![The Curtains Are Waving and People Walk Through the Afternoon Here and in Berlin and in New York City and in Mexico [Limited Edition, Signed by Bukowski, with additional inscription to John Thomas Idlet]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/785/563/1699563785.0.l.jpg)
The Curtains Are Waving and People Walk Through the Afternoon Here and in Berlin and in New York City and in Mexico [Limited Edition, Signed by Bukowski, with additional inscription to John Thomas Idlet]
by Charles Bukowski
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1967. Very Good. Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1967. First Edition, Limited to 125 signed copies of which this is no. 51. Square quarto; printed stitched wraps; [8]pp. Light wear along bottom edges with adjacent spotting and discoloration, bleeding ever so slightly to bottom edge of text. Binding sound and pages else unmarked; Very Good. Signed by Bukowski on limitation page and additionally inscribed and signed on front free endpaper to his friend John Thomas Idlet with... Read More
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![At Terror Street and Agony Way [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/352/559/1699559352.0.l.jpg)
At Terror Street and Agony Way [Limited Edition]
by Charles Bukowski
Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. Very Good. Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First Edition, Second State with Krome Stock paper cancel affixed to upper cover, limited to 800 copies. Octavo (22cm); publisher's red card wrappers, yapp edges, printed paper label to upper cover; [6],89pp. Light wear to wrapper margins, especially along yapp fore-edges, else Very Good and sound. 747 copies printed according to Krumhansl. Krumhansl A27b.
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![Scarlet [Limited Edition, Signed by Bukowski]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/530/561/1699561530.0.l.jpg)
Scarlet [Limited Edition, Signed by Bukowski]
by Charles Bukowski
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. Near Fine/Near Fine. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. First Edition, Limited Issue of 140 copies signed by Charles Bukowski of which this is no. 78. Slim quarto; decorative cloth-backed boards with paper spine label; red endpapers, in clear acetate dust jacket. Extra spine label laid in. Light rubbing to acetate and board margins, otherwise a Near Fine copy of an uncommon Bukowski title. .
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Postscript
by Mary E. Bulkley
Carmel, CA (?): s.i., 1944. Very Good. Carmel, CA (?): s.i., 1944. First Edition. 12mo.; stapled printed wraps; 30pp. Light rubbing and toning to edges; binding sound; bookplate of previous owner Olga Epstein to inside of front cover; pages else unmarked; Very Good and sound. Rare late-career reflection from the suffragist, book-binder, and self-described spinster Mary Bulkley (1856-1947). The author here discusses the Civil War and and both World Wars, slavery, philosophy, and her own evolving spirituality.... Read More
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An Introduction to the Law Relative to Trials at Nisi Prius, Containing Additions to the Present Time
by Francis Buller
New-York: I. Riley and Co, 1806. Very Good. New-York: I. Riley and Co. Law-Booksellers, No. 1, City-Hotel, Broadway, 1806. "This edition is printed page for page from the London copy." Octavo; full contemporary sheep, maroon gilt spine label; [16],336,[41]pp. (collated complete). Leather rather rubbed and dried, some peeling to rear cover as well as largish damp spot, smaller dark damp spots to spine, textblock toned, else a Very Good and sound example. Provenance: Mid-19th century ownership... Read More
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![Report to the American People [Inscribed and Signed with Typed Letter Signed Laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/973/458/1741458973.0.l.jpg)
Report to the American People [Inscribed and Signed with Typed Letter Signed Laid in]
by William C. Bullitt
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. First Edition with date of publication present on title page. Slim quarto; publisher's blue-grey cloth lettered in red; 29pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece. Cloth a bit rubbed and toned at margins, else Very Good and sound. Inscribed and signed on half title page, "To Miss Anna Hurwitz Monat, with heartiest thanks and every good wish, from William B. Bullitt." With additional typed letter signed by... Read More
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![The Shirley Temple Scrapbook: A Book of Memories [Signed by Shirley Temple Black]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/482/925/1695925482.0.l.jpg)
The Shirley Temple Scrapbook: A Book of Memories [Signed by Shirley Temple Black]
by [Shirley Temple Black] Loraine Burdick
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2002. Very Good. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2002. Collector's Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); publisher's red leather with mounted photo and gilt lettering and decoration; moire endpapers; gilt page edges & ribbon bookmark; [x],312pp; photos. Slight bow to front board, with a few scuffs and smudges to surface. Scattered scuffing to gilt edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Signed by Shirley Temple Black without inscription on tipped-in signature page. Publisher's CoA... Read More
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Houses of Wood for Lovers of Homes: A group of original house plans submitted in the Annual Architectural Competition of 1927, conducted by Pencil Points, New York City, and sponsored by the Arkansas Soft Pine Bureau of Little Rock
by Arkansas Soft Pine Bureau
Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Soft Pine Bureau, 1927. Very Good. Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Soft Pine Bureau, 1927. First Edition. Quarto. Black and white sketches, plans, and illustrations. Embossed wraps with illustration mounted to upper cover. Wraps faded along edges with edgewear and a few minor smudges. Binding sound. Pen mark and stamp to final page of text; interior else unmarked; a Very Good copy.
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Language Made Plain
by Anthony Burgess
London: The English Universities Press, 1964. Near Fine/Very Good +. London: The English Universities Press, 1964. First Edition. Octavo (20 cm); v, 186pp. Publisher's pink and purple illustrated dust jacket with price intact (21/-). Boards full bound in black and white woven cloth with dark purple stamping to spine and blind stamping to front cover. Dust jacket generally scuffed and creased with dust soil to back panel, light toning at margins, and minor bumping to spine ends. Verso... Read More
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Joysprick: An Introduction to the Language of James Joyce
by Anthony Burgess
London: Andre Deutsch, 1973. Very Good +/Near Fine. London: Andre Deutsch, 1973. First Edition. Slim octavo (22 cm); 187pp. Publisher's glossy kelly green price-clipped dust jacket around full-bound brown paper boards with gilt stamping to spine. Bright kelly green endsheets. Dust jacket lightly scuffed and creased at spine. Board corners relatively sharp with spine ends lightly bumped, light superficial scratch to back panel, and spine creased near tail. Title page has Westview Press sticker, describing them as the... Read More
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Language Made Plain
by Anthony Burgess
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1965. Very Good +/Good +. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1965. First American Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 185pp. Publisher's maroon dust jacket with price intact ($3.95). Boards full bound in light mustard cloth with red and white stamping to spine. Dust jacket generally toned, scuffed, creased, and rubbed with minor tears to margins and soiling to back panel. Spine sunned and verso toned with tape repair to both panels and minor... Read More
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The Art of Excelling; An Oration: Delivered in the Benevolent Congregational Meeting-House, at Providence, Before the Society of the Federal Adelphi; On Their Anniversary, September 5, A.D. 1799
by Tristam Burges
Providence: John Carter, Jun, 1799. Very Good. Providence: Printed by John Carter, Jun. at the New Printing-Office, Market-Street, 1799. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 22pp. ([A]6 B5, lacking final leaf (blank), else collated and complete with half title). First and final leaves rather browned, else Very Good and sound. Uncommon lecture on humanity's innate drive towards excellence and how to achieve it: "Excellence may be obtained, first, by an estimation of our powers; and secondly, by calling... Read More
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the proceedings of certain societies in London, relative to the event
by Edmund Burke
London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1840. Good. London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, n.d., ca. 1840. 12mo (13.5cm); contemporary school prize binding of brown blind-embossed morocco with gilt-tooled vignette of the school to upper cover, gilt spine, all edges gilt; iv,[5]-294pp.; steel engraved portrait frontispiece and added title page. Leather rather rubbed at margins, front joint very tender with board starting to separate, otherwise Good or better, contents clean and sound. Lovely school prize volume with presentation bookplate... Read More
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![The Tin Roof Blowdown [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/319/956/1688956319.0.l.jpg)
The Tin Roof Blowdown [Signed Limited Edition]
by James Lee Burke
Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2007. Near Fine. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2007. Signed Limited Edition. Octavo (24 cm); 373pp. Boards in brown leather with gilt stamping and decoration. Edges gilt, moire silk endsheets, and camel ribbon. Board corners and spine ends gently bumped. Publisher's prospectus and certificate of authenticity loosely laid in at front. A Near Fine or better copy signed at front by Burke at limitation page.
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![Burne Hogarth's The Golden Age of Tarzan: 1939-1942 [Signed with signed poster laid in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/757/602/1428602757.0.l.jpg)
Burne Hogarth's The Golden Age of Tarzan: 1939-1942 [Signed with signed poster laid in]
by Burne Hogarth [illus.]; Edgar Rice Burroughs; Maurice Horn [ed & intro.]
New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1977. Very Good +. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1977. Limited Edition of 2000 copies signed by Hogarth on limitation page, this being #112. Elephant Folio. 154 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Gold boards stamped in black and blue. Gold slipcase stamped in blue. "Tarzan: The Deluge Strikes" poster laid in, signed by Hogarth as well and published by Ross Cochran in a print run of 1000. Boards lightly worn... Read More
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Very Good. New-York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. First Edition, First State with De Vinne Press slug on p. [210] and correct signature marks. Small quarto; publisher's pictorial tan cloth stamped in red, black, and gilt; brown endpapers. Xi, [1], 210, [1], [14] [ads] pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard, illus. throughout, many full-paged, complete. Boards edgeworn with brief exposure to extremities; scuffing to front and rear; light rubbing to spine. Moderate lean to... Read More
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Tomorrow's Another Day
by W.R. Burnett
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. Very Good/Very Good -. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First Edition, stated. Octavo. 224 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.50 price present. Brown-orange boards lettered in gilt. Yellow topstain. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed along edges and folds with some creasing and surface scratching; spine lightly sunned. Boards show light shelfwear and corners mildly bumped. Binding is sound. Touch of off-setting to endpapers, but interior otherwise unmarked and legible throughout.... Read More
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Roman Nights
by Ron Burns
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. Near Fine/Very Good +. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition, stated, with full numberline. Octavo (21.5cm); [xii],340pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $22.95 price intact; boards in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket is crisp with light rubbing along edges. Boards are sturdy and square with sharp corners. Nudging to spine ends. Binding is tight and pages unmarked. Author's debut novel.
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Tanar of Pellucidar
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1931. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1931]. Later G&D reprint with 33 ERB titles in ads (vs 30 in earlier). Octavo; 312pp +8pp ads. Earlier state dust jacket with 30 ERB titles on verso. Publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Dark green topstian. Jacket chipped at head of spine (just touching text), with rubbing at tail and along joints, a few shallow tears and small chips at folds, and some... Read More
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![Tarzan Lord of the Jungle [Wartime Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/958/154/1587154958.0.l.jpg)
Tarzan Lord of the Jungle [Wartime Edition]
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [1943]. Wartime Edition. Octavo; [6], 309pp. Illustrated dust jacket (earlier state, with 30 Madison Square titles to rear panel and diamond on spine); boards in maroon cloth with black lettering. Wartime statement on title page. Jacket crisp with bright color, showing a few brief, closed tears along edges, rubbing along edges, and some general smudging and toning to rear panel and spine. Boards lightly... Read More
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The Girl from Hollywood
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
New York: The Macaulay Company, 1923. Very Good. New York: The Macaulay Company, 1923. First Edition, Second State without "he said" on frontis. Octavo; 320pp. Illustrated frontis. Publisher's rough, horizontal-weave red cloth with green lettering and design. Missing dust jacket. Boards bumped at spine ends and lightly rubbed at corners, with dulling to lettering and some general smudging to surface. Top corner of front free endpaper torn away and math problem solved on verso of final blank, else... Read More
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Tarzan and the Ant Men
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [ca.1925]. Early G&D Reprint, with single ERB ad at back listing 11 titles and 13 ERB titles listed on jacket verso. Octavo; [iv]346pp +2 ads. Illustrated frontis. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with black lettering. Jacket edgeworn with tears to folds at spine ends, rubbing at corners and tugging at spine ends, and some general toning; color bleed from large but faint dampstain... Read More
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The Deputy Sheriff of Comanche County
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc, 1940. Very Good/Near Fine. Tarzana: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., 1940. First Edition, stated. Octavo; 312pp +1 ads. Illustrated laminated dust jacket with $2.00 price intact (jacket was issued in both laminated and unlaminated states); book in publisher's gray pebbled cloth with red lettering. Red topstain. Jacket is clean and crisp with a bit of rubbing along top edge, but no chips, tears, or marks. Boards are square with bumping at spine ends and... Read More
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The War Chief
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co, 1927. Very Good -. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1927. First Edition. Octavo; [viii], 382pp +1 glossary. Illustrated title page. Publisher's orange cloth with dark brown lettering. Missing dust jacket. Boards edgeworn with soiling and smudging to cloth; spine dulled with bumping at tail and shallow chipping and fraying at head. Pages toning with a few marginal thumbprints throughout, else interior unmarked. Textblock falls open easily between a few gatherings but binding is... Read More
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Beyond Thirty and The Man-Eater
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
New York: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Publications, 1957. Limited Edition of 3000 copies. Octavo (21cm). Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth with gilt lettering to spine; boards in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine; 229pp. Price-clipped jacket shows a few shallow tears and chips along edges, with some general smudging and toning to surface; $4.00 price stamped below clipped corner on front flap. Boards lightly rubbed along edges... Read More
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