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THE BOOK-HUNTER.
de BURTON, John Hill
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- Enlarged Edition
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- 1887
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New York: Worthington, 1887. Enlarged Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo; xvi, 396 pages, rebacked in light leather, publisher's cloth, new endpapers, corners worn
This edition begins with a memorial biography of Burton by E. J. G. Mackey. "From early manhood, Burton was a book-collector. His library comprised some ten thousand volumes . Upon publication [this] became and… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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"The Pampered Men" in THE ROMANTIC EGOISTS.
de FITZGERALD, F. Scott
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- Usado - Fine
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- fine
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- First Trade edition
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- (1974)
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- Hardcover
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- 9780684139234
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- 1
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1974). First Trade edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Zelda Fitzgerald. .Folio, 246pp., black cloth, minor wear to dj.
This is the first appearance of this FSF article. A pictorial autobiography from the scrapbooks and photo albums of Scott and Zelda, with an Introduction by their daughter. Includes a color section reproducing Zelda's paintings [Bruccoli2, B95].… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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DEADLINES
de SMITH, Henry Justin
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- First edition
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- 1922
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Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, 249 pages, clothbacked boards, dampstain to lower quarter of top cover, a few lower corners bumped
Smith was the Managing Editor of the Chicago Daily News, and a legend himself. DEADLINES "is a fictional series of sketches of life in the big city newsroom." [ Chicago In Story, p.181 ].… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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COWBOYS NORTH AND SOUTH
de JAMES, Will
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- Usado - Very Good
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- Second Printing
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- 1925
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New York: Scribner's, 1925. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Will James. Small 4to, 217 pages, grey cloth, spine darkened
[HERD 1153; Frazier. WILL JAMES BOOKS, pp. 1-8; Howes J55]. James's first book, and a seminal treatment of the life of the cowboy -by one. Inscribed to "Mr. Hal Marchbanks - a Tejano / With best wishes… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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ROUND AND ABOUT THE BOOK-STALLS
de Slater, J. Herbert
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- First Edition
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- 1891
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London: L. Upcott Gill, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 16mo, 119 pages + publisher's ads dated 6/90, green cloth, foxing on Contents and facing pages
Chapters on various aspects of the arts of book collecting. " Between [ the bookworm] and the book-hunter there is a wide difference so great that it might be impossible… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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EXTRA! EXTRA!
de SMITH, Henry Justin
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- Limited Edition
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- 1934
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Chicago: Sterling North, 1934. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 233, 250, [i] pages, blue cloth, cover spotted.
This is Copy Number 3 of this combined Special Edition. It is inscribed by Smith to Marion & Joy W, "and many happy / returns - from Europe! / June 19/34". Laid in is an obituary of Smith … Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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POOR DEVIL
de Smith, Henry Justin
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- First edition
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- 1929
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Chicago: Covici-Friede, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 281 pages, tawny cloth a bit soiled
"By any standards, Smith is one of the more important figures in the history of Chicago journalism and literature. ... POOR DEVIL ... is the story of Bruce Warren who brings his bride from a small town to Chicago. He is, in… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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JOSSLYN
de SMITH, Henry Justin
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- First edition
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- 1924
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Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, 252 pages, green cloth, spine titling dulled.
Presentation Copy inscribed by Smith to Marion W, "With thanks for the / many kindnesses shown to / Katherine and me". Laid in is an obituary of Smith "By any standards, Smith is one of the more important… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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The Points of My Compass
de White, E. B.
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- very good
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- First edition
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- ( 1962 )
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New York: Harper & Row, ( 1962 ). First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Octavo, 240 pages, clothbacked boards; light wear to dj
Here are essays disguised as letters. Their postscripts appear here for the first time. Most are organized by the chronology in which they were written, not published. Precio
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The Collected Stories Of Eudora Welty
de WELTY, Eudora
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- Usado - fine
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- fine
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- First, Limited Edition
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- ( 1980 )
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New York & London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ( 1980 ). First, Limited Edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo, 622 pages, maroon cloth, in matching publisher's slipcase with printed top label ( case is scuffed on the rear panel)
Mississippi fiction. Eudora Welty was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1973. She was the first living author to be… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Ethan Allen
de Holbrook, Stewart H.
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- Usado - Fair
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- Armed Services edition
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- [ 1945 ]
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- Paperback
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New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., [ 1945 ]. Armed Services edition. Paperback. Fair. Oblong 16mo, 317 pages, stapled wrappers, cover creased, corners bumped, ttle-page torn at bottom margin.
ASE no. K-13. " I have invented no dialgue. Thanks to the astonishingly full diplomatic correspondence, I could stick to the record and yet quote direct speech… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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Henry The Eighth
de Hackett, Francis
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- Armed Services edition
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- [ 1945 ]
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New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., [ 1945 ]. Armed Services edition. Paperback. Good. Oblong 12mo, 509 pages, stapled wrappers, creases at spine
ASE no. S-37. " I have invented no dialgue. Thanks to the astonishingly full diplomatic correspondence, I could stick to the record and yet quote direct speech - Foreword". Precio
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"Ben-Hur" Wallace
de McKee, Irving
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- Usado - Very Good
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- very good
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- First edition
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- 1947
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University of California Press, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo, 301 pages, cloth, inch-long tear in front hinge repaird with cello tape; short tears in dj
A definitive biography and interpretation of Lew Wallace, who was a soldier, general in two armies ( U.S.A. and Mexico ) diplomat, territorial governor, and best-selling author. With plates.… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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SHELLEY
de THOMPSON, Francis
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- Usado - good
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- 6th Thousand
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- 1909
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NY: Scribners, 1909. 6th Thousand. Hardcover. good. 12mo, 91 pages + ads, brown cloth, ex-library with markings
Biography, literary criticism. Introduction by George Wyndham. Precio
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Losing Battles
de WELTY, Eudora
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- Usado - fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- fine
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- First printing
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- ( 1970 )
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New York: Random House, ( 1970 ). First printing. Hardcover. fine/fine. 8vo, 436 pages, cloth
Mississippi fiction. Precio
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Poetry Of Our Times
de Sharon Brown, Editor
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- ( 1928 )
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Chicago: Scott, Foresman And Company, ( 1928 ). Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 783 pages, black cloth, some diary notes laid in from a previous owner.
"The first aim of this book is to show the readability of contemporary [Americand and British] poetry - Preface." With biographies of each poet. Precio
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Edwin Arlington Robinson
de Van Doren, Mark
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- Usado - Good
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- Early edition
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- 1927
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New York: Literary Guild, 1927. Early edition. Hardcover. Good. 12mo, 93 pages, cloth, spine title worn, inked name and date on endpaper, bookplate.
Robinson was awarded three Pulitzer Prizes for poetry. A biography with criticism Precio
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Peabody Sisters Of Salem
de Louis Hall Tharp
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- Usado - Very Good
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- very good
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- First UK edition
- Published
- ( 1951 )
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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London: George G. Harrap & C9=o., ( 1951 ). First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 8vo, 312 pages, blue cloth
Elizabeth P. ran a one-woman publishing company and bookshop, wrote transcendentalist and abolitionist essays, and founded the kindergarten movement in America. Mary P. married Horace Mann, and Sophia P married Nath. Hawthorne. Eleven illustrations. Precio
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LOOK HOMEWARD A Life of Thomas Wolfe
de DONALD, David Herbert
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- Usado - fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- very good
- Edición
- First edition
- Published
- (1987)
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780316189521
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- 1
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EUR 23.25
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Boston: Little, Brown, (1987). First edition. Hardcover. fine/very good. 8vo, 579 pages, boards & cloth; dj torn at top of rear flap
Another effort by this Pulitzer-prize winning biographer and historian. "Donald has masterfully recreated a time, a place, a genius, a mystery, which he solves. ... This is easily the best biography of an… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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PRIVATE PAPERS OF HENRY RYECROFT
de GISSING, George,
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- Usado - Very Good
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- First edition thus
- Published
- 1921
- Encuadernación
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780710803238
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- 1
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Portland, ME: Thomas Bird Mosher, 1921. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo; lxiv, 246 pages, parchment-backed boards, untrimmed, spine spotted
One of only 700 copies. With a Foreword by the Publisher: "I contend that in THE IONIAN SEA and the RYECROFT PAPERS there can be no question of their literary beauty and personal magic as at… Saber más sobre este artículo Precio
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