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In a Dark Time
by WATSON, Lawrence
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$314.24
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NY: Scribner's, 1980. A touch of rubbing to top spine end. The scarce first edition of the author's first book. Written as "Lawrence Watson". The author has gone on to write the quite popular, "Montana 1948", which won the Milkweed National Fiction Award in year of publication. A tiny bit of edgewear to dustwrapper, but overall,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$314.24
Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York (Salmon P. Chase's Copy)
by VALENTINE, David T.
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1862
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$2,299.35
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NY: Edmund Jones & Co., 1862. Bound in full red morocco, stamped in gold. AEG, 775 pages, The spines of the book have been professionally repaired. Chromo-Lithograph Title Page, Many colorplates, some folding. This is Salmon P. Chase's copy of the book with his name and title stamped in gold on the front… Read more about this item Item Price
A$2,299.35
Skudras Nepadodas
by SEKORA, Andre
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$68.98
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Riga, Latvia: Latvijas Valsts Izdevnieciba, 1961. Previous owner's neat inscription on title page. Bound in illustrated boards with cloth spine. The first Latvian edition of this delightful children's book with great illustration of insects building homes, illustrated front panel, illustrated endpapers. 93 pp. A most acceptable copy. Text is in Latvian.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket. Item Price
A$68.98
Mazie Viri
by JUNKE, Alvaro
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$33.72
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Riga, Latvia: Latvijas Valsts Izdevnieciba, 1959. Previous owner's neat inscription to half-title page.. Bound in illustrated boards with cloth spine. The first Latvian edition of this delightful children's book. Illustrated throughout in black and white. throughout (mostly of frogs, fish, dragonflies. 158 pp. Text is in Latvian.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket. Item Price
A$33.72
Vasara
by TOLISS, P.
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1963
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$38.32
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Riga, Latvia: Latvijas Valsts Izdevnieciba, 1963. Previous owner's neat inscription to half-title page.. Bound in illustrated boards with cloth spine. The first Latvian edition of this delightful children's book. Illustrated throughout in black and white. 105 pp. Text is in Latvian.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket. Item Price
A$38.32
Lapsa, Vilks Un Lacis
by JAKOBSONS, Augusts
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$38.32
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Riga, Latvia: Latvijas Valsts Izdevnieciba, 1958. Previous owner's neat inscription to half-title page.. Bound in illustrated boards with cloth spine. The first Latvian edition of this delightful children's book. Illustrated throughout in yellow, black and white. 135 pp. Text is in Latvian.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket. Illus. by Karpenko, M.. Item Price
A$38.32
Nobel Lecture (Signed)
by BELLOW, Saul
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good Only
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$252.93
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New York: Targ Editions, 1979. Number Four of the Targ Editions, bound in white cloth, with original acetate wrapper that shows wear; No. 84 of 350 signed copies; tiny two digit number penned on ffep.; 20pp.. Signed, Limited. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good Only. Limited Edition. Item Price
A$252.93
The Thief of Baghdad
by ABDULLAH, Achmed
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1924
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$222.27
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NY: A.L. Burt, 1924. Bound in light red cloth, stamped in gold. The dust jacket shows some wear to spine ends and a closed diagonal tear to front panel. This Burt Photoplay is illustrated with scenes from the movie that starred Douglas Fairbanks in the title role. Black and white photos from the early film interspersed throughout the novel.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$222.27
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
by KENEALLY, Thomas
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670211654
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$107.30
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Viking Press, 1972. Tiny four-digit number penned to ffep. Some creasing to front flap of dust jacket, overall, a tight, clean copy of a rather scarce Keneally first. Basis for the 1978 Australian film of the same name directed by Fred Schepesi. The book was short listed for the Booker Prize in the year of publication. 178… Read more about this item Item Price
A$107.30
Invitation to a Beheading
by NABOKOV, Vladimir
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG+ Price-Clipped
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$75.88
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NY: Putnam, 1959. Three tiny digits to top corner of ffep. Dustwrapper is price-clipped and shows minor chipping to top spine edge and corner of front panel (certainly not affecting any text). Overall, a most acceptable copy of the first edition of this novel by Nabokov. In the true first state dustwrapper (with two blurbs on back panel… Read more about this item Item Price
A$75.88
Jill
by LARKIN, Philip
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780879510381
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$114.97
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Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 1976. Small four-digit number in ink to ffep. First U.S. hardcover edition of authors first book; 247pp. Housed in a very nice dust jacket. Philip Larkin is best known for his work in poetry. Overall, a superb copy of this elusive title. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/Near Fine. Item Price
A$114.97
I Love You, I Hate You, Drop Dead!; Variations on a Theme
by SHAW, Artie
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$76.64
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New York: Fleet Publishing Corporation, 1965. Small four-digit number in ink to ffep. Marriage on the rocks in three novellas', "Grounds for Divorce", "Old Friend", and "Whodunit"; previous owners name penned on half title page; 192pp. By the noted musician. Closed tear to bottom of rear panel of dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG++.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$76.64
Tales of the South Pacific
by MICHENER, James
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$298.92
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Taiwan: Taiwan Piracy, 1974. Bound in black patterned boards, stamped in silver. This is a pure Taiwan priracy edition in dustwrapper. It was copied from the Fawcett paperback edition -- but it has a nice dust jacket (with illustration from the front and back panels of the paperback edition. A very scarce Michener collectible -- downright rare… Read more about this item Item Price
A$298.92
Inadmissible Evidence
by OSBORNE, John
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$53.65
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London: Faber & Faber, Incorporated, 1965. Tight, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper that shows a light bit of scuffing to extremes. The author's eighth play. . First British Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++. Item Price
A$53.65
In the Miro District and Other Stories
by TAYLOR, Peter
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394410616
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$76.64
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New York: Knopf, 1977. Eight short stories; 204pp. Tight, clean copy in bright dustwrapper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
A$76.64
Appalachee Red
by Andrews, Raymond
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1978
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780803709164
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$191.61
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NY: Dial Press, 1978. A beautiful, tight, clean unread copy of the African American author's first book. In white dustwrapper that is prone to soiling, chipping. A most collectible copy. 283 pp. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Item Price
A$191.61
Rebel Ranger
by MACDONALD, William Colt
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1943
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$222.27
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NY: Doubleday Doran, 1943. Previous owner's unreadable stamp on top edge of book and on title page. Bound in red cloth, stamped in black. Dustwrapper is in great condition save for a tiny chip to bottom of spine (not affecting any text). A most acceptable first edition of a scarce MacDonald western. . First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$222.27
Pirate Jean
by KAUFFMAN, Reginald Wright
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1930
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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A$383.22
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NY: Macaulay, 1930. Dustwrapper shows two chips (both to back panel) and none affecting any text). The first edition of this historical novel about the pirate Jean LaFitte. The author was a prolific writer in the early 20th Century. Great dustwrapper art work. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG+. Item Price
A$383.22
Compulsion - A Play
by LEVIN, Meyer
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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A$191.61
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959. Light toning to type on spine of d.w. First Play edition; foreword by the author; previous owners stamp on ffep.; 132pp. Scarce. Based on the best selling novel of the 1950's. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
A$191.61
Uncle Tom's Cabin
by STOWE, Harriet Beecher
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1928
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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A$321.91
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NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1928. The first edition of this photoplay edition by Grosset & Dunlap. The dustwrapper has some minimal chipping to extremes, but none affecting text. All of the black and white "stills" from the movie are present. The book is bound in tan cloth, stamped in forest green and has held up unbelievably well. .… Read more about this item Item Price
A$321.91