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Proof - Signed Copy
by Dick Francis
London: Michael Joseph. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A near fine book with some dust staining and foxing on top and fore-edge. Some staining to end papers. Flat signed by Francis on the title page. A fine dust jacket, unclipped, with some staining to jacket flaps. Now in a protective acetate cover. Provenance, copies signed for previous collector as a thank you for sourcing a copy of 'The Sport of Queens' for Felix Francis as a gift for his...
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€56.71
The Restaurant At the End of the Universe
by Douglas Adams
London: Arthur Barker Ltd.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The uncommon first UK hardcover. Book is fine, square, clean boards and internally clean. A fine unclipped dust jacket, with no price (export jacket, identical but without price). Jacket now with a clear removable cover. Collectible copy; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 187 pages .
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€184.31
The Overnight
by Ramsey Campbell
New York: Tor. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine copy in a like DJ, signed by Campbell on the title page ; Signed by Author .
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€37.81
The Ascent of Man
by Jacob Bronowski
Hardcover Cloth 448 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Stated first edition Seventh printing 1973. Attractive orange buckram boards and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear and some bumped corners. Price clipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few scratches and wrinkles. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy....
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€17.01
A Dance At the Slaughterhouse - a Matt Scudder Mystery
by Lawrence Block
New York: William Morrow. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine copy in a like DJ, signed by Block on the title page. Brodart jacket on DJ. .
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€37.81
The Lincoln Conspiracy - Double Signed
by Meltzer, Brad & Mensch, Josh
Flatiron Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2020. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A fine copy in a like DJ, signed by both authors on the title page; Signed by Author .
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€70.89
Murder Gone Mad
by MacDonald, Philip
Garden City: Crime Club/Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1931. The Holmdale Butcher terrorizes a model village. Stated first [American] edition (first printing). Hardcover, full black cloth, red titling. General wear, light stains, corners & edges bumped; stains, ink name & date & penciled notes on the purchase of the book & its difference from the British edition on flyleaf; stains on a few other pages; pages lightly tanned; no jacket. Text clean; [vi], 305 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover....
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€37.81
Intelligence Measurement: A Psychological and Statistical Study Based Upon the Block-Design Tests
by Kohs, S. C
New York: Macmillan, 1923. Explanation & results of Kohs' block-design test, intended (and still used) as a language-independent mental test. First edition (first printing), listing no additional printings. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, some foxing to endsheets & adjacent pages, spotting to page edges; jacket lightly edgeworn with some chipping, ½" by 1" chunk missing from base of spine, affecting the publisher's name. Text clean; xii, 312 pages,...
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€127.60
Birdy
by William Wharton
New York: Knopf. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The author's first book, already in his 50's on publication. It won the US National Book Award in the category First Novel. It was also a finalist for the Pulitzer in 1980, losing out to "The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer". Adapted to film, by the same name, starring Matthew Modine and Nicolas Cage. A near fine book with no obvious defects, internally clean. Fine dust jacket...
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€47.26
No Future For Luana
by Derleth, August
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. Ninth Judge Peck mystery, in which the sage of Sac Prairie investigates the macabre murder of a tent-show star. INSCRIBED by Derleth in blue pencil on the free endsheet: "Fore Jonesy -- with all the best - Cordially, [signature]". Small tan hardcover, blue titling; first edition (first printing) with 'A' on copyright page. Light wear, but with some tape stains to the covers, worse stains on the tanned endsheets, signature smudged; dust jacket...
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€47.26
RONDA GORGE & OTHER PRECIPICES: Travel Writing 1956-89
by Higgins, Aidan
London, United Kingdom: Secker & Warburg, 1989 230pp. FIRST UK EDITION of Higgins' collection of travel essays. Original dustjacket not price clipped; with age and shelf wear around the edges also has a very small indentation to the front near the spine. Book pages have yellowing around edges (Secker used inferior paper which has not fared well with age). Text pages clean with no internal markings. Ronda Gorge is a collection of Higgins' travel writing over 23 years which are based on...
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€8.28
Corporal Crow
by Friskey, Margaret
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1944. Militarized crows defend the corn from beetles; Inky, a slouch, becomes a hero when the corn is invaded by Japanese Beetles while the flock is away. Stated first edition(first printing). Hardcover, black cloth spine over illustrated boards. Light wear to book, corners bumped & lightly frayed, edges lightly rubbed, minor stains to page edges; no jacket. Text clean; 32 pages, each with a two-color illustration.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Lucia...
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€23.63
Ginger's Moon
by Paul Cline & Judythe Sieck
Laminated Hardcover unnumbered pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket. Stated first edition 1990. Beautiful illustrated wraps show off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. Front endpaper stained and creased. No missing pages, crayon marks or writing. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Illustrated children's book about Ginger the dog and her evening patrol of the... Read more about this item
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€95.28
The Emperor's Revenge (#11 the Oregon Files) - Double-Signed UK 1st Edition
by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison
London: Michael Joseph. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2016. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. #11 The Oregon Files. A very fine copy in a like DJ, signed by both authors on the title page. "Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation’s accounts. To get the money back, Juan joins forces with an old friend from his days in the CIA so they can track down a rogue hacker...
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€89.79
A Fighting Chance
by Warren, Elizabeth
First edition, signed by author. I suspect this book has never been read. No significant wear, like new. Dust jacket encased in mylar. Signed on the title page with no inscription. Complete number line.
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€28.12
Marauder (#15 the Oregon Files) - Double-Signed UK 1st Edition
by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison
London: Michael Joseph. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2020. First English Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. #15 The Oregon Files. A very fine copy in a like DJ, signed by both authors on a special tipped in page. "Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives return in this latest entry in Clive Cussler's Oregon Files series. Aboard the Oregon, one of the most advanced spy ships ever built, they face new challenges and nemeses as they undertake another dangerous mission." ; Signed by...
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€89.79
The Big Fight
by Buck, Pearl S
New York: John Day Company, 1965. American film crew hires a tiger and leopard from a small traveling circus in India to stage a fight for their movie; the son of the circus owner, friendly with the animals, facilitates. Based on an incident Buck witnessed. First edition (first printing) with no later printings listed; INSCRIBED by the author on the free endsheet. Library binding, with reinforced hinges, full-color illustrated cover matching the jacket (the regular cover was plain blue). Light wear to...
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€118.15
The Red Scholar's Wake
by Aliette De Bodard
London: Gollancz. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2022. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The Illumicrate limited edition with sprayed edges. Signed bookplate laid into front. Book and jacket both in fine condition, jacket with a brodart cover. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author .
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€37.81
The Blood of Outcasts - the Bane Sword Trilogy (Signed Limited Edition)
by D. A. Smith
DS Publishing. As New in As New dust jacket. 2022. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A very fine - as new copy of the first edition in a like DJ, now with a brodart cover. Signed, dated and numbered on the title page, this being #2 of 100, dated 14/06/22 with a quote "I'll send them to the mountains where the demons eat." ; Signed by Author .
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€89.79
Epic Measures
by Smith, Jeremy N
First edition, complete number line. Very little wear.
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€6.61
Dominion (The Chronicles of the Invaders #3)
by Connolly, John & Ridyard, Jennifer
London: Headline. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2016. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. #3 The Chronicles of the Invaders, 1st UK Edition. Book and jacket are both in fine to very fine condition, signed by both authors. ; Signed by All Authors .
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€56.71
The Ten Holy Horrors (Rare Uncorrected Proof)
by Francis Beeding
London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good. 1939. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. A very rare uncorrected proof of an uncommon book. Francis Beeding is a pseudonym for John Leslie Palmer and Hilary Saint George Saunders who co-authored 30+ novels together under the pseudonym. A Spy thriller published early during World War II. A VG copy in wrappers, it has a pronounced lean, but with no major problems otherwise. Now in an archival polybag for protection. .
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€236.30
THE MASTER DRAWINGS OF TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
by STEPHEN LONGSTREET
GOOD, CLEAN, TIGHT, UNMARKED COPY WITH SOME FADING AND SCUFFING TO COVER.
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€37.81
The Hollow Skin (Incl Rare Proof - $25 for a Title)
by Virginia Swain
Farrar & Rinehart. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1937. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A rare set of this uncommon book. It includes the rare and unique advance proof, which was part of a marketing ploy by the publisher. They offered a $25 award for the best title, submitted by anyone on the retail book trade. A horror set in the Bahamas. A first printing of the book with the F&R monogram on the copyright page. Book is NF, slight lean, but no obvious defects, internally clean...
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€562.39
Paintings in the Uffizi & Pitti Galleries
by Mina Gregori
Paintings in the Uffizi & Pitti Galleries - Mina Gregori (Italian Museums 1994 Hardcover w/ DJ) 1st English Edition
ISBN: 0821220845
Copyright 1994, published by Bulfinch Press (NY); printed in Italy. Stated "First English-language Edition." 648 pages. Approximately 12-inches tall, 10-inches wide, and 3-inches think. Dust jacket has a small tear at the spine tail, scratches, nicks, impressions, and tanning along the edges. Blue hardcovers have spine lean and a slight wave to the textblock likely from... Read more about this item
ISBN: 0821220845
Copyright 1994, published by Bulfinch Press (NY); printed in Italy. Stated "First English-language Edition." 648 pages. Approximately 12-inches tall, 10-inches wide, and 3-inches think. Dust jacket has a small tear at the spine tail, scratches, nicks, impressions, and tanning along the edges. Blue hardcovers have spine lean and a slight wave to the textblock likely from... Read more about this item
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€85.06
