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The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table
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The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table

by Alfred W. Pollard

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1917
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Full blue cloth; gilt particulars to front and spine. Complete with 16 colored plates with tissue guards. Hinges and gutters firm. Minor wear to cloth on head and tail (see image). Occasional foxing and toning to tissue guards not affecting plates, otherwise a nice copy without previous owners' names or defacements. 7 x 8.5 in
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Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods [Signed]
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Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods [Signed]

by Richard Wagner; Translated by Margaret Armour; Arthur Rackham

Condition
Used - Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1911
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$800.00

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Signed by Arthur Rackham and limited to 1,150 copies, of which this is number 272. Complete with 30 tissue-guarded tipped-in colored plates, including the frontis. Full vellum with gilt particulars to spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Missing remnant to tail of spine (see image) and lacking silk ties. Minor foxing to tissue guards. Small abrasion to bottom left… Read more about this item
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$800.00
Tales of Mystery & Imagination
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Tales of Mystery & Imagination

by Edgar Allan Poe

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Used - Good
Published
1935
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$300.00

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Red leatherette with gilt particulars to front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. A total of twelve colored plates by Arthur Rackham with tissue guards, as well as numerous black/white illustrations throughout. Attractive skeleton endpapers. Small book club stamp to rear endpaper. Wear to head and tail of spine, as well as to front hinge (see images). Overall a clean… Read more about this item
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$300.00
Tales from Shakespeare [Signed]
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Tales from Shakespeare [Signed]

by Charles and Mary Lamb; William Shakespeare

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
Limited Edition
Published
1909
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$1,000.00

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Limited to 750 large paper copies, of which this is number 49, Signed by Rackham to the limitation page. White cloth covered boards with gilt particulars to front cover and spine. 13 tipped-in colored plate, including the frontispiece and the plate facing page 16 titled Puck, which appears only in this edition. No tissue guards except opposite title page. Toning… Read more about this item
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$1,000.00
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance [Signed]
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The Scarlet Letter: A Romance [Signed]

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1984
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$120.00

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Signed by Moser to title page. Quarter white cloth with black paper boards, and an accompanying dustjacket wrapped in mylar. No previous owner's names or other markings. Miniature Doubleday sticker to rear of jacket. 7.25 x 11 in
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$120.00
Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London with a Complete Catalogue
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Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London with a Complete Catalogue

by Natalie Rothstein, Victoria and Albert Museum

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
First U.S. Edition
Published
1990
ISBN
9780821218129
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$150.00

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Red cloth board with gilt particulars to spine; pictorial dust jacket; housed in pictorial paper slipcase . The book states that there are 473 illustrations, of which 371 are in full color. No previous owners' names or other markings. 9.75 x 13.75 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is a very large & heavy book.
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$150.00
The Prize Ring
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The Prize Ring

by Bohun Lynch

Condition
Used - Very Good
Published
1925
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$100.00

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Half vellum over decorative boards and a circle with the title to the top right corner and gilt text to spine. Top edge gilt. Both full color chromolithographs and black and white illustrations throughout; 40 plates, most of which have tissue guards. Envelope with two letters, one hand-written from cartoonist Lank Leonard and the other an anonymously typed letter. No… Read more about this item
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$100.00
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More Light

by George Bicknell (Ed.), Eighth Grade class of a Sullivan, Indiana schoolhouse

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Limited Edition
Published
1903
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Sewn paper wraps with original reproduction of a stained glass window to front wrap. Printed at the Sullivan Democrat press under the printer Bill Macy. Colophon states: "The book was planned by George Bicknell, everything in it was written by the children and was published without any corrections. The books were hand-colored, hand-folded and hand- sewed by the children." #… Read more about this item
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$200.00
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"Ask Mamma;" or The Richest Commoner in England.

by Robert Smith Surtees

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1858
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$245.00

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Professionally rebound in half calf over marbled boards with gilt rule to boards, and five raised bands, gilt particulars, and two dark green skiver labels to spine. Original endpapers. Original hand-coloring to 13 hors texte plates, and 69 black and white plates throughout text. No previous owners' names or other markings. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority… Read more about this item
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$245.00
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Illustrated by Salvador Dali (SIGNED)
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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Illustrated by Salvador Dali (SIGNED)

by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (Trans.)

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
Limited Edition
Published
1946
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$785.00

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SIGNED by Dali and dated 1945 to limitation page; limited to 1000 copies, this being #194. Blue cloth boards with gilt decoration to front board and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; deckle fore-edge. Housed in a black paper-covered slipcase with askew red label to front. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. A mixture… Read more about this item
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$785.00
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. (3 Volumes - Complete)
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A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. (3 Volumes - Complete)

by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

Condition
Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1821
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$800.00

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Full gilt ruled calf; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine; gilt rule to board edges. Previously the personal copy of Edward Bellamy with his bookplate to front pastedowns. Beautifully illustrated throughout with hors texte plates as well as vignettes; occasional tissue guards, although some image transfer where tissue guards not present. Vol. 1: xxv, [v], 462 pp, lxxix,… Read more about this item
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$800.00
Lincoln the Litigant
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Lincoln the Litigant

by William H. Townsend, Introduction by William E. Barton

Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Good+
Edition
First Limited Edition
Published
1925
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$90.00

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Limited to 1050 copies. Blue paper wraps and label with text to spine. Paper dust jacket. Housed in black paper slipcase with a label with text to spine. Deckle edges. Sur blanc black and white plates throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Losses to dust jacket, primarily at spine; wear to slipcase with closed tears at edges… Read more about this item
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$90.00
Celebrating the Past Defining the Future
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Celebrating the Past Defining the Future

by Citigroup Inc.

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
2011
ISBN
9780615560540
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Blue paper boards with silver text to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. No slipcase. Silver endpapers. Chronicles the history of Citi Bank and Travelers Group which converged into Citigroup in 1998 and later became Citi in 2011. Copiously illustrated with full color photographs and artwork throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear to boards, primarily at corners and… Read more about this item
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Lincoln in Illinois
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Lincoln in Illinois

by Octavia Roberts

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Good+
Edition
First Edition
Published
1918
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$100.00

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Copyright page states: "This special large-paper edition is limited to one thousand copies." Tan paper boards with illustration to front board, and caramel cloth spine with gilt particulars. Tan dust jacket with illustration and text. Sur blanc plates with tissue guards throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings, save for a small note to front pastedown ("abt 1945"). Very… Read more about this item
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$100.00
The Adventures of King Pausole
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The Adventures of King Pausole

by Pierre Louys

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
Limited edition
Published
1926
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$110.00

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Limited to 990 copies, this being #295. Vibrant blue cloth boards with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Deckled edges. All 10 color sur blanc plates throughout, some with silver and majority in duo-tone printing. Previous owner's name (John Donald Hotchkiss) to front pastedown, otherwise no other names or markings. Bumping to head and tail of spine, and very… Read more about this item
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$110.00
Babar Visits Another Planet
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Babar Visits Another Planet

by Laurent de Brunhoff

Condition
Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
Early Edition
Published
1972
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$75.00

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Pictorial glossy paper boards with text; pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Full color illustrations throughout. Early edition with $3.95 price to dust jacket flap. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light creasing to dust jacket, and soiling to dj and boards (see image). 8 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured… Read more about this item
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$75.00
No Roses for Harry!
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No Roses for Harry!

by Gene Zion

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1958
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Pictorial paper boards with black cloth spine. Pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. Illustrations in black, green, and yellow color palette throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light wear to jacket (see image). 8 1/4 x 11 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.
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$150.00
The Colonial Furniture of New England, A Study of the domestic furniture in use in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
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The Colonial Furniture of New England, A Study of the domestic furniture in use in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

by Irving Whitall Lyon

Condition
Used - Near Fine
Edition
Third Revised Edition
Published
1925
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Green cloth boards with gilt decoration and text to front board and spine; deckled edges. 113 sur blanc illustrations with tissue guards throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light wear to boards, and light sunning to spine (see image). Small book seller's ticket to front pastedown (Cleveland Antiquarian Books). 8 x 11 inches. Shipped… Read more about this item
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$150.00
Tiwimuta Vol. 1 (Inaugural Edition)
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Tiwimuta Vol. 1 (Inaugural Edition)

by Andre Walker (Founder and Editor) et al.

Condition
Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
2002
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$1,400.00

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Unique 3-dimensional pictorial metal boards with hinged metallic spine. Housed in blue and white cloth case with plastic window on blue case lid. Scarce. Unnumbered copy of 1200 as it has a label stating this was a display copy. Includes Editor's letter in glassine envelope. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Wear to case with… Read more about this item
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$1,400.00
Haiti, la Terre, les Hommes et Les Dieux
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Haiti, la Terre, les Hommes et Les Dieux

by Alfred Metraux

Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1957
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$65.00

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Cream cloth boards with red debossed text to front board and spine. Pictorial dust jacket protected in mylar. Black and white photography throughout, as well as 3 full color illustrations. French text throughout. Previous owner's inscription to 3rd free page, otherwise no other names or markings. Closed tears to dust jacket and wear to mylar (see image). Spotting to exterior… Read more about this item
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$65.00