Sherlock Holmes: Cthulhu Mythos Adventures
by Vaughan, Ralph E. [Doyle, Arthur Conan]
[n.p.]: Dog in the Night Books, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. One spot of peeling to the laminate at the back cover. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of stories putting Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger into Lovecraft's Cthulhu horror mythos.
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Within the Law
by Veiller, Bayard; Dana, Marvin
New York: The H.K. Fly Company, 1913. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illustrated by W.C. Cooke. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($1.25 net on the spine), rubbed at the edges, creased through the spine, lightly soiled throughout. Red cloth, faintly pushed at the head and foot of the spine, with gilt lettering and panels on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, gift inscription on the front endpaper, small bumps to... Read More
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Scientific Approach and First Results of Studies into Unidentified Aerospace Phenomena in France
by Velasco, J[ean].J[acques]
Los Angeles: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 1986. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Signed by Velasco on the title page. [i-ii], 2-38. About Good. Pages with some stains, tears, and creases. Firmly bound with one staple. Velasco's paper that outlines Gepan's operating philosophy in terms of dealing with unidentified phenomena in a technical and scientific manner. Only one copy located in OCLC. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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Mastro-Don Gesualdo
by Verga, Giovanni
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Translated and with an Introduction by Giovanni Cecchetti. Inscribed by Cecchetti on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (no price), faintly rubbed. Red cloth with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges, clean internally. A reprint of Verga's 19th century novel about "the economic compulsion relentlessly driving a man toward the acquisition of wealth and... Read More
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Aliens Outbreak
by Verheiden, Mark; Nelson, Mark
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Signed by Mark Nelson on the front cover. Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of books one through six of the Dark Horse Aliens series.
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Wonderreizen Wonderlijke Avonturen van Een Chinees Gevolgd Door Muiterij aan boord de "Bounty
by Verne, Jules
Rotterdam: Jacs. G. Robbers, [n.d.]. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Good. Blue publisher's binding, bumped at the corners, rubbed at the surface and edges, with gilt lettering and black ink designs on the spine and front board. Square, bound with some reading wear, front endpaper missing the right half, clean otherwise. Seemingly a Dutch translation of the "Extraordinary Voyages" Tribulations of a Chinaman in China and The Mutineers of the Bounty.
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The Mysterious Island; Containing "Dropped from the Clouds," "Abandoned," "The Secret of the Island
by Verne, Jules
New York: R. Worthington, 1882. Hardcover. Very Good. Profusely illustrated. Good. Red publisher's binding, front board bent up at the top-right corner, generally rubbed. Square and firmly bound, personal library card inside the front board, stamp on the front endpaper, clean otherwise.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Verne, Jules; Miller, Ron
New Jersey: The Unicorn Publishing House, 1988. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated and translated by Ron Miller. Blue cloth with blue gilt lettering and designs, paste-down illustration on the front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Michael Strogoff, or The Courier of the Czar
by Verne, Jules
New York: A.L. Burt, Publisher, [n.d.]. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good. Green cloth, lightly worn at the edges, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square, mostly firmly bound but with a loose front hinge, gilt top edge, inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise.
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Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa
by Verne, Jules
New York: Scribner, Armstrong and Co, 1874. Hardcover. Very Good. Translated from the French with numerous illustrations. Good. Green publisher's binding, generally bumped and rubbed, a few spots to the boards. Square, bound with some reading wear, soiled at the edges and margins. Part of Verne's series of Voyages Extraordinaires.
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Lincoln
by Vidal, Gore
New York: Random House, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Vidal on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($19.95). Brown cloth with gilt and bronze lettering and rules on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Vidal's historical novel of Lincoln's presidency, part of his Narratives of Empire series.
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The Chinagirls; The Sequel to Girlfriends
by Villanueva, Chea
[n.p.]: Lezzies on the Move Productions, 1991. First Edition. Comb-bound. Very Good. Very Good. Card covers with some bumps at the edges, contemporaneous price sticker on the back cover. Firmly bound in the comb binding, clean internally. The second novel about the adventures of Pearly and Wilnona, a lesbian crime thriller about a Chinese lebsian gang kidnapping Miss Jadine.
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World's End; Volume 2 in the Snow Queen Cycle
by Vinge, Joan D.
New York: Bluejay Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($13.95), a small stain at the bottom edge of the back panel. Purple cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, a few spots at the top edge, clean internally. The follow-up to Vinge's Hugo-winning The Snow Queen.
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Red River Blues
by Vinz, Mark
Texas City: Poetry Texas, 1977. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine. Near Fine in wraps, lightly bumped at the edges, a lengthy gift inscription spanning the inside of the wraps. Vinz is a college professor and long-time editor of Dacotah Territory.
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Narrative Chance: Postmodern Discourse on Native American Indian Literatures
by Vizenor, Gerald
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Edited by Gerald Vizenor. Very Good. Wraps faded at the spine and edges, bumped at the edges and corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of literary criticism focused on the works of N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Marmon Silko, D'Arcy McNickle, Louise Erdrich, Gerald Vizenor, and other Native American authors.
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Slan
by Vogt, A.E. van
Sauk City: Arkham House, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally toned and rubbed, scuffs at the front panel and spine. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The first book appearance of this work, originally published across four issues of Astounding Science Fiction in 1940.
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The Book of Ptath
by Vogt, A.E. van
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Limited to 500 signed copies. Illustrated by A.J. Donnell. Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.50), generally soiled, rubbed and bumped at the edges. Red cloth, dulled gilt lettering on the spine. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, foxed at the edges, former owner's stamps inside the front board and on the front endpaper, some parts ragged at the edges, clean otherwise. Van Vogt's first fantasy... Read More
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Remy de Gourmont Vu Par Son Medecin; Essai de Physilogie Litteraire
by Voivenel, Docteur Paul
Paris: Editions du Siecle. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Preface by Jean de Gourmont. Wood engravings by Suzanne de Gourmont. One of 10 copies printed Holland paper. Very Good. Half red buckram, faded at the spine, with marbled paper on the boards, rubbed at the edges, bowed together at the fore-edge. Square and firmly bound with marbled endpapers, wraps bound-in, clean otherwise.
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Candide
by Voltaire
New York: The Bennett Libraries Inc, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. With ten etchings by Clara Tice. Limited to 250 copies, this one out of series but still signed. Good. Red leather binding by Whitman Bennett, rubbed at the joints and edges. Square, bound with some reading wear, scuffed gilt top edge, hinges weak, bookplate inside the front board.
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Across the Space Frontier
by Von Braun, Wernher; et al.
New York: Viking Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Edited by Cornelius Ryan with contributions from Wernher von Braun, Willy Ley, Dr. Fred L. Whipple, Dr. Joseph Kaplan, Dr. Heinz Haber, and Oscar Schacter. With full-color illustrations by Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman, and Rolf Klep. Very Good in a Good dust jacket, unclipped ($3.95), generally soiled, bumped and with some chips and tape repairs at the top edge. Green cloth, unevenly toned, with silver gilt lettering and... Read More
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Miracles of the Gods; A New Look at the Supernatural
by von Daniken, Erich
New York: Delacorte Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Translated by Michael Heron. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($8.95), faded at the spine, toned at the flaps. Black cloth with silver and gold gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with an orange topstain, ownership signature of Tom Benson on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. von Daniken's work that explain the ways in which the astronaut gods continue to affect humanity.... Read More
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Chariots of the Gods?; Unsolved Mysteries of the Past
by Von Daniken, Erich
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Translated by Michael Heron. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), faded at the spine, with some stains and tears. Quarter red cloth with black paper on the boards, some shelfwear. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Von Daniken's entry into the ancient aliens canon, bringing together "a vast collection of curious facts" to demonstrate "how easily they can be fitted into our... Read More
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Pathways to the Gods; The Stones of Kiribati
by von Daniken, Erich
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Translated by Michael Heron. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($16.95), generally toned and soiled, rubbed at the edges and folds. Quarter blue cloth with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, soiled at the top edge, ownership inscription of Tom Benson on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. An ancient astronauts work focused on finding evidence in the Pacific islands. From the... Read More
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Arrival of the Gods; Revealing the Alien Landing Sites of Nazca
by von Daniken, Erich
Dorset: Element Books Limited, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Translated by Michael Heron. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped (£14.99), bumped at the edges. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, some rubbing. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Here, von Daniken gives his explanation of the mysterious Nazca lines. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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Gods from Outer Space; Return to the Stars or Evidence for the Impossible
by von Daniken, Erich
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Translated by Michael Heron. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), faded at the spine, rubbed and soiled at the surface and edges. Quarter black cloth with red paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, ownership signature of Tom Benson on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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