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University of Washington Chapbooks, Seattle, 1930. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, this copy inscribed by the author to fellow distinguished art critic W.B.Honey. Small 8vo. 33pp. Card wrappers with an integral dust wrapper. In very crisp state. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..
The Place of Art in a University. A lecture. (INSCRIBED) by HERBERT READ - 1931
by HERBERT READ
The Place of Art in a University. A lecture. (INSCRIBED)
by HERBERT READ
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Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1931. Book. Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, this copy inscribed by the author to fellow art-critic W.B.Honey. 28pp. Card wrappers, a little faded and frayed at overlapping edges. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..
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Julien Benda and the New Humanism. (INSCRIBED)
by HERBERT READ.
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The Age of the Dragon. Poems 1930-1951. (INSCRIBED)
by JOHN LEHMANN
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Harcourt Brace, New York, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The first printing of the first American edition - this copy inscribed by the author: "for Alan Smith with all good wishes from John Lehmann 1976". Slim 8vo. 137pp. Blue cloth, silver lettered and ruled at the spine. Covers just a little spotted in places. A bright copy in slightly tanned and rubbed dust wrapper. A two-page foreword by the author precedes eighty-one poems. The recipient of Lehmann's inscription, Alan Smith, was a noted English bookseller and bibliographer, compiler of the Poetry London checklist..
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Scouse Mouse or I Never Got Over It
by Melly, George
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Lukeville , Arizona, United States
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London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, hardcover, 208 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Signed and inscribed by the Author 'For Anthony, Some shared places, with much affection George Nov 11/86' on the half-title page, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, corner and spine end bumps, light foxing to text block edges. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, corner chips, light wrinkle to top of front panel, short closed edge tear at front flap, in new Brodart sleeve. The third volume of autobiography by the popular jazz singer, screenwriter, pop music, film and TV critic deals with his early formative years in Liverpool. Mapped endpapers show Melly's neighborhood in Liverpool circa 1930. ISBN 9780297782773
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Donkey Work.: Inscribed by Author
by Edward Blishen
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Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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Blishen, Edward. Donkey Work. London, Hamish Hamilton. 1983. 1st Edition. 8vo. Black hardback, gilt titles to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper designed by Edward Blishen. Pp249. Dustwrapper binding and pages all in near fine condition. Inscribed on front free endpaper To Sim and Arnold/ - in memory of Hyola/ & anticipation of Ffestiniog/ from/ Edward/ 1988. The dedication is to Arnold and Sim Rattenbury to whom he was later to dedicate his last book Mind How You Go, published posthumously in 1997.
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Waldo. A novel. (SIGNED).
by PAUL THEROUX.
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London, United Kingdom
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The Bodley Head, London, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing) of Theroux's debut novel (which was preceded by the US edition). This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 208pp. Purple cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A tiny smattering of foxing to the top edge and a single tiny blemish to the front free endpaper. Near fine in Yvonne Skargon-designed dust wrapper, non-price-clipped but fractionally marked and with a single lengthy closed tear to the front panel..
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Julien Benda and the New Humanism. (INSCRIBED)
by HERBERT READ.
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London, United Kingdom
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University of Washington Chapbooks, Seattle, 1930. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition, this copy inscribed by the author to fellow distinguished art critic W.B.Honey. Small 8vo. 33pp. Card wrappers with an integral dust wrapper. In very crisp state. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..
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The Age of the Dragon. Poems 1930-1951. (INSCRIBED)
by JOHN LEHMANN
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London, United Kingdom
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Harcourt Brace, New York, 1952. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The first printing of the first American edition - this copy inscribed by the author: "for Alan Smith with all good wishes from John Lehmann 1976". Slim 8vo. 137pp. Blue cloth, silver lettered and ruled at the spine. Covers just a little spotted in places. A bright copy in slightly tanned and rubbed dust wrapper. A two-page foreword by the author precedes eighty-one poems. The recipient of Lehmann's inscription, Alan Smith, was a noted English bookseller and bibliographer, compiler of the Poetry London checklist..
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Himalaya Alpine Style.: The Most Challenging Routes on the Highest Peaks.
by Andy Fanshawe and Stephen Venables
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Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
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Fanshawe, Andy and Venables, Stephen. Himalaya Alpine Style. The Most Challenging Routes on the Highest Peaks. Hodder and Stoughton. 1995. 1st Edition, signed by Author. Sq4to (295mm x 305mm). Fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine. Pictorial endpapers. Title signed in ink, by Stephen Venables. Pp192, illustrated throughout with colour photographs. A fine book in Mint condition.
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Waldo. A novel. (SIGNED).
by PAUL THEROUX.
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London, United Kingdom
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The Bodley Head, London, 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing) of Theroux's debut novel (which was preceded by the US edition). This copy signed by the author on the title page. 8vo. 208pp. Purple cloth lettered in gold at the spine. A tiny smattering of foxing to the top edge and a single tiny blemish to the front free endpaper. Near fine in Yvonne Skargon-designed dust wrapper, non-price-clipped but fractionally marked and with a single lengthy closed tear to the front panel..
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Cussler, Clive & Cussler, Dirk | Havana Storm | Double-Signed Lettered Ltd Edition
by Cussler, Clive & Cussler, Dirk
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- 9780400000008 / 0400000008
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Tualatin, Oregon, United States
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Norwood Press, 2014. Hardcover. New. Limited Collector's Edition November 2014 OR: Norwood Press Limited Lettered Edition, signed by both authors. Lettered editions are lettered A-ZZ and come in a fully marbled slip-case with custom boards and end papers, stamped in platinum. (Lettered editions are by subscription with future placement guaranteed).
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Under Fire: An American Story
by North, Oliver L
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Millbury, Massachusetts, United States
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Harpercollins, 1991. First edition, as stated, first printing . Hardcover. Fine/near fine. r. 446 pp. This is a rare first edition copy signed by both Oliver North and William Novak. North's inscription, "Margo and Sam, all the best," appears in blue ink on the half title page with North's signature and the date "3 Nov 91" and Novak's signature in black ink. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled at top of spine. Free USPS tracking with every US order. Ships from MA.
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film
by Standish, Isolde
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New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes…
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Old Bones
by Elkins, Aaron J
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Ellensburg, Washington, United States
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings
by Parker, Kingsley
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Williamsville, New York, United States
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New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .
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Dead in Dixie
by Charlaine Harris
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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The Last Season (SIGNED) (FIRST EDITION): A Team In Search of Its Soul
by Phil Jackson
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Tempe, Arizona, United States
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SIGNED FIRST EDITION One of the most successful coaches in the history of professional basketball offers his own take on his turbulent 2003-2004 season with the Los Angeles Lakers, chronicling the difficulties faced by the team--difficult relationships, public feuds, the Kobe Bryant rape trial, contract disputes, and injuries--and their successful journey to the NBA finals.
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Songs From Appledore
by Oscar Laighton
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Garland, Texas, United States
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RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"
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Grant Wood and Marvin Cone : Artists of an Era
by Hazel E. Brown
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Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Flat signed and dated by author on FFEP and Inscribed by author to a friend on half-title page. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine except for author's inscription and signature. Spine straight and tight. Jacket shows light rubbing, light chipping at spine head, and light reading wear to edges. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xi + 150 pages. illus. A reflection of the relationships of two artists -- Grant Wood (1891-1942) and Marvin Cone (1891-1965) -- with the community of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A loving biography by a woman who knew them both. Laid-in are two letters to the editor of the Cedar Rapids Gazette; one from Woods' sister, and another from a friend of Woods and the author.
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The Lace Reader
by Barry, Brunonia
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Farmington, New Mexico, United States
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True FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated). "Flap Jacket Press trade paperback edition / First Printing July 2007" on copyright page. This small run printing precedes the hardback edition. NEW. Cover Clean, no wear, no tears, no spine creases, protected in Brodart cover. Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Books are Carefully Packed in a Box and Shipped Daily with Delivery Confirmation from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed. B103
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I Curse the River of Time (Signed, Limited UK Edition)
by Petterson, Per
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SIGNED, FIRST UK LIMITED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated, complete number line to 1) Harvill Secker, London, 2010. NEW, Unread. Author's Signature, no inscription, on a bookplate attached to the first chapter page. Note on bookplate reads "This edition of I Curse the River of Time, signed by the author, is limited to 1,000 copies". Dust Jacket Bright in Brodart protective cover, Clean, no wear, no tears, not price clipped (£12.99). Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. Not book club. Fast shipping from Dry, Smoke-Free home. Email Confirmation with Tracking Number. International ships Air Mail.
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