The Wrong Box (Scribner's Yellow Cover Series
by Stevenson, Robert Louis; Osbourne, Lloyd
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890. Paperback. Good. Yellow wraps with black lettering & designs, 7.25" x 4.75", 244 pp. Chipping to spine ends, long narrow chip to edge of front cover, binding loosening. About average condition for yellow backs.
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Letters of a Woman Homesteader
by Stewart, Elinore Pruitt; Wyeth, N.C. (illustrator)
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. Withdrawn from Leader Farm Library (for use only of subscribers to Vinita Weekly Leader) with labels on spine & front endpaper, but otherwise very good; spotting to covers. Stewart saw fame in her own day as a woman homesteader; this book and its sequel were the basis for the 1979 film Heartland.
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Earth Abides
by Stewart, George R
Random House, 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First printing stated. Dark blue cloth spine over lighter blue cloth boards, blindstamped, lettered in silver to spine, under the classic illustrated DJ designed by H. Lawrence Hoffman. A standard of post-apocalyptic fiction, this was Jimi Hendrix's favorite book, was Stephen King's inspiration for The Stand, and is on the slate for a 2024 miniseries (this listing written at the end of 2023.) Book itself just has very minor aging; DJ... Read More
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The Luftwaffe From Training School To the Front: An Illustrated Study, 1933-1945
by Michael Meyer; Paul Stipdonk
Schiffer Publishing, 1997-01-06. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 9x1x11. Beige cloth boards under illustrated dust jacket. Slight wear to edges of jacket.
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Charlie Asgarde: The Story of a Friendship
by St. Johnston, Alfred; Thomson, Hugh
London: Macmillan and Co, 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. Cover image by Hugh Thomson. Hardcover, full green cloth with black spine and cover images and gilt lettering, Macmillan emblem stamped in black on rear cover, black clay-coated endpapers, 7-3/8" tall, 265 pp. + publisher's ads, illustrated with 12 plates by Hugh Thomson (the frontispiece is incorrectly listed in the List of Illustrations as appearing at p. 201.) Tips and spine ends slightly turned in and rubbed, a few blisters... Read More
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Government Ownership of Railroads
by Stone, George W
Santa Cruz, 1914. Paperback. Very Good. Grey wraps printed in black, stapled binding, 38 pp. Stone served in the Civil War as well as being the first mayor of Santa Cruz under its commission government. He was, apparently, also a fan of the socialization of railroads. An uncommon pamphlet.
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The Greek Experience of India: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks
by Stoneman, Richard
Princeton University Press, 2019-02-05. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 6x1x9. Black cloth boards under photographic dust jacket. First printing with full number line. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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Thunder Gods Gold: The Amazing True Story of America's Lost Gold Mines, Epitome of Western Traditions
by Storm, Barry
Southwest Publishing Company, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Brown cloth boards lettered in black. Inscribed "Regards" by author on front endpaper. A classic of lost mine literature. Light wear to edges of boards, bump to bottom of spine, but clean & solid.
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The President Vanishes
by Anonymous [Rex Stout]
Farrar and Rinehart, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Red cloth boards with black lettering under red, beige & blue lettered dust jacket priced at $2.00. First edition, "FR" logo on copyright page. At one point, the front flap was affixed to the front endpaper. The removal left a pull on the endpaper, and the reverse of the front flap is now apparently affixed to the paper backing of the mylar. The beige background of the jacket is... Read More
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
New York, NY: Modern Library, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6. Reprint, 12mo in gray cloth, Toledano binding style 8, 358 titles listed on inverse of dust jacket, Kent endpapers, 552 pages. Tiny ding to spine in title block, internally clean and sound, toned dust jacket with a bit of chipping at extremities, $1.25 price in front flap, dust jacket is now protected in mylar cover. Very attractive copy of this classic anti-slavery novel,... Read More
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Darker: Poems
by Strand, Mark
Atheneum, 1970. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Trade paperback, 8vo, 47 pp.
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La France De Profil
by Strand, Paul; Roy, Claude
Aperture, 2001-06-15. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x0x12. First printing of this second edition (and first English language edition), with full number line. Grey cloth boards under photographic dust jacket priced $45. Fine in all regards. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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Dewer Rides
by Strong, L.A.G
New York: Charles Boni, 1929. Soft cover. Very Good. Cream paper covers with muted green illustration of books and trees in a storm, black titles, 12mo, 350 pages plus a note from the publisher, beautiful endpapers; slight warp to text block, toning to spine. An installment of The Boni Paper Books series. The Boni Paper Books series was the brain child of Charles and Albert Boni, and an experiment in the new field of American paperback... Read More
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Don Juan and the Wheelbarrow and Other Stories
by Strong, L.A.G
Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American edition stated. Seagreen cloth boards with burgundy and gilt decoration and lettering to front cover and spine, orange dust jacket with $2.50 price intact, pink & green Borzoi endpapers, top edge stained, other edges untrimmed, 7-3/4" tall, 280 pp. Near fine copy in very good jacket, no flaws of note to book, dust jacket has toning to spine, chipping at corners, minor wear but presents well.... Read More
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100 Years of Planck's Quantum
by Ian Duck; E. C. G. Sudarshan
World Scientific, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. Black hardcover in black pictorial dust jacket. Clean and solid copy. Extra postage required for international orders.
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What to Cook for Company
by Sullivan, Lenore
Ames, Iowa: Iowa State College Press, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Fifth printing; full blue cloth with red titles, 8vo, 516 pages, illustrated with drawings and black and white photographs, pictorial endpapers. Slight bow to spine, clean and bright with sound binding, slight musty odor; dust jacket rubbed and edge worn with lightly sunned spine, now in protective mylar cover. 924 recipes for special occasions, large and small, designed for those who love the art of cookery and... Read More
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Confessions of Zeno
by Svevo, Italo
New Directions, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Full black cloth with gilt lettering to spine, under Lustig/Borrows-designed dust jacket priced at $3.50. This is an advance copy with publication date of May 12, 1947 stamped to front endpaper, which helps identify this as the first edition. Book itself is nice, jacket has some rubbing/soiling, edgewear, and one closed tear & wrinkle to front panel.
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Mahapurush Maharaj As We Knew Him: Reminiscences of Swami Shivananda
by Swami Apurvananda; translated by Swami Swahananda
Vedanta Press, 1997-11-07. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Some creasing & wear to covers, but otherwise a very good copy, no markings to text, solid binding.
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XI Poems
by Swallow, Alan
Muscatine: The Prairie Press, 1943. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine. Signed. Brown card stapled wraps. Signed by Swallow (name only) on half-title page. Rust to staples, else fine.
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Sacramento Northern (Interurbans Special 26)
by Swett, Ira L
Interurbans Electric Railway Publications, 1971. Paperback. Good. Black and white paperback with red spine, front and rear inside covers black and white photographs, side-stapled binding, black and white illustrations, maps, and logs throughout, 204 pages. Front and back cover panels have discoloration and general wear with 3/4in tear near lower spine on rear panel and 1/4in tear near spine head on front panel, hinge shows yellowing adhesive, content pages in remarkable condition. Thorough history of a "system of which all... Read More
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Napa Valley Route: Electric Trains & Steamers
by Swett, Ira L.; Aitken, Harry C. Jr
Interurbans Publications, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Green cloth boards under green photographic dust jacket priced $24.50. Owner's stamp to front endpaper and emboss to title page, else fine; light rubbing to jacket. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping.
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An Essay on the Nature, Design, and Origin of Sacrifices
by Sykes, Arthur Ashley
Printed for J. and P. Knapton, at the Crown in Ludgate-Street, 1748. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Full contemporary calf leather, five raised bands, blindstamped leather spine label, 8" x 5", viii, 354 pp _ 2 pp. of publisher's ads. About a 2" square scrape to bottom portion of front board, else VG. A longer work by the prolific pampleteer and controversialist who was also a friend and student of Isaac Newton. Despite his love of controversy, Emory... Read More
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A Problem in Greek Ethics, Being an Inquiry into the Phenomenon of Sexual Inversion. Addressed Especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists
by Symonds, John Addington
London, 1901. Hardcover. Like New. 8vo. Full green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, including 1901 at base. Limitation page is not numbered, likely a reprint.
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Night of the Pig-Killing
by Szabo, Magda
Jonathan Cape, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Grey paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine; under red & purple illustrated DJ, original price intact. Light stain to front DJ panel, rubbing to rear panel. Szabo is the most-translated Hungarian author; uncommon signed.
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Travelling Standing Still
by Taggard, Genevieve
Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Full black cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine & front board, under teal dust jacket, priced at $2.00. Slight discoloration to rear panel of DJ, slight edgewear, but generally a lovely copy. Miss Taggard's own selection and chronological arrangement of her best poetic work of ten years.
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