Books of Fiction Authors I to L
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Innes, Hammond: Atlantic Fury. London: Collins, 1962. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 inches with map end sheets. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket. 318 pages of text. A fine bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB29483 $40.00

Innes, Hammond: Air Bridge. London: Collins, 1951. First Edition, First printing. Very good in red cloth covered boards with a gift inscription on the first free end paper with the pages beginning to tan. In a good dust jacket with a price clipped front flap, 1/8" deep chipping across the ends of the spine area and rubbed at the folds. Innes' 11th book and one that is rather uncommon.
TB14910 $24.50

Innes, Hammond: The Land God Gave to Cain. London: Collins, 1958. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, In a very good+ dust jacket spine tanned & 1/2" chip at heel. An adventure novel which takes place in Labrador
TB03668 $19.60

Innes, Hammond: The Doomed Oasis. London: Collins, 1960. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, In a very good+ dust jacket lightly worn at the upper spine corners and a small closed tear at the upper front panel and corner.
TB03318 $17.15

Innes, Hammond: Campbell's Kingdom. London: Collins, 1952. Book Club Edition. Near fine in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping. In a very good+ dust jacket with the front lower flap clipped and with mild tanning of the spine area. This copy appears to be a Book Society edition. With the exception of the clipped front flap there is no difference with the first UK edition.
TB14909 $10.00

Irving, Washington: Works Of Washington Irving (Ten Volumes). New York: United States Book Company Successors To John W. Lovell Company, n.d.. Reprints. All ten volumes of this complete set are in very near fine condition each bound in 3/4 calf and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spines with gilt titles on red and light gray leather labels together with elaborate gilt tool work in the compartments. The top edges of the text blocks are gilt and the end sheets match the marbled paper on the covers of the boards. Each is a small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 3/8 inches with light rubbing at the heads and heels of the spines and to the tips of the boards. None of the spine are chipped. The contents are all clean and tight in their bindings with no tanning or foxing. The first volume containes: Tales of A Traveler, Bracebridge Hall and Wolfert's Roost. The second contains: Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., A History of New York and The Crayon Papers, The third contains: Astoria, Salmagundi and Adventures of Captain Bonneville. The fourth: Mahomet And His Successors, Oliver Goldsmith and Moorish Chronicles. The fifth contains: The Alhambra, The Conquest of Granada and Legends Of The Conquest of Spain. The sixth contains: The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus and A Tour of The Prairies. And the last four volumes contains The Life of George Washington. These last four volumes are illustrated with frontispiece portraits of Washington and maps. Many of the pages in these volumes remain uncut.
TB30792 $400.00

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Irving, John: The Water-Method Man. New York: Random House, (1972). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/2 black cloth and bright, yellow covered boards with metallic blue text stamped on the spine and with decorated embossing to the yellow paper on the front board. An octavo o 8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches with a stamped purple "H" on the first free end page. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a 1/2 inch closed tear and 1/16 inch chip from the upper edge of the spine area and small minor marks on the front panel. 365 pages of text. The author's second book and rather uncommon in such nice condition.
TB32128 $275.00

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Irving, John: A Son of the Circus. New York: Random House, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 dark red cloth and decorated paper covered boards with stampings and decorations and gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 3/8 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 633 pages of text. A fine, bright and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB32034 $25.00

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Irving, John: The Fourth Hand. New York: Random House, (2001). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 maroon paper and tan paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 316 pages of text. The author's tenth novel. A fine, bright and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB32035 $25.00

Irving, John: A Widow for One Year. New York: Random House, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and only a hint of curling at the edges; else fine.
TB14541 $24.50

Irving, John: The Hotel New Hampshire. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1981. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a near fine dust jacket.
TB00450 $10.00

Irving, John: Trying to Save Piggy Sneed. New York: Arcade Publishing, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and pink paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. 432 pages of text. Although originally published in Canada under the same name, the U.S. version contains a few more stories and many more pages.
TB05684 $10.00

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[Irving, Washington]: Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.. London: Effingham Wilson, 1824. First Edition. Good+ in 1/4 leather (calf) and marbled paper covered boards with scant reminder of gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 15/16 by 5 1/16 with both boards loose from the text block and with the leather scuffed. The contents are completely free of foxing and tanning and any damage. All edges of the text block are marbled to match the marbled paper on the boards. Without a dust jacket as issued. 68 pages of text to include the biographical notice. In 1802 Irving, using the pseudonym of "Jonathan Oldstyle" wrote a series of nine articles for a periodical published by his brother, Peter Irving. Eight of those letters are reprinted in this title. (Langfeld and Blackburn) A difficult to find, early title by Irving. (BAL, 10112, Langfeld and Blackburn, p.27; Williams and Edge, p.84)
TB31500 $300.00

Jarrell, Randall: Fly by Night. New York: Farrar, Straus & Gir, 1976. First Edition, First printing. Fine in charcoal gray cloth covered boards with silver colored decorations and text stampings. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the flap. With illustrations by Maurice Sendak. 31 pages of text and illustrations.
TB10581 $28.00

Jean, Veronica: Out of Body and Mind. Sag Harbor: Permanent Press, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards. In a fine jacket with the front flap creased. Signed, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the first free end paper.
TB08316 $9.80

Jensen, Michael: Frontiers. New York: Pocket Books, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the flap. An advance reading copy with the publisher's material laid-in and with a 4" x 6" black and white photograph of the author. The author's first book and one which takes place in 1797 in the frontier of America.
TB11036 $14.00

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Jewett, Sarah Orne: The Country Of The Pointed Firs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin And Company, 1900. First Edition. Near fine in light green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board. A 16 mo of 6 7/8 by 4 1/2 inches with very slight tanning of the cloth on the spine and six small stains on the front board. And, there is gift inscription in ink on the second free end page with a date of "Boston, May 19th, 1897". The contents are bright, tight and clean. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 213 pages of text followed by two pages of ads by the publisher. A novel which takes place on the seacoast of Maine. The decorative cover art to the front board is in a wonderful Art Nouveau style by Sarah Wyman Whitman. (Minsky, The Art Of American Book Covers 1875-1930 p.27)
TB32430 $175.00

Johnson, Terry C.: One-Eyed Dream. Ottawa, Ill.: Jameson Books, Inc., 1988. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 red cloth and paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Warmly inscribed, signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the fly-title page. The final volume in the trilogy which was preceed by Borderlords and Carry the Wind.
TB17074 $65.00

Johnson, Terry C.: Lay The Mountains Low. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Edition. Near fine in black paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Inscribed, signed and dated in the year of publication by the author on the fly-title page. An historical novel which details "the fight of the Nez Perce from Idaho and the Battle of the Big Hole, August 9-10, 1877."
TB17077 $50.00

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Johnston, Terry C.: Death Rattle. New York: Bantam Book, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in deep maroon paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A continuation of the saga of Titus Bass where Bass joins a band of men who steal horses and mulse from Spanish Mexico to drive them east across the Mohave Desert. 429 pages of text.
TB32028 $25.00

Johnston, Terry C.: Lay the Mountains Low. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. An historical fiction novel of the western frontier dealing with the tragedy of the Nez Perce Wars.
TB11149 $20.00

Johnston, Terry C.: Winter Rain. New York: Bantam Books, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in blue cloth and paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine with a faint stain to the top edge. In a near fine dust jacket with a very small 1/4" closed tear to the upper rear corner at the fold to the flap and light wear to the lower edge of the spine area. The second in a trilogy of Jonah Hook a frontiersmen in the south-west between 1869 to 1875.
TB05956 $17.50

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Jones, Douglas C.: Winding Stair. New York: Holt Rinehart & Wins, 1979. First Edition. Near fine in 1/4 light blue cloth and blind stamped, light brown paper covered boards with metallic red text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with a green remainder mark on the top edge of the text block. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket, Signed by the author on the title page. 277 pages of text. A novel dealing with the Winding Stair massacre.
TB29866 $30.00

Jones, Douglas C.: Gone the Dreams and Dancing. New York: Holt Rinehart & Wins, 1984. First Edition, First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
TB02855 $21.00

Jones, Douglas C.: A Creek Called Wounded Knee. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1978. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with the ghost of a price sticker on the free end paper and dust stains on the top edge. In a near fine dust jacket.
TB04242 $21.00

Jones, Douglas C.: Season of Yellow Leaf. New York: Holt Rinehart & Wins, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
TB02986 $17.50

Jones, Douglas C.: Arrest Sitting Bull. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Fine in brown paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's second novel and third book.
TB11735 $14.00

Jones, Douglas C.: The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1976. Third Edition. Near fine in light brown cloth covered boards with dark brown text stamping on the spine with slight shelf wear at the heel of the spine In a fine jacket with the price intact on the front flap and a hint of dampstaining at the lower edge of the spine area. The author looks at a scenario which supposes that Custer is the sole survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn and is brought to trial for his actions.
TB11736 $10.50

Jones, Douglas C.: Elkhorn Tavern. New York: Holt Rinehart & Wins, 1980. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with a light 1 inch stain on the first free end paper. In a very good+ dust jacket with a 1/2 inch closed tear on the rear panel and a small nick to the corner of the fornt panel. A novel set in the time of the Civil War during 1862 in Arkansas.
TB06580 $8.40

Jones, Louis B.: California's Over. New York: Pantheon Books, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in illustrated heavy paper wraps. A paperback book issued without a dust jacket. 329 pages. An advance reader's copy.
TB16580 $7.00

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Kafka, Franz: The Trial. Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1977. Unstated Limited Edition. Fine in gilt decorated medium gray leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine and with gilt text and decorations stamped on the spine and both boards. The edges to the text block are gilt and there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. One of the volumes in The Franklin Library's collection of The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Illustrated by Phero Thomas. 341 pages of text and illustrations. A very attractive copy free of any names, inscriptions, book plates or markings of any kind.
TB31785 $60.00

Kantor, MacKinlay: Happy Land. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc, 1943. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red cloth covered boards with gilt band decorations and gilt text stamping on the spine. In a very good dust jacket with rubbing and light wear to the edges of the panels and spine ends. This is one of a special limited run of 1,250 copies produced for the friends of the author and publisher in December, 1942.
TB07992 $29.40

Kantor, MacKinlay: Again The Bugle. New York: The American Weekly, 1958. Limited Edition Reprint. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with light blue text on the spine and front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/2" tall by 6 1/2". Without a dust jacket as issued. 22 pages with full page illustrations by Robert Shore. A special limited edition reprint.
TB23289 $20.00

Kantor, MacKinlay: Lobo. New York: World Publishing Co., 1957. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light brown linen covered boards with a black sketch of a dog on the front board & a prior owner's stamp on the 1st FEP. In a near fine dust jacket with two tiny stains on the front panel. The true story of a dog who adopted this Pulitzer Prize winning author while he was in Spain.
TB08420 $12.25

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Keillor, Garrison: Leaving Home. New York: Viking, 1987. Signed, limited first edition. Fine in medium green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and the author's gilt initials on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued, however, the book is contained within a near fine cloth covered slip case with only hints of fading around the edges. This copy is identified ad number 1,374 out of only 1,500 copies printed and sold and signed by the author on the tipped-in second free end page. 244 pages of text.
TB20067 $60.00

Keillor, Garrison: Happy to be Here. New York: Atheneum, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Near Fine, gift inscription on FFEP, else fine. In a near fine price clipped dust jacket. Author's first book.
TB01810 $22.05

Keillor, Garrison: The Sandy Bottom Orchestra. New York: Hyperion Books, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine jacket with a deeply price clipped flap. Co-authored with Jenny Lind Nilsson, Garrison's wife. A book for young adults.
TB05382 $21.00

Keillor, Garrison: WLT a Radio Romance. New York: Viking, 1991. First Edtion. Fine In a fine dust jacket.
TB06061 $6.30

Keneally, Thomas: Woman of the Inner Sea. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
TB02700 $12.25

Keneally, Thomas: To Asmara. New York: Warner Books, 1989. First Edition, First printing. Near fine. In a near fine dust jacket.
TB02874 $9.80

Keneally, Thomas: A Family Madness. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, with remainder mark on bottom edge. In a fine dust jacket.
TB02962 $9.80

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Kennedy, William: Ironweed. Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1999. Collector's Edition. Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. An octavo measuring 9" tall by 5 3/4" without a dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page. Laid in is the publisher's note card describing this title and the author. 227 pages of text. Winner of the 1983 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates.
TB24403 $125.00

Kennedy, William: Very Old Bones. New York: Viking, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with prior owner's name on the first free end paper. In a near fine dust jacket.
TB02128 $12.25

Kennedy, William: The Flaming Corsage. New York: The Viking Press, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. The author's fourth book, Ironweed, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
TB04926 $12.25

Kennedy, William: The Ink Truck. New York: Viking, 1984. Reprint. Near fine, remainder mark on EP. In a fine dust jacket. Republication of the author's first book.
TB02170 $7.35

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Kent, Alexander: Sloop of War. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1972). First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark red-orange cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with map end sheets with a very slight lean to the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap and with only a hint of wear to the ends of the spine area. Bolitho receives the promotion he has wanted since first going to sea: He is placed in command of the sloop The Sparrow near the close of the American Revolution. An uncommon early title and one in beautiful condition!
TB28110 $30.00

Kent, Alexander: Command a King's Ship. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black cloth covered boards. In a very good+ dust jacket with light wear to the ends of the spine area and with the price intact on the front flap. The fifth volume in the Richard Bolitho series. The dust jacket for the American version is not as attractive as that of its British counterpart. The American version gives the appearance of a more antique painting rich with the patina of age
TB10970 $15.00

Kent, Alexander: Second to None. London: William Heinemann, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in maroon paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with wrap-around art by Geoffrey Huband. The first volume in the Adam Bolitho saga and the 25th in Bolitho series.
TB12265 $15.00

Kent, Alexander: A Tradition of Victory. New York: G. P. Putnam & Sons, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a crease on the spine area.
TB09708 $10.00

Kent, Alexander: The Inshore Squadron. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in light blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with a date on the 1st FEP and a roll to the spine. In a very good+ dust jacket with a number of short closed tears to the lower edges of the spine area and the front panle with the price intact. The 12th in the Bolitho series.
TB10673 $10.00

Kidder, Tracy: Among Schoolchildren. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edtion. Fine In a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page.
TB02961 $17.50

King, Thomas: Green Grass, Running Water. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. First Edition. Fine with very faint dust staining to the top edge in black cloth and blue paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's second novel.
TB01696 $30.00

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King, Dean, and John B. Hattendorf: Harbors and High Seas. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1996. First Edition. Fine in black and blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 7 1/2 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Written by Dean King with John B. Hattendorf. Contains maps, illustrations and information relating to all of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series. 219 pages of text and illustrated throughout with maps and images of earlier works of art. The sub-title reads: An Atlas and Geographical Guide to the Aubrey-Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Bian.
TB32634 $200.00

Kingsolver, Barbara: Pigs in Heaven. New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Reprinted seven times in the hardbound edition. Winner of the 1993 L. A. Times Book Award.
TB03105 $12.25

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Kingston, W. H. G. [William Henry Giles]: Snow-Shoes And Canoes Early Days Of A Fur-Trader In the Hudson's Bay Territory. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1877. First Edition. Very good+ in red-brown cloth covered boards with beveled edges, with gilt text and decorations on the spine and black text and gilt illustration on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 1/2 inches with gilt edges to the text block. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed and there is an early prior owner's name in pencil and date on the first free end page. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 336 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 24 plates from engravings. William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880) was a British writer of boys adventure series titles. (Wikipedia)
TB31001 $250.00

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Kinsella, W. P.: Shoeless Joe. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cloth and decorated paper covered boards with copper colored text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. In a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket with just a hint of wear to the ends of the spine area and at the lower edge of the fold to the front panel. A Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award Novel and the basis for the film "Field of Dreams".
TB23268 $125.00

Kinsella, W. P.: Scars. Canada: Oberon Press, 1978. First Edition, First printing. Fine in wraps. Signed by the author on the first free end paper.
TB02146 $42.00

Kinsella, W. P.: Red Wolf, Red Wolf. Toronto: Collins Publishers, 1987. First Canadian. Near fine, with remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine. In a fine dust jacket.
TB02071 $28.00

Kinsella, W. P.: The Iowa Baseball Confederacy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. First Amer. Edt.. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with the ends of the spine area lightly wrinkled, else fine.
TB03155 $28.00

Kinsella, W. P.: Box Socials. New York: Ballantine Books, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 light blue cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page with "Go the distance".
TB01906 $26.95

Kinsella, W. P.: Dance Me Outside. Boston: David R. Godine, Pub, 1986. First U.S. Edition. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with slight rubbing to the front panel. Author's First Book which was orig. pub. in Canada in 1977
TB02490 $24.50

Kinsella, W. P.: The Dixon Cornbelt League. New York: HarperCollins Pub, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a fine dust jacket.
TB03974 $21.00

Kinsella, W. P.: The Moccasin Telegraph. Boston: David R. Godine, Pub, 1984. First U.S. Edition. Fine in 1/4 yellow cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. The first US printing of the author's first book.
TB04122 $21.00

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Kinsella, W. P.: Magic Time. Toronto: Doubleday Canada Limited, 1998. First Edition, First printing. Fine in ivory paper covered boards with copper colored text stamped on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" tall by 5 3/8" deep. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with a faint dampness stains on the verso side of the jacket has created a faint stain to the lower edge of the rear panel on the recto side of the dust jacket. 230 pages of text. This is the first Canadian edition which preceded the first American edition published in 2001 by Voyageur Press.
TB23275 $20.00

Kinsella, W. P.: Brother Frank's Gospel Hour. Dallas: SMU Press, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Kinsella's newest book. A collection of short stories.
TB04136 $17.50

Kinsella, W. P.: Box Socials. New York: Ballantine Books, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a fine dust jacket.
TB02314 $17.15

Kinsella, W. P.: Red Wolf, Red Wolf. Toronto: Collins Publishers, 1987. First Canadian. Fine In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the first free end paper.
TB01341 $14.00

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Kipling, Rudyard: The Jungle Book. New York: The Century Co., 1894. First Edition. Very good in decorated, green cloth covered boards with gilt text and gilt animal images on the spine and gilt text and the gilt image of an elephant on the front board and a gilt image of a tiger on the rear board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the cloth on the front board is stained on the upper quarter of the board, and at the lower rear area near the joint. The cloth over the spine also suffers slightly from the stains aforementioned. The cloth on the rear board suffers from a stain 5/8 of an inch wide perhaps from the removal of tape of some type. There is also a prior owner's name in ink and a date of 1895 on the first free end page. 303 pages of text and illustrated with a frontispiece and 34 images from drawings by W. H. Drake. This US first edition was printed on the same day as the British first edition. (Richards, A77)
TB33257 $300.00

Kipling, Rudyard: The Brushwood Boy. New York: Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899. First Edition (separate edition). Very good+ in its original green cloth covered boards with slightly tarnished gilt text on the spine and with bold gilt text, black designs and silver colored crescent moon and stars on the front board. A small octavo of 7 5/8 by 5 inches with decorated end sheets fore and aft. There is a gift inscription at the upper fore edge of the fly title page with a date of "May 8, 1899". The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is worn of it color as is the cloth at the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket if it ever had one. 119 pages of text and illustrated with a color frontispiece printed in orange and black and 16 full-page, black and white plates printed on recto only with many vignettes throughout and floral page decorations all by Orson Lowell and American illustrator (1871-1956). What is interesting about this copy is the date of the gift inscription of :"May 8, 1899". This title was not copyrighted until November 22, 1899 according to David Alan Richard's in-depth bibliography: Rudyard Kipling Bibliography.. (Richards, Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography, A149)
TB33463 $200.00

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Kipling, Rudyard: Captains Courageous A Story of the Grand Banks. New York: The Century Co., 1897. First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in decorated green cloth covered boards with red, black and gilt decorations on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the spine tanned and with minor rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the lower tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 323 pages of text with all 21 of the illustrated black and white plates present as called for in the table of contents within this copy. A very presentable, collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB32117 $175.00

Kipling, Rudyard: Kim. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. First Edition, Second state. Near fine in its original dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board and with embossed black designs on the spine and front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/4 inches with two tiny closed tears to the cloth at the upper corners of the spine Missing its issued dust jacket. The contents are clean and bright with no prior ownership markings. The front and rear hinges and joints are strong and tight. This is the second state of the American edition as each of the chapter headings contains a verse heading. 463 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece and nine sepia plates from art work by J. L. Kipling. David Alan Richards in his thorough bibliography of Kipling's works states that Kim is "Considered to be Kipling's greatest work, and the finest novel about the India of the British Empire...." (p.154) (Richards, A173)
TB33470 $150.00

Kipling, Rudyard: Gunga Din and Other Ballads. Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1992. Collectors Edition. Fine in full, red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spines, gilt text and decorations in the compartments and extensive gilt tooling on both boards. The edges of the text block are gilt, the end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6 1/2". 507 pages of text with illustrations by Alan Phillips. A clean, tight and handsome copy with no names, dates or prior owner book plates.
TB26219 $125.00

Kipling, Rudyard: The Day's Work. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. First Edition. Very good in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with the same on the front board to include a Viking ship under sail. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 1/4 inches with the first blank end sheet has been removed and rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the corners of the spine and to the tips of the boards. The upper fore tip has been bumped. The last 12 leaves have an ink stain in the lower margins at the extreme edge of the pages. Without a dust jacket. 431 pages of text. A collection of twelve short stories Illustrated with a frontispiece by W. D. Stevens and five plates by various artists. A very handsome and clean copy. (Richards, Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography, A115)
TB33467 $75.00

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Kipling, Rudyard: Soldier Tales. London: Macmillan And Co., Ltd., 1900. Reprint of 1900. Very good+ in 3/4 red calk and pink cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with two black leather labels with gilt text and gilt decorations in the compartments. The end sheets are marbled paper and the top edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with the leather worn through over the tips of the boards and the leather is rubbed at the head and heel of the spine. 172 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and 20 plates and small engraved vignettes at the head of each story. A collection of seven short stories including: With The Main Guard, The Drums of the Fore and Aft, The Man Who Was, The Courting of Dinah Shadd, The Incarnation of Krishna Mulvaney, The Taking of Lungungpen and The Madness of Private Ortheris.
TB30613 $60.00

Kipling, Rudyard: Traffics and Discoveries. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. First Edition. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8 by 5 1/4 inches with the cloth worn through at the rear corner of the heel of the spine and at the lower tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 363 pages of text. A collection of 23 short stories. Overall an attractive first American edition copy of one of Kipling's lesser known works. It was published at the same time as the first British edition. (Richards, Rudyard Kipling A Bibliography, A199)
TB33464 $50.00

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Kipling, Rudyard: Abaft the Funnel. New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1909. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in its original dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board on top of embossed cover and spine with the recesses in black with the silhouette of a sailing ship. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and with light rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. The book lacked a jacket until the third printing. 360 pages of text. A collection of 31 short stories. This copy is the unauthorized US printing of one of Kipling's earlier works. The first authorized US edition was was published by Doubleday Page & Company in 1909. (Richards; A227 & A232)
TB31533 $30.00

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Kipling, Rudyard: Two Forewords. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc., 1935. First Edition, Limited Edition. Very near fine in 1/4 black cloth and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with foxing to the paste downs due to a reaction with the glue used in binding. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a good, paper covered slip case which is worn at the opening edges and around all joints. One of only 950 copies printed. All of the pages in this edition are unopened as the text appears only on the rectos or versos. 31 pages of text. (Richards, A428)
TB30610 $25.00

Kipling, Rudyard: The Seven Seas. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1912. Reprint of 1912. Very near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small octavo measuring 7 7/8 by 5 1/4 inches with the cloth worn through at the rear corner of the heel of the spine and at the lower tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 209 pages of text. A collection of 43 poems the last 18 of which are from Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads.
TB33465 $25.00

Kipling, Rudyard: Plain Tales From The Hills. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1930. Reprint of 1930. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and with gilt text and black embossed decorations on the front board. to include a Viking ship under sail. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 1/4 inches. Without a dust jacket. 320 pages of text. A collection of forty-three short stories
TB33469 $25.00

Knowles, John: The Private Life of Axie Reed. New York: E P Dutton, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
TB01914 $14.00

Knowles, John: Indian Summer. New York: Random House, 1966. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a near fine dust jacket.
TB00305 $7.00

L'Amour, Louis: Silver Canyon. New York: Bantam Books, 1981. Second Printing of the Uniform Bantam Edition. Fine in padded brown leatherette covered boards with gilt text on the spine with no prior owner's name book plates or markings of any kind. 164 pages of text.
TB20983 $10.00

L'Amour, Louis: Buckskin Run. New York: Literary Express, Inc., 1998. Reprint. Fine in brown leatherette covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued. 175 pages of text. A collection of eight short stories dealing with western gun fights together with historical notes to round-out the background of events at the time.
TB25226 $10.00

Laing, Alexander: Jonathan Eagle. New York: Duell, Sloane & Pearce, 1955. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and maps on the end papers. In a very good+ dust jacket with 1/4" chips at the upper corners of the spine area with related creasing, rubbing at the lower corners of the panels but with the price intact. A young orphan from Stonington, Connecticut goes to sea & learns the meaning of liberty on board many tall ships.
TB11815 $5.60

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Lambdin, Dewey: Havoc's Sword. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Press, 2003. First Edition, First printing. Fine in ivory paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. The eleventh volume in the Alan Lewrie British Naval series which takes place in 1798 while Lewrie is in command of the H. M. S. Proteus in the Caribbean. 372 pages of text.
TB31283 $35.00

Lambdin, Dewey: Jester's Fortune. New York: Dutton Books, 1999. First Edition. Fine in paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine jacket with the price intact on the flap. The eighth volume in the Alan Lewrie series. The events in this setting take place in 1796. Uncommon as only 3,200 copies of the first edition were produced.
TB17730 $25.00

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Lambdin, Dewey: The Gun Ketch. New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 green and tan paper covered boards with a black remainder mark on bottom edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The fifth volume in the Adam Lewrie series which takes place in 1786 with Lewrie in command of the Gun Ketch, H.M.S. Alacrity, on patrol in the Bahamas to protect British merchant vessels.
TB31327 $20.00

Lambdin, Dewey: A King's Commander. New York: Donald I. Fine, 1997. First Edition. Fine in maroon and gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. The seventh volume in the Alan Lewrie naval adventure series in which Lewrie is in command of the corvette H.M.S. Jester and partakes in the Glorious First of June Battle with the French.
TB10285 $15.00

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Lambdin, Dewey: The Captain's Vengeance. New York: Thomas Dunn Books, 2004. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6". In a fine unclipped dust jacket. The twelvth volume in the Alan Lewrie series which takes place in 1799 when Lewrie is driven to search for, and if possible take back, the French prize vessel he captured some months before. 336 pages of text.
TB28406 $15.00

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Lambdin, Dewey: Troubled Waters. New York: Thomas Dunne Books and St. Martin's Press, (2008). First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 307 pages of text. The fourteenth volume in the Alan Lewrie naval adventure series.
TB24763 $12.50

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Lambdin, Dewey: King's Captain. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2000. First Edition, First printing. Fine in off-white paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap with a tiny rub mark at the upper corner of the spine area at the fold to the front panel. The ninth volume in the Adam Lewrie series.
TB25407 $12.50

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Lambdin, Dewey: Sea of Grey. New York: Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Press, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. The tenth volume in the Alan Lewrie British Naval series which takes place in 1798 while Lewrie is in command of the H. M. S. Proteus. 391 pages of text.
TB25411 $12.50

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Lambdin, Dewey: A King's Commander. New York: Donald I. Fine, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. An octavo measuring 9" by 5 7/8". In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap, but with a 2" section of the fold to the front flap eaten away. (This defect is not evident unless looking at the fore edge of the book.) The seventh volume in the Alan Lewrie naval adventure series published on February 24, 1997. 374 pages of text.
TB28402 $7.50

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Larsson, Stieg: The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 2009. Paperback reprints. Both volumes are in near fine condition in heavy, printed paper wraps with very slight curling to the upper panels. No stains, names, dates or other writing within. Two very clean and tight copies. Both volumes are trade paperbacks measuring 8" by 5". Without dust jackets as issued. The Girl Who Played with Fire contains 630 pages followed by 12 pages from the following volume. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest contains 658 pages of text.
TB26236 $7.00

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Lavery, Brian: Jack Aubrey Commands An Historical Companion To The Naval World of Patrick O'Brian. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, (2004) c2003. First US Edition. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 10 3/8 by 7 5/8 inches. In a near fine, unclipped (no price anyway) dust jacket with a 1 inch closed tear at the upper rear corner of the spine area. First published in the UK in 2003 by Conway Maritime Press. 182 pages including an index, glossary, bibliography, footnotes and text. Illustrated throughout with color drawings, photographs and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
TB28506 $32.00

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Lawson, Robert: Rabbit Hill. New York: The Viking Press, 1944. First Edition. Near fine in printed cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches with illustrated end sheets. There is a dated, Christmas 1944, gift inscription on the verso side of the first free end page. In a very good, unclipped first state dust jacket without the John Newberry Medal seal with two long closed tears which have been repaired using archival tape on the verso side of the jacket and with rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and at the fore corners of the panels. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the fly title page. 128 pages of text with illustrations throughout from the iconic drawings of Robert Lawson. The winner of the John Newbery Medal for 1944. The title for this book comes from the name the author gave to his home in Westport, Connecticut. A very handsome, signed copy which is scarce in this condition.
TB31837 $375.00

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Leaf, Monro, and Robert Lawson: Wee Gillis. New York: The Viking Press, 1938. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in tan burlap cloth covered boards with gilt on green leather title labels on the spine and on the front board. A small quarto of 10 by 7 inches with illustrated end sheets. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a good, decorated tan paper covered slip case with the title in green on the closed end of the slip case. There is a 2" piece of the slip case missing from the top edge. One of only 525 copies signed by both Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson on the limitation page. Unpaginated, but containing 65 pages of text and black and white illustrations. Written by Munro Leaf with illustrations by Robert Lawson, the same team to create The Story of Ferdinand. Winner of the 1939 Caldecott Honor award.
TB29857 $250.00

Lennon, J. Robert: The Light of Falling Stars. New York: Riverhead Books, 1997. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. The author's first book which takes place in Montana following a plane crash. Winner of the $5,000 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award which was also won by Snow Falling on Cedars.
TB05926 $40.00

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Lent, Jeffrey: Lost Nation. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. 370 pages of text.
TB24413 $25.00

Lesley, Craig: River Song. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1989. First Edition. Near fine, gift inscription on free EP, else fine. In a near fine dust jacket , price clipped with spine ends modestly crimped. Signed by the author on the verso of the fly title page.
TB03229 $60.00

Lesley, Craig: The Sky Fisherman. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. First Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
TB02745 $35.00

Lessing, Dorris: The Real Thing. New York: Harper Collins, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, remainder mark on bottom edge, else fine. In a fine dust jacket.
TB02060 $12.25

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Lewis, Sinclair: Main Street. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First Edition, First Printing, First Issue.. Recently rebacked, resewn, with new end sheets with the original boards and the original cloth back strip applied to the new spine. The contents are in near fine condition. The boards are covered in dark blue cloth with orange outlined text and title block on the spine. Without its dust jacket. 451 pages of text. This is the first state of the first edition without the battered type appearing on pages 54 and 387. (Bruccoli vol III, p. 212) An extremely handsome, tight, clean and restored copy.
TB26466 $150.00

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Lewis, Sinclair: The God-Seeker. New York: Random House, 1949. First Edition, First printing. Very near fine in blue-green cloth covered boards with gilt on black title blocks on the spine and with the author's gilt initials on the front board and with a light blue top stain to the text block. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with 1/8" chipping across the upper edge of the spine area, a three inch closed tear to the front fold to the flap and several short closed tears around the edges of the rear panel with a tape repair to its verso side. 422 pages of text. A novel of the American frontier.
TB24998 $20.00

Lewis, Oscar: Pedro Martinez. New York: Random House, 1964. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in red and black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping. In a very good+ dust jacket with short closed tears and very modest wear to the spine ends. A very attractive copy in a bright and clean dust wrapper.
TB04496 $15.00

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Lewis, Sinclair: The Prodigal Parents. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. First Edition. Very good+ in its original red, cloth covered boards with very tarnished gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 7/8 by 5 1/2 inches with foxing to the hinge area on both fixed end sheets a reaction to the glue used in binding. Without its issued dust jacket. 301 pages of text.
TB32616 $15.00

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Lincoln, Joseph C.: Blowing Clear. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. There is mild offsetting on the first free end paper from a newspaper clipping having been laid-in and the ghost of a prior owner's name. In a good unclipped dust jacket with 1/3" deep chipping at the upper and lower edges of the spine area and considerable rubbing and tearing at the folds to the flaps with tape and glue stains on its verso side. Despite the flaws noted the bulk of the jacket remains making this a rather attractive and collectable copy. 333 pages of text.
TB19324 $30.00

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow: The Steep Ascent. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1944. First Edition, First printing. Fne in dark blue cloth covered boards with white text on the spine. A small octavo measuring 8" tall by 5 1/2" deep. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with two long closed tears to the front panel which have been professionally repaired. 120 pages of text. "A fictional account of an actual incident" provides the storyline "of a dangerous flight over the Alps made by a young couple...whose close relationship forms the basic pattern of the narrative." (quoted from the dust jacket flap)
TB23282 $20.00

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Lindner, Eric: Tiger In The Sea The Ditching Of Flying Tiger 923 And The Desperate Struggle For Survival. Guilford, Conn.: Lyons Press, (2021). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with bold silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 350 pages including an index, chapter notes and text. Illustrated throughout the text from black and white photographs. A fine, tight and bright new copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB32068 $30.00

Littell, Robert: The Company. Woodstock: The Overlook Press, 2002. First Edition. Fine in dark red and charcoal gray paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 inches. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by the author on the title page. 894 pages of text.
TB15548 $35.00

Llewellyn, Richar: A Few Flowers for Shiner. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in cloth covered boards. In a very good price clipped dust jacket with minor light wear and rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area and a 1/4" chip from the upper fore corner of the front panel with soiling to the rear panel.
TB17479 $5.00

London, Jack: Smoke Bellew. New York: The Century Co., 1912. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with dark blue text on the spine and front board and with light yellow and cream colored decorations. There is a prior owner's name next to the front hinge written in pencil and the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is lightly rubbed and worn; however the cloth is not worn through nor is there any fraying. 385 pages of text with illustrations by P. J. Monahan. (Sisson, Martens p. 66; BAL 11939)
TB18554 $150.00

London, Jack: The Abysmal Brute. New York: The Century Co., 1913. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in olive green cloth covered boards decorated with black and orange stamping with black text on the spine and orange text on the front board. The rear board shows two areas of approximately 1" and 2" in diameter which are stained to a lighter color and the head and heel of the spine are very lightly rubbed. 169 pages followed by a one page ad for two previous titles by London and one blank leaf all as called for in Sisson and Martens' Jack London First Editions (p. 70). (BAL 11945)
TB16246 $140.00

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London, Jack: The Game. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1905. First Edition, second issue. Very near fine in light blue-gray, ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt and light blue text and decorations on the spine and with red text and a light blue illustration on the front board and a gilt top edge to the text block. The cloth at the extreme corners of the head and heel of the spine are slightly rubbed. Without its issued dust jacket. 182 pages followed by six pages of ads by the publisher for other novels by Jack London. This is a second issue copy with the rubber stamped "Copyright, 1905 | By the Metorpolitan Magazine Co." on the copyright page. (Sisson, p 24)
TB29128 $125.00

London, Jack: Michael Brother of Jerry. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1917. First Edition, First printing. Very good-, in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt and black text on the front board with a black silhouette of two dogs. A 12mo measuring 7 1/2" by 5" with the cloth at the corners of the head and heel of the spine is slightly worn as is the cloth at the tips of the boards. The end sheets show minor foxing and there is an older, four digit price (?) notation on the first free end page. A neat and clean copy of London's 46th book. Only 10,320 copies of the first edition were published. (Sisson, p. 96) 344 pages followed by 8 pages of ads.
TB01641 $120.00

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London, Jack: The God of His Fathers And Other Stories. New York: McClure, Phillips & Company, 1901. First Edition. An ex-lending library copy in its original blue ribbed cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine with the same on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with the cloth on the heel of the spine heavily worn and with heavy wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head of the spine, the cloth is worn through at the tips of the boards and both hinges are broken. There are book plates from the Tabard Inn Library of Philadelphia pasted to the fixed end sheets. 299 pages of text containing eleven short stories. (BAL, 11870)
TB29381 $95.00

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London, Jack: The Turtles of Tasman. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. First Edition. Good+ in its original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with light yellow and gilt text on the front board over a black illustration of a palm tree with a setting sun in the background. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine lightly worn, four small blotches of what appears to be white paint on the spine, some of the white text on the front board is rubbed and there is a prior owner's name and date of "Nov. 3, 1916" at the upper edge of the first free end page. 268 pages of text followed by five pages of ads for other books by London. (BAL, 11968; Sissen/Martens, p90)
TB29380 $90.00

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London, Jack: The Strength Of The Strong. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, [1912] c1911. Reprint. Very good in printed paper wraps over a stapled binding. A 12mo of 7 3/16 by 5 inches with very minor soiling to the covers. This story originally appeared in Hampton Magazine in March of 1911. 29 pages followed by three pages of ads by the publisher. The rear cover is an ad for this same title. The front cover illustration is by Dan Sayre Groesbeck. (Woodbridge/London/Tweney, 1052; BAL, 11931)
TB32261 $80.00

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London, Jack: The Call Of The Wild. Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1977. A Limited Edition. Fine in full light brown leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and with gilt tool work on both the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. A small octavo measuring 8 by 5 3/8 inches containing 157 pages of text. Illustrated with drawings by David J. Passalacqua. One of the volumes in The Franklin Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. A beautiful, tight, clean and crisp copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates to mar its appearance.
TB32509 $65.00

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London, Jack: The Dream Of Debs. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, [1912]. Reprint. An ex-library copy in good condition in its original printed, white paper wraps over a stapled binding. A 16mo of 6 5/8 by 4 11/2 inches with a library stamp on the front cover and a call number at its upper rear corner, the spine is nearly torn through on its crease, the upper edge of the rear panel 2 inch by 1/2 inch chip and a "V" shaped chip from the lower fore corner and a call number in red ink on the title page. "Price | 10 Cents" appears on the front cover and the recto of the rear cover is not printed. 31 pages of text. Only the front cover shows an illustration. The rear cover lists 18 books by Jack London. "A story of industrial revolt." First published in 1909 in The International Socialist Review. (Woodbridge/London/Tweney, 1048; BAL, 11941B)
TB32260 $50.00

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London, Jack: The Little Lady Of The Big House. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916. First Edition. Very good+ in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text and white, orange and black designs on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with rubbing and light wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the tips of the boards. There is a dated 1916 Christmas gift inscription on the first free end page. The front hinge is cracked but holding well. Without its issued dust jacket. 392 pages of text followed by four pages of ads by the publisher. Illustrated with a color frontispiece (BAL, 19966; Woodbridge/London/Tweney, 138)
TB32262 $50.00

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth: The Song of Hiawatha. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1891. First Edition Thus, Limited Large Paper Edition. Very good+ in full vellum covered boards with gilt text and decorations on the spine and with gilt text and flying swans on the front board. The top edge of the text block is gilt. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/2 inches with light soiling to the vellum on the spine and hand soiling to the fore edges of the boards. The end sheets show offsetting from the vellum at their fore edges. The frontispage shows light foxing as does the title page as do the plates at the fore edges and the facing pages show offsetting from the plates. One of only 250 copies printed with this copy numbered 219 on the limitation page. Additionally, a prospectus is laid in for this Large-Paper edition" which duplicates the title page, printed in red and black, and three printed pages with examples of the vignettes created by Frederic Remington in the margins. 242 pages of text illustrated with 22 "full page photogravures printed on India Paper and about four hundred text illustrations of Indians, Indian costume, implements, arms, etc. animals, birds and scenery, by Frederick Remington." (quotation from the prospectus) The plates are protected with printed tissue guards.
TB29890 $400.00

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Loos, Anita: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1925. Eleventh Printing of April, 1926. Very good+ in 1/4 dark green cloth and paper covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and a printed paper label on the front board. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 5 inches with light rubbing and wear to the head and heel of the spine and the paper covering is rubbed through at the tips of the boards and much of the fore edge of the front board. Without its issued dust jacket. 217 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece and numerous vignettes and plates by Ralph Barton.
TB31592 $25.00

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Lopez, Barry H.: Coyote Love Native American Folktales. Portland, Maine: Coyote Love Press, (1989). Limited Edtion. Fine in 1/4 tan paper and simulated wood burl paper covered boards hand-tied thread and trailing beads. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 inches with faint dust staining to the top edge of the text block. No dust jacket intended A beautiful, hand made limited edition of 99 copies. Signed by both author and Gary Buch, the illustrator on the last page 23 pages of text followed by the limitation page.
TB00679 $500.00

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Lopez, Barry H.: River Notes The Dance of Herons. Kansas City: Andrews & McMeel, (1979). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in light green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches with faint dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with very modest wear marks at spine ends, else fine. Signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end paper. 100 pages of text. A collection of eleven short stories which together form a companion volume to Lopez's earlier volume: Desert Notes.
TB03217 $125.00

Lopez, Barry H.: Giving Birth To Thunder Sleeping With His Daughter Coyote Builds North America. Kansas City: Sheed Andrews & McMeel, Inc., (1977). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 5 7/8 inches with the cloth at the head of the spine very slightly bumped and with faint spots of foxing to the fore edge of the text block. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with modest wear and flecking colors at the top of the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. An extremely scarce book due to its limited issue. 186 pages of text.
TB04014 $125.00

Lopez, Barry: Pulling Wire. n.p. (Minnesota): Red Dragonfly Press, 2003. First Edition. Fine in handmade paper wrapers. A octavo measuring 8 3/4 by 5 5/8 inches containing 13 numbered pages of laid paper with rough-cut edges. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 240 copies printed from Cochin and Fournier types on Iyo Glazed paper (although only about 200 copies were available for sale). An attractively presented fictional short story by Barry Lopez.
TB18566 $125.00

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Lopez, Barry: Lessons from the Wolverine. New York: University of Georgia Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in decorated paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches.. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author and the illustrator on the title page without an inscription or date. A reprint of the story of the same name which appeared in Field Notes: The Grace Note of the Canyon Wren in 1994. Illustrated by Tom Pohrt who collaberated with Lopez in Crow and Weasel.
TB33385 $95.00

Lopez, Barry H.: Winter Count. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1981). First Edition. Fine in black cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with very faint spots of foxing to the fore edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 112 pages of text. A collection of nine essays.
TB00992 $75.00

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Lopez, Barry: Crossing Open Ground. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1988). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 tan cloth and light blue paper covered boards with copper colored text on the spine. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with faint foxing around the edges of the text block. In a fine, price clipped dust jacket. Signed by author on fly title page without an inscription or date. 208 pages of text. A collection of 14 essays.
TB01051 $65.00

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Lopez, Barry: Field Notes. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Fine.in 1/4 brown cloth and light orange paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or a date. 159 pages of text. A collection of 12 short stories.
TB33387 $45.00

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Lopez, Barry: Light Action in the Caribbean. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. A collection of 14 short stories. 162 pages of text.
TB33388 $45.00

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Lopez, Barry H.: River Notes The Dance of Herons. Kansas City: Andrews & McMeel, (1979). First Edition, First printing. Fine in light blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with a number of short closed tears to the ends of the spine area and a 1/4" chip from the front panel about 1/2" up from its lower edge. 100 pages of text. A collection of eleven short stories which together form a companion volume to Lopez's earlier volume: Desert Notes.
TB25842 $40.00

Lopez, Barry: Crow and Weasel. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in navy linen covered boards with gilt text stamping on the front cover and on the spine. In a fine jacket with a small 1/3" stain on the rear panel. Signed by the author on the title page. With illustrations by Tom Pohrt. A remarkable children's book which sold out quickly in first edition.
TB04454 $30.00

Lopez, Barry: Field Notes. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with a gift inscription and a colored sketch on the title page; otherwise in fine condition. In a near fine dust jacket.
TB10071 $15.00

Lopez, Barry: Crow and Weasel (in wraps). New York: Harper Perennial, 1993. First PB Edition. Fine in heavy illustrated paper wraps. Signed by the author on the first free end page.
TB01420 $14.00

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Ludlum, Robert: The Scarlatti Inheritance. New York: The World Publishing. Company, (1971). Third Printing. Fine in simulated, red leather covered boards with bold white text on the spine and with a German swastika on the front board. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 6 inches with a 1/8 inch mark to the top edge of the text block. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with a nearly invisible one inch closed tear to the upper edge of the front panel extending to the fold to the front flap. 358 pages of text. A very fine bright and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
TB32017 $100.00

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Ludlum, Robert: The Chancellor Manuscript. New York: Dial Press, 1977. First Editon, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 simulated leather and yellow paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. With a prior owner's name at the upper edge of the first free end page. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with several short closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area. The author's ninth book in very collectable condition. 448 pages.
TB25381 $15.00

Ludlum, Robert: The Scorpio Illusion. New York: Bantum Books, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a fine dust jacket.
TB01008 $7.00

Ludlum, Robert: The Icarus Agenda. New York: Random House, 1988. First. Near fine, with remainder mark on bottom edges, In a near fine dust jacket.
TB00875 $5.60

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