![A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. John Wyeth, to the Pastoral Care of the Third Church in Gloucester, February 5. 1766 [Half title: Mr. Adams's Sermon At the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Wyeth]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/820/075/1631075820.0.l.jpg)
A Sermon Preached at the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. John Wyeth, to the Pastoral Care of the Third Church in Gloucester, February 5. 1766 [Half title: Mr. Adams's Sermon At the Ordination of the Reverend Mr. Wyeth]
by Amos Adams, Thomas Barnard, and Samuel Chandler
Boston: Richard and Samuel Draper, 1766. Very Good. Boston, New-England: Printed by Richard and Samuel Draper, 1766. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 45,[5]pp. (collated complete with half title page); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Brief spotting to half title, gatherings starting to separate, dark damp staining affecting final blank (not part of the final gathering), else a Very Good, sound example. A contemporary owner has added on p. [48] a list of all thirteen ordination sermons they... Read More
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![Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; With a Brief Account of Some Incidents in His Life [Signed and Inscribed by William to his nephew Amory A. Lawrence]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/493/134/1518134493.0.l.jpg)
Extracts from the Diary and Correspondence of the Late Amos Lawrence; With a Brief Account of Some Incidents in His Life [Signed and Inscribed by William to his nephew Amory A. Lawrence]
by Amos Lawrence; William R. Lawrence [ed.]
Boston: John Wilson & Son, 1855. Very Good. Boston: John Wilson & Son, 1855. First Edition. Signed by the editor (Amos' son) on flyleaf to his nephew with inscription "Amory A. Lawrence, From his aff. uncle William. Boston May 16th 1855" Octavo (9.5" x 5.75"); xii, 307pp. Three plates with tissue guards including portrait frontis, all present. Green leather boards with gilt rules, spine lettering, and edge ornamentation; marbled endpapers. Boards rubbed along edges, corners, and along... Read More
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![My Michael [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/874/499/1606499874.0.l.jpg)
My Michael [Signed]
by Amos Oz; Nicholas de Lange [trans.]
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Very Good -/Very Good -. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Third printing. Signed by Amos Oz with brief inscription at front free endpaper. Octavo; 287pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $6.95 price intact; boards in white cloth with green and gilt lettering and design. Jacket dampstained and soiled along top and bottom edges; edgeworn with a few nicks. Boards spotted and soiled along edges; minor bumping and nudging to corners. Binding sound.... Read More
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![The Hill of Evil Counsel [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/157/443/1605443157.0.l.jpg)
The Hill of Evil Counsel [Inscribed and Signed]
by Amos Oz; Nicholas de Lange [trans.]
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich / Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, 1976. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich / Helen and Kurt Wolff Book, [1976]. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's two-toned cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [6],210pp. Light shelf wear to jacket margins, boards a bit soiled especially at spine crown, a few shallow surface scratches to rear board, top textblock edge significantly foxed, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy.... Read More
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Les Français Illustres
by Mme. Gustave Demoulin [Anaïs]
Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1889. Very Good +. Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1889. First Edition. Quarto (29cm.); contemporary red morocco-backed marbled paper-covered boards, gilt spine in six compartments, marbled endpapers; [4],240pp.; 24 color plates, additional half-tone illus. throughout text, many full-paged. Light shelf wear, corners a bit bumped, stock unevenly foxed, else Very Good or better. An attractively illustrated collection of short biographical sketches of French historical figures. Though not uncommon in... Read More
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![Winter of Artifice [Signed and Inscribed by Nin]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/974/893/1684893974.0.l.jpg)
Winter of Artifice [Signed and Inscribed by Nin]
by Anais Nin; Ian Hugo [pseud. Hugh Parker Guiler] [illus.]
New York: Gemor Press, 1942. Very Good +. [New York]: [Gemor Press], n.d. [ca. 1942] First American Edition, Limited to 500 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's black pictorial paper-covered boards; [4],155pp.; copper engravings throughout. Brief rubbing to spine ends and corners, white spine titling browned, textblock lightly toned, else a Very Good or better example. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "Dorothy Perera - one of the new women! this decadent world we are transcending... Read More
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![This Hunger.... [Deluxe Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/992/225/1685225992.0.l.jpg)
This Hunger.... [Deluxe Limited Edition]
by Anais Nin; Ian Hugo [pseud. Hugh Parker Guiler] [illus.]
New York: Gemor Press, 1945. Very Good +. [New York]: Gemor Press, 1945. First Edition, Limited to 50 de luxe copies on Etruria paper, this unsigned copy presumably hors série. Octavo (24.5cm); publisher's pink pictorial paper-covered boards; 183pp.; hand-colored woodcut frontispiece, four leaves of color plates. Light wear to spine ends, margins toned, brief ink spotting to top edge of rear cover, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Exceptional example of this de luxe... Read More
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![This Hunger.... [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed by Nin to George Davis]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/434/379/1694379434.0.l.jpg)
This Hunger.... [Limited Edition, Inscribed and Signed by Nin to George Davis]
by Anais Nin; Ian Hugo [pseud. Hugh Parker Guiler] [illus.]
New York: Gemor Press, 1945. Very Good -. New York: Gemor Press, 1945. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cream pictorial paper-covered boards printed in magenta; 183pp.; woodblock prints by Hugo throughout. Boards rubbed and worn at corners and spine ends, general dust-soiling and brief damp stain at bottom margin of rear cover, internally clean and sound. A Good to Very Good copy. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, "For George Davis avec amitié... Read More
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![This Hunger.... [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/015/366/1685366015.0.l.jpg)
This Hunger.... [Limited Edition]
by Anais Nin; Ian Hugo [pseud. Hugh Parker Guiler] [illus.]
New York: Gemor Press, 1945. Very Good +. New York: Gemor Press, 1945. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. Octavo (21cm); publisher's cream pictorial paper-covered boards printed in magenta; 183pp.; woodblock prints by Hugo throughout. Light wear and dust-soil, else a Very Good or better copy. Exceptional example of one of the few works to come out of the Gemor Press, which Anaïs Nin and her lover Gonzalo More established in Greenwich Village in 1942. Though... Read More
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The Gods Are Athirst
by Anatole France; Alfred Allinson [trans.]
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1913. Very Good. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1913. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's olive green gilt-lettered cloth; [6],285pp. Very light shelf wear, spine gilt significantly dulled, light foxing to textblock margins, else Very Good and sound.
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![The Anaya Reader [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/584/071/1582071584.0.l.jpg)
The Anaya Reader [Signed]
by Rudolfo Anaya
New York: Warner Books / A Time Warner Company, 1995. Very Good +. New York: Warner Books, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Thick octavo; publisher's pictorial card wrappers; xxiii,[3],562pp. Minute shelf wear to wrapper extremities, textblock lightly toned, else a Very Good or better copy. Boldly signed by the author on title page.
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Henry
by Carl Anderson
New York: Greenberg Publisher, 1935. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Greenberg Publisher, 1935. First Edition. Quarto; unpaginated. Illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket with $1.50 price present; red cloth boards stamped in black. Dust jacket chipped with several tears; spine sunned; stainin and rubbing. Boards show light shelfwear and corners slightly bumped; binding sound; bookseller ticket to rear and pages else unmarked; a Very Good copy with the rare dust jacket.
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![Hungry Men [Arline De Haas' copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/510/751/1612751510.0.l.jpg)
Hungry Men [Arline De Haas' copy]
by Edward Anderson
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc, 1935. Very Good -/Good +. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1935. First Edition. Octavo (19.7 cm), [vii], 275pp. Publisher's illustrated dust jacket with price intact ($2.00). Boards full bound in oatmeal cloth and maroon stamping on front and spine. Red topstain; fore-edge deckled. Dust jacket discolored with slight toning to the front and back flaps. Spine sunned. All margins, joins, and spine ends bumped, creased, and chipped.... Read More
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Thieves Like Us
by Edward Anderson
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937. Very Good. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937. First Edition. Octavo (21.4 cm), [vi], 314pp. No dust jacket. Boards full bound in tan cloth with black stamping on the front and spine. Fore-edge and bottom edge deckled. Boards soiled; Bumped on all margins, corners, and spine ends. Binding cocked. Bookseller sticker from John G. Kidd & Son, Inc., Cincinnati on the back pasted endsheet. Gutter starting after copyright. Pages all... Read More
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![Skånes Historia Till Saxo och Skånelagen [The History of Skåne to Saxo and the Skåne Act]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/337/216/1403216337.0.l.jpg)
Skånes Historia Till Saxo och Skånelagen [The History of Skåne to Saxo and the Skåne Act]
by Ingvar Andersson
Stockholm: Norstedts, 1947. Very Good/Very Good. Stockholm: Norstedts, 1947. First Edition. Octavo (21.5x15x3cm); 497pp, including index. Nearly 100 photographic and documentary illustrations. Pictorial dustjacket; volume in oat-colored true linen, with maroon, black and gilt spine titling. Gray topstain to textblock. Entirely in Swedish. Dustjacket shows minimal corner- and edgewear, with one small (1cm) closed tear on front. Volume nearly as new; textblock unmarred and unmarked. The historical region of Skåne-as in Scan-dinavia-has been at points Danish,... Read More
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![Barefoot in Athens [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/280/613/1606613280.0.l.jpg)
Barefoot in Athens [Signed]
by Maxwell Anderson
New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc. Publishers / An Anderson House Book, 1951. Very Good/Very Good. New York: William Sloane Associates, Inc. Publishers / An Anderson House Book, 1951. First Edition. Signed by Anderson at front free endpaper with brief inscription to a Stanley MacArthur. Octavo. 101 pp. Printed dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in black. Price-clipped dust jacket toned and worn along edges with a few nicks; general spotting and soiling. Boards faded along edges and spine.... Read More
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![You Who Have Dreams [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/927/229/1477229927.0.l.jpg)
You Who Have Dreams [Limited Edition]
by Maxwell Anderson
New York: Simon & Schuster Publishers, 1925. Near Fine/Good +. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1925. First Edition, Limited to 1000 copies of which this is no. 323. Slim octavo; publisher's boards, printed paper labels to front cover and spine, in cream pictorial dust jacket; 71pp. Dust jacket significantly restored and subsequently rather cockled and rough to the touch, boards very slightly rubbed at corners, else a Near Fine copy in a Good to Very Good, aggressively touched-up... Read More
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Eleven Verse Plays, 1929-1939
by Maxwell Anderson
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company / Anderson House, 1940. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company by arrangement with Anderson House, n.d. [but 1940]. Small, thick octavo; publisher's cloth, blue topstain, in speckled blue pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($3.75); mixed pagination. Jacket spine panel a shade toned and topstain faded, else a Near Fine example, rare in jacket.
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The Essence of Tragedy and Other Footnotes and Papers
by Maxwell Anderson
Washington, DC: Anderson House, 1939. Very Good +/Very Good +. Washington, DC: Anderson House, 1939. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo. 53 pp. Printed dust jacket. Gray boards stamped in red. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with mild toning. Boards show light shelfwear and binding is sound. Many pages unopened and interior unmarked. A Very Good or better copy.
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![Planet of No Return [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/187/471/1374471187.0.l.jpg)
Planet of No Return [Signed]
by Poul Anderson
London: Dennis Dobson, 1966. Very Good +/Very Good +. London: Dennis Dobson, 1966. First UK Edition. Signed by Anderson on title page "To Mel Schmidt." Octavo. 105 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in silver. The planet was originally conceived as one of editor Fletcher Pratt's "Twayne Triplets," and first published as "Question and Answer" in Astounding Science Fiction in 1954. Unclipped dust jacket shows general rubbing and edgewear with one small chip at front... Read More
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![Homebrew [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/639/479/1374479639.0.l.jpg)
Homebrew [Signed]
by Poul Anderson
Cambridge, MA: A BOSKONE Book / The NEFSA Press, 1976. Very Good +/Very Good. Cambridge, MA: A BOSKONE Book / The NEFSA Press, 1976. Limited Edition of 500 copies, this being # 311. Signed by Andersone on front free endpaper without inscription. Octavo. 75 pages. Black and white illustrations.Illustrated dust jacket. Pale blue boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket shows light intermittent spotting and a touch of wear to edges. Light wear to edges of boards. Binding... Read More
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![The Days Between [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/464/800/1611800464.0.l.jpg)
The Days Between [Signed]
by Robert Anderson
New York: Random House, 1965. Near Fine/Very Good. New York: Random House, 1965. First Edition. Signed by Robert Anderson "with best wishes," at front free endpaper. Octavo. 120 pp. Printed dust jacket. Red and black boards stamped in gilt; blue topstain. Unclipped dust jacket lightly edgeworn with general rubbing and fading to spine. Boards show mild shelfwear. Binding sound and touch of toning to endpapers; a Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket.
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![Hello Towns! [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/145/854/1538854145.0.l.jpg)
Hello Towns! [Signed]
by Sherwood Anderson
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. Very Good. New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (21cm.); publisher's decorative blind-embossed terra-cotta cloth, yellow spine titling; 339pp.; frontispiece, twelve leaves of plates, mostly photographic. Light shelf wear, spine ends a bit softened and cloth toned, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. Year-long portrait of life in the small town of Marion, Virginia, many of the pieces first published... Read More
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I'm a Fool
by Sherwood Anderson
Logan, IA: Perfection Form Company, 1979. Very Good+. [Logan, IA: Perfection Form Company, 1979.] First Separate Edition. 12mo; publisher's green pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 32pp. Brief soil to upper cover, else Very Good to Near Fine. First separate appearance of this 1949 short story forming part of the Wraparound series of educational editions. The volume concludes with an "answer key" to the story line, the "probing theme" ("If you are willing to examine your own behavior honestly,... Read More
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Sherwood Anderson's Memoirs
by Sherwood Anderson
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1942. First Edition, stated. Octavo; x, 507pp. Beige dust jacket with $3.75 price intact; bound in black cloth with gilt lettering. Jacket edgeworn with shallow chips at corners and spine ends, some scuffs and smudges to surface, and darkening to spine. Board are square with nudging at spine ends and some dust-soiling to rear. Endpapers toned along gutter. Topstain dulled, with some... Read More
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