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Flamingo. limited British signed edition, copy #347, mint condition in slip case.
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If Beale Street Could Talk
The Dial Press, 1974. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The very rare uncorrected proof of this major work by James Baldwin. Very good in wrappers with some discrete highlighting of the text, perhaps by an editor or copywriter.
Loom
Pyramid Atlantic Center, 1989. Limited Edition. No Binding. Limited to 600 copies, this is number 331. Signed by author on front cover. Fine tunnel book. Enclosed in a clear box. RARE BOOK.
Dark Carnival
Arkham House, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Arkham House, Sauk City, Wisconsin, 1947. Bradbury's first published book. 3,112 copies were printed by Arkham House. A fine first edition in a very good dust jacket with slight wear at the top and bottom of the spine. Signed by Bradbury on the title.....
Serenade
Cape, 1938. 1st Edition. Hardcover. The first UK edition, the copyright page states "First Published 1938". Very good, edges foxed, in very good dust jacket chipped at tips and spine ends. By the author of The Postman Always Rings Twice. The first UK edition is extremely rare in dust jacket.....
The Long Goodbye
Houghton Mifflin, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, with First published in the United States, 1954, stated on the copyright page and 1954 stated on the title page. Book near fine in a very good dust jacket. Some tape on inside of dust jacket.
The BFG
Jonathan Cape, 1982. first. hardcover. First UK edition, First published 1982 stated on copyright page. Book very good, front bottom corner slightly bumped, some minor foxing on front and rear paste-downs and end papers. Dust jacket very good plus, spine very slightly tanned as well as top of flaps with.....
James and the Giant Peach
Knopf, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A very good first edition, first issue (with "Bound by H. Wolff" in the colophon in the back of the book). Comes in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Some small chips and some closed tears on the front of the jacket. Original price of $3.95 still.....
The Year of Living Magically
New York: Knopf, 2005. First. A fine first edition in a fine dust jacket. First edition stated on the copyright page.
The Hardy Boys: The Clue of the Broken Blade
Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1942. First Edition according to the Carpentieri Bibliography. Book very good. DJ very good.
The Hardy Boys: The Clue of the Broken Blade
Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1942. First Edition according to the Carpentieri Bibliography. 1942A-1 (first printing, issued 1942). Book has 5050 on front flap. Book very good, boards and head of spine rubbed and faded, ends of spine and.....
The Hardy Boys: The Disappearing Floor
Grosset & Dunlap, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Published in New York by Grosset & Dunlap in 1940. First Edition according to the Carpentieri Bibliography (1940A-1). Book very good, bumped ends of spine, surface of spine somewhat uneven, and rubbed spot on front cover. DJ very good, very light wear at.....
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor in The Strand Magazine
The Strand Magazine, 1892. first. softcover. The first appearance of this Sherlock Holmes story. Very good in lightly tanned wrappers, chipped at spine ends. A fragile item that has survived almost 130 years. This is the separate issue of the Strand, from April 1892.
Doctor Martino
Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket. 1934 on both title page and copyright page, with no mention of later printings. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Cuckoo's Calling
Sphere, 2013. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The uncorrected proof of the first UK edition of this mystery by J. K. Rowling. Fine in wrappers and a fine custom-made collector's slipcase. The book was critically well received, but then became a smash bestseller when the true identity of the author was.....
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Harper & Row, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A very good first edition in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, signed by the translator on a slip of paper attached to the title page. Handwritten name and date by previous owner on front free end paper. Housed in a custom-made collector's.....
One Hundred Years of Solitude
New York: Harper and Row, 1970. First. hardcover. A fine first edition in a fine first state dust jacket (with exclamation point at the end of the first paragraph on the front flap), price-clipped, housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
The Intelligent Investor
Harper & Brothers, 1950. early. hardcover. Early printing, Jan. 1950. Book very good, some rubbing along edges and corners.
The Confidential Agent
Viking Press, 1939. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A very good first printing (so stated on the copyright page) in a very good dust jacket with the original $2 price still on the front flap. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.
Rocket Ship Galileo
Scribners, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A very good first edition (with the Scribner's A and seal on the copyright page) in a near fine first issue dust jacket with the original price of $2.00 still present on the front flap. Some tanning from off-setting on the front free endpaper. Housed.....
Goodbye Mr. Chips!
Hodder and Stoughton, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Published in London by Hodder and Stoughton in 1934. First Edition with no indication of later printing. The basis for two films: the 1939 Sam Wood-directed version with Robert Donat, Greer Garson, and Paul Henreid and the 1969 remake directed by Herbert Ross.....
The Declaration of Independence in the Remembrancer
London: Almon, 1776. First edition. Rebound in leather. The first British publication of the American Declaration of Independence. Includes early maps of the American colonies (of the "Seat of War"). On pages 28 and 29 is possibly the first publication in book form of the American Declaration of Independence. Also.....
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Harper & Brothers, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first issue dust jacket; $1.50 flap price and "No. 5671A" code on bottom of front flap. Bottom of front flap clipped but not price-clipped. Some white-out and previous owner's name on front free end paper. Housed in a custom-made slipcase.
Selected Poems
Houghton Mifflin, 1982. limited. hardcover. Signed limited edition, 1/200, this being 52. Book fine, slight tanning on spine. Comes in publisher's slipcase, near fine, slight tanning.
The Story of Ferdinand
Viking, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A very good first edition (so stated on copyright page) in a good price-clipped dust jacket with a long tear on the front panel closed inside with tape. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.