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Abbey, Edward The Fool's Progress
Pages are crisp and tight, book appears unread, no defects. Tiny chip and minor creasing to head of spine area of jacket, now in protective mylar cover. . First issue DJ, with the errors "mist" (for myth) and "Mickey" (for Becky) both present on the flaps. A beautiful copy. . Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. S3 NY. NY Henry Holt 1988 1st Edition. 1st Printing Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket 19090
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Anderson, Sherwood A Story Teller's Story
The tale of an American writer's journey through his own imaginative world and through the world of facts, w many of his experiences and impressions among other writers -- told in many notes -- in four books and an Epilogue. Delicate paper dust jacket is chipped, lightly water stained, torn, back piece is completely severed but present, now protected with fresh mylar cover and still attractive. Original brown cloth covers, bookplate inside front cover, along w small bookseller's sticker. Binding tight and square, pages clean and slightly yellowed. . Memoirs of one of America's finest writers. A solid copy of the second printing. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. D6 New York. New York B. W. Huebsch 1924 1st Edition. 2nd Printing Hardcover Very Good+ in Good dust jacket 12855
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Angle, Barbara Rinker
A little rubbing to corners of paper covers, no other defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author to someone who lives "along the Wabash." . Short novel telling the story of a day in the life of a coal miner. . Trade PB. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 74 pages. Signed by Author. E2 Crossroads Press 1979 1st Edition Softcover Near Fine with no dust jacket 24927
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Arago, Jacques Mémoires D'Un Petit Banc De L'Opéra
Top page ends are spotted, writing in pencil, in French, on half-title page. . Beautiful copy of this little book. Half-cloth, red boards with beautiful reddish/cream and gilt design, bright gilt titles to buckram spine area, also red. Endpapers are a cinnamon and cream design. Illustrations by author. Book is tight, square, pages clean and bright. This is a gorgeous book; pages are crisp and tight, book appears unread. . 12mo - 7" to 7½" tall. 315 pages. T4 Paris. Paris D. Ébard, Éditeur-Libraire 1844 Hardcover Near Fine with no dust jacket 20165
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Banks, Russell Trailerpark
Small spot of sticker residue and a touch of edgewear to jacket. Book has no defects; pages are crisp, tight, appears unread. . Jacket protected by mylar cover. Bank's 6th book of fiction. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. S1 Boston. Boston Houghton Mifflin 1981 1st Edition. 1st Printing Hardcover Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket 19114
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Bellow, Saul Ravelstein
No defects, book is As New, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . Bellow won both the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Pulitzer Prize in his lifetime. This is his last book. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 240 pages. A3 Viking 2000 1st Edition. 1st Printing Hardcover As New in As New dust jacket 31386
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Benchley, Peter Beast
Ni defects in book or jacket, the latter protected with fresh mylar sleeve. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on a label attached to the half title page. . By the author of Jaws and other blockbusters. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 350 pages. S1 Random House 1991 1st Edition. 1st Printing Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket 30922
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Benedict, Pinckney Dogs of God
No defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . A marvelous book by wonderful writer, perhaps the heir-apparent of Cormac McCarthy. A beautiful copy, in mylar cover. Author's first novel. . 8vo. 354 pages. H3 NY. NY Nan A. Talese 1994 1st Edition. 1st Printing Hardcover As New in As New dust jacket 19317
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Birney, Hoffman Grim Journey
Jacket spine is sunned with slight edgewear. All four corners are slightly clipped, price of $2.50 is intact, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Top page ends of book are darkened, no other defects. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. A few very faint stains to gray cover. . Fictionalized story of the infamous Donner party and their trials on the Overland Trail, which involved, among other horrific events, cannibalism. A beautiful copy, jacket protected by polyester film cover. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 275 pages. S5 NY. NY Minton, Balch & Company 1934 1st Edition Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket 19856
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Blechman, Burt Maybe
As New book in VG dust jacket. Dust jacket has three short closed tears, light rubbing, no other defects, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, book appears unread. . A nice copy of author's fifth book, the first edition (NAP). . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. D1 Prentice Hall 1967 1st Edition Hardcover Fine in Very Good dust jacket 31871
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Bowman, David Let the Dog Drive
First book by author, and a small first printing of only 1000 copies. . Pages crisp, unread, bright and attractive orange cloth cover. No defects in book or jacket. A beautiful copy, jacket protected by mylar cover. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 295 pages. S1 NY. NY NYU Press 1992 1st Edition. 1st Printing Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket 30199
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Bradbury, Malcolm Eating People is Wrong
First American edition. Author's first book. Fine in NF DJ that is lightly soiled on rear panel, now protected by clear mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Brilliant orange and yellow cover design. First American Edition, stated. A beautiful copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. S1 NY. NY Knopf 1959 1st American Edition. 1st Printing Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket 19147
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Bradbury, Malcolm Stepping Westward
Author's 2nd novel with light shelfwear at base of spine and corners, in VG DJ that is rubbed at edges and down length of spine. A 1/2" closed tear and some wrinkling at bottom edge of front panel. . Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. A bright and attractive copy, jacket now protected by mylar cover. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. S1 Boston. Boston Houghton and Mifflin 1966 1st American Edition. 1st Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket 19148
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Brand, Max Red Wind and Thunder Moon
No defects in book or jacket. Pages are crisp, tight, unmarked; book appears unread. Jacket now in mylar cover. . This is the first time this work has been published exactly as Max Brand wrote it. A previous version was published in serial form in 1927. A beautiful copy, and a first edition, gift quality. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 164 pages. J4 Lincoln. Lincoln University of Nebraska Press 1996 1st Edition Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket 30123
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Brandon, John Arkansas
No defects. Pages are clean and crisp, the binding is tight and square; book appears unread. . SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the first endpaper, his first book. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 224 pages. L2 McSweeney's 2008 1st Edition. 1st Printing Hardcover As New with No dust jacket as issued 30474
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Buchanan, Georgia Gianakos Paved with Gold
Fine book in Near Fine dust jacket; top edge of jacket spine is bumped. No other defects in book or jacket, jacket now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects. Binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked, appears unread. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on first endpaper. This is the second edition; the book was first published in 1979. . Novel about growing up Greek in a Greek-American community in the Midwest, possibly Indianapolis, where the author grew up and lived. A handsome signed copy. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 216 pages. Signed by Author. G3 Vantage Press 2009 Hardcover Fine in Fine dust jacket 32428
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Bulatovic, Miodrag A Hero on a Donkey
All four corners of dust jacket are slightly clipped, no other defects, now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. Book has no defects; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. Appears unread. . Fictional account of a World War Two antihero, set in Montenegro. . An NAL book Series. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 261 pages. T4 World Pub. Co 1969 1st American Edition Hardcover Fine in Near Fine dust jacket 31123
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Bunker, Edward The Animal Factory
Jacket is slightly rubbed at spine extremities and corners, front panel has a couple of faint scratches/indentations, now protected with acid-free polyester sleeve. Book has two mild corner bumps. Pages are crisp, tight, book appears unread. . A nice copy of this second novel by author. Basis for the movie of the same name, directed by Steve Buscemi, for which author wrote the screenplay. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 202 pages. A6 NY. NY Viking 1977 1st Edition. 1st Printing Hardcover Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket 20908
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Burnett, W. R. Underdog
Dust jacket now protected by fresh mylar sleeve. . By the author of The Asphalt Jungle, Little Caesar, High Sierra and many other novels. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 242 pages. E2 Alfred A. Knopf 1957 1st Edition Hardcover Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 32286
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Caldwell, Erskine This Very Earth
Dark green cloth cover with bright gilt titles, no defects. A handsome copy. . By the author of Tobacco Road. . 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. B2 London. London Heinemann 1959 Reprint Hardcover Fine with no dust jacket 12095
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