Recent Arrivals from The Accidental Bookseller, IOBA, FABA
Recent Arrivals from The Accidental Bookseller, IOBA, FABA
![Tar Baby](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/366/788/1609788366.0.m.jpg)
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Tar Baby
by Morrison, Toni
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 1,304.26
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Association Copy, signed and inscribed by Morrison to Bertha "Bert" Krantz, a copy editor who spent 34 years at Random House & a colleague of Morrison, who was herself the first female African-American editor in the publishing house's history.
Krantz was the longtime copy editor for novelist Cormac McCarthy, who wrote in a 1992 letter upon the publication of "All… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,304.26
![Living At The Movies](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/842/371/1607371842.0.m.jpg)
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Living At The Movies
by Carroll, Jim
- Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1973
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 892.38
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First edition of the poet's third collection of poems and first to be issued by a commercial publisher.
Issued in both hardcover and wrappers simultaneously, this is the scarce hardbound edition. Estimates put the print run for the hardbound edition at a couple of hundred, with few likely distributed to the public.
Signed by the poet on the title page and very… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 892.38
![The Poet Assassinated](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/436/371/1607371436.0.m.jpg)
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The Poet Assassinated
by Apollinaire, Guillaume; Jim Dine; Ron Padgett
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- Published
- 1968
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 274.58
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The first public translation into English of Guillaume Apollinaire's masterwork.
Translated by Ron Padgett and illustrated in black and white by Jim Dine. Signed by both Dine and Padgett on the title page.
Near fine with minor toning to edges, top rear panel a little soiled. Price clipped dust wrapper is yellowed around the edges with a 1" tear to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 274.58
![The Enchanted Places](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/799/444/1605444799.0.m.jpg)
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The Enchanted Places
by Milne, Christopher
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1974
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 274.58
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Signed, dated and located by Milne. As a child, Christopher Milne was the basis of the character Christopher Robin from his father A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh books.
Written at age 54, Milne's autobiographical essay was intended to tell the world, once and for all, the story of the real Christopher Robin, as well as being a kind of personal… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 274.58
![The White Cliffs](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/206/541/1604541206.0.m.jpg)
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The White Cliffs
by Miller, Alice Duer
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition, Sixth Printing.
- Published
- 1940
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 205.94
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Signed, dated and inscribed by Miller to her "dear friend and collaborator", composer Jerome Kern.
Slight tanning to gutters of end papers, otherwise a fine, fresh and unread copy in a very good or better dust wrapper, tanning to the spine and with a few closed edge tears.
Jerome Kern was one of the most important American theatre composers of the early… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 205.94
![The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/538/539/1604539538.0.m.jpg)
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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
by Bailyn, Bernard
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, Fifth Printing.
- Published
- 1971
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 480.52
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Signed, dated, and inscribed by Bailyn.
Awarded both the Pulitzer and Bancroft Prizes, Bailyn's work is considered one of the most influential studies of the American Revolution published during the 20th century and was hailed at its first appearance as "the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation."
In an interview for Bailyn's New York… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 480.52
![The North American Indians](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/961/537/1604537961.0.m.jpg)
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The North American Indians
by Catlin, George
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1913
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 892.38
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First edition thus. Illustrated with 320 color illustrations plus folding map, 2 volumes rebound in buckram.
A very good copy, top edge gilt, prior owner's bookplate, two plates loose and missing piece from frontis tissue guard in volume 1.
Though not the first artist to paint American Indians, Catlin was the first to picture them so extensively in their own territories and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 892.38
![O to Be A Dragon](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/655/428/1602428655.0.m.jpg)
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O to Be A Dragon
by Moore, Marianne
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1959
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 205.94
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Signed by Moore on the front free endpaper, and dated Sept. 17, 1959 [the date of publication] on the copyright page. Also, Moore has crossed off "Literary" and capitalized "E" for essays for her Predilections title listed on the rear jacket flap.
Scant wear to the corner tips, else a fine copy in very good dust wrapper with a few snags,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 205.94
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Prices and Production
by Hayek, Friedrich A.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing, so stated.
- Published
- 1932
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 240.26
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Very good, spine tips and corners rubbed. Internally fine with no markings. Item Price
SGD 240.26
![Paddington.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/111/428/1602428111.0.m.jpg)
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Paddington.
by Bond, Michael
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 308.90
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A collection of classic Paddington stories issued as a fortieth anniversary celebration.
Signed by Bond on the title page. Fine in like dust dust wrapper. Item Price
SGD 308.90
![Making Your Case](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/063/428/1602428063.0.m.jpg)
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Making Your Case
by Scalia, Antonin and Garner, Bryan A.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2008
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 1,716.12
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Signed by Scalia as "Nino" and inscribed "with respect and affection" for Henry Abraham. Nino is the nickname Scalia acquired early in life, partly in remembrance of his grandfather, for whom he was named, and is how he was known to close friends.
The recipient is almost undoubtedly Henry J. Abraham, University of Virginia Law Professor, scholar on the judiciary and… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,716.12
![Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/005/428/1602428005.0.m.jpg)
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Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes
by Kushner, Tony
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First revised, combined edition
- Published
- 2013
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 205.94
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Signed by Kushner on title page. Fine in like dust wrapper. Item Price
SGD 205.94
![Out of my League](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/899/427/1602427899.0.m.jpg)
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Out of my League
by Plimpton, George
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Later printing
- Published
- not dated (c. 1968)
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 343.22
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The story of Plimpton pitching to the likes of Willie Mays, Ernie Banks and Richie Ashburn at Yankee Stadium.
Inscribed by Plimpton for Baseball Hall of Famer and Cardinals great pitcher Bob Gibson. Accompanied by a brief 30-40 word autograph note signed by Plimpton to Gibson.
A fine copy in bright, fresh dust wrapper, fine save for a small chip to the… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 343.22
![Ankor Wat](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/852/427/1602427852.0.m.jpg)
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Ankor Wat
by Ginberg, Allen
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine-
- Edition
- First edition in wrappers
- Published
- 1968
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 274.58
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Great full page inscription from Ginsberg "For Sally, pix of the orient", signed, dated and with a small flower drawing. Stamped in red with the author's oriental seal. Sally is Sally Grossman, American model and wife of Bob Dylan's one-time manager Albert Grossman. Sally is best known as the young woman languorously stretched out on the cover of Dylan's 1965… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 274.58
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The Problems of Physics
by Leggett, A. J.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Published
- 1987
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 411.87
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Uncommon hardcover issue, inscribed by the author who went on to win the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Some spotting to the front free end paper and top of text block, else a fine copy in near fine dust wrapper, very lightly spotted lower spine and a little tanned on the spine verso. Item Price
SGD 411.87
![The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/477/426/1602426477.0.m.jpg)
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The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It
by Hofstadter, Richard
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1948
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 1,235.61
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Inscribed to Bill Smith and signed by Hofstadter. While not definitively established, the recipient could be fellow historian William E(rnest) Smith, whose work The Francis Preston Blair Family in Politics is cited by Hostadter as a source and influence on his interpretations on anti-bank views (pages 355-56).
Some pencil annotations sprinkled sporadically throughout the book. A very good copy in 60%… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 1,235.61
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Taxi Driver
by Schrader, Paul
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Published
- 2018
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 205.94
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Limited edition, 119/500 signed by Schrader, screenwriter of this Scorsese / De Niro film as well as Raging Bull.
Fine in fine dust wrapper. Item Price
SGD 205.94
![The Concept of Law](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/961/425/1602425961.0.m.jpg)
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The Concept of Law
by Hart, H.L.A.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First printing of first edition
- Published
- 1961
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 480.52
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First printing of first edition and uncommon thus.
A cornerstone of legal thought, Hart's work has been hailed as "the most important work of legal philosophy written in the twentieth century". It has remained "one of the most influential texts of analytical legal philosophy", as well as "the most successful work of analytical jurisprudence ever to appear in the common law… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 480.52
![Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, 1940](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/814/425/1602425814.0.m.jpg)
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Constitution and Playing Rules of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, 1940
- Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1940
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 343.22
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Baseball rule book (5"x7") with "Compliments of Ford C. Frick 1940" engraved on the cover. Distributed to umpires and coaches, this copy bears the ownership signature of George L. Kelly, Hall of Fame first baseman, then a coach with the Boston Braves.
Frick was National League President from 1934 - 1951 and was the third commissioner of baseball, serving from 1951… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 343.22
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The Northumberland Fusiliers
by Wood, Walter. (Truslove & Hanson Arts & Crafts Binding)
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1901
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Boca Raton, Florida, USA
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SGD 686.45
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Contemporary full green morocco signed binding by Truslove & Hanson of Sloane Street in arts and crafts style. All edges gilt; spine with raised bands dotted in gilt; compartments ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Regiment's motto Quo Fata Vocant (Whither the Fates call) tooled on front cover in gilt. Double dentelles, marbled endpapers.
A lovely, well preserved copy. Item Price
SGD 686.45