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Bay of Souls

by Robert Stone

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket; SIGNED by the author on the title page. Both the book and the unclipped dust jacket are fine.

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€28.35

The Stone Diaries.

by SHIELDS, Carol

New York: Viking, 1994. First U.S. edition / First printing. White cloth spine, ivory paper-covered boards. Fine in a price-clipped, fine dust jacket. Winner of the Pulitzer prize. Winner of the Governor General's Award.

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€137.05

The Swan Thieves

by Kostova, Elizabeth

Little, Brown and Company, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. The follow-up novel to the hugely popular Historian, a novel about an artist whose defacement of a painting in a museum sets of the action. First edition (first printing). A fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, devoted to his profession and the painting hobby he loves, has a solitary but ordered life. When renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the... Read more about this item

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€23.63

Wish I Was Here

by KAY, Jackie

London: Picador, 2006. Hardback. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Midnight blue boards, white lettering to spine. Gentle pushing to spine ends, shallow dent to front board, else, pleasingly, clean, tight and bright. In the original dust jacket: gentle shelf wear. Near fine/ near fine. The Scots Makar's second short story collection.

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€21.28

Nine Nights

by Carvalho, Bernardo

London: Heinemann, 2007. 212 pages. Several b/w photos. Very slight spotting on fore-edge.. 1st U.K. edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine.

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€18.53

Modern Book Collecting

by Robert A Wilson

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. FINE. A Guide for the Beginner Who Is Buying First Edtions for the First Time. With 23 illustration.

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€13.22

Night Dawn The Accident Three Tales 1st UK Edition

by Wiesel, Elie

London: Robson Books, 1974. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st UK Edition of this collection of three early works of Elie Wiesel (various translators), Night with a foreword by Francois Mauriac; blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; very minor foxed spots/tanning to prelims, light toning to text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn and rubbed, with one or two short closed tears, spine sunned, o.w. G-VG.

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€33.98

A FAREWELL TO ARMS - Scribners Magazine 1929 - Custom Display Case with Rear Panel

by Hemingway, Ernest

Please note that the listing is for a Slipcase only. Contact Me for Custom Slipcases made to order. Each slipcase is individually hand made from the highest quality materials using time honored traditional techniques, and it is important to note that there are no acidic glues, resins, or epoxy mixes in their construction. Any paper and cloth products used are also acid free. Please note that this case has been designed to fit the 1st Edition / 1st Printing of the title and other copies are not... Read more about this item

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€141.78

The Confusion. Volume Two of The Baroque Cycle.

by STEPHENSON, Neal

New York: William Morrow & Company, 2004. Signed on the half-title page by Neal Stephenson. First edition / First printing. Brown paper spine,ochre paper-covered boards. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. This copy has been stored lying flat on a shelf since publication, and has no sagging of the text block, endemic to the majority of copies of this heavy, oversize book. An exceptionally beautiful copy. Note: extra shipping applies to this title. Winner of the 2005 Locus Award.

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€94.52

Montgomery Clift

by Patricia Bosworth

First edition with "E" indicated. In very good condition, unmarked, cloth boards with wear at corners, bumped at spine ends, in a good dust jacket, wear at edges with small chips, $12.95 price intact on flap. Signed and inscribed by Patricia Bosworth on front end page.

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€165.41

Shadowings

by Hearn, Lafcadio

Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. Printed by University Press, John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, MA, 1901. First Edition, Later Printing. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. With rare dust jacket, a later printing (1901) of the First Edition. 8vo. 268, [6] pp. The heart of the book are Japanese stories and fantasies, but also pieces on aspects of Japanese culture -- old Japanese songs, Japanese female names, the cicada insect. Last four unpaginated pages are ads contain ads for three Hearn titles. Dust... Read more about this item

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€283.56

Nemarluk : King of the Wilds

by Ion L. Idriess

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, Australia, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 221 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson, Sydney, Australia, 1941. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition but dust jacket is not included. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australiana; Inventory No: 09120299..

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€680.51

North of Hope

by Jon Hassler

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. AS NEW.

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€18.89

Rookery Blues

by Jon Hassler

UNCORRECTED PROOF in decorated paperback wraps. AS NEW.

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€17.00

The Lovely Bones; First Edition Hardcover

by Sebold, Alice

Boston: Little Brown, 2002. 1st Edition, full number Line . Hardcover. Fair-/Very Good-. IMPORTANT NOTE, this item is vended for it's jacket only which we presume will be married to a true first by the purchaser. The book is too rough for collectability, trace cock, sticker last endsheet etc. many flaws. There is much confusion regarding first editions of this item. . .Using Ahearn's definition (and every other knowledgeable person's) the First Edition is only the first printing of the... Read more about this item

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€38.40

Far, Far the Mountain Peak

by MASTERS, John

London: Michael Joseph, 1957. FIRST UK EDITION. 8vo, pp. 415, [1 catalogue]. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Gentle pushing to spine ends, mottling to boards, tobacco-tanned edges, small stain to fore-edge (into free margin). Bands of tanning and light spotting to free endpapers, unsigned Book Society bookplate (Rex Whistler-designed) to front pastedown. Else, clean and tidy. In the Donald Green-designed dust jacket: edgewear, chipping to head of spine and corners, various closed tears,... Read more about this item

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€29.56

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Hemingway, Ernest

First edition, first impression in first issue dust jacket.

Original publisher's cloth. Some rubbing to label on spine with toning to edges and a small area of browning to edge of of paste-downs and endpapers. Contents beautifully clean throughout otherwise.

The original and unclipped dust jacket has a little soft crease close to fore-edge of upper panel, else in beautiful, fine condition.

A fantastic example of one of the author's highlight titles.

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€3,547.20

RL's Dream

by Walter Mosley

267 pp. Octavo, 5.75 x 8.5 in. First edition, first printing, a fine volume with no flaws in a fine dust jacket in an archival cover, signed by Mosley on the title page below his name. An attractive item. "He got back to his feet and hobbled to the new music, reeling and rocking on a rhythm of unsteady feet. Maybe he'd die before he got there."

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€70.89

Uncle Remus Returns

by Joel Chandler Harris

First Edition. With Illustrations by A. B. Frost & J. M. Conde. 8vo, publisher's illustrated tan cloth in chipped dust jacket. Hardcover Condition. Fine. Boards are bright, clean, and well preserved, tight, and square. DJ spine is missing approximately three-fourths. DJ front has a 1-3/4" tear originating from the spine. DJ has edgewear and chipping. 175 pp.

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€259.93

Save me from the Shark a picaresque entertainment 1st UK Edition

by Friend, Donald

London: Collins, 1973. 1st Uk Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Donald Friend dustwrapper 1st UK Edition of this series of comic tales by Donald Friend; light-medium foxing to endpapers, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper clipped, o.w. Very Good.

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€15.44

THE JOURNAL OF EDWIN CARP

by RICHARD HAYDN, RONALD SEARLE

LONDON: HAMISH HAMILTON, 1954 Yellow Boards with brown titles to spine and blocked image to front, 205 x 140 mm approx. 246 pp Frontis , illustrated title and 27 other full page line drawings by Searle in his inimitable style. First Edition 1954. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Very Good/ Good (Book- Mild general shelf wear to boards, dust spotting to top edge of book block, gift book plate to staff of Au Fait Foundation to front paste down,... Read more about this item

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€17.74

Woolgathering

by Patti Smith

First Edition with 10-1 number line. In fine condition, in a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Patti Smith

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€283.56

The Legend of Bagger Vance, Golf and the Game of Life [Advance Reader's Edition/Uncorrected Bound Galleys]

by Pressfield, Steven

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1995. "Uncorrected Bound Galleys" and "Advance Reader's Edition" and "First Edition" are all so stated. Precedes the hardcover First Printing of the First Edition. Appears unread. Fine condition in full-color pictorial wraps (see photos). Bright, shiny, clean, tight, unmarked copy. The spine is square and flat. Softcover. 5.5" wide by 8.25" tall. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages... Read more about this item

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€41.54

The Clocks

by Christie, Agatha

First edition, first impression (Collins Clear-Type Press, 1963).Original red cloth with black lettering to spine. A very good book indeed with some spotting to edges and 'Xmas 1963' written in biro on front paste-down, but concealed by the upper flap of the dust jacket. The original and unclipped dust jacket is very good or better with a few tears to edges and spine head, where there is an associated crease to top edge of lower panel. A very good copy indeed.

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€354.72

X Writings '79 - '82 John Cage 1st Edition

by Cage, John

Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1983. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. square 8vo. colour plates First Edition (stated); collection of John Cage's writings, including poetry, experimental prose, and Mesostics, many being responses to modernist texts such as The Cantos or Finnegans Wake; 12 full-page colour plates; black cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; mild label-ghost to front endpaper, mild foxing to text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper... Read more about this item