Madam Secretary
by Albright, Madeleine
New York: Miramax, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.,562pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition, First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($27.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, crease or tears. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To ----, Madeleine Albright". A very pretty collectable copy.
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Britain Can Take It: The British Cinema in the Second World War
by Aldgate, Anthony; Richards, Jeffrey
Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 312pp. Beautiful Stated First American Edition. Bound in black cloth with titles in silver on spine. Illustrated. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A very pretty collectible copy at a great price.
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A Soldier Erect (Signed First Edition)
by Aldiss, Brian
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, 272pp. Sharp First Edition. Bound in green cloth with gilt-stamped spine titles. Square tight and clean throughout. A hint of wear to spine ends and bottom tips bumped. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket has both prices of £1.75 net and 35s net on the bottom of the front flap. A couple of short closed edge tears but still fresh and bright with no creases, toning or chipping.... Read More
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The Brightfount Diaries
by Aldiss, Brian W.
Londion: Faber and Faber, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 200pp. Beautiful First Edition of the author's first book. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear at the spine ends but quite minor. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (12s, 6d net), has a miniscule closed tear on the bottom rear edge. Mild toning on rear panel edges. Still fresh and bright with no creases or chipping. A sharp collectable copy.
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The Hand-Reared Boy (Signed First Edition)
by Aldiss, Brian W.
New York: The McCall Publishing Company, 1970. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 189pp. Beautiful Stated First American Edition, Square, tight, and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($5.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, tears or toning. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy of an uncommonly signed edition.
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The Running Tide
by Aleksander, Irina
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo., 264pp. Beautiful First Printing. Square tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear at the spine ends but very minor. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($2.50), has some rubbing to edges and folds but is fresh and bright and well preserved. Uncommon story of a woman serving in the Russian navy. A very pretty collectable copy inscribed, signed and dated by the author... Read More
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Records of a Bibliographer: Selected Papers of William Alexander Jackson
by Alexander Jackson, William; Bond, William H.; Editior
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Large 4to,, 236pp. Beautiful First Edition, Bound in full black cloth with titles in gilt on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a touch of wear to spine ends. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($7.95), has some toning along edges but is still fresh and sharp with no chipping, creases or tears. A quite handsome collectable copy at a great... Read More
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Views of Eighteenth Century China: Costumes, History, Customs
by Alexander, William and Mason, George Henry
London: Studio Editions, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Tall Folio., 223pp. Beautiful First Edition, Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Very attractive unclipped, though unpriced, dust-jacket, has some wrinkles to the top front panel and a short closed tear. Still fresh and bright.. A very pretty collectable copy of a surprisingly uncommon title. Please note: International and Priority orders will require additional postage.
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A Walk on the Wild Side
by Algren, Nelson
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Near Fine. 8vo., 346pp. Solid Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a hint of toning to page edges and no foxing. Spine ends stiff, cracked and fragile though no loss. Toning to board edges. Sharp unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.50), has some minor edge-wear. Spine and edges mildly toned. Still bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A pretty collectable copy at a great... Read More
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A Walk on the Wild Side
by Algren, Nelson
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo., 346pp. Solid Stated First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with some mild off-setting to end-papers. Board edges toned. Spines chipped. Sharp unclipped dust-jacket, ($4.50), has some chipping to spine ends and tips. Rubbing to hinges. Toning and spotting to rear panel. Not perfect but a presentable copy at a great price.
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Anthony Adverse (Inscribed Association and Review Copy)
by Allen, Hervey
New York CIty: Farrar & Rinehart, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Large, thick 8vo., 1244pp. Beautiful First Edition with Rinehart's logo on the copyright page as called for. Bound in publisher's blue cloth over flexible boards with borders and titles in gilt on front board and spine. . Square, tight and clean throughout with no foxing and barely a hint of toning, Mild surface and edge-wear. Spine gilt mildly dulled. Very well-preserved for such a large... Read More
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Entering Space: An Astronaut's Odyssey (Signed First Edition)
by Allen, Joseph P.
New York: Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Square 8vo., 240pp. Beautiful Unread Stated First Printing of this Revised and Enlarged Edition, with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with no discernible wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket ($24.95 on rear panel), is fresh and bright. with no chipping, creases or tears Inscribed and signed by the author to a reader on a preliminary photo page at a signing event upon the... Read More
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The Ladies Calling In Two Parts
by Allestree, Richard
Oxford: Printed at the Theater in Oxford, 1673. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo., (26)141(3) 99(1) though with some errors in pagination. Sharp Second Impression, printed the same year as the first. Bound in contemporary polished brown calf with titles in gilt on leather spine label and decorations in compartments. Leather looks varnished with piece chipped from spine ends and wear to tips. Front joint cracked and rear hinge just starting to. Title page and early inscription torn and page... Read More
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Memoirs
by Amis, Kingsley
London: Hutchinson, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 346pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, (£16.99), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price.
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I Want it Now (Fromt the Library of George Cuckor)
by Amis, Kingsley
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 255pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A hint of toning to board edges but barely. No interior toning or foxing. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, (22s.6d), has some mild wear to edges and tips but is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. From the library of legendary director George Cukor with his personal bookplate on the front paste-down.... Read More
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Stanley and the Women (Advance Reading Copy)
by Amis, Kingsley
New York: Summit Books, 1984. Advanced Reading Copy ARC. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo., Wraps 256 pp.. Beautiful Unread Advance reading Copy. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. A hint of toning on the spine but quite minor. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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I Want it Now
by Amis, Kingsley
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1969. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 255pp. Beautiful First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear to the spine ends. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, ($5.95), has a couple of tiny closed tears and nicks. Light soiling. Still, is a fresh and bright example. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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I Want it Now
by Amis, Kingsley
London: Jonathan Cape, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo., 255pp. Beautiful First Printing. Square, tight and clean throughout with a touch of wear to the heel but quite minor. spine ends. Very attractive unclipped wrapper, (22s.6d), has some mild wear to bottom edge is fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. A sharp collectable copy at a great price.
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The Egyptologists
by Amis, Kingsley; Robert Conqueste
New York: Random House, 1966. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 245pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust wrapper, ($4.95), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy.
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Wildcat Hunt
by Anatole, Ray
New York: Elite, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 247pp. Beautiful First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped, ($4.00), has a some minor edge-wear and mild rubbing to surface and folds but fresh and bright with no creases or tears. A very pretty collectable copy of an uncommon book, particularly in this high-grade condition.
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It's Perfectly True and Other Stories
by Anderson, Hans (Paul Leyssac, Translator)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to., 305pp. Beautiful First US Edition with "1" on copyright page. Bound in green cloth with titles and illustration in black on spine and front board. End-papers and interior illustrations by Richard Bennett. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save a touch at the spine ends but still quite well-preserved inside and out. Very attractive clipped dust-jacket has mild wear to... Read More
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Sympathy for the Devil
by Anderson, Kent
New York: Doubleday, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 350pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($17.95), is fresh and bright with no creases or chipping. Very well-preserved. Signed by Anderson on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy of the author's first book at a great price.
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Night Dogs
by Anderson, Kent
New York: Dennis McMillan, 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 522pp. Beautiful Unread First Edition. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket, ($35.00), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the title page. A gorgeous collectable copy of the author's second book.
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Artifact
by Anderson, Kevin J.; Berliner, Janet; Wilson, F. Paul; Costello, Matthew
New York: Forge Books, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 283pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($24.95), is fresh and bright with no creases, tears or chipping. Signed and dated by one of the authors, F. Paul Wilson, on the title page. A very pretty collectable copy at a great price.
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The Last Days of Krypton
by Anderson, Kevin J.
New York: Harper Entertainment, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 412pp. Beautiful Unread stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($25.95 ), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. A gorgeous collectable copy.
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