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Franklin Evans or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times by Whitman, Walter - 1929

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Franklin Evans or The Inebriate:  A Tale of the Times by Whitman, Walter - 1929

Franklin Evans or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times

by Whitman, Walter

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On the title page Whitman calls his book the "Original Temperance Novel" This edition is one of seven hundred copies printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press in Boston. I can state that this copy is probably unread because many of the pages are uncut.
  • Bookseller Kaynor Books US (US)
  • Format/Binding Marbled blue boards; binding is tight and clean. Paste down label on spine is intact. Sunning on spine has caused some fading.
  • Book Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Edition First
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Random House
  • Place of Publication New York, NY
  • Date Published 1929
  • Size 5"x8"

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Lillabulero: Being a Periodical of Literature and the Arts. Volume 1, Number 2.
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Lillabulero: Being a Periodical of Literature and the Arts. Volume 1, Number 2.

by BANKS, Russell and William Matthews, Editors. Signed by Russell Banks

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Chapel Hill: Lillabulero, Spring 1967. Signed by Russell Banks on title page. First edition / First printing. Stapled blue wrappers. Very good. Sunning and light wear to covers, short tear to top front cover, no loss. Includes Portfolio 2: The Shaker Dove, by Daniel Patterson inserted into a sleeve on inside rear cover. Also includes William Faulkner: a Story and Five Poems. Poetry by Lucius Shepard, Dabney Stuart, etc.
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Five Blind Men.
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Five Blind Men.

by HARRISON, Jim, Dan Gerber, George Quasha, J. D. Reed and Charles Simic

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Fremont, MI: The Sumac Press, 1969. Signed by Jim Harrison and Dan Gerber. First edition / First printing. (Softcover edition) Illustrated wrappers. Fine.
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Collected Verse Translations.
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Collected Verse Translations.

by David Gascoyne

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Gascoyne, David. Collected Verse Translations. London, Oxford University Press. 1970. 8vo. 1st Edition. Limited 1000 copies. Hardback, blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Unclipped dustwrapper, glassine protected. Pp128. Signed by author on title page. Covers a lighted a little at top and bottom edges. Otherwise in near fine order throughout. Benford C4.
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Ben-Hur
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Ben-Hur: 1967-1915

by Lew Wallace

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Hard cover no DJ. Dedication Dec......./88Worn corners. Pages discolored with age.
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Farther Away: Essays
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Farther Away: Essays

by Jonathan Franzen

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The Age of Grief.
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The Age of Grief.

by SMILEY, Jane

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London: Collins, 1988. Signed by the author on the title page. First British edition / First printing. Paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Uncommon in the British edition, especially signed.
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The Bird Catcher.
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The Bird Catcher.

by PONSOT, Marie

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. Signed on the title page by the author. First edition / First printing. Maroon cloth spine, gray paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. Winner of the National Books Critics Circle Award. 2013 Winner of the $100,000.00 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, given for lifetime achievement.
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Threads of Grey & Gold

Threads of Grey & Gold

by Reed, Myrtle

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G.P. Putnam’s Sons, NY, 1913; First Edition; 8vo, 371 pages. A collection of prose and poetical works by Myrtle Reed, well known author of "Lavender and Old Lace." Striking Margaret Armstrong art nouveau binding picturing gold and pink roses on a lavender field. Top page edges gilt, color frontispiece of a painting by Clara M. Burd depicting a scene of George Washington courting Martha Custis, plus a sepia photogravure portrait plate of the author, each with guard tissue. Fine, a pristine and beautiful copy, with brief gift inscription, contemporary with the book ("To ___ From ___") on front blank endpaper.
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The Glass 5 (Autumn 1950) - Open City by Jean Paris

The Glass 5 (Autumn 1950) - Open City by Jean Paris

by Borrow, Antony (ed.), Jean Paris (translated by Iain Cuthbertson)

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Lowestoft, England: The Glass, 1950. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 20pp, stapled wrappers. Rare postwar literary journal published and edited by eccentric English Fortean Antony Borrow. This issue entirely devoted to Open City by Jean Paris. Unmarked copy, light wear and dusting to lap wrappers.
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Of Wolves and Men.
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Of Wolves and Men.

by LOPEZ, Barry Holstun.

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. First edition / First printing. Gray cloth. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight wear. Fresh clean copy, gray boards have no fading and sharp corners. The author's third book and one of his best. Winner of the 1979 John Burroughs Medal for a distinguished work in the field of Natural History. National Book Award Finalist. Lannan Literary Award. Guggenheim Fellowship.
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FRANKLIN EVANS OR THE INEBRIATE: A TALE OF THE TIMES

by Whitman, Walter

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New York: Random. Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. NY: Random, 1929. 247 pages, hardbound. VG in a tight, faded, blue cloth binding. .
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Franklin Evans, or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times

Franklin Evans, or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times

by Walter Whitman

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Paperback / softback. New. Tells the rags-to-riches story of Franklin Evans, an innocent young man from the Long Island countryside who seeks his fortune in New York City. Corrupted by music halls, theatres, and above all taverns, he gradually becomes a drunkard.
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Franklin Evans or The Inebriate: a Tale of Our Times. Edited for the Modern Reader by Jean Downey. Southern Connecticut State College.

by WHITMAN, Walter.-

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College & University Press, 1967, New Haven.. 20x14. Rústica (tapa blanda). 187 pgs. Texto en ingles. 675434
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Franklin Evans, or The Inebriate.

by WHITMAN, Walter. [UPDIKE, D. B.]

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New York:: Random House,, 1929.. First edition; one of 700 copies printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press... publisher's mottled cloth with printed paper label on spine.. Spine sunned; spine label a little tanned; boards unworn.. 8vo,. With Introduction by Emory Holloway. Publisher's (blank) presentation bookplate on front pastedown.
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Franklin Evans or The Inebriate: A Tale of the Times

by WHITMAN, Walter

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NY:: Random House,. Very Good. 1929. Hardcover. Introduction by Emory Holloway. First edition thus (700 copies). Small octavo, bound in blue decorated boards with a small paper label on the spine, top edge gilt. Somewhat faded along the spine, else very good. No dust jacket. Binding is solid and tight. ; 249 pages .
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FRANKLIN EVANS OR THE INEBRIATE: A TALE OF THE TIMES.

by Whitman, Walter

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College and University Press Publishers,. 1967. Hardcover. B0006BOWKM 1967 reprint edited by Jean Downey. Light blue cloth covers faded at edges and spine. Hinges sound, uncracked; pages tight, clean, unmarked. No DJ. 187 pages, including editor's introduction, selected bibliography, notes on text, author's introductory. Not a former library copy. .
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THE TIE MAN’S MIRACLE.

THE TIE MAN’S MIRACLE.

by Schnur, Steven

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New York: Morrow Junior Books., 1995. First edition.. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Stephen T. Johnson. Illustrated by Stephen T. Johnson. New York: Morrow Junior Books, (1995). First edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket. faint rumpling to the jacket, otherwise near fine. ISBN: 0688134645
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Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole

by Engle, Joanna

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Engle, Joanna. Cap'n Kid Goes To The South Pole. A Seaworld Adventure featuring Shamu, the Killer Whale. RARE. Children's Book. Used. Good, clean Condition. Softcover. Stapled binding. Random House copyright 1983. 5 ½ X 5. ISBN 0394856430. Original cover price $1.25.
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Gold
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Gold

by Eugene O'Neill

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First edition. Spine ends lightly rubbed, spine has small nick, small reddish stain to front cover and rear cover, otherwise very good or better. Lacks dust jacket.
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The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

The Treasure Of Sierra Madre

by Traven, B

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Traven, B. : The Treasure Of Sierra Madre. 1994 THORNDIKE PRESS LARGE-PRINT EDITION. Thorndike, Maine. EXLIB. Good/ No DJ if issued. ISBN0786201002. 533 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "The story of three American adventurers who search for a lost gold mine in the mountains of Mexico. A tale of 'gold fever' and desperate greed." Basis for the Humphrey Bogart, John Houston film of the same name.
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories
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A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories

by Cohen, Leonard

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New York, Grove Press, 2022, trade paperback, 272 pp, Advance Uncorrected Proof (ARC), New. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings in bright, pictorial card covers, no dustjacket as issued. The pieces in this collection, written between 1956 and 1961 and including short fiction, a radio play, and a stunning early novel, offer startling insights into Cohens imagination and creative process. Cohen explores themes that would permeate his later work, from shame and unworthiness to sexual desire in all its sacred and profane dimensions to longing, whether for love, family, freedom, or transcendence. ISBN 9780802160478
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The Sky and the Forest
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The Sky and the Forest

by Forester, C.S

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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
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Samuel The Seeker

by Sinclair, Upton

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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head

by Claire Huchet Bishop

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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us
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Lucky You, What Science Has Done For Us

by Leaf, Munro

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Lucky You: What Science Has Done For Us J.B. Lippincott Stated First Edition. SCIENCE. Artfully illustrated by MUNRO LEAF. Good EXLIB in a Good unclipped $2.25 orig. price dust jacket. Last page states: 152 4.
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

by Christie, Agatha

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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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