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  • A Fable. WILLIAM FAULKNER.
    FAULKNER, WILLIAM

    A Fable

    New York: Random House, 1957. First Edition. One of 1000 numbered and signed copies. Bookplate; a fine copy in the publisher’s slipcase (a bit worn). All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Fringilla. Some Tales in Verse. Illustrated by Louis Fairfax-Muckley and James Linton. R. D BLACKMORE.
    BLACKMORE, R.D

    Fringilla. Some Tales in Verse. Illustrated by Louis Fairfax-Muckley and James Linton

    London: Elkin Mathews, 1895. First Edition; deluxe issue. Minor foxing; small owner’s signature; covers slightly bowed; a nearly fine copy in publisher’s vellum; printed in gold on the spine and covers; one of 25 copies; a signed, holograph Blackmore letter is laid in. An especially handsome book illustrated in Pre-Raphaelite.....

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  • An 'Undiscerniing Critic" Discerned. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
    DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

    An 'Undiscerniing Critic" Discerned

    San Francisco: Beaune Press, 1968. First Edition with an introduction by Dean Dickensheet and the Guiterman poem. Inscribed by the publisher to S.F. bookseller David Magee. Wrappers; one of 222 copies; nearly fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay. GRANT ALLEN.
    ALLEN, GRANT

    An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay

    London: Grant Allen, 1897. First Edition. Queen’s Quorum. Enjoyable short pieces, episodic, but each stands on its own. His nephew, the publisher, found himself in the book trade at his uncle’s urging. Allen was a Canadian much of whose education and life was in Britain. All books described as first.....

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  • Napoleon III in Italy. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
    BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT

    Napoleon III in Italy

    New York: C.S. Francis, 1860. First American Edition of Poems Before Congress. Publisher’s cloth; spine ends worn; bookplate; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • A Penny For The Poor. BERTOLT BRECHT.
    BRECHT, BERTOLT

    A Penny For The Poor

    New York: Hillman-Curl, 1938. First Edition in English; first American edition. Translated from the German by Desmond I. Vesey. Verses translated by Christopher Isherwood. Inscribed by the author in 1946 to Saul Bellow’s especially close friend and attorney (as well as the model for Harvey Simkin in Herzog), “for Sam.....

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  • The Battle of College Point...Dedicated to the Contestants...by...John Kendrick Bangs, L. F. JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.
    BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK

    ...The Battle of College Point...Dedicated to the Contestants...by...John Kendrick Bangs, L. F....

    No place of publication: privately printed, 1897. First Edition. Publisher’s wrappers; BAL 733 (locating a single copy), noting that 100 copies were “Issued as a souvenir of a picnic given by Harper & Brothers for their employees.” Inscribed inside the front wrapper by an executive or editor at the publishing.....

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  • Mr. Dooley's Opinions. F. P DUNNE.
    DUNNE, F.P

    Mr. Dooley's Opinions

    New York: R.H. Russell, 1901. First Edition. Ownership stamp on endpaper; slight offsetting from the dust jacket onto endpapers, else a fine bright copy in a professionally restored dust jacket with its price changed in print by the publisher. The sage of Ar-rchey Road gives his views on a variety.....

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  • The Man Who Worked for Collister. MARY TRACY EARLE.
    EARLE, MARY TRACY

    The Man Who Worked for Collister

    Boston: Copeland and Day, 1898. First Edition. Publisher’s pictorial cloth; a very good copy. Warmly inscribed by the author to her cousin shortly after publication. A collection of 15 stories set in Alabama, Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.....

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  • Pylon. WILLIAM FAULKNER.
    FAULKNER, WILLIAM

    Pylon

    New York: Smith & Haas, 1935. First Edition. One of 310 numbered and signed copies. Spine faded, else minor wear; very good in a stained and broken slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • The Sand Hills of Jutland. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.
    ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN

    The Sand Hills of Jutland

    Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1860. First American Edition. Very light spotting and wear; about fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Madeline. LUDWIG BEMELMANS.
    BEMELMANS, LUDWIG

    Madeline

    New York: Simon and Schuster, 1939. First Edition. Very good or better in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket with some tiny interior tape mends. In a custom quarter-leather clamshell box. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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