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New York: Lupton Publishing. In Very Good condition. Imitation half-bound burgundy cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Top-edge gilt. 203pps. There is mild rubbing to the cloth and modest wear to the tips and the spine-ends. The binding is slightly shaken, though sound, with all pages intact. Also, the bottom corner of some pages are crimped. This volume is undated, however -- according to the publisher's address on the title-page (Nos. 72 - 76 Walker St) -- it would have been published between 1894 -1899 (the only years Lupton did business at that address). A nice copy. With notes by Joseph Devey, M.A. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . FRANCIS BACON ESSAYS NONFICTION. Catalogs: NonFiction.

Baltimore, Maryland: The Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1997. [1997]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Red boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 267pps. First printing. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The first-state dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, is mildly rubbed; no chips or tears. Bahr's powerfully written first novel, a story with much more depth of character than Shaara's 'The Killer Angels'.<b><font color=#003366><br><br> "'The Black Flower' is a story not only of war, but of men and women seeking redemption, who are stripped of all that anchors them, and who at last turn to honor and courage and love. At twenty-six, Bushrod Carter is already an old soldier, a veteran of all his regiment's campaigns since Shiloh. Now, on an Indian summer afternoon in… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Secker & Warburg, 1995. [1995]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Black boards. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Sage-green endpapers. 233pps. First Printing. The pages are lightly tanned due to the acid content of the stock, otherwise clean and tight with a square binding. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very mildly rubbed; the original U.K. price (15.99) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. An excellent, collector's-quality copy.<br><br><b><font color+#003366> "He is a man with a hidden, complicated past -- some of it perhaps unspeakably violent, much of it spent in thrall to an almost slavish fascination with seventeenth-century Flemish art. Now he is lured, unknowing, into a scheme to authenticate a set of suspect paintings, and -- as if in payment for his work, as if from out of the paintings… Read More

Boston: David R Godine Pub, 1989. [1989]. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Gray boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 234pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; absolutely no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price (17.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. This is a Review Copy, and the publisher's review slip has been laid in.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "A work of dazzling imagination, Mefisto assesses the price any true scientist or artist must pay to pursue his calling, and the cost the choice extracts from our mortal humanity and our ability to live fully."<br><br></b></font> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam's, 1995. Uncorrected Proof. Very Good+ in beige cardstock wraps, trade-sized (pb). 319pps. There is very slight rounding to the tips and a couple of shallow reading creases in the spine. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. No previous ownership markings. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the ffep. "...In 'Ill Wind', Barr's powerful new novel, Park Ranger Anna Pigeon confronts death among the ruins. Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park is noted for its well-preserved cliff dwellings, the sole legacy of the Anasazi civilization, which vanished without any other trace in the twelfth century. Separated from friends and family and haunted by personal demons, Anna finds solace in these quiet ruins, their pinon-scented turrets and towers backlit by the fading blue of distant mountain ranges. But the rugged beauty of the park and the mystery of the Anasazi are cruelly overshadowed by danger and death. An unusually high number of medical… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1966. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Bound in full tan cloth. The spine is stamped in brown and gilt; the front panel in gilt and blind. Octavo. Tan endpapers. [xxxi] + 710pps. No dustjacket, as issued. The spine-panel is faintly sunned, otherwise Fine: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The slipcase, of marbled tan paper over boards and with a large title-label on one panel, has mild touches of rubbing at the corners. #226 of an edition of 250 copies SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on a special limitation page. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED by the Author. Limited First Edition. Cloth.

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. (1910). In Near Fine condition. Bound in full, pictorial, colorfully-stamped cloth. Decorative red and black endpapers. 286pps., lavishly illustrated. This is a later printing, circa. 1960: the 'white linen' edition. Very light rubbing to the boards and to their extremities. Also, there is a small, unobtrusive dot -- as of ink -- on the fore-edge. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. Internally immaculate, as if unread; no previous owner's markings. A beautiful, bright copy of this children's classic.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Here is a 'double' story of Oz. While Dorothy, her Aunt Em and Uncle Henry experience the events that lead to their going to Oz to make their home in the Emerald City, the wicked Nome King is plotting to conquer Oz and enslave its people. Later we go with Dorothy and her friends in the Red Wagon on a grand tour of Oz that is simply packed with excitement and events."… Read More

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. (1904) In Near Fine condition. Bound in full, pictorial, colorfully-stamped cloth. Decorative red and black endpapers. 286pps., lavishly illustrated. This is a later printing, circa. 1960: the 'white linen' edition. Very light rubbing to the boards and to their extremities. Otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. Internally immaculate, as if unread; no previous owner's markings. A beautiful, bright copy of this children's classic.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "Deals entirely with the early history of Oz. No one from the United States or any other part of the 'great outside world' appears in it. It takes its readers on a series of incredible adventures with Tip, a small boy who runs away from old Mombi, the witch, taking with him Jack Pumpkinhead and the wooden Saw-Horse. The Scarecrow is king of the Emerald City until he, Tip, Jack, and the Tin Woodman are forced to flee the royal palace when it is… Read More

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. (1913) In Fine condition. Fully bound in pictorial, colorfully-stamped cloth. Decorative red and black endpapers. 286pps., lavishly illustrated. This is a later printing, circa. 1960: the 'white linen' edition. Very light rubbing to the boards and to their extremities. Otherwise flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. Internally immaculate, as if unread; no previous owner's markings. A beautiful, bright copy of this children's classic. ".Here, the Patchwork Girl is brought to life by Dr. Pipt's magic Powder of Life. From that moment the action never slows down. It tells of Ojo's quest for the strange ingredients necessary to brew a magic liquid that will release his Unk Nunkie from a spell -- the spell cast by the Liquid of Petrefaction, which has turned him into a marble statue." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee. Thanks for your… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperPrism, 1999. Fine in a Fine dustjacket. Blue boards with a black, gilt-stamped backstrip. 212pps. A flawless, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is as new; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. "...From Stephen Baxter, one of today's most acclaimed writers of science fiction and fantasy, comes this unforgettable saga of life and loss in the grand tradition of 'Watership Down'. For fifty thousand springs, Silverhair and her kind, the last of the woolly mammoths, have lived in a remote tundra, rimmed by ice and sea and mountain. Soon to be a mother, Silverhair looks to the future with hope. But even as her life begins, the world she loves is ending. A new menace, more vicious than any enemy, is descending upon the snowlands -- a two-legged… Read More

New York: Doubleday, 1976. Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. Gray boards quarterbound in blue cloth. The spine is silver-stamped. 280pps. Light touches of rubbing to the front board. The cloth of the spine is considerably discolored or mottled. Mild bumping to the spine-ends. Internally, the book is in splendid condition: clean, tight, square, and bright. The pages are immaculate; no previous owner's markings or reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has edgewear at the tips and spine-ends. There is a 1/4" chip at the head of the spine. Also, light soiling and toning. The original price is intact. "...Charles is twenty-seven. His golden memories -- of the 1960s, of his ex-lover, Laura -- grow brighter but more painful as the world around him gets grayer. His numbing nine-to-five job, the visits to his mother who spends hours in her bathtub, his fitful relationship with a vegetarian lesbian feminist, the telephone calls from his stepfather about the merits of family… Read More

New York: Knopf, 1930. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full black cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in gilt. Deckle-edge. Octavo. Top edge gilt. Pps 381 - 749 + [xiii]. There is mild bumping to the spine-ends and a small tear on a preliminary page, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a sunned spine, modest touches of soiling, and light rubbing wear at the extremities. A very nice copy.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...Though in these critical essays Max Beerbohm is concerned mostly with the art of Shaw, Gordon Craig, Wilde, Henry Irving, Barrie and the others who made that period of the English stage flare with a brilliancy that has not been approached since, he touches on many other phases of the drama, both foreign and less modern. Written as only the inimitable 'Max' can write, these essays are a genuine… Read More

Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1985. As New in a Near Fine dustjacket. Fully-bound in black cloth. Both the spine and the front board are stamped in gilt. Numerous photos. 260pp. The volume, itself, is flawless; clean, tight, square, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in BroDart, has a 1/4" closed tear at the top of the rear panel as well as a 1/8" scratch on the front panel; it is, otherwise, in beautiful shape. This is Bell's third and scarcest book. Additional photos available upon request. Buy with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Money back guarantee.. First Edition. Catalogs: NonFiction.

New York: Viking, 1953. Near Fine in a Good dust jacket. Bound in black and gray cloth. Both the spine and the front panel are stamped in orange. Orange topstain. Octavo. 536pps. First Printing. The book and jacket are First State: Vail-Ballou on the copyright page (along with topstain). The edges of the cloth and the closed page edges are slightly sundarkened. Otherwise clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dust jacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has considerable edge-chipping, a long, closed tear at the bottom of the front panel, and the front flap-fold, dust-spotted, is half-detached from the front panel (secured now in said sleeve). The original price (4.50) is intact. A blurb for 'The Short Novels of John Steinbeck' is on the rear flap. A nice, collector's-quality copy of the author's third novel and winner of the National Book Award. Uncommon in the flawed, though first-state… Read More

New York: Viking, 1943. In Very Good+/Near Fine condition. No slipcase. This illustrated edition is limited to 400 signed and numbered copies, of which this is #158. Fully-bound in gray cloth. Decorative 'Reina Del Pacifico' endpapers. 299pps., including 4 full-color, full-page, plates. Also, there is a large pictorial onlay on the front board. All illustrations done by the author. This copy is, overall, in excellent condition. The spine is slightly sun-darkened and there is a thin scratch in the leather spine label. Internally, there are (literally) two or three small and faint foxmarks, otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous owner's markings, no bent pages, and no reading wear. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos… Read More

New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Gray paper over boards with a black, gilt-stamped backstrip. Octavo. 182pps. There is mild rubbing to the spine-ends and a remainder mark at the base of the textblock (unobtrusive, under the heel of the spine). Also, there is slight creasing at the bottom of the first 20 pages. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has touches of rubbing and a few slight scratchings; the original price is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title page. A nice copy of Benioff's highly regarded first novel. Made into a film by Spike Lee (2002), starring Edward Norton. ".An absorbing novel of crime, its terrifying consequences, and a bond that redefines the friendship of three restless young men. Wall Street speculators, the Manhattan downtown club scene, Russian gangsters, immigrant neighborhoods --… Read More

New York: Carroll & Graf, 2000. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Gray paper over boards with a black, gilt-stamped backstrip. Octavo. 182pps. There is mild rubbing to the spine-ends and a remainder mark at the base of the textblock (unobtrusive, under the heel of the spine). Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a new mylar sleeve, has touches of rubbing; the original price is intact. A nice copy of Benioff's highly regarded first novel. Made into a film by Spike Lee (2002), starring Edward Norton. ".An absorbing novel of crime, its terrifying consequences, and a bond that redefines the friendship of three restless young men. Wall Street speculators, the Manhattan downtown club scene, Russian gangsters, immigrant neighborhoods -- all the elements in the urban turf of this finely crafted contemporary crime novel wed danger with excitement and possibility. They're the rewards that Monty Brogan, who… Read More

Norman, OK, U.S.A.: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket. Fully-bound in gray cloth. The spine is stamped in red. 231pp. There is a mild bump to the head of the spine, otherwise: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. The text is immaculate; no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light touches of rubbing -- particularly along the spine. There is, also, a 3/8" closed tear at the top of the rear panel. "...In 1968, Jackson J. Benson, then a naive young literature professor, set out to write a critical appraisal of John Steinbeck, a writer who Benson felt was greatly undervalued by the scholarly establishment. To Benson's amazement, he shortly found his project turning into an authorized biography. 'Looking for Steinbeck's Ghost' is Benson's engaging account of his experiences over the fifteen years he devoted to writing that biography. On one level, the book is a rich collection of… Read More

New York: The Dial Press, 1964. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Patterned brown boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is gilt-stamped. Map-endpapers. 440pps. There is mild rubbing wear to the tips. Also, there is a small soil-mark on pages 418-19. Otherwise clean, tight, square, and bright. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has touches of rubbing and edgewear -- particularly at the spine-ends. There are a couple of small chips at the head of the spine and a 1/4" closed tear at the bottom of the front panel. The great bulk of the jacket's orange ink, commonly rubbed, is present in this instance; only slight loss at the heel of the spine and a faint strip on the front panel. The original price (5.95) is intact. Overall, quite a nice copy of this -- at turns, hilarious and moving -- classic of western literature. ".Purports to be the reminiscences -- dictated at the ripe age of 111 -- of one Jack Crabb -- plainsman, Indian scout, gunfighter, buffalo hunter, bunco… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1986. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Golden boards quarterbound in ivory cloth. The spine is stamped in copper. 317pp. Fore-edge untrimmed. There is mild bumping to the upper tips, rounding them slightly. Otherwise, flawless: clean, tight, square, and bright. Inscribed by the author to an aspiring writer on the half-title page. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a shallow crease in the back panel and another in the rear flap. No chips, soiling or tears; the original price (15.95) is yet intact. An excellent, highly-presentable copy.<br><br> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. Photos can be emailed upon request.. SIGNED by the Author on the Half-Title Page. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover.