The Caliph of Bagdad
by Cobb Jr., Sylvanus
New York: Robert Bonner's Sons, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Fair. Quarter cloth with marbled paper boards, heavily rubbed on the cloth, paper, and spine pastedown. Square and firmly bound with toned pages, chipping to the first advertisement, half-title page, title page, and the first page of the novel. According to the Encyclopedia Masonica, this is the most widely read Masonic novel. It was later reissued by Doran in the early 20th century. Seemingly rare in this binding.... Read More
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Under the Triple Suns
by Coblentz, Stanton A.
Reading: Fantasy Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($3.00), faded at the spine. Black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Coblentz's novel about two alien races on an unearthly planet coming into contact with three adventuring earthlings.
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The Sunken World; A Romance of Atlantis
by Coblentz, Stanton A.
Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co, 1950. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated by Charles E. McCurdy. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, clipped, lightly toned, a shallow chip at the head of the spine. Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A lost civilization science fiction novel about an intelligent Atlantean race.
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John Coutsoheras Today; A Profile of the Greek Poet
by Cochrane, P. N.
Sydney: [P.N. Cochrane], [n.d.]. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. About Fine. Wraps toned. Square and firmly bound with two staples, clean internally. A small twenty-three page pamphlet about the writing and biography of the award-winning Greek poet.
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1st Culprit, 2nd Culprit, and 3rd Culprit [3 Vols]
by Cody, Liza; Lewin, Michael Z.; Lovesey, Peter
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in Fine dust jackets, unclipped ($18.95, $21.95, $21.00). Paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of anthologies from the Crime Writers' Association featuring writing from the likes of Ruth Rendell, Dick Francis, Sara Paretsky, Donald E. Westlake, among others.
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The Alchemist 10th Anniversary Edition
by Coelho, Paulo
San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Translated by Alan R. Clarke. New Introduction by Coelho. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($18.00), a bump at the head of the spine. Blue paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, ownership signature on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Coelho's magnum opus that follows Santiago on his quest to discover his "personal legend.
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The Eagle Catcher
by Coel, Margaret
Niwot: University Press of Colorado, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Coel on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped (no price). Green cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first novel in Coel's long-running, award-winning Wind River series.
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In the Heart of the Country
by Coetzee, J.M.
London: Penguin Books, 1982. First Edition Thus. Paperback. Very Good. Very Good. Wraps rubbed and bumped at the edges. Square and firmly bound with toned page, clean otherwise. The first Penguin paperback of Coetzee's experimental novel.
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The Face of Fear
by Coffey, Brian [Dean Koontz]
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($8.95), a few spots of soiling. White boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Koontz' suspense novel about a mountain climber who becomes a psychic, witnesses a murder on television, and becomes the focus of the killer.
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A Natural History of Unnatural Things
by Cohen, Daniel
New York: McCall Publishing Company, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Cohen on the half-title page. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($6.95), generally toned and soiled, a few tears at the edges. Red cloth with black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, ownership signature of Tom Benson on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. An introduction to witches, warlocks, werewolves, vampires, demons, and even modern... Read More
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Magicians, Wizards, and Sorcerers
by Cohen, Daniel
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Cohen on the front endpaper. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.95), toned at the flaps, bumped at the edges and with a closed tear. Red cloth with yellow ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An account of some of histories magicians, wizards, and sorcerers like Simon Magus, John Dee, Agrippa, Mesmer, and others. From the collection... Read More
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Myths of the Space Age; A Skeptic's Inquiry into the Pseudo-Scientific World of Today
by Cohen, Daniel
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Association copy. Inscribed on the front endpaper page by Cohen to ufologist Tom Benson. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($5.95), generally rubbed and with some creases, chips, and tears at the edges. Blue cloth, a thin strip of fading at the top edge, with gilt and blue ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Cohen's first book, a... Read More
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UFO's: The Third Wave
by Cohen, Daniel
New York: M. Evans and Company Inc, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by Cohen on the front endpaper. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($12.95), bumped at the edges, lightly rubbed at the surface. Quarter black cloth with black paper on the boards, lightly rubbed. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Cohen's overview of some of the important events comprising the "third wave" of UFO interest. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson.... Read More
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Brother Men: The Correspondence of Edgar Rice Burroughs and Herbert T. Weston
by Cohen, Matt
Durham: Duke University Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Edited and with an Introduction by Matt Cohen. Fine. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A collection of correspondence between the two men who first knew each other in military school. An interesting correspondence that "offer a fascinating, detailed look at masculine self-generation." From the collection of Joan Bledig.
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The Crimson Alibi
by Cohen, Octabus Roy
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1919. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. About Very Good, lacking the jacket. Red cloth, faded and frayed, with black ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square, bound with some reading wear, clean internally.
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Last Will and Testament
by Cole, G.D.H. and Margaret
Garden City: Crime Club / Doubleday Doran, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Near Fine in a Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), rubbed, creased, and lightly chipped at the edges. Yellow buckram, a small indentation on the front board, with black ink lettering and designs on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a brown top stain, toned near the hinge of the endpapers, clean otherwise. The closing chapter of the Pendexter Saga which began in Dr. Tancred Begins.... Read More
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Paradis Terrestre
by Colette
Lausanne: La Guilde du Livre, 1953. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. About Very Good. Pictorial jacket, creased at the spine, rubbed at the edges, some remnants of the original glassine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. A photobook featuring writing from Colette and black-and-white photographs from Izis Bidermanas.
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Our Bodies, Ourselves; A Book By and For Women
by Boston Women's Health Book Collective
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1973. Paperback. Good. Ninth Printing. Good. Wraps generally soiled, bumped at the edges and corners, some creases throughout. Square, bound with some reading wear, toned pages, clean otherwise. A classic feminist work providing information about birth control, abortions, self-defense, sexuality, and other topics.
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Faulkner's Mayday
by Collins, Carvel
South Bend: University of Notre Dame Press, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/fine. Fine in the blue wraps, lightly faded on the spine edge. A 30 page essay mixing literary criticism and historicism focused on one of Faulkner's earliest novels, which is "a valuable aid to any attempt at revising some misconceptions of Faulkner's art; and it is unique among Faulkner's hand-lettered books for directly and significantly bearing on one of his most important works, The Sound and the... Read More
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The Great Taxicab Robbery
by Collins, James H.
New York: John Lane Company, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Inscribed by Commissioner George Dougherty on the front endpaper. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Red buckram, lightly rubbed, with black ink lettering on the spine and front board with a pictorial pastedown illustration by Carter Housh. Firmly bound with a slight forward lean, gift inscription and signatures on the front endpaper, frontispiece of Rhinelander Waldo, a few stray stains on the pages, clean otherwise. A true crime... Read More
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The History of Mystery
by Collins, Max Allan
Portland: Collectors Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($45.00). Pictorial cloth on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An illustrated history of the genre from Poe's Dupin stories to Pinkerton's memoirs to the works of modern masters like Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald.
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Kor's Kosmos Complete Run Nos. 1-10; Exploring the Borderlands of Knowledge
by [Comella, Thomas] Kor, Peter
Mayfield Heights: Kor's Kosmos, 1981. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. Very Good to Near Fine. Number One with the most wear, bumps and curlings at the corners. All other issues with minor handling and shelf wear. The complete original run of nine issues with the tenth issue being a reboot fifteen years later. Two holdings located in OCLC. From the collection of ufologist Tom Benson. [Eberhart 9597].
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The Vault of Horror No. 1 and Tales of the Incredible No. 1 [2 Vols.]
by EC Comics
New York: Ballantine Books, 1965. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. U2107 and U2140. About Very Good. Wraps soiled and rubbed, a few light creases down the spines. Firmly bound with slight forward leans, toned pages, clean otherwise. The first paperback anthologies of these classic horror and science fiction comics.
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Chagall
by Compton, Susan
London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1985. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps faintly rubbed and bumped. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Preface by Barry F. Sullivan. Foreword by Sr Hugh Casson and Anne d'Harnoncourt.
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The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Conan Doyle, Arthur
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Preface by Christopher Morley. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.95), generally toned, some shallow chips and short tears at the edges. Quarter black cloth with green cloth on the boards, some rubbing at the bottom edge. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The one-volume edition featuring all four novels and all fifty-six adventures.
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