Arrow of God
by Achebe, Chinua
New York: The John Day Company, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine/Fine. First American edition, first printing. 287 pp. Bound in publisher's original magenta cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with slight black stains to top edge of covers and area of rub-through at top of rear spine joint, in a Fine unclipped dust jacket with trivial edge wear and no spine fading. A fantastic copy of the Nigerian author's third novel, the last of The African Trilogy.... Read More
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No Longer at Ease
by Achebe, Chinua
London: William Heinemann, 1960. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. [vi], 170 pp. Bound in publisher's dark red cloth with spine lettered in light peach. Very Good with lean to binding, foxing to text block edges and contents. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with slight fading and tanning to spine, moderate foxing to covers, and damp staining to left edge of rear cover; corner crease to front flap. The Nigerian author's second novel... Read More
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Arrow of God
by Achebe, Chinua
New York: The John Day Company, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original magenta cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with light dust-soiling and light fading to cloth at edges, pages lightly tanned and faintly foxed at textblock edge. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with fraying to the spine ends, rubbing to... Read More
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No Longer at Ease
by Achebe, Chinua
London: Heinemann / Contemporary Fiction, 1962. Reprint. Near Fine/Very Good+. Reprint. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original cloth boards. Near Fine with light bumping to corners and tanning to pages. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with soiling, tanning and wear, and a tape repair made to the blindside.
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Things Fall Apart
by Achebe, Chinua
New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1959. First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the title page. Bound in publisher's green marbled paper over brown cloth with spine lettered in green and orange. Near Fine with sunning to spine through dust jacket, light fading to edges and faint offsetting from flaps to pastedowns. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with fading to spine, small closed tear to front joint at... Read More
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The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral
by Ackerman, Diane
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1976. First Edition. First edition, first printing. 159 pp. Original paper-covered boards with purple cloth backstrip, gilt and metallic blue lettering. Very Good+ with publisher's stamps and name written on front free endpaper, in Very Good price-clipped dust jacket, a little rubbed, dampstaining to verso. The author's uncommon first book, a collection of poetry.
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The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral
by Ackerman, Diane
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1976. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Diane Ackerman in the year of publication and warmly inscribed to former owners. Additionally, laid in are cards from Ackerman written to former owners. Bound in publisher's original paper-covered boards over purple cloth spine lettered in gilt and metallic blue. Near Fine with sunning to covers at edges, foxing to top edge of textblock. In a Near Fine unclipped... Read More
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The Adult Life of Toulouse Lautrec
by Acker, Kathy
[No place]: [Self published], 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. A complete set, in six parts: "The Case of the Murdered Twerp," "Longing for Better Things," "Stop It, Ted, I Screamed," "How Love Can Lead Youngsters to Murder," "The Future," and "The Life of Johnny Rocco." Very good on average, with wraps showing toning, light smudging and general handling. Volume IV has previous owner name inside front cover and light creasing. A postmodern cut-up novel in the vein... Read More
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The Revolt of the Cockroach People
by Acosta, Oscar Zeta
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First edition. Very Good/Very Good+. First edition, first printing. Signed by Oscar Zeta Acosta on the front pastedown and inscribed, "To my old friend Althea, the African Queen. Jan '74 Aztlan." 258 pp. Bound in publisher's beige cloth decorated in blind and lettered in white on the spine. Very Good, slightly bumped corners, slight lean and a bowing to boards, in a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear and soiling... Read More
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The Revolt of the Cockroach People
by Acosta, Oscar Zeta
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books, 1973. First Edition. Very Good+/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by Oscar Zeta Acosta on the front pastedown and inscribed, "For Norm from Oscar of the Old S.F. Ex. Oct' '73 S.F." 258 pp. Bound in publisher's beige cloth decorated in blind and lettered in white on the spine. Very Good+ with light soiling to cloth and minor foxing to bottom edge. Trivial waviness to gatherings throughout. In a Near Fine price-clipped... Read More
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Yosemite and the Range of Light
by Adams, Ansel; Paul Brooks [Introduction]
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1980. Near Fine/Very Good+. Third printing. Signed by Ansel Adams on a bookplate mounted on the front free paper. [vi], 28 [text] pp. with 116 black and white photographic plates. Bound in publisher's maroon buckram cloth over blue linen with spine lettered in gilt. Oblong folio.Near Fine with light wear; rippling at front free endpaper from bookplate adhesive with associated spotting. In a Very Good+ unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear ;... Read More
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. Reprint. Fine/Fine. Fifth printing of the American edition. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original black cloth-affect boards stamped in gilt. Faint wear to corners and spine ends, else Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. A very well-kept copy, signed by the author.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams on the title page. Bound in publisher's dark blue paper covered boards over magenta spine cloth lettered in metallic blue. Near Fine with slight lean to binding and light rubbing to gilt lettering, gift inscription dated 1980 to front free endpaper verso and contents toned. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing and toning. A... Read More
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. Reprint. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sixth printing of the American edition. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a previous owner on the front free endpaper. [viii], 215 pp. Bound in publisher's black cloth-affect boards stamped in gilt. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with moderate toning. A beautiful signed copy.
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas
London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1979. First Hardcover Edition. Very Good+/Very Good+. First hardcover edition, first printing. [v], 159 pp. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good+ with lean to binding, light foxing to textblock edges and endsheets. In a Very Good+ dust jacket with plain blue rear panel, of the two dust jacket states this is the presumed second state; with light sunning to spine panel, trivial edge wear and heavy... Read More
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
by Adams, Douglas
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards over turquoise cloth spine, with titles stamped in metallic pink. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing, light toning and crease to rear flap.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams and inscribed to a former owner on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's original dark blue paper-covered boards over magenta spine cloth lettered in metallic blue. Near Fine with light wear and toning to pages, former owner name and inkless emboss to half-title page. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with light chipping to edges, creases... Read More
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas
London: Arthur Barker Limited, 1979. First Hardcover Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First hardcover edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams on title page and inscribed "Best wishes." [v], 159 pp. Bound in publisher's dark blue cloth-affect boards with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light wear to corners spine ends, faint stain to rear endsheet. In a Near Fine second state unclipped dust jacket with light rubbing; faint staining to blindside. A sharp copy of Adams' beloved... Read More
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First American Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams on the title page with ticket stub for Adams' speaking engagement dated March 20, 1997 laid in. Bound in publisher's blue paper-covered boards over magenta spine cloth lettered in metallic blue. Very Good with lean to binding, fading to edges of boards, with light wear at extremities. Spot of rubbing to front board and light spotting to text block... Read More
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Adams, Douglas
New York: Harmony Books, 1989. Reprint. Near Fine/Near Fine. Tenth printing. Signed by Douglas Adams on the title page and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's blue paper covered boards over purple spine stamped in metallic green. Near Fine with light wear and fading to edges, light wear to covers. Light soiling to rear pastedown. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light edge wear, closed punctures to panels and small closed tear to rear... Read More
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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
by Adams, Douglas
New York: Harmony Books, 1980. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Douglas Adams on the half-title page, directly below a red rubber stamp that reads "Always know where your towel is..." Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards over turquoise cloth spine, with titles stamped in metallic pink. Fine, in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light shelf wear. To quote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a towel, of course, "is about... Read More
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Pioneers of Space
by Adamski, George
Los Angeles: Leonard-Freefield Co, 1949. First Edition. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by George Adamski on the front free end paper, and dated "May 24--51". Bound in publisher's original blue cloth stamped in gilt, lacking the scarce dust jacket. Very Good with soiling, light bubbling and wear to cloth, dulling to gilt lettering. Endsheets offset from binder's glue and small price written beneath Adamski's inscription, binding error to rear free endpaper. A very rare Adamski title,... Read More
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Democracy: An American Novel
by Adams, Henry
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1880. First Edition, BAL's State F.. Very Good. First edition, BAL's State F with title page corrected to 111, no mark on p. 65 but other marks. 374, (6) pp.Yellow cloth stamped in black with gilt spine lettering. Very Good with a bit of light staining and dust-soiling to cloth, internally in great shape, tiny dampstain to blank rear endpaper. A nice copy.
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Democracy: An American Novel
by Adams, Henry
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1880. First Edition, BAL's State B.. Good. First edition, BAL's State B with date of April 15, 1880, title page stating #112, no mark on p. 65; curiously, though, this seems to be printed on laid paper rather than wove. 374, (6) pp. White linen stamped in black. A Good copy with the head strip worn away with closed tear near head, tail worn as well, linen soiled and darkened with age,... Read More
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The Education of Henry Adams
by Adams, Henry; Lodge, Henry Cabot (Editor)
Washington: Privately Printed, 1907. First Edition. Very Good. Privately printed first edition, one of two printings comprising a total of 100 copies. vi, 451 pp., laid paper with wide margins. Quarto, bound in publisher's blue cloth, tan morocco title label to spine, laid endpapers. Very Good with light mottling and soiling to cloth, moderate rubbing to extremities, chipping to morocco label, and light worming to upper textblock edge. Hinges tender, upper right corner slightly bumped throughout, bookplate to... Read More
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