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  • Deliverance. JAMES DICKEY.
    DICKEY, JAMES

    Deliverance

    Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1970. First Edition. Near fine in dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to an editor. [With] the publisher’s promotional brochure reproducing part of the ms., and a short typed letter, signed “Jim.” Few novels have been as well-adapted to film as this one was. All books described.....

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  • "A Mystery of Heroism" in Novels and Stories. Free Number. STEPHEN CRANE.
    CRANE, STEPHEN

    "A Mystery of Heroism" in Novels and Stories. Free Number

    New York & Boston: Dr. Greene, 1896? B.A.L. 4077. Crane’s story is included with those of several other authors in this patent medicine brochure advertising Dr. Greene’s Nervura, and Cathartic Pills, with many testimonials regarding their powers. Drug store stamp at the bottom of the back wrapper; minor wear. Crane’s.....

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  • An Irregular Guide to Sherlock Holmes. SHERLOCKIANA, J. FINLEY CHRIST.
    [SHERLOCKIANA]. CHRIST, J. FINLEY

    An Irregular Guide to Sherlock Holmes

    Chicago and Summit, New Jersey: Argus Books/ Pamphlet House, 1948. First Edition. Binding mended; penciled notes in the text; good. Both supplements are laid in. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Little Caesar. W. R BURNETT.
    BURNETT, W.R

    Little Caesar

    New York: Lincoln MacVeagh/ The Dial Press, 1929. First Edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with a chipped spine, losing lettering at the crown. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Cat-Calls. With Drawings by the Author. PEGGY BACON.
    BACON, PEGGY

    Cat-Calls. With Drawings by the Author

    New York: Robert M. McBride, 1935. First Edition. Very good in dust jacket. Presentation copy; inscribed by the author to another artist, “Much love to Isabel [Bishop] from her admiring friend, P.B.” Below the inscription is a detailed, half-page pen and ink drawing of a girl rummaging through a trash.....

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  • 40th Anniversary. SHERLOCKIANA, LEW DAVID FELDMAN.
    [SHERLOCKIANA]. FELDMAN, LEW DAVID

    40th Anniversary

    New York: House of El Dieff, Inc., 1974. First Edition of a particularly well-produced bookseller catalogue. Among his many attributes and characteristics, Feldman was not renowned for humility. Among the mostly exceptional offerings is a to page spread with a Paget reproduced on one side and a large selection of.....

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  • The Sign of Four. ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
    DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

    The Sign of Four

    New York: P.F. Collier, 1891. First American Edition; publisher's printed wrappers; Green & Gibson A7b; some staining to the wrappers and loss of lettering from tape removal along the edges of the front and back wrappers where they meet the spine; considerable archival restoration to those areas; very good; in.....

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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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  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. LEWIS CARROLL.
    CARROLL, LEWIS

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Jamaica, New York: Minia Press, n.d. (1940s). Miniature book; publisher’s gilt stamped cloth; spine a little rubbed; very good. Welsh/Weber 2506. Evidently the first miniature edition, including Tenniel’s illustrations. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

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  • Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po by a F.R.G.S. RICHARD BURTON.
    BURTON, RICHARD

    Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po by a F.R.G.S

    London: Tinsley Brothers, 1863. First Edition; two volumes; publisher’s cloth; an old catalogue description is tipped-in inside the front cover; mostly unopened; an excellent copy, with only minute wear and very minor foxing. This copy bears the author’s name on the spines; a tiny number of copies were prepared, including.....

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  • Gleanings by Gaslight. SHERLOCKIANA, JAY FINLEY CHRIST.
    [SHERLOCKIANA]. CHRIST, JAY FINLEY

    Gleanings by Gaslight

    Chicago: Fanlight Press, 1947. First Edition. Limited to 250 copies; this example is not numbered. Fine. 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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