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The Eastern Archipelago; A Description of the Scenery, Animal and Vegetable Life, People, and Physical Wonders of the Islands in...
[Adams, W.H. Davenport]London: T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row, 1880. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [3], iv-xii, [1], 14-576 pp. Brown blindstamped cloth with decorations in black and gilt on the front board and spine, all edges gilt. Illustrated by a wood-engraved frontispiece, a map, thirty-two full-page illustrations, and several in-text illustrations. The.....
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I Like it Here
Amis, KingsleyLondon: Victor Gollancz LTD, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 6-208 pp. Pink cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Price of 13/6 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. The third novel by Amis. A very near Fine book with a touch of toning to the textblock.....
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Tarantula
Dylan, Bob (Robert Zimmerman)New York: The Macmillan Company [1971], 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 137 pp. Price of $3.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Dylan's first book, a work of poetry organized in a prose format. A nice copy of the first trade edition. Published during one of Dylan's creative peaks.....
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A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome
Burton, Sir Richard FrancisLondon: Tylston and Edwards, 1893. First edition thus. Hardcover. Two volumes (256 pp.; 305 pp.), bound in black cloth with an Amazon and an Arabic design embossed on the front board, the mausoleum at Mortlake embossed on the rear board, gold lettering on the spine, and top edges stained red.....
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A Brief History of Time; From the Big Bang to Black Holes
Hawking, Stephen W.New York: Bantam Books (1988), 1988. First printing. Hardcover. 198 pp. Black paper-covered boards quarter-bound in black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $18.95 on front flap of dust jacket. Introduction by Carl Sagan. Scarce first issue in the silver-blue dust jacket and lacking the dedication statement.....
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Dickens, CharlesLondon: Chapman & Hall, 1839. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 624 pp. Bound in dark brown leather, spine with 5 raised bands with gilt ruling and gilt lettering, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt, engraved frontispiece (portait of the author engraved by Finden from a painting by Maclise) along with.....
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Mormon Country
Stegner, WallaceNew York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce [1942], 1942. First printing. Hardcover. 362 pp. Price of $3.00 on front flap of jacket. Bound in maroon cloth. Edited by Erskine Caldwell. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. Part of the American Folkways series. Colberg A6. A Near Fine book with a......
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The Odyssey of Homer
HomerNew York: The Modern Library Publishers (1929), 1929. First edition thus. Hardcover. 383 pp. Price of 95 cents on the front flap of the dust jacket. Bound in green balloon cloth with a green topstain. The first Modern Library Edition of Homer's Odyssey, scarce in collectible condition. A complete and.....
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Encyclopaedia of Antiquities; Classical and Mediaeval
Fosbroke, Rev. Thomas Dudley (M.A., F.S.A.)London: Printed by and for John Nichols and Son, Printers to the Society of Antiquaries, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. 4vo. 2vol. [1]-486 pp.; [487]-955 pp. Collates as complete, with the following collation: Vol. 1 ([a]4, b4, B-M4, N5, O4, q6, 2A-2I4, 2K3, 2Z4, 2L-2Z4, 3A-3P4, 3Q2, 3R), Vol. 2 ([A]2.....
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The Personal History of David Copperfield
Dickens, CharlesLondon: Bradbury & Evans, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [7], viii-xiv, [3], 2-624, [2] pp. Contemporary half brown calf over marbled boards, spine in five compartments with a black morocco label lettered in gilt with the spine showing blind and gilt tooling, marbled textblocks and endpapers. Bound from the original.....
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The Valley of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel
Conan Doyle, Sir ArthurNew York: George H. Doran Company, 1914. First printing. Hardcover. 320 pp. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine. Several beautiful color illustrations by Arthur I. Keller. First American Edition and the true first edition preceding the UK edition. Green and Gibson A39c. A very.....
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The Mummy Case
Peters, Elizabeth (Barbara Mertz)New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc. [1985], 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 313 pp. Price of $14.95 on front flap of jacket. The first printing of the first edition. The author's third novel using the Elizabeth Peters pseudonym featuring Amelia Peabody. Signed "Elizabeth Peters" on the title page.
