Books of Fiction Authors R toT
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  • Raban, Jonathan:  Bad Land.  New York: Pantheon Books, 1996. First Edition. Fine, fine. With complimentary blubs by Ian Frazier and Richard Ford on the rear jacket panel. An award winning book which went to at least a 5th printing. A novel set in the high, dry plains of Montana and the Dakotas during the early 1900's when immigrants were lured to the area by wild claims and the opportunity to homestead 325 acres.
    TB04145  $35.00



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    Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan:  The Yearling.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1984. Limited Edition. Fine in gilt decorated, full bright red leather covered boards with gilt text and decorations stamped between three raised bands on the spine and with marbled end papers and gilt edges to the text block with a silk placement ribbon bound-in at the head of the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". One of the volumes in The Franklin Library's collection of Pulitzer Prize Winners. The author won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1939 for this title. 380 pages of text with illustrations by Thomas B. Allen. A beautiful volume with no names, dates, plates or notations.
    TB30055  $50.00



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    Reed, Myrtle:  Master of the Vineyard.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910. Reprint of October, 1910. Very good+ in lavender cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine and a colorful gilt and burgundy arrangement of text, vines and grapes on the front board. A small octavo of 7 13/16 by 5 inches with the top edge of the text block gilt. There is light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with a gift inscription dated "1910" on the front free end page. Without a dust jacket. 372 pages which are printed in both red and black. Illustrated with a color frontispiece based on a painting by Blendon Campbell which is protected with a printed tissue guard. The decorative cover art to the front board in a wonderful Art Nouveau style by Margaret Armstrong as indicated by her initials "MA" in the lower right corner.
    TB29237  $35.00



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    Reeman, Douglas:  In Danger's Hour.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. First U.S. Edition. Near fine in 1/4 white cloth and blue-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. The story of the HMS Rob Roy, a minesweeper, during World War I 319 pages of text.
    TB18138  $10.00




  • Reeman, Douglas:  The Iron Pirate.  London: Heinemann, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The 26th book under the author's true name. It takes place in 1944 aboard the German heavy-cruiser Luitpold which is ordered from the Baltic to take prizes in the North Atlantic.
    TB16008  $7.00



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    Reeman, Douglas:  Torpedo Run.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1981. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 blue-gray cloth and light blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 290 pages of text. The author's 26th novel of sea fiction set on the Black Sea during 1943 where the Russians are supported by a small group of British torpedo boats.
    TB30142  $6.00




  • Rice, Luanne:  Home Fires.  New York: Bantam Books, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. By the same author who wrote Crazy In Love and which was made into a movie by the same name.
    TB02694  $24.50




  • Richards, Alun:  Barque Whisper.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Fine in yellow paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine jacket with two small marks on the front panel which are imperfections of the artwork used by the printer. A sea novel occurring in 1858 in a voyage around Cape Horn.
    TB04563  $7.50




  • Ridley, Pearson:  The First Victim.  New York: Hyperion, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB10437  $4.90



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Arundel.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1930. First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with orange text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. With only the front panel of the first issue dust jacket done by Stafford Good under a clear acetate dust jacket protector. As noted above this copy has only a portion of the Stafford Good first state dust jacket which was originally used to cover the initial copies of the first edition. Roberts complained so bitterly about this jacket that the publisher (Doubleday) had to remove the book from the market to have a new jacket designed and painted by N.C. Wyeth. Any collector of Roberts' books aspires to have a first edition copy of this title in the first state dust jacket.
    TB32230  $1000.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth L.:  Why Europe Leaves Home.  New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1922. First Edition. Very good in dark red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very slightly rubbed. In a very good dust jacket chips at top of spine & small chip at bottom. Signed and inscribed by the author to Frederick S. Bigelow of the Saturday Evening Post and dated in the year of publication (April 20, 1922.) Reportedly only 2,011 copies of this book were published making it an extremely rare find and particularly so in a collectible jacket and inscribed by the author.
    TB00569  $900.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Rabble in Arms.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co, 1933. First Edition. Near fine in decorated dark blue cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the spine and a bright gilt eagle on the front board and with map end sheets. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches with a small spot of wear to the cloth at the upper rear corner of the spine and minor bumping to the tips of the boards. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with shallow chipping to the upper edge of the spine area and light rubbing to the lower edge of the same, both areas of which have been reinforced with scotch tape on the verso side of the jacket. Inscribed to a J. A. Powers with a long sentence with a date of August 10th, 1936 by the author on the title page. An exceptionally scarce title to come by in first edition in a collectible dust jacket as only 5,000 copies were produced in the first printing. The dust jacket art is by N. C. Wyeth. Rabble In Arms is the sequel of Roberts' Arundel which picks up after Arnold's attack on Quebec and follows the sequence of events as the ragged army retreats down the St. Laawrence River to Lake Champlain. Roberts' was one of the first novelists to give credible exposure to the Battle of Valcor Island which, although a loss for the Americans, slowed the British advance down Lake Champlain to connect with the Hudson enough so that they had to return to Canada for the winter of 1776. This ultimately lead to the victory at Saratoga the following year. A handsome, clean copy of one of Roberts' most significant historical fiction novels.
    TB32229  $575.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Concentrated New England.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1924. First Edition. Near fine in bright red cloth covered boards with black text stamped on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 3/4" by 5" with a prior owner's name neatly written on the first free end page. In a very good- dust jacket with the upper 3/8" of jacket missing from the front panel and spine area. An extremely scarce copy in dust jacket. The jacket in this case shows the small, black and white photographic reproduction of Coolidge on the front panel. (58) pages of text.
    TB01478  $500.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  The Lively Lady.  Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1931. First Edition. Near fine in black cloth covered boards with light green text and decorations on the spine and on the front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2" by 5" with map end sheets with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine dimpled inward towards the text block; else fine. There is a prior owner's book plate on the verso of the title page which does not hide the "first edition" slug. In a very good+, unclipped first state dust jacket with light wear and several short closed tears to the ends of the spine area and to the upper edges of the panels. Signed by the author on a Kenneth Roberts book plate attached to the dedication page. This copy is covered by the first state dust jacket which reads "A Chronicle of Certain Men of Arundel" while the second state dust jacket reads: "A Chronicle of Arundel". Only 5,560 of the first printing were sold. A scarce title in this condition in a very collectible and very uncommon dust jacket.
    TB26514  $500.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Sun Hunting.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1922. First Edition, First state. Near fine in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 5" with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down behind the dust jacket flap. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with 1/8" deep chips at the upper and lower edges of the spine area, rubbing and light wear to the folds to the panels and with several short closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area with related creasing. Signed by the author on a Kenneth Roberts' book plate. A total of 4,790 copies of this title were sold by the publisher. Quite uncommon when signed.
    TB01739  $400.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Black Magic.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1924. First Edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2" with a 1/8" hole in the cloth at the head of the spine and with fading of the cloth on the spine. Without a dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on a Kenneth Roberts' book plate and signed a second time with "Best wishes" over his signature on the second free end paper. 250 pages illustrated with a black and white photographic frontispiece. A fairly scarce title and one seldom seen signed.
    TB01445  $350.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Rabble in Arms (1939 Ticonderoga Edition).  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1939. Ticonderoga Edition of 1939. Very near fine in dark blue, patterned cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with minor crimping of the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with several 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper edge of the spine area, several very shallow chips at the lower edge of the spine area a closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel with related creasing. Signed by the author on a specially tipped-in Fort Ticonderoga page just before the fly title page. Reportedly, there were only 150 copies of this edition published making it extremely uncommon. Overall a very handsome and collectable copy of one of Kenneth Roberts' most memorable works historical fiction novels dealing with the early years of the American Revolution. The book picks-up following the loss at Quebec and where Robert's earlier book, Arundel, leaves off. It traces the escape of the American Army, under the command of Benedict Arnold, down Lake Champlain to the southern end of the lake to construct a small fleet of vessels to meet and oppose the British fleet on the northern end of the lake. The ensuing battle took place at Valcour Island on October 11, 1776. Although the Battle of Valcour Island was considered a loss to the American forces its outcome was significant enough to delay the British advance down the lake and was a major reason for the ultimate victory at Saratoga a year later.
    TB31209  $300.00




  • Roberts, Kenneth:  Sun Hunting.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Comp., 1922. First Edt. 1st state. Near fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and the front board. In a good+ dust jacket with damp staining on the spine and front panel and 1/4" chips on the front panel and spine ends. A total of 4,790 copies of this title were sold by the publisher. Extremely uncommon in a dust jacket.
    TB05593  $250.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Oliver Wiswell (Limited Edition).  New York: Doubleday, Doran Co., 1940. First Edition, Limited Edition. Both volumes of this two volume set are in fine condition in brown buckram covered boards with beveled edge boards, gilt text stamping on the spines and gilt edges to the top edges of the text blocks. Neither volume has its original cellophane wrapper (which are seldom seen), but both books are contained within a very near fine slipcase with an undamaged paper label. This set is signed by Roberts and numbered 120 out of only 1,050 copies printed and sold. This title was a best selling novel for Roberts. It provides an insightful look at the American Revolution from a Loyalist's point-of-view. After reading it one is astounded that the war was even won by the American forces.
    TB31749  $250.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Arundel (300th Anniversary Edition).  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1953. Reprint of May 1953. Fine in navy blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and front board with map end sheets. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with two 1/4 inch long closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area and a small chip from the rear upper fore corner of the rear board over the tip of the board. This is the very scarce 300th Anniversary Edition which has a specially tipped-in page in advance of th title page bearing the signature of the author. 652 pages of text followed by a number of pages of ads for other titles by Roberts. Reportedly there were only 701 copies of this edition celebrating the 300th anniversary of the founding of the town of Arundel, Maine. The special tipped-in page is signed by Kenneth Roberts. An extremely handsome and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32231  $250.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Northwest Passage.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1937. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in decorated dark green cloth covered boards with map end papers with the hinge areas of the end papers showing very faint foxing due to a reaction with the glue employed in binding as is often found with this printing. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with very minor rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area. Signed "With all the good wishes of | Kenneth Roberts" by the author on the title page. 709 pages of text. This was one of Robert's most popular books dealing with Major Robert Rogers, of Roger's Rangers and the French and Indian War. Very uncommon in such nice condition and signed without a personal inscription.
    TB32328  $225.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Europe's Morning After.  New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921. First Edition. Very good in light green cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and the same on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/2". Without a dust jacket. The author's first book and extremely scarce as only 1,300 copies of the title were sold. 410 pages of text.
    TB01501  $200.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Sun Hunting.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1922. First Edition, First State. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with faded gilt text on the spine and bold gilt text stamped on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4" by 5". Without a dust jacket. Signed, warmly inscribed and dated Oct. 17th, 1928 by the author to Helen Bess Finch on the first free end page. 198 pages of text illustrated with black and white photographs. A total of 4,790 copies of this title were sold.
    TB01648  $200.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  I Wanted To Write.  Garden Cty: Doubleday & Company, 1949. First Edition. Near fine in tan, linen covered boards with a gilt on read text block on the spine with decorated map end papers with the spine slightly tanned and at bump to the upper corner of the spine. In a fine jacket with the price intact but a later issue jacket with a price of $5.95 on the flap. Signed on a Kenneth Roberts book plate and tipped on to the second free end page. 471 pages including an index followed by several pages of ads for Roberts' books. The closest thing to Roberts' autobiography.
    TB13925  $200.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Lydia Bailey (Limited Edition).  New York: Doubleday & Company, 1947. First Limited Edition. Fine in white cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and a gilt top edge. The cloth on the spine is very slightly tanned. The book is contained within a very good+ original, paper covered slipcase with minor wear at the corners. Signed by the author and numbered 191 out of 1,050 copies. What makes this limited edition particularly unique is that laid-in at its front is a page from Robert's, typewritten working manuscript complete with his penciled annotations and corrections. This particular page is quite unique. The typewritten side is completed crossed-out in pencil and the verso side of the page is entirely in pencil by the author which is quite unusual! An extremely attractive copy with a very unusual page from his manuscript.
    TB24345  $200.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth L.:  Why Europe Leaves Home.  New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1922. First Edition, First printing. Very good in light brown cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with black borders on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/4" with mild age tanning to the recto and verso of the frontispiece and to the title page and with a crease to the cloth down the middle of the spine. This is one of several binding variants for this title. Without its issued dust jacket. 356 pages of text. This is Roberts' second book which is quite difficult to locate as reportedly only 2,011 copies of the first edition were published. 356 pages of text and illustrated with a few black and white photographs. The title page carries a long subtitle reading: "A true account of the reasons which cause Central Europeans to overrun America which lead Russians to rush to Constantinople and other fascinating and unpleasant places which coax Greek royalty and commoners into strange byways and hedges and which induce Englishmen and Scotchmen to go out at night."
    TB24415  $200.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Captain Caution.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with a pattern to the cloth and a gilt eagle on the front board. A 12mo of 7 7/16 by 5 1/8 with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine is very lightly rubbed. In a very good, unclipped dust jacket with 1/4 inch deep chips at the upper and lower edges of the spine area and two closed tears at the lower fore edge of the front panel. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page with "With Best Wishes | Kenneth Roberts". An historical fiction novel which takes place during the War of 1812. 310 pages of text followed by ads from the publisher.
    TB31422  $200.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Northwest Passage .  Sydney: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1941. First Australian Edition. Near fine in bright green cloth covered boards with gilt text and parallel gilt rules on the spine and a blind embossed decoration on the front board. An octavo of 8 3/8 by 5 3/8 inches with only hints of rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a pictorial, unclipped dust jacket with numerous small illustrations from from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1940 film of the same title which starred Spencer Tracy, Robert Young, Ruth Hussey and Nat Pendleton. The jacket is chipped across the top edge of the spine area to a depth of 1/3 of an inch and there are small chips at the fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. 673 pages of text illustrated with map end sheets. This was one of Robert's most popular books dealing with Major Robert Rogers, of Roger's Rangers and the French and Indian War. Very uncommon in this movie-tie-in dust jacket.
    TB32226  $200.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Cowpens: The Great Morale-Builder.  Hanover: Westholm Publishing, 1957. First Edition, Limited Edition.. Near fine in illustrated paper covered boards with black text on the spine. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of only 400 limited edition copies printed this copy being identified as number 354 as noted at the rear of the book. 35 pages of text and one map frontispiece. The text of the book is the same as the text within the trade edition of The Battle of Cowpens.
    TB13924  $175.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  March to Quebec.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1938, 1940. Third Edition. Fine in light green buckram cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine and map end sheets. A small octavo measuring 7 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with light foxing to the hinge areas of the rear paste down due to a reaction with the glues used in binding. In a very good+,unclipped, dust jacket with several short closed tears to the upper edge of the spine area. This is the third edition of the book with the addition of the John Pierce Journal. 722 pages including an index. Following his writing of Arundel, Roberts compiled the journals of the members of Arnold's expedition to attack Quebec through the wilds of what is now the Maine woods north into Canada in the dead of winter. As Roberts uncovered additional material he continued to add those journals and records to later publications of this title.
    TB32235  $125.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Kenneth Roberts an American Novelist.  New York: Doubleday Doran & Co,, 1938. Probable first edition. Near fine in printed, heavy blue paper wraps over a stapled binding with very light rubbing to the spine edge of the cover and with two handwritten, marginal notations on pages 5, 22 and 23. Doubleday Doran normally uses the statement "First Edition" in their books; however, this lacks that typical slug and in 25 years of specializing in Roberts' books we have yet to see a copy with that statement. Signed and inscribed by the Roberts to "Jesse E. Walker | with best wishes" on the title page and dated "1952". A tribute to Roberts by his publisher, Doubleday Doran with several articles by individuals reviewing his work. 40 pages. Accompanying this signed and inscribed copy is a signed, typed letter from Roberts to Jesse E. Walker containing a brief discussion of the last edition of March To Quebec and the fact that as of that date (Nov. 22, 1952) there had been no further changes to that title. The letter goes on to note that this copy of Kenneth Roberts an American Novelist is enclosed which contains "the automobile routes that mark, as nearly as possible, the marches in some of my books." Also included is the original envelope from Roberts to Walker.
    TB29952  $85.00




  • Roberts, Kenneth:  Sun Hunting.  Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Comp., 1922. First Edition first state. Very good+ in dark green cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping which has darkened with age on the spine with very light rubbing at the edges and with a prior owner's name on the first free end paper. Without the issued dust jacket but signed by the author on a tipped in page placed in advance of the frontispiece. This is the first state of the book. Only 4,790 copies of this state were printed by the publisher.
    TB14326  $80.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Don't Say That about Maine!.  Waterville: Colby College Press, 1951. First Edition. Fine in heavy, printed brick red paper wraps over a stapled binding. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches. A reprint of one of Kenneth Roberts' articles from the November 6, 1948 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. 31 pages of text. Illustrated with a black and white photographic frontispiece.
    TB13927  $65.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  The Lively Lady.  n.p. (Garden City, New York): Edtions for the Armed Forces, n.d.. Armed Services Edition. Very good+ in heavy paper printed wraps with light rubbing to the edges of the panels. Without a dust jacket as issued. A small paperback edition containing the complete text.
    TB01460  $60.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Rabble in Arms.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran & Co, 1933. 1937 reprint. Very good+ in dark blue cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine and with a bright gilt decoration on the front board. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 1/8 inches with several short closed tear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and foxing to the rear end sheets a result of the reaction to the glues used in binding. Without its issued dust jacket. An exceptionally scarce title to come by in first edition as only 5,000 copies were produced in the first printing. 870 pages. The sequel of Roberts' Arundel which picks up after Arnold's attack on Quebec and follows the sequence of events as the ragged army retreats down the St. Laawrence River to Lake Champlain. Roberts' was one of the first novelists to give credible exposure to the Battle of Valcor Island which, although a loss for the Americans, slowed the British advance down Lake Champlain to connect with the Hudson enough so that they had to return to Canada for the winter of 1776. This ultimately lead to the victory at Saratoga the following year. A bright fresh copy of one of Roberts' most significant historical fiction novels.
    TB32155  $50.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Captain Caution.  New York: Editions for the Armed Services, Inc., 1934. Armed Forces Overseas Edition. Very good+ in printed, heavy paper wraps over a stapled binding. An oblong 32mo of 4 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches with light rubbing to the edges of the front cover and a stamp of the "Army War College Washington, D." stamped on the front cover and the second to last page of the text. An historical fiction novel which takes place during the War of 1812. 285 pages followed by a page of acknowledgments by the author and a list of other volumes in the Armed Services Editions.
    TB30869  $35.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Boon Island.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1956. First Trade Edition. Near fine in tan cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine and a gilt anchor on the front board and with map end sheets. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with map end sheets. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with minor light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and a 1/4 inch closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel. 275 pages of text followed by eight pages of notes on other books by Roberts. A novel based on the facts of an actual shipwreck on this Maine island in 1710 and the fight for survival by the ship's crew even though they were within sight of the mainland.
    TB32157  $30.00




  • Roberts, Kenneth:  It Must Be Your Tonsils.  New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1936. First Edition, First printing. Near Fine Without a dust jacket.
    TB01475  $21.00




  • Roberts, Kenneth:  Lydia Bailey.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1947. First Edition, First printing. Very good in decorated black cloth covered boards with bright gilt text stampings on the spine and front board with map end papers. The outer margins of many of the pages show a dampness stain that fortunately does not impact on the printing on the pages. In a good+ unclipped dust jacket with heavy wear to the ends of the spine area. An historical fiction novel which takes place in 1800 during America's Quasi-War with France and extends on to the slave rebellion in Haiti and then moves on to Tripoli to witness the U.S. war with the pirates from the Barbary States.
    TB22970  $20.00




  • Ross, Frank:  Goldship.  London: Book Club Associates, 1981. Book Club Associates edition. Near fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a very near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Nautical fiction based on some elements of fact involving an old converted merchant ship on patrol in the South Atlantic in December of 1918.
    TB15896  $2.50



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    Roth, Philip:  The Counterlife.  New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1986. First Trade Edition. Near fine in bright red-orange cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and on the front board. An octavo measuring 9" by 6" deep with minor bumps to the lower fore corners of the boards. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with modest wear and rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area and a crease to the upper corner of the front flap. 324 pages of text. A very clean, tight and attractive copy.
    TB23306  $100.00



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    Roth, Philip:  The Breast.  New York: Holt, , Rinehart and Winston, 1972. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark purple cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with the author's initials stamped with gilt on the front board. An octavo measuring 8" by 5 1/2" deep. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with a two very short 1/8" and 1/16" deep closed tears at the upper edge of the front panel with a faint crease between them. 78 pages of text. A very clean, tight and attractive copy with a bright, clean dust jacket.
    TB23309  $75.00



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    Roth, Philip:  Deception.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and with the author's initials blind stamped on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4" by 6 1/2" deep. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with a 1/4" deep by 1/8" wide chip from the upper corner of the rear flap. 208 pages of text. A very clean, tight and attractive copy with a bright, clean dust jacket.
    TB23308  $20.00



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    Rowling, J. K.:  Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince.  New York: Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Inc., 2005. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and purple paper covered boards with metallic purple text stamping on the spine and green end sheets. An octavo of 8 7/8 by 5 7/8 inches. In a near fine unclipped dust jacket with a 1/3 inch closed tear at the upper fore corner of the rear panel. 652 pages of text. A bright clean and crisp copy with no prior owner's markings or book plates.
    TB31522  $20.00



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    Rowling, J. K.:  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.  New York: Arthur A. Levine Bks, 1999. Twelfth Printing. Near fine in 1/4 green cloth and decorated purple paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches with reddish colored stain to the lower edge of the text block which did not invade the lower margins of the pages and a prior owner's address label on the front pasted down and the date of October, 1999 on the first free end page. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The second volume in the extremely popular Harry Potter series. A winner of the National Book Award in the UK & a winner of the UK Gold Medal Smarties Prize.
    TB31525  $20.00



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    Rowlling, J. K.:  Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets .  New York: Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/2 green cloth and quilted, purple paper covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches with plain red end sheets. In a fine acetate protected dust jacket with the $17.95 price on the front flap of the jacket. The second volume in the extremely popular Harry Potter series. 341 pages of text with illustrations by Mary Grandpre. A first issue copy without the number "2" on the spine of the book or spine area of the jacket.
    TB32998  $200.00



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    Russell, S. Thomas:  Under Enemy Colors.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (2007). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 blue and red paper covered boards with bold gilt text and rules on the spine. An octavo measuring 9" by 5 7/8". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 486 pages of text. The first volume in the Commander Charles Hayden series.
    TB28414  $12.50



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    Sabatini, Rafael:  The Life of Cesare Borgia.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1924, 1930. First revised edition. Very good in black cloth covered boards with red-orange text stamping on the spine with a short closed tear to the upper edge of the spine. In a good dust jacket with the original $1.00 price intact but with the upper 1.25" of the spine area missing as well as a 1.5" chip in the center of the spine area and rubbed at the folds. Sabatini was a prolific author and brilliant linguist (6 languages). This was his last of 31 novels. His most famous were Scaramouche (1921), Captain Blood (1922), and The Sea Hawk (1915).
    TB13573  $31.50



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    Sabatini, Rafael:  The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1924. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and with a gilt embossed decoration on the front board. A small octavo measuring 8" by 5" with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head of the spine. Without its issued dust jacket. 387 pages of text illustrated with reproductions of earlier works of art. A collection of thirteen short stories.
    TB24677  $30.00




  • Sandoz, Mari:  Old Jules Country.  New York: Hastings House, 1965. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a very near fine dust jacket w/ very modest flecking and wear at the top of the spine
    TB03729  $24.50




  • Sanford, John A.:  Song of the Meadowlark.  New York: Harper & Row, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03223  $7.35




  • Santee, Ross:  The Rummy Kid Goes Home and Other Stories of the Southwest.  New York: Hastings House, 1965. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in decorated tan cloth covered boards with blue text on the spine and a blue decoration on the front board. In a very good+ dust jacket with a price clipped front flap with rubbing at the ends of the spine area and at the folds. A collection of sixteeen short stories with illustrations by the author. A very handsome copy!
    TB15241  $17.50



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    Saroyan, William:  The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze.  New York: Random House, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in its original foil covered light gray cloth covered boards with black text printed on the foil wrap- around band. A small quarto of 9 by 5 1/2 inches with very faint soiling to the covers. Without a dust jacket. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the first free end page. 270 pages of text. A collection of 26 short stories. The title for the book comes from the first story in the text.
    TB32246  $300.00



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    Sartre, Jean-Paul:  Five Plays.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1978. Signed Limited Edition. Fine in full bright red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments with elaborate gilt tooling on both the front and rear boards. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All edges of the text block are gilt. An octavo measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/4" containing 484 pages of text and illustrated by Robert Borja. The leather over the spine is very slightly faded as are the outside edges of the end sheets. Signed by the author on the third free end paper. Included in this volume are Sartre's plays: No Exit, The Flies, Dirty Hands, The Respectful Prostitute, and The Condemned Of Altona. An extremely handsome, crisp and clean copy of a very scarce book with Sarte's valuable signature with no prior owner's names, dates, inscriptions or book plates.
    TB28538  $300.00



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    Sawyer, Ruth:  Journey Cake, Ho!.  New York: The Viking Press, (1953). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in its original, illustrated, cloth covered boards with red text on the spine. A small quarto of 10 1/8 by 7 3/4 inches with the slightest light rubbing to the ends of the spine and tips of the boards. Without its issued dust jacket. 45 pages of text and illustrations by Robert McCloskey. A very handsome, clean and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32100  $150.00



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    Schaeffer, Mead:  Cruise of the Cachalot (Frontispiece).  n. p. : , n. d. (circa 1926). . A fine artist's proof of a print of a whale capsizing a boat which appears as the frontispiece in Frank T. Bullen's book: Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales published by Dodd, Mead and Company. The image measures 9 1/4" by 14" plus margins and is matted and framed in a glass fronted, gilt decorated wooden frame. Signed in pencil by the artist in the lower right margin together with the penciled notation "A/P" (artist's proof) in the lower left hand corner of the margin. The caption which appears beneath the frontispiece in the above mentioned book reads: "Up flew the broad tail in air and a blow which might have sufficed to stave in the side of the ship strikes the second mate's boat."
    TB26525  $200.00




  • Scholefield, Alan:  Berlin Blind.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1980. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with slight fading at the ends of the spine and edges of the boards. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with modest curling at the upper edge of the spine area.
    TB14055  $4.20




  • Seattle, Chief:  Brother Eagle, Sister Sky.  New York: Dial Books, 1991. First Scholatic Edition. Fine in illustrated paper covered boards. Without a dust jacket.
    TB02989  $10.00



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    Sendak, Maurice:  Where The Wild Things Are.  : Harper & Row Publishers, . Reprint of 1974, c1963. Near fine in 1/4 dark gray cloth and illustrated, paper covered boards with bold black text on the front board. An oblong octavo of 8 7/8 by 10 inches. In a very good unclipped ($5.95) dust jacket with a 1 1/2 inch closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel, and two 1 inch long closed tears to the upper and lower edges of the rear panel. Signed by the author/artist on the fly title page just beneath the title of the book. Unpaginated but containing 40 pages. Illustrated throughout from color paintings. Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal "for the most distinguished Picture Book of the Year".
    TB32895  $350.00




  • Settle, Mary Lee:  Charley Bland.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1989. Signed First Edition. Fine in full dark green 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 marbled 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 8 5/8" tall by 5 3/4" deep containing 207 pages of text. Signed by the author on the specially tipped-in second free end page. Illustrated with black and white drawings by Leslie W. Bowman. One of The Franklin Library's volumes in their collection for the Signed First Edition Society. A beautiful, tight, clean copy with no names, dates, notations or former owner's book plates. Laid-in is a two page letter on heavy stock from the publisher describing the author and this title.
    TB21296  $45.00



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    Seuss, Dr. [Theodor Seuss Geisel]:  Green Eggs and Ham.  New York: Beginner Books by Random House, 1960. Later Printing. Near fine in illustrated paper covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches with the spine area faded from orange to a light yellow. There are also two, small faint stamp marks in the upper right corner of the first free end page; one shows the letter S surrounded by a circle and the second showing 51B2. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with fading to the spine area around the fold to the front panel to a depth of 1 1/4 inch and across the upper 1 1/8 inch of the front panel. This fading has caused the orange colored jacket to appear off white in the faded areas. The jacket is a later state as the words "only 50 Different Words" is printed on the front flap of the jacket and with 25 other titles by Dr. Seuss listed on the rear flap instead of the rear panel. 62 pages of text and color illustrations.
    TB26357  $25.00




  • Shaara, Jeff:  Gods and Generals.  New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with very slight crimping to cloth at the heel of the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. This author is the son of Michael Sahara who wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Killer Angels. And, the son writes a moving and accurate account of the years which preceded Gettysburg. 498 pages.
    TB20098  $40.00



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    Shakespeare, William:  A Midsummer-Night's Dream.  New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908. First Edition. Very good in its original, gilt decorated 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with faded gilt text stamping on the spine and gilt text and decorations on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/4 by 7 1/4 inches with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the ends of the spine with much of the gilt text on the spine worn and rubbed. Many of the pages at the beginning and end of the text block are mildly spotted with foxing, but with with one exception (the plate facing page 32 has two short closed tears which have been professionally repaired) no damage, tanning or foxing to the color plates. 134 pages of text. Illustrated with a tipped-on, color frontispiece and 39 tipped-on, color plates all with printed tissue guards as well as vignettes for a total of 70 images from the art work of Arthur Rackham. (Hudson: Arthur Rackham His Life and Work, p.168)
    TB32914  $250.00




  • Sharake, Edwin:  The Borderland.  New York: Hyperion Books, 2000. Second Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. A novel about Texas during the time of the Republic set in 1839.
    TB12064  $4.90



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    Shaw, Irwin:  Bread Upon The Waters.  New York: Delacorte Press, (1981). Signed Limited Edtion. Fine in full dark blue leather covered boards with bright gilt text stamping on the spine, a gilt rule on both boards and a gilt facsimile of the author's signature on the front board and with marbled end sheets with all edges of the text block gilt. An octavo measuring 9" by 6". Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a fine dark blue leather covered slip case with the author's facsimile signature on one panel. One of only 500 limited edition copies signed by the author on the second free end page with this copy identified as number 66. 438 pages of text. An extremely handsome, tight, clean and unread copy with no prior owner marks, notations or book plates.
    TB25076  $40.00




  • Sheldon, Sidney:  Nothing Lasts Forever.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1994. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in 1/4 yellow cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap but with modest curling at the upper edge of the spine area.
    TB14056  $5.00



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    Sheridan, Richard Brinsley:  The Rivals.  New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., c1884, 1907. Reprint of 1907. Very near fine in its original olive drab cloth covered boards with elaborate gilt text on the spine and on the front board designed by Margaret Armstrong in an art nouveau style. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 6 inches with the cloth over the spine faded to a light brown and with a dated (1907) Christmas gift inscription in ink on the first free end page 132 pages of text (some of which remain unopened). Illustrated with a color frontispiece from an engraving and with 17 black and white plates from engravings. The author's first play.
    TB32294  $65.00



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    Sheridan, R. B.:  The School For Scandal A Comedy.  Oxford: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited Edition. Very good- in ivory paper covered boards. There is a prior owner's book plate tipped-in on the first free end page. There is mild foxing to the end sheets. A Quarto measuring 11 1/4" tall by 6 3/4" deep containing 143 pages of wove paper followed by the limitation page and three blank leaves. Without a dust jacket as issued and lacking the issued slipcase and protective chemise One of only 1,500 copies printed. This copy is identified as number 1,236 and it is signed by the illustrator, Rene Ben Sussan on the limitation page. Illustrated with hand colored etchings by Rene Ben Sussan.
    TB22846  $30.00



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    Sherman, Harold M.:  Tahara Boy Mystic of India, Tahara Boy King Of The Desert, and Tahara In Land Of Yucatan.  Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, (1933). All First Editions. All three volumes are in near fine condition in decorated red and green cloth covered boards with black text on the spines and black decorations and text on the front boards. All are 12mos of 7 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches with all pages of the text block uniformly tanned due to the high acidity of the paper used in printing. All three volumes are in very good+ dust jackets with modest wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine areas. Tahara Boy Mystic of India contains 252 pages of text. Tahara Boy King Of The Desert contains 250 pages of text. Tahara In Land Of Yucatan contains 246 pages of text.
    TB32082  $75.00




  • Silko, Leslie Marmon:  Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit.  New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03342  $12.25



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    Silverberg, Robert:  Dying Inside.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, 1991. Collector's Edition. Fine in full bright red 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 covers. An octavo measuring 8 1/4" by 5 1/2". The end sheets are printed paper with a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. All three edges of the text block are in gilt. Containing 245 pages of text. With the publisher's two page collector's notes laid-in. With artwork by Frank Kelly Freas and with an introduction by Richard D. Erlich. One of the volumes in The Easton Press' collection of The Masterpieces of Science Fiction. A very handsome, tight, clean copy with no prior owner's names, dates, notations or book plates.
    TB25938  $50.00



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    Singer, Isaac Bashevis:  Lost in America.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1981. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. Issued without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a fine, paper covered slip case with a printed paper label on one side of the slip case. One of only 500 limited edition copies printed. This copy is identified as number 104 and is signed by the author on the limitation page. 259 pages of text with black and white and colored drawings by Raphael Soyer. The laid-in, signed and numbered plate by Soyer is missing from this copy.
    TB29083  $125.00



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    Singer, Isaac Bashevis:  A Young Man in Search of Love.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1978. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and with a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. A small quarto measuring 9 1/4 by 6 inches. The cloth over the spine is slightly faded. Issued without a dust jacket; however, the book is contained within a fine, paper covered slip case with a printed paper label on one side of the slip case. One of only 300 limited edition copies printed. This copy is identified as number 43 and is signed by the author on the limitation page. 177 pages of text with black and white and colored drawings by Raphael Soyer. The laid-in, signed and numbered plate by Soyer is missing from this copy.
    TB29082  $90.00



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    Singer, Isaac Bashevis:  Shosha.  New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1978). First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with very slight fading to the cloth at the heel of the spine. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with several very short closed tears to the ends of the spine area. Signed by the author on the first free end page without any inscription. 277 pages of text. A clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29031  $35.00



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    Smalley, Peter:  HMS Expedient.  London: Century, 2005. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine with illustrated end sheets. In a fine unclipped dust jacket with wrap-around art by Geoff Hunt. 402 pages of text. The first volume in the HMS Expedient series and the author's first novel.
    TB21962  $17.50



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    Smith, Thorne:  Topper Takes A Trip.  Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932. First Edition. Very near fine in its original maroon, cloth covered boards with slightly tarnished gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 1/4 inches with an area of 1/2 inch from the top of the spine where the cloth is faded. I n a good+, unclipped dust jacket with a 3/4 to 1/2 inch deep chip from the upper edge of the spine area which is heavily tanned and with the outer limits of the panels slightly tanned. 325 pages of text. Illustrated with chapter headings by Herbert Roese..
    TB32471  $200.00




  • Smith, Martin Cruz:  Havana Bay.  New York: Random House, 1999. First Edition, First printing. Fine in paper covered boards with black text stamping on the spine. In a fine unprice clipped dust jacket.
    TB10436  $10.50




  • Smith, Martin Cruz:  Stallion Gate.  New York: Random House, 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with the upper edges of the paper covered boards sun faded. In a near fine dust jacket. The author's fifth book.
    TB06980  $7.35



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    Snow, Jack:  The Magical Mimics in Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, (1946). First Edition, First printing. Near fine in its original decorated gray cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and with a printed paper label on the front board which no wear or damage. An octavo of 9 by 6 1/2 with the cloth on the lower edges of the boards worn through in two small areas and with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine crimped inward. Without its issued dust jacket. This copy conforms to Binding A as per Paul R. Bienvenue's incredibly well document and researched bibliography: The Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum & Oz. 242 pages of text and illustrated with a black and white frontispiece and black and white vignettes throughout from drawings by Frank Kramer. A very bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Bienvenue, p.131)
    TB32496  $75.00



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    Spence, Hartzell:  Radio City.  New York: The Dial Press, 1941. First Edition. Very good in tan cloth covered boards with faded text on the spine and a design to the front and rear boards. A small octavo of 8 by 5 1/2 inches with the cloth at the head of the spine worn and with a 1/8 inch closed tear. There is a prior owner's book plate on the first free end page. Missing its issued dust jacket. Signed by the author on the dedication page with a humorous inscription. 351 pages of text.
    TB31943  $35.00



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    Sted, Richard:  They All Bleed Red.  New York: Simon And Schuster, 1954. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in bright yellow cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and a black band on the spine and front board. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2" by 4 1/2" with the pages tanning. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. 209 pages of text. The author's first book.
    TB25038  $20.00



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    Stegner, Wallace:  The Big Rock Candy Mountain.  Franklin Center: Franklin Library, 1978. Signed Limited Edition. Near fine in full light brown leather covered boards with extensive gilt decorations on the front and rear boards, four raised bands on the spine with gilt text stamping, decorations and ruled borders in the compartments. The end papers are silk, there is a silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and the edges of the text block are in gilt. There are two minor scuff marks at the upper edge of the spine one of which mars the gilt border around the upper most title block. Signed by the author on the fourth free end paper. Laid-in at the front of the book is a small brochure describing the book. Stegner states in the forward to the book that it was "The first of my books to acheieve wide recognition, The Big Rock Candy Mountain,was an attempt to capture in the experiences of a single family the social and psychological consequences of the ending of the f rontier and the pinching out of the American Dream. Of all my novels, it is the most deeply rooted in history and sociology." A novel of the pursuit of the American Dream by a family at the turn-of-the-century in the Pacific Northwest. 733 pages of text with illustrations by Charles Reid.
    TB19421  $125.00



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    Stegner, Wallace:  A Shooting Star.  New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition, First printing. Very near fine in 1/4 black and decorated blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the upper edge of the spine is faded and there is a prior owner's book plate on the font paste down. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket with flecking of the colors at the ends of the spine area and a 3/4" closed tear at the upper edge of the front panel. 433 pages of text.
    TB19464  $65.00




  • Stegner, Wallace:  Recapitulation.  Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1979. First Edition. Near fine in full, red leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine, gilt text and tool work in the compartments, the edges of the text block are gilt and there are silk end sheets with a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the top of the spine. An octavo measuring 8 3/4" by 5 3/4" with a 2" tea stain on page 248 and a faint scratch of 1" long to the spine area. Without a dust jacket as issued. The true first edition. 335 pages of text illustrated by Walter Rane. One of the volumes in the Franklin Library's collection of The First Edition Society. A tight clean and collectible copy with no prior owner's marks or book plates.
    TB01313  $40.00



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    Stegner, Wallace:  The Spectator Bird.  Franklin C: The Franklin Library, 1976. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in full, dark blue leather covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt text and tool work in the compartments and with gilt designs and borders on the boards. All edges of the text block are gilt. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine. This title won the 1976 National Book Award. This version of the title is the true first edition of this book. 267 pages of text with illustrations by John Collier. Stegner won the Pulitzer Prize in 1971 for his book: Angle of Repose. An extremely handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30624  $30.00



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    Steinbeck, John:  The Grapes of Wrath.  New York: The Viking Press, 1939. First Edition. Very good in illustrated beige cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine, line drawings in brown on the front and rear boards and with illustrated end sheets. The top edge of the text block is stained a pale yellow, but is dust stained. The lower 1/4 inch of the edges of the spine and boards are soiled and the fore edge of the text block shows a number of small foxing stains. The dust jacket is the original first edition jacket with both the price ($2.75) and "First Edition" slugs in place on the front flap. Overall the jacket is in poor condition with the entire spine area missing and with heavy rubbing to the folds and edges of the panels. Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1940 with this novel of the Depression Era, dust bowl immigrants to California from Oklahoma. 619 pages of text. (Goldstone & Payne, A12) The 1940 movie version of the book was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox, it was directed by John Ford, and starred Henry Fonda. A true high spot of American literature.
    TB31733  $800.00



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    Steinbeck, John:  The Winter of Our Discontent.  New York: The Viking Press, 1961. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine in dark blue cloth over beveled boards with gilt text on the spine as well as a black title label with gilt text and with the author's facsimile signature on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2. In a very good+, unclipped dust jacket with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and with several closed tears to the top edge of the front panel. The jacket is also covered with the original, clear acetate wrap-around onlay on which is printed "Limited Edition". One of only 500 limited edition "copies specially printed and bound for friends of the author and the publisher." 311 pages of text. (Goldstone & Payne, A38b)
    TB30864  $375.00



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    Steinbeck, John:  Of Mice And Men.  New York: Covici Friede Publishers, 1937. First edition, second state.. Very good+ in its original binding of tan cloth covered boards with a near completely faded text block on the spine and the title and author's name on the front board. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 4 5/8 inches with light soiling to the boards and the cloth on the spine is tanned. The contents are clean and tight with no prior ownership markings. The hinges and joints are tight. Without its issued dust jacket. This is the second state of the first edition with the appropriate points therein. 186 pages of text. One of Steinbeck's most memorable, award winning books.
    TB32165  $250.00



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    Steinbeck, John:  The Red Pony.  New York: The Viking Press, 1945. First Illustrated Edition, First Printing. Fine in tan cloth covered boards with an illustrated paper label on the front board, gilt on blue title block on the spine and end papers illustrated with running horses. The edges of the text block are stained dark blue. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 3/8 inches Issued without a dust jacket, however, the book is contained within a near fine, paper covered slip case with its paper label in place which shows hints of rubbing at the upper and lower edges. There is a very faint dampness stain to the top edge of the slipcase and to the upper side of the rear panel. The contents of the book are fine. 131 pages of text followed by a page of other books by Steinbeck. Illustrated from color paintings by Wesley Dennis. A very handsome, very collectable copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Goldstone & Payne, A9c)
    TB33002  $175.00



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    Steinbeck, John:  The Moon is Down.  New York: Viking Press, 1942. First Edition second state. Near fine in blue cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and blind text stamping and decorations on the front board. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and the front hinge area shows some tanning due to a reaction with the glue used in binding. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with shallow chipping to the ends of the spine area and with nicks or small chips over the tips of the boards. 188 pages of text. This is the second state of the first edition. A novel set in Norway during the occupation of Nazi troops during World War II.
    TB30379  $45.00



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    Steinbeck, John:  Working Days The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath 1938-1941.  New York: Viking Penguin Group, 1989. First Edition, first printing. Near fine in 1/4 black cloth and light brown paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine with a prior owner's name blackened out on the front paste down under the jacket flap. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 180 pages. Edited by Robert DeMott.
    TB24721  $25.00



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    Stern, G. B.:  Mosaic.  London: Chapman & Hall, 1930. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a blind embossed figure on the front board. The outer edges of the pages have begun to tan as have the end sheets. In a very good- unclipped dust jacket which shows moderate wear to the ends of the spine area which has also darkened with tanning. 383 pages followed by a fold-out genealogical chart of the Rakonitz family.
    TB20907  $60.00



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    Stevenson, Robert Louis:  The Black Arrow A Tale Of The Two Roses.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First EditionThus. Very good in black cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and an illustrated, color paper label on the front board and gilt to the top edge of the text block. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 7 inches with several light scratches to the color paper label on the front board, fading to the backstrip of the spine, a 1/4 inch closed tear to the fly title page, some soiling to that same page and light soiling to the forward edge of the title page. Without its very scarce dust jacket. 328 pages of text and illustrated with end sheets, color title page, and 13 of the 14 color plates by N. C. Wyeth. It is the last plate facing page 324 which is missing. A clean and collectible copy of this beloved classic story by Robert L Stevenson.
    TB32348  $200.00



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    Stevenson, Robert Louis:  David Balfour Being Memoirs of his Adventures at Home and Abroad.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. First Edition. Very good+ in its original light brown, cloth covered boards with gilt text and brown decorations on the spine and the same with silver colored swords forming a border around the text on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 1/4 by 5 7/8 inches with a 1/8" chip to the cloth at the heel of the spine and three very short closed tears to the cloth at the head of the spine. Without a dust jacket. 406 pages of text followed by four pages of ads from the publisher. Published in the UK under the title Catriona. It is the sequel to Kidnapped. (Gerstley Stevenson Collection, 54A)
    TB29108  $75.00



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    Stevenson, Robert Louis:  St. Ives The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. First Edition. Very good+ in its original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text and a decoration on the spine and with gilt text above and below a Heraldic ornament with gilt text on a green background on the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 3/8 by 5 inches with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and at the tips of the boards. 438 pages of text followed by a blank page and four pages of ads from the publisher. This US version of the title was released a year before the British version was published. (Gerstley Stevenson Collection, 68; Rosenbach, 155; Prideaux,49)
    TB29109  $30.00




  • Stevenson, Robert Louis:  Weir Of Hermiston An Unfinished Romance .  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1896. First US Edition. An ex-library in very good condition in its original olive green cloth covered boards with gilt text and designs on the spine and on the front board created by Margaret Armstrong. The upper edge of the text block is gilt. A 12mo measuring 7 by 4 3/4 inches with library call numbers written in white ink at the base of the spine, a 1/4" closed tear to the cloth at the head of the spine, the cloth on the spine is very slightly faded and there is a university library book plate on the front paste down. The call number is repeated in pencil on the copyright page and there is a stamped accession number on the dedication page. There is a library pocket and date slip attached to the rear end pages. The joints, hinges and binding remain tight and strong. 266 pages followed by four pages of ads from the publisher for other titles by Stevenson. (Gerstley Stevenson Collection, 62B)
    TB29106  $25.00



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    Stevenson, Robert Louis, and Lloyd Osbourne:  The Wrong Box.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in the publisher's original light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with a paper label of brown text surrounded by a border on the front board and with a small ad torn from the classified section of a news paper added as a second label to the lower quarter of the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 1/2" by 5" with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn and rubbed and the cloth on the same tanned. There is a prior owner's name in pencil and a second prior owner's stamp on the first free end page. 244 pages of text followed by four pages of ads by the publisher. A mystery-comedy co-authored with Stevenson's step-son. (Widener, 111; Wright, 5199)
    TB24883  $120.00



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    Stockwin, Julian:  Artemis.  London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with gilt 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 author's second book and the second in the series which was initiated with Kydd.
    TB15857  $25.00



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    Stockwin, Julian:  Command.  London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2006. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's seventh in the series which was initiated with Kydd. 345 pages of text.
    TB28415  $12.50




  • Stone, Robert:  Outerbridge Reach.  New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1992. Second Printing. Fine, in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and front board. In a fine jacket with a price clipped jacket flap. Signed by the author on the fly title page. A nominee for the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award as well as for the National Book Award.
    TB07297  $10.00




  • Stone, Robert:  Outerbridge Reach.  New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine In a fine dust jacket. A nominee for the 1992 National Book Critics Circle Award as well as for the National Book Award.
    TB01193  $5.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life Among The Lowly.  Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1852. First Edition , second printing. Both small octavo volumes of this two volume set are in very good condition in original light brown cloth covered boards with off-white end sheets, blind embossing around the edges of each board with a gilt embossing in the center of each front board with gilt text and blind embossing on the spines. The fly title pages for both volumes are lacking and both volumes have an obvious lean to the spines. Both volumes are from the Tenth Thousandth (second printing) series. The first printing of this landmark book occurred on March 20, 1852. Per BAL by April 1, 1852 a second printing of ten thousand copies had been produced which was followed by a third printing of fifty thousand copies which sold out in only 8 weeks by mid-May of 1852. A worthy, matched set of one of the most important books of the 19th century. Both volumes are illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates by Hammatt Billings. (BAL 19343; Printing and The Mind of Man, 332)
    TB32315  $1800.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  Uncle Tom's Cabin: or, Life Among The Lowly (Illustrated Edition).  Boston: John P. Jewett & Company, 1853. First Illustrated Edition Complete in One Volume. Very near fine in 1/2 black morocco leather and brown pebbled cloth covered boards with four raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work surrounding the raised bands and gilt text in one of the compartments. The end sheets are marbled paper. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with foxing on the recto of the frontispiece and a 1 1/2 inch circular dampness stain on that recto and on the verso side and the facing page which appears faintly on the title page. The first two pages of the text have been reinforced on their fore edges as has the last page of the text. The hinges and joints are tight and strong. There are no prior ownership markings or book plates. 560 pages of text illustrated with a frontispiece of the author and a second frontispiece of Eva with approximately 114 steel engravings as chapter headings, chapter endings and vignettes from Hammatt Billings' original art and engraved by Baker and Smith. (BAL, 19527)
    TB33143  $800.00



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    Stowe, Harriet Beecher:  Dred: A Tale Of The Great Dismal Swamp.  Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1856. First Edition, First State. Both volumes of this two volume set are in good+ to very good- condition in the publisher's original decorated, dark brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spines and blind embossing to the boards (with the 20 embossed dots on each board). The cloth at the heads and heels of the spines is worn down to the edges of the text blocks and there is a chip of 1/8" wide by 1/3" deep at the head of volume I. The top joint to volume II is cracked approximately 1/2 the length of the board but the joint remains tight and strong. There is an early prior owner's name on the first free end pages of both volumes and the cloth at the lower edges of the boards is worn through. Volume I contains 329 pages followed by six pages of ads. Volume II contains 370 pages (including the appendix) followed by one blank leaf. Both volumes are first state copies with the correct point on page 88 of volume I, no batter on page 209 and line 9 from the bottom on page 370 makes no mention of the "Ruskins". Both volumes are in binding "A" per BAL 19389 with light yellow end papers. An attractive first edition set of Stowe's sequel to Uncle Tom's Cabin.
    TB20271  $175.00



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    Strickland, Edwin, and Gene Wortsman:  Phenix City.  Birmingham: Vulcan Press, (1955). First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in textured yellow cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo measuring 8 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches with minor crimping of the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. In a very good-, unclipped dust jacket with heavy wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area, a shallow one inch long chip at the upper edge of the rear panel and rubbing to the fold to the front flap. Co-authored by Gene Wortsman. An investigation and white paper report on the crime and corruption that existed in the small town of Phenix City just outside of Fort Benning, GA. in the 50's. 284 pages. A clean and attractive copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB31378  $300.00



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    Striker, Fran:  The Lone Ranger at the Haunted Gulch.  New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, (1941). First Edition, Later Issue. Near fine in light gray cloth covered boards with red text on the spine and red text and a sillouhette on the front board with printed end sheets. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 inches. In a very good+ unclipped (no price) dust jacket with very light wear to the ends of the spine area and to the upper edge of the front panel. 216 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece from an engraving. The front flap of the dust jacket shows a list of 13 Lone Ranger volumes ending with The Lone Ranger And The Bitter Spring Feud. The rear flap advertises The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories. Code number os 110-150 appear on both flaps.
    TB32676  $45.00




  • Strong, Phil:  Buckskin Breeches.  New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. First Edition, First printing. Very good in light brown buckram cloth covered boards with brown text stamping on the spine and on the front board. The end papers are foxed near the hinges due to a reaction with the glue employed in binding. Without a dust jacket. A novel about the early settlers of Iowa.
    TB17017  $7.00



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    Struther, Jan:  Mrs. Miniver.  New York: Harcourt, Brace And Company, (1940). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in brick red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 8 by 5 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Both the book and its jacket are contained within the original box in which the book was sold. The top of the box has a printed paper label which replicates the front panel of the dust jacket. Warmly signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end page. 288 pages of text. Laid-in at the rear of the box are two pages of an article titled: Mr. Miniver's Three Yearas of War from an known British magazine. Also laid-in is a page from the New York Herald Tribune book section providing a pictorial of Jan Struther. An extremely handsome copy!
    TB30944  $300.00




  • Suthren, Victor:  Admiral of Fear.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Fine in blue paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The sequel to Royal Yankeee and The Golden Galleon. This volume takes place in 1742 with Edward Mainwaring again facing his old nemesis in the Mediterranean at Toulon Harbor.
    TB14007  $20.00




  • Suthren, Victor:  The Black Cockade.  Toronto: Collins, 1977. First Edition, First printing. Fine in light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping. In a very near fine dust jacket with slight wear and flecking at the base of the spine area. This is the first book to introduce Paul Gallant who is in command of the corvette, Echo.
    TB04462  $12.50




  • Suthren, Victor:  In Perilous Seas.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. First Edition, First printing. Fine in navy cloth covered boards with a nick at the lower edge of the rear board and with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with modest wear and flecking at the base of the spine area and corners to the panels. The author's third book of nautical fiction in the series with Paul Gallant.
    TB04822  $12.50




  • Suthren, Victor:  Royal Yankee.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB05614  $7.50



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    Sutton, Scott E.:  More Altitude, Quick!.  Irvine, Calif.: Sutton Publications, Inc., (1988). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in illustrated paper covered boards with black text on the spine and with a color illustration on the front board. A small quarto measuring 10 3/4" by 8" with illustrated end sheets. Without a dust jacket. Inscribed to "Adam", dated in "Nov. 1990" and signed by the author with an illustration on the fly title page. Unpaginated. Written and illustrated throughout by the author. Series Book #4 in "The Wizard Tells A Story" collection.
    TB27243  $35.00




  • Swarthout, Glendon:  The Shotist.  Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1975. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. This title was made into a movie starring John Wayne. The author's eleventh book. He has seen four of them made into movies.
    TB06651  $125.00




  • Swindle, Renee:  Please Please Please.  New York: The Dial Press, (1999). First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with the first free end page stamped in the lower corner "Berryville Graphics | Not For Resale". In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 305 pages of text. A clean, tight and unread copy.
    TB25087  $15.00




  • Tan, Amy:  The Hundred Secret Senses.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with decorated blind stamping on the front board and gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's third adult book of fiction following The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God's Wife.
    TB05264  $10.50




  • Tarkenton, Fran:  Murder at the Super Bowl.  New York: William Morrow & Co., 1986. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black half cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping. In a near fine dust jacket with modest rubbing on the panels. Co-authored with Herb Resnicow.
    TB04409  $9.80



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    Taylor, Robert L.:  The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters.  Franklin Center: Franklin Press, 1979. Franklin Edition. Fine in decorated full red-brown leather covered boards with two raised bands on the spine and with gilt text and decorations stamped in the compartments and on the front and rear boards. The end papers are silk there is a matching silk placement ribbon sewn-in at the head of the spine and all edges of the text block are gilt. A Pulitzer Prize winning novel of 1959 and one of the volumes in the Franklin Press' series of books of Pulitzer Prize winners. A fascinating novel of a father and son's cross country trip to the California gold fields in 1849. 478 pages of text with illustrations by Charles Hamrick.
    TB26739  $80.00



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    Taylor, Robert L.:  A Journey to Matecumbe.  New York: McGraw-Hill Company, 1961. First Edition. Very near fine in 1/4 black paper and off-white paper covered boards with copper and gilt text on the spine with a gilt design on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/4 inches with light wear to the corners of the spine. In a very good, price clipped dust jacket small, shallow closed tears across the upper and lower edges of the spine area and light soiling to the panels. 424 pages including a bibliography and text.
    TB30487  $50.00



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    Taylor, Robert L.:  The Bright Sands.  New York: Doubleday & Company, 1954. First Edition. Near fine in tan cloth covered boards with red text stamping on the spine and decorated end papers. An octavo of 8 3/16 by 5 3/8 inches with the cloth at the head of the spine showing a inconsequential bump, else fine. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. A book of fiction about summer life on Cape Cod. The author's seventh book written before his Pulitzer Prize winning book: The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters in 1958. 254 pages.
    TB30829  $25.00




  • Taylor, Robert L.:  Niagara.  New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1980. First Edition, First printing. Near Fine, owner's name on EP. In a very near fine dust jacket , small closed tear at top of spine, else fine.
    TB01598  $5.00



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    Thackeray, W. M.:  Lovel The Widower.  London: Smith, Elder And Co., 1861. First Edition. Near fine in 3/4 red leather and red cloth covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text and gilt decorations in the compartments. A small octavo of 7 5/8 by 4 3/4 inches with the leather worn through over the upper rear tip of the board and light rubbing to the leather at the head and heel of the spine and lower tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 258 pages of text followed by 16 pages of publisher's ads. Illustrated with a frontispiece, four plates each with a tissue guard and six vignettes within the text. The original cloth from one of the boards and the back strap with its gilt text is bound in at the rear of the book.
    TB30375  $150.00



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    Theroux, Paul:  Jungle Lovers.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1971. First Edition, First Printing. Very near fine in tan cloth covered boards with brown text on the spine and on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 5/8 inches with tape stains on the boards and the ghost of a removed label of some sort on the first free end page. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with traces of rubbing and light wear to the ends of the spine area. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the title page. 307 pages of text.
    TB30288  $175.00



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    Theroux, Paul:  The Best American Travel Writing 2001.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in charcoal gray cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. This title is edited and with an introduction by Paul Theroux. The series editor is Jason Wilson. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 418 pages. A collection of 26 reprinted stories and essays from various magazines.
    TB30299  $35.00



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    Theroux, Paul:  Chicago Loop.  New York: Random House, (1990). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 purple cloth and white paper covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and the author's initials on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 196 pages of text. An extremely fine, bright and tight copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30294  $30.00



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    Theroux, Paul:  My Secret History.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1989). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and light gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with only a hint of rubbing and wear to the upper edge of the spine area. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 511 pages of text.
    TB30296  $30.00



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    Theroux, Paul:  Hotel Honolulu.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine 1/4 red-orange cloth and red-orange paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches and due to an accident in binding the first free end page is glued down in its upper fore corner of the front end sheet. This is not a material issue as we still consider the book to be in collectible condition. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 424 pages of text.
    TB30289  $25.00



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    Theroux, Paul:  My Other Life.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and light gray paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 456 pages of text.
    TB30298  $25.00



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    Theroux, Paul:  World's End and Other Stories.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine in 1/4 blue cloth and green paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine and gilt text on the front board. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 3/8 inches with spotting on the cloth over the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author without an inscription or date on the title page. 211 pages of text. A collection of 15 short stories by this author famous for his works of travel and place.
    TB30285  $20.00



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    Theroux, Paul:  Millroy The Magician.  New York: Random House, (19940. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and purple paper covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and the author's silver stamped initials on the front board. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page with no inscription or date. 437 pages of text. A fine, bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB30286  $20.00




  • Theroux, Paul:  Half Moon Street.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, with remainder mark on bottom edge. In a very near fine dust jacket , spine bumped at head & 1/4" nick on face.
    TB02957  $9.80



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    Thompson, Kay:  Eloise In Moscow.  New York: Simon And Schuster, 1959. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in orange paper covered boards with bold black text on the spine and three sketches of Eloise under lamp posts on the front board. A small quarto measuring 11" by 7 1/2" with illustrated end sheets. In a very good+, unclipped ($3.75) dust jacket with a slightly tanned spine area, a 1/4" closed tear at the base of the spine area, a 1/2" closed tear at the upper edge of the rear panel which also has minor soiling. Unpaginated, but containing 36 leaves (two of which fold-out) of text and illustrations by Hillary Knight. The fourth volume in the Eloise series. A nice bright copy with no prior owner's names, markings or book plates.
    TB27681  $150.00



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    Thompson, Ruth Plumly:  Kabumpo In Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (1922). . Very good in its original blue-green cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and a printed, color paper label on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 1/2 inches with a 1/4 inch "v" shaped chip from the fore edge of the printed paper label on the front board; predation by silverfish of the starch from the front edge of the spine and the fore edge of the front board; a 1/2 inch closed tear to the cloth on the rear board; and the rear hinge has been reinforced. The "This Book belongs to" page has been filled in with pencil by a young prior owner. Without its issued dust jacket. 297 pages of text followed by a blank page and page [299] with an illustration of "Princess Dorothy". Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 11 color plates and numerous black and white vignettes all by John R. Neill. (Bienvenue, p.103)
    TB32443  $140.00



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    Thompson, Ruth Plumly:  The Lost King of Oz.  Chicago: The Riley & Lee Co, (1925). First Edition, First Printing. Very good+ in its original decorated blue cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a printed paper label on the front board which has no damage to it. An octavo of 9 by 6 5/8 inches with a 1/3 inch closed tear to the cloth at the heel of the spine and very light rubbing to the cloth at the upper corners of the spine and over the tips of the boards. Without it issued dust jacket. 280 pages of text and illustrated with color frontispiece and 11 color plates and numerous black and white vignettes by John R. Neill. The letter "k" in the word "back" on line 4 of page 193 is missing its top serif indicating that this copy was not early in the first and only print run of this title. A very bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Bienvenue, p.107)
    TB32440  $100.00



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    Thompson, Ruth Plumly:  Grampa in Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., (1924). First Edition, First Printing. Very good in its original brick red cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a printed, color paper label on the front board. An octavo of 9 by 6 5/8 inches with a mild crease to the cloth down the center of the spine and with very light wear and rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and over the tips of the boards. Insect predation has occurred in the margins of 187/188; 189 through 202 and to the ads at the rear of the book (see below). The front hinge is beginning to loosen, the rear hinge is tight as are both joints. The "This book belongs to" page is free of any names or dates. As pointed out by Paul R. Bienvenue in his wonderful bibliography: The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum & Oz, this is the only title in the Oz series which does not have a frontispiece plate. 271 pages of text followed by a list of The Famous Oz Books which is followed by three pages of ads from the publisher. Oddly, a book worm has managed to worm his way through these advertising pages as well as small bit of nibbling of the rear end sheet all without damage to the any text. Illustrated with 12 color plates and numerous black and white vignettes throughout the text all by John R. Neill. The page number 171 is in perfect type confirming that this is one of the first printings of this title. Subsequent printings had damaged type. (Bienvenue, p.105)
    TB32446  $85.00



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    Thompson, Kay:  Eloise In Paris.  New York: Simon And Schuster, 1957. First Edition, First printing. Fine in bright blue paper covered boards with silver colored text on the spine and front board together with a sketches of Eloise running with a bottle of champagne. A small quarto measuring 11" by 7 1/2" with illustrated end sheets with minor bumping to the head and heel of the spine and faint soiling to the fore edge of the text block. In a very good+, unclipped, dust jacket with a slightly tanned spine area and with two short closed tears to the lower edge of the front panel, three small, faint soiling marks to the same and minor wear and rubbing to the upper edge of the spine area and tanning to the folds to the flaps. Unpaginated, but containing 34 leaves of text and illustrations by Hillary Knight. The second volume in the Eloise series. A nice, clean, bright copy with no prior owner's names, markings or book plates.
    TB31634  $75.00



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    Thompson, Ruth Plumly:  The Giant Horse of Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, circa 1941. Later reprint. Fine in its original decorated orange cloth covered boards with black text on the spine and with a printed paper label on the front board which has only a tiny bit of rubbing to its upper edge. An octavo of 9 by 6 5/8 inches with a 1/3 inch closed tear to the cloth at the heel of the spine and very light rubbing to the cloth at the upper corners of the spine and over the tips of the boards. In a very good+, unclipped ($1.75 price is lined out) dust jacket with small chips and rubbing to the ends of the spine area, a one inch closed tear to the lower edge of the front panel, minor rubbing to the edges of the front panel and light rubbing to the fold to the front flap. 283 pages of text and illustrated with black and white, line art full pages and numerous black and white vignettes by John R. Neill. With 34 Oz Books listed on the rear flap of the dust jacket, ending with Scalawagons of Oz,which was first printed in 1941. A very bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Bienvenue, p.110)
    TB32489  $70.00



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    Thompson, Ruth Plumly:  Speedy In Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, circa 1940. Later reprint. Near fine in its original decorated orange cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and with a printed paper label on the front board which no wear or damage. An octavo of 9 by 6 3/4 with the cloth on the spine slightly faded and the cloth at the head and heel of the spine modestly crimped inward. The publisher's spine imprint is in "semi-script" as per Bienvenue. Without its issued dust jacket. 298 pages of text and illustrated throughout with black and white, line art full pages and numerous black and white vignettes by John R. Neill. A very bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Bienvenue, p.116)
    TB32493  $70.00



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    Thompson, Ruth Plumly:  The Purple Prince of Oz.  Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co, circa 1941. Later reprint. Near fine in its original decorated gray cloth covered boards with black text and decorations on the spine and with a printed paper label on the front board which no wear or damage. An octavo of 9 by 6 5/8 with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine slightly crimped inward. In a very good+, unclipped ($1.75 price is lined out) dust jacket with a 1/3 inch chip from the upper rear edge of the spine area, rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area, and rubbing with minor losses to the upper and lower fore corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. 281 pages of text and illustrated with black and white, line art full pages and numerous black and white vignettes by John R. Neill. With 34 Oz Books listed on the front and rear flaps of the dust jacket, ending with Scalawagons of Oz,which was first printed in 1941. A very bright and clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. (Bienvenue, p.114)
    TB32490  $65.00



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    Thoreau, Henry D.:  Men of Concord.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936. First Illustrated Edition. Fine in bright green cloth covered boards with a silver on black title block on the spine with illustrated end sheets. A small quarto measuring 9 3/8 by 6 1/4 inches with the cloth at the heel of the spine very slightly rubbed. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket (no price) with 1/16 inch deep chipping across the upper edge of the spine area which is tanned and slight tanning around the outside edges of the panels with small nicks at the corners of the panels over the tips of the boards. This is a review copy with the publisher's review card laid-in at the front of the book. Illustrated with ten full color plates by N. C. Wyeth. Edited and with an introduction by F. H. Allen. A very handsome copy of a very uncommon title with no prior owner's marks, names or bookplates. 255 pages including an index. (BAL 20252)
    TB30937  $325.00



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    Tolkien, J. R. R.:  The Lord of the Rings [Three Volume Boxed Set] .  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, c1965. Second American Revised Edition, Fourth and Fifth Printings. All three volumes in this three volume set are in near fine conditions in black cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spines and copper colored metallic emblems on the front boards. The top edges of the text blocks for each are stained various shades of orange and red. Each volume is a small octavo measuring 8 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches. Only one of the volumes have its original dust jacket. The set is contained within a near fine, paper covered slip case with a paper label on one panel. Volume I is a fifth printing of The Fellowship of the Ring and contains 423 pages followed by a fold-out map Eriador, Gondor, Rhovanion and Mordor. Volume II is a fourth printing of The Two Towers and contains 352 pages followed by a fold-out map. Volume III is also a fourth printing of The Return of the King containing 440 pages including an index followed by a fold-out map.
    TB33141  $75.00



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    Tolkien, J. R. R.:  Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Second Printing. Fine in light green cloth covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine and metallic green decorations with the same decorations on the front board. An octavo measuring 9 by 6 inches. In a very near fine, unclipped dust jacket with with very light rubbing at the upper and lower edges of the spine area and with a small, tape repaired closed tear to the front panel at its lower edge and a 1/4 inch chip from the upper edge of the rear panel. Printed in the same year as the the first British printing by George Allen & Unwin in 1980. 472 pages including an index and text followed by a fine, two-color, fold-out map of "The West of Middle-Earth at the end of The Third Age". A collection of stories including: Of Tuor and His coming to Gondolin, Narn I Hin Hurin, A Description of the Island of Numenor, Aldarion and Erendis, The Line of Elros: Kings of Numenor, The History of Galadriel and Celeborn, The Disaster of the Gladden Fields, Ciriion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan, The Quest of Erebor, The Hunt For The Ring, The Battles of the Fords Of Isen, The Druedain, The Istari and The Palantiri. (Hammond/Anderson, A17b)
    TB33140  $45.00




  • Trew, Antony:  Bannister's Chart.  London: Wm. Collins Sons & Co., 1984. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in black paper covered boards with a stamped C in a circle on the title page and with the edges of the pages tanning due to the high acid content of the paper used to produce the book. In a near fine dust jacket with a price clipped front flap, else fine. The author's thirteenth novel most of which are of a nautical bent.
    TB11141  $5.04



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    Tutu, Desmond:  No Future Without Foregiveness.  Norwalk, Conn.: The Easton Press, (1999). Collector's Edition. Fine in full, brown leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt text and gilt tool work in the compartments. All 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. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. The book remains in the publisher's original shrink wrap as well in the publisher's shipping box. Signed by the author on the limitation page at the front of the book.
    TB31615  $200.00



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    Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]:  The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the comedy Those Extraordinary Twins.  Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1894. First Book Form Edition, first state. Very good+ in the publisher's original decorated brown cloth covered boards with black decorations and gilt text on the spine and front board with tan-gray end sheets. The cloth at the head, heel and tips of the boards is rubbed and lightly worn with a prior owner's small book plate on the front paste down and with an earlier prior owner's name written in ink on the first free end page along with several stray ink marks. At the top of the front paste down the original owner has written a date of "6/ /95" in ink. Without a dust jacket. This is the first state of the first edition as evidenced by the bulk of the text block measuring 1 1/8" and with the frontispiece tipped-in and with the facsimile signature of Twain measuring 1 7/16" wide on the frontispiece. (BAL 3442 & McBride p. 170) 432 pages of text with marginal line art illustrations throughout. First published in the Century Magazine of December, 1893 to June, 1894. Overall, an extremely handsome and clean copy.
    TB32181  $450.00



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    Twain, Mark:  Mark Twain's Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County And Other Sketches With The Burlesque Autobiography And First Romance.  London: George Routledge And Sons, n.d.. Reprint. In 1/2 light brown leather and marbled paper covered boards with five raised bands on the spine with gilt text on a dark brown leather title block in one compartment and gilt decorations in the five other compartments. A 16mo of 6 by 4 inches with the edges of the text block marbled. The front hinge is cracked but holding by the sewing cords. There are two prior owner's book plates on the front paste down. 200 pages of text. This undated and unauthorized reprint contains 29 short stories by Twain.
    TB32953  $150.00




  • Twain, Mark [Samuel L. Clemens]:  Christian Science With Notes Containing Corrections To Date.  New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1907. First Edition, first state. Very good+ in the publisher's original red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and a gilt decoration on the front board. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. The cloth shows spots of silver fish damage none of which is unsightly. The hinges, joints, binding and pages remain tight and strong. Without a dust jacket. 362 pages of text with all of the points cited in BAL 3497 to indicate that this is a first state of the edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Twain and two photographic plates.
    TB21284  $125.00



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    Twain [Samuel L. Clemens], Mark:  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  Franklin Center, Penn.: The Franklin Library, 1977. Limited Edition. Fine in full, highly gilt decorated red leather covered boards with three raised bands on the spine with gilt tool wok and text in the compartments and with gilt decorations and borders on both front and rear boards. The edges of the text block are gilt. The end sheets are silk and there is a matching placement ribbon sewn in at the head of the spine. A small quarto of 9 by 6 inches. 265 pages of text with illustrations by Tom Allen. One of the volumes in The Franklin Press' collection of The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. An exquisite copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32558  $75.00




  • Twain [Samuel Clemens], Mark:  An Unexpected Acquaintance.  New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, c1904. Reprint. Very goo+ in off-white printed paper over a stapled binding. A small octavo of 7 3/4 5 1/8 inches with the crease between the covers turn through, but repaired with archival tape. There is a 1/2 inch closed tear to the rear cover. The contents are unmarred and there are no prior ownership markings of any kind. 18 pages of text. A separate edition of an extract from A Tramp Abroad.
    TB32266  $125.00



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    Twain [Samuel L. Clemens], Mark:  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.  Hartford, Conn: The American Publishing Company, 1876. First Edition, First Issue. Very good in its original, very uncommon, light brown, full sheepskin binding with four raised bands on the spine and with a dark brown leather title label stamped in gilt in one of the compartments and with gilt rules on either side of the raised bands. An octavo of 8 by 6 3/8 inches with light wear and rubbing to all edges with the leather barely worn through over the upper front board tip and the lower rear board tip. There is a dampness stain to the upper fore corner of the fly title page. Pages 65/66 and 77/78 have two inch closed tears to their fore edges which have both been professionally repaired. Strangely, the first free end page appears to be a cancel. Both front and rear hinges are cracked, but the binding is holding and remains tight. The contents are tight and show extensive spots of foxing and hand soiling throughout. According to Merle Johnson the first state of this title shows the word "The" on the fly title page as being only 1/8 inch high. For this copy that is the case. The fly title page is on its own leaf and the pages are printed on wove paper. 274 pages of text followed by an unnumbered conclusion page with no ads from the publisher. Illustrated with a frontispiece from an engraving and chapter headings and vignettes throughout. The recto of the forntis is blank. This copy is protected within an elegant clamshell box which is fully covered in leather with beveled edges and a rounded spine with five raised bands with gilt text stamping in three compartments. (BAL, 3369; Johnson, p27)
    TB32288  $8500.00



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    Twain [Samuel L. Clemens], Mark:  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  London: Chatto & Windus, 1884. First Edition, First Issue. Very good+ in its original, staple bound, decorated red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine together with with a black illustration of Huck climbing through a window and with gilt text stamped on the front board with silhouettes of five boys and an elderly lady about to whack Huck with her umbrella. A 12mo of 7 1/4 by 4 7/8 inches with printed end sheets. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine rubbed and lightly worn. The cloth on the spine is slightly darkened. The cloth at the tips of the boards is worn and rubbed. The hinges and joints remain tight and strong. The contents are bright and free of damage and foxing or tanning. This is the very unusual and uncommon copy of a staple bound version of the first, true edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which was first published in England about four months before the first American edition was offer for sale. 438 pages of text followed by 32 pages of ads by the publisher dated October of 1884. Illustrated with 174 line drawings from engravings by E. W. Kemble. (BAL, 3414; McBride, p113)
    TB32289  $2500.00




  • Tyler, Anne:  Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 brown cloth and orange paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. In a near fine dust jacket with a long narrow offsetting mark on the rear panel and the lower 1" of the rear panel at the fold to the flap lightly soiled. A nominee for the 1982 National Book Critics Circle Award. Overall a very handsome copy in very collectable condition.
    TB06783  $36.75




  • Tyler, Anne:  The Accidental Tourist.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Fine a very crisp clean copy. In a fine dust jacket. Winner of the 1985 National Book Critics Award and a 1986 nominee for the L.A. Times Book Award.
    TB00134  $20.00




  • Tyler, Anne:  Saint Maybe.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB10355  $12.60




  • Tyler, Anne:  If Morning Ever Comes.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Book Club Reprint. Fine Very Good+ with a closed tear on spine area at fold to the front panel.
    TB01385  $10.50



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