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London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Folio. An extract of pp. 467-478 of Vol. VI of the third edition of Churchill's Voyages. Bound to style in quarter leather, red leather lettering piece, gilt; marbled paper boards. A near fine copy. Translated from the High-Dutch original. Backhoff traveled from Moscow to China via Siberia in 1654. Wagener traveled throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and America. This account is taken from his diary. He was in China in 1653. The account is quite short. .
San Francisco Tales (Signed First Edition) by Dobie, Charles Caldwell - 1935
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San Francisco Tales (Signed First Edition)
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1935. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine/Near Fine. 8vo., 375pp. Beautiful First t Edition of this anthology. Bound in purple cloth with titles in gilt on front board and spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with just a hint of bumping to spine ends. Neat ownership signature on front paste-down. Equally attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.50), has some fairly mild toning to edges and spine. Minor soiling. Still fresh and bright with no creases, chipping or tears. Remarkably well-preserved and quite uncommon in such high-grade condition. Signed by the author on the front end-paper. A simply gorgeous collectable copy and scarce as such.
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- Date Published 1935
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A Account of Two Voyages ... into China
by Backhoff, Feodor Iskowitz, and Zachary Wagener
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
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SCIESZKA, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. [Illustrated by Lane Smith]. [NY]: Viking [1992]. 8vo, [48]pp. Color pictorial boards. Patterned endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed, price-clipped). Signed by the artist, Lane Smith, with a full-page drawing of the Stinky Cheese Man on the front free endpaper. Scarce thus.First edition. 1993 Caldecott Honor Book! Following up on the success of their previous collaboration, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, this award-winning duo created 10 new tales filled with humor and heart. With its unconventional page arrangement, and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, this delightful spoof has captured readers imaginations for nearly 30 years and influenced a generation of picture book authors. Copies signed by Lane Smith have grown quite scarce.
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Lie Down in Darkness (2 Copies - 1 Signed)
by William Styron
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1st Edition stated, Authors first book and the precursor to his 1968 Pulitzer prize winning book Confessions of Nat Turner. A VG+ book in a VG+ dust jacket. Jacket has small stain on front cover (just above the title) and some edgewear to the jacket, jacket currently with removable archival protection. Also included is the signed Franklin Library Edition. One of the sixty books in the series of Author Signed Leather Limited Editions published by Franklin Library from 1977 through to 1982. Beautifully bound in dark brown leather with gilt letter and design in 22kt gold and printed on archival paper with gilt edges. The end sheets are of moire silk fabric with a red silk marker sewn in, still in its original position. The book is in mint condition, unread with tight binding. Excellent collectable book, ; 400 pages; Signed by Author .
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THE END OF THE ROAD signed first
by JOHN BARTH
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Wallenstein A Drama in Two Parts: The Piccolomini or The First Part of Wallenstein (and) The Death of Wallenstein
by SCHILLER Frederick (Friedrich) - COLERIDGE S.T. (translated from the German by)
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London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. Good. First English edition. Translated by S. T. Coleridge with a preface by Coleridge before each part. Bound as one volume: (6) ii (2) 214; (2) (6) 157 (5). Ad for "Death of Wallenstein" states a portarit of Wallensatein will be included. If it was issued, it is not present in this copy. Light foxing througout, hinges exposed.
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A Account of Two Voyages ... into China
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London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Folio. An extract of pp. 467-478 of Vol. VI of the third edition of Churchill's Voyages. Bound to style in quarter leather, red leather lettering piece, gilt; marbled paper boards. A near fine copy. Translated from the High-Dutch original. Backhoff traveled from Moscow to China via Siberia in 1654. Wagener traveled throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and America. This account is taken from his diary. He was in China in 1653. The account is quite short. .
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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by Jon Scieszka
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SCIESZKA, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. [Illustrated by Lane Smith]. [NY]: Viking [1992]. 8vo, [48]pp. Color pictorial boards. Patterned endpapers; color illustrations on every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed, price-clipped). Signed by the artist, Lane Smith, with a full-page drawing of the Stinky Cheese Man on the front free endpaper. Scarce thus.First edition. 1993 Caldecott Honor Book! Following up on the success of their previous collaboration, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, this award-winning duo created 10 new tales filled with humor and heart. With its unconventional page arrangement, and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, this delightful spoof has captured readers imaginations for nearly 30 years and influenced a generation of picture book authors. Copies signed by Lane Smith have grown quite scarce.
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Lie Down in Darkness (2 Copies - 1 Signed)
by William Styron
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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1951. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1st Edition stated, Authors first book and the precursor to his 1968 Pulitzer prize winning book Confessions of Nat Turner. A VG+ book in a VG+ dust jacket. Jacket has small stain on front cover (just above the title) and some edgewear to the jacket, jacket currently with removable archival protection. Also included is the signed Franklin Library Edition. One of the sixty books in the series of Author Signed Leather Limited Editions published by Franklin Library from 1977 through to 1982. Beautifully bound in dark brown leather with gilt letter and design in 22kt gold and printed on archival paper with gilt edges. The end sheets are of moire silk fabric with a red silk marker sewn in, still in its original position. The book is in mint condition, unread with tight binding. Excellent collectable book, ; 400 pages; Signed by Author .
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Wallenstein A Drama in Two Parts: The Piccolomini or The First Part of Wallenstein (and) The Death of Wallenstein
by SCHILLER Frederick (Friedrich) - COLERIDGE S.T. (translated from the German by)
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London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. 1st English Edition. Hardcover. Good. First English edition. Translated by S. T. Coleridge with a preface by Coleridge before each part. Bound as one volume: (6) ii (2) 214; (2) (6) 157 (5). Ad for "Death of Wallenstein" states a portarit of Wallensatein will be included. If it was issued, it is not present in this copy. Light foxing througout, hinges exposed.
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SAN FRANCISCO TALES. Introduction by Katharine Fullerton Gerould. [Hardcover] Charles Caldwell Dobie
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Good. 1935; brown cloth covers in paper dust jacket; heavy discoloration and wear to jacket; slight discoloration to covers; penciled note on rear pastedown; inscribed by author on front endpaper; text is clean; 375 pages; 8vo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" Tall
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San Francisco Tales
by Dobie, Charles Caldwell
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Arcata, California, United States
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Appleton, 1935. Hardcover. Good. Ex-lib. binding okay, text clean. First edition. No dj. Good reading copy.
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San Francisco Tales
by Charles Caldwell Dobie
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Alameda, California, United States
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D. Appleton-Century, 1935. First Edition. Very Good book in a Good dust jacket. Price-clipped. Tanning to the first page.
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San Francisco Tales [signed]
by Dobie, Charles Caldwell, introduction by Katharine Fullerton Gerould
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San Francisco, California, United States
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New York: D. Appleton-Century Co, 1935. Hardcover. viii, 375p., signed on flyleaf by the author, foreword, very good first edition, first printing (with number 1 in parentheses on last page) brown buckram cloth boards and gilt titles slightly dulled on spine but bright on cover.
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