A Clockwork Orange
by Burgess, Anthony
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. [viii], 196 pp. Bound in publisher's first issue black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Near Fine with previous owner bookplate dated 1968 to front pastedown. In a Near Fine first state dust jacket with wide flaps priced at 16s net. An exceptionally crisp jacket with very light edgwear, light toning to spine panel and edges, label residue over price, and pencil notation to... Read More
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A Clockwork Orange
by Burgess, Anthony
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1963. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's red cloth-affect binding lettered in gilt. Near Fine with light edge wear, offset to endsheets, contemporary former owner's name on front free end paper and rear pastedown. Light foxing to all edges. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with a virtually unfaded spine; light toning to verso. A very presentable copy of a book not... Read More
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A Clockwork Orange
by Burgess, Anthony
London & Sydney: William Heinemann Ltd, 1962. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Review copy for export with Australian office of publisher's slip laid in. [viii], 196 pp. Bound in original first issue black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Very Good with foxing to edges, lighter occasional foxing to endpapers. In a Very Good first state dust jacket with wide flaps priced at 16s net; with a few small chips and closed tears to edges, spine panel a... Read More
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A Clockwork Orange
by Burgess, Anthony
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Bound in original first issue black cloth with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with foxing to top textblock edge, very faint staining to front endsheet at top edge near gutter, previous owner bookplate to front free endpaper and pages toned. In a Very Good first state dust jacket with wide flaps priced at 16s net; staining to jacket mostly visible from the blank... Read More
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Lay Down My Sword and Shield
by Burke, James Lee
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by James Lee Burke on the title page. Near Fine with faint scuffing to top of spine, offsetting to end sheets. In a Very Good price clipped dust jacket with a small nick to the front spine joint, light toning and light edge wear. Signed by the author.
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The Convict
by Burke, James Lee
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1985. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. [x], 145 pp. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth with spine lettered in magenta. Near Fine with light lean and soft horizontal wrinkle to spine cloth. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. A beautiful copy of James Lee Burke's scarce short story collection, which preceded his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series.
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The Convict
by Burke, James Lee
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1985. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by James Lee Burke on the half-title page. [x], 145 pp. Bound in publisher's navy blue cloth with spine lettered in magenta. Near Fine with slight lean to spine. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with light ripple at lower corners. A beautiful signed copy of Burke's scarce short story collection, which preceded his bestselling Dave Robicheaux series.
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The Secret Garden
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1911. First Edition. Very Good. First American edition, first printing. Publisher's blue cloth decorated in blind and lettered in gilt. About Very Good. Cloth rubbed at extremities and soiled, crease to rear cover. Repair to hinge at front paste down, offsetting to front endsheets for a formerly laid in clipping, and former owner name and date written to front free end paper. Pages toned.
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson; Reginald B. Birch [Illustrator]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First edition. First edition, first issue with DeVinne press imprint on 210, signature mark "12" on page 177 and "14" on page 209. xii, 209, [1], [14] pp. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with black, gilt, and red stamping. Near Fine with slightly bumped corners, cloth slightly soiled; internally bright and clean. A very attractive copy of the classic children's book.
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Camilla: A Picture of Youth
by Burney, Frances; [Frances d'Arblay]
London: Printed for T. Payne, at the Mews-Gate; and T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies (Successors to Mr. Cadell) in the Strand, 1796. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Five duodecimo volumes. xlviii, 390, [1]; [iv], 432; [iv], 468; [iv], 432; [iv], 556 pp., printed on laid paper. Bound in quarter mottled calf over marbled boards, gilt rules and red morocco title labels to spines, vellum tips. Near Fine with light rubbing and age darkening to... Read More
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Haworth's
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1879. First Edition. Very Good. First edition. A fantastic association copy signed by Frances Hodgson Burnett, best-known for her children's classic novel, The Secret Garden, and inscribed on a preliminary blank, to "Mary Mapes Dodge from F.H.B." Dodge was an influential American children's author, best known for her novel Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth stamped in gilt, a cloth color unrecorded in BAL 2051. Very Good... Read More
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Little Lord Fauntleroy [with] Sara Crewe, Little Saint Elisabeth, And Other Stories
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson; Reginald B. Birch [illustrator]
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1915. Reprints. Good. Two volumes, each signed by Frances Hodgson Burnett and inscribed to Victoria Buel on the front free endpaper. ix, 290; x, 236 pp. Bound in publisher's cream cloth with decorative stamping in red, green and gilt. Good condition with toning, moderate soiling, and a few stray pencil marks to covers, foxing to covers and textblock edges. Sarah Crew binding cracked at page 41, foxing to prelims. Front hinge of Little... Read More
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The Romantick Lady: The Life Story of an Imagination
by Burnett, Vivian
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First edition. Very Good. The real Little Lord Fauntleroy's signed biography of his own mother: children's author and creator of the character Frances Hodgson Burnett. First edition. Signed by Vivian Burnett and warmly inscribed to his father-in-law on the front free endpaper: "To the finest of Father-in-Laws with heartfelt acknowledgement of his tactful and expert assistance in the preparation of this volume. Sept 19 1927." A different hand has written in ink... Read More
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Black Hole
by Burns, Charles
New York: Pantheon, 2005. First Edition. First edition in book form, first printing. Signed by Charles Burns on title page. Fine in Fine unclipped dust jacket. A dark comic book series set in Seattle in the '70s that began in 1995 and was collected in book form ten years later as a graphic novel. Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards.
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I Love Her, That's Why!
by Burns, George; Cynthia Hobart Lindsay; Jack Benny [Prologue]
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by George Burns and Gracie Allen on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a previous owner. xiii, 267, [2] pp. plus 16 pages black and white photo illustrations. Bound in publisher's black paper-covered boards over blue spine cloth lettered in gilt, blue topstain. Near Fine in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with moderate edgewear including chip to rear panel and... Read More
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The Gallery
by Burns, John Horne
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by author in the year of publication on front flyleaf in blue ink: "Let the buyer beware! John Horne Burns Hartford 7 Aug 47." First edition. 342 pp. Black cloth with gilt and blue stamping. Fine in About Very Good dust jacket. Typical toning to pages. Jacket chipped at extremities with some small tears repaired with tape on verso and creases, spine-sunned, small stain from sticker,... Read More
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Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
by Burns, Robert
Edinburgh: Printed for the author, and sold by William Creech, 1787. Second Edition. Near Fine. Second edition, first state, and the first Edinburgh edition preceded only by the rare Kilmarnock edition of the previous year. Bound in green crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, spine heavily tooled in gilt and with five raised bands, all edges gilt. xlviii, [1], 10-368 pp. Near Fine with slight sunning to head of front board, modern bookplate on front pastedown, contents lightly... Read More
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Female Convict
by Burns, Vincent Godfrey
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing, in second issue jacket. Signed by Vincent Burns on the front endpaper, inscribed to a Mrs. McClain and dated July 3rd, 1940. 254 pp. Bound in publisher's gray cloth with black lettering. Near Fine with dust soiling to grey cloth, tiny tear to head. Very Good+ dust jacket is in quite nice shape: no fading. Small tear to head, light rubbing and edge wear, three little... Read More
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Tarzan of the Apes
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Chicago, IL: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1914. First American Edition. Very Good+. First edition, first printing. First state in Currey's A binding without an acorn above publisher's imprint on spine, printer's slug "W. F. Hall Printing Co., Chicago" listed in two lines in Old English at the bottom of the copyright page and dedication to Burrough's wife. [viii], 401 pp. Bound in publisher's ribbed red cloth stamped in blind and gilt.; lacking the scarce dust jacket. Very... Read More
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Collection of 37 fanzines and pieces of ephemera about the work of Edgar Rice Burroughs
by [Burroughs, Edgar Rice]
[np]: Various, 1989. 37 fanzines and pieces of ephemera about the creator of Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Near Fine overall. Sold as a lot. Contents as follows: -The Burroughs Bulletin. Vol. 1, nos. 6-11. Six issues. Staplebound. First issue dates to 1947. -Dum-Dum: A Burroughs Bulletin Publication. Two issues of the newsletter from 1962 and 1963: nos. 2 & 3. -Edgar Rice Burroughs: Facts on the Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Richardson, D.C. 4... Read More
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Tarzan of the Apes
by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
New York: Grosset and Dunlap. Reprint. Very Good. 1914 [but later]. Reprint. Signed by Edgar Rice Burroughs and inscribed to a former owner on the front free end paper. Bound in publisher's original red cloth stamped in black. Very Good with light staining, soiling and wear to cloth, fading to spine. Light worming and light foxing to textblock edge.
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The Naked Lunch
by Burroughs, William S.
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. First Edition. Second state with the original price of 1,500 France stamped over with the new price of NF 18. In Very Good condition, lacking the dust jacket. Clean text. Binding seems repaired with glue, with glue stains at gutter of front and rear end papers. Wraps show light soiling, a few small chips and light wear. Toning to spine, stain to rear. A lovely copy overall. ... Read More
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Naked Lunch
by Burroughs, William S.
New York: Grove Press, 1959. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by William S. Burroughs and inscribed to a former owner on the title page. Very Good with soiling and light wear to binding. Pages toned with light soiling to several early pages. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket, early issue with tiny "V" on rear panel, original $6.00 price present, and no publisher's zip code on the rear panel, which... Read More
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Naked Lunch
by Burroughs, William S.
New York: The Grove Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition, first printing. Near Fine in a Very Good+ first issue dust jacket with publisher's price of $6.00, and without publisher's zip code on the rear panel. Light foxing to cloth on front cover, bumping to top corners, light foxing to edge of page block, small patch of discoloration to top edge of rear board. Gilt stamping on spine is sharp and bright, black top... Read More
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The Ticket That Exploded (The Traveller's Companion Series No 91)
by Burroughs, William S.
Paris: The Olympia Press, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, first issue. (Priced at 18 N.F. on back cover. Maynard and Miles A6a. ) 183 pp. Original green wrappers printed in black. A Near Fine copy, lacking dust jacket. Light shelf wear, two faint indents to back cover. A nice copy.
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