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New York: Vanguard Press, 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A near fine + copy of a FIRST EDITION STATED/ FIRST PRINTING in a near fine jacket, with spine evenly sunned. An especially well preserved copy of the first volume of the Danny O'Neill series, Farrell's richest and most autobiographical work. Author of Studs Lonigan. Jacket is not price clipped ($2.50). Publisher's advertising tipped in. This is a fine collectible from an uneasy era in history. Protected in mylar.

The Modern Library, New York, 1938. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Studs Lonigan; A trilogy containing, Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan and Judgment Day with a new introduction by the author. Book is in very good- condition, internally unmarked. the major flaw is a separation between the first free end paper and the spine. Book is square and solid. Clipped dust jacket is very good with a small chip in the center of the spine and two nicely closed tears on front of jacket. This volume is quite thick and is still quite square and tight. A nice reader/collectible. Protected in Mylar.

Hanover New Hampshire: Westholm Publications, 1968. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. book about books from bookseller and author and professor of comparative literature at Dartmouth College herbert Faulkner West. Warmly inscribed to Pat Magarick, " Dear Pat- I ... you may find something in this to interest you. With warm regards always Herb West. Book and jacket would be in as new condition but for a small bump to crown. Limited to 399 copies. Internally flawless.

hanover New Hampshire: Westholm Publications, 1961. Limited Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book is fiction from New Hampshire bookseller and author and professor of Literature at Dartmouth. Book is very fine in like jacket, that has a slightly faded spine. no marks, tears or bumps. Flawless, inscribed to Pat Magarick. " This satire is, alas nearer to the truth than many want to believe. With all the best.... Herbert West". July 3, 1964. Limited to 1000 copies, signed by author.

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Never before published, this sequence of fourteen love poems by William Faulkner is a pivotal work in the great writer's literary career, a vital link between his early apprenticeship to poetry and the brilliance of his fiction". Book is mint , jacket is near mint in like jacket. No price on jacket. 88 pages plus appendix. Interesting photos of burned pages at rear of book.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book in near fine condition with faded spine, unmarked, except for long inscription on ffe from author, to noted collector Pat Magarick. Also included a letter from the desk of Herbert West, Bookseller, hanover, new hampshire dated 6/27/64. jacket in near fine condition with tape repair to verso of front.

Doubleday and Company, Garden City, New York, 1958. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED fIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING of Edna Ferber's novel Ice palace. Here are the Alaskan territory's modern vigorous people, its dramatic weather and scenery, its desperate still unfinished struggle for statehood. And here, too, are men from the " Outside" determined to exploit a fabulously rich Alaska for their own gains. This is an angry novel, telling of the fifty year battle between two titans trying to dominate Alaska's future. This is a great book from the author of Giant. Fine collectible copy, protected in Mylar wrap. Signed by author on the first free end page. A near fine copy with a very good PRICED(4.50) dudt jacket. Signed by Author

Hanging Loose Press, Brooklyn, New York, 1994. Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. SIGNED FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING with full # line. "Mary Ferrari's poetry has the unexpectedness of life: flashes of humor in the midst of drama, invasion of public events into privacy, of sensuality into the cerebral. Her temporary relocation to South Africa has not been merely material but also perceptual. Her imagery has brought us a new way of seeing our landscape and often our human scape, as well. What she has written in our country shows a sensibility capable of entering fully the suffering and spirit of resistance around her".- Nadine Gordimer The author writes not only poignant poetry but writes it to her people. Book is as new, SIGNED on the half title page and a fine collectible. Signed by Author

New York: Charles Scribner's and Sons, 1896. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book is fine with gilded top and untrimmed fore edge and bottom. gold lettering on spine which is slightly faded and slightly wrinkled. Book plate of Collin Armstrong. Eugene Field's crest opposite title page.Bal 5771

About this Item: Simon & Schuster, North Sidney, NSW, 1995. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. AS NEW book in a near fine priced (23.00) dust jacket with minor wrinkling to the top of the jacket is unmarked and unopened.Book is quarter bound in black cloth over gray boards. Twenty- five years after Jack Finney published Time and Again, one of the five best mysteries of all time--Murder Inc. This First edition First printing is a fine collectible for any library.

New York, New York: Vanguard, 1944. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 7.75x5.5. Book is an extremely fine, signed first Ed. Jacket has been extensively but finely repaired.

New York, New York: The McBride Company, 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A short pictorial consisting of 17 plates and a short biography of Douglas by his and his wife's kinsman. #295 of350.Book Fine. No copyright information or date as per publishers design. Jacket near fine with repaired tear at top of spine. Price clipped and minor browning on spine and folds.

New York: Cheshire house, 1932. 1st Edition First thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Freda Bone. The Maides Tragedy with introduction by Christopher Morley.This edition is limited to 1200 copies(1064) and has been printed from type by Richard W. Ellis, and the wood-cut decorations printed from the original blocks. Book is near fine with slightly and quite readable spine, quarter bound in fine green morocco over beautiful green marbled boards. Top edge is guilt and the fore and bottom edges are untrimmed. Limited to 1200 copies. A fine collectible.

About this Item: Dutton Adult, New York, 2000. Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. FINE first edition first printing in a fine priced (26.95) dust jack is pristine, unmarked and unread. A man wakes to find himself lying on the ground in a railway station, He does not remember how he got there, He has forgotten where he lives, He cannot even remember his own name. So begins Code to zero, Ken Follett's explosive tale of intrigue , espionage, and conspiracy. It's january 1958 a dark hour in the Cold War, and the early dawn of the space race. At Cape Canaveral, a countdown has begun, On launch pad 26B sits Explorer 1, America's best hope to match the Soviet Sputnik and regain the lead in the contest for the skies above. Ken Follett is a master of the spy novel and totally in tune with history. This is a fine read and a great addition to any library.

Dutton Books, New York, 2010. 1st edition Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Edition. FIRST EDITION/FIRST PRINTING with full # line book is near fine with bump on bottom of spine in very good priced (36.00) jacket that has a ruffled bottom edge and no tears or repairs of any kind. A very nice copy of Book one of Ken Follett's Century Trilogy. Fall of Giants is Follett's magnificent historical epic. The first novel in The Century Trilogy, it follows the fates of five interrelated families- American German. Russian, English and Welsh as they move through the world shaking dramas pf the First World War, the Russian revolution an dthe struggle for women's suffrage. The characters in this saga find their lives extricably entangled as, in a unfolding drama of intriguing complexity. This is a fine reading copy by a master story teller suitable for any library.

The Rodale Press, London, 1957. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ru Van Rossem (illustrator). 1st Edition. Translated from the French by David Glixon.The story is as old as literature. The ancient Greeks celebrated each spring nature's decay and revival symbolized in the death and rebirth of Adonis, the handsome youth, the lover of gAphrodite, who was killed by a boar and condemned by the gods to spend half of each year in Hades and half with his mistress. This very handsome book is illustrated with six lithographs by the distinguished Dutch artist Ru van Rossem. paste-downs and end papers are nicely decorated. Book is near fine with slight wear to tips and extremities. The priced (15s.net) is good with repaired closed tears and 11/2" loss at spine bottom. The colored lithographs are very nice

About this Item: Knopf, New York, 1976. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED book is AS NEW in a very fine priced (12.50) dust jacket. Internally unmarked, except for the authors signature on the title page, and unopened. This is a wonderful collectible for any serious library. Her book is herself. it is, of course, about dancing. About loving to dance as a small child in Shanghai. About ballet classes and ballet teachers, about practice and rehearsal. About making her debut as a Snowflake, at fifteen with the emerging Sadler's Wells Company, under the demanding rule of the brilliant and volatile Ninette de Valois. About her almost magical early success dancing Giselle at seventeen, and Swan Lake at eighteen and at nineteen dancing Sleeping Beauty and the effects on a young girl of sudden stardom. About the hard work of overcoming her limitations and her weaknesses. Above all, her autobiography is a revelation of a direct, warm hearted person who… Read More

About this Item: The Viking Press, New York, 1980. Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition first printing . Book is unmarked and probably unread. Quarter bound in black cloth over red boards. In 1971, when TAhe Day of the jackal (1971), Odessa File (1972) and The Dogs of War (1974) there was silence, until TAhe Devil's Alternative. Readers the world over can only be grateful for this broken vow. This is the multi-award winning author's fourth novel. A rare FIRST PRINTING. Pristine.

Item Description: Twayne"s United States Authors Series, New York, New York, 1968. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine biography of Jesse Stuart. Book near mint except for one very tiny stain that penetrates the half title, title page and copyright page. jacket is fine with minor wear to spine ends and front corners. " jesse Stuart is a marvelously fecund writer, ignored by the serious literary critics, probably because his work lies outside the currently fashionable modes (1968). Yet millions of readers have read enthusiastically his poetry, fiction and autobiography. This volume is an attempt to describe and evaluate the totality of Stuart's work.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Daniel Martin, from whose point of view the story unfolds, is a successful English playwright and Hollywood scenario doctor. He returns to England at the request of his friend, Anthony mallory, who is dying of cancer". Book would be fine except for a small bump at bottom of spine. Beautiful green stain at top and green cloth boards. Jacket would be in fine unclipped ($12.95) condition except for slight wrinkle at bottom of spine. Unread and spotless.