The Bloomsbury Wonder
by Burke, Thomas
1929: The Mandrake Press. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth spine over snakeskin patterned boards, under beige dust jacket priced at 3s.6d. Bookplate to front endpaper, moderate wear to board edges, minor loss to ends of DJ spine panel. A novella about a mass murder, in which the murderer attempts to purge himself of potential evil (possession) by committing realized evil (murder). Bleiler listed, although I'd really say this is more of a mystery than a horror tale.
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The Sounding of the Whale: Science and Cetaceans in the Twentieth Century
by Burnett, D. Graham
University of Chicago Press, 2012-01-31. hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 6x2x9. Full cloth boards under pictorial dust jacket. No flaws noted to book, very light wear to DJ. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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The Path of the Wind
by Burton, John
San Francisco: The James H. Barry Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. Black cloth spine & corners over green paper-covered boards, 78 pp. Inscribed by author in 1948. Small chip to paper spine label, but generally a very nice copy.
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A Cowboy's Cookbook
by Bush, T. L
UNKNO, 1992. paperback. Very Good. 9x6x1. Grey square trade paperback, 104 pp. Minor wear to spine.
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Pups and Pies
by Butler, Ellis Parker
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Good. 12mo - over 6. Orange cloth boards with stamped black titles. Boards are clean and square with light wear at extremities. Spine ends shelf worn. Prev. owner's name written on half-title page. Else pages are clean and crisp. Binding straight and tight. Dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with several small edge tears and chipping at extremities. Closed triangular crinkled tear at center of spine, taped... Read More
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How to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook (How to Read Chinese Literature)
by Cai, Zong-qi; Cui, Jie
Columbia University Press, 2012-03-06. paperback. Very Good. 8x0x10. Trade paperback, clean & unmarked text--appears not to have been used. Check our listings for other books by Cai.
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Tobacco Road (The Unabridged Edition)
by Caldwell, Erskine
Grosset & Dunlap, 1932. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Brown cloth boards with blindstamped road design and green lettering, under illustrated dust jacket. Undated, but probably just pre-war: the titles advertised on the rear are late 1930s, but there is no paper-saving notice on the DJ and the pages are thick & with lower pulp content than most war-era books. Minor rubbing to jacket, a well-preserved copy.
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Melissa
by Caldwell, Taylor
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Red cloth boards under illustrated dust jacket priced at $3.00. Mild edgewear to book & jacket, but a nice copy overall. 1948 on title page, no "A" on CR page.
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Beyond the Street
by Calmer, Edgar
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by author on front endpaper, dated 1937. Blue cloth boards with blindstamped letters to front board and gilt lettering to spine, under pictorial dust jacket, 7-5/8" tall. Edition not stated; during this era Harcourt usually stated first edition. Minor fading to spine panel, rubbing to rear panel. Generally a lovely copy of a book uncommon in jacket, much less so signed. Debut novel; author had... Read More
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John Lautner (Big Series)
by Campbell-Lange, Barbara-Ann
TASCHEN, 1999-11-01. hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 9x1x12. Bronze paper-covered boards with white lettering under photographic dust jacket, blueprint endpapers, 4to, 180 pp., color photos throughout. A retrospective of Lautner's work. Possibly the case that his houses turn up in more movies than any other architect, what do you think? Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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History of Oregon
by Carey, Charles Henry
Chicago: The Pioneer Historical Publishing Company, 1922. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author(s). Forest green cloth with gilt titles on spine, 4to, 1,016 pages, full of black and white photographs, green marbled endpapers and text block edges, inscribed, "To Miss Barbara Elliott/ with sincere regards/ Charles Henry Carey" on title page; in excellent condition, pages are clean, binding is tight. Barbara Elliot Davis is the namesake of the Oregon Historical Society Davies Family Research Library.... Read More
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Rhapsody in Green
by Carfrae, Elizabeth
G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo. First edition, NAP. Full green cloth boards under pictorial DJ. Jacket completely torn along right edge of front panel--previous owner repaired it but not very carefully and the tear line is visible. Romantic novel with one man torn between his ex-girlfriend (and mother of his first child) in Nazi Germany, and his current English wife.
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The Good Housekeeping Needlecraft Encyclopedia
by Carroll, Alice
New York: Rinehart & Company, Inc, 1947. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Mint green cloth with purple and green titles, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches, 479 pages, profusely illustrated with pictures and instructional drawings; boards are edge worn with special attention to corners and head and tail of spine, pages are clean and unmarked, has old book smell. A charming informational book for any aspiring needleworker.
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The Crow and the Heart 1946-1959 (The Macmillan Poets)
by Carruth, Hayden
Macmillan Company, 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperback, ochre, white & grey cover, 8vo, 93 pp. Minor fading to spine, 1/4" closed tear to top edge of front cover.
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The Bloody Chamber, and Other Adult Tales
by Carter, Angela
HarperCollins, 1979. First Edition. hardcover. Near fine/Near Fine. 7x5x1. Blue cloth spine over blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, under Christine Bassery dust jacket priced $8.95. Light crease to front panel of DJ, minor reading soil mostly to bottom edge. First edition stated & with full number line. A lovely copy of the first US edition. A widely influential collection of short stories which has been adapted to stage, screen ("In the Company of Wolves"), radio, music video,... Read More
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A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power
by Carter, Jimmy
Simon & Schuster, 2014-03-25. hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 6x0x9. Signed. Blue cloth spine over blue boards, under blue typographic dust jacket priced at $28.00. First printing with full number line. Signed (name only) by author on title page in black marker. Fine book; DJ has bookstore sticker on rear, very slight wear to extremities.
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Except the Lord
by Cary, Joyce
Harper and Brothers, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Black cloth spine over grey boards, under illustrated (artist monogram PG) dust jacket priced $3.50. First edition stated. Owner's name to front endpaper, else a nice copy. DJ has a tear and crease to front panel, moderate chipping to spine ends, rubbing to rear panel.
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Last Mountains: The Story of the Cascades
by Case, Robert Ormond; Case, Victoria
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7. First edition stated. 236 pages, black and white photographs throughout; blue cloth boards with gilt titling, pages lightly toned from age, dust jacket with sizable chips out of almost entire top edge, plus two roughly half inch chips out of bottom edge, some fading, rubbing and dust smudging, now in protective mylar sleeve.
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The Quiet Life of Mrs. General Lane
by Case, Victoria
Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Black cloth boards with silver lettering under illustrated dust jacket priced $3.75. First edition not stated, as Doubleday usually does, so possibly an early printing. Faint water ring to front cover, moderate wear to DJ. Historical novel of the Westward expansion to Oregon Territory. Out here in Oregon, Case is best known as the co-author (with Robert Ormond Case) of Last Mountains: The Story of the Cascades.
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The Tr
by Cazelles, Raymond; Chantilly, Musee Conde; Longnon, Jean
George Braziller, Inc, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x0x11. Full red cloth, large 4to, 224 pages, profusely illustrated in color. Lightly shelf worn dust jacket now in protective mylar cover. Large and heavy book. Extra shipping charges may apply.
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Adamite [Adamites]
by Cech, Svatopluk; Mucha, Alfons [Alphonse]
F. Simacek, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Mucha, Alphonse. Full green cloth boards with gilt lettering & decoration, 10" x 7-1/4", brown endpapers, 124 pp., plate and in-text illustrations. Binding slightly visible at center-fold illustration, but VG to Near Fine. Jiri Mucha gives a great account of this book in his 1989 biography "Alphonse Maria Mucha: His Life and Art". Mucha was worried about illustrating a historical book--where would he find the costumes? After he read the manuscript, he... Read More
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Apologie de la Morale des Peres de l'Eglise, contre les injustes accusations du sieur Jean Barbeyrac, Professeur..
by Ceillier, Remi [Remy]
Paris: Chez Emery, Fils, 1718. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full dark calf leather with red morocco spine label, edges stained red, 10-1/8" x 8-1/4", [12], 8, xl, 475, [5], including errata. Woodcut device on title page & 2 headpieces. The binding is modern in period style, nicely done. I believe the red stain is original; pages do not appear trimmed. Ceillier defends the Church Fathers against the attacks from the Hugenot jurist Jean Barbeyrac.
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Mazurka for Two Dead Men
by Cela, Camilo Jose; Haugaard, Patricia (trans)
Quartet Books, 1993. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8x5x1. Dark red boards with gilt lettering under Mat Johnstone dust jacket priced 16.95. First UK edition.
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Panama. Or, the Adventures of My Seven Uncles
by Cendrars, Blaise; Dos Passos, John (translator & illustrator)
1931: Harper & Brothers Publishers. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dos Passos, John. Paperback with french-fold dust wrapper, 9-3/4" x 7-3/4", 156 pp. + colophon. Minor creasing to spine, minor rubbing & discoloration to DJ. Manufactured by The Haddon Craftsmen. A lovely collaboration between two major modernist figures
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Catalogue of the Tang [T'ang] Polychrome, complied by The Institute of Oriental Ceramics
by The Institute of Oriental Ceramics
Tokyo, Japan: Iwanami, 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. Portfolio containing 50 loose-leaf plates, some black & white and some color tipped-in plates, along with title leaf and two leaves of List of Plates; 12-1/2" x 9". All plates appear to be in fine condition, the box has some tears to sides, ribbon ties intact but with some fraying. A magnificent presentation of some ceramic masterpieces. Extra postage required for international or priority shipping.
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