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Social Indicators for Human Development

Social Indicators for Human Development

by Miles, Ian

New York: St Martin's Press, 1985. "Association Copy: First Edition, First Printing". Hardcover. Fine/Fine. "Black Cloth Covers with Gilt Lettering on spine; white endpapers; free front endpaper has stamp 'A Gift to THE CARTER [Presidential] CENTER from Book Warehouse of Georgia"; book interior is clean, bright and tight; 8vo; 216 pages; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is clean and bright"
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SGD 34.47
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by UPDIKE, John

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First trade edition. Fine in a fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to Herb Yellin. Herb Yellin was the founder and publisher of Lord John Press and the most frequent of Updike's fine press collaborators. He named his press after noting that the list of authors he wanted to publish all shared the same first name, chief among them John Updike, his favorite. *Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu* became the press's first book in 1977 with 10 more to follow... Read more about this item
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SGD 206.80
SWEET EROS, NEXT AND OTHER PLAYS

SWEET EROS, NEXT AND OTHER PLAYS

by McNALLY, Terrence

1969. McNALLY, Terrence. SWEET EROS, NEXT AND OTHER PLAYS. Foreword by Philip Burton. NY: Random House, [1969]. 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket. First Edition, first printing. Other plays include "Botticelli," "iCuba Sil," and "Witness." Signed presentation from McNally, to his inspirational high school teacher, Maurine McElroy, on the front endpaper: "November 21, 1969. For Mrs. McElroy, Who had more to do with this than she will ever know, ever realize. With... Read more about this item
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SGD 379.14
Eubie Blake

Eubie Blake

by Rose, Al

New York: Schirmer, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by Eubie Blake and Al Rose to literary agent Roslyn 'Roz' Targ on the half-title page. Also includes the sheet music to Blake's "I'm Just Wild About Harry' -- printed in the late 1940's to coincide with Harry Truman's run for president -- that is inscribed as well, although it is in Fair condition only. 1979, First Edition. Hardcover. A Near Fine, tight, clean copy in a Very Good dust jacket with bumping and wear to the... Read more about this item
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SGD 130.98
Zenith

Zenith

by Dalloz, Pierre

Libraries Des Alpes, 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Pierre Dalloz (1900-1992) was a French alpinist, photographer, and writer. He was also a member of the French Resistance during World War II. He began practicing mountaineering at the end of World War I, and during his alpine career, he made over 30 first ascents, including several in winter.First thus, text portion of Haute Montagne republished in a slim paperback volume. Association copy inscribed from the publisher Andre Wahl to fellow... Read more about this item
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SGD 82.72SGD 57.91
THE SPIRIT OF ROMANCE AN ATTEMPT TO DEFINE SOMEWHAT THE CHARM OF THE PRE-RENAISSANCE LITERATURE OF LATIN EUROPE

THE SPIRIT OF ROMANCE AN ATTEMPT TO DEFINE SOMEWHAT THE CHARM OF THE PRE-RENAISSANCE LITERATURE OF LATIN EUROPE

by Pound, Ezra

London: J.M. Dent & Sons, [1910].. Olive cloth, spine stamped in gilt, blind device on upper cover. Foxing, extremities and spine a bit rubbed, with short snags at crown, but a good, sound copy. First edition, second binding, of Pound's first major volume of criticism. This is an interesting association copy, with the ownership signature of Schuyler B. Jackson, dated "15/8/21." A total of 1250 sets of sheets were printed, of which three hundred sets were used for the American issue, and an unspecified... Read more about this item
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SGD 689.35
Oh, Didn't He Ramble, the life story of Lee Collins -- owned by Little Brother Montgomery

Oh, Didn't He Ramble, the life story of Lee Collins -- owned by Little Brother Montgomery

by Collins, Lee; as told to Mary Collins, edited by Frank J. Gillis & John W. Miner

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Small quarto, cloth in dust jacket, book very good, jacket good with some shelfwear and light chipping. Inscribed on half title by a Chester C. Davis to Eurreal Wilford "Little Brother" Montgomery (a jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist; April 18, 1906 - September 6, 1985), and with bookplate of Jan Montgomery on flyleaf. Montgomery is mentioned four times in the text: he was part of a combo with Collins in Chicago... Read more about this item
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SGD 137.87
On the Road

On the Road

by KEROUAC, Jack

(London): Andre Deutsch, 1958. Hardcover. Fair/Fair. First English edition. A worn, fair only copy, bumped at bottom corners, dampstains at the edges of first and last leaf, and other middling flaws, in poor dustwrapper with tape repairs and lacking the majority of the spine. Indeed about the only think to recommend this copy is the ownership signature of Lois Sorrells Beckwith, Kerouac's live-in lover, who stayed with the author and his mother in the family home in Northport, Long Island in the early... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,309.76
The Last Blackbird and Other Lines

The Last Blackbird and Other Lines

by HODGSON, Ralph

London: George Allen, 1907. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, first issue with top edge gilt. Some foxing to the endpapers, light wear to the boards, a near fine copy without dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "To Theodore Spicer Simson, R.H. 1922." Tipped-in beneath the inscription is an original photograph of a "portrait medallion" of Hodgson, Signed underneath it by the artist, Theodore Spicer-Simson. Spicer-Simson was the co-producer of *Men of Letters of the British... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,309.76
Blow for a Landing

Blow for a Landing

by BURMAN, Ben Lucien

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Alice Caddy. Just about fine in a price-clipped and lightly rubbed, very near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Ben Lucien Burman to Carl Van Doren; and then later Inscribed by Carl Van Doren to his brother Frank.
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SGD 310.21
CLASSIC BALLROOM DANCES

CLASSIC BALLROOM DANCES

by Simic, Charles (Annie Dillard)

First edition, first prnt. Association Copy. Inscribed by Simic of the front free endpage to Annie Dillard. "For Annie: More Kid Simic + The Dark Night of History... Charlie Apr 27, 1983 Bow Lake, NH" Dillard's ownership plate affixed to first front free endpage. Tight copy with beginning foxing on the topedge; dustjacket with slightest wrinkle on spine topedge. Very Good condition in a Near Fine dustjacket with an archival cover.
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SGD 241.27
Wyatt Earp: The Untold Story, 1848 to 1880 (Association Copy)

Wyatt Earp: The Untold Story, 1848 to 1880 (Association Copy)

by Bartholomew, Ed

Toyahvale, TX: Frontier Book Co.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. Signed by Bartholomew, "This copy (number one) is sent with my thanks to friend Dean Miller (Karl von Mueller), from Ed Bartholomew." Turquoise blue cloth lettered along the spine in black. Brief owner notation to the free endpaper. The dust jacket has modest rubbing, with a few nicks to the edges. Publisher's price of $6.00 to the front flap. Includes a bibliography. Adams Six-Guns 156. ; 328... Read more about this item
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SGD 274.36
The Curve of Binding Energy

The Curve of Binding Energy

by John McPhee

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1975. Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Second printing inscribed by the author on the half-title page: "For Bing Swain/with all best/John McPhee. Nice association copy. In a near fine price-clipped dust jacket.
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SGD 172.34
Tell Me A Riddle

Tell Me A Riddle

by Olsen, Tillie

New York: Delacorte, 1978. First Thus. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. A very attractive re-issue of Olsen's first book, originally published by Lippincott in 1961, a collection of four stories. All four stories were included in Best American Short Stories the year they were first published in literary journals. Olsen is considered an important American writer, despite publishing just two books-these stories and a collection of non-fiction pieces titled Silences that considered writer's block and the... Read more about this item
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SGD 661.78
The Suicide Academy

The Suicide Academy

by STERN, Daniel

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Foxing to foredge and endpapers, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Stern to the author James Jones and his wife, Gloria: "To Jim and Gloria Jones from an old admirer. Danny Stern. October, 1968.
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SGD 310.21
The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room

by MORRIS, Mary

New York: Doubleday, 1989. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in slightly spine-faded, near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Morris to author Nicholas Delbanco.
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SGD 117.19
Leaning Forward. [Association Copy] -

Leaning Forward. [Association Copy] -

by Paley, Grace / [Jane Cooper]

1985. First Edition. Penobscot, Granite Press, 1985. 15 x 21 cm. 90 pages. Original Softcover in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Signed by the author on the half title.
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SGD 324.96
Barbarous Knowledge: Myth in the Poetry of Yeats, Graves, and Muir

Barbarous Knowledge: Myth in the Poetry of Yeats, Graves, and Muir

by HOFFMAN, Daniel

London: Oxford University Press, 1970. Softcover. Near Fine. First paperback edition. 266pp. Edges rubbed, near fine being Daniel Hoffman's copy with his typed letters from various editors laid in. A Galaxy Book, GB 307.
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SGD 55.15
The Life and Times of Chaucer

The Life and Times of Chaucer

by GARDNER, John

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1977. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in a slightly age-toned very good dustwrapper with small tears near the crown. Signed and inscribed by Gardner to novelist Nicholas Delblanco and his wife" To Nick and Elena with love as always and thanks for everything - as always, John Gardner." Gardner and acclaimed novelist and critic Delbanco first forged a friendship when Delbanco hosted Gardner during a reading tour at Bennington College in 1974. Delbanco ended up... Read more about this item
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SGD 896.16
Lessness

Lessness

by BECKETT, Samuel

London: Calder & Boyars, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First English trade edition, clothbound issue,issued as Signature 9. Small octavo. 21pp. Cloth. A few small soil marks on endpapers and a few pages of text, else a near fine copy in near fine, bright dust jacket. Inscribed by Beckett to *New Yorker* author Brendan Gill: "for Brendan Gill with all good wishes Samuel Beckett, Paris April 1971". A nice association copy. Gill wrote at least two reviews of Samuel Beckett plays for the *New... Read more about this item
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SGD 2,068.05
Onliness

Onliness

by SMITH, Dave

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Ownership blindstamps of author Nicholas Delbanco, corners a little bumped, very good in about very good dustwrapper with spine fading, rubbing, and short tears. Warmly Inscribed by Dave Smith to Delbanco.
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SGD 41.36
My Last Friend Dog Dick - inscribed to Sidney Lanier Jr. from Lista, Burt and Caruso (!)

My Last Friend Dog Dick - inscribed to Sidney Lanier Jr. from Lista, Burt and Caruso (!)

by De Amicis, Edmondo; J. G. Lista translator, Mary E. Burt editor, Enrico Caruso

Boston: The Stratford Company, 1916. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. 8vo, red cloth, light wear and soil, spine faded. Inscribed on the pastedown to Sidney Lanier Jr. from the translator, also signed on the flyleaf ("Bravo Lista!") by Enrico Caruso, and inscribed also very fondly on the half title to Lanier from the translator ("With Compliments of the Country Cobbler and Translator) dated January 2nd, 1917. The recipient, Sidney Lanier Jr., was the son of a famous Confederate poet and... Read more about this item
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SGD 1,034.02
Benvenuto

Benvenuto

by BOTSFORD, Keith

London: Hutchinson of London, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Endpapers foxed and the corners a trifle bumped, a very good copy in a rubbed, very good dustwrapper with a small chip on the front panel. The stamp of the Helga Greene Literary Agency of London on the front fly, beneath which is Botsford's Inscription to author George Garrett: "For Geo. & Susan Garrett - because you expressed an interest. It isn't BAD, & it isn't good; it simply isn't I. Not today. Keith Botsford.... Read more about this item
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SGD 275.74
REUBEN: HIS BOOK

REUBEN: HIS BOOK

by PEMBERTON, Morton H

1904. PEMBERTON, Morton H. REUBEN: HIS BOOK. Centralia, Missouri: Published by Reuben [Pemberton], 1904. Small 8vo., embossed brown cloth; 297 pages. First Edition. Pemberton [pseudonym "Reuben"] was a Missouri humorist, lawyer, newspaper editor, and world traveler. Signed presentation from Pemberton on a front blank page, to a long-time Missouri Congresssman: "Hon. D.W. Shackleford, With compliments of the author, Morton H. Pemberton." Dorsey William Shackleford [1853-1936] served... Read more about this item
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SGD 172.34
Turkey Hash

Turkey Hash

by NOVA, Craig

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1972. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with very slight age-toning. Inscribed by Nova to fellow author Nicholas Delbanco with an intriguing sentiment: "For Nick & family - with relief that we finally made friends. Fondly, Craig." Author's first book.
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SGD 206.80
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