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Holyoke, MA: Crossroads Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Gianni, Gary. Fine copy of this limited chapbook from Crossroads Press. Signed by Vachss, Lansdale, and Neal Barrett Jr. on the limitation page. Limited to 300 copies, this being #29.
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by Vachss, Andrew; Lansdale, Joe R.
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Father Vahey's Controversial Letters
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Milwaukee: Hoffmann Bros., Printers to the Holy Apostolic See, 1888. 8vo, 155pp. Quarter brown morocco over marbled boards. Errata slip tipped in at front. Very good with crease to rear board, boards worn at corners, rubbing to joints. Ownership label and stamp to front endpapers, else clean internally. Collection of letters from Vahey, Catholic priest from Ridgeway, Wisconsin, in defense of "false charges and insulting language" against his Catholic faith from various Anglican Priests in the Midwest, mainly Iowa. Vahey writes in his preface: "If my little work be instrumental in diffusing the light of true religion among non-Catholics, then, indeed I am well paid for my labor." Worldcat locates five holdings of this collection.
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Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods
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New York: Margaret K. McElderberry Books, 2022. Advance Review Copy (ARC). 8vo, 401pp, softcover, near fine.
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Mounted Albumen Photograph of the Wawona Tunnel Tree
by [Mariposa Grove] [Yosemite] Putnam and Valentine
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[Los Angeles]: [Putnam & Valentine], 1900. 8x6" albumen photo mounted on thick gray card with beveled edges. Photograph in nice shape, with some staining and wear to mount. "Wawona Group" written in a contemporary hand on verso. Nice image done by the Los Angeles studio of Putnam & Valentine, which began operation in about 1895.
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Les Jeux Olympiens: Comedie musicale en 7 Tableaux
by Valrey, Jean [pseud. Valère Reynouard]; Borda, E[lie] Alfred
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[Paris?]: N.p., [ca. 194_?]. Manuscript. 1. Original sketchbook of characters and scenes, 21x27cm, [7] leaves glued at edge, recto only, hand colored in orange. 2. Orchestral reduction, manuscript score in 3 sections (overture and 2 tableaux, perhaps all completed?), each 30x23cm, black ink with red, blue, and green highlights throughout. Overture: title page, [1], 10p. 3rd Tableau, 1st Entr'acte: title page, [2]p. 5th Tableau, 2nd Entr'acte: [4]p. 3. Mimeographed script, brad bound and attached to portfolio, with hand decorated, purple lettered cover, 31x21cm, [60]leaves, in purple, recto only. Housed in homemade, cardboard portfolio, 31x26cm, blue cloth tape reinforced spine, blue and red title lettering. All very good with edge wear, the portfolio also showing staining and chipping. Likely never seeing production nor duplication beyond manuscript, this musical drama for choir, orchestra, and several soloists as young Greek Gods and Goddesses, could roughly be captioned as "Teenage Gods Playing…
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The First Fifty Prints: Valton Tyler
by [Valton Tyler] Reynolds, Rebecca
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Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1972. First edition, review copy. Oblong 4to, 156pp. Color frontis, black and white facsimiles throughout. Review slip laid in. Orange cloth boards lettered in black in illustrated jacket. Light wear to boards in jacket with some soiling and a couple chips to rear panel. Very good. Nice publication showcasing the Texas artist, Valton Tyler's (1944-2017) early works. Uncommon hardcover issue, review copy.
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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an Introduction by Lemony Snicket
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U.S.A.: HMH Books for Young Readers, 2011. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Remainder mark top edge, scratch to back of dust jacket, else fine and clean. 1st printing.
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The Polar Express
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U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Later printing. Inscribed by author on title page. Modest edge wear to price-clipped jacket, else fine and clean.
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The Country Year
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New York: William Sloane Associates, 1946. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. John O'hara Cosgrave II. Stated first printing of this collection from the Pulitzer winning American poet. From the personal library of Madeleine L'engle, though containing no markings as such. Signed by Van Doren on the first blank page. Very good with lithographed boards showing foxing to upper edge and wear to extremities. Jacket very good with some toning to spine and rubbing and wear at head and along joints.
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The Chinese Maze Murders
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The Hague and Bandung: W. Van Hoeve Ltd, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition in English of this second Judge Dee mystery, preceding the UK edition (Michael Joseph) by 6 years. Vincent Starrett's copy with his autograph and dated in 1957 on the half title page. Near fine with slightly dust top edge in like jacket, with some tanning to the spine and light edge wear. Present is the very scarce promotional, wraparound band with quote from Agatha Christie, and which sows some light rubbing. Wonderful copy.
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Brains and Money vs. Resources. Illustrated and Embellished with Views of One of the Most Resourceful Yet Undeveloped Sections of the Rocky Mountain Region and of a City Therein..
by Van Horn, Isaac
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Boston & Laramie: Isaac Van Horn & Co, 1901. First Edition. 4to, 11.5" x 9.5," [146]pp. Beige cloth lettered in gilt. Near fine with light wear and soiling to edges of boards. Internally sound and clean with original one page contract for the purchase of a subscription to the trust with manuscript corrections laid in. Turn of the century promotional book for Laramie, compliments of the Isaac Van Horn banking firm. Illustrated throughout with photographic plates of the area and includes a map of the railroad lines. The trust, with an end goal of a mining operation in the Gold Hill district, was to buy a controlling interest in Wyoming railroad, mining, processing, utility, banking, lumber, and other companies. The scheme did not pan out, later collapsing when Van Horn declared bankruptcy.
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A Short History of Discovery from the Earliest Times to the Founding of Colonies on the American Continent
by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem
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Philadelphia: David McKay, 1917. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, with color illustrations by the author, Hendrik Willem Van Loon. Short, informative stories for children on different voyages and voyagers from throughout history. Very good book in green cloth boards with pictorial onlay to front cover. Cloth worn at edges and along joints, spine darkened. Some foxing to preliminaries, else clean internally. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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The Tetramachus collection
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Putnam, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, review copy with publisher's review slip and publicity letter laid in. Near fine with "complimentary copy" stamped on top of page block edge. Near fine jacket shows some light rubbing at spine ends and a couple small edge tears.
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The Regent Theatre: Melbourne's palace of dreams
by Van Straten, Frank
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Melbourne, Australia: ELM Pub, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Limited to 1000 copies, numbered. Fine in wraps with fine jacket.
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The Enchanted Village
by van Vogt, A. E.
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Dearborn Heights, MI: The Misfit Press, 1979. First separate edition, number 409 of 550 copies. 8vo, 24, [1]pp. Illustrations in blue by Joan Hanke Woods. Signed by van Vogt on the title page. Yellow, illustrated card wrappers, saddle stitched. Housed in a custom, green paper and cloth chemise with printed label. Nearly fine with a few minor smudges. First separate edition of this oft reprinted story from van Vogt which first appeared in Other Worlds Science Stories, July, 1950. This copy printed for distribution at and after CONCLAVE and LOSCON, 1979.  .
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The Mixed Men
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New York: Gnome Press, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good book, spine cocked, with some foxing and soiling to top page block edge, and edge wear to boards. Very good jacket with general wear and tear to edges, and a small chip to top edge of front panel. Some toning to back panel.
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Slan
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Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. First edition of 4000 copies. 8vo, 216, [1]pp. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering and design in illustrated jacket by Robert F. Hubbell. Signed by van Vogt on the title page with "Slancere" best wishes. Page block edge a bit toned and soiled, with some light foxing to preliminaries, and boards a bit dusty. Price-clipped jacket with toning to spine, typical wear and light chipping at spine ends and corners. A very good copy. Charmingly signed copy of this first book from the influential Canadian author of science fiction, Alfred Elton van Vogt (1912-2000).  Slan was originally published as a serial in John W. Campbell's Astounding Science Fiction, in 1940. A classic Arkham House title from the 40's.
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Away and Beyond
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New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. First edition. 8vo, 309pp. Inscribed by van Vogt on the title page to the former owner. Publisher's navy cloth, spine lettered in gilt in illustrated jacket by Glanzman-Parker. Couple light scuffs to boards else near fine in very good jacket, price clipped, spine a bit sunned, and with some light rubbing to edges and along folds. Collects "Vault of the Beast," "Asylum," and others.  .
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Bibliography of Cheney Miniatures
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Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1975. First edition of 150 copies. Miniature book, 7x6cm, unpaginated. Patterned paper over boards with printed label, in red illustrated jacket. Light toning to edges of jacket, nearly fine. A miniature, and appropriately so, describing 31 miniature books, chronologically, printed by Los Angeles printer and bibliophile, William Cheney (1907-2002). Printed and bound by Vance Gerry for Dawson's Book Shop, where Cheney once worked as a shipping clerk.  .
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The Dark Power
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London: Geoffrey Bles, 1925. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Philip Simmonds. First edition of this Hubin listed work from Vance, the creator of the popular character, "The Lone Wolf." Published in the U.K by Bles in 1925, Hubin lists the American edition/title as "unknown." Apparently a mystery novel with occult themes, worldcat locates just 5 copies. Very good in publisher's green boards which show little wear in quite scarce jacket with striking illustration by Philip Simmonds, of a man walking and holding his hat down through a lightning storm against a barren landscape. Some wear, wrinkling to upper edge of rear panel, light chipping to extremities, spine darkened, else complete and nicely preserved.
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