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Eragon The Inheritance Cycle Book One by Christopher Paolini First Trade Hardcover Edition - First Printing New York: Knopf US, August, 2003. (number-line on copyright page going down to "1") $18.99 cover price on the jacket back. Very Fine in Fine Dust jacket, as NEW and UNREAD. An absolutely stunning near-perfect beautiful copy with only a tiny hint of shelf-wear to the bottom edge of the front board.
NOTE on Edition: The true first edition of Eragon was self-published by Paolini's family in a trade paperback in 2002 with Paolini International designated as the publisher in probably only a few thousand copies. Knopf then picked up the rights and issued this first trade printing hardcover with complete number to "1" but without its typical "first edition" indication.
NOTE on pictures: The pictures are NOT stock photos. The pictures are of the actual item for sale.
NOTE: All modern books with dust jackets come with dust jacket covers.
Shipping: $6.50 media mail, $9.50 priority mail padded envelope,… Read More

One Corpse Too Many A Mediaeval Whodunnit Second Brother Cadfael Chronicle by Ellis Peters (pseudonym of Edith Pargeter and author of A Morbid Taste for Bones, Monk's Hood, Saint Peter's Fair, etc.) Hardcover First Edition - First Printing MacMillan UK 1979. £4.50 original cover price. A very nice copy which is NOT x-lib, NOT bc ed.Near
Fine+ in Fine Dust Jacket. A really nice copy. The pages are very
clean, the corners of the boards are for the most part straight with
just a hint of tenderness to the lower right-hand corner, and a bit of
shelf-wear to the bottom edge of the front board and at the spine. The
dust jacket is near perfect, NO tears, only a hint of toning to the
back.NOTE on condition: Most copies of these books are
x-library copies. While I wouldn't characterize first edition copies as
rare, they seem to be relatively uncommon in near fine or better
condition. Many listings of the early Cadfael books in first editions
are often priced at a premium and they're x-library copies… Read More

The Touch by F. Paul Wilson Hardcover First Signed Limited Edition Grantham NH: Borderlands Press, 2003. 1/1000 copies signed by the author, this is copy no. 589. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket as new and unread.Media mail $6.00 or priority mail $9.50. NOTE: Pictures are of the actual book for sale not stock photos. Generally, all sales are FINAL.

Beautiful Book on Science and Nature from the 18th Century with 10 Fold-Out Plate Engravings
Curious Remarks and Observations Extracted from the History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Science at Paris Vol. II Which concludes the General Physics by Dr. Peter Templeman London: Printed for C. Davis, MDCCLIV 1754. Second volume of a two-volume set, although the first volume recounts a voyage to South America. The Second volume is complete in of itself with 10 fold-out plates, mainly of insects and bees, and other exotic creatures. Appears to be quite rare. There is only one copy of both volumes available for just under $900.
Collation/Condition: Title page; Preface; Contents; Main Text 1-406, complete with 10 fold-out plate engravings. Near Fine pages overall in Very Good+ Binding. Pages and Engravings are very clean and bright, except for some toning on the blank free-end papers, a very clean book. Period binding is very nice, the only shortcoming is the front board is loose but still holding. May… Read More

Book Lot of Two Editions, copies from the first US and first UK editions of Song of the Lioness Book Three, the latter added as a free book.

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness Book Three) by Tamora Pierce Hardcover First Edition - First Printing New York: Atheneum, 1986. Jacket illustration by David Wiernert $14.95 cover price. (Also published in the UK by Oxford Press)

Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. An incredibly superb copy. Clean copy, straight corners, almost no discernible reading wear, only a tiny hint of aging to the text-block which is to be expected. The dust jacket is just about as near-perfect as you could ask for. Right now, appears to be fairly difficult to find in this edition.

Offered as a free bonus book:

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce Hardcover First UK Edition - First Printing Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1989. Jacket illustration by Susan Scott. £7.95 cover price Essentially Fine in Fine Dust Jacket with typical age-toning to the text-block,… Read More

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