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The ticket that exploded
by Burroughs, William S.
- Condition
- Used - Extremely gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to fore-edges, bright page
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (stated)
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$41.00
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New York: Grove Press, 1967. First edition, first printing (stated). Hardcover. Extremely gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, exceedingly gentle rubbing to corners, light soiling to fore-edges, bright pages, tight binding, extremely gentle rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, exceedingly mild rubbing to DJ corners, faint soiling to DJ, else Near Fine(+) in Near Fine(+) DJ.. … Read more about this item Item Price
$41.00
The Medici fountain :; a novel
by Kessel, Joseph
- Condition
- Used - One small closed tear & faint tattering to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, light fold to spine head, barely rubbed corner
- Edition
- First English language edition
- Published
- 1963
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1963. First English language edition. Hardcover. One small closed tear & faint tattering to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, light fold to spine head, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-) in good+ DJ.. Octavo in red DJ; 375 p ; 22 cm. World War I, 1914-1918; Paris -- Fiction.
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$18.00
The trial
by Kafka, Franz
- Condition
- Mint new in original unopened publisher's shrinkwrap, slight sunning to rear 3/4th and top edge of near fine slipcase
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$22.00
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London: Heritage, 1999. Hardcover. Mint new in original unopened publisher's shrinkwrap, slight sunning to rear 3/4th and top edge of near fine slipcase. Red octavo in a light brown slipcase ; 340 p, illus, 24 cm. German fiction -- 20th century -- Translations into English -- Literature -- Novel // Uncommon in original shrinkwrap.
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$22.00
Triggerfish
by Brothers, Betty; Kline, Netannis (illustrator)
- Condition
- Used - Very gentle wear to spine head & foot, moderately rubbed & clipped bottom corners, else very good+ to near fine(-).
- Edition
- Second edition
- Published
- 1965
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Big Pine Key, Fla: Litoky, 1965. Second edition. Hardcover. Very gentle wear to spine head & foot, moderately rubbed & clipped bottom corners, else very good+ to near fine(-).. White octavo; 154 p, b&w illus ; 22 cm. Uncommon. || Fiction. Florida. Ocean life. Seashore. Dolphins. Fishing.
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$18.00
Forest of the Pygmies [signed]
by Allende, Isabel ; Peden, Margaret Sayers (trans)
- Condition
- Used - Tight fine clean copy in a fine DJ
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2005
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060761967
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$23.00
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New York: HarperCollins, 2005. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Tight fine clean copy in a fine DJ. Smaller octavo in a dark forrest green DJ (grey spine title) ; 296 p. ; 20 cm. Author signed title page // Elephants -- Fiction -- Grandmothers -- Travel -- Adventure -- Forrest -- Nature.
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$23.00
Lives of wives
by Jackson, Laura
- Condition
- Used - Very little wear & lightly sunned price-clipped DJ, light rubbed fold to spine foot & head, barely rubbed corners, else near fin
- Edition
- 2nd edition reprint
- Published
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Manchester: Carcanet, 1988. 2nd edition reprint. Hardcover. Very little wear & lightly sunned price-clipped DJ, light rubbed fold to spine foot & head, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-) in very good(-) DJ.. Octavo in gold DJ; 328 p ; 23 cm. Ancient history; Fiction.
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$18.00
Fliegelman's desire
by Buzbee, Lewis
- Condition
- Used - Gently rubbed corners, front cover slightly bent, marker to barcode on rear cover, extermely light edgewear, else very good.
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 1990
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780345367389
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1990. First edition, first printing (full number line). Paperback. Gently rubbed corners, front cover slightly bent, marker to barcode on rear cover, extermely light edgewear, else very good.. Black octavo; 172 p ; 21 cm. Signed & inscribed by author (first name only). || Paperback original. || Fiction.
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$18.00
Holy orders :; an unholy novel
by McKelvy, Charles
- Condition
- Used - Extremely faint wear to spine foot & head, light discoloration to top edges, small crease to spine, else very good+.
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780944771020
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Harbert, Michigan: Dunery Press, 1989. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Paperback. Extremely faint wear to spine foot & head, light discoloration to top edges, small crease to spine, else very good+.. White octavo; 268 p ; 21 cm. Fiction.
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$18.00
Norman's Island:; Isle of Romance
by Annie M. Wood
- Condition
- Used - A fine tight clean copy
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Published
- 1931
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$32.00
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New Bedford, Mass: Reynolds Printing, 1931. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. A fine tight clean copy. Black octavo ; 167 pg , 22 cm. Islands -- Nature -- Novel -- Norman's Island -- Martha's Vineyard.
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$32.00
En busca del Nuevo Mundo
by Uslar Pietri, Arturo
- Condition
- Used - Faint shelf wear else a very good (+) to near fine (-) copy
- Edition
- Primera ed
- Published
- 1969
- Binding
- Paperback
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1969. Primera ed. Paperback. Faint shelf wear else a very good (+) to near fine (-) copy. White duodecimo, 224 p. 17 cm. In spanish -- Ensaio Hispano-Americano -- Della Cruscans (English writers) -- Politics -- Social Science.
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$18.00
1791 :; a tale of San Domingo
by Gilliam, Edward W.
- Condition
- Used - Faintly rubbed fold to spine head & foot, moderately bumped corners, few creases to rear board, small wear-bump to edge, light e
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- Published
- 1890
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$32.00
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Baltimore: J. Murphy, 1890. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Faintly rubbed fold to spine head & foot, moderately bumped corners, few creases to rear board, small wear-bump to edge, light edgewear, else good+ to very good(-).. Brown-cloth duodecimo; viii, 308 p. Fiction.
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$32.00
Tales of the diamond :; selected gems of baseball fiction
by Fox, William Price; Hyman, Miles (illustrator)
- Condition
- Used - Very small tear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, light sunning to bottom edges, else near fine(+) in near fine(-) DJ.
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (stated)
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780942627152
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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San Francisco: Woodford Press, 1991. First edition, first printing (stated). Hardcover. Very small tear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, light sunning to bottom edges, else near fine(+) in near fine(-) DJ.. Quarto in green DJ; 151 p, color illus ; 27 cm. Contents: Baseball Hattie by Damon Runyon -- The Umpire's revolt by Paul Gallico --… Read more about this item Item Price
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The knight of Maison-Rouge :; a novel of Marie Antoinette /
by Dumas, Alexandre; Rose, Julie
- Condition
- Bright fine copy, in as new DJ
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780679642985
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$22.00
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New York: Modern Library, 2003. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Bright fine copy, in as new DJ. Octavo in black DJ(orange print to spine) ; xvi, 423 p. ; 22 cm. France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction -- Marie Antoinette.
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$22.00
The Wandering Jew
by Sue, Eugene
- Condition
- Used - Extremely faint wear to spine foot & head folds, gently rubbed corners, light edgewear, black ink ownership signature to front f
- Published
- N.D.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$32.00
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Chicago: M.A. Donohue, N.D.. Hardcover. Extremely faint wear to spine foot & head folds, gently rubbed corners, light edgewear, black ink ownership signature to front free endpaper, else very good.. Two brown octavos (brown leather spines) with raised bands, sewn binding, marbled boards, gilt to spine, marbled endpapers; b&w illus ; 20 cm. Fiction -- French.
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$32.00
The Virginians :; a tale of the last century
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Condition
- Used - A near fine clean paperback copy with a single approximate two-inch crease to rear wrapper outer bootm corner area.
- Edition
- Reproduction facsimile
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780766196827
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$20.00
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Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Pub, 2007. Reproduction facsimile. Paperback. A near fine clean paperback copy with a single approximate two-inch crease to rear wrapper outer bootm corner area.. Large gold octavo ; 772 p : illus ; 23 cm. Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760 -- Fiction -- United States.
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$20.00
Dragons :; the greatest stories
by Greenberg, Martin Harry (editor); Card, Orson Scott
- Condition
- Used - Extremely gentle wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, light mark to DJ, faint fold to spine head & foot, barely rubbed
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 1997
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781567311662
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York: MJF Books, 1997. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Extremely gentle wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, light mark to DJ, faint fold to spine head & foot, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-) in very good+ to near fine(-) DJ. Faintest traces of soiling to fore-edges.. Octavo in yellow DJ; viii,… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Piercing the Darkness :; Undercover With Vampires in America Today
by Ramsland, Katherine
- Condition
- Used - Few creases to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, very gentle wear to spine foot & head, light crease to spine, else near fi
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 1998
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780061050626
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York: HarperCollins, 1998. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Few creases to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, very gentle wear to spine foot & head, light crease to spine, else near fine(-) in near fine DJ.. Quarto in dark blue DJ; 371 p, few color plates. Fantasy; Fiction; Occult. || Katherine Ramsland is an… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
Devices and desires
by James, P. D.
- Condition
- Used - Extremely little wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely faint wear to spine head & foot, light crease to spine
- Edition
- First edition (stated)
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780571141784
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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London: Faber and Faber, 1989. First edition (stated). Hardcover. Extremely little wear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely faint wear to spine head & foot, light crease to spine head, bottom corners barely rubbed, else very good+ in near fine(-) DJ.. Octavo in black DJ; 408 p ; 24 cm. Devices and Desires is a thrilling… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.00
The inheritance of loss
by Desai, Kiran
- Condition
- Used - A fine bright copy , in a fine DJ
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780871139290
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2006. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. A fine bright copy , in a fine DJ. Octavo in a blue DJ ; 324 p ; 24 cm. Psychological fiction -- India -- Novel.
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$18.00
The calligrapher
by Docx, Edward
- Condition
- Like new fine copy
- Edition
- First edition, first printing (full number line)
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780618343973
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Oakland, California, USA
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$18.00
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Like new fine copy. Octavo in a blue DJ ; 360 p ; 24 cm. Calligraphers -- Fiction -- London -- Romance.
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$18.00