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London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited to 800 copies. Very Good. Quarter beige cloth with yellow cloth on the boards, lightly soiled and toned, bumped at the corners, a few air bubbles between the cloth and boards. Bound with some reading wear and a forward lean, foxed and stained at the endpapers, clean otherwise. The first unsigned edition of Wilde's classic poem composed after his release from the titular prison.
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
by C.3.3. [Wilde, Oscar]
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Old Creole Days
by Cable, George W.
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New York: Scribner's, 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed by Cable opposite the title page. Very Good, sunned on the spine and back board, a small chip to the head of the spine, unmarred gilt on the spine and front board. Square, minor wear on the binding, gilt top edge, bookplate inside the front board. A collection of 8 stories that serve as a "social satire that explores the problems of racially and culturally diverse antebellum New Orleans (Google Books).
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
by Cain, James M.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned, a larger chip at the foot of the spine, lesser chips along the edges. Orange cloth, darkened at the edges, with blue ink lettering and panels. Square, bound with some reading wear, blue top stain, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Cain's classic debut novel about an affair turned deadly. Adapted into the 1946 Tay Garnett film starring Lana Turner and John Garfield.
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Our Government
by Cain, James M.
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good second-issue jacket, unclipped ($2.50), chipped at the top inch of the spine and extending onto the back panel, generally toned. Grey cloth, toned at the spine with black ink lettering. Square and firmly bound with a dark grey top stain, former owner's bookplate inside the front board, clean internally. Cain's political commentary about "what manner of men it is whom you as a taxpayer support.
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The Embezzler
by Cain, James M.
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New York: Avon, 1943. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Murder Mystery Quarterly 20. About Good in wraps, generally rubbed, a small tear at the foot of the spine. Firmly bound with toned pages and a forward lean to the spine.
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The Lost and Found Stories of Morley Callaghan
by Callaghan, Morley
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Toronto: Lester and Orpen Dennys | Exile Editions, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Foreword by Barry Callaghan. Signed by Callaghan on the half-title. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (no price). Grey cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of twenty-six stories never before published from the acclaimed Canadian writer.
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Invisible Cities
by Calvino, Italo
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Translated by William Weaver. With a laid-in holograph postcard signed by Calvino to scholar Albert Howard Carter. Good in a Very Good Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.50), rubbed at the surface and edges, a few small chips at the head of the spine. Quarter grey buckram with black paper on the boards, bumped and rubbed at the edges and corners. Bound with a forward lean and some reading wear, annotations from Calvino scholar Albert Howard Carter throughout, demonstrating the effort required to puzzle together the order of the book. Calvino's novel in the form of a time traveling conversation between Kublai Khan and Marco Polo. Neblua Award nominee in 1975.
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The Four Literatures of Switzerland
by Camartin, Iso; Francillon, Roger; Jakubec-Vodoz, Doris; Kaser, Rudolf; Orelli, Giovanni; Stocker, Beatrice
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Zurich: Pro Helvetica, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. About Fine. Wraps faintly rubbed and bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A short work that "offers a survey of the history of the four literatures of Switzerland and the work being done by writers [of the time].
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The Black Star Passes
by Campbell Jr., John W.
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Reading: Fantasy Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Purple cloth, toned at the spine, stains at the boards. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges, toned at the endpapers, clean otherwise. Campbell's novel advertised as "historically important because it is one of the earlier modern space adventure tales.
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The Black Star Passes
by Campbell Jr., John W.
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Reading: Fantasy Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, clipped, lightly rubbed at the back panel. Blue buckram with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Campbell's novel advertised as "historically important because it is one of the earlier modern space adventure tales.
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The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology
by Campbell, John W.
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Second Printing. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($3.95), generally toned, chipped at the edges and the head of the spine, stains on the back panel. Red cloth, faded at the foot of the spine, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a black top stain, clean internally. A collection of twenty-three stories from the likes of Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Murray Leinster, Eric Frank Russell, among others. This copy comes from the collection of science fiction fan, artist, and publishers Jon Stopa.
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Exile and Kingdom
by Camus, Albert
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New York: Vintage Books. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. V-281. Later Printing. Translated by Justin O'Brien. Very Good. Wraps soiled at the edges of the wraps. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, former owner's name on the first page, clean otherwise. A work of fiction that, in typical Camus fashion, explores the theme of "man himself--man condemned by his nature and circumstances to spiritual exile, ever seeking an inner kingdom in which he may be reborn.
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Exile and Kingdom
by Camus, Albert
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London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Second Printing. Translated by Justin O'Brien. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped (13s. 6d. net), generally toned, chipped at the corners, a few small closed tears at the edges. Green cloth, toned matching the jacket loss, red ink lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a forward lean, former owner's signature on the half-title, clean otherwise. A work of fiction that, in typical Camus fashion, explores the theme of "man himself--man condemned by his nature and circumstances to spiritual exile, ever seeking an inner kingdom in which he may be reborn.
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The Plague
by Camus, Albert
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Translated by Stuart Gilbert. Fifth Printing. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, faintly toned and rubbed. Black cloth, faintly bumped at the corners, with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, gift inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Camus' existentialist classic about an outbreak of the plague in Algeria.
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The Rebel; An Essay on Man in Revolt
by Camus, Albert
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New York: Vintage Books, 1960. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Foreword by Sir Herbert Read. A revised and complete translation by Anthony Bower. Eighth Printing. Very Good. Wraps toned, lightly bumped at the corners, some rippling from the glue on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Camus' book-length essay that Manes Sperber called "the logbook of the intellectual's pilgrimage to paradise on earth, the biography of that European rebellion which was born with the French Revolution.
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The Death of Che Guevara
by Cantor, Jay
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, clipped, toned at the flaps, a few small closed tears at the eges. Quarter black cloth with dark grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Cantor's debut novel, a fictionalized telling of Guevara's transformation from "privileged upper-class youth into one of the radical heroes of the twentieth century.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's; A Short Novel and Three Stories
by Capote, Truman
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New York: Random House, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($3.50), lightly toned, faded at the spine, a few dark spots on the front panel. Yellow cloth with a black ink panel and gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a light blue top stain, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Capote's novel about socialite Holly Golightly and her life in New York City. Adapted into the 1961 film starring Audrey Hepburn.
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Poems [2 Vols]
by Carman, Bliss
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Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited De Luxe Edition of 500 copies signed by Carman. Very Good. Grey paper on the boards, some scuffing, pushed and with a tear at the heads of the spines, brown spine labels with some scuffs. Square and firmly bound, bookplate inside the front boards, foxed on the preliminaries, clean otherwise. These two volumes represent the complete work of Carman's poetic output, including "Low Tide on Grand Pre" which has been called one of the best poems to come out of Canada.
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Black Power; The Politics of Liberation in America
by Carmichael, Stokley; Hamilton, Charles V.
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New York: Random House, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($4.95), toned at the edges, some rubbing at the surface, a small closed tear at the top edge of the front panel. Quarter blue cloth with light blue paper on the boards. Firmly bound with a blue top stain, a very small forward lean, clean internally. Carmichael and Hamilton's work of revolutionary liberation in which they assert that "American racism makes existing political attitudes and institutions irrelevant; that the poverty and powerlessness of this country's black population make it imperative that Negroes organize their own political organisms to make the demands and produce the kind of reevaluation of ideas and institutions to produce the needed social change.
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Black Power; The Politics of Liberation in America
by Carmichael, Stokley; Hamilton, Charles V.
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New York: Vintage Books, 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Good. V-33. Good. Wraps generally toned, bumped and rubbed at the corners and edges. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name blacked out on the title page, clean otherwise.
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