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Uncle Tom's Cabin or: Life Among the Lowly
by Harriet Beecher Stowe Two Hundred and Thirty-Third Thousand
Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, and Cleveland, Ohio, 1853. (probably
a second edition; the first edition from the same publisher released
1852.) Entered according to act of Congress, 1851. Preface, Contents.
Main text in double columns page 5-166. Two pages of adds.bound with:A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin
Facts and Documents upon which the story is founded. Together with
collaborative statements verifying the truth of the work by Harriet
Beecher Stowe. Boston: John B. Jewett & Co. and Cleveland, Ohio.
Entered according to the act of congress, 1853. Appears to be a first
edition and first printing of this title with no mention of subsequent
printings, and the dates on the title page and verso match. Title page,
verso, Preface, Main text in double columns, 5-256, Appendix, Index.Condition:
Overall about very good. Binding is solid and pages are all present and
accounted for. No… Leer más

Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas by Rebecca Solnit & Rebecca Snedeker Trade Paperback (as issued) First Printing University of California Press 2013. SIGNED by Solnit in her typical fancy style on the half-title page. Appears to be uncommon in the first printing and very few signed copies of this book available. Already into many printings. (Both authors have done similar cultural atlases for New York and San Francisco)
Like the bestselling Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, this book is a brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, one that provides a vivid, complex look at the multi-faceted nature of New Orleans, a city replete with contradictions. More than twenty essays assemble a chorus of vibrant voices, including geographers, scholars of sugar and bananas, the city's remarkable musicians, prison activists, environmentalists, Arab and Native voices, and local experts, as well as the coauthors' compelling contributions. Featuring 22 full-color two-page-spread maps, Unfathomable City… Leer más

The Unreasoning Mask by Philip Jose Farmer (author of the Riverworld series, including To Your Scattered Bodies Go, The Fabulous Riverboat, Dark Design) Hardcover First Edition - First Printing Putnam 1981. $12.95 cover price. Fine in Fine Dustjacket, a near perfect-copy save the barest hint of a crease to lower corner of the front flap of the dustjacket, else Fine. This book appears UNREAD.
NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.

Usher's Passing by Robert R. McCammon (author of Swan Song; Stinger, etc) First UK Hardcover Edition - First Printing Severn House 1989 £12.95
cover price. (Originally published by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston in
1984.) A kind of sequel to "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar
Allen Poe.Fine
in Fine Dust Jacket, a beautiful copy, looks and feels new, with only
slight toning to the text-block (i.e. the pages) which is common with
many UK editions published from circa 1980 to 2000.

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