Fox in Socks. A Tongue Twister for Super Children
by Seuss, Dr. (Geisel, Theodore Seuss)
New York: Random House, 1965 First edition, first printing in the first issue dust jacket. Original publisher's cloth, dust jacket. Near fine in a lightly worn and mildly soiled unclipped jacket with several small creases a couple nicks. A very good or better copy. Socks on Knox And Knox in box. Fox in socks on box on Knox. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.
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McElligot's Pool
by Seuss, Dr. (Geisel, Theodore Seuss)
New York: Random House, 1947 Illustrated by Dr. Seuss with alternating full-page color and black and white illustrations. First edition, first printing, with open-mouthed fish to front board; in its first issue dust jacket, with "250/250" to front flap. Publisher's green boards, with fish illustration in blind to front board, lettered in blind, and color pictorial endpapers; in its original wraparound pictorial dust jacket, with a fish eyeing a worm on a hook to front panel, lettered in red. Near... Read More
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Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
by Seuss, Dr. (Geisel, Theodore Seuss)
New York: Random House, 1958 Illustrated by Dr. Seuss. First edition, first printing with 1950, 1951, and 1958 dates to copyright page; first issue dust jacket with 295/295 price to front jacket flap and fourteen Dr. Seuss titles to rear panel. Publisher's green pictorial paper-covered boards with an illustration of stacked turtles to front board, lettered in blue, white, and black, and pictorial endpapers; in the original matching pictorial dust jacket. Near fine book, with very clean and bright boards,... Read More
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Horton Hears a Who!
by Seuss, Dr. (Geisel, Theodore Seuss)
New York: Random House, 1954 . Illustrated in color by Dr. Seuss. First edition, first printing, with a list of nine books to recto of rear free endpaper titled "Other books by Dr. Seuss"; in its first issue dust jacket, with "250/250" to front flap and "full ear" graphic to rear panel. Publisher's red pictorial boards, with illustration of Horton peeking out of blue grass to front board, lettered in white, and pictorial endpapers; in its matching original dust jacket.... Read More
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Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions. The Autobiography of a Horse
by Sewell, Anna
London: Jarrold and Sons, [1877] Illustrated with a frontispiece by C. Hewitt. First edition, with 8 pages of ads to rear; in Carter's "C" binding, with small horse head medallion on front board facing left (Note: It can only be said with absolute certainty that A and B bindings are first editions, as the C binding was also used for the fifth edition in 1878, but, because the fifth edition is indistinguishable from the C binding, and because A and... Read More
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Coriolanus
by Shakespeare, William
New York: Royal Composing Room, 1985 Designed by Martin Solomon. Illustrated by Isadore Seltzer. Special edition. Publisher's black cloth, stamped to front board in gilt with the author's facsimile signature, lettered in silver to spine, dark gray endpapers; in the original matching black cloth slipcase. A fine copy. This special edition of Coriolanus is the nineteenth in a series of annual Shakespearian keepsakes prepared for the friends of the publishers. One of Shakespeare's last tragedies, this play is... Read More
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Framed Leaf from Shakespeare's Fourth Folio (The Merchant of Venice)
by Shakespeare, William
[London]: [Printed for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley], 1685 9 ¼" x 14 ½". Original leaf of The Merchant of Venice from Shakespeare's Fourth Folio, printed on both sides (p. 160 on front side, p. 159 on reserve side), spanning the end of Act 3, Scene 4, the entire Act 3, Scene 5, and the beginning of Act 4, Scene 1 (Act 3, Scenes 4 and 5 are on p. 159, and Act 4, Scene 1 is on... Read More
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The History of Troilus and Cressida
by Shakespeare, William
New York: Horowitz/RAE Book Manufacturers & Royal Composing Room, 1988 Designed by Martin Solomon. Illustrated by Isadore Seltzer. Special edition. Publisher's orange cloth, stamped to front board in gilt with author's facsimile signature, lettered in gilt to spine, forest green endpapers; in the original matching orange slipcase. About fine with light toning to spine. Set during the end of the Trojan War, this play follows two parallel stories. The first, for which the play is named, tells of... Read More
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Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
by Shelley, Mary; [King, Stephen]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, , 1983 With approximately 45 full-page black and white illustrations by Bernie Wrightson. Introduction by Stephen King. Limited edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by Stephen King and Bernie Wrightson, this being number 322 (an additional 26 lettered copies were produced for private distribution). Publisher's black cloth, with front board stylistically lettered in blue foil and gilt, spine lettered in gilt, and navy-blue endpapers; housed in publisher's blue slipcase. Fine book; fine slipcase,... Read More
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Alone in the Wild Forest
by Singer, Isaac Bashevis
New York: Farrar, Strous, & Giroux, 1979 [Orig. published in 1971]. Pictures by Margot Zemach. Translated from the Yiddish by the author and Elizabeth Shub. First edition, second printing. Signed and inscribed by Singer to "The Friends of the Brandeis School" on half-title page. Publisher's red-brown cloth, Singer's initials in blind to front board, and titles in gilt to spine; in its original lavender dust jacket, designed by Cynthia Krupat, with drawing to front panel, lettered in black and brown.... Read More
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Jack London First Editions. A Chronological Reference Guide
by Sisson, James E., & Martens, Robert W.
Oakland: Star Rover House, 1978 First edition, one of 1000 copies. Signed and inscribed by the authors. Original publisher's silver-stamped, decorated cloth. About fine and only slightly rubbed at the extremities.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.
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Around the World in the Sloop Spray, a Geographical Reader Describing Captain Slocum's Voyage Alone Around the World [Sailing Alone Around the World]
by Slocum, Captain Joshua
New York: Charles Scriber's Sons, 1903 Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Slocum, eleven plates, and a fold-out map at the rear. First edition thus (first abridged edition). Presentation copy, signed and inscribed by Slocum with a quotation from the book (second paragraph, first line): "'As for myself the wonderful sea charmed me from the first' Joshua Slocum [illegible] Aug 16th 1903". Publisher's dark red cloth, with front board and spine elaborately decorated in brown, and lettered in black. Very... Read More
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Universal Geography Made Easy; or, a New Geographical Pocket Companion: Comprehending, a Description of the Habitable World
by Smith, Charles
New York: Printed by Wayland & Davis, Water-street, for the Author and Wayland, 1795 Illustrated with six full-page maps, including a frontispiece of the world, and a map of contemporary North America (the other four maps are of Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America). Lacking a fold-out map of the United States. Bound in contemporary brown calf, with stitching to inside of boards, black ink lettering to spine, three 19th century "Foster Manton Library" ink stamps (on verso of frontispiece,... Read More
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Just Kids [Unabridged Audiobook]
by Smith, Patti
2011 With nine compact discs. Signed by Smith in silver marker to front panel of box. Publisher's black and gold cardboard box, with the same front panel design as the book, designed by Allison Saltzman, lettered in white. Near fine, with a few small nicks and creases to corners and edges of box. Overall, a unique item, scarce signed. Just Kids documents the relationship between singer-songwriter Patti Smith and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who together played a major role... Read More
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Auguries of Innocence
by Smith, Patti
New York: Ecco, 2005 First edition, uncorrected proof. Signed by Smith on title page. Publisher's gray wrappers, lettered in white, black, and red, with "Uncorrected Proof" to top left of front wrapper, and sticker with publisher's publicist Clare McMahon's contact information to front wrapper. Fine book, with just a few spots of rubbing to spine. With promotional letter from McMahon laid in. Overall, excellent copy. Patti Smith's first poetry collection in more than ten years, Auguries of Innocence... Read More
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Just Kids
by Smith, Patti
New York: HarperCollins, 2010 First edition, first printing. Signed by Smith on title page. Publisher's purple cloth, with Smith and Mapplethorpe's initials in blind to front board, spine lettered in silver foil, and black endpapers; in its original purple pictorial dust jacket designed by Allison Saltzman, with a 1969 photo of Smith and Mapplethorpe to front panel, lettered in gray. Touch of wear to head of spine, else fine book; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with a few faint creases... Read More
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The Coral Sea
by Smith, Patti
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 Illustrated with black-and-white photos by Robert Mapplethorpe. First paperback edition, first printing. Signed by Smith on half-title page. Publisher's tan wrappers, with front wrapper design by Chris Welch, photo of Smith attributed to Annie Leibovitz to rear wrapper, lettered in black, and ruled in red. Near fine, with some slight bowing to edges of wrappers, and a hint of toning to wrapper edges. Overall, an attractive copy of this elegiac work. ... Read More
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On Beauty
by Smith, Zadie
New York: The Penguin Press, 2005 First edition, first printing. Signed by Zadie Smith on the title page. Publisher's red cloth boards, with author's initials stamped in gilt to front board, and spine stamped in gilt; original tan dust jacket with red foil titles, photo of author by Roderick Field to rear flap. Near fine book, with just a touch of soiling to cloth, head of spine a touch rubbed; good plus unclipped dust jacket, with spine and top edges... Read More
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Secret Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz; Secret Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, in two volumes; and Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Sweden and Denmark, in two volumes.
by Grolier Society
London: Grolier Club, 1900 London: The Grolier Society, [no date, circa 1900]. Five volumes. Finely bound in three-quarter dark blue morocco and blue and white marbled paper, four raised bands to spines with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges gilt, blue and white endpapers, each volume with a hand-colored frontispiece. A very good or better set with some wear to extremities and a few scuffs to boards, spines very lightly toned, a touch of loss to the leather... Read More
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Pipetown Sandy
by Sousa, John Philip
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1905 Signed and inscribed by Sousa and dated 1909 on front free endpaper. Publisher's decorative brown cloth designed by Margaret Armstrong, with moonlight decoration to front board, and gilt lettering to front board and spine. Near fine, with a touch of soiling to front board, light rubbing to spine ends and board corners, small tear to bottom of p. 3, and original tissue guard present with frontispiece. Overall, an attractive copy, with clean and sharp plates.... Read More
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The Ballad of Peckham Rye
by Spark, Muriel
London: Macmillan, 1960 First edition, first printing. Publisher's blue boards with titles in gilt to spine; dust jacket with front panel nightlife illustration by Victor Reinganum. Near fine copy with light toning to board edges and spine, a slight lean to spine, previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, and notes in pencil to rear free endpaper; very good unclipped dust jacket with light wear to extremities, light toning to spine, a few tiny closed tears to head of spine... Read More
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Dear John
by Sparks, Nicholas
New York: Warner Books, 2006 First edition, first printing. Signed by Sparks on the title page. Publisher's light blue cloth-backed off-white boards, with spine stamped in blue foil; in its original pictorial dust jacket with a photo of grazing horses attributed to Chris Leschinsky to front panel, lettered in blue foil and black. Fine book; fine unclipped dust jacket. Overall, a lovely copy. Dear John tells the heartbreaking story of college student Savannah Lynn Curtis and army enlistee... Read More
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Nights in Rodanthe
by Sparks, Nicholas
New York: Warner Books, 2002 First edition, first printing. Signed by Sparks on the title page. Publisher's black cloth-backed pale lavender boards, with spine stamped in gilt; in its original black and purple dust jacket designed by Shasti O'Leary Soudant, with a moon image to front panel, lettered in gilt and white. Fine book; fine unclipped dust jacket. Overall, an excellent copy. In Nights in Rodanthe, 45-year-old Adrienne Willis, grappling with her shattered marriage, goes to a coastal... Read More
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I, the Jury
by Spillane, Mickey
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1947 First edition, first printing. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in red, dust jacket. Near fine; in an unclipped dust jacket with small chips and slight loss to the spine ends, some moderate wear and small creases to the extremities, and a few small closed tears, else very good. A bright and attractive example.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.
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The Making of Americans. Being a History of a Family's Progress
by Stein, Gertrude
Paris: Contact Editions / Three Mountains Press, 1925 First edition, one of 500 copies printed by Maurice Darantière in Dijon, of which 100 sets were sent to the US to be bound as the first American edition. Inscribed by Stein to front flyleaf: "For Miss Ethel Friedman / Gtde Stein". Bound in three-quarter maroon morocco and red boards, gilt spine with raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with the original tan wrappers bound in, half-title and colophon also present.... Read More
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