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  • Efficiency: A Play in One Act. With an Appreciation by Theodore Roosevelt. ROBERT H. AND PERLEY POORE SHEEHAN DAVIS.
    DAVIS, ROBERT H. AND PERLEY POORE SHEEHAN

    Efficiency: A Play in One Act. With an Appreciation by Theodore Roosevelt

    New York: George H. Doran, 1917. First Edition. An anti-war, science fiction play in which a horribly wounded soldier is turned into a cyborg with the intention of returning him to the trenches. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket. All books described as first editions are.....

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  • Average Jones. SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS.
    ADAMS, SAMUEL HOPKINS

    Average Jones

    Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1911. First Editon. Very good; presentation copy, warmly inscribed by the author in 1911. Queen's Quorum. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Boot Camp. HENRY J. BERKOWITZ.
    BERKOWITZ, HENRY J

    Boot Camp

    Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1948. First Edition. Very good in a dust jacket with some chipping. The U.S. Army as a melting pot. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Original Program for Der Hund von Baskerville. SHERLOCKIANA, BAVARIA FILM.
    [SHERLOCKIANA]. BAVARIA FILM

    Original Program for Der Hund von Baskerville

    Berlin: Herman Weist, Berlin-Mariendorf Verlag, n.d. [1937]. Eight pages, heavily illustrated, for the 1937 film directed by Karl Lamac. Some creasing and minor tears; very good. As endorsements go, it might have been an unfortunate one that this was one of two films found in Hitler’s bunker. All books described.....

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  • Flashes by Fanlight. SHERLOCKIANA, JAY FINLEY CHRIST.
    [SHERLOCKIANA]. CHRIST, JAY FINLEY

    Flashes by Fanlight

    Chicago: Fanlight Press, 1946. First Edition. 250 copies were printed. Minor wrapper spots. Shaw bookplate. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Rodney Stone. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
    DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

    Rodney Stone

    London: Smith, Elder, 1896. First Edition. Hinges cracking; minor cloth chipping; very good. Inscribed by the author a day before publication, “With A Conan Doyle’s kind regards/ Nov 12/96.” All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • First Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Department of Public Parks for the Year. CENTRAL PARK, ANONYMOUS.
    [CENTRAL PARK]. ANONYMOUS

    First Annual Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Department of...

    New York: William C. Bryant & Co., 1871. First Edition of the comprehensive first report on New York City's public parks; with the ownership signature inside the front cover of physician and medical missionary Samuel F. Green, brother of the first Park Commissioner Andrew H. Green. Profusely illustrated with two.....

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  • My Antonia. WILLA CATHER.
    CATHER, WILLA

    My Antonia

    Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1918. First Edition of the author’s widely acknowledged masterpiece. The plates are in the first state; front hinge cracked; rear hinge mended, but overall very nearly fine; in a custom, brown quarter-morocco slipcase and chemise. The first printing comprised 3500 copies, of which about 2500 were issued.....

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  • The Green Flag & Other Stories of War & Sport. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
    DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

    The Green Flag & Other Stories of War & Sport

    London: Smith, Elder, 1900. First Edition. Minor cloth staining; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • The October Country. RAY BRADBURY.
    BRADBURY, RAY

    The October Country

    New York: Ballantine Books, 1956. First Edition; binding b (no priority known); first state. Near fine in a very good, lightly used dust jacket with slight spine fading and a small interior tape mend. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Lord Jim. JOSEPH CONRAD.
    CONRAD, JOSEPH

    Lord Jim

    Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1900. First Edition. Ownership inscription on the front free endpaper; a very good copy. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Familiar Quotations. FINE BINDINGS, JOHN BARTLETT.
    [FINE BINDINGS]. BARTLETT, JOHN

    Familiar Quotations

    Boston: Little, Brown, 1951. Twelfth edition; 1955 printing. Edited by Christopher Morley. Bound for Lauriat’s in 3/4 red morocco; top edge, decorations and lettering in gilt; back cover a little faded; close to fine. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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