![Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the 21st Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun [Signed by Editor]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/681/226/1724226681.0.l.jpg)
Black Greek-Letter Organizations in the 21st Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun [Signed by Editor]
by Gregory S. Parks [ed.]; Julianne Malveaux [fwd.]; Marc H. Morial [afterword]
Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2008. Very Good/Very Good -. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2008. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (23.4cm); photo-illustrated dust jacket with $39.95 price intact; black paper-covered boards and copper cloth spine with bronze lettering; xviii,490pp; black and white photos. Jacket rubbed along edges with some runs to laminate and a few stray smudges. Boards lightly bumped at corners and spine ends. Small portrait sticker on rear pastedown, mostly obscured by... Read More
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Appleby Talks About Crime
by Michael Innes [pseud. of John Innes Macintosh Stewart]; John Cooper [ed.]; Margaret Macintosh Harrison [afterword]
Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 2010. Near Fine/Near Fine. Norfolk: Crippen & Landru, 2010. First Edition, stated. Octavo (23.5cm); illustrated dust jacket with $28.00 price intact; oatmeal cloth with red lettering to spine; 179pp+10ads. Jacket clean and crisp with faint shelfwear. Boards are sturdy and square. Light rubbing to top edge of a couple pages. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Includes 18 previously uncollected short stories. Part of the publisher's Lost Classics Series.
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![No Good From a Corpse [Signed Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/855/721/1422721855.0.l.0.jpg)
No Good From a Corpse [Signed Limited Edition]
by Leigh Brackett; Ray Bradbury [intro.]; Michael Connelly [afterword]
Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1999. Fine/Near Fine. Tucson, AZ: Dennis McMillan Publications, 1999. Limited Edition of 200 copies, this being #111, from a total limited run of 1200. Signed by Ray Bradbury and Michael Connelly on limitation page. Large octavo. 564 pp. Black and white illustrations. Illustrated dust jacket. Bound in quarter morocco with hand-made paper covered boards. Illustrated endpapers. Housed in publisher's black slipcase. Dust jacket gently rubbed at corners. Boards are sturdy and... Read More
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American Prospects: Photographs
by Joel Sternfeld; Andy Grundbeg [intro.]; Anne W. Tucker [afterword]
New York / Houston, TX: Times Books / Houston Museum of Fine Arts, 1987. Very Good+/Very Good Condition. New York / Houston, TX: Times Books / Museum of Fine Arts, [1987]. First Edition Stated. Oblong quarto (26x31cm); publisher's cloth in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; [15]pp. + 55 leaves of color photographic plates including frontispiece. Very light wear to jacket margins, scattered foxing to jacket verso, else a Very Good and sound example. The photographer's first book, collecting... Read More
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![The Drawing of the Dark [Limited Edition, Signed by Powers, Jeter, and Blaylock]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/929/566/1699566929.0.l.jpg)
The Drawing of the Dark [Limited Edition, Signed by Powers, Jeter, and Blaylock]
by Tim Powers; K.W. Jeter [intro.]; James P. Blaylock [afterword]
Eugene, OR: Hypatia Press, 1991. Fine. [Eugene, OR]: Hypatia Press, 1991. First Hypatia Edition, Limited to 800 copies of which this is no. 445. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's leatherette lettered in black and metallic red, red topstain; [8],iv,[2],310,[2],ivpp. Just About Fine. Signed by Powers, Jeter, and Blaylock on colophon bound in rear.
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![The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [Limited Edition, Signed by Moser with Original Signed Print]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/230/837/1596837230.0.l.jpg)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [Limited Edition, Signed by Moser with Original Signed Print]
by Arthur Conan Doyle; Barry Moser [illus.]; Peter Glassman [afterword]
New York: Books of Wonder / William Morrow & Company, 1992. Near Fine. New York: Books of Wonder / William Morrow & Company, 1992. First Thus, Limited to 50 copies of which this is no. 4. Octavo; publisher's brown cloth, glossy pictorial paste-on to upper cover, gilt-lettered spine, all edges gilt, in matching cloth slipcase; [12],342pp.; color frontispiece, eleven leaves of plates, original print signed by Moser housed in chemise mounted to rear pastedown. Small dent to top... Read More
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![Born of Man and Woman [Limited Numbered Edition, Signed by R.C. Matheson and Vladimir Zimakov]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/957/205/1768205957.0.l.jpg)
Born of Man and Woman [Limited Numbered Edition, Signed by R.C. Matheson and Vladimir Zimakov]
by Richard Matheson; Vladimir Zimakov [illus.]; R.C. Matheson [afterword]
[Irvine, CA]: Suntup Editions, 2024. Near Fine. [Irvine, CA]: Suntup Editions, 2024. Limited Numbered Edition of 250 copies, of which this is no. 91. Octavo chapbook (19cm); hand-sewn 1970s Barcham Green de Wint covers; letterpress printed on mouldmade Hanemuhle Gutenberg Laid paper; 14pp; illustrations by Vladimir Zimakov; housed in Halflinnen cloth clamshell case; publisher's bookmark included. Covers clean and crisp with bottom edge rough-cut by design. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Faint rubbing to bookmark corner. Case sturdy... Read More
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![The Amityville Horror [Limited Numbered Edition, Signed by Didio, Walter, and Gray]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/148/197/1768197148.0.l.jpg)
The Amityville Horror [Limited Numbered Edition, Signed by Didio, Walter, and Gray]
by Jay Anson; Brad Gray [illus.]; Laura DiDio [intro.]; Eric Walter [afterword]
[Irvine, CA]: Suntup Editions, 2023. Near Fine. [Irvine, CA]: Suntup Editions, 2023. Limited Numbered Edition of 350 copies, of which this is no. 341. Octavo (23.4cm); quarter goatskin binding with printed sides and black stamped lettering to spine; 274pp; color illustrations by Brad Gray throughout; housed in blind debossed clamshell with spine label and velour liner; publisher's bookmark laid in. Boards sturdy and square with no significant signs of shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Clamshell sturdy and... Read More
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![The Kelmscott Chaucer [spine title: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/219/107/1700107219.0.l.jpg)
The Kelmscott Chaucer [spine title: The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer]
by Geoffrey Chaucer; William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones [design and illustration]; William S. Peterson [afterword]
London: The Folio Society / Cambridge University Press, 2008. Near Fine. London: The Folio Society / Cambridge University Press, 2008. Facsimile Edition. Folio [42.5x31cm]; 559pp. Illustrations and decorative elements throughout, printed in red and black on Oxenford twin-wire laid paper. Full red-brown cloth decorated in gilt; top edge gilt; reading ribbon.; gray endpapers. Housed in publisher's slipcase. A couple minor scuffs to slipcase and boards; binding sound; pages unmarked; a Near Fine copy of this handsome reproduction of... Read More
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Crooked House
by Agatha Christie; Sally Dunne [illus.]
London: The Folio Society, 2021. Near Fine. London: The Folio Society, 2021. First Folio Society Edition, first printing. Octavo; illustrated boards; 203pp. Seven color plates by Dunne; housed in publisher's green slipcase. A couple minor smudges to slipcase, else Fine.
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The ABC Murders
by Agatha Christie; Andrew Davidson [illus.]
London: The Folio Society, 2014. Near Fine. London: The Folio Society, 2014. First Folio Society Edition, first printing. Octavo; gray illustrated boards; 198pp. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Touch of rubbing to extremities of boards; slipcase a trifle sunned; Near Fine.
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie; Andrew Davidson [illus.]; Sophie Hannah [intro.]
London: Folio Society, 2022. Near Fine. London: Folio Society, 2022. Second printing, stated. Octavo (23cm); xiv, 222pp; color plates throughout. Boards in black buckram with blue and white illustration and spine title in gilt, housed in blue slipcase. Mild shelfwear to slipcase but Near Fine overall.
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Miss Marple Novels: The Murder at the Vicarage, The Body in the Library, A Pocket Full of Rye, and Sleeping Murder [Four Volume Set]
by Agatha Christie; Andrew Davidson [illus.]; Laura Thompson [intro.]
London: Folio Society, 2013. Near Fine. London: Folio Society, 2013. First Editions thus. Four octavo volumes (23cm); illus. cloth boards and color plates to each. Housed in publisher's gray slipcase with black relief of Miss Marple and gilt stamping. Minor nudge to spine head of Sleeping Murder and very mild shelfwear to fore-edge of The Murder at the Vicarage and slipcase, otherwise each in Near Fine condition in a Very Good or better slipcase.
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Line-Up: A Collection of Crime Stories by Famous Mystery Writers
by [Agatha Christie, et al] John Rhode [ed.]; A.A. Milne [intro.]
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. Very Good -. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1940. First American Edition. Octavo; publisher's yellow stamped in black; ix,[1],378pp. Moderate wear to cloth extremities with brief fraying at spine crown, corners bumped, the whole rather dust-soiled and lightly damp-spotted, contemporary ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else a Good to Very Good and sound copy overall. Substantial crime omnibus featuring works by Agatha Christie, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, and many... Read More
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![A Death in the Family [Proof Copy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/750/564/1699564750.0.l.jpg)
A Death in the Family [Proof Copy]
by James Agee
New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1957. Very Good. New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1957. Proof copy with "walking" as first word on pg 80 and title page in blue. Octavo (21 cm); [10]339pp. Softbound in French-flap pictorial blue wrappers with author photo to rear. Margins rubbed, covers creased and scuffed, and all extremities bumped. Page edges toned and top edge lightly foxed with shelfwear to bottom edge. Interior clean. A Very Good and scarce proof copy of Agee's first posthumously... Read More
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Collection of Seven Pieces of Promotional Nursery Literature
by O.K. Gerrish [agent]
Portland, ME: O.K. Gerrish, 1880. Very Good. [Portland, ME]: [O.K. Gerrish], n.d. [ca. 1880s]. Collection of seven broadsides, handbills, and pamphlets promoting different strains of fruit on offer by the Portland agent O.K. Gerrish, all but two adorned with woodcut illustrations. Most examples have previous folds and a few small chips, the "Russian Apricot" broadside the most worn with vertical separation across the middle with small loss affecting text and meaning, else a Very Good, bright collection. Complete... Read More
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![The Creepie-Man and Other Stories [alt. title: The Adventures of Be-Wee the Gnome]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/104/272/1577272104.0.l.jpg)
The Creepie-Man and Other Stories [alt. title: The Adventures of Be-Wee the Gnome]
by Agnes Grozier Herbertson; Lilian A. Govey [illus.]
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1923. Very Good. New York: Cupples & Leon Company, 1923. Later Edition. Octavo; publisher's green gilt-embossed cloth, color pictorial paste-on to upper cover; color frontispiece, and nineteen (19) leaves of plates. Light scuffing to cloth margins, textblock a shade toned, else a Very Good, clean and sound copy. First published in 1921 under the title The Adventures of Be-Wee the Gnome.
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Olympe Aguado (1827-1894): Photographe
by Olympe Aguado
Strasbourg: Musees de Strasbourg, 1997. Very Good. Strasbourg: Musées de Strasbourg, 1997. First Edition. Square quarto; publisher's photo-illustrated card wrappers; 214pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear and dust-soil to wrapper margins, else Very Good, internally clean and sound.
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![A Sister's Face [Inscribed and Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/089/703/1721703089.0.l.jpg)
A Sister's Face [Inscribed and Signed]
by Akwasi O. Agyeman
Washington, DC: Akwasi O. Agyeman, 1977. Very Good. Washington, DC: Akwasi O. Agyeman, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo (23cm); publisher's photo-illustrated staplebound card wrappers; [2],22pp. Wrappers significantly toned and rather dust-soiled, shallow dog-earing to bottom fore-edge corner of textblock; About Very Good. Inscribed and signed on title page, "Peace + Love / Kwasi." Uncommon poetry collection dedicated to "the brothers who thought they understood and believed they tried.
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![Collected Books: The Guide to Values, 2002 Edition [Signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/441/384/1532384441.0.l.jpg)
Collected Books: The Guide to Values, 2002 Edition [Signed]
by Allen Ahearn; Patricia Ahearn
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. First Printing Thus, with full numberline. Octavo; illustrated dust jacket with $75.00 price intact; bound in cranberry paper and cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering; [xii],788pp. Jacket lightly rubbed along edges with some faint surface scratching. Boards show very mild shelfwear. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Overall a Very Good or better copy. Signed by Pat and Allen Ahearn with... Read More
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![The Origins of the Islamic State: Being a Translation from the Arabic Accompanied with Annotations Geographic and Historic Notes of the Kitab Futuh Al-Buldan of al-Imam abu-l Abbas Ahmad ibn-Jabir al-Baladhuri [Two Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/370/447/1740447370.0.l.jpg)
The Origins of the Islamic State: Being a Translation from the Arabic Accompanied with Annotations Geographic and Historic Notes of the Kitab Futuh Al-Buldan of al-Imam abu-l Abbas Ahmad ibn-Jabir al-Baladhuri [Two Volumes]
by Ahmad ibn-Jabir al-Baladhuri; Philip Khuri Hitti [trans.]
New York: AMS Press, 1976. Very Good +. New York: AMS Press, 1968 [but 1976]. Two octavo volumes (22.2cm); green buckram with gilt lettering; I: [xii],518pp; II: xii,299pp. Boards are sturdy and square with nudging at spine ends. Bindings sound and pages unmarked. Not ex-library. Reprint of the 1916 Columbia University Press edition, issued as Volume LXVII, parts 163 & 163-A of their Studies in History, Economics and Public Law series. Major work of the 9th-century Muslim... Read More
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South Asia Crisis of Development: The Case of Bangladesh
by Moudud Ahmed
Dhaka, BD: The University Press Limited, 2002. Very Good/Very Good. Dhaka: BD: The University Press Limited, 2002. First Edition. Octavo. 341 pages. Charts and graphs. Unclipped decorative dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in black, white, and yellow. Dust jacket lightly worn and creased around edges. Boards show light wear to extremities with some bubbling to front and rear. Binding sound and pages unmarked.
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![Hunting "Blue Stripes" [Limited Edition]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/149/441/1359441149.0.l.jpg)
Hunting "Blue Stripes" [Limited Edition]
by E.H. Ahrens
[Detroit?]: E.H. Ahrens, 1940. Very Good. [Detroit?: E.H. Ahrens, ca. 1940.] First Edition, Limited to 65 copies. Slim 16mo (14cm); publisher's parchment over decorative paper-covered boards; 11pp. Grease pen "X" on front cover. Light soil and toning to extremities, else a Very Good, internally fine copy. Quite possibly unrecorded keepsake signed in text by E.H. Ahrens, editor of the Detroit-based newspaper Hotel Management, Food Service, and National Restaurant News. The work promotes the activities of a Major... Read More
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![Killing Floor [Signed and Inscribed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/744/322/1721322744.0.l.jpg)
Killing Floor [Signed and Inscribed]
by Ai
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. First Edition with full numberline. Octavo (22cm); photo-illustrated dust jacket with $7.95 price intact; olive boards with beige cloth spine and gilt lettering; 49pp. Jacket toned along top and fore-edge with scattered spotting and a small closed tear to bottom rear. Boards faded at fore-edge and more lightly so at top and bottom. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Signed by the author... Read More
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Cruelty: Poems
by Ai
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo (22cm); photo-illustrated dust jacket with $4.95 price intact; boards in white cloth with red lettering; dark gray topstain; [x],46 pp. Jacket edgeworn, with a small chip at head of spine and some scattered smudging and toning to surface. Opens a bit easily between a few gatherings, but binding sound. Pages unmarked. Debut collection of the National Book... Read More
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