The Bottom of the World and Other Stories
by Burroughs, John Coleman and Hulbert and Jane Ralston
California: Pulpville Press, 2009. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps bumped at the top corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of five stories: "Hybrid of Horror," "The Man Without a World," "Sons of Tarzana's Creator," The Lightning Men," and "The Bottom of the World.
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Under the Maples
by Burroughs, John
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned, a few stains, closed tears, and chips. Green buckram with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of Burroughs's posthumously published essays, with subjects ranging from California wild life, the Smoky Mountains, Theodore Roosevelt, among others.
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Wheelwrightings Vol. X May 1987
by Burr, Robert C.
Peoria: The Hansoms of John Clayton, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Fine. Yellow wraps. Firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. Volume 10, number 1 (Issue 28). Featured are writings by notable Sherlockians Gordon Speck, William Cochran, Julie Maynard, Raymond Holly, among others.
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Wheelwrightings Vol. IX January 1987
by Burr, Robert C.
Peoria: The Hansoms of John Clayton, 1987. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Fine. Yellow wraps. Firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. Volume 9, number 3 (Issue 27). Featured are writings by notable Sherlockians Brad Keefauver, Michael Kean, Raymond McGowan, and others.
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Sally's Shoulders
by Burton, Beatrice
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped (no price), generally toned, a few bumps and shallow chips and creases to the edges. Orange cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Burton's novel of an unhappy daughter who leaves home, takes up exhibition dancing, and finds love, the basis of the 1928 lost film of the same... Read More
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The Hindu Art of Love; The Classic Companion to the Kama Sutra
by Burton, Sir Richard
New York: Castle Books. Hardcover. Very Good. Burton's translation of the Ananga Ranga. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped ($5.00), rubbed and lightly soiled. Grey paper on the boards with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with toned pages, soiled at the endpapers, clean otherwise.
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The English Philosophers from Bacon to Mill; The Golden Age of English Philosophy
by Burtt, Edwin A.
New York: Modern Library. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Giant G47. Edited and with an Introduction by Burtt. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket, unclipped (sticker over the price), bumped at the edges with a few short tears. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and designs. Square and firmly bound, former owner's signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise.
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Love
by Buscaglia, Leo
Thorofare: Charles B. Slack, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, clipped, bumped and with some short tears and chips at the edges. White pictorial boards, bumped at the head and foot of the spine. Square and firmly bound, gift inscription on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. The debut work from the noted self help author and education professor.
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Signed Letter to Governor George Ryan with Innauguration Invitations
by Bush, George W.
Austin, Washington DC: [n.p.], 2001. Very Good. TLS dated March 5, 1999 signed by Bush to Governor George Ryan announcing Presidential Bush's exploratory committee; with various innauguration materials in the original mailing envelope from The Committee for the Presidential Inaugural, namely the formal invitation for the Inauguration, a program of events, Ryan's ticket to the Capitol Building Rotunda, a commemorative stamp of George H.W. Bush, an order form for the Inaugural collectibles, Governor Ryan's table number for an... Read More
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Signed Letters and Presidential Thank Yous from George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Dan Quayle to Illinois Governor George Ryan
by Bush, George H.W.; Quayle, Dan; Bush, George W.
Washington DC: [n.p.], 1993. Very Good. Five items total: two thank you letters dated 1992 and 1993 with a presidential seal and with the original White House mailing envelopes, printed signatures; one TLS from Dan Quayle dated March 13, 1992 with the Vice President's seal and in the original Vice President mailing envelope; one TLS from George H.W. Bush dated March 12, 1988 with the Vice President's seal, without the mailing envelope; one ALS from George W. Bush... Read More
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Conan Book of Thoth
by Busiek, Kurt; Wein, Len; Jones, Kelley
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Books. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps faintly rubbed. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The graphic novel explaining the secret origin of Thoth-amon.
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Turn Coat
by Butcher, Jim
New York: Roc, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($25.95), faintly bumped. Quarter brown cloth with yellow paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The eleventh Dresden novel.
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The Vesey Inheritance
by Butler, Gwendoline
New York: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, Inc, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($8.95), lightly toned and rubbed. Quarter purple cloth with purple paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Butler's novel about the dark side of Victorian life.
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Four Complete Novels: The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, Double Indemnity, Serenade
by Cain, James M.
New York: Avenel Books, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Very Good in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped (no price), faintly bumped at the edges. Blue boards, rubbed at the bottom, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound with toned pages, a tear at the top edge of the front endpaper, clean otherwise.
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Cloud Nine
by Cain, James M.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof. Near Fine. Red wraps, a faint crease in the center of the front wrap. Square and firmly bound, photocopy synopsis taped inside the front wrap, handwritten review slip on Mysterious Press paper laid-in.
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At Sea
by Calder-Marshall, Arthur
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), generally toned and rubbed, a large tears at the front panel, a shallow chip at the top edge of the back panel. Beige cloth with red ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A novel about a pair of newlyweds who find themselves adrift at sea off the coast of a British... Read More
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Juggernaut
by Campbell, Alice
Garden City: Crime Club / Doubleday Doran, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Very Good in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.00), with a Near Fine example of the rare obi band. Grey cloth, lightly pushed at the head and foot of the spine, with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly, rear endpaper neatly removed, clean otherwise. Campbell's debut novel, the story of an American nurse in the Riviera who finds herself in... Read More
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What You Owe Me
by Campbell, Bebe Moore
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Campbell on the second front endpaper. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($25.95), bumped at the head and foot of the spine. Quarter burgundy cloth, pushed at the head and foot of the spine, with white paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Campbell's novel of of intergenerational reconciliation when a daughter tries to collect on her mother's debt... Read More
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The Moon Is Hell!
by Campbell Jr., John W.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.00), bumped at the edges. Grey cloth with black ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Campbell's novel of an expedition to the moon that leaves the travelers stranded in the hostile environment, searching for ways to get back home.
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Astounding Science Fiction Magazine Complete Year 1953 Jan.-Dec. [12 Vols]
by Campbell Jr., John W.
New York: Street and Smith Publications, 1959. Paperback. Good. Twelve issues. Good, a couple tape repairs to the January issue, all generally soiled and rubbed, chips at the spined edges, some with checks or brief notes like "Ok" on the covers. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. These issues feature stories from Poul Anderson, H.B. Piper, Walter Miller, John Brunner, Robert Sheckley, Hal Clement, among others.
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
by Campbell, Joseph
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. Bollingen Series XVIII. Third Printing. Very Good. Wraps bumped and with some curling. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
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Fulfillment and The White Hand Murder Mystery; Doctor Marston's Secret
by Campbell, Mary E.
New York: Renaissance Book Company, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Poor. Inscribed by Campbell on the front and rear endpapers. Near Fine in a Poor jacket, chipped, missing much of the spine and back panel. Black cloth, rubbed at the edges, with red ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square, bound dos-a-dos with some reading wear, clean internally.
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Strange Things and Stranger Places
by Campbell, Ramsey
New York: Tor, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($18.95). Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of Campbell's horror fiction, including two novellas, "Needing Ghosts" and "Medusa.
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Scared Stiff; Tales of Sex and Death
by Campbell, Ramsey
Los Angeles: Scream Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrated by JK Potter. Introduction by Clive Barker. Limited to 250 copies signed by Campbell and Potter. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Quarter black cloth with red cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Campbell's work that established the genre of erotic horror, published here with three new stories.
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The Face That Must Die
by Campbell, Ramsey
Los Angeles: Scream Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illustrated by JK Potter. Signed by Campbell on the half-title page, additionally inscribed by Campbell and Potter on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($15.95). Black cloth with red gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first hardcover printings of Campbell's novel of murderous paranoia, restoring previously edited material.
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