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NY: Popular Library, 1946. [1st printing, 1946] #76. Cover art is uncredited. Spine lean with sunning and a little soil; creasing; name and address in heavy pencil on front; tanning; store stamped on first page.. Mass Market Paperback. Good to Very Good-.
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER: A Book In The Jugular Vein. by Sims, Dorothy Rice (1889-1960) - 1940.
by Sims, Dorothy Rice (1889-1960)
CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER: A Book In The Jugular Vein.
by Sims, Dorothy Rice (1889-1960)
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New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1940.. Hardcover first edition -. Very good overall in blue cloth with printed cream spine label (some discoloration to front endpaper, tear to leaf 175/176). no dust jacket. . First printing. Informal autobiography of an uncommon woman, one whose very privileged life was more than just "curiouser." It opens with her leaving school at twelve, since there was "no point in clogging my mind with things that everyone knew." She studied sculpture and painting in Spain and Paris. She was a motorcycle street racer, and the first amateur licensed woman pilot in the United States, training at Wright School, Mineola, New York, in 1916. One of her sisters showed a talent for writing poetry, so their father founded the Poetry Society of America and set up a salon in the grand ballroom of their 22-room apartment at the Ansonia Hotel; a salon which was regularly attended by Theodore Dreiser, Gertrude Atherton, Richard LaGallienne and Frank Harris, and others. With her second husband, Hal Sims, she became a famous bridge player, as one of her expert husband's partners and for her frequent use of "psychic" bids, or bluffs. Illustrated with 16 full page plates by the author. Foreword by George Kaufman. The NY Times review comments that far from being as scatterbrained as Kaufman makes her out to be in his foreword, she was a pioneer in motor cycle racing, aviation, modern art and tournament bridge, a pretty impressive list by anyone's standards. xiv, 203 pp plus final illustration.
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- Place of Publication New York:
- Date Published 1940.
- Keywords autobiography, new york, aviation, bridge tournament,
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Red Pottage
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky
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Nijinsky, Romola. Nijinsky and the Last Years of Nijinsky. The Definitive Biography Copyright 1980. Simon and Schuster stated First Impression Thus. Number line starts with 1. EXLIB. Good Condition/ VG original dust jacket. 260 pages, indexed. ISBN0671411233. PERFORMING ARTS, RUSSIA, BALLET, VASLAV NIJINSKY. Summary: "The life of Vaslav Nijinsky is not merely a record of a great dancer's artistic triumphs; it is one of the strangest stories ever written. There is madness everywhere. From the child's first appearance with a troupe of wandering Russians to that last terrible performance, his "Marriage With God" , it is a growing chaos of madness, abnormality, distortion, genius and beauty." 260 pages, indexed. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)
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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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The Silence Of The North
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By Olive A. Frederickson with Ben East. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. RARE. 1972 Crown Publishers Inc., NY. The Silence Of The North, The Incredible story of a woman's fight for survival in a merciless winter of the Canadian Wilderness during the 1940's. Adapted as a film in 1981 and directed by Allan King. VG/GOOD $5.95 unclipped dust jacket. USED. 5 ¾ X 8 ½. 209 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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(Kansas City, MO): Andrews McMeel Publishing, (2018). First edition. A paperback original. "A highly personal collection documenting the early months of artist Julia Kaye's gender transition." From her popular webcomic, "Up and Out," which she used to "process her journey and help others with similar struggles realize they weren't alone." Oblong white paperwraps. Fine.
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
by Christie, Agatha
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Christie, Agatha: Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) 1945 HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET. Unabridged. Please see our stock photo. Used. VG/Fair unclipped DJ. 209 pages. 5 3/8 X 7 ¾. A COLONEL RACE MYSTERY.
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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The Man In The Brown Suit
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703 ChristieBrownSuit The Man In The Brown Suit. By Agatha Christie. Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd., London, 1958, Stated Fourth Impression Thus,1970. ISBN 0370006720. Please see our stock photos. EXLIB. Good Condition/Good Original Shakel & Ryder Dust Jacket with Yellow spine, black titling, woman and ship cover art. Protected in mylar wrap. "States new and redesigned Edition, Fourth Impression, 80p. Blue boards with black titling. Our book spine has skinned spot at the word "brown" from removal of scotch tape. Plot Summary: Who is he, the man in the brown suit? He says he is a doctor; but Anne Beddingfield, who witnesses the fatal accident at a London tube station, is quick to notice some curious features about him when he comes to the scene. Her investigation of the accident leads her into the thick of mystery. This novel is more than an ingenious puzzle: It is a gripping suspense story."
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