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Proef van Letteren, welke gegooten worden in de Nieuwe Haerlemsche Lettergietery van J. Enschedé

Proef van Letteren, welke gegooten worden in de Nieuwe Haerlemsche Lettergietery van J. Enschedé by ENSCHEDÉ, Johannes (1708-1780)

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Title
Proef van Letteren, welke gegooten worden in de Nieuwe Haerlemsche Lettergietery van J. Enschedé
Author
ENSCHEDÉ, Johannes (1708-1780)
Seller
Govi Rare Books LLC (United States)
Condition
Good+
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THE MOST IMPORTANT TYPE SPECIMEN PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS IN THE 18TH CENTURY Large 8vo (212x127 mm). Ornamental frontispiece engraved by A. van der Laan after Taco Hajo Helgersma, title page with engraved vignette by A. van der Laan, engraved portrait of Johann Enschedé by C. van Noorde, 2 engravings of the statues of Lourens Janszoon Coster and Adrianus Junius, [32] pp. of introduction, engraved portrait of Johann Michael Fleischmann by C. van Noorde dated 1769, [74] leaves of specimens printed on recto only (includign the often missing 'Canon Hebreeuwsch'), engraving of another statue of Coster by A. van der Laan after Jelgersma, [4] leaves of supplement with additional specimens printed on recto only (Oude Hollandse letteren zynkde eerstellingen der Boek-Drukkonst), 8 pp. (Lyst der Pryzen), engraved folding view by C. van Noorde of the interior of Enschedé's typefoundry workshop, dated 1768. The preface is printed in Fleischmann's cursive script. Title page and each page within a woodcut border. 19th-century half morocco, richly gilt spine, marbled pastedowns. On the front pastedown bookplate Andrzeja Awiuszewskiego, on the front flyleaf verso bookplate W. Kutkiewicz printed in red, and on the frontispiece later ownership entry. A very good copy. First edition of this beautiful type specimen sample book showcasing the designs of the type founder Johann Martin Fleischmann. Fleischmann worked for the Enschedé type foundry from 1743 onwards and created antique typefaces and Gothic letters. The former were of great importance in the development of printed typefaces, particularly the 'Enschedé typeface' he designed, which strongly influenced the development of printing types in England. "This is a very interesting and fine specimen-book of all the characters then in the Enschedé foundry. It contains finely-engraved copperplate portraits of the printer J. Enschedé; Junius, the propagator of the Koster legend; another of the celebrated type-cutter, Fleischman; and one of Koster, all being by C. van Noorde. It also gives the view of the two statues of Koster and Junius which Enschedé placed in his own garden, and which still remain there. At the end is a large view of the principal room of the foundry. The titles of the founts are given in Dutch, French, English, and German" (Bigmore & Wyman). The book includes specimens of music types, capital letters, exotic fonts (Greek, Arabian, Hebrew and Armenian), typographical ornaments and black-letter types of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. J.M. Fleischmann died just before the publication of the book, and his work and merits are described at length in the foreword by J. Enschedé. "Fleischman, a German, was employed by the Enschedes in the eighteenth century to cut types for their foundry, and his signature is found beneath many fonts shown in their specimen-books. In his hands their output was somewhat changed, though not much bettered. His types are singularly devoid of style, and usually show a drift toward the thinner, weaker typography which was coming in Holland as everywhere else. But Fleischman's work was much the fashion in the eighteenth century, and it made such excellent fonts as Van Dyck's appear hopelessly obsolete. In 1810, when Didot type was the mode, Van Dyck's matrices and types were, without much thought, thrown into the meltingpot -a "gesture" no doubt regretted by later members of the Enschedé family. Various books and broadside specimens of types and ornaments were published by the Enschedés. One of the earliest books was the Epreuve des Caractècres, qui se fondent dans la Nouvelle Fonderie de Lettres d'Isaac et Jean Enschedé à Haarlem. Augmentée & perfectionée jusquà lìAn 1744. The preface alludes to the abilities of Rudolph Wetstein as a printer and type-founder, and mentions that the Enschedés bought his foundry in 1743; Wetstein having died the year before. The Greek types are mentioned with special pride; and the deep cutting of counters, and the solid way in which the types are constructed to escape wear, are emphasized. The roman and italic types shown are all old style. In 1768, the Enschedés published an elaborate specimen called Proef van Letteren, welke gegooten worden in de Nieuwe Haerlemsche Lettergietery van J. Enschedé, prefaced by a portrait of Enschedé and other engravings. An introduction, dated Haarlem, 1768, and signed by J. Enschedé, is printed in a very ugly cursive script letter -a fearful decline from the splendid cursive fonts in use a hundred and fifty years earlier. This is followed by a portrait of J.M. Fleischman, their type-cutter. Then begins a series of types -capital letters in roman and italic of a very Dutch and ugly cut, a series of shaded capital letters, and a great variety of faces of roman and italic types, in some of which the size of the body of lower-case letters is unduly large in proportion to the capitals. Many of the types that we come upon which look more "modern" (some of them being as we should now say "condensed") were cut by Fleischman -whose name appears beneath them. He uniformly extracted all interest from his fonts, partly through lightening the cut, which gave monotony of colour, and partly by his large, round lower-case letters, made more rolling in effect by shortening the descenders in a very modern way. The smaller types are extremely dull in colour, though here and here we find fonts with a good deal of movement, cut by Van Dyck. Fleischmann's black-letter is tortured and fanciful, and does not stand comparison with Van Dyck's simpler and finer black-letter, still less with early Flemish gothic fonts. Fleischmann's music, both in round notes and square, is also shown. The caractère de finance, an unattractive script, was cut by Rosart. Beyond these fadedlooking characters comes a page of fine old civilité. There is an interesting collection of Greek fonts, and the assortment of ligatured characters which supplement them should be examined. There are Arabic, Hebrew, Armenian, and other exotic types by various hands, and the specimen closes with ornaments which are mostly flat renderings of current English and French designs. Every page in the book is surrounded by type borders, many of them ingeniously contrived […] Two pages of splendid old Dutch black-letter fonts and a folding view of the Enschede foundry at Haarlem close a representative eighteenth century Dutch specimen" (Updike). Bound with: Verzeichnis der werthvollen Bibliothek des Königl. Hof-Kalligraphen u. akad. Künstlers Ernst Schütze. Manuscripte, Schreibebücher, Ornamentwerke, zu verkaufen durch J.A. Stargardt. Berlin, 1861. Pp. [4], 54, [2]. Enchedé's work is listed here under no. 567. Kelly, 27; LGB II, 469 (Enschedé) and 610 (Fleischmann); Bigmore & Wyman, I, p. 202; Updike, II, pp. 37-39; Lane & Lommen, Letterproeven van Nederlandse gieterijen/Dutch typefounder's specimens, pp. 10, 69, 104, and 235; Berlin Kat., 5372.
Crime Scene & Accidental Death Photo Archive

Crime Scene & Accidental Death Photo Archive

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Crime Scene & Accidental Death Photo Archive
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Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (United States)
Condition
Very good.
Description
Cheshire, England: n.p., 1954. Very good.. Collection of photographs of death scenes in and around the English county of Cheshire, used for investigative purposes. The majority depict traffic accidents, of which two involved bicycles colliding with cars. Other incidents include a drowning, a man's sudden death while riding a tractor, another dying near an open gas pipe, a second gas-related incident in a home garage, plus three factory/worksite accidents and two falls down flights of stairs. One card shows the name William Gordon written in ink, referring either to the photographer or the deceased person. The stark and limited nature of the captions precludes a full understanding of the events, as they were used as an evidence tool above all else. Nevertheless, an indelible and haunting series of images, as well as a useful record of forensic photography. 25 thick cards, each 8" by 6.5", with brass fasteners holding on a layer of gelatin-silver prints, between two to thirteen to each card. Prints have a small identifying number glued to the right edge, as reference for small sheet of typewritten captions glued to the card. Overall, condition about very good. Several cards have noticeably lost their captions, but all photos appear intact. A bit toned, and lightly soiled, but considerably well-preserved indeed. Housed in a custom gray archival box.
100 Rifles [One Hundred Rifles] (Three original oversize photographs from the 1969 film)

100 Rifles [One Hundred Rifles] (Three original oversize photographs from the 1969 film) by Tom Gries (director, screenwriter); Robert MacLeod (novel); Clair Huffaker (screenwriter); Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds (starring)

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100 Rifles [One Hundred Rifles] (Three original oversize photographs from the 1969 film)
Author
Tom Gries (director, screenwriter); Robert MacLeod (novel); Clair Huffaker (screenwriter); Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds (starring)
Seller
Royal Books (United States)
Description
N.p.: N.p., 1969. Three vintage borderless oversize reference photographs from the set of 1969 Western film, all three showing Jim Brown on horseback during filming on location in Almeria, Spain. Provenance stamps on the versos. A Native American man robs a bank in the US in order to buy guns for his people who are being repressed by the government. A lawman quickly sets out into Mexico to capture him, but the two eventually create an alliance. Set in Sonora, Mexico, shot on location in Spain. 8.75 x 13 inches. Very Good plus. Pitts 2903.
Lust and the Flesh (Two original photographs from the 1965 film)

Lust and the Flesh (Two original photographs from the 1965 film) by Tony Orlando (director, screenwriter); Joseph V. Perry, Georgetta Giles, Maureen Conway (starring)

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Lust and the Flesh (Two original photographs from the 1965 film)
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Tony Orlando (director, screenwriter); Joseph V. Perry, Georgetta Giles, Maureen Conway (starring)
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Royal Books (United States)
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N.p.: American Film Distributing, 1965. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1965 film. Both photographs with provenance stamps and labels on the verso. Two couples, one with a nymphomaniac wife and one with a sex-phobic wife, try wife-swapping. Shot on location in Margate, New Jersey. 8 x 10 inches. Very Good, with light edgewear, each with a small closed tear in the margins, and several pinholes in the margins. One photograph with two small chips, one to the top center edge and one to the top right corner.
[ALS] Frederick A. Muhlenberg, first Speaker of the House & first signer of the 'Bill of Rights,' Requests the Delivery of His Payment Due from the State

[ALS] Frederick A. Muhlenberg, first Speaker of the House & first signer of the 'Bill of Rights,' Requests the Delivery of His Payment Due from the State by Muhlenberg, Frederick A.

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[ALS] Frederick A. Muhlenberg, first Speaker of the House & first signer of the 'Bill of Rights,' Requests the Delivery of His Payment Due from the State
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Muhlenberg, Frederick A.
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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Very good, torn along edges and folds, contents soiled, otherwise clean.
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[Pennsylvania], 1784. Very good, torn along edges and folds, contents soiled, otherwise clean.. 1 sheet. 7.25 x 6 inches. December 11th, 1784. Muhlenberg, then justice of the peace and register of wills and deeds of newly organized Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, writes to Jonathan Nicholson, Esq., requesting the order for 75 dollars due to him, by the state, be delivered to Mr. A. Epple. Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (1750 – 1801) was a minister and politician, who went on to be elected the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and as such the first to sign the Bill Of Rights, as well a delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Jonathan Nicholson (1758-1800) was a Welsh-born business man in Philadelphia, appointed clerk to the Board of Treasury of the Continental Congress in 1778 and appointed state Comptroller General in Philadelphia in 1882. He would later partner which Robert Morris, See ANB.article.0200242.
THE BOOKBINDINGS OF T. J. COBDEN-SANDERSON

THE BOOKBINDINGS OF T. J. COBDEN-SANDERSON by Tidcombe, Marianne

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THE BOOKBINDINGS OF T. J. COBDEN-SANDERSON
Author
Tidcombe, Marianne
Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN
9780712300278
Description
London: The British Library, 1984. Hardcover. Small Quarto, xii, 407 pages. In Very Good minus condition and housed in publisher's Very Good brown paper slip case. Bound in publisher's brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Spine sunned and slightly cocked. Textblock clean. Shelved on the Front Table. 1412577. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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CLINICAL SURGERY : EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORTS OF SURGICAL PRACTICE BETWEEN THE YEARS 1860-1876 by Billroth, Theodor, 1829-1894 [author] ; Dent, C.T. [editor]

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CLINICAL SURGERY : EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORTS OF SURGICAL PRACTICE BETWEEN THE YEARS 1860-1876
Author
Billroth, Theodor, 1829-1894 [author] ; Dent, C.T. [editor]
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Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: The New Sydenham Society, 1881. Hardcover. Octavo, xx, 518 pages. In Fair condition. Ex-library with library stamps on endpapers, title page, and verso of rear plates. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth, gilt portrait surrounded by stamped design; fraying to spine caps and corners, torn rear hinge, cocked spine. Text block has red-tinted edges; name in ink on front pastedown, surface tear to rear pastedown, cracked hinges. Illustrated: "With nine lithographs and twenty-nine woodcuts"- title page; b&w plates with tissue guards (one folded, one color). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column BB. 1412520. FP New Rockville Stock.
The Foxfire Three Volume Set: Foxfire 4: Fiddle Making, Spring Houses, Horse Trading, Sassafras Tea, Berry Buckets, Gardening, and Further Affairs of Plain Living; Foxfire 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting, and Other Affairs of Plain Living; Foxfire 6: Shoemaking, 100 Toys and Games, Gourd Banjos and Song Bows, Wooden Locks, A Water-Powered Sawmill, and Other Affairs of Just Plain Living

The Foxfire Three Volume Set: Foxfire 4: Fiddle Making, Spring Houses, Horse Trading, Sassafras Tea, Berry Buckets, Gardening, and Further Affairs of Plain Living; Foxfire 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting, and Other Affairs of Plain Living; Foxfire 6: Shoemaking, 100 Toys and Games, Gourd Banjos and Song Bows, Wooden Locks, A Water-Powered Sawmill, and Other Affairs of Just Plain Living by Wigginton, Eliot; Dorson, Richard M

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The Foxfire Three Volume Set: Foxfire 4: Fiddle Making, Spring Houses, Horse Trading, Sassafras Tea, Berry Buckets, Gardening, and Further Affairs of Plain Living; Foxfire 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting, and Other Affairs of Plain Living; Foxfire 6: Shoemaking, 100 Toys and Games, Gourd Banjos and Song Bows, Wooden Locks, A Water-Powered Sawmill, and Other Affairs of Just Plain Living
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Wigginton, Eliot; Dorson, Richard M
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: Anchor Press / Doubleday, 1977. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x3. Reprints of volumes 4 and 5, first printing of volume 6. Includes publisher's slipcase. Spines faded, a couple light spots on front wrapper of volume 6. 1977 Trade Paperback. Black-and-white photographs throughout. The fourth, fifth, and sixth volumes in what has become one of the most well-respected collections of information on self-sufficiency, outdoorsmanship, and folk culture. Includes: Foxfire 4: Fiddle Making, Spring Houses, Horse Trading, Sassafras Tea, Berry Buckets, Gardening, and Further Affairs of Plain Living; Foxfire 5: Ironmaking, Blacksmithing, Flintlock Rifles, Bear Hunting, and Other Affairs of Plain Living; Foxfire 6: Shoemaking, 100 Toys and Games, Gourd Banjos and Song Bows, Wooden Locks, A Water-Powered Sawmill, and Other Affairs of Just Plain Living.
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Hallelujah! The Welcome Table -- A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes by Maya Angelou

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Hallelujah! The Welcome Table -- A Lifetime of Memories with Recipes
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Maya Angelou
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Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
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Fine
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New York: Random House, 2004. Boards. Fine/Fine. INSCRIBED BY MAYA ANGELOU on the half-title. A pristine copy to boot of the 2004 stated 1st edition (with the correct number bar below it). Clean and Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket.
Browning: Poet and Man, A Survey

Browning: Poet and Man, A Survey by Browning, Robert (subj); Cary, Elisabeth Luther (Auth)

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Browning: Poet and Man, A Survey
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Browning, Robert (subj); Cary, Elisabeth Luther (Auth)
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E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
New York: G P Putnam & Sons, 1899 282 pgs +2 pgs of ads. Navy cloth decoratively stamped and titled in gilt after a design by Margaret Armstrong, light wear to extremities, binding slightly shaken, large gift inscription in pencil to fly leaf, occasional foxing but clean overall. One of a few biographies by art critic, Elizabeth Luther Cary. Here she focuses on his upbrining, his relationship with Elizabeth Barrett Browning and his development as a poet. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of portraits, artwork, and locations. . First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. Large 8vo.
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“theoretical china.” by TONG, Winston.

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“theoretical china.”
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TONG, Winston.
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Jeff Maser, Bookseller-ABAA (United States)
Description
[Brussels]: Les Disques du Crépuscule,, 1984.. First edition.. 22 1/2 x 11 3/4 inch illustrated poster, featuring a Kawahara photograph of Tong hoisting a television. One horizontal fold, some faint scattered foxing. In all, very good plus. Promotional poster for a 12” single by the Tuxedomoon vocalist and Obie award winning playwrite.
Survival Guide for the Suddenly Single

Survival Guide for the Suddenly Single by BERSON, Barbara and BOVA, Ben

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Survival Guide for the Suddenly Single
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BERSON, Barbara and BOVA, Ben
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
Condition
fine
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New York: St. Martin's, 1974. hardcover. fine/fine. x + 213 page. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (crease to front flap). New York: St. Martin's Press, (1974). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper.
Lynn Chadwick: New Work

Lynn Chadwick: New Work by CHADWICK, Lynn and Dennis Farr

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Lynn Chadwick: New Work
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CHADWICK, Lynn and Dennis Farr
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Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
London: Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 1989. First edition. Softcover. 31 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran November 1989 through January 1990. Features an essay by Dennis Farr. Includes numerous color illustrations, a checklist, list of previous exhibitions, and a selected bibliography. A near fine copy in wrappers.
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Meteorology: A Practical Course in Weather. by Brands, George J.

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Meteorology: A Practical Course in Weather.
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Brands, George J.
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Lighthouse Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1944. Octavo, blue cloth (hardcover), 235 pp + 8 fold-out figures in rear envelope. Very Good, with light edgewear and former-owner stamp to ffep.
A Confederacy of Dunces
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A Confederacy of Dunces by Toole, John Kennedy

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A Confederacy of Dunces
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Toole, John Kennedy
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Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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9780802130204
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Very Good
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Grove, 2003. Very Good. Toole, John Kennedy. A Confederacy of Dunces. New York: Grove, 2003. 394pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with small tear in foot of spine..

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