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Journal of a Second Expedition into the Interior of Africa, from the Bight of Benin to Soccatoo; To which is...
Clapperton, Commander [Hugh]Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1829. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [5], vi-xxiv, [1], 26-422, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Half recent buckram over marbled boards with a later nineteenth-century purple morocco label lettered in gold on the spine. With both the original.....
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Booked to Die; A Mystery Introducing Cliff Janeway
Dunning, JohnNew York: Charles Scribner's Sons [1992], 1992. First printing. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], xi-xiv, [3], 4-321 pp. Quarter navy blue cloth over blue paper boards with blue lettering on the spine. Price of $19.95 on the front flap of the jacket. Jacket designed by Denise Palma. Includes a publisher's promotional letter.....
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The Laundry Files Complete Series: The Atrocity Archives; The Jennifer Morgue; The Fuller Memorandum; The Apocalypse Codex; The Rhesus Chart;...
Stross, Charles[Urbana, IL]; New York; [Burton, MI]: Golden Gryphon Press / Ace Books / TOR Dot Com / A Tom Doherty Associates Book / Tor Publishing Group / Subterranean Press (2010) (2012) (2014) (2015) (2016) (2017) (2018) (2020) (2022) (2023) (2025) (2026), 2004; 2006; 2010; 2012; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018;.....
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Song for the Basilisk
McKillip, Patricia A.New York: Ace Books (1998), 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [9], 4-314 pp. Quarter green paper over blue paper boards with silver lettering on the spine. Price of $22.95 on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Judith Murello. Signed by the author on the title.....
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The Nick Adams Stories
Hemingway, ErnestNew York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1972), 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 5-268, [2] pp. Light blue cloth with a facsimile of Hemingway's signature stamped in gold on the front board and gold lettering on the spine. Orange endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $7.95 on the front flap of the.....
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Military Theory and Practice in the Age of Xenophon
Anderson, J.K.Berkeley: University of California Press, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [11], 2-419, [3] pp. Yellow cloth with gold lettering blocked in red on the spine. Price of $12.50 printed on the front flap. Illustrated with nineteen black and white photgraph plates and a few figures at the end of the.....
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Seven Pillars of Wisdom; A Triumph
Lawrence, T. E.London: Jonathan Cape (1935), 1935. First British Trade Edition. Hardcover. 4to. [6], 7-672 pp. Brown buckram with a gold device (crossed swords) and gold lettering on the front board, gold lettering on the spine; brown topstain. Price of "30 s. net" on the front flap of the jacket. Illustrated with.....
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Nights at the Circus
Carter, AngelaLondon: Viking (1985), 1985. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [10], 7-294, [4] pp. Quarter red cloth over beige paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Red endpapers and pastedowns. Price of $15.95 net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Jacket design by Vincent X. Kirsch. Inscribed by.....
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A Double Barrelled Detective Story
Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)New York: Harper & Brothers, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], 3-179, [5] pp. Bound in red cloth with gold decorations and lettering on the front board and spine; top edge gilt. Decorative green and beige endpapers and pastedowns. Title page printed in red and black. With a frontispiece and.....
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My Diary North and South
Russell, William HowardLondon: Bradbury and Evans, 1863. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vol. [5] ,vi-xvi, [1], 2-424; [5], vi-xi, [2], 2-442, [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [1] pp. Original blue cloth with decorations and borders in blind on the boards, gilt lettering and gilt decorations on the spines. Volume one illustrated with a......
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The Scientific Outlook
Russell, BertrandNew York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. [1931], 1931. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [6], vii-x, [2], 13-277, [1], [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [1] pp. Red cloth with silver lettering and a black decoration on the front board and spine. Price of $3.00 on the rear panel of the jacket.....
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Victorian Women Chromolithograph Calendar
[Victorian Women; Calendars; Chromolithography]Chicago: The Winters Co., 1896. Sheets. Chromolithograph calendar, 4 chromolithograph sheets. 8” x 11.25” (or 20 cm by 29 cm). Each drawing has a lady dressing for winter, spring, summer, and fall (in the latest fashion of the day). The winter sheet was a supplement to the Boston Herald, issued.....