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GOOD And PERFECT GIFTS. An Illustrated Retelling of O. Henry's 'The Gift of the Magi'
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Boston:: Little Brown Company,. (1997).. 8vo. 2nd printing. 26 pp.. Hardcover. Dust jacket.. PO circular blindstamp to ffep. An otherwise Fine copy in a similar. jacket.. Illustrated by Barry Moser. ... more information
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$12.50
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The TRIMMED LAMP and Other Stories of the Four Million
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New York:: McClure Phillips & Co.,. 1907.. Crown 8vo. 1st edition (BAL 16273). [6], 260 pp.. Red cloth with gilt stamped lettering.. VG+ (spine sunned slightly/contemporary poi to ffep [dated 1908]).. Frontis by Alice Barber Stephens. ... more information
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$37.50
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A VERY EASY DEATH. Translated by Patrick O'Brian
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New York:: Farrrar, Straus & Giroux,. 1968.. 8vo. 1st US.. VG (prior owner signature)/VG (some edgewear).. ... more information
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$35.00
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The COMING Of AGE. Translated by Patrick O'Brian
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NY:: Putnam's,. 1972.. 1st US.. VG (lower rear corner bumped)/VG+ (minor wear).. De Beauvoir's massive treatment on growing old. ... more information
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$25.00
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A VERY EASY DEATH. Translated by Patrick O'Brian
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NY:: Putnam's,. 1966.. 1st US.. NF/VG (minor edgewear).. ... more information
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$30.00
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NORTH VIETNAM. A Documentary. Foreword by Conor Cruise O'Brien
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London:: George Allen & Unwin Ltd,. 1968.. 8vo. 1st edition. 200 pp (including index).. Red cloth with silver spine lettering. Dust jacket.. NF/VG. Map frontis + section of illustrations from photographs. ... more information
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$25.00
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The RESCUE
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London:: Hodder & Stoughton,. (1983).. 4to. 1st edition. 44 pp.. Glossy pictorial hardback.. VG (light edgewear & shelfwear/sticker ghost @ upper board).. Illustrated by Peter Stevenson. ... more information
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$15.00
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LEAVING LAS VEGAS
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Wichita KS:: Watermark Press,. (1990).. 8vo. 1st edition. 189 pp.. Black cloth binding with silver spine lettering. White dust jacket.. F/NF. No edgewear or soiling- just a faint, short horizontal. wrinkle in lower portion [below "O'Brien"] of front panel keeps this. from being a Fine dj.. Basis for the Nicholas Cage film. ... more information
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$225.00
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WILL ROGERS. Ambassador of Good Will. Prince of Wit and Wisdom. With an Appreciation by Lowell Thomas
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[n. p.]:. (1935).. 8vo. 288 pp.. Blue cloth with black lettering/design.. VG (slt lean/pos/sm sticker removal abrasion on front paste-down).. An interesting book, in the sense that no publisher is listed on the binding or on the title page... perhaps a trial issue of some sort? . Illustrated from photographs. ... more information
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$37.50
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WILL ROGERS. Ambassador of Good Will. Prince of Wit and Wisdom. With an Appreciation by Lowell Thomas
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Philadelphia:: George A. Parker,. (1935).. 8vo. Advanced sales copy, with a list of subscirber's names in pencil on order pages in back of book. 296 pp.. Blue cloth with black lettering/design.. NF (very light edgewear/front & rear past-down & fep are a bit. darkened).. Illustrated from photographs. ... more information
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$75.00
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ATTIC LIGHT
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Santa Barbara:: Capra Press,. 1979.. 8vo 1st edition (Newman [2nd], 197; Wittman 234). ASSOCIATION copy. INSCRIBED by the author, on the t.p., to fellow writer, Tim O'Brien, the 1979 National Book Award winner [Going After Cacciato]. 96 pp.. Brown cloth spine over green paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket.. A Fine copy in a Nr Fine dust jacket, which shows just a hint of. spine panel sunning.. Novella about a young college student's confrontation with civilian life after suffering a devasting injur... more information
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$495.00
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LOOKING For PEACE. Poems
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[Omaha]:: Abattoir Editions. The University of Nebraska at Omaha,. 1985.. 8vo. 1st edition. #155 / 200cc. ASSOCIATION copy. INSCRIBED by the author to fellow writer, Tim O'Brien, the 1979 National Book Award winner [Going After Cacciato]. 47, [3 (blank)] pp. Printed on Kochi paper.. Dark olive green cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine.. A Nr Fine copy, with a poignant 'Vietnam' association.. Barth writes, in a fine hand, under the colophon: "To Tim, / Why don't we... more information
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$495.00
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BODY SHOP. Recuperating from Vietnam
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New York:: Stein and Day,. 1973.. 8vo. 1st edition (Wittman 621). 180 pp.. Blue cloth spine over green boards. Dust jacket.. A VG book in a VG jacket, which has some age-toning & edgewear. Tim. O'Brien's copy, with his ownership signature at the top of the half-. title page.. Stories of returning 'Nam vets, all amputees, recuperating in San Francisco's Letterman Hospital [1970-71], as recorded by the author. ... more information
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$150.00
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COLLECTED PLAYS. Volume III
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London:: MacMillan & Co.,. 1951.. sm 8vo. 274 pp,. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket.. NF/VG+ (sp panel a bit sunned/pc).. Contains: "Purple Dust", "Red Roses for Me" & "Hall of Healing". ... more information
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$20.00
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The GREEN CROW
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NY:: Braziller,. 1956.. 8vo. 1st edition. 303 pp.. Black cloth in dust jacket.. VG+ (previous owner's name in pencil on ffep)/VG (edgewear/spine. sunned/rear panel soiled).. ... more information
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$20.00
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COLLECTED PLAYS. Volume IV
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London:: MacMillan & Co.,. 1951.. sm 8vo. 294 pp,. Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Dust jacket.. NF/VG+ (sp panel a bit sunned/pc).. Contains: "Oak Leaves & Lavender", "Cock-a-Doodle Dandy", "Time to Go" & "Bedtime Story". ... more information
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$20.00
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A MEMOIR On IRELAND, Native and Saxon. From A. D. 1172 to A. D. 1660
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New York:: Greeley & McElrath, Tribune Buildings.. 1843.. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 5-7/8". 1st US edition. 80 pp. Text double-column.. Original printed brown paper wrappers.. General wear & soiling, with corners beginning to curl. Sticker in. top left of front wrapper. Prior owner name stamp to bottom of front. wrapper & in white space of t.p. Some foxing & staining to paper.. A VG copy.. Frontis drawing of the author. ... more information
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$225.00
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The GHOST
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New York:: G. P. Putnam & Son, 661 Broadway.. 1867.. 7" x 5-1/4". 1st edition (Bolton, p. 110; Wright II, 1813) 93, [1 (blank)] pp.. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stampd title lettering to spine. Bevelled edges.. Light shelfwear. Period pos to preliminary blank. Light foxing. A. VG+ copy of an uncommon book in the trade.. According to Bolton's AMERICAN BOOK ILLUSTRATORS, this the 3rd book to be illustrated by Nast. . Frontis & engraved t.p., with vignette [... more information
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$250.00
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INVISIBLE PARADE. The Fiction of Flannery O'Connor
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Philadelphia:: Temple University Press,. (1972).. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. 1st edition. Inscribed by the author. 232 pp [including index].. Terra cotta cloth binding. Dust jacket.. VG (light edgewear/top edge foxed)/VG (light edgewear & shelfwear).. ... more information
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$35.00
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TURF - FIRE STORIES & FAIRY TALES Of IRELAND
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New York:: P. J. Kenedy & Sons,. (1890).. 12mo. Early printing of this work first published in 1890 (cf Wright III, 4022, wherein an incorrect date of 1891 is recorded). 405, [3 (blank)] pp.. Original publisher's green vertically-ribbed cloth binding, with black & gilt stamping.. Ex-lib, with quaint label to spine base, bookplate & stamp to front. eps [no other markings]. Front hinge paper just starting. A VG copy.. Illustrated throughout with cuts. ... more information
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$60.00
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