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Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter "E

Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter "E by Wright, Ernest Vincent

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Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Title
Gadsby: A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter "E
Author
Wright, Ernest Vincent
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Description
Los Angeles: Wetzel Publishing Co, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 267 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Apparently bound without photo frontispiece (a variant?), else Near Fine with a few small stains to back board, former owner's name on front free endpaper. A clean bright copy, sturdily bound. Lacking jacket. A legendary rarity; the warehouse holding copies of this self-published novel without the letter "e" (a lipogram) burned down shortly after publication.
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The Tried and Tempted by ARTHUR, T.S

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The Tried and Tempted
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ARTHUR, T.S
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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Philadelphia, Lippincott, Brambo & Co., 1851., 1851. First edition. Small 8vo. 212 pages + 4 pages publisher's advertisements. Original tan cloth, gilt and blind stamped. Some light foxing and staining throughout. Very good, tight copy. Rare. No signatures or bookplates. Wright II, No. 137, locates only one copy of the 1852 edition and no copies of the 1851 first edition.. F. Hardcover.
MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DR. DARWIN, CHIEFLY DURING HIS RESIDENCE IN LICHFIELD, WITH ANECDOTES OF HIS FRIENDS, AND CRITICISMS ON HIS WRITINGS

MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DR. DARWIN, CHIEFLY DURING HIS RESIDENCE IN LICHFIELD, WITH ANECDOTES OF HIS FRIENDS, AND CRITICISMS ON HIS WRITINGS by Anna Seward

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MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DR. DARWIN, CHIEFLY DURING HIS RESIDENCE IN LICHFIELD, WITH ANECDOTES OF HIS FRIENDS, AND CRITICISMS ON HIS WRITINGS
Author
Anna Seward
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Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Good binding
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Philadelphia: At the Classic Press, for the Proprietors Wm. Poyntell, & Co, 1804. First American Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. Memoirs of Erasmus Darwin, part of the Midlands Enlightenment and the grandfather of Charles Darwin. Contemporary owner’s name on the front pastedown. Scattered spots of staining or discoloration to the text. Spots of staining to the edges of the textblock. Lacking endpapers, else complete; xii, 313 pp. Fully rebacked with Japanese tissue. Full calf. Good binding.
Molly, McCullough, & Tom the Rogue

Molly, McCullough, & Tom the Rogue by Zemach, Margot (Illus); Stevens, Kathleen (Auth)

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Molly, McCullough, & Tom the Rogue
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Zemach, Margot (Illus); Stevens, Kathleen (Auth)
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E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Fine
Description
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1982 Hard cover in color illustrated dust jacket with two small edge tears. The story of a swindler who travels from farm to farm but finally meets his match in Molly. Illustrated in color.. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Small 4to.