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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
by Mark Twain

Hardcover in good condition, no jacket. Antiquarian collectible. 1889. First edition, Later state of page 59, without “S” ornament between ‘The King’ in the caption. With illustrations by Daniel Beard. Original pictorial cloth. One and one half inch split in rear seam. Both hinges white tape reenforced. The spine ends and boards edges are rubbed, and the tips of the boards a bit bumped.

$750.00

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Bedford Forrest and his critter company

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

by Andrew Nelson Lytle

Hardcover in very good condition, no jacket. Collectible author. 1931. First edition. Minton, Balch. First edition, first issue of the author’s first book (later issue has Putnam imprint). (b.bb)

$695.00

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The Robert Collier Letter Book by Robert Collier

Sunday, June 17th, 2007

The Robert Collier Letter Book by Robert Collier

Hardcover in good condition, in fair jacket. Book: General wear. No markings seen. Sixth edition, fourth printing. Jacket: Short tears, chipped across bottom and top of front panel. Dampstain at foot of front panel.

$350.00

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SORCERERS OF DOBU

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islander of the Western Pacific.
by
Fortune, R.F., B. Malinowski (intro.).
George Routledge & Sons
1932
Hardcover in very good condition, no jacket.Jacket front flap taped to F.P.D., Former owner bookplate
7 full-page plates, 7 text-illusts. and double-page map.   

$125.00

 

 

 

 

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ISLAND OF BALI

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

With an Album of Photographs by Rose Covarrubias.
by
COVARRUBIAS, Miguel.
Alfred A. Knopf
1942. Fourth printing.
Hardcover in very good condition, no jacket.Dust jacket flaps taped to f.e.p. & f.p.d.   

$100.00

 

 

 

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From Raft to Raft

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

by
Bengt Danielsson
Translated from the Swedish by
F.H. Lyon
Photographs by
Alain Brun and A. Sylvain, Papeete
Ruskin House
George Allen & Unwin Ltd
1960
Second impressionHardcover in very good condition, in very good jacket. Price clipped. Inscribed and signed by the author. 

$49.95

 

 

 

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3 Vols, Letters Received by the East India Company

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

3 Vols, Letters Received by the East India Company
from its Servants in the East
Transcribed

 from ‘riginal Correspondence’ series of India Office Records
Edited by
William Foster, B.A.
Reprint of the edition London 1896
Published under the Patronage of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India Council
Sampson, Low, Marston & Company
Three volume set printed Circa 1990
Hardcovers in very good to near fine condition.
On spine of volume I: Vols I-II, 1602-1615
On spine of volume II: Vols III-IV, 1615-1616
On spine of volume III: Vols V-VI, 1617
bound in three volumes in original maroon cloth with gilt lettered gray spine label and folding map.   

 

$99.95

 

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The Last of the Nuba, Riefenstahl, Leni

Saturday, May 13th, 2006


HARPER & ROW
First Edition
New York
4to/11-13″Hardcover in very good condition, in very good jacket. 
 


$95.00

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Georgian Craftsmen and Their Work

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Beard, Geoffrey
Country Life
1966
4to/11-13″
1st Edition
Hardcover in very good condition, in very good jacket.  

$29.95

 

 

 

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McSweeney’s 7 * Dave Eggers, ed.

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

McSweeney’s Quarterly
New York
2001
First edition
12mo 7-8″
VG+/no DJ, No publishers rubber band
Portfolio bound in blue cloth spine and grey paper covered boards containing 9 bound pamphlets
Among the contributions is “Un-Told Tales of Kavalier & Clay” by Michael Chabon, which features the unpublished portions of his Pulitzer Prize- winning novel, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”. Other contributions are by William T. Vollmann (”The Old Man: A Case Study from Rising up and Down”), A. M. Homes (”Do Not Disturb”) and new works by Allan Seager, J. T. Leroy, Heidi Julavits, Ann Cummins, Kevin Brockmeier and Courtney Eldridge. Each pamphlet features cover art by Chris Ware, Katherine Streeter, Melissa Beck, Eric White, Tim Bower, Elizabeth Kairys and Sharon Leong. 

$69.95

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