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The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778 With a Selection from her Correspondence, and from the Journals of her Sisters Susan and Charlotte Burney
by Burney, Frances
- Condition
- Used - VG+
- Published
- 1889
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$150.00
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London: George Bell and Sons. VG+. 1889. Hardcover. Edgewear to both volumes, especially at corners, spine head and foot; with small nicks, rubbing at hinges. Small strip of light sunfading along top edge of Volume 2 ; Three-quarter black leather with marbled decoration front and back. Gilt decorations and titles on spine. Titles are bright, though… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
When God Laughs and Other Stories
by London, Jack
- Condition
- Used - VG+/NF
- Edition
- First Thus
- Published
- 1912
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$100.00
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Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz. VG+/NF. 1912. First Thus. Paperback. Spine is slightly cocked. A bit rubbed. Small chips to cover at corners, spine head and foot.; Binding is tight, pages clean and unmarked. Glassine dust jacket/protector. Volume 4352 of the Tauchnitz Collection of British Auhors series. Overall handsome copy.; Collection of British Authors, Tauchnitz Edition Series; Vol.… Read more about this item Item Price
$100.00
Alfred Lord Tennyson: Selected Poems
by Tennyson, Alfred, Lord
- Condition
- Used - F/F
- Edition
- Special Edition; 1st thus
- Published
- 2006
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$90.00
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London: The Folio Society. F/F. 2006. Special Edition; 1st thus. Hardcover. Fine in fine slipcase; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 429 p. . Item Price
$90.00
Wonder Boys
by Chabon, Michael
- Condition
- Used - VG+/NF
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679415886
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$75.00
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New York: Villard Books. VG+/NF. 1995. 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0679415882 . Small amount of edgewear to book and dust jacket ; Clean and straight, pages unmarked. Inscription by Chabon dated 10-20-03 on the title page ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 368 p.; Signed by Author . Item Price
$75.00
The Pride of Bear Creek
by Howard, Robert E
- Condition
- Used - VG/VG
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$45.00
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West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant, Publisher. VG/VG. 1977. 1st thus. Hardcover. Light edgewear to dust jacket at corners, slight creases near upper back corner jacket. Small stain along edge of first free endpaper ; Binding is tight, pages clean and unmarked. First illustrated edition ; Black & white drawings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall;… Read more about this item Item Price
$45.00
My Life of Absurdity The Autobiography of Chester Himes, Volume II
by Himes, Chester
- Condition
- Used - VG/VG
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1976
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385089098
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$40.00
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Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company. VG/VG. 1976. 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0385089090 . Edgewear to spine head and foot. Two light stains to back cover. Small chips and closed tears to dust jacket; tape mark on front.; Solid copy ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 398 p. . Item Price
$40.00
The Great Gatsby
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Condition
- Used - NF/VG+
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint
- Published
- 1953
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$200.00
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Shelton, Conn.: The First Edition Library. NF/VG+. 1953. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Lacks slipcase. Very small chips and closed tears to dustjacket. ; Handsom copy. Facsimile reprint of first edition published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1925.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 p. . Item Price
$200.00
The Quality of Hurt The Autobiography of Chester Himes, Volume I
by Himes, Chester
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- Used - VG/VG
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$50.00
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London: Michael Joseph. VG/VG. 1973. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Edgewear to spine foot and along bottom edge. Some light rubbing and small stains to dust jacket, with small chips and closed tears, especially at spine head.; Solid copy ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 351 p. . Item Price
$50.00
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
by Baldwin, James
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- Used - VG/VG
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$50.00
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New York: The Dial Press. VG/VG. 1968. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Book is slightly cocked, with slight wear and rubbing to edges. Rubbing, age-toning and small chips to dust jacket; price-clipped.; Overall solid copy. Pages clean and unmarked ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 484 p. . Item Price
$50.00
Sex Drugs Rock & Roll
by Bogosian, Eric
- Condition
- Used - NF/NF
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060166007
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$45.00
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New York: Harper Collins. NF/NF. 1991. 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0060166002 . Very light wear, light rubbing to back of dust jacket ; Otherwise fine; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 123 p.; Signed by Author . Item Price
$45.00
Night Trilogy (Night, Dawn, and Day)
by Wiesel, Elie
- Condition
- Used - AN
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$500.00
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Norwalk, Conn.: Easton Press. AN. 2006. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. As new in shrink wrap. No dust jacket as issued. Full leather binding with gilt titles, decorations, and all edges. All three books of the Night Trilogy. The first volume, Night is signed by Wiesel. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author . Item Price
$500.00
Franny and Zooey
by Salinger, J.D.
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- Used - VG/VG
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$150.00
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Boston and Toronto: Little, Brown & Company. VG/VG. 1961. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Light edgewear and fading to cover; small dampstain or discoloration along lower edge of back cover. Small chips and closed tears to dust jacket ; Binding is tight and pages clean and unmarked; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 201 p. . Item Price
$150.00
Dictionary of Aftro-American Slang
by Major, Clarence
- Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1970
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780717802692
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$45.00
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New York: International Publishers. VG. 1970. 1st Printing. Paperback. 0717802698 . Moderate rubbing to cover. Some small check-marks next to entries ; Solid copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 p. . Item Price
$45.00
A Moveable Feast
by Hemingway, Ernest
- Condition
- Used - VG+/VG
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1964
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$150.00
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. VG+/VG. 1964. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very light wear at corners. A few light pencil marks and two small markings in red ink (pages 95 and 138). Dust jacket is lightly age-toned and has small chips and closed tears; Otherwise solid copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 211 p. . Item Price
$150.00
High on the Wild with Hemingway
by Arnold, Lloyd R.
- Condition
- Used - NF/NF
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$50.00
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Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers. NF/NF. 1968. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very light edgewear; light spots to page edges and light transfer markings on front free endpaper from taped jacket cover; Otherwise fine; B&W Photographs; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 343 p. . Item Price
$50.00
The Love Letters of Mark Twain
by Twain, Mark; Dixon Wecter, editor
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- Used - VG/VG
- Edition
- 1st Edition; 1st Printing
- Published
- 1949
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$95.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers. VG/VG. 1949. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Moderate wear to extremities. Book is very slightly cocked. Small chips and closed tears to dust jacket; some rubbing to front and back and small stains to back cover, ; Solid copy. Pages are clean and unmarked.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 347… Read more about this item Item Price
$95.00
Place and Displacement in the Narrative Worlds of Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortazar
by Tcherepashenets, Nataly
- Condition
- Used - NF
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Pictorial Boards
- ISBN
- 9780820463957
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$70.00
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New York: Peter Lang. NF. 2008. Pictorial Boards. 0820463957 . Bump to top back corner; Otherwise fine. Sans dust jacket as issued; Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 p. . Item Price
$70.00
La vuelta al dia en ochenta mundos
by Cortazar, Julio
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$75.00
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Mexico: Siglo Veintiuno Editores. Fair. 1967. 1st Printing. Paperback. Condition is very rough with extensive edgewear; fragile cover is flaking with large chips to edges and spine; corners are bumped and fraying. Large crease across front cover, smaller creases to back. Endpapers splitting apart from covers and some buckling to first 20 pages from bump and … Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
Thoughts Without Cigarettes A Memoir
by Hijuelos, Oscar
- Condition
- Used - F/F
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Published
- 2011
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781592406296
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$40.00
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New York: Gotham Books. F/F. 2011. 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1592406297 . Fine to As New in like dustjacket. Signed by Hijuelos on the title page; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 367 p.; Signed by Author . Item Price
$40.00
The Library Book
by Orlean, Susan
- Condition
- Used - NF
- Edition
- Special Edition
- Published
- 2018
- Binding
- Pictorial Boards
- ISBN
- 9781982111137
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Concord, California, USA
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$60.00
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New York: Simon & Schuster. NF. 2018. Special Edition. Pictorial Boards. 1982111135 . Very light rubbing ; No dust jacket as issued. Bright red boards with gilt titles and designs. "Signed Copy" sticker on lower front cover. Specially printed edition with signature page, signed by Orlean.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 317 p.; Signed… Read more about this item Item Price
$60.00