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The Adventure of Wrangel Island, Alaska (1925 Macmillan 1st Edition) HISTORY OF ALASKA. EXLIB. Good Condition/ No DJ included. Fold-out map affixed to binding at the back of the book has never been opened. The story of the (unsuccessful) attempted colonization of Wrangel Island Alaska. 413 pages plus appendix, Index. Titling is still bright. A clean, solid copy. Scarce.

Agatha Christie, An Autobiography, 1977 Dodd Mead First Printing Thus in an unclipped original lavender dust jacket protected in a mylar wrap. Original stated price $15.00. 529 pages, indexed. EXLIB. Good Condition/ Good Condition DJ. A nice clean copy. A great read.

By Oscar Wilde. Ballad of Reading Gaol (The Golden Books) Barse & Hopkins NY. Undated, circa 1910. POETRY. RARE EDITION with printed dedication related to the prison period in Wilde's biography - "In Memoriam C.T.W. Sometime trooper of the royal horse guards OBIIT H.M. prison, Reading, Berkshire, July 7, 1896". USED. Good condition/ no DJ if issued. Gray paper boards with gold titling and ornamentation as shown in this stock photo. 4 ¼ X 7. 30 deckle-edge pages. Ships from United States.

Andrew E. Lang , a rare book of his poetry. Ban and Arriere Ban USED. 1st Edition, 1894, Longman's Green and Co. Deckle edge, tanning. Beveled green boards with gold gilt ornamentation. The Author's name appears in gold at the front lower right.board. . 118 pages. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. illustrator of the Fairy Books. Per wiki "Arrière-ban, in French customs, is a general proclamation whereby the king summons to war all his vassals and their vassals. To the Provost of Paris belongs the convoking and commanding of the arrière-ban. In the Medieval usage, arrière-ban denoted a general levy, where all able-bodied males were summoned into arms. List of contents available upon request.: ."Many of the verses of this collection appeared in magazines prior to appearing here". INCLUDES ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION PUBLISHERS STATEMENT, 4 3/8 x 2 3/8: "Messrs Longmans intend this book to be sold to the Public at the advertised price and supply it to the Trade on terms which will not allow discount."… Leer más

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. By The Shores Of Silver Lake,1953 Harper & Brothers Uniform Edition. Pictures by Garth Williams Little House on the Prairie series. Used. VG-/G- unclipped $2.95 dust jacket. 1 inch loss at top of dj spine. The family moves from Minnesota and Laura and Mary take a thrilling train ride during which an attempted payroll robbery takes place.

Cash: The Autobiography. By 20th Century American Singer, Composer Johnny Cash. 1997, Harper San Francisco Stated First Impression Thus. Number line begins with 1. By "The Man In Black", American country music legend Johnny Cash, and co-author Patrick Carr. Used. Very Good/ Good original dust jacket. A hard to find item.. Please See stock photo.

George Orwell. Down and Out in Paris and London. 1969 Reprint Edition, Penguin Modern Classics, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England. Used. Softcover. VG Condition. 4 ½ X 7 ¼. 189 pages. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Summary: "Orwell's lively and factual record of his experiences among the poor of two capital cities."

HARD TO FIND! The Family Moskat. A Novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Copyright 1950 Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY. VG/VG green and orange original dust jacket is included. Translated from the Yiddish by A.H. Gross.

Devol, George H. Forty Years A Gambler On The Mississippi. 1926 Henry Holt First Edition. Used. Good Condition/ No DJ is included. 5 1/4 X 7 5/8 288 Pages. Red boards with playing card emblem at center front. Spine states "Of The Mississippi" in error. Summary: In his "Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi" Devol recounts dozens of anecdotes of how he plied his Three-Card Monte and sharp dealing skills to cheat the cheaters and/or suckers on steamboats and in river towns over more than four decades in the mid-nineteenth century American South" Please see our stock photos.

Twain, mark. The Innocents Abroad Or The New Pilgrims' Progress. Copyright 1911. Undated. Grosset & Dunlap Reprint Edition, Circa 1932. Published by arrangement with Harper & Brothers. Red faux ostrich boards with Sphinx cartouche at center front. Red topstain. USED. VG Condition/ No DJ included. 472 pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾.

Dinesen, Isak: Last Tales, A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty 1957, Random House. First Edition. Stated First Printing Thus. Used. Very Good/Good+ original red dust jacket, price-clipped. Jacket states 11/57 on front flap. 5 3/4 X

Patrick Dennis. Little Me: The Intimate Memoirs of that Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television Belle Poitrine, as told to Patrick Dennis. With 150 photographs by Cris Alexander. 1961 E.P. Dutton, NY. STATED FIRST EDITION. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD $5.95 UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. RARE THUS. 272 pages. Large Format: 7 ¼ X 10 ¼. Summary: "Little Me, was the parody "confessional" self-indulgent autobiography of Maybelle Schlumpfert, "Belle Poitrine" (French for "Pretty Bosom"). It was written by Patrick Dennis, who had achieved a great success with Auntie Mame. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Wilder Laura Ingalls: The Long Winter. 1953 Harper & Brothers Uniform Edition. Pictures by Garth Williams. BIOGRAPHY. Used. VG/Acceptable $2.95 Original Snowball fight Dust Jacket. Back panel of jacket is water- stained. The story of the hard winter of 1880-1881 in the Dakota Territory with the pioneer Ingalls Family. Little House on the Prairie series. 335 pages. 6 X 8 ¼.

Ihimaera, Witi: Maori Boy, A Memoir Of Childhood a Vintage Book published by Random House, New Zealand, 2014. ISBN 97818697263 Paperback. 375 pages. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. An enthralling memoir, packed with stories from the formative years of this much-loved writer, Witi Ihimaera, a consumate story-teller. 6 1/8 X 9 ¼. Used. Good Condition.

The Memoirs of John Addington Symonds: The Secret Homosexual Life of a Leading Nineteenth-Century Man of Letters. Stated First Edition. 1984, Random House, New York. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ GOOD UNCLIPPED $19.95 ORIGINAL DJ. . 318 pages, Indexed. 6 3/8 X 9 ½.

Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls: On the Banks of Plum Creek. 1953 Harper & Brothers Uniform edition. ILLUSTRATED BYGARTH WILLIAMS. Used. VG-/ NO DUST JACKET IS INCLUDED. Hardcover. Apple Green Boards. Little House on the Prairie series The book tells about the family's move to Plum Creek, Laura's first time going to school, and grasshoppers that eat their crops. 339 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¼. Please see stock photo of Garth Williams cover art.

Henri Charriere. Papillon. 1970 William Morrow First U.S. Edition. USED. VG/G Unclipped $8.95 Dust jacket. "An international sensation – the #1 bestseller in France, England, Germany, Italy, Spain and other countries" 434 pages 6 ½ X 9 3/8. Former owner signature on title page.

Carrie Fisher. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Postcards from the Edge. 1987 Simon and Schuster. NY. EXLIB. Stated 1st Printing. Number line starts with 1. VG CONDITION/ VG Unclipped original dust jacket protected in a mylar wrap. Very nice appearing barely read. 223 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "Postcards from the Edge is a semi-autobiographical novel by American actress Carrie Fisher, first published in 1987. It was later adapted by Fisher herself into a motion picture of the same name, which was directed by Mike Nichols and released by Columbia Pictures in 1990."

Carrie Fisher. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Postcards from the Edge. 1987 Simon and Schuster. NY. EXLIB. Stated 1st Printing. Number line starts with 1. VG CONDITION/ VG Unclipped original dust jacket protected in a mylar wrap. 223 pages. 5 ¾ X 8 ¾. Summary: "Postcards from the Edge is a semi-autobiographical novel by American actress Carrie Fisher, first published in 1987. It was later adapted by Fisher herself into a motion picture of the same name, which was directed by Mike Nichols and released by Columbia Pictures in 1990."