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Seven Gothic Tales
by Dinesen, Isak (Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke)
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- First Edition
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- 1934
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- Hardcover
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$300.00
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New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. NF/VG-; 420 pages; First American edition; near Fine in red cloth backstrip and points, titled in gilt, over ivory boards titled and decorated in gilt, top edge red, bookplate on front pastedown, mild acid transfer between free endpapers and flaps from before the jacket was protected in mylar; in a Very Good-… Read more about this item Item Price
$300.00
John Jorrocks and Other Characters
by French, Lt. Col. the Hon. Gerald (from the works of Robert Surtees)
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- Hardcover
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$25.00
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London: Hutchinson NF/G; 124 pages; Edition, date unstated; Near Fine in bright red/orange boards titled and decorated in gilt, slightest fading evident matching the chips in the Good-only but unclipped dustjacket. Lots of chips, a few closed tears. But a jacket nonetheless, now in protective mylar. Short stories about characters who inhabit the world of fox hunting. Illustrated by the… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
THE VISIONARY: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine -and- WONDERS HIDDEN: Audubon's Early Years (signed)
by LeGuin, Ursula and Scott R. Sanders
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- First Edition
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- 1984
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- Paperback
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- 9780884962199
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$119.95
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Santa Barbara, Calif.: Capra Press, 1984. Fine in original paper wrappers with a woodblock portrait of LeGuin on one side, Sanders on the other. First volume in the Capra Back-to-Back series. One of 200 copies numbered and signed by the authors, of which this is copy 104. Signed on separate colophons bound in between the two publications.. Signed by Author.… Read more about this item Item Price
$119.95
UP IN THE OLD HOTEL AND OTHER STORIES
by Mitchell, Joseph
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- First Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780679412632
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$75.00
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New York: Pantheon, 1992. NF/NF; 718 pages; First Edition, stated; Near Fine in black cloth over black boards, stamped in silver, small gift inscription on front free endpaper; in a Near Fine price-clipped dustjacket, tiniest bit of wear at the head.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$75.00
Stardust, 7-Eleven, Route 57, A&W, and So Forth
by Lear, Patricia
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- First Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394579986
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$22.00
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New York: Knopf, 1992. F/F; 161 pages; First edition stated; Fine in black cloth over green boards, titled and decorated in gilt; in a Fine unclipped dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$22.00
Fell and Foul Play
by Carr, John Dickson
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- First Edition
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9781558820715
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$184.95
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New York: International Polygonics, Ltd., 1991. F/F; 383 pages; First edition; Fine in mustard cloth titled in red, in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. edited and with an introduction by Douglas G. Greene. All of Carr's fiction about Dr. Gideon Fell is brought together for the first time. Includes two never-before published wartime radio plays, and the first U.S. publication of… Read more about this item Item Price
$184.95
BIG WOODS
by Faulkner, William
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- First Edition
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$275.00
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New York: Random House, 1955. F/NF; 212 pages; First printing stated; decorations by Edward Shenton; about Fine in green cloth decorated and titled in black and gilt, beige endpapers, top edge green, bottom of backstrip just a little bent under, in a near Fine price-clipped dustjacket, very minor wear along the bottom edge, lightly soiled on the back, and tape… Read more about this item Item Price
$275.00
THE HABIT OF WIDOWHOOD (with ephemera)
by Barnard, Robert
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- First Edition
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- 1996
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- Hardcover
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- 9780684826486
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$24.75
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New York: Scribner, 1996. F/F; 223 pages; First edition, first printing; Fine in gray backstrip titled in silver over green boards; in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Review copy with publisher's news release laid in.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy. Item Price
$24.75
A QUIVER FULL OF ARROWS
by Archer, Jeffrey
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- First Edition
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- 1980
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- Hardcover
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- 9780671426026
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$10.00
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New York: Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, 1980. NF/NF; 189 pages; First American edition, first printing; near Fine in red cloth titled in gilt over palest gray boards, matching endpapers, bottom front corner mildly bumped; in a near Fine price-clipped dustjacket, minor wear at spine ends and bottom edge of front panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
COLONEL STARBOTTLE'S CLIENT And Some Other People
by Harte, Bret
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- 1892
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- Hardcover
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$5.50
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New York: Regent Press, 1892. G+/none; 283 pages; Good+ in decorative brown cloth boards, bookplate on front pastedown, front hinge split but spine still straight and sound, pages aged, frontispiece loose, edges and corners of boards rubbed.. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Item Price
$5.50
A BLIND MAN CAN SEE HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU
by Bloom, Amy
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- First Edition
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- 2000
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- Hardcover
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- 9780375502682
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$22.00
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New York: Random House, 2000. F/F; 163 pages; First edition stated; Fine in black backstrip titled in gilt over black boards; in a Fine unclipped dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$22.00
THE WORLD OF APPLES
by Cheever, John
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- First Edition
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$27.50
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New York: Knopf, 1973. NF/NF; 174 pages; First edition, stated; near Fine in black cloth, decorated and titled in gilt, top edge pale orange, top front corner bumped, in a near Fine clipped dustwrapper, light wear at the head and heel and the white less bright than it began. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.… Read more about this item Item Price
$27.50
BEYOND THE SAFE ZONE -- Collected Short Fiction of Robert Silverberg
by Silverberg, Robert
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- First Edition
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$22.00
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New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1986. F/NF; 472 pages; First edition, first printing; Fine in black cloth titled in silver over brown boards, author's facsimile signature in blind on the front board, in a near Fine unclipped dustjacket, showing only some tanning at the back.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$22.00
THE PASTOR'S CAT and Other People (signed)
by Dailey, Msgr. Edward Vincent
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- First Edition
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$33.00
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Milwaukee, Wis.: Bruce Publishing, 1955. F/VG; 146 pages; Fine in red cloth titled and decorated in black, small address sticker on the back pastedown; in a Very Good unclipped dustjacket, a few tiny chips and light edgewear, spine a bit tanned. Stories drawn from the author's 25 years as a pastor at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral. Signed and inscribed by… Read more about this item Item Price
$33.00
TE KAIHAU THE WINDEATER
by Hulme, Keri
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780807611685
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$55.00
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New York: George Braziller, 1987. As New/As New; 240 pages; First edition, first printing stated; As New in brown cloth titled in gilt in an As New dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$55.00
COLLECTED STORIES
by Rendell, Ruth (Barbara Vine)
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- First Edition
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394569420
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$12.00
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New York: Pantheon, 1987. F/NF; 536 pages; First American edition stated; Fine in black cloth titled in gray and silver over gray boards titled in silver, in a near Fine unclipped dustjacket with just light use evident the top of the spine. A collection of 38 tales of murder and the macabre, including the two stories for which the author… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00
ELLERY QUEEN'S CROOKBOOK
by Queen, Ellery (Frederic Dannay) (ed.)
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- First Edition
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- 1974
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- Hardcover
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$16.50
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New York: Random House, 1974. VG+/VG-; 338 pages; First edition stated; Very Good+ in green cloth titled in gilt over black boards with EQ in green gilt on the front board, a little scribbling on the front pastedown near the hinge, in a Very Good- unclipped dustjacket, with a lot of closed wear along the top edge, with two small… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.50
FRIEND OF MY YOUTH
by Munro, Alice
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- Used
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- First Edition
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394584423
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$55.00
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New York: Knopf, 1990. As New/As New; 273 pages; First edition stated; As New in red cloth over blue boards, stamped in silver, in an As New dustwrapper. A wonderful collection of short stories by a recognized master of the craft, awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, for her 1998 collection, The Love of a Good Woman.… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
TALES FROM MARGARITAVILLE: Fictional Facts and Factual Fictions
by Buffett, Jimmy
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- Used
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9780151879830
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- 1
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$38.50
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New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. F/F; 230 pages; Reprint; Fine in turquoise cloth titled in blue foil over blue boards; in a Fine unclipped dustjacket. Includes Take Another Road, Off to See the Lizard, Boomerang Love and more.. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
$38.50
HEART OF THE WEST
by Henry, O. (Porter, William Henry)
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- First Edition
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- 1907
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- Hardcover
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Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
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$55.00
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New York: McClure, 1907. G/none; 334 pages; First edition, published October 1907; Good volume in decorated brown cloth boards with most of the decorative elements intact, including, quite unusually, lettering on the spine. Backstrip ends worn through, corners rubbed; backstrip edges are worn, spine is cocked forward a little; back hinge broken, front hinge starting, a few pages have minor… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
