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East of Eden (Signed limited edition) by Steinbeck, John

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: East of Eden (Signed limited edition)
Author: Steinbeck, John
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First edition. Fine/Good. One of 1,500 copies of the signed, limited edition, 750 of which were for sale. A bright, Fine copy in chipped publisher's acetate dust jacket, Good only. Lacking the slipcase. Publisher's green cloth titled in gilt. Edges stained red. Ink gift inscription, dated 1957, to upper pastedown. An excellent example, very clean and fresh throughout. Dust jacket lacking lower third of spine and about a quarter of the back panel. Set in the Salinas Valley of California, East of Eden is Steinbeck's classic tale of the Trask and Hamilton families. The Nobel Prize-winning writer considered this his greatest work and, in fact, a young Steinbeck actually makes a small appearance in the novel as a character. East of Eden was a bestseller and became extremely popular upon its release. Steinbeck wrote a friend: "I am getting flocks of letters...People write as though it were their book." Nearly fifty years after its publication, the book would undergo a resurgence in popularity when it was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club pick in 2003. More famously, the book was adapted into a 1955 film directed by Elia Kazan and featuring James Dean in one of his few starring roles. "...no one can doubt its merits as the work of a great storyteller. It compels and holds the reader's fascinated attention from the first chapter to the last" (contemporary review in the Washington Post). Fine in Good dust jacket.

The Drought by Ballard, J.G.

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: The Drought
Author: Ballard, J.G.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition. Fine/Fine. The preferred first British and hardcover edition. Original brown cloth gilt in dust jacket. Top edge red, a small Foyles book ticket to foot of front pastedown. A Fine, pristine copy in like dust jacket, rarely found in such beautiful condition. An exceptional example of Ballard's classic science fiction novel. Originally published in the United States in 1964 under the title The Burning World, it was retitled and published by Jonathan Cape in 1965. One of Ballard's key 'climate novels' and part of what some critics describe as his 'catastrophe trilogy' alongside The Drowned World and The Crystal World. Fine in Fine dust jacket.

The Arabella and Araminta Stories by Smith, Gertrude

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Seller: Thorn Books

Title: The Arabella and Araminta Stories
Author: Smith, Gertrude
Seller: Thorn Books (United States)
Condition: Good
Description: Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated by Ethel Reed.. 4to. (8),103,(1)pp. Tan cloth printed in black. Red pictorial endpapers. Title page in red and black. Illustrated with 15 full page illustrations. Introduction by Mary E. Wilkins. Occasional light scattered foxing and staining; rebacked with original spine paid on (lacking spine tips); edge and corner wear, and inner hinges worn. Still, a good copy of a rare children's book. Signed by Gertrude Smith and Mary Wilkins on the verso of the front free endpaper. Rare Peter Parley to Penrod title. The Helen Younger list of Collectible Children's Books selection for 1895.

An Essay on Musical Expression by Avison, Charles

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Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC

Title: An Essay on Musical Expression
Author: Avison, Charles
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: London: C. Davis, 1753. Second Edition. Leather bound. Near fine. Second edition of An Essay on Musical Expression by Charles Avison, complete with four musical plates, published in 1753.. Octavo, [x], 152pp; 43pp; 53pp, [6]. Bound in three-quarter morocco with marbled paper boards. Title in gilt over black on spine. New endpapers. Stated "The Second Edition" on title page. Includes half-title, but lacks advertisement leaf before half-title. Solid text block, internally fine. Rebound by Chivers of Bath, with label on rear pastedown. Complete with four fold-out musical plates, lightly foxed. A rare piece from a notable English composer. The first printing of An Essay on Musical Expression was published 1752 for C. Davis of London. (Eitner, 248) (Hirsch I, 40) Avison's treatise is one of the most important English contributions to musical aesthetics. It contains discussions of the effect of music on the emotions and draws comparisons with the effect produced by other, arts such as painting. Avison was also a composer of some well-known concerti grossi; his published music often contains substantial, informative and occasionally controversial prefaces. Full Title: An Essay on Musical Expression. The Second Edition, with Alterations and Large Additions. To Which is Added, A Letter to the Author, Concerning the Music of the Ancients, and Some Passages in Classic Writers, Relating to that Subject. Likewise, Mr. Avison's Reply to the Author of Remarks on the Essay on Musical Expression. In a Letter from Mr. Avison, to His Friend in London.

Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm

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Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB

Title: Zuleika Dobson
Author: Max Beerbohm
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: John Lane, 1912. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fine Copy In Illustrated Boards. Gorgeous Front Board With Jazz Woman. First Edition.1912 Rare In This Condition. Excellent Copy Of This Classic..

Chance in Chains by Thorne, Guy

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Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books

Title: Chance in Chains
Author: Thorne, Guy
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1914. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good/Very Good. 8vo., 180pp. Beautiful First US Edition. Original green cloth with titles in white on spine and front board though mostly faded on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with perhaps a hint of toning. Minute wear to spine ends and tips but barely noticeable. Attractive and quite scarce wrapper with $1.00 price on the spine, ($1.10 postpaid), has some soiling, tiny nicks at the spine ends and tips, and toned spine. A couple of tine closed tears and paper tape reinforcement at the spines on the verso. Looks a lot better than it sounds and the front panel image, which is also the frontis, (by Howard T. Graves), is still fresh, bright and visually pleasing. An interesting story about scamming the Monte Carlo casino by controlling a Roulette wheel with a wireless. Guy Thorn is the pseudonym of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull, (Hubin, p. 394), A simply beautiful collectable copy of a quite uncommon title in any condition. In this high grade and with the rare dust-wrapper, a real find indeed.

G is for Gumshoe (Signed First Edition) by Grafton, Sue

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Title: G is for Gumshoe (Signed First Edition)
Author: Grafton, Sue
Seller: Brenner's Collectable Books (United States)
ISBN: 9780805004618
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo., 259p. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First Printing with full number sequence. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped wrapper, ($16.95), isl fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Dated, signed and inscribed by Grafton on the title page, "To ___, Respectfully submitted, Sue Grafton, 1990"' A beautiful collectable copy at a great price.

The Photographs of Lyle Bonge. With an Introduction by A. D. Coleman, an Afterword by Jonathan Williams, & Writing by Lyle Bonge by BONGE, Lyle

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Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC

Title: The Photographs of Lyle Bonge. With an Introduction by A. D. Coleman, an Afterword by Jonathan Williams, & Writing by Lyle Bonge
Author: BONGE, Lyle
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Published as Jargon 89. Mint copy.
Description: (North Carolina): Jargon Society, (1982). First edition. Published as Jargon 89. Mint copy.. 4to, boards, dust jacket. Published as Jargon 89. Mint copy.

North by TOWLE, Tony

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Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts

Title: North
Author: TOWLE, Tony
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts (United States)
Condition: A few small nicks to jacket edges, otherwise fresh and bright
Description: New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1970. A few small nicks to jacket edges, otherwise fresh and bright. 8vo. 75 pages. Original black cloth; dust jacket designed by Jasper Johns. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by Towle on the half-title. This won the Frank O'Hara Award, and was Towle's first commercially published book (there were two earlier privately printed volumes).

Ant Communities and How They are Governed: A Study in Natural Civics by McCook, Henry C.

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Title: Ant Communities and How They are Governed: A Study in Natural Civics
Author: McCook, Henry C.
Seller: Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Description: New York and London: Harper and Brothers, 1909. First edition. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED STUDY OF ANT SOCIETY COMPARED TO HUMAN CULTURE. 13 x 20.5 cm hardcover, green cloth binding, title to cover, small signature of Robert Stebbins to front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. i-xvii, [2], 321 pp, many fine illustrations. Light spine fading, corners bumped, very good in custom archival mylar cover. HENRY CHRISTOPHER McCOOK (1837 - 1911) was an American Presbyterian clergyman, naturalist, and prolific author on religion, history, and nature. He was a member of the celebrated Fighting McCooks, a family of Ohio military officers and volunteers during the American Civil War. He learned the printing trade as a youth, then taught school for several years. attended Jefferson College. After graduation in 1859, he studied theology privately and in the Western Theological Seminary in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. With the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in the 41st Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a chaplain with the rank of first lieutenant, and helped tend the wounded. As a minister in Clinton, Illinois, St. Louis, and Steubenville, Ohio, McCook became known for his compassion and intellect, and for his leadership in the movement to create Sunday Schools. In 1869, he became pastor of the Seventh Presbyterian church of Philadelphia, where he lived for the rest of his life. He spent his summers studying the behavior of ants and spiders. He published his observations and discoveries in a number of journals and books, as well as in a series of well-received illustrated children's books that explained the insects characteristics and traits in language and drawings for young minds. Many of McCook's books used illustrations drawn by Daniel Carter Beard, the founder of the Boy Scouts of America. McCook was Vice President of both the American Entomological Society and the Academy of Natural Sciences. In 1880, Lafayette College conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity to McCook. In 1895, he designed the official flag of the city of Philadelphia. He again served as an Army Chaplain during the Spanish-American War in 1898.

Songs of Sussex and Other Verse by AVERY, FRANK

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Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc.

Title: Songs of Sussex and Other Verse
Author: AVERY, FRANK
Seller: Joseph J. Felcone Inc. (United States)
Description: 1936. AVERY, FRANK. Songs of Sussex and Other Verse. Newton, [1936]. [6], vi, 5-6, [2], [7]-174, [8] p. Cloth. Poetry, some relating to Sussex County.

Kindred Spirits: The E. Maurice Bloch Collection of Manuscripts Part 1: Books and Printed Matter

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA

Title: Kindred Spirits: The E. Maurice Bloch Collection of Manuscripts Part 1: Books and Printed Matter
Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Mass: Ars Libri, LTD, 1992. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine. Art catalogue with prices. Corners rubbed.

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