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The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles

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Seller: Whitmore Rare Books

Title: The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
Author: Dickens, Charles
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very Good +
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition. Very Good +. Bound in the publisher's full crushed purple morocco, all edges gilt. Stamped in gilt on the spine and with blind rules on the boards and spine. With original yellow-coated end papers. Joints holding well although three short tears at the crown where it looks like someone pulled the book from a shelf at the crown, causing three .5 inch tears. Inner hinges just starting, but holding well. The book complete and entirely unrestored. Generally clean internally, with less foxing near the plates than many copies. A Very Good+ copy, rarely found in this deluxe format (often used by Dickens for presentation copies). Collating [xvi], 609, [1], complete with half title and 43 inserted plates. A few of Hatton and Cleaver's first issue points to the later half of text; all plates in the Phiz states and with the later Chapman & Hall imprints. Given that the early parts continued to be reprinted (and corrected) while the later parts were produced, it is common for the cloth-bound (or publisher's morocco-bound copies) to have most the the earlier misprints corrected, as here. Dickens' first novel, showcasing his astounding talent for sketching charming, sympathetic characters, helped to launch his career. "Its main literary value and appeal was formed by its numerous memorable characters...The Pickwick Papers are mostly a series of humorous misadventures, with a bit of satire, that give some insight into the mores of Victorian society. You can witness Dickens here working on a few prototypes that will show up in later novels...you also see his social consciousness manifesting itself" (Inverarity). An important early work that remains beloved by Dickens' fans for its sensationalism and humor. Very Good +.

A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland; Comprising Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes of Their Lives; and a Chronological Register of Their Publications, With the Number of Editions Printed; including Notices of some Foreign Writers whose Works have occasionally been published in England. Illustrated by a Variety of Communications from Persons of the first Eminence in the World of Letters by [Blake, William]. J. Watkins and F. Shoberl

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Title: A Biographical Dictionary of the Living Authors of Great Britain and Ireland; Comprising Literary Memoirs and Anecdotes of Their Lives; and a Chronological Register of Their Publications, With the Number of Editions Printed; including Notices of some Foreign Writers whose Works have occasionally been published in England. Illustrated by a Variety of Communications from Persons of the first Eminence in the World of Letters
Author: [Blake, William]. J. Watkins and F. Shoberl
Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
Description: 1816. London: Henry Colburn, 1816. 8vo, viii, 449 pp. With 2 leaves of ads at the front, and another 2 at the back, dated 1818. Original boards, paper backstrip (slightly rubbed with loss of label), some wear to boards, a very fine copy entirely uncut and in original state as issued. ß First edition of a fascinating contemporary reference work. It includes one of the earliest biographical references to William Blake an eccentric and very ingenious artist, as well as a large number of writers such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Byron, and hundreds of other authors forgotten today, but (amazingly) no Shelley (Mary or Percy), no Keats, and no Jane Austen. Bentley, Blake Books, 2929: references to Blake under William Hayley, W. Blake, and William Blake . Some claim Watkins authored A-K and Shoberl the rest.

Sex Life on the Planet Mars by Fredric Brown

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Title: Sex Life on the Planet Mars
Author: Fredric Brown
Seller: Heartwood Books (United States)
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book Condition: Near Fine: A sharp, square copy. A previous owner's stamp on back of front flyleaf. Minor foxing present on top text block, with light foxing present on side and bottom text blocks. Dust Jacket Condition: As New: A bright, multicolored jacket. A First, Limited Signed Edition of Volume 10 of Fredric Brown's detective pulp stories. This is signed copy #99 of 400 copies. Signed and numbered by Charles Willeford, author of the introduction.

The Boat of a Million Years by Poul Anderson

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Seller: Heartwood Books

Title: The Boat of a Million Years
Author: Poul Anderson
Seller: Heartwood Books (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Presentation copy. Signed and Inscribed First Edition (stated). Black cloth board binding with gilt lettering to spine. Signed on title page to Philip Jose Farmer, author of the Riverworld and World of Tiers series and multi-Hugo award winner, "To Phil Farmer - with admiration for your work - Poul Anderson". A sharp, square copy. Price unclipped. Wrapped in protective cover. Light bumping to spine edges. Light scuffing

Boxed Set of 30 Yellowstone National Park Stereoviews (with scarce textbook & map) by (Underwood and Underwood)

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Title: Boxed Set of 30 Yellowstone National Park Stereoviews (with scarce textbook & map)
Author: (Underwood and Underwood)
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books (United States)
Description: Underwood & Underwood, 1904. Hardcover. Complete set of 30 Yellowstone National Park stereoview photographs. Titled "Yellowstone National Park" the set includes thirty 3 1/2" x 7" curved double mount views of scenes in Yellowstone. Housed in the original publisher's 4" x 7 3/4" book-form case, with scarce accompanying 68-page text book & large folding color map. Each view is dated c.1904, sequentially numbered (1-30) and identified below the right hand image; the verso contains expansive information about each view. The images are generally very rich and in excellent condition. The book is in fine condition; the box is worn. Yeloowstone National Park was established in 1872 by President Ulysses S. Grant, the first park to be established in the United States. Its unique natural resources attracted visitors from around the world and as a result of its growing popularity in 1894 members of the Boone and Crockett Club (including Theodore Roosevelt) were successful in carrying through the Park Protection Act, which saved the park. The 30 images include: (1) Arriving By N. Pac. Ry. at Gardiner, Mont., for visit to Yellowstone Park - looking west to Gallatin Range; (2) Six horse tally-ho leaving mountain walled Gardiner for trip through Yellowstone Park; (3) From Yellowstone Park N. through its gateway over Gardiner to Gallatin Range (left) and Buffalo Plateau. (4) Fort Yellowstone, among the mountains, headquarters of U.S, Troops guarding Yellowstone Park; (5) A Mountain of "Petrified" Water - Pulpit Terrace and Mammoth Springs Hotel, Yellowstone Park; (6) How an overflowing spring begins to build a terrace of "geyserite" deposits Yellowstone Park; (7) Cleopatra Terrace and its mirror-like pools - Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone Park; (8) Wild buffalo, one of America's "first families," at home on a sunny slope, Yellowstone Park; (9) Golden Gate-entrance to picturesque ravine of "golden rocks" - Yellowstone Park; (10) "Black Growler" whose steam kills trees, and whose roaring startles tourists, Yellowstone Park; (11) Glittering spray from "Constant" Geyser and stream from "Black Growler," Yellowstone Park; (12) The "Devil's Inkwell" bubbling and boiling over hidden fires, in famous Yellowstone Park; (13) Grizzly Bear at home in the wooded wilderness of famous Yellowstone Park; (14) "Great Fountain" Geyser, throwing up clouds of steam and boiling water, Yellowstone Park; (15) The "Black Warrior" Geyser waving a banner of steam and spray, Yellowstone Park; (16) Grotesque shapes of geyserite among the pools of "Biscuit Basin," Yellowstone Park; (17) Fifteen-minute display of "Riverside" Geyser - boiling water 100 feet in air - Yellowstone Park; (18) The "Tea Kettle" boiling hot from Mother Earth's hidden fire - Yellowstone Park; 6261 Sunrise in Yellowstone Park, where the earth's great fires still burn - over Upper Geyser Basin; (20) Peering into the mysterious crater of "Old Faithful," between its eruptions, Yellowstone Park; (21) The most famous sight in Yellowstone Park - "Old Faithful" Geyser in action (height 180 ft.); (22) Mirrored beauty of majestic "Old Faithful," east to Continental Divide, Yellowstone Park; (23) Ominous bubbling and boiling in the "Devil's Punch Bowl," Yellowstone Park; (24) Keppler Cascade, one of the Gems of Yellowstone Park; (25) W. from Continental Divide over Shoshone Lake to the Grand Teton, Yellowstone Park; (26) Fisherman at lake cooking in a boiling spring the trout just caught, Yellowstone Park; (27) From Pt. Lookout, 1,200 ft. above river, up Canon to Lower Falls (308 ft.), Yellowstone Park; (28) From Pt. Lookout, north down the glorious canon to river 1,200 feet below. Yellowstone Park; (29) Ten miles of yawning chasm - down the canon from Inspiration Point, Yellowstone Park; (30) Incredible heights and depths of the canon N. E. from Artists' Point, Yellowstone Park.

The Adventures of a Seventeen-Year-Old Lad and the Fortunes He Might Have Won. by Williams, John G.

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Title: The Adventures of a Seventeen-Year-Old Lad and the Fortunes He Might Have Won.
Author: Williams, John G.
Seller: Ten Pound Island Book Co. (United States)
Description: Boston: for the Author by the Collins Press., 1894. x. x-308 pp. b/w frontispiece and illustrations in text. Williams was a Canadian-born lad who sailed on a Duxbury whaler which he deserted in southwest Australia. He seems to have hopped from ship to ship and made whaling trips which included stops at Sydney, Lord Howe Island, and Hobart, as well as Fiji and Tonga. Some actual whaling incidents are recounted, but Williams career was far more wide-ranging, including gold mining in California and Australia. VG. Forster 105. Howes W-465. Jenkins p. 160. Cowan, p. 687, who notes, "Williams came to California in 1849. Pages 174 - 308 are devoted to his experiences here." First edition.Spine sunned, gutter margin of title page discolored, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce whaling book.

A Simple Matter of Justice. 1993 March On Washington For Lesbian, Gay, And Bi Equal Rights And Liberation

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Title: A Simple Matter of Justice. 1993 March On Washington For Lesbian, Gay, And Bi Equal Rights And Liberation
Seller: Langdon Manor Books LLC (United States)
Condition: Very good +
Description: Washington DC: Program Guide Project of the Comittee for the March on Washington, Inc, 1993. Very good +. 10 ¾" x 8". Stapled wrappers. pp. 96. Very good plus with light wear and light toning at extremities. This is the program guide for the 1993 March. Its first page is a strongly worded reflection of the LGBTQ community as well as its demands, and stating that "every out lesbian, gay, and bi is a hero." It contains a number of full page ads with position statements, a guide to issues that needed to pushed in Congress and a step-by-step guide on how attendees could help the cause. Several pages are devoted to short biographies of all the rally speakers, and around 30 pages are used to detail an hour by hour description of all the different events. Interspersed throughout are dozens of advertisements, a few maps and a short history of the event. Surprisingly scarce with OCLC locating eight institutions and none in the trade as of October 2019.

THE INDISCREET YEARS by BARRETTO, Larry

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Title: THE INDISCREET YEARS
Author: BARRETTO, Larry
Seller: Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description: Farrar & Rinehart, 1931. BARRETTO, Larry. THE INDISCREET YEARS. NY: Farrar & Rinehart, [1931]. Small 8vo., black cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed presentation by Barretto on front endpaper: "For Edith Braun, with much love, Larry Barretto. February 5, 1931." Very Good (spine dull). $75.00.

The Believer, Issue 22

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Title: The Believer, Issue 22
Seller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Very Good+
Description: McSweeney's. Very Good+. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good Plus. Slight shelf-wear to edges of cover and head / tail of spine. Subscription card is NOT present. ; Volume 3, Number 2 .

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