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Poe, Edgar Allan The Purloined Letter in The Gift: A Christmas, New Year, and Birthday Present. MDCCCXLV. (1845).
Philadelphia Carey and Hart 1845 First Edition Hardcover
The first appearance of the Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe, later published in Tales. 300pp. Publisher's full red morocco richly decorated in gold on the covers and the spine, all edges gilt. Frontispiece, title portrait and six inserted plates with tissue guards. Other contributions by Henry W. Longfellow, R. W. Emerson, Joseph C. Neal, et al. Light wear to spine ends and corner tips, minor scattered foxing. An appealing copy. BAL 16143. Heartman and Canny, p. 88. ; Octavo
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2000.00 USD
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Powys, T. F. Mr Weston's Good Wine.
London Chatto & Windus 1927 First Edition Hardcover Signed by Author
Edition limited to 660 numbered copies. Signed by Powys on the limitation page. 315pp. Black cloth lettered in gold on the spine. Drawings by George Charlton. With the bookplate of S. K. Poole on the front pastedown endpaper. Old stain to the rear free endpaper partially affecting the last leaf. A very good+ copy in very good + dustjacket with toning to edges and spine panel and very minute chipping to the upper edge. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
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200.00 USD
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Robinson, Marilynne Housekeeping.
New York Farrar Straus Giroux 1981 First Edition Printed wrappers Signed by Author
Original wrappers. Uncorrected proof. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Signed by Robinson on the title page. "Jan 14, 80" in pen on the front cover (the wrong date, since on the slip it was corrected to January 14, 1981). A hint of edge wear else a near fine copy. The author's first book. Winner of the 1982 PEN/Hemingway Award for best novel. Uncommon.; Octavo; Signed by Author
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1500.00 USD
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Rundell, Wyatt Jazz Band.
New York Greenberg Publisher 1935 First Edition Hardcover
246pp. Green cloth stamped in darker green on the spine panel. Previous owner's blindstamp, date and number on the front free endpaper, light toning to spine panel. A very good+ copy in very good- dustjacket with several chips along the edges. A scarce big band novel. ; Octavo
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250.00 USD
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Ruskin, John The Works.
Chicago and New York Belford, Clarke & Company Hardcover
In twenty-four volumes. Brown half calf over marbled boards, spines decorated in gold and with black leather labels lettered in gold. All edges marbled, marbled endpapers. With illustrations. Spines uniformly faded, previous owner's stamps on flyleaves and titles, light wear and minor scuffs to the edges. A near fine set. ; Octavo
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1250.00 USD
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Salinger, J. D. Franny and Zooey.
Boston Little, Brown and Company 1961 First Edition Hardcover
201pp. Light blue cloth stamped in gold on the spine panel. Light wear to spine ends else a clean, fine copy in about fine dustjacket with mild wear to spine and a small crease to rear panel. ; Octavo
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600.00 USD
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Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye
Boston Little, Brown and Company 1951 First Edition; Ninth Printing Hardcover
277pp. Black cloth stamped in gold on the spine. Light spine slant, upper corners and spine ends bruised. A very good copy in very good- price-clipped dustjacket withchipping to the edges, toning and two closed tears to upper edge of front panel. ; Octavo
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750.00 USD
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Sassoon, Siegfried Picture-Show.
New York E. P. Dutton & Company (1920) First US Edition Hardcover Signed by Author
56pp. Boards with paper label affixed to the front panel. Signed by Sassoon on a label affixed to the half-title page. Light toning to endpapers, bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper, mild toning to spine panel. A very good+ copy in very good- dustjacket with toning to spine panel, some edge wear and two closed tears at folds. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
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850.00 USD
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Smith, Clark Ashton The Fugitive Poems: Second Series.
Xiccarph Edition 1974 First Edition Hardcover
1974-77. Original printed wrappers. Titles as follows: 1) The Titans in Tartarus; limited to 320 copies. 2) A Song from Hell; limited to 296 copies. 3) The Potion of Dreams; limited to 292 copies. 4) The Fanes of Dawn; limited to 303 copies. 5) Seer of the Cycles; limited to 325 copies. 6) The Burden of the Suns; limited to 295 copies. A gorgeous set in fine condition with matching numbers. In the publisher's quarter morocco and cloth clamshell case made for subscribers and also includes the original envelopes for each volume.; Octavo
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850.00 USD
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Smith, Clark Ashton The Star-Treader and Other Poems.
San Francisco A. M. Robertson 1912 First Edition Hardcover Signed by Author
99pp. Boards. Signed by Smith on the dedication page. Photograph of the author by Bianca Conti affixed to the front pastedown endpaper. Mild spine slant, a touch of toning to lower edges. A near fine copy in very good+ dustjacket with two small chips and a closed tear. The author's first book. Sidney-Fryer, Emperor of Dreams: A Clark Ashton Smith Bibliography, p. 127. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
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1500.00 USD
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Stendhal Le Chasseur Vert.
Paris Editions Orion 1929 First Edition Hardcover Illustrated by Laboureur, Jean Emile
One of 300 numbered copies. Silver cloth, brown leather label on the spine. With seven etchings by Jean Emile Laboureur. Toning to spine panel, bookplate on the front pastedown endpaper. Near fine. Text in French. ; Octavo
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500.00 USD
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Stevenson, Robert Louis The Body-Snatcher.
New York The Merriam Company 1895 First Edition Hardcover
61pp + 3pp of publisher's advertisements. Violet decorated cloth stamped in dark purple on the front and the spine. Contemporary dedication on the front free endpaper, corner of last advertisement leaf torn, spine panel darkened. Still a bright, near fine copy. ; Small octavo
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1250.00 USD
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Stout, Rex Black Orchids: A Nero Wolfe Double Mystery.
New York Farrar & Rinehart, Inc. 1942 First Edition Hardcover
271pp. Brown cloth stamped in black on the front and the spine. A bright and clean near fine copy with two long, closed tears (one to contents page and one to page 3) in near fine dustjacket with very mild wear to the spine panel and the upper edge of the front panel and a tiny, closed tear to the upper edge of the rear panel. ; Octavo
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1250.00 USD
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Street, Alfred B. Frontenac: A Poem of the Iroquois.
Albany, NY Joel Munsell 1866 First Edition Hardcover
Large paper edition. xiv, 324pp. Special publisher's binding. Full dark red morocco elaborately decorated in gold on the covers, spine with raised bands, gold decorations and lettering. With gift inscription by H. Van Rensselaer dated 1871 on the front free endpaper. A few scuffs to leather, spine panel slightly toned. Internally very clean. A neat, very good+ copy. ; Quarto
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450.00 USD
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Styron, William A Chance in a Million
Press de la Warr 1993 First Edition Printed wrappers Signed by Author
Edition limited to 200 numbered copies. Signed by William Styron on the limitation page. Mild wear to upper edge else a fine copy.; Octavo; Signed by Author
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50.00 USD
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Styron, William Blankenship
Press de la Warr 1988 Limited Edition Printed wrappers Signed by Author
Edition limited to 100 numbered copies. Signed by William Styron on the limitation page. A fine copy. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
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100.00 USD
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Styron, William Inheritance of Night
Durham, NC Duke University Press 1993 First Edition Hardcover Signed by Author
Edition limited to 26 lettered copies. Red cloth stamped in black and gold on the cover and the spine. A fine copy in slipcase. Signed by William Styron on the limitation page. Early drafts of Lie Down in Darkness with a preface by the author and an introduction by James L. W. West III. ; Octavo; Signed by Author
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300.00 USD
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