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Andre Deutsch. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1965. 1st UK Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Light edgewear to jacket, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has slight bump to top corner of front cover, no other defects. . A solid copy of the first British printing. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A3 .

NY. NY: Viking. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1977. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Jacket is slightly rubbed at spine extremities and corners, front panel has a couple of faint scratches/indentations, now protected with acid-free polyester sleeve. Book has two mild corner bumps. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . A nice copy of this second novel by author. Basis for the movie of the same name, directed by Steve Buscemi, for which author wrote the screenplay. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 202 pages. A6 .

George H. Doran Company. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1923. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Original blue boards have a couple of spots of light soil, slight rubbing to extremities. Paper label glued to spine is quite readable. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, spine is not faded. . Huxley's fifth novel. A solid copy of the first American edition, sans dust jacket. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. A3 .

Vantage Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine book in VG dust jacket, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Scarce. . Novel about a fictional hospital run by very bright doctors. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 175 pages. B4 .

McSweeney's. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 2008. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the first endpaper, his first book. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 224 pages. L2 .

Henry Colburn. Very Good. 1845. New Edition. Leather. Quarter-bound in dark brown leather with gilt titles. Rubbed boards. Hinges are cracked but binding is tight and firm. Lacking the first free blank endpaper. Lightly tanned pages, some foxing to endpapers. This is the "New Edition," published in 1845. It is NOT a modern reprint. . The fictional travels of Arthur O'Leary, illustrated with 9 etchings by George Cruikshank. . Ex-Libris. Etchings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 364 pages. M3 .

Harper. Near Fine. 1911. Early. Hardcover. Gilt titles and decoration to front cover and spine, gilt slightly dulled. Slight bumping to spine extremities. Contents are excellent. . Lovely frontispiece illustration in full color with fine tissue guard. Decorated title page, wonderful color illustrations throughout by Ruth Sypherd Clements. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 100 pages. J4 .

Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine. 1930. PhotoPlay Edition. Hardcover. Two faint vertical crease marks on spine, no other defects. Otherwise, book is in Fine condition, appears unread, a beautiful copy lacking the dust jacket. . This is the photoplay edition of the book, based on the Award-winning 1930 MGM movie of the same name, starring Chester Morris, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone and Robert Montgomery. Includes several stills from the film. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 180 pages. J1 .

The Viking Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1973. 1st American Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near-fine Book in VG+ dust jacket. Top edge of book spine is gently bumped, a little spotting to fore-edge of pages, no other defects. Bound in original orange and yellow boards with red topstain. Binding is very tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. Dust jacket has a couple of tears, vertical crease to front flap and other light creasing, still bright and attractive, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . A solid, attractive copy of the first American edition, first printing. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 366 pages. G3 .

International Collectors Library. Fine. 1963. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine, no defects. Bound in black cloth with bright gilt decoration and titles to front cover and spine. . Appears unread. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 249 pages. U6 .

John Murray. Fine in Fair dust jacket. 1955. 1st Edition. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in Fair dust jacket, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Dust jacket has small holes, one-inch chipping to bottom of front cover and top of spine, still bright and attractive. Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. . Author's first book. This is the second printing of the first English edition, published in 1955, the same year as the first printing, and sold for the same price (7s 6d). . small 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 132 pages. C2 .

Boston. Boston: Little, Brown. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1949. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine book in VG- dust jacket. Dust jacket has shallow chipping at head and foot of spine and lower corner of front cover, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book is inscribed on the half title page: "Say Loren: Read this "muy Pronto" -- it your etiquette Lessan on Bull Fite Conduct -- U must kno rules & regulations." (sic) This is followed by illegible initials. Sophia Loren was in Madrid in 1956 for the filming of her movie Pride and the Passion, which had some bullfighting scenes, so this book may have been a gift to her. I would like to believe that it was. . Tom Lea was both an artist and a writer, a son of El Paso, in the great state of Texas. He both wrote and wonderfully illustrated this classic bull-fighting novel, which some have said rivals Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon. This novel is the basis of the 1951 film of the same name, starring Mel… Read More

Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine book in Fine dust jacket, As New. No defects. . Wharton's last, unfinished book, completed by Marion Mainwaring. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 416 pages. L2 .

New York. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1929. Reprint. Hardcover. Romance, adventure and everyday colonial life in East Africa (Kenya). Orange lettering on blue cloth. Tight, square, clean and bright pages. Small owner's name neatly and faintly stamped inside front cover. Small puncture on spine, some wear to extremities of covers. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. B6 .

Scholarly Press. New. 1968. Reprint. Hardcover. No defects. Book is New, unread. Bound in tan buckram with gilt titles to spine. . A beautiful copy of this reprint of a James Fenimore Cooper book originally published in 1873. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 486 pages. B1 .

Grosset & Dunlap. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1931. Reprint. Hardcover. Near Fine book in VG- dust jacket. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Just a touch of rubbing to cover edges, no other defects. Dust jacket has some chipping to edges, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . A handsome copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. E1 .

NY. NY: Ballanger Publishing Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. No defects in book or dust jacket, the latter now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author and also signed and inscribed to the same person by Dark Rain Thom, author's wife. Two newspaper articles about the Thoms are laid in. A gorgeous copy, gift quality. . Small 4to - 9" to 11". 547 pages. Signed by Author. B6 .

NY. NY: Scribner. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Extremities of backstrip are bumped and rubbed, front cover pastedown illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith is rubbed around the frame with two minor scratches and slight rubbing but is still quite attractive. The illustrated endpapers and pages are clean, binding is tight, book has obviously been seldom read. The List of Illustrations page has a hole in the upper margin, approximately 1/4-inch by 1-inch. . The text gives excerps of the relevant Dickens works, 24 chapters in all. The ten plates are all present. Wonderful full color illustrations of the children of Dickens: Tiny Tim, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and many others. An attractive, well-preserved copy of the first edition. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 259 pages. E1 .

Seaver Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. No defects, As New. . By tyhe acclaimed Italian writer, her fourth book. First American Edition. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 219 pages. L2 .

Seattle. Seattle: Marconi Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1980. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Softcover. An anthology of works by senior citizens in the Seattle area, supported by the Seattle Arts Commission. An excellent example of what a sample of seniors can produce who have attended a writing workshop. Fifty-three contributions. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by Halina Pawl, editor and photographer, inside front cover. Very light rubbing to edges of wraps, spine is uncreased. This is an oversized, high quality softcover in handsome wraps (of a set of crystal) . . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 88 pages. Signed by Editor. A5 .