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Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Hardcover. 0316152447 . A sharp first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with lightly soiled page edges in alike dust jacket with mild edgewear. SIGNED by author Michael Connelly directly on the title page; 1998 Barry Award Winner for Best Novel. LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch lands his first case after an involuntary leave of absence. A Hollywood producer is found in the trunk of his car with two bullets in the head. It looks like a mafia hit; A Harry Bosch Novel .
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Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1759. Leatherbound. Good. XII, 1088 p. 26 cm. Full leather. Corners and edges worn, hinges cracking, no spine label, cracks in spine ends. Bookplate for "Wm. Cole Cole" on front pastedown. Dampstains to title and first pages. Small ink notation on a front page. Title continues: "Composé sur les Dictionnaires des Académies Royales de Madrid & de Paris."
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UK: Sceptre, 2012. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author. 1st printing First UK edition/First Printing. SIGNED by author to title page. Olympic tie-in. Fine unread condition.
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New York: Simon & Schuster. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author. Hardcover. 074322499X . A bright first edition/first printing in unread Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author George Foreman on the first leaf; As a two time former heavyweight champion of the world, George Foreman knows a lot about success. Foreman talks about overcoming life's hurdles using anecdotes from his own life as examples .
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London: London : Printed by B. Alsop and T. Fauucet, for B. Fisher, dwelling at the signe of the Talbot in Aldersgate-street, 1631. Collation, [i]+217pp. Bound in full calf. At some time but not recently this volume has been rebacked retaining the original boards. Boards are rubbed on corners with some wear loss, library number on spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, no loose pages, occsional library stamp of mark, ( about 10 in all ). Pages in good clean condition throughout. A very good clean copy, in a very good solid binding. A21. ( FULL TITLE ) The repertorie of records, remaining in the 4. treasuries on the receipt side at Westminster, the two remembrancers of the Exchequer : with a briefe introductive index of the records of the Chancery and Touuer, whereby to give the better direction to the records abovesaid : as also a most exact calender of all those records of the Touuer, in which are contained and comprised whatsoever may give satisfaction to the searcher, for tenure or tytle of any thing.. First Edition. Very Good. Small Quarto.
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Farrar and Rinehart. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. INSCRIBED BY CHARLES JACKSON on flyleaf. Presented as a birthday gift to a good friend and signed - Old Charlie - this is an early printing but not the 1st ed. (Lacks the Farrar/Rinhart logo on copyright page). The book, 8vo,and in red cloth, is VG and the dust jacket which states - 7th large printing - on inside flap is VG with very modest chipping to top of spine. A warm presentation copy of perhaps the defining novel of alcoholism.
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San Diego: Corinth Publications, 1968. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A very sharp, crisp copy of the 1968 1st edition. A Candid Reader pocketbook (CA 925). Bright and Near Fine (with just the slightest hint of soiling to the spine) in its wonderful lurid wrappers. "They Mixed Sex, Politics and Death!"
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New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0440055369 . A bright first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in Very Good+ dust-jacket with edgewear and inscription to front flap; .
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Published by Allan Wingate Limited, 12 Beauchamp Place, London First Edition 1950. London 1950., 1950. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original coral cloth covers, lavender title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 270 printed pages of text. Tiny rubs to the softened spine ends, a few tan age spots to the free end papers and closed page edges. Very Good condition book in near Very Good condition dust wrapper with 20 mm v-shaped piece of paper missing to the lower front gutter, not price clipped 9s 6f. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1986. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0345332989 . First edition/first printing in Very Good condition with front hinge starting in Very Good+ dust-jacket with minor edgewear; .
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 2000. 311 pgs. Fine hardcover, clean and crisp, in Near Fine jacket. Tiny pinhead perforation to bottom left corner of jacket near spine edge, else fine. Set in Vienna in 1910, the murder of Freud's famous patient Dora is being investigated by the Inspector, newly trained in rationalist criminology. The author presents turn-of-the-century Vienna combined with aspects of forensics, criminolgy, food, botany, folklore, customs, perverse medical practices and subtle sexual secrets. ISBN 0316785644. #1742. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 7¾ - 9¾ Inches Tall.
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. First cheap edition. Hardcover. Good +/no dust jacket. The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs is for sale. The Son of Tarzan is the first cheap edition. The Son of Tarzan was published by Grosset & Dunlap in New York in 1917. The Son of Tarzan original publisher’s red binding with black lettering to the front board and to the spine are in Good condition with minor minute surface losses to the boards and spine, knocks to the top and bottom of the spine and corners, and creases to the spine where the book has been opened and read. The Son of Tarzan has 312 numbered pages which are in Good condition being age toned throughout (possibly due to the quality of the paper during wartime) with a retailer’s tamp to the front free endpaper and a price in blue ink. MF73
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Nanjing University Press. Pub. Date :2011-01-01. paperback. New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Pages Number: 435 Language: Chinese. Publisher: Nanjing University Press Pub. Date: 2011 - Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back.
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London: Anthony Treherne and Co Ltd�, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. Bart Kennedy Slavery Pictures From the Depths first edition 1905 is for sale. The original dark blue binding with gilt lettering to the front board and spine are in Very Good condition with marks to the front and spine, and wear to the top and bottom of the spine. There are 367 numbered pages which are in Very Good condition that has an owner’s signature to the blank front free endpaper and to page 367; and light browning to the blank endpapers. OAN008
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Far Hills, NJ: Meadow Run Press. As New. 2004. First Edition; First Printing; Signed by Author & Illustrator. Cloth. 1886967148 . A most attractive first edition, limited to 500 copies, signed by author John McPhee on the limitation page. Uncalled for, this book is further signed on the title page by illustrator John Rice. Unread Very Fine condition in original glassine wrapper and alike slip-case; "American Shad are schooling ocean fish, and when they come in to make their run up the river they follow the deep channels. In the estuary towards the end of the winter, they mill around in tremendous numbers, waiting for the temperature to rise. Soon, a single sentence moves northward with them - sending amps and volts through the likes of me. The phone rings, and someone says, "They're in the river." (from the introduction) .
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London: James Nisbet & Co. Ltd, 1913. Signed limited edition. Leather Bound. Very Good +/no dust jacket. Phiz. Phiz and Dickens is a signed limited edition book and numbered 124 of just 175 signed copies worldwide. This large book measuring 12.00 inches by 9.50 inches (approximate) with original gilt decorated vellum bevelled boards is complete with 39 large plate illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne in colour, black and white and sepia tone. The in-bound plates even include a copy of a handwritten Charles Dickens letter. All the Hablot Knight Browne plates are accompanied with their tissue guards. The large original gilt decorated vellum binding has gilt lettering to the front board with gilt initials on a green background to the corners of the border. The vellum binding is in Very Good condition being complete but with marks, discolouration to the spine, corner knocks and edge wear. Despite the faults, this is an attractive binding. There are 320 numbered pages, top edge gilt and remaining untrimmed, complete with the 39 plates and tissue guards, with the pages being very clean internally and in overall Very Good condition.�The author of Phiz and Dickens was Phiz's son, Edgard Browne. CD045
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London: Faber & Faber, 1941. First edition. A very good book in very good dustjacket. Book is foxed to endpapers, and pages are untrimmed - else near fine. Jacket is partly faded to edges at front and back but is unclipped, showing a price of 10/6. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1888. First edition. Paperback. Good +/no dust jacket. Under the Deodars by Rudyard Kipling is for sale. Under the Deodars is in the Indian Railway Library series Number 4. Under the Deodars Indian Railway Library was published in the UK by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington in London. Under the Deodars soft covers are in Good condition being complete with very small loss to the top edge of the front cover, some fading, and loss to over fifty per cent of the spine, but the covers and pages are still attached to the rest of the book after more than 120 years. The pages are exceptionally clean with only the most minimal of age toning. RUD044
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Published by The Bodley Head Ltd., London First Edition 1980. London 1980., 1980. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 8'' x 5¼''. Contains 140 printed pages of text. Very slight tanning to the closed page edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with slight fading of the lettering to the spine, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. We currently hold in stock 30 other titles by this author. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0370303164
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London: Collins, 1954. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Agatha Christie Destination Unknown is for sale from The First Edition. This very attractive Agatha Christie Destination Unknown dust jacket is green with black and white lettering to the front of the dust jacket and spine and with an advertisement to the back of the dust jacket for Agatha Christie A Pocket Full of Rye. The price of 10s 6d is still present to the front flap of the dust jacket. The dust jacket is in Very Good condition with a small closed tear to the top edge of the front of the dust jacket, wear to the corners and edges, small losses to the edge of the front flap at the crease and to the top left corner of the back of the dust jacket, and light dust staining to the back of the dust jacket. The binding is in Near Fine condition with only very minor signs of wear and a small mark to the bottom left corner of the back board. Agatha Christie Destination Unknown has 191 numbered pages that include plain white endpapers as required, a Half Title Page, a list of books by the same author, a Title Page, a Copyright Page, and a Dedication Page. The pages are in overall Very Good condition having only light age toning. AC091
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Paris: Chez Thieriot, Librairie, 1828. Leather Bound. Gilt on spine.. Original Binding, Expected Condition for age. Galerie de La Jeunesse Chretienne ou Choix D'Exemples De Devoument, De Charite, et De Preceptes qui sont les plus reaux ornemens de la riligion accompagni De Reflexions Morales, De Histoires Curieuses a instruire et a edifier la jeunesse, et a lui insiprir l'amour de Dieu et de ses devoirs. Quelques belles gravures sur bois.Gallery of Christian Youth or Choice of Examples of Devotion, Charity, and Precepts, which are the most ornaments of religion accompanied by Moral Reflections, Curious Histories to instruct and edify the youth, and to insitute it love of God and his duties. Some fine woodcut engravings. [see image scan]
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2003. Signed First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Absolute Friends John Le Carré signed first edition book is for sale. Absolute Friends is a first edition book published by Hodder and Stoughton in London in 2003. Absolute Friends comes with its original dust jacket. The John Le Carré autograph is to the title page. Absolute Friends has a very attractive dust jacket design by gray318 which has John Le Carré Absolute Friends in large letters to the front of the dust jacket and the spine, and comments by The Sunday Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Times Literary Supplement, The Observer, and The Times to the back of the dust jacket. The dust jacket is in Fine condition with the price still present to the front inside flap. John Le Carré Absolute Friends original red binding is very attractive with the front board and back board being plain and with black lettering to the spine. John Le Carré Absolute Friends binding is in Fine condition. John Le Carré Absolute Friends has 383 numbered pages with mauve front endpapers and rear endpapers, Half Title Page and Title Page. John Le Carré has boldly signed his name in black ink to the Title Page. OTHM038
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New York, Hagerstown, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers. Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. c1977. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 0060138998 . An attractive first edition/first printing in Good+ condition with soiling, edgewear and bumped corners in a price-clipped Very Good- dust-jacket with soiling, edgewear and tearing; .
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0394572343 . First Trade edition/first printing in Near Fine condition in Very Good+ dust-jacket. Back of book jacket has indentations where someone has written and it has"bled" through to jacket. No physical writing on jacket; The tale of an ordinary couple, Maggie and Ira Moran, who have been incompatibly married for 28 years. All the action takes place on one summer day as Maggie and Ira drive from Baltimore to Pennsylvania to a funeral. An accidental detour and a chance encounter help them rediscover the love that binds them together in spite of it all. Basis for the 1994 television movie starring James Garner and Joanne Woodward .
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London: B. Law and W. Faden, 1778. Second Edition. Full-Leather. Good. viii, 758 p. 27 cm. Full page engraving of Cherubim opposite p. 290. Fold-out chart of Hebrew grammar. Full leather. Boards detached, corners worn. Top corner of front free endpaper cut out. Minor ink notation to top of title-page and rear endpaper. Compiled by biblical lexicographer John Parkhurst (1728-1797).
