The Grapes of Wrath
by Steinbeck, John
New York: The Viking Press, 1939 First edition, first printing; in the original first issue dust jacket, with the original ($2.75) price and "First Edition" to corner of front flap. Publisher's beige cloth, boards illustrated with an image of migrant families heading West after Elmer Hader's dust jacket design, pictorial endpapers illustrated with sheet music for the "The Battle Hymn the Republic"; in its original dust jacket with an illustration by Hader depicting tenant farming families looking out on a... Read More
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The Long Valley
by Steinbeck, John
New York: The Viking Press, 1938 First edition, first printing. One of 8,000 copies. Publisher's beige buckram-backed terracotta boards, with spine stamped in red; in its original pictorial dust jacket with wraparound illustration by Elmer Hader, and lettered in black and blue. About fine book, with light toning to spine and board edges, very crisp and clean pages, and light offsetting to endpapers; near fine unclipped dust jacket, with some toning, a few nicks, a faint spot of staining to... Read More
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Cannery Row
by Steinbeck, John
New York: The Viking Press, 1945 First edition, first printing; first issue binding, with light-buff (tan) cloth. Publisher's tan cloth, lettered in dark blue; in the original pictorial dust jacket designed by Arthur Hawkins, Jr., with an illustration of Cannery Row to the front panel, lettered in yellow. About fine book, with very light toning to spine, some darkening along front joint, and a hint of rubbing to spine ends; very good unclipped dust jacket, with some wear to spine... Read More
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1923 New York Giants National League Champions Type 1 Photograph
by [Stengel, Casey (HOF); Frisch, Frankie (HOF); Bancroft, Dave (HOF); McGraw, John (HOF)].
1923 1923. 10" x 8" Type 1 black and white photo. Photo of New York Giants after winning NL pennant, featuring future Hall of Famers Casey Stengel, Hack Wilson, Travis Jackson, Dave Bancroft, Frankie Frisch, George Kelly and manager John McGraw. Near fine, with light surface damage to top right, light rippling, and some writing in orange to lower margin. Overall, an excellent vintage photo featuring many HOFers. In 1923, the New York Giants captured the National League... Read More
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The Crock of Gold
by Stephens, James
London: Macmillan and Co., 1912 First edition, first printing. Publisher's green cloth, with front board and spine lettered and decorated in gilt, and two pages of ads for The Charwoman's Daughter to rear. About fine, with upper corner of front board lightly bumped, and a touch of soiling to front board and along rear spine edge. Overall, a bright and attractive copy. Housed in a custom blue half morocco slipcase (some flaking to spine labels) and chemise. The... Read More
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Underwoods
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; [Field, Eugene]
London: Chatto & Windus, 1887 First edition, first printing, with 32 pp. Chatto & Windus "List of Books" advertisement to rear dated "July, 1887." Signed by Stevenson on title page. Additionally signed on title page by 19th century American writer Eugene Field. Publisher's slate blue cloth, with spine lettered in gilt, borders of front and rear boards ruled in blind, black endpapers, and mostly unopened pages. Near fine, with a touch of rubbing to spine ends and corners of boards,... Read More
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The Merry Men, and Other Tales and Fables
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
London: Chatto & Windus, 1887 First edition, first issue, with earlier "September 1886" ads at rear. Publisher's blue cloth, with silver stars and black flowers to front board, spine lettered in gilt, and floral endpapers. Very good, with light soiling to front board, light toning to spine, light rubbing to corners and spine ends, some very shallow tears to fore edges of some pages, and rear hinge starting. Overall, an attractive copy. In this collection's title story, the... Read More
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Queer Little People
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867 Illustrated. First edition, first printing. One of 2508 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed by Stowe on front flyleaf: "Mrs. Lily Fisk (?) / A New Year's Present from / H. B. Stowe." Publisher's green cloth, board margins ruled in blind, front board and spine stamped in gilt, and brown coated endpapers. Very good book, with mild rippling to cloth on boards, corners lightly worn and bumped, light wear to spine ends, spine gilt slightly dimmed, front... Read More
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L'effort américain: Discours
by Tardieu, André
Paris: Lang, Union des grandes associations françaises contre la propaganda Ennemie, 1918 Publisher's white paper wrappers, lettered in black. About near fine, with some light spotting and minor soiling to the front wrapper, some rust and minor wear to the staple binding, else bright and clean. A very handsome piece of WWI propaganda. Very scarce (only 4 copies listed in World Cat). L'effort américain is a transcription of a speech given by André Tardieu, the French Commissioner of... Read More
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The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848-1850. In the original 24 serial parts (23 & 24 in one volume). First edition. Publisher's yellow paper wrappers with advertisements bound in. A good set with significant toning and wear to extremities, some foxing to text, many spines split, some with remnants of tape repairs. Scarce in the original parts. The History of Pendennis tells the story of the titular character, Arthur Pendennis, who seeks join the ranks of... Read More
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The History of Henry Esmond, Esq., A Colonel in the service of Her Majesty Q. Anne. Written By Himself.
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1852 Three volumes. First edition, first printing, with 16 pp. of publisher's ads to rear of Vol. III. Publisher's brown cloth with white paper spine labels lettered in black. About very good with various wear and spotting to boards, toning and rubbing to spine labels with some small loss; Vol. I with a horizontal closed tear across the middle of the backstrip and a few small ink stains, some chipping to spine ends, cloth rubbed... Read More
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Vanity Fair. A Novel Without a Hero
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848 Illustrated by Thackeray. First edition, mixed issue, with the engraved title page dated 1848, lacking the "Marquis of Steyne" woodcut on page 336, with "Mr. Pitt" for "Sir Pitt" on page 453, advertisement leaf for "The Great Hoggarty Diamond" at front. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. A very good copy, recased with the original cloth laid down, corners bumped and lightly worn, spine rubbed. Internally, some toning and small tear, a... Read More
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The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1857 London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857-1859. In the original 24 serial parts. First edition, first issue, p. 207 with "actresses" for "ancestresses", and part 12 with chapters XVII-XVIII misnumbered as XVIII-XIX. Publisher's yellow paper wrappers, advertisements present. A very good set with some toning and soiling to wrappers, some wear to edges, particularly to volumes I, X, XV, XVI, XVIII-XX, and XIV, the others being only lightly worn, a few light pencil and ink marks from... Read More
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The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854-1855. Two volumes. Illustrated with wood and steel engravings by Richard Doyle. First editions, first printings. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, decorated in blind, pale yellow endpapers. An attractive set with light rubbing, corners bumped, former owner signature to front pastedowns; vol I with some wear to the upper spine and light toning to spine. Overall, a very good set, free of any repairs or restoration. Shepherd 121. Set in England in... Read More
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The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1849 First edition, first printing. Publisher's original cream boards, lettered and illustrated in blue and green. A very good copy with some wear and rubbing to the boards, some exposure to corners and spine ends; internally, some light scattered foxing. Scarce. The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond follows a man whose magical diamond allows him access to wealthy and powerful people through encounters that only the rich can experience. The moral... Read More
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Eloise in Moscow
by Thompson, Kay
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959 Illustrated by Hilary Knight. First edition, first printing. Publisher's orange paper-covered boards, lettered and illustrated in black; in the original pictorial dust jacket with newspaper design to front panel, lettered in black and red. Near fine book, with light sunning to head of spine and top edges of boards, a couple of tiny nicks to top edges of boards, and spotting to top edge of text block; very good or better unclipped dust jacket,... Read More
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Letters to Various Persons
by Thoreau, Henry David
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865 Edited by Ralph Waldo Emerson. First edition, first printing, in Blanck's "A" binding. One of 2,130 copies. Publisher's brown cloth, with wreath illustrations stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, and brown coated endpapers. Near fine, with light toning to spine and bottom margin of front board, light wear to spine ends, some ink staining to verso of front free endpaper, and text outlined in ink on pp. 74-77. Overall, a sturdy and attractive copy.... Read More
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Letters of Emily Dickinson
by Todd, Mabel Loomis (Editor); [Dickinson, Emily]
Boston: Roberts Brothers, [ca. 1899] Two volumes bound into one. First edition, second printing, with p. 132 footnote in two lines in Vol. 1, and three footnotes on p. 370 in Vol. 2; in BAL's 4th binding, with tan V cloth. With five illustrations (three in Vol. 1 and two in Vol. 2), including a frontispiece facing the title page of each volume. Publisher's brown cloth, with white paper label printed in black to spine. Good or better, with light... Read More
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The Hobbit
by Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel)
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938 Illustrated by the author, with four color and nine black-and-white illustrations, and map endpapers printed in red and white. First American edition, first printing, first state, with "1938" and bowing flautist to title page, incorrect map placement on list of illustrations, and Chapter VII mistakenly identified as "Chapter VI" on page 118. Publisher's tan cloth, with front board and spine lettered in blue, and bowing hobbit in red to front board; lacking... Read More
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The Hobbit
by Tolkien, J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel)
New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938 Illustrated by the author, with four color and nine black-and-white illustrations. First American edition, first printing, first state, with "1938" and bowing hobbit to title page, incorrect map placement on list of illustrations, and Chapter VII mistakenly titled "Chapter VI" on p. 118. Publisher's tan cloth, with front board and spine lettered in blue, bowing hobbit in red to front board, and pictorial map endpapers printed in red and white; in its original pictorial... Read More
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The English Text of the Ancrene Riwle, Ancrene Wisse, edited from MS. Corpus Christi College Cambridge 402
by Tolkien, J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel) (Editor)
London: Published for the Early English Text Society by Oxford University Press, 1962 Illustrated with a double-sided frontispiece with photos of two pages from the original manuscript. Introduction by University of Oxford scholar N. R. Kerr. First edition, first printing. One of 3,000 first edition copies. Publisher's brown cloth, with front board and spine stamped in gilt; very good or better, with light soiling to foot of spine, light dimming to spine gilt, corners lightly bumped, Editorial Institute Library (Boston... Read More
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Anna Karénina, in Eight Parts
by Tolstoï, Count Lyof N. (Tolstoy, Leo)
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1886] Translated by Nathan Haskell Dole. First American edition (and first English language edition), first printing; with all presumed first issue points, including floral endpapers, "13 Astor Place" to title page, sheets bulking at 35 mm., and four pp. of ads to rear. Publisher's brown cloth, with front board and spine stamped in gilt. Near fine, with light toning to spine, light rubbing to spine ends, clean boards and bright gilt, lightly bumped... Read More
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Joe Torre's Ground Rules for Winners
by Torre, Joe; Dreher, Henry
New York: Hyperion, 1999 First edition, first printing. Signed by Torre on half title page and dated "9-24-99." Publisher's black cloth, spine stamped in gilt; in its original pictorial dust jacket with embossed gilt title to front panel, designed by Gerald Pfieffer, photos of Torre to front and rear panels by Carolyn Jones. A hint of creasing to spine ends, else fine; about fine unclipped dust jacket, with a touch of creasing to head of spine and a tiny dimple... Read More
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Most Valuable Player Series: Yogi Berra
by Trimble, Joe; [Berra, Yogi]
New York: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1952 First edition, first printing. Signed by Yogi Berra in blue pen on the title page. Publisher's blue cloth, with front board and spine stamped in black; in its original purple, black, and yellow dust jacket, lettered in black and white, with a drawing of Berra to the front panel. Near fine book, with a hint of wear to spine ends, and light offsetting to endpaper; very good unclipped dust jacket, with light toning... Read More
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North America
by Trollope, Anthony
London: Chapman & Hall, 1862 Two volumes. Illustrated with a folding map facing p. 1. of Vol. I. First editions, first printings, with 32 pp. publisher's catalogue dated "October, 1861" to the rear of Vol. I. Inscribed by Trollope on half-title page: "W. L. Page / with the author's / kind regards" Publisher's pinkish-maroon patterned cloth blocked on front and back with decorative frame in blind, spines designed in blind, lettered in gilt, and brown endpapers. Very good, with some... Read More
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