The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - 1975

London, The Bodley Head, 1968, hardcover, 204 pp, True First Edition, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Tightly bound and clean with no markings, spine a bit cocked, front endpaper corner-clipped, small spots to front board. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, edge nicks, rubs, light scratches, short edge tears carefully repaired on the interior side with archival quality tape, very faint stains to rear panel, in new Brodart sleeve. The popular author's first book in the Orlando Trilogy followed by Orlando at the Brazen Threshold, and Agatha. A modern classic. ISBN 9780370006529

Rome: FAO, Living Marine Resources of Somalia (Fao Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery) 1996. Paperback.

FAO, Guide des Ressources halieutiques du Senegal et de la Gambie (Especes marines et d'eaux saumatres)Bellemans,M,Sagner ,Fischer et alEdition: POD 1988.

1979 Ediciones Libreria La Ciudad limited edition (number 1345 of 2000). With 8 full page plates and a cover illustration by Antonio Berni. Signed by Berni on the half title page. Oversized softcover with a stiff cardboard dust jacket.From the estate of Alicia de Colombi-Monguió, an Argentine native and noted Spanish Literature scholar.Condition of the book is Very Good Plus. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete and unmarked.Condition of the dust jacket is Very Good. The DJ shows light shelf wear.
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1st edition, 2nd printing binding. A collection of plays, poems and stories from avant-garde, feminist writer, Gertrude Stein. Published by The Four Seas Company, Boston, 1922. Hardcover. 419 pp. Contains Stein's experimental writing style with an introduction by Sherwood Anderson. No dust jacket. Binding has minor chipping and bumping on corners. edges and on head of spine along with some light soiling. Hinge is intact but slightly loose through the first 6-8 pages of the book. Ink name and date on FFEP. Pages are clean and unmarked. No tears!
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Freddy and the Bean Home News. By Walter R. Brooks. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf, copyright 1943, Fourth printing Thus, Jan., 1952. Exlib. No exterior marking. Good/ no DJ included. A clean, solid copy. Please also see our Freddy The Pig Catalogue.

Freddy The Cowboy. Hardcover. By Walter R. Brooks, Stated First Edition 1950, Alfred A. Knopf. ILLUSTRATED BY KURT WIESE. EX-LIB. Library bound. White titling on spine. Multi-hued, Raspberry, orange and lavender graphic cloth cover treatment. Square corners. Good Condition /No dust jacket is included. A clean, solid copy.

This beautifully preserved book is in Near Fine condition. Boards, titles and decorative design are all bright and clear with no fading or chipping. Pages are clean and hinge is tight. Minor bumps to head and foot of spine. End papers are slightly soiled and original owner's name is in pencil on FFEP. There are very minor scuffs to the front cover pictorial pastedown.
The author was a noted stage and screen actress of her day as well as an author and a Harper's correspondent in World War I. She was married to Walter Hale, an artist, illustrator and actor who could have been the illustrator of this book as he illustrated many other books for Louise. Priced to sell! There is only one other 1st Edition of this title for sale on the web at a much higher price.
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1982. No 222 of an edition limited to 1500. Hardcover in slipcase. very good. Leonard Baskin. VERY GOOD condition The LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, number 202 of an edition limited to 2000 Tall 8vo with lithographs by Leonard Baskin who signature is on the colophon Binding: boards with paper title label on cover; The book is like new, appears never read, only the exposed spine has some fading from exposure to light The board slipcase (that has kept the book like new) has faded on top and on the upper parts of the sides, The spine of the slipcase has some fading and light spotting The paper label is intact.

Very Rare First edition 1928 hardcover by a New Zealand authoress, Jean Devanny. She was a pioneer writer and the author of "The Butcher Shop". The spine of the jacket states this book is "a powerful study of a woman's personality in a remote New Zealand bush town". The text has no writing and is in good condition with only lightly faded pages. The jacket is worn with a few tears and crinkles plus rubbing, but still colorful. It is adhering to the cloth covered boards and there is foxing to boards. Hinges are intact. Good binding.