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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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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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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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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The Gold of the Gods
by von Daniken, Erich
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Translated by Michael Heron. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.95), rubbed at the surface and edges. Yellow cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, faintly soiled at the top edge, clean internally. von Daniken's work that theorizes the settlers of earth were the losers of a "battle of the gods." From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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The Maltese Falcon to Body of Lies: Spies, Noirs, and Trust
by von Hallberg, Robert
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2015. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Inscribed by von Hallberg to film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum on the half-title. Fine. Clean wraps. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. von Hallberg's examination of twenty-eight noir films that "sets out what audiences may understand about the representations of trust and commitment that noirs and spies propose.
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Best UFO Cases - Europe
by von Ludwiger, Illobrand
Las Vegas: National Institute for Discovery Science, 1998. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Forewords by John Schuessler, Bruce Maccabee, and Richard Haines. Very Good. Wraps bumped at the edges an corners. Square and firmly bound, some stains at the edges, pages lightly bumped at the corners, clean otherwise. This work provides a history of early UFO reports as well as more recent encounters with trace and photographic evidence. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.
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Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
by Von Neumann, John; Morgenstern, Oskar
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very Good in a Good jacket, unclipped ($10.00), generally toned, chipped at the edges and with a few small closed tears. Brown cloth, rubbed and bumped at the corners, with a red ink panel and gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a burgundy top stain, clean internally. Published three years after the first edition, this edition includes "an Appendix containing an axiomatic derivation of... Read More
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Between Time and Timbuktu or Prometheus-5: A Space Fantasy
by Vonnegut Jr., Kurt
New York: Delacorte Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, some rippling from moisture. Quarter black cloth with silver foil on the front board and black cloth on the back board, a spot of discoloration. Square and firmly bound, tidemarks on the endpapers, upper-right corners a bit stiff. The first printing of Vonnegut's experimental television script composed of bits and pieces of Vonnegut's previous writing.
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Player Piano
by Vonnegut, Kurt
New York: Scribner's, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Good in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.00), toned at the spine and edges of the panels, a few small spots of soiling. Green cloth, faintly bumped, with silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, soiled at the edges, front endpaper neatly removed, clean otherwise. Vonnegut's debut novel set after the Second Industrial Revolution where machines do much of what humans used to. An increasingly relevant... Read More
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