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The Stranger Warrior (Signed)
by FRASER, Ian
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$175.00
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London: Skilton and Shaw, 1979. Bound in full red cloth, stamped in gold. No dust jacket (as published?). Signed on the title page "with the author's compliments" and at the bottom of the page, Mr. Fraser has written his mailing address in Nassau. Scarce book -- no copies on OCLC/Worldcat (or anywhere else that… Read more about this item Item Price
$175.00
The Mistletoe and the Sword (A Story of Roman Britain)
by SETON, Anya
- Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.00
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NY: Doubleday, 1955. Bound in yellow and gray cloth, stamped in red in illustrated dust jacket. This is the first edition (stated) of this historical fiction piece by Ms. Seton. 253 pp. One tiny nick to spine, but overall, a most acceptable first edition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good +. Item Price
$22.00
S.: Ship of Thesus
by ABRAMS, J.J.; Doug Dorst; V.M. Straka
- Condition
- Used - Very Good ++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - As Published
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2013
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$95.00
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Boston: Little Brown, 2013. Bound in gray buckram, stamped in black, yellow and white. This book has everything, notes throughout, postcards, letters, faux marginalia and library stamps throughout; obit laid in. A matching slipcase. "the final novel by a prolific but enigmatic writer named V.M. Straka, in which a man with no past is shanghaied onto a… Read more about this item Item Price
$95.00
March
by BROOKS, Geraldine
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670033355
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$29.00
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New York: Viking, 2005. Pulitzer Prize winner; authors second novel; 280pp. A tight, clean copy. One corner lightly bumped. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
$29.00
The Man Who Never Returned: A Novel
by Quinn, Peter
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2010
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781590203880
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$17.00
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NY: Overlook, 2010. Bound in black and gray boards, stamped in silver, in matching dust jacket. Tight, clean copy of the first edition of this, the author's 4th book. 333 pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
$17.00
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party and Vol. 2 : The Kingdom of the Waves (Two Volumes complete)
by ANDERSON, M. T.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780763624026
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$55.00
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MA: Candlewick, 2006. Two Matching volumes. Volume 1 is the first edition/fifth printing, volume 2 is the first edition/first printing. Handsome two volfume set in bright unclipped dust jackets. Laid in is the NY Times Book Review. 351 pp. / 561 pp. . First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
$55.00
The Story of Kennett
by TAYLOR, Bayard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Early Reprint
- Published
- 1933
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$35.00
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1933. American Legion Pageant Edition bound in blue cloth, fading to edges, sans DW, Laid in is a program from the 1933 play at Longwood Gardens. 469pp.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Item Price
$35.00
Kepler, A Novel
by BANVILLE, John
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1983
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780879234386
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$35.00
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Boston: David R. Godine, 1983. Minor scuffing to edges of dust jacket. Overall, an acceptable copy of this early novel by the prolific British author. 192 pp. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. Item Price
$35.00
Dance of the Tiger; a Novel of the Ice Age
by KURTEN, Bjorn
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394512679
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$13.00
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New York: Pantheon Books, 1980. Introduction by Stephen Jay Gould; foxing on top edge; 255pp.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++. Item Price
$13.00
The Tree of Life
by NISSENSON, Hugh
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- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- VG++ Price-Clipped
- Edition
- Early Reprint
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060151430
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$14.00
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New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Early reprint in price-clipped DW; one color plate and black & white illustrations; 159pp.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. VG++/VG++ Price-Clipped. Item Price
$14.00
Valley Forge; The Making of an Army
by BILL, Alfred Hoyt
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$12.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers Reprint circa 1950's; nicks and small creases to edges of DW; 259pp.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG+/VG. Item Price
$12.00
The White Way: The Commander-in-Chief Tired from the Wars Rides Home on Christmas Eve to a Festive Mount Vernon , His Mind Full of Plans . . . and Memories
by BRADFORD, Ralph
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as published)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$13.00
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Washington D,C.: Judd & Detweiler, 1931. One of 625 copies bound in red cloth, with white wrap around title strip, sans DW, as published; wear to spine ends, and scratches at top of front of book near spine; 40pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket (as published). Item Price
$13.00
Show Boat
by FERBER, Edna
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Facsimile Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$22.00
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Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday Facsimile of the first 1926 edition; no date; 398pp. . Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
$22.00
Captain Cut-Throat
by CARR, John Dickson
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1955. Worn corners and spine ends of DW; previous owners inscription and name & date penned on ffep.; 306pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+. Item Price
$15.00
Silver Pigs
by DAVIS, Lindsey
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG++
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780517573631
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$40.00
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New York: Crown Publishers, 1989. The first U.S. edition of the authors first book; top front outside corner of DW crinkled, with small tear at extremity; 258pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/VG++. Item Price
$40.00
Monsieur
by CHALLIS, George (Max Brand)
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1926
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$95.00
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1926. First edition bound in blue-green buckram, sans DW, with red lettering on front panel and spine; previous owners name penned on ffep.; 312pp. A most acceptable copy of this rather scarce title. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket. Item Price
$95.00
The Bronze Collar; A Romance of Spanish California
by FREDERICK, John (Max Brand)
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1925
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$45.00
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. Pen name of Max Brand, aka. Frederick Faust; Bound in green buckram, sans DW; minor off-setting to end-papers; small store stamp on front paste down and small store sticker on rear paste down; 337pp. Overall, a most acceptable copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket. Item Price
$45.00
Beyond the Outpost
by MORLAND, Peter Henry (Max Brand)
- Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1925
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Item Price
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$55.00
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1925. Pen name of Max Brand, aka Frederick Faust; Bound in dark gray buckram, sans DW; off-setting to end-papers; 354pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG++/No Jacket. Item Price
$55.00
Purity of Blood
by Perez-Reverte, Arturo
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780399153204
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$19.00
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2006. Second "Captain Alatriste" novel; first U.S. edition; 1" sq. mark at top of front panel of DW; remainder mark on bottom edge; 267pp.. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/VG+. Item Price
$19.00
Seedtime
by KATZ, Leo
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1947
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Knopf, 1947. Translated by Joel Ames; 381pp. An unusually bright, clean copy in dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Item Price
$18.00
