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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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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.
Night

Night by Wiesel, Elie; Francois Mauriac [Foreword]; Stella Rodway [Translator]

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Title
Night
Author
Wiesel, Elie; Francois Mauriac [Foreword]; Stella Rodway [Translator]
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Near Fine
Description
London: MacGibbon and Kee, 1960. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First British edition, first printing. 139 pp. Bound in publisher's red cloth with black lettering. Near Fine with foxing to all edges; small imperfection to bottom edge of front free endpaper else fine. In Very Good unclipped dust jacket, lightly worn, spine and back panel lightly toned with foxing; staining to "N" in Night on front cover. The acclaimed Holocaust memoir.
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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)
Description
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.
Old New York: False Dawn (The 'Forties); The Old Maid (The 'Fifties); The Spark (The 'Sixties); New Year's Day (The 'Seventies)

Old New York: False Dawn (The 'Forties); The Old Maid (The 'Fifties); The Spark (The 'Sixties); New Year's Day (The 'Seventies) by Wharton, Edith

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Old New York: False Dawn (The 'Forties); The Old Maid (The 'Fifties); The Spark (The 'Sixties); New Year's Day (The 'Seventies)
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Wharton, Edith
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Yesterday's Muse Books (United States)
Condition
Good
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New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1924. 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Caswell, Edward C. 3rd printings. Includes publisher's slipcase and jackets. Owned by Edith Foster Dulles, the mother of U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and CIA director Allen Welsh Dulles, with her name in pencil on front flyleaf of each volume. Edges foxed, loss from jacket corners (more from spine of second volume), bottom panel of slipcase missing with surface tear along bottom edge of rear panel and wear along other edges. 1924 Hard Cover. 142, [1]; 190, [1]; 108, [1]; 159, [1] pp. Blue cloth, paper labels, illustrated endpapers by Edward C. Caswell. A quartet of works dedicated to New York in the decades leading up to the Gilded Age.
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
Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition
Good binding
Description
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.
The Papers of John C. Calhoun, Vol. 20: 1844

The Papers of John C. Calhoun, Vol. 20: 1844 by Wilson, Clyde N. [Editor]

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The Papers of John C. Calhoun, Vol. 20: 1844
Author
Wilson, Clyde N. [Editor]
Seller
Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN
9780872497696
Condition
Very Good
Description
Univ of South Carolina Pr, 1991-10-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x2. Dark blue cloth boards, clean, has a very good binding, no marks or notations. Ships from our bookstore in West Columbia SC!
Memoirs of the War

Memoirs of the War by Wilson, Captain Ephraim A. (Co. "G," 10th Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry)

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Memoirs of the War
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Wilson, Captain Ephraim A. (Co. "G," 10th Illinois Veteran Volunteer Infantry)
Seller
Americana Books ABAA (United States)
Condition
Poor
Description
Cleveland: W. M. Bayne Printing Co, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor. 12mo. xxii, pages 23-435 pages. Illustrated with 6 pages of photographs preceding the title page. A couple of illustrations on the text. Dark cloth covered boards with title on the front cover and spine. A fair copy only with fragile binding and text. Covers are shelf and edge worn. Front cover nearly detached and held to the binding by the front hinge tissue repair. Rear hinge cracked. Paper is browned and brittle with some flaking and edge chips. Previous owner inscription on the right front flyleaf. Interior clean. Contents include a roll of the company and officers in front. This regiment fought in Western campaigns of Tennessee, Chickamauga, and the Atlanta campaign. Nevins I page 180 - "In spite of faulty grammar, Wilson's reminiscences are reliable for the major campaigns in the West.
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.

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