Cobble Stone Gardens
by William S. Burroughs
Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1976. Very Good. Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1976. First Edition, stated. Octavo (21.5cm); glossy photo-illustrated wraps; 53pp; photos throughout. Covers lightly shelfworn with a bit of toning to rear panel. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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![The Anatomy of Melancholy, What It Is, With All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes [sic], Prognostics, and Several Cures for It](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/171/123/1578123171.0.l.jpg)
The Anatomy of Melancholy, What It Is, With All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes [sic], Prognostics, and Several Cures for It
by Democritus Junior [pseud. Robert Burton]
London: B. Blake, 1838. Very Good. London: B. Blake, 1838. Sixteenth Edition. Octavo; contemporary half navy blue calf over marbled boards, gilt-tooled spine in six compartments, red spine label, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers; [6],743,[1]pp.; engraved frontispiece. Boards a bit scuffed with exposure at corners, boards discreetly reattached, small blemish to rear cover, textblock a bit toned with very occasional contemporary pencil marginalia, else a Very Good, still quite attractive copy. First published in 1621, The Anatomy... Read More
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Two Complete Detective Books (No. 38, May 1946): Bury the Hatchet & Not a Leg to Stand On
by Jack Byrne [ed.]; Manning Long; Miles Burton
New York: Real Adventures Pub. Co, 1946. Very Good. New York: Real Adventures Pub. Co., 1946. Pulp magazine. Octavo; 160pp. Illustrated paper wraps. Shallow tears along edges, mostly along bottom, with occasional small chips to top corners of back cover and a few pages throughout. Covers show a few surface smudges but are clean and bright overall. Spine straight and unbroken. Pages lightly toned, moreso at fore-edge, but unmarked. Binding is sound. Pulp 'zine reprinting two complete... Read More
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![Rahab: A Drama in Three Acts [Autograph Letter Signed in Original Envelope Tipped in]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/743/375/1353375743.0.l.jpg)
Rahab: A Drama in Three Acts [Autograph Letter Signed in Original Envelope Tipped in]
by Richard Burton
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1906. Near Fine. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1906. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey decorative cloth stamped in yellow and dark blue; [2],117,[1],[4](ads)pp. Corners bumped, else a Near Fine copy. Post-marked envelope dated 1908 tipped to front pastedown and containing 1.5pp. autograph letter signed by the author, addressed to a Professor Charles Richardson of Dartmouth College, admonishing Richardson for purchasing a copy of the book. The American lyricist Richard... Read More
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Exterminating Angels [Signed]
by Peter Dunant [pseud. of Sarah Dunant and Peter Busby]
London: Andre Deutsch, 1983. Very Good/Very Good. London: Andre Deutsch, 1983. First UK Edition. Signed by co-author Sarah Dunant without inscription on full title. Octavo; [iv], 194pp. Illustrated dust jacket with £7.95 price intact; book in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Jacket lightly shelfworn with a bit of bumping at head of spine. Boards lightly bumped at top corners and spine ends. Spine cocked. Front board over-opened to title page for signature, but binding is secure.... Read More
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![Hawkes: A Guide to His Fictions [Review Copy] [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/618/924/1716924618.0.l.jpg)
Hawkes: A Guide to His Fictions [Review Copy] [Inscribed and Signed]
by [John Hawkes] Frederick Busch
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1973. Very Good-/Very Good-. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1973. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth in unclipped dust jacket; xxii,[2],192pp. Light shelf wear, damp stain along bottom edge of dust jacket bleeding into cloth and textblock; a Good to Very Good example. Review copy with slip laid in. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper, "For Burt -- Only a mother or a brother would buy a... Read More
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The Hate Merchant [Signed]
by Niven Busch
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1953. First Edition. Signed by Busch with brief inscription at front free endpaper. Octavo. 339 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Black and gray boards stamped in red and black. Unclipped dust jacket worn and creased along edges and folds with light chipping and several tears; mild spotting. Boards edgeworn and corners bumped. Binding sound. Bit of toning and spotting to endpapers; interior else unmarked; a... Read More
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The Case of the Three Lost Letters
by Christopher Bush
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. Very Good/Very Good. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955. First Printing, stated. Octavo; 208pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $2.75 price intact; book in gray cloth with red lettering and Cock Robin Mystery logo. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges with faint creasing along top back and some general smudging and toning to surface. Front flap corner clipped at bottom, but price is retained vertically along upper edge. Boards are square with bumping at... Read More
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![Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/059/210/1610210059.0.l.jpg)
Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors [Signed]
by George W. Bush
New York: Crown Publishers, 2017. Very Good +/Very Good. New York: Crown Publishers, 2017. First Edition, stated with full number line. Large octavo; 192pp. Color reproductions including fold-out. Illustrated dust jacket with $35.00 price intact. White illustrated boards; red endpapers. Light rubbing to edges of dust jacket with light sunning along front fore-edge. Boards show very light shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Signed by George W. Bush without inscription at half title.
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![Sex and the City: Bound Manuscript [Uncorrected Advance Proof]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/434/313/1723313434.0.l.jpg)
Sex and the City: Bound Manuscript [Uncorrected Advance Proof]
by Candace Bushnell
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1996. Good+. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, [1996]. "Bound Manuscript" (i.e. Uncorrected Advance Proof). Octavo (21cm); publisher's blue printed card wrappers; [6],255pp. Wrappers rather worn and soiled, a couple lines redacted; Good to Very Good. Early proof copy of the novel that inspired the long running HBO show, the 2008 and 2010 movies, and the sequel series "And Just Like That.
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![Dawn: Xenogenesis [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/684/870/1735870684.0.l.jpg)
Dawn: Xenogenesis [Signed]
by Octavia Butler
New York: Warner Books / Warner Communications Company, 1987. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Warner Books / Warner Communications Company, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [8],264pp. Light wear and soiling to edges of unclipped jacket. Touch of shelfwear to boards; binding sound; foxing to edges of text blocky. Signed, with a bit of a false start, by the author on title page; confirmed by consignor this was signed by... Read More
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![Dawn / Xenogenesis: I [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/407/148/1699148407.0.l.jpg)
Dawn / Xenogenesis: I [Signed]
by Octavia Butler
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987. Very Good/Very Good. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in unclipped glossy pictorial dust jacket; [8],264pp. Light shelf wear, some brief soil to jacket panels and textblock margins, front hinge very slightly starting, else Very Good and sound. Title page signed and dated by the author 10-17-95. The first volume in the author's Lilith's Brood trilogy, written in reaction to the first Reagan presidency. The action is... Read More
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![Xenogenesis: Dawn / Adulthood Rites / Imago [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/623/264/1699264623.0.l.jpg)
Xenogenesis: Dawn / Adulthood Rites / Imago [Signed]
by Octavia E. Butler
New York: Guild America Books, 1989. Good/Very Good -. New York: Guild American Books, 1989. Book Club Edition (and first collected edition). Octavo; publisher's two-toned boards in pictorial dust jacket by Pat Morrissey; [6],726pp. Dust jacket worn at margins with short closed tear at spine crown, textblock and flap edges excessively foxed, contemporary ownership initials to front free endpaper and binder's rubber-stamp to rear free endpaper; a Good example only. Title page signed by the author and dated... Read More
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![Wild Seed [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/879/265/1699265879.0.l.jpg)
Wild Seed [Signed]
by Octavia E. Butler
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1980. Good/Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1980. First Edition, stated. Octavo; publisher's boards in unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [6],248pp. Ex-library with usual markings including label to jacket spine foot and barcode to rear jacket panel, boards rubbed, spine cocked, textblock margins very foxed, old glue residue to endpapers; a Good copy only. Title page signed by the author and dated 10-17-95. The fourth published book in the Patternist series,... Read More
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![Imago [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/345/268/1699268345.0.l.jpg)
Imago [Signed]
by Octavia E. Butler
New York: Warner Books / Warner Communications Company, 1989. Very Good -/Very Good. New York: Warner Books / Warner Communications Company, 1989. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in glossy unclipped pictorial dust jacket; [8],264pp. Ex-library with usual markings including jacket spine label and bar code on rear jacket panel, old glue and paper residue to endpapers, light wear and wrinkling to jacket margins, brief spotting to textblock edges; overall Good to Very Good, still a... Read More
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![Clay's Ark [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/451/147/1699147451.0.l.jpg)
Clay's Ark [Signed]
by Octavia E. Butler
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. Good/Very Good. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984. First Edition, stated with full numberline. Octavo; publisher's boards in unclipped purple pictorial dust jacket; [6],201pp. Ex-library with the usual markings including jacket spine label, old glue and paper remnants to endpapers, spine a bit cocked and textblock edges foxed; a Good, bright and sound copy overall. Signed by the author on title page.
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Saleswomen in Mercantile Stores: Baltimore, 1909
by [Russell Sage Foundation] Elizabeth Beardsley Butler
New York: Charities Publication Committee, 1912. Very Good. New York: Charities Publication Committee, 1912. First Edition. Octavo (20cm); publisher's olive green cloth lettered in gilt; xv,[1],217pp. Light shelf wear, chiefly at corners and spine ends, contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, old price sticker to rear endpaper. Very Good and sound overall. A fascinating report on the working conditions of saleswomen in Baltimore department stores. The inspector Elizabeth Beardsley Butler makes note of locations that lacked... Read More
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Erewhon or Over the Range
by Samuel Butler
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1890. Very Good. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890. Eighth Edition. Octavo (19cm); publisher's decorative brick cloth stamped in black and gilt, black glazed endpapers; xii,244pp. Moderate wear to cloth margins, corners rather bumped and spine darkened, front hinge just starting, else Very Good and sound.
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The Uneasy Sun
by Michael Butterworth
Garden City: The Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, 1970. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City: The Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, 1970. First U.S. Edition. Octavo; [viii], 182pp.Illustrated dust jacket with $4.50 price intact; book in brown cloth with red lettering to spine. Dampstaining to jacket interior along bottom half of spine, not visible from exterior and with no bleed to boards. Jacket otherwise shows a touch of edgewear with fading along top front and... Read More
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![Villa on the Shore [Dorothy Hughes' copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/917/183/1379183917.0.l.jpg)
Villa on the Shore [Dorothy Hughes' copy]
by Michael Butterworth
Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1974. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, NY: Crime Club / Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1974. Stated First Edition. Ownership inscription of American crime writer Dorothy Hughes to front free endpaper. Octavo. 182 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in gilt. Unclipped dust jacket is rubbed along edges and along spine with some general rubbing. Boards worn along edges with exposure. Binding is sound. Pages clean and... Read More
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Johannis Buxtorfi Lexicon Hebraicum et Chaldaicum
by Johann Buxtorf
Basileae: In Officina Episcopiana, 1735. Very Good-. Basileae: In Officina Episcopiana, 1735. "Edition Novissima." Thick octavo (18cm.); full contemporary blind-tooled roan, unadorned spine in five compartments; [16],976,[76]pp. (collated complete); engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Leather significantly scuffed, joints cracked, paper remnants to both boards and spine crown, occasional foxing and finger soil to textblock, small losses to fore-edge of five leaves (N3, S3, T1, 2K6, and 2P2) with very brief loss of text, contemporary (1756)... Read More
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![The Children's Book [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/765/521/1612521765.0.l.jpg)
The Children's Book [Signed]
by A.S. Byatt
London: Chatto & Windus, 2009. Very Good+/Very Good+. London: Chatto & Windus, 2009. First Edition with full number line. Thick octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [6],617pp. A hint of shelf wear to jacket margins, minute dog-earing to a few leaves, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Signed by the author on title page.
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![Destiny Bay [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/510/155/1656155510.0.l.jpg)
Destiny Bay [Limited Edition]
by Donn Byrne
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1928. Very Good +. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1928. Limited to 365 copies and 15 not for sale, of which this has been noted as copy L. Octavo (23 cm); 350pp. Slipcase in teal paper with paper label to spine. Boards half bound in velum and green cloth with gilt stamping to spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore-edge. Slipcase bumped, rubbed, as well as cracked at both top and bottom joints. Boards... Read More
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Hangman's House
by Donn Byrne
New York: The Century Co, 1926. Very Good -/Good. New York: The Century Co., 1926. First Edition. Octavo (19 cm); 466pp. Eight (8) illus. throughout, including frontis, collated complete. Burnt orange cloth bound boards with black stamping in publisher's illustrated dust jacket. Jacket scuffed torn, chipped, rubbed, and creased with toning to margins and most of tears at margins and joints. Spine discolored but legible and toned verso shows previous owner repair with tape to spine. Boards generally... Read More
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The Golden Goat
by Donn Byrne
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd, 1930. Very Good +/Very Good +. London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., [1930]. First Edition. Octavo (19 cm); 156pp. Black cloth bound boards with blind stamping in pale blue publisher's dust jacket. Jacket spine sunned and margins toned with minor bumping, creasing, and rubbing to margins. Board corners and spine ends lightly bumped, page edges toned, with endsheets foxed and offset from jacket. Pages relatively clean. A Very Good or... Read More
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