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UNDER THE DEODARS; THE PHANTOM 'RICKSHAW; WEE WILLIE WINKIE
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Green boards with debossed gilt titles and black line drawing. Spine titles have darkened, boards sho
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- Later Printing
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- 1900
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- Hardcover
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New York: Doubleday, Page. Good with no dust jacket; Green boards with debossed gilt titles and black . line drawing. Spine titles have darkened, boards show wear, especially to . spine head, hinge cracked at half-title page but still holding. Prior . owner bookplate to front pastedown.. 1900. Later Printing. Hardcover. Collection of three Kipling stories. ; 8.25 x 5.5… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE SHORT STORIES OF ERNEST HEMINGWAY The First Forty-Nine Stories and the Play the Fifth Column
by Hemingway, Ernest
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- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket; Modern Library Giant with blue and black boards and gilt titles. Toledano (59.1 pg 124) lists da
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- 1955
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- Hardcover
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New York: Modern Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket; Modern Library Giant with blue and black . boards and gilt titles. Toledano (59.1 pg 124) lists date of publication . between 1942 - 1955. I have taken the latest year since no date is . printed. Some spotting to the blue topstain and minor wear to boards.. 1955. Hardcover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WOMAN AND THE PUPPET
by Louys, Pierre
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- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; 1936 edition of the 1898 French ediiton. Translated and with Introduction by Arthur Symons. Tan,
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1936
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- Hardcover
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New York: Macaulay Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; 1936 edition of the 1898 French ediiton. . Translated and with Introduction by Arthur Symons. Tan, undecorated boards . with brown topstain. Book is cocked to some degree, with prior owner . bookplate to front pastedown, spine darkening, and edge foxing, mainly to . bottom edge.. 1936. First Edition Thus.… Read more about this item Item Price
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PUCK OF POOK'S HILL
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Green boards with debossed gilt titles and black line drawings. Boards show wear and scratching; titl
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- Later Printing
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- 1906
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- Hardcover
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New York: Doubleday, Page. Good with no dust jacket; Green boards with debossed gilt titles and black . line drawings. Boards show wear and scratching; title page loose, but . holding, with foxing. Interior of book is without foxing.. 1906. Later Printing. Hardcover. Enchanted by the theatre, Dan and Una decide to recreate their own version of A Midsummer… Read more about this item Item Price
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DREAM DAYS
by Grahame, Kenneth
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- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Book with gift inscription front endpaper, flaking spine titles, and light edge foxing. Jacket w
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- Later Printing
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- 1953
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- Hardcover
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Book with gift inscription front endpaper, . flaking spine titles, and light edge foxing. Jacket with large chips with . loss, and soiling.. 1953. Later Printing. Hardcover. A continuation of The Golden Days, stories of childhood days brimming with adventure. ; 7.5 x 5.25 x 0.75 inches;… Read more about this item Item Price
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HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK
by McMillan, Terry
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Minor wear to board edges; jacket with light edge wrinkling.
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover
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- 9780670869909
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New York: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Minor wear to board edges; jacket with . light edge wrinkling.. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. When Stella takes a spur-of-the-moment vacation to Jamaica, her world gets rocked to the core? Not just by the relaxing effects of the sun and sea and an island full of attractive men,… Read more about this item Item Price
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FELLOW PASSENGERS A Novel in Portraits
by Auchincloss, Louis
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book with slight lean and light foxing top edge.
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- First Edition
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- 1989
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- Hardcover
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- 9780395498538
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New York: Houghton and Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book with slight lean and light foxing . top edge.. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Dan Ruggles is a man well-ensconced in the moneyed, mannered world of high society in the 1930s, trying to discern the dreams, doubts, and loyalties of his friends, as well as his… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE JUDGE HUNTER
by Buckley, Christopher
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Top corner of back pasetdown was glued to back endpaper, and tear to back pastedown was cre
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2018
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- Hardcover
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- 9781501192517
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New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Top corner of back pasetdown was glued . to back endpaper, and tear to back pastedown was created when separated.. 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. A hapless Englishman embarks on a dangerous mission to the New World in pursuit of two judges who helped murder a king. ;… Read more about this item Item Price
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THEY EAT PUPPIES DON'T THEY?
by Buckley, Christopher
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.
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- First Edition
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- 2012
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- Hardcover
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- 9780446540971
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New York: Twelve. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. In an attempt to gain congressional approval for a top-secret weapons system, Washington lobbyist "Bird" McIntyre teams up with sexy, outspoken neocon Angel Templeton to pit the American public against the Chinese. When Bird fails to uncover an authentic… Read more about this item Item Price
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MANHOOD FOR AMATEURS The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son
by Chabon, Michael
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. Lightly toned edges; minor edge and corner wear jacket.
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- First Edition
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- 2009
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- Hardcover
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- 9780061490187
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New York: Harper. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. . Lightly toned edges; minor edge and corner wear jacket.. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. A shy manifesto, an impractical handbook, the true story of a fabulist, an entire life in parts and pieces. In these interlocked essays, the author presents his… Read more about this item Item Price
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PACO'S STORY
by Heinemann, Larry
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author-signed bookplate affixed to half-title page. Gift inscription also on half-title.198
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9780374228477
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New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author-signed bookplate affixed to . half-title page. Gift inscription also on half-title.1987 National Book . Award winner. Minor foxing top edge.. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Paco Sullivan, the lone survivor of a massacre in Vietnam, travels back to the United States, becomes a dishwasher in a short-order… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WATERWORKS
by Doctorow, E. L.
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. This is the First Trade Edition; a signed first edition
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- First Trade Edition
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- 1994
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- Hardcover
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- 9780394587547
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New York: Random House. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. . This is the First Trade Edition; a signed first edition was previously . published by The Franklin Library. Some rubbing to the foil lettering . front panel.. 1994. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. In post-Civil War New York City, a young pedestrian… Read more about this item Item Price
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AMONG THE DEAD
by Tolkin, Michael
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- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Light edge soiling. Jacket has light edge wrinkling and superficial scratches.
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- First Edition
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- 1993
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- Hardcover
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- 9780688120832
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New York: William Morrow. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Light edge soiling. Jacket has light . edge wrinkling and superficial scratches.. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. A black comedy set in modern-day Los Angeles traces the disastrous attempts of an unfaithful husband to make a new start with his family. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches;… Read more about this item Item Price
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A MAGGOT
by Fowles, John
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book with faint foxing to edges. Jacket a bit age-toned with small hole to spine edge affec
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- First Edition
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- 1985
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- Hardcover
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- 9780316289948
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Boston: Little Brown & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book with faint foxing to edges. . Jacket a bit age-toned with small hole to spine edge affecting the first . "G" in Maggot.. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. The mysterious events surrounding a journey undertaken by five unrelated but interconnected individuals are investigated when one of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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SEX AND SUNSETS
by Sandlin, Tim
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- Used - Very Good; Uncorrected Proof in yellow paper covers. Cover soil and crinkles.
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- Uncorrected Proof
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- 1987
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- Softcover
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- 9780805001686
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New York: Henry Holt & Co. Very Good; Uncorrected Proof in yellow paper covers. Cover soil and . crinkles.. 1987. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Trade PB; 277 pages . Item Price
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MAKING MONEY A Novel of Discworld
by Pratchett, Terry
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book leans a bit.
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- First Edition
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- 2007
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- Hardcover
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- 9780061161643
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New York: Harpercollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book leans a bit.. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. The Ankh-Morpork Post Office is running like a well-oiled machine and Postmaster General Moist von Lipwig, former arch-swindler and confidence man, has exceeded all expectations. So it's somewhat disconcerting when Lord Vetinari summons Moist to the palace and asks,… Read more about this item Item Price
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SKIPPED PARTS
by Sandlin, Tim
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; First in the Gro Vont series. Light foxing top edge of book.
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- First Edition
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9780805010862
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New York: Henry Holt & Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; First in the Gro Vont series. Light . foxing top edge of book.. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Maurey Pierce is the smartest kid in town, Also, the prettiest. At thirteen she's too young to have hit puberty, but old enough to try sex. All she… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
by Roy, Arundhati.
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Fist Canadian Edition of the Booker Prize winning debut novel.
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- First Edition
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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- 9780679308508
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Toronto: Random House Canada. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Fist Canadian Edition of the Booker . Prize winning debut novel.. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. They all crossed into forbidden territory. They all tampered with the laws that lay down who should be loved and how. And how much. ; 8.3 X 5.8 X 1.2 inches; 321… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN
by Mann, Thomas
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- Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued; Franklin Library edition in brown leatherette with gilt decorations and spine titles.
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1981
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781125148167
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Franklin Center: Franklin Library. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued; Franklin Library edition in brown . leatherette with gilt decorations and spine titles. Some wear to boards . with loss of gilt to front board. , however, appears unread.. 1981. Reprint. Hardcover. The story of a young engineer, Hans Castorp, who travels to Davos to visit his… Read more about this item Item Price
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TELEGRAPH AVENUE A Novel
by Chabon, Michael
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- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on publisher's promotional tipped-in page. Light wear to jacket, s
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- First Edition Thus
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- 2012
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780062215475
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New York: Harper. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on publisher's . promotional tipped-in page. Light wear to jacket, slight lean to book.. 2012. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. An intimate epic, a NorCal Middlemarch set to the funky beat of classic vinyl soul-jazz, and pulsing with a virtuosic, pyrotechnical style all its own.… Read more about this item Item Price
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