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Child of God
McCarthy, CormacNew York: Random House, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], 3-197, [5] pp. Quarter navy cloth over red paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. As with all of McCarthy’s early works, there was a relatively small print run. The story of Lester Ballard, physically isolated from his fellow.....
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The Shoe Bird
Welty, EudoraNew York: Harcourt, Brace, and World [1964], 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Slim 8vo. [5], 7-87, [1] pp. Yellow cloth with black lettering on the spine and a parrot wearing shoes on the front board. Price of $3.50 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated with charming full-page drawings by Beth Krush.....
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Mark Twain's Sketches; New and Old
Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)Hartford, Conn. The American Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 17-320 pp. Bound in bright blue cloth with decorations stamped in black on the boards and spine, with gilt decorations on the front board and spine; all edges gilt. Illustrated with a woodcut frontispiece, and with several in-text.....
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The Affluent Society
Galbraith, John KennethBoston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [9], x-xii, [3], 2-368, [2] pp. Orange cloth with silver lettering on the front board and spine. ANB, Alexander J. Field, "Galbraith, John Kenneth". The Affluent Society is Galbraith's best-known book. It builds on one of his early publications, titled American.....
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Bohn's New Hand-Book of Games; Comprising Whist, by Deschapelles, Matthews, Hyle, Carleton; Draughts, by Stuges & Walker; Billiards by White...
Bohn, Henry G. [Ed.]Philadelphia: Henry F. Anners, 1850. First American edition. Hardcover. 12mo. [4], iii-xii, [2], 3-652, [2] pp. Blindstamped blue cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Illustrated with several diagrams (including different board combinations in draughts) and a few wood engravings. Jessel 141. This hand-book states the rules of poker, euchre.....
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Aventures du Baron de Münchausen [= Adventures of Baron von Munchausen]
[Baron von Münchausen]; Théophile Gautier Fils, [Tr.]; [Gottfried Auguste Burger]Paris: Furne, Jouvet et C, Editeurs, ca. 1866. Early Reprint. Hardcover. 4to. [3], vi-vii, [1], 230, [2] pp. Red publisher's cloth with decorations in gold and black on the boards, spine lettered in gold; all edges gilt. Blue endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece of the Baron and several.....
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Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life.; Edited by Gulian C. Verplanck With Critical Introductions, Notes, etc. Original and Selected
Shakespeare, WilliamNew York: Harper and Brothers, 1847. Later Edition. Hardcover. 3 vol. 4to. Pagination begins and ends with each new play in all three volumes. Text printed in two columns. Quarter bound in black morocco over red cloth, spines in six compartments with gilt lettering and decorations on each spine. Volume.....
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Plutarch's Lives, Translated from the Original Greek; with Notes, Critical and Historical; and a Life of Plutarch
Plutarch; John Langhorne, D.D. [Tr.]; William Langhorne, A.M., [Tr.]London: Printed by Richards and Co., 1823. Later edition. Hardcover. 6 vol. 8vo. [3], ii-xxxvi, [1], 38-403, [3]; [3], 2-426, [2]; [3], 2-396, [2]; [3], 2-422, [2]; [3], 2-394, [2]; [3], 2-402, [20] pp. Later half smooth calf over purple pebbled cloth, spine in six compartments, green morocco label lettered.....
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The Theory of Numbers
Hardy, G.H.; Wright, E. M.Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [5], vi-xvi, [1], 2-403, [1] pp. Bound in blue cloth with gold lettering and publisher's device on the spine. ODNB: Bela Bollobas, "Hardy, Godfrey Harold"; ODNB: N. H. Bingham, "Wright, Sir Edward Maitland". Hardy is one of the greatest and most.....
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The Mound Builders; Being an Account of a Remarkable People that once Inhabited the Valleys of the Ohio and Mississippi...
MacLean, J.P.Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1887. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], 4-233, [1], [3], [1] pp. Maroon cloth with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Green floral endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with a fold-out map in the rear of the volume, also with several.....
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My Experiences in the World War
Pershing, John J.New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. 8vo. [6], vii-xvi, 1-400; [4], v-xii, 1-436 pp. Navy cloth with gold lettering on the front boards and spines; top edges gilt. Price of $10.00 on the front flap of each dust jacket. Volume one illustrated with a......
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The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution; Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions...
Lossing, Benson J.New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1851 - 1852. First edition thus. Hardcover. 2vol. Large 8vo. [3], iv-xxxii, [1], 2-576; [3], iv-xvi, [1], 2-880 pp. Contemporary half smooth green calf over marbled boards, black topstain. Each volume illustrated with a vignette title page and frontispiece. With several hundred engravings on.....
