illustrated by John Austen. ; Two classic plays of antiquity. ; Endpapers tanned around edges. Ribbon tanned at tip. Original publisher's bookp...
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Balladenbuch, Mit Vielen Zeichnungen Deutscher Meister : Ballad Book, with Many Drawings by German Masters

By: Avenarius, Ferdinand, with Hans Bohm

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Verlag Georg D. W. Callwey : 1937

Seller ID: 20159

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

320 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; German text throughout, in old Fraktur script. Hardcover, gray cloth, green lettering and decor, 320 pages, 3 indexes, 72 b/w illustrations, about 200 ballads and narrative poems by famous German poets of the past 300 years. ; Originally published 1929. This edition, with new introduction by Hans Böhm, 1937.; Spine very slightly sunned. No other defects. No jacket.
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Bystander's Fragments from France, The, Volume 4 : By Captain Bairnsfather

By: Bairnsfather, Bruce

Price: $10.00

Publisher: The Bystander : 1916

Seller ID: 24470

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

36 pages; 4to (11.5") 30 cm; Tall olive-green softcover, color paste-down on front, 36 glossy pages, 33 full-page b/w cartoons of those famous British fighting men, Bill and Bert, in the trenches of WW1. ; Normal wear, a few pale spots. Small splits at heel and crown otherwise binding is holding together very well.
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Death Stops the Rehearsal : Franklin Russell's Second Case

By: Baker, Richard M.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons : 1937

Seller ID: 24345

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

335 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Hardcover, blue cloth, green lettering, top edge inked red, [x] + 335 pages, b/w floorplan of theatre and at least 2 other b/w diagrams. ; First edition, "A" on copyright page. Cover art by Edward D?Ancona. ; Author's (Richard Merriam Baker, 1896-1952) first mystery, Death Stops the Rehearsal (1936) introduced his intrepid amateur detective, Franklin Russell, and this, his second of three, delighted readers with its straight-forward mystery full of fun puzzles to solve. ; Almost no wear. Pages very slightly yellowed from age. Owner name and address penned on fron...
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Year with the Birds, a : With 56 Colored Plates

By: Ball, Alice E. ; Illustrated by Robert Bruce Horsfall

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Gibbs & Van Vleck : 1917

Seller ID: 20120

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Poor dust jacket

191 pages; 8vo (9.75") 25 cm; Hardcover, green cloth, gold spine title, 191 text pages + 56 full-color illustrations on glossy plates printed one side only. ; Text copyright 1916. This is 1st edition, 1917. ; Enchanting poetry descriptive of birds and bird life of North America, accompanied by high quality realistic original paintings showing birds in their natural habitats. Poems by Alice E. Ball and other famous poets. ; Minor shelfwear only. Jacket is mostly gone but blurbs are taped to rear endpaper. Scarce. Sold as is.
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Category: Literature & Fiction