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COME BACK, DOCTOR CALIGARI (In Original Red Publisher's Box with Paper Label)
by Barthelme, Donald
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. First Edition. Unbound Sheets. Fine/No Dust Jacket. Advance Preview Copy of the author's First Book. Comprising 37 unbound, quarto sheets laid-in the publisher's original red box, with printed white label. Text on rectos only. The first page is a publisher's letter from the publicity manager. Page 2 gives copyright and publication information. The remaining 35 pages are the text (reproduced from Barthelme's typescript) of two stories: "Me...
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A$784.40
THE ARCTIC OX
by Moore, Marianne
London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1964. First British Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. 52pp., bound in blue cloth, spine lettering gilt, a fine copy in near fine unclipped dust jacket.
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A$172.57
PATRIMONY: A True Story
by Roth, Philip
London: Jonathan Cape, (1991). First UK edition. Advance reading copy with "Uncorrected Proof" on front cover. Glossy white pictorial paperwaps printed in black and gray. A relatively scarce advance issue. Fine.
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A$117.66
THE SAD SUDDEN DEATH OF MY FAIR LADY
by Forbes, Stanton] Tobias Wells
Garden City, New York, U.S.A.: Crime Club Doubleday, 1971. near fine in dj. REVIEW COPY... 1933 Chicago World's Fair Century of Progress Exposition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Review Copy.
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A$52.71
THE WORLD WITHIN THE WORD Essays
by Gass, William H
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. First edition. Personal copy of author Doris Grumbach with her initials on front endpaper. Review copy with slip laid in. Near fine in dust jacket with one short closed tear and slight soiling.
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A$70.60
MR. SOUTH BURNED HIS MOUTH: A Mystery Story
by Nyland, Gentry
New York: William Morrow & Company, 1941. First edition. Advance copy fashioned from gathered signatures with a trimmed-down dust jacket pasted at spine acting as the covers. Publication date "Jan - 2 1941" stamped on second front free endpaper. Very good or better in pictorial paperwraps with rubbing, light soiling and dampstain on back panel. Scarce early state.
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A$235.32
CANNERY ROW
by Steinbeck, John
New York: The Viking Press, 1945. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 7 3/8" x 4 3/4" First Issue (January, 1945) ADVANCE REVIEW COPY 208pp., (1)pp. list of Steinbeck's other works. Bound in blue paper wraps lettered in black; A very good to fine copy and scarce in nice condition.
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A$1,019.72
COUNT KARLSTEIN.
by Pullman, Philip
New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, (1998.). First edition -. Very near fine in gray and white illustrated wrappers (one corner slightly bumped) . An uncommon proof. . Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) Advance issue of the first US appearance of Pullman's first fantasy novel for children, originally published in a slightly different form in England by Chatto and Windus. The US edition is the first to contain Diana Bryan's illustrations (although they are not included in this proof copy.) A...
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A$352.98
Snow Angels.
by O'NAN, Stewart
New York: Doubleday, 1994. Signed by the author. First edition / First printing. First state uncorrected proof. Illustrated wrappers. Very fine. GRANTA 20 author.
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A$156.88
La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts
by Arnoult, Léon
Léon Arnoult: La Variabilité du Gout dans les Arts. Les phases ornamentales de la mode (The variability of taste in the arts. The ornamental phases of fashion). Printed and published by Devambez "À l'enseigne du masque d'Or". Paris, 1921. ARNOULT Léon - William ABLETT (1877-1937 illustrator). Preowned, Signed. A l'Enseigne du Masque d'Or, chez Devambez, 1921, in-4°, 87 pp + 7 plate illustrations, printed in 303 numbered copies. Sewn, original printed stiff wrapper over blind wrapper. Printed...
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A$312.19
Krome-Kraft by Farber Brothers New York City
by Farber Brothers
New York: Farber Brothers, 1941. First Edition, First Printing. Staplebound Wraps. Near Fine. 47 pp. primarily illus. 31 cm. Folio. Softcover. Staplebound stiff wraps in shiny silver and aqua, lettering in black, watercolor decorations to upper cover. [Title from cover]. Book Condition: Near fine with bits of salt and pepper wear to extremities. A very handsome copy. The original Krome Kraft product catalog with a profusion of half-tone illustrations, depicting hundreds of named and numbered Krome...
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A$86.28
MASTERPIECE AFFAIR
by Royce, Kenneth
N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1973. 1st American Edirion, with complete number line beginning with 1. edges lightly sunned, else about fine in dust jacket. REVIEW COPY. Spider Scott. Interesting note; the review slip states a price of $5.95 but the jacket price is $6.95.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.
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A$37.65
Colonel Sun. A James Bond Adventure.
by MARKHAM, Robert [AMIS, Kingsley]
Jonathan Cape, 1968. VG. Uncorrected Proof Copy. 13 x 18.5cm. Publisher's device in white repeated over lime green softcovers, 255pp. Gilbert, p612. Spotting to both covers with slight toning and creasing to the spine. Light creases to the corners of the covers slightly affecting the corner tips the first and last few pages. The binding is firm and square. Internally, there is no name, inscription or bookplate, a number "10" in pencil at the top corner of the first page and "Kingsley Amis"...
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A$729.71
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NUTCRACKER; [Advance excerpt for the British distribution]
by Hoffmann, E. T. A., Maurice Sendak, illustrator
New York: Crown Publishers [Bodley Head], 1984. First edition with illustrations by Sendak. Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. Uncorrected proof in stapled paperwraps; excerpt only -- 16 pages (non-consecutive) including covers. This copy for British distribution with large label on rear cover indicating an export date of August 1984, publication date of October 1984, and a promotional price until the end of the year Touch of edge rubbing, still near fine.
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A$78.44
An Overpraised Season: 10 Stories of Youth
by Zolotow, Charlotte editor
Harper and Row, 1973. First [Stated]. Hardcover. a little cocked else very good with worn d.j. Inscribed to Sidney and Doroth Fields.
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A$31.38
THE BLACK BOOK: (Advance review copy)
by Durrell, Lawrence
New York: Dutton, 1960. First U.S. edition. His first major novel, originally published in Paris in 1936 when he was just 24. Advance review copy with review slip dated "Sep 14 1960" laid in. Comprised of the unbound signatures (i.e., groups of pages) from the book laid into the trade dust jacket Fine in nice, bright jacket with just minor rubbing on corners and spine ends.
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A$196.10
A Son of the Circus
by Irving, John
New York: Random House, 1994. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Near Fine, front cover crease (visible only on inside)..1st page excised by publisher, as with all other copies of this advance edition.. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Uncorrected Proof.
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A$156.88
FRUITS & VEGETABLES
by Jong, Erica
New York,: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1971). First edition. Her first book, although she went on to become more famous for her FEAR OF FLYING. Presumed review copy, without a review slip but with photo of Jong laid, which differs from the one used on the back of the dust jacket (photo is very good with spotting on verso visible at margins). Fine in bright, fine dust jacket with inconspicuous foxing to rear flap.
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A$235.32
WOLFWATCHING
by Hughes, Ted
London, United Kingdom: Faber and Faber, 1989 UNCORRECTED ADVANCE PROOF BOUND COPY for the cased and paperback editions (actually copied by Faber from corrected page proofs). Prepublication first edition. [Probable publication date: 18 September 1989.] 55pp. Green soft cover. Clean text pages. "Wolfwatching" was Hughes' 14th collection of poetry - he digs deeply into his own childhood and his family history, as well as writing about nature's violence and the meaning he finds in it....
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A$84.65
THE BALLROOM OF ROMANCE And Other Stories
by Trevor, William
New York: Viking Press, (1972). First U.S. edition, printed and bound in England from the English sheets. Review copy with publisher's slip (with publication date Oct. 19, 1972) and "News from Viking" letter laid in. Fine in dust jacket with slight discoloration along upper edge front flap but otherwise quite fine.
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A$235.32
The Early Stories 1953-1975
by Updike, John
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Alfred A Knopf Publisher, 2003. Advanced Reading Copy. Soft cover. Very Good. Pre-Publication Uncorrected proof copy prior to publication date of November 2, 2003. Softcover in very good condition. Light orange heavy paper wraps. Shows shelf & edge wear and a deep bump to back top corner which resulted in indent / wrinkles to top corner of last one hundred pages. First page is reproduction of final jacket cover in black & white on paper stock. Text block clean &...
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A$38.44
DESCENT TO THE DEAD: Poems Written in Ireland and Great Britain
by Jeffers, Robinson
New York: Random House, 1931. First edition. ONE OF 50 SIGNED COPIES DESIGNATED FOR REVIEW, issued in addition to and, one would assume, prior to the 500 copies in the regular signed/limited issue (Broomfield A14[1]). Publisher's review slip laid in with projected publication date December 7, 1931. SIGNED BY JEFFERS on limitation page with "Review" written in black ink (in place of a number). Quarto cinnamon Tokugawa paper over flexible boards with vellum spine lettered in black. Broomfield doesn't call...
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A$627.52
The Black Veil
by Moody, Rich
2002 - ARC - softcover - tight, sound, and square - all pages are clean and unmarked
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A$26.62A$10.65
AT PLAY IN THE FIELDS OF THE LORD
by Matthiessen, Peter
New York: Random House, (1965). First edition. Advance reading copy in white paperwraps printed in blue, with swirl design on front cover in orange. SIGNED by author on title page. Covers lightly soiled, spine lightly creased, otherwise very good to fine.
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A$470.64
Caveat Emptor: A Novel of the Roman Empire (The Medicus Series)
by Downie, Ruth
N.Y.: Bloomsbury, 2010. First Edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine, unread copy of the Advance Reading Copy with publishers letter laid in. In her fourth novel, Ruth Downie brings to life the corruption and treachery of Roman-occupied Britain, as it closes in on her winsome leading man, Gaius Petreius Ruso. Ruso and Tilla, now newlyweds, have moved back to Britannia, where Ruso's old friend and colleague Valens has promised to help him find work. But it isn't the kind of...
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A$11.30
