London: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1984. First printing. Hardcover. 278 pp. Price of £8.95 on front flap of jacket. In the first state dust jacket (FIRSTS, October 2010, 30). Inscribed by the author on the title page. A harrowing novel based on Ballard's experiences growing up during the Japanese occupation of...

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993. First printing. Hardcover. 337 pp. Price of $20.00 on front flap of jacket.

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. Wiese, Kurt. First edition. Hardcover. 265 pp. Price of $2.50 on front flap of jacket. The first printing of the first edition. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. An endearing story about Freddy the pig-detective, and how he makes the football team while solving two mysteries...

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New York: Viking Press (1975), 1975. First printing. Hardcover. 487 pp. Yellow paper covered boards quarter bound in gold cloth with black lettering on the spine. Price of $10.00 on the front flap of the dust jacket. His eighth novel, winner of the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and one...

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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott [1975], 1975. First printing. Hardcover. 352 pp. A very attractive copy of Abbey's classic comic novel about a group defending the wilderness in the southwestern U.S. from industrial development. Fine book in a price-clipped but otherwise Fine dust jacket.

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New York: Simon and Schuster [1971], 1971. First printing. Hardcover. 220 pp. Price of $5.95 on front flap of jacket. An exceptional copy of the author's second book. A faint spot of discoloration on the rear free endpaper, else Fine in a like dust jacket.

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London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977. First printing. Hardcover. 365 pp. Bound in dark blue cloth with dark blue topstain and blue and white headband, map intact. Hammond and Anderson A15a. A very attractive copy.

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New York: The Dial Press [1967], 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 175 pp. Illustrated by Mercer Mayer. A Near Fine book with mildly warped boards in a Very Good price-clipped dust jacket with a few closed tears and fading to the spine panel.

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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. First printing. Hardcover. 309 pp. Ahearn 061a (circular sticker "The New 1935 Zane Grey novel" present on the front panel). A beautiful copy, exceedingly difficult to find with such an attractive dust jacket. Near Fine book with a brief gift inscription dated 1935 on...

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New York: Viking Press, 1945. First printing. Hardcover. 208 pp. Price of $2.00 on front flap of jacket. First issue with boards covered in light buff cloth. Goldstone & Payne A22b, Ahearn APG 024c. An attractive copy of one of Steinbeck's major works. A very near Fine book in a....

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Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. 631 pp. Bound in brown cloth with gilt decorations and lettering on the spine and the front board. Illustrated by various artists, with three or four by the author himself. In all the volume includes 328 illustrations. BAL 3386. Ahearn APG...

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New York: Harper & Row [1978], 1978. First printing. Hardcover. 200 pp. Price of $7.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A very attractive copy of the third novel featuring Navajo policeman Joe Leaphorn. Ahearn APG 009b.

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